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_ A recent survey in the Northwest showed that alcohol
abuse is the number one ¢ health concern ot people fiving

in the region: _

; Why do you think alcohol

“a serious problem —
vin the Northwest? _

 peal’s

working,

- teen nightclubs). to keep

7 cessively.

Robert Cowan
A lot of people aren’t
so there is
nothing for them to do.

Doug Johnson
Mainly peer pressure.

over the place.

Eddie Wolfe
_ It’8 a good question!

Olga Lavallee .
Lack of things to do.

This Is:an Isolated area

and there are not enough
night time activities (like

people from drinking ex:

Marisa Ramus

- excuse! For example,

socializing’. For young
people it may make them
‘feel ‘grown up’. Some

‘bored or they enjoy being
~~ part of a drinking ‘group’,
_For any excuse that Is
“used | can find one that

‘‘drinking places are the...
“only -place to go for |

It’s socially acceptable all .

‘

Drinkers will find any -

-drink because they. are -

Doreen. Woods
Usually because they.

‘think there. is: nothing to.
te. mo

. s
3 %

John Paul Dodd
Unemployment may be
a factor. Most. people

drink. for enjoyment and

‘some: do not. know. when
to say “when”.

_ Says you ‘don't have to hols
- drink, | nes os

Letters to the Editor

Problem of. access’

To the Editor;

‘In January 1988, the Supreme
Court of Canada: struck down
Canada’s. unfair abortion law,

‘|. affirming freedom of choice for

women. Once again last July,

. the Supreme Court, in striking

down the Quebec Court of Ap-

Criminal: Code, women have

continued to make responsible
’ ‘decisions about their reproduc-

.tive ‘lives. There hasn’t been
chaos in the streets as predicted
.by the anti-choice. The only
problem. is limited access im

many provinces and territories. So

Bravo for

To the Editor;.- . |
A tip, of the hat. and a. big
“thank you” .to Gail Rowley

and the Kalum Day Care for the

great care and kindness shown

- the-littlé ones of my. family: and |
- friends. ; ,

‘Gail. thinks. ‘only of the
children in her caré; careful

. supervision and lots of fun are -

what she provides, Many toys

injunction forbidding.
|. Chantal Daigle from having an
_. abortion, told the country that
abortion is legal in this country.

:* There is no need for a new:
* “abortion law. Since the Supreme

* Court took abortion out of the’

Woman are not: - criminals,
“Abortion” is’ a thedical ‘pro-

cedure, it does not belong in the.
‘Criminal Code. Instead,. the
_ federal’ government should ‘use
its power under the: Canada ~
Health Act to ensure that prov-'

inces provice full access to abor-
tion ‘services.

As Chantal Daigle has so |

clearly shown, abortion is a per-
sonal matter. It does not belong
on the front pages, or in the
judge’s chambers, or before a
therapeutic abortion committee.
The decision of whether or not
to have children belongs within

our private lives, No one else can: |
decide for us.

’ Carol Sabo,

/. - ‘Terrace, B.C.

daycare

‘both inside and out are pro-
. vided,’ and. I have heard two-
year-olds singing songs learned
at Gail’s, very nicely and proud-: a

ly. She gives the children a ‘sense
of great self-esteem. ;
So, thanks again, and keep up

r the good work, Gail.

(Mrs.) Ada Solowoniuk,
_ ‘Terrace, B.C.

Psychedelic success

To the Editor; . ..

Like, thanks to all’ ‘those
groovy, hip, far-out peaple who
made the psychedelic 60’s Cof-
fee House an astronomical suc-
cess.

It was a happening night of

way-cool entertainment (The -

- Blectric Stage . Hogs, - Bill

Volrath, Dean Weitman, Clyde

Sampare, Mehrzad Vahedi and -

George Stanley), all in a mellow
atmosphere — very cool vibes!
Kim Cordeiro,
Student Activities

_ Coordinator, NWCC

Pifer _ continued from page 4 -

the leadership, ‘‘but we do not
have a right to force him from
office. Any decision such as.
that must be made by him, _
period.”’

Some MLAs are doing all -
they can to hurry that-along,
which may prove to be the
greatest mistake of all when -
dealing with this man.

We can only wait, watch and

. wonder....and be grateful that
_ events have shown.that the .
media, which the premier kept

bashing as the root of all evil,

. has proved instead to be an ac-
~ curate.reflection of how he and
' tis methods are viewed by his ©
. colleagues, his party, and the -
Voters of B.C.

Parting Thought: The afore-

mentioned Bud Smith made it
very plain this week that he
believes he can be, and wants _

- to be, the leader of the

Socreds. In a most unusual
50-minute exchange with

‘reporters, he was candid, open

and honest about the mess the
party is in, and he signalled .
clearly that Grace McCarthy
and any other pretender to the
throne was going to. have Our

-Bud to deal with, if the throne

becomes vacant. He scored
considerable points with this
performance, which followed

two weeks of Mr. Smith being .

The Invisible Man. Stay tuned!.

‘The Terrace Little Thea-

| -tre’s production of Ladies in

Retirement hinges on one.

. critical element — they’ve
got to find a leading man.

The group wants to stage

- Six performances of the Brit-

ish melodrama for local au-

'diences at the end of Novem-

“1. ber, but the: role of Albert
’’ Feather, a key character in

_ the play, has to be filled this
_ Week,

~ Casting cal

~ penchant for fraud. His ad- -

Albert Feather is described

as 2 charismatic rogue with a

ventures. with a group of
little old ladies in rural Eng-
land form the plot of the
play. ;
Anyone who would like to
take a run at some fun and
skulduggery. on stage is in-.
vited to try ont at the McColl -
Theatre on Kalum St. tomor-
row night at 7:30. The direc-
tor and casting head for the
production is Ken Morton,

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