Joan Wright Yes | do. ! think lot- terles are a way to raise extra money we don't have and It gives participants some- thing to look.forward to as they check thelr numbers. The activity can be beneficial as. long as people don’t go overboard and pur- chase too many tickets because then It could become. a gambling problem. hb Corie Koch ! don't agree with lot- teries because | think that these type of things should be left - up to. charitable organizations. The Terrace Review asked: Do you think lotteries are a fair way for governments to raise money? Marianne Kormendy Yes, | think the prac- tice is acceptable depending on where government officials Intend to spend money. | don’t believe the government should be spending the funds on highways or provin- clal debts, but It should be directed at social services such as hospitals and child development centers for which there Is generally inadequate funding. “.. beneficial as long as people don’t go overboard...” Francis Olsen Yes, | think so because [It Is the choice of the people as to whether they wish to purchase lottery tickets or not. Gary Porier Absolutely. It satisfies a legal in- terest for people in gambling and at the same time enables governments to make money for worthwhile causes. Lotteries are fun for people as everybody likes to dream about a big win, for that few days anyway. June Halpin i think that everyone benefits from lottery revenue, besides the people who win are happy. Lotteries have been around for quite a while and | think that they will continue to operate for a long time. Terrace Review — Wednesday, October 1, 1986 5 TAS Time eee Waitt Skeena MLA Frank Howard and a group of supporters recently kicked off the veteran New Democrat's election campaign with a cake-cutting at the NDP’s headquarters. The vacant office at 4717 Lakelse will soon be filled with campaign workers, telephones, pamphiets and election paraphernalia. Member's Message Lotter Restocking of forest land needed Frank Howard, MLA for Skeena, has classified the Forest Minister’s recently announced forestry public relations campaign as applying fertilizer at the wrong time and in the wrong place. Howard said, I’m amazed the Minister of Forests would spend taxpayer’s money on a publicity cam- paign to apparently placate people who are shocked by heavily-logged hillsides denuded of trees, ‘The substance of reforestation 1s planting trees, then nurturing them by fertilization as one silvicultural technique ,’’ Howard said. “If the Minister wants to do something worthwhile he should make the commitment to the Prince Rupert Forest Region, for example, of sufficient funds to restock our forest land.’’ ‘‘The amount of money so required in this Region is $134 million to reforest all of the backlog of not satisfactorily restocked land and only $24.6 million to restock the lands which will give the best and quickest return on the investment.’’ ‘‘Common sense tells us that we should invest our money in restocking the better quality lands first and that is where the $24.6 million comes into the picture. Such an investment would create about 1,000 jobs in the Northwest and we need those jobs much more than the lower mainland advertising agencies need them.” Beye r continued from page 4 in commercial production. The four projects I mentioned represent a total in- vestment of more than $3 million. Of that, the federal government will pay $143,000 in grants and $490,000 in the form of a loan. The net result will be 73 new jobs, jobs that will be securer in the long run than those provided by the mining or logging industry, both of which are far more subject to market fluctuations. These are just four examples of the direction governments must take in the creation of new jobs. . It’s the only way to reduce unemployment levels and keep them down. Election strategy women’s top priority Terrace — Now that the Oct. 22 provincial elec- tion has been éalled, the newly formed B.C. & Yukon Association of Women’s Centres is steadily preparing their election strategy. Terrace Women’s Recource Cen- tre and Tamitik Status of Women Association (Kitimat) are Northwest B.C. members of the organization, said Pat Cathers, Terrace Women’s Resource Cen- tre representative. Provincial funding for women’s centres and the establishment of an ad- visory council on the status of women are among the association’s most pressing priorities. The B.C. & Yukon Association of Women’s Centres was formed May 26 at Naramata B.C. The Vancouver Island based steering committee is now planning for the association’s first year of action. The founding 36 Cen- tres serve 100,000 women from all regions of B.C, and the Yukon. The association will pro- vide a unified voice to address women’s issues in the up-coming elec- tion, Cathers said. Spokeswoman Jean Kavanagh said, ‘‘While women represent 52 per cent of the population, far-reaching disparities still exist in all facets of our society. This is especially true in B.C., the only province without an Advisory Council on the status of Women,” ‘‘We will impress upon politicians the necessity of resolving these inequities’’, Kavanagh said. 14 regional represen- tatives are working voluntarily throughout the province to unify and address women’s con- cerns and issues, Cathers noted. Plans for Via Rail to be discussed TERRACE — VIA Rail Canada directors will visit Mayor Jack Talstra this Friday in order to discuss the company’s plans for waiting room facilities in Terrace. It was suggested that VIA Rail Canada was in- terested in buying the old CN Railway station, but recent reports have pointed toward the com- pany’s building of a ‘‘stationette’’ beside the old station instead. ‘According to VIA Rail the older station has too much floor-space for their needs and it would be too costly to operate under such conditions. The company’s plans are part of a cost cutting campaign that surfaced after the government had decided to reduce fun- ding to the company. Open letter to the Schoal Board I read in the local newspaper that you are considering . building - a new Junior Secondary School to replace Skeena High School. I hope you will also consider making sure there is adequate lighting (many.windows and few fluorescent fixtures) in the new building. Many studies have been done on the lighting available in schools and all of them have shown that natural lighting is by far the best in terms of learning and proper mental and emotional at- titudes of students and teachers. It is pathetic to walk into the classrooms of Caledonia or E.T. Ken- ney and see the narrow windows that crouch in their corners. Rather than giving good light these windows give the impression of a jail. It would show unusual foresight and compas- sion on your part if you planned for proper lighting in the junior high school and did not resort to feeble excuses like ‘‘windows get broken’’ or ‘‘students look out of them’’. I would also like to know when the teachers at Uplands School are going to get a proper staffroom. As it is, they are squeezed into the medical room. Consider- ing that a “temporary” mobile has become an establishment at the school, I wonder if the School Board is even aware of the inade- quacies. Brenda Silsbe Terrace, B.C, |Meeting set A meeting of the Home Beautification Soclety will take place In the Council Chambers at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 7, 1986. All in- terested parties are welcome. wre cela as