PAGE 10 TERRACE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1 ‘Parents, teachers should have say in school design’ Schools should be designed by teachers, parents, children and architects. Terrace architects Alan Soutar and Royce Condie tald teachers Friday that they should be as involved in school design as the professionals. “You are the educators. You know what you need,” Soutar said. He and Condie spoke Friday at School District 88's professional development day at Caledonia Senior Secondary. TEAM SUGGESTED Soutar suggested a team of educators, trustees, ad- ministrators and students could be set up to determine school design. “The danger of this from the administrative mind is that the budget goes out the window,” he said. “That isa danger. But we can easily say we don’t have the money and must work within the budget.”” At present, Soutar said, school design lies almost wholly in the architect's hands. “The architect is making almost every decision about teaching. We need your help,” Soutar said. WHY NOT? One teacher asked why ar- chitects and teachers haven't gotten together in the past to plan schools. And Dave Sage, director of intermediate instruction, said, “The final plans have been presented to teachers and then they are asked for comments. Teachers have to be asked at a point where we are providing ideas.” Another teacher complained, “The School Board builds the schools. It doesn’t consult the teachers.” Parkside Primary--a school designed by Soutar and Condie-- said, ‘‘We as teachers can say once a building is built what we need. But its hard ta say before.” Anda teacher agreed that her profession may not have the schools. Parkside Primary, built last year, “could easily last 100 years,” Soutar said. He noted that the school has the rm a Dear Ann Landers: busy-hard working, budget- conscious mother of three small children. A boy 8, and two girls, 6 and 4. A neighbor of ours (divorced last year) has two children, the same ages as our older ones. Her kids are over here a‘ lot, especially on weekends. When mealtime comes they hang around my kitchen with longing eyes. I haven’t the heart to tell them to go home. I'm afraid there's not much to eat there. Their mother drinks and sleeps (or passes out) at odd hours. The children are always saying, “Mommy had a headache and had ta lie down.” My husband says I'm being taken advantage of by that drunken slob and I should stop being a sucker. Our kids enjoy these neighbor children and they reajly are sad little tykes.. What is your advice? I promise to take it.---Good Budget Stretcher. Dear Good: View this as an opportunity to teach your children what it means to be a good neighbor. Share what you have with these unfortunate youngsters ~- even if it means watering down the soup and adding a little oatmeal to the hamburger. The moral enrich- ment will more than com- pensate for the vitamin deficiency. Dear Ann Landers: I am not much of areader and that’s why J like your column. You don’t use a lot of big words and usually you get right to the point. (If a letter is too long I won't bother. with it). I happen to need a few an- swers to some important questions but I warn you, if you go on too longwinded, 1 won't read it. Just tell me in a few words the following: What's wrong with smoking grass? 1s there any evidence that LSD can be fatal? — Lover of Short Answers, . Dear Love: I’il try to be brief because if you don't finish reading this I'll kill myself. The first thing “wrong” with grass is that itis egal. Second: You have no way of knowing what you are getting. Some grass is laced with strychnine and. Lord knows what else. Third; You have no way of knowing, in advance, how you will be affected. Some smokers experience nothing more than a pleasant high, Others become stoned and completely When you" don't know who to turn to. we TURN 10 US WITH. CONFIDENCE. MacKAYS FUNERAL HOME * Phone 635-2444 . Terrace, B.C, NIN OINIDJERIS disoriented. On L.S.D.: While the sub- stance itself is not fatal, some acid-heads have been known to kill themselves while tripping. Dear Ann Landers: My wife (second time around) never misses your column. She quotes you every time she opens her mouth. It’s ‘Ann Landers says this” -and"“Ann Landers says that.”’ [ hope you will take my side of our disagreement because if you do [am out of the Coghouse for sure. My wile’s daugher by her first marriage (Ill call her Norma) teaches school in another city. She was here visiting us last weekend, Norma has always had a big mouth. I've counted to ten more times than I care to admit. We wereall sitting in the living room looking at TV and I my wife, Shé answered and | said something else. Norma suddenly yelled at me, “Will you please shut your mouth s0_] can hear the program?” I was flabbergasted and asked her to repeat what she had said. She responded more emphatically than ever,“SHUT YOUR BIG MOUTH!” ; I was so furious 1 put on my hat and coat, walked out of the house and didn't return until the following morning. Did I do wrong? -- Flint Dear Flint: I don't know, Tell me where you spent the night and I'll give you an opinion. Electrical R. R, 2 River_Drive- THORNHILL ELECTRIC RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL conpidelle self-use pregnancy test CUNNINGHAM. _ DRUG STORES equivalent of 10 classrooms and could be used by about 306,000 years. ‘LESS MODEST?’ “Perhaps we should be less modest in our dealing with school plans,” he added. Horizons for school design have been widened, he said. ''I believe we are not fully ex- ploiting the new freedoms.” The old concept of a school--a pitched roof, central hallway and box-like classrooms has gone by the boards in Terrace within the past five years. But new concepts in design-- such as the “open area” school-- ‘have hit Terrace in the last year orso. It’s very current here,” Soutar said. The changes he _ noted, depend on industry and materials available. Sage noted that B.C, “grabbed onto the tail of the open area concept. ‘In B.C. we grabbed onto buildings without the teaching philosophy. It creates some problems.” SOME COMPLAINTS Complaints McLeod had about Parkside Primary was that it does-not have enough “ “Storage space;= Sage noted that storage space is a common complaint in the schools. New shapes in school design were also discussed. Soutar noted that hexagonal and round schools are common in California. ‘In that climate you can enter from the outside.” would be “unrealistic” with Terrace’s climate. “[ think the old idea of a square or rectangular room has no significance anymore,’ he said. “There's anew freedom, new horizons. Architects hate to build boxes side ny side.” Contractors Don McLeod, principal at. knowledge needed for designing students over the next 100 TEACHERS, TEACHERS, TEACHERS—some 280 of them converged on Terrace Friday to take part in the district’s “professional development happened to say something to |. backup ‘spate‘areas or enough’ But he added that such a plan. Easter parade A real old fashioned Easter parade will be held in Terrace this spring. The Terrace Women's In- stitute will sponsor a Centennial Easter parade on April 11. The entire family--from granny to baby--is urged to wear Centennial costumes for the parade. The parade will begin at 2 p.m. at the municipal building, continue down Lakelse to Kalum and from Kalum to Park. The parade ends at the Civic Center where judging will 4918 GREIG take place. Fre No monkey business at day." Subjects from sensitivity training to the semester system were discussed—*Staff photo. LEO'S BRAKES WHEEL AVE. - 635-2616 Wildlife film” here Friday ~ : Wildlife along the coasts of ‘alifornia to Alaska will be the tars in a two-hour color documentary coming to the errace Community Center riday evening. _ The film was ghot by David and. Lyn Hancock, whe earlier made a name for themselves with their film, Coast Safari. "The couple live in Saanichton on | - | Vancouver Island. Admission is $1.50 for adults and $1 for students. Major theme of the film, says. the Hancock's publicity director, is toeducate the public to conservation and preser- vation of our coastal wildlife. The film itself is presently making the northern circuit. Before coming to Terrace, it will be shown in Prince Rupert. | Burns Lake and Prince George. ‘Alaskan bear; a huge, bull sea’ lion, sea otters, cougars — and their pet raccoon, Rocky. Stara of the show wil! be an, She makes | Dean’: Ss. list. "A Terrace girl has: perl Huntington © “College; tington, Indiana. “ She is Miss Josephin A: daughter of Mr. and Mrs: Frankie Peters of 772 Pine’ ‘Street, 7 Terrace, Miss Peters received thei honor on February 11 at the! college, JUST EXPERT REPAIRS: WHEEL ALIGNMENTS + BALL JOINTS + GENERAL REPAIR Wedding announced Mrs. N. Arnold, of Terrace, wishes to announce the engagement of her eldest daughter, Judith Diane to Irwin Eisner, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Eisner of Salmon Arm. . BIGGEST SALE EVER BRAKE JOB SPECIAL! CARS. DRUMS TURNED; NEW WHEEL CYLINDER KITS. REGULAR PRICE Now $58.00 (All work guaranteed) aE LEO'S BRAKE SHOP d's Furniture Centre 2 city WAREHOUSE CLEARANCE SALE i The wedding will takeplace in| the Knox United Church at 6:30 # p.m. on Saturday, February 27, i: and will be followed by a ‘2am reception at 8 p.m. in the “arm Lakelse Hotel Banquet Reom. seveseen $62.00. bea DINETTE S$ CHESTERFI DINETTE SUITES 5 piece 5 chairs UITES 7 piece 6 chairs ELD 2 piece — RECLINERS as low aS .......05. > 37, - up 8 @ 77, up °777 La BEDDING FANTASTIC SA Telephone Benches ..... Chairs Kitchen wane each Hostess 77 VINGS Chairs asstd. colours $1 and up $ 1 777 Dressers with mireor ‘4 ate 7 Piece e ea ue Bedroom Suites a | 27 a), up each .. DOUBLE BEDS QUEEN SIZE 39" MATTRESS $7 54" Special each ....-...-e sce eceneee an 7 Special price .....csecuseeravewcene BUNK BED SET Complete with mattress ....55 s 1 AT. ad = k. $197.7’ Terrace, B.C. 635-5041 BI | | COLOR TV 19" Color Portables With approved trade Special Stereo. $1977.77 DON’T MISS. — YOUR CHANCE! & FINANCING § | AT BANK INTEREST RATES B Remember, YOU CAN BE SURE IF ITS WESTINGHOUSE WESTINGHOUSE COLOR TV'S & APPLIANCES BEST PRICES EVER 25" Col or TV 5 Year Picture Tube Warantee .............-..- beneee eueeeeweesescedNOQW ONLY - 19" WESTINGHOUSE | Color TV “With Trade 42727 . Ed 7727 With Approved — 20" BLACK & WHITE Portables To Clear Out *177. 7 48 Westinghouse Stereo te ciear out ‘297.7 _. WESTINGHOUSE RANGES, R REFRIGERATORS & DISHWASHERS | _LAUNDROMATS AT PRICES TOO LOW TO EVEN MENTION! o “Kitimat Ph, 632 | 222° “Clty Co At Marshall | ‘Wells: 7 on a 3632 . . - nitor: SALE STARTS: FEBRUARY 15th: “AS. $. LONG AS STOCK LASTS! __. FRED'S. FURNITURE CENTRES — -Terrdte. Ph. 635-3630" _ oS : 4434. Lakelse ‘Ave. . Across from the Legion =. |