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To the. Editor;

Last night (October 23) I at-°
tended my first council meeting
in the City.of Terrace. I must say
it was a real eye-opener.

Firstly, contrary to proper
Parliamentary procedure, alder-
man: Laurent introduced a mo-
tion to not support a proposed
Sunday: shopping bylaw. This
negative motion should not have
had a seconder, but alderman
. Takhar did second the motion

and discussion commenced.

‘After a few minutes of feeble

attempts to justify his position,
Laurent’s real issue was that he
himself is in the line of work that
required Sunday work so why
shouldn't the retail sector have
to work Sundays also.

A number of the bylaw sup-
porters expressed concern over
‘freedom. of choice or lack of
freedom of choice. Laurent’s
- choice was to work for an
organization that required Sun-
day work, Most of the retail
workers chose retail work at the
time when Terrace did not have
--Sunday shopping. Now it is be-
ing forced.onto the workers.

A letter was received from a
Safeway representative from
Vancouver saying that no
employee would be forced to
work Sundays, Any employee in
the retailing business knows that
what head office says, and what
_actually happens on the local
scene, are in fact, all too often
completely different. And

besides, since when does Van-.

couver influence the decisions of

local civic politicians? .
As the seconder, Takhar did
not really address the motion.
His biggest concern was closing
down the beer stores and liquor
outlets on Sundays. Good luck,
Takhar. To begin with, the pro-
vincial government would never
disrupt one of their biggest
revenue-generating sources, and
secondly, I don’t think .ac-
cessibility causes drunkenness.

Apparently, alderman Cooper .

slept through all of the presenta-
tions. A number of the
presenters emphasized the fact

_that they chose to live in Terrace

for its unique life style, away
from the influences of large ur-
ban centers. Cooper’s few com-
ments relative to the issue were
to the effect that Vancouver was
wide open for shopping so why
not Terrace, Is that acting in the

. best interest of our community?

It’s unfortunate that the
deciding vote was left up-to

Sheridan. He stated that in the ©

last two weeks leading up to this
meeting he visited the majority

of businesses in Terrace to get a

feel for what the retailers
wanted. I’ve talked to a number
of retailers myself, including the
Co-op, a major player in this
business community, and they
didn’t recall seeing Sheridan.
So, who was he influenced by?

Obviously not the home-grown, -

long-time businesses who have

contributed so much over. the

years to our community.
I was pleased and proud of the

Big Brothers, Sisters
seeking board members

Contributed by
_ Teresa Brinkac

_.-& number of individuals have

gained provisional status as a
board of directors for the Ter-
‘ race area Big Brothers and Big
Sisters affiliate. This would not

have been possible if individuals .

and small businesses in our com-
munity had not donated time
- and funds,

However, for our non-profit
organization to gain permanent
status and provide the service
_which is needed in our com-
munity, more individuals from
all walks of life must step for-
ward. .

In- recruiting the board of
' directors, it is important that
-professionals from various areas
be represented. Some of these
areas may be managerial,
medical, financial, legal, media,

that over 1000,000
Canadians have diabetes?
For more information,
contacl your local Branch of the Canadian

Diabeles Association orthe National Office,
76 Bond Streel, Toronto, Ontario MSB 208.

r Awiciain

Avcrtein du diate

~ health care and religion. In addi-
tion to recruiting directors,
members are also needed for

committees such as screening ©
and matching, fundraising and -

publicity. In order for this
Organization to gain permanent

_ Status and service our communi-.
ty, our citizens must come for-

ward and volunteer their time.
Those interested in volunteer-
ing please contact Jenny Green

or Teresa Brinkac by Nov. 13..

Our annual general meeting will
be held on Nov. 21 in the base-

ment of the Terrace Public:

Library. This meeting will deter-
mine whether this organization
should continue to operate or
close its doors.

Jenny Green — work:
635-4925: home; 798-2568.

Teresa Brinkac — work;
635-6181; home; 638-8211.

Pifer —

decide if the assessment is ac-..
curate or fair..

When you read a column
about how. those within his
own party and even within his
_owh caucus consider Mr.
Vander Zalm to be a liability to
Social Credit’s re-election, it
does not stem from some mys-
terious media conspiracy to dd

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position alderman Ruth Hallock
took on.this issue, Her integrity
exemplifies one of the major.

characteristics, I feel, an in--

dividual selected to conduct the
affairs of my city should have.
She promised the voters that she
would uphold the wishes of the
Terrace residents as expressed in
the 1987 referendum on Sunday
closing and she stood ‘by thiat
conviction.

. T-was-also pleased with alder-
man Hull’s sensitivity and con-
cern. in recognizing the impor-
tance of the family unit and the
need to do whatever. we can to
tighten that bond rather than
constantly introduce roadblocks
to disrupt that which is so im-
portant in. strengthening the
family unit.

His Worship Mayor Talstra
has a good understanding of
values that count in our society,
especially honesty: I wish to
thank and commend him for
that.

The results from last night’s
meeting are disappointing to say
the least. I strongly concur with
the suggestion that those. who
are opposed.to Sunday shopping

‘and those who would rather not

have to work-on Sundays should
avoid supporting those places of
business who support and pro-
mote Sunday shopping.

In closing, I refer again to the
term ‘‘freedom of choice’’
which was used by those, op-
posing.. the ..restricted . Sunday
hours, If all major stores remain
open Sundays, it will force the .
other stores to open regardless
of their convictions. Is that
freedom of choice? I guess it is.
They could choose to remain
closed on Sundays and eventual-
ly close their doors for good,
which appears to be the goal of
the major chains. | —

L. Gosselin,
. Terrace, B.C,

Surprised,
honored

To the Editor;

. We were surprised and
honored to be named Business
Executives of the Year by the
Terrace and District Chamber of
Commerce, All the work and ef-
fort by the individuals involved
in organizing the event went
toward making it a very memor-
able evening for us.

Thanks to all the people who
attended and took part in this
yeat’s award ceremonies.

Mark: and Marj Twyford,
‘Terrace, B.C.

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am as entitled to agree with
them... Or not... as you are.
Blaming the media for creating
that situation, however, is’
ridiculous.

Wanting or trying to shoot
the messenger for delivering
“‘bad news’ — such as polling
date, by-elections results, or
. defections from caucus — has
never worked, and never will,

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"Terrace Reviewi — Wednesday, November 1, 1989 5.

The way |
I see it... |

by Stephanie Wiebe

My life is complete. I just
found out that my lips are
‘in’. I’ve always hated my
lips, sort of fat and wrinkly as
they are. But according to -
Chatelaine magazine, my lips
are the latest thing. Well,
they’re not exactly saying ©
“Stephanie Wiebe, of Terrace,
B.C., has the ‘in’ lips for
1989’? — and they’re calling —
them ‘‘bee-stung’’, instead of
big fat lips as I’ve always refer-
red to them, but evidently
famous women all over North
America are having collagen in-
jected into their lips to make
them resemble mine.

My Grandma Mary had these
“‘bee-stung’’ lips, and in adol-
escent days I used to stare in
the mirror, comparing my lips
to hers. I hated her lips,
especially on my face, Accord-
ing to my judgment, these great
swollen red things overpowered
any other interesting facial
features, My Aunt Lorraine
had a lovely slim delicate
mouth, usually lipsticked in a
glamorous coral. I used to
tighten my mouth a lot when
Aunt Lorraine’s lips were _
around, Why couldn’t I have
the good lip genes?

Growing up in a television

sit-com generation,. my: heroines. ..

were Marcia Brady (“The -
Brady Bunch”), Laurie Part-
ridge (‘‘The Partridge Family’’)

‘The Annual General Meeting of the
Terrace & District Community Services Society
will take place on Tuesday, November 14, 1989 in the
Terrace Public Library Meeting Room at 7:30 p.m.

- All residents of the community are invited
to attend and are.eligible to vote
by becoming members of the Society.

PLAN FO ATTEND AND BRING A FRIEND.

and Cheryl Tiegs, all thin- —

lipped beauties, The fat-lipped

women included Carol Burnett

and Lucille Ball; though suc-

cessful professionals in their —

fields, they were the clowns,

obviously relegated into that

role by virtue of their huge’ 7

lips. Women’s opportunities —

were growing — I could grow

up to be a doctor, lawyer, or

astronaut, but I’d still have —

those clown lips. ee
Since those days I’ve sort of ©

grown into my lips, having :

other concerns that push lip-

’ size into a lower priority. But

now that Chatelaine, the
foremost Canadian women’s
magazine, has blessed my lips
as the ideal for 1989, ’'ma
fulfilled person. I may not
wear the latest fashions, have a
perfect body, or live a trendy
life, but my lips are ‘‘cool’’, I
can flash my fat lips at every-
one, feeling the envy of all,
knowing that a part of me is
finally ‘‘in’’. -
Of course, having trendy lips
has it’s down side, too. The
problem with having cool lips,
is that someday they'll be
passe, I dread the day when I
walk down the street, and hear
the comments of passersby:
“*Yeah,.I remember, back.in .3:,..0
1989 when those fat lips were
‘in’. But what is she going to.
do with them now?” .

11/8

had THE TSIMSHIAN

TRIBAL COUNCIL .
Cordially Invites You”

To Attend Their .

2ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Prince Rupert Civic Centre
Auditorium, Prince Rupert, B.C.

NOVEMBER 2, 3 & 4, 1989
DAILY FROM 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

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