rotten, un, boring, scary, and awful e big! By BRIAN GREGG ; Herald staff writer School is a rotten place where they make you sit 4in the corner on a stool if you are bad. Before you were of the age to go to school you visited one and you hated it even though you didn’t know why. School is a fun place where you can hammer in a box if you want. There are books and puzzles to work out and the teachers read you stories. making up their minds about school. They have an inkling of the good side and the bad side of the next 12 years of their lives but at any given moment it’s more fun to think about the Cookie Monster than about school. “I go to school and the teacher will get me mad | and she'll put mein the kitchen,” says five-year-old Pf @ Weidner. -W en P'm good ars. Wayne doesn’t like the idea reading,’’ he spits out sullenly. “T want to go to school,’’ says Emily Vallieres, but she doesn’t know why. Debbie Clearwater says she wants to go to school play things at school and we make things...I'll get to go to kindergarten when I get big and I’m five.” Five year old Gerald Chapdelaine says when he goes to school he will probably ‘“donothin’ ”. Five year old Mia Inmundson doesn’t know what ‘school she'll go to; but “I hate it,” She says she went to school for a visit once, and she made a turtle. “I don’t know why I didn’t like it,” she says,pensively. One of the day care youngsters said when they are bad they are put on a chair in the kitchen at school and another says ‘‘they spank you on the bottom.” _ They don't know what a teacher does but the ones who have visited a school say a teacher reads a story. ' "Yvonne Chapdelaine says when she gets to school she will thinks the first day of school is going to be fun and when she gets there she will work. Mia says she will sit down an do nothing Just then Debbie Clearwater’s mother arrived. “Oh, I've got to go, my mother is here... Mommy the newspaper is here and guess .what...they were asking me what I thought about-school.” _ a ‘tedc School is...— Children of Terrace Day Care Centre are still. chers. will let: of reading, “‘Thate THE HERALD, Friday, September 2, 1977, PAGE 3 NADON RETIRES Sp @ a RCMP criticized OTTAWA CP - Outgoing Simmonds, 51, a native of RCMP. commissioner Hafford, Sask., was deputy -Nadon said today he is commissioner of tlie force leaving the force ‘‘with and served for much of his more critics and back-biters career in British Columbia - than we've ever had, and and Alberta. eu ert Henry Simmonds. the new com- Agpokesman sai he would issue no comments on his new job until he has had a chance to settle into it. Nadon, who became commissioner. in January 1974, said that despite headlines concerning illegal activities by the RCMP, a recent cross-country tour he took made him feel that ‘Jocal officials are 100 per cent behind us and the public is 95 percent behind | us,” missioner, to deal with the problem. ' But Nadon said he thinks “the force is in goad shape internally, its members are happy and it is doing fan- tastic work.” His comments followed a brief ceremony in which he handed over to his successor the tips staff, an or- namented wooden tube and symbol of office of the RCMP commissioner. Career Opportunity Advertising Sales _The Terrace Daily Herald requires an enthusiastic, reliable person to work towards a future in advertising sales. Applicants should be neat in appearance, haveself management abilities, enjoy meeting people and have the ability to generate new ideas. Sales experience would be an assef. Your own transportation isnecessary. Full line of company benefits. Opportunity for Advancements. CONTACT: CANADA EMPLOYMENT CENTRE 4630 LAZELLE 7 TERRACE, B.C. CAREER OPPORTUNITY . PRESS _ APPRENTICE | The Terrace Daily Heraid requires a young enthusiastic, reliable person to work towards a future in the printing industry. Applicants should be mechanically inclined and be wiiling to accept responsibility. CONTACT: CANADA EMPLOYMENT CENTRE 469 LAZELLE TERRACE, B.C. ap Teachers read stories and the kids decided to let Debbie Clearwater to the honors. MOST MAKES AND MODELS SHOCK ABSORBERS not more than $ AGB G9 pair | ) installed SURE TAACKERS heavy uty AW series Motorcratt shack absorbers front or rear frant and rear suspension all springs staoring assambly Staering linkage Installation included Passenger cars and ight trucks AW series heavy-duty shack absorbers carry alda-time guarantee. instalitwo v™ Inspect SERVICE SPECIAL EXPIRES: SEPT 15 CALLOUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT 30 DAYS OF THEY'LL KEEP YOU GOING 4000 MILES: TERRACE TOTEM FORD SALES LTD. Teacher Pat Mumford puts up posters on her classroom wall at Thornhill Elementary, There are 4,397 students expected to enroll in the Greater Terrace area when achool reopens. Last year there were 4,186 students. for your convenience 4 “4631 KEITH TERRACE, B.C. 635-4994 t