SHOULD INDUSTRIAL TRAFFIC BE = RESTRICTED TO SPECIFIC STREETS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS? Shamsher Thandi © ‘No. The streets are for . vehicles and trucks are vehicles — so it doesn’t real- ly matter. — Michael Wong Yes. | live in a school zone and it’s just too dangerous. Jack Webb Yes. 1’m not involved, but if | lived on a_ street like Halliweli | would probably be one of the first ones to com- plain. The politicians don't care — but if they lived on one of those streets | don’t think there would be any problem. Norm Frank Yes. Other than Hwy. -16, industrial traffic should be restricted to streets Keith and Kenney where the industrial centers are. like ° Bruce Graydon Yes. | don’t think you can restrict it from the main arteries but you certainly can from residential streets and school zones. Rhonda Fedderson Yes. The majority of the streets shouldn’t be used but ‘the main ones should. ! think they should use the main ‘streets and bypass residen- tial areas. bl Canadian Opera Company to perform in Northwest The Prince Rupert Perform- ing Arts Centre Society will pre- sent, for the first time in the new facility, a professional opera company and symphony orches- tra this season in the 19th cen-. tury classic, “The Tales of Hoff- man’’. The 1988 fall tour of the production will mark the first appearance by the Canadian Opera Company in’ western Canada in 10 years. The engage- ment in Prince Rupert is one of only six appearances in British Columbia. , Full sets, period costumes, 14 voices from the Toronto-based Opera company, and members of the Victoria Symphony will be combined in an unusual eve- ning of entertainment on Friday, November 25. ‘For further information, call the Performing Arts Centre at 627-8888. . "Terrace Review Letters to the Editor — Weidnesday, Sepiember 28, 1988 5 More than a campaign needed To the Editor; _.} would like to comment on the ‘‘Buy Local’’ campaign that is being launched by the Chamber of Commerce. The ob- jective of the program is to pro- mote an awareness of the benefits of buying locally. ‘A few years back I saw these words on the back of an employee’s check stub from a hotel back east, “Please be courteous to our patrons, it is because of them that we have a payroll.’’ This probably says it all. There are some businesses whose employees realize that the buying public is their bread and Thanks from lady golfers To the Editor; . On behalf of the Skeena Valley Ladies Golf Club, | would like to express our sincere appreciation and thanks to all the businesses, merchants and club members Who so generously donated to our golf tournament. — It is through their donations, in- terest and help that our recent which read . butter, but there are far too many of the attitude that if you visit. their establishment it’s okay, and if you don’t it’s still okay, I feel that the Chamber of Commerce must be concerned _and go beyond Terrace dollars and plane trips if they want us to buy locally. They should, be Suggestion -To the Editor; I don’t understand the men- tality of people who vandalize. How.can the damage done to the Arena hillside and the local soc- Ladies Open Tournament held on July 9 and 10 and the Ladies Club Championship held Sept. 10 and 11 enjoyed tremendous Success. Thank you sincerely. A. Cox, Tournament chairperson Terrace thinking about things like seminars for businesses and employees so as to impress upon them that people have feelings and that they want nothing more than recognition and respect, and are not looking for something for nothing. Andy Nabess Terrace for vandals cer fields be rationalized? Are the people responsible for this damage that ignorant to consider such behavior fun? Do they have no pride in themselves? No pride in their town? It saddens and aggravates me when vandals damage or destroy work done to make this town have more character. I wish people who like to destroy things would at least have .the human decency to destroy their own property and leave Terrace to those who are proud of it. Hedy Brouwer, Terrace, Give the disabled a chance to rise. To the Editor; A recent conference at Naramata, near Penticton, by the B.C. Coalition of the Disabl- ed (BCCD) on adaptive technol- ogy: the road to employment and recreation was only a display of optimism among hardship, injustice and political ignorance. ‘Two Terrace residents attend- ed the conference, but the death sentence of poverty still lingered in the air as they drove out of that tiny United Church subdivi- sion on Okanagan Lake, One of the keynote statements ‘at the conference was that disabled people’s only hope was that more and more people will, over the years to come, become disabled themselves. and learn what it is like to be shoved aside and ignored with extreme pre- judice, People are generally shocked to learn that people who receive disability pensions from both the federal Progressive Conser- vative government and the pro- vincial Socred government are penalized for trying to improve their lot in life. Both persons who attended the conference receive roughly $450 a month in pension funds, The consequence of trying to earn a few extra dollars on the federal program means being completely cut off from all future funding. This makes it impossible for recipients to rise above the poverty line and means all opportunity for part time employment is thwarted by government regulations. Those on the provincial side are completely discouraged to show any incentive to reach the poverty line, which is set at about $750 (per. month) in to- . day’s society. These people are treated like welfare recipients and are cut back after they earn more than $50. Handicapped persons earning $500 can expect to gain no more than that amount. Handicapped people can understand these rules applying to jobless people on welfare who may be deemed ‘‘able bodied’’, but who for lack of education and economic reasons have been. without work. Society is always railing against these people, who are told they should be given shovels and forced into labor camp work conditions. When the BCCD came to Ter- race in the spring to seek new members there were no facilities for the handicapped to hold a meeting, They held a meeting at the college and the one handi- capped person who showed up was forced to pay $10 for a taxi. That $10 was out of his $150 food allowance for that month. The genera! apathy is not on the part of handicapped people _ but it is because the handicapped in Terrace have been: forced into Frank Donahve Fri. til 9:00 an underground existence with no hope of surfacing to improve their lifestyles.” Both federal and provincial governments have seen to it that the handicapped are kept poor and are forced to live in a sub- sistence level. Parties like the Socreds, the Conservatives, Liberals and others are completely out to lunch when it comes to the plight of the handicapped. 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