Z a Theatre. The-audience will be u sy . 8 % Get - Farr: e tion, a much larger effort titled Computalk Is there consumer protection for software buyers? and Skeena Theatre Arts that “more and. more. children. are being brainwashed and _pres- sured into thinking that intoxi-— cation is a requirement for social . maturity. The project is funded from a . variety of government and pri- vate sources. Performances. will -be held over the next month for both school audiences and the ' general public. After the local eee a nen a: os eee eee ek Ne ee ater - In addition to the usual junk mail (store flyers, etc.) that we all presentations both: productions get, I periodically receive special junk mail aimed at members of my profession (have we got'a computer deal for you in Chicago... and so on). Among this collection, I recently received . a ‘personalized invitation’ to attend a “‘once-in-a-lifetime’’ two day seminar on Computers and the Law in Vancouver, which was being offered at the bargain price of $795.00 per person. And to top it off, dinner.on the second night was included and I could even bring my spouse to dinner at no extra charge.- — will go on the road for perform- ance in other northwest commu- nities, Both productions are also be- ing videotaped for sale and dis- tribution. . . Squeeze is a set of 13 vignettes based on a variety of experiences aia / & § 4 a ; | premiers tomorrow | Jf __ Squeeze, the play written and elementary school students. Juice, goes on the stage in May. i developed by Skeena Junior Sec- Squeeze is one of two produc- It’s a weightier piece directed at q ondary School theater arts tions that have kept the theatre olderkids. © . . ; 4 students on the theme of alcohol arts students on a brutal sched- Both productions,. known cole | 4 and the social pressures for kids ule of script development, re- lectively as the Youth Alcohol | — 4 to take up drinking, opens hearsals and videotapings since . Drama project, are the result of © q tomorrow at the R.E.M. Lee late last year. The.other produc- a joint concern. held by the 4 - Skeena Union Board of Health APRESENTATION OF THE SKEENA UNION BOARD OF HEAITH AND SKEENA THEATRE ARTS All joking aside, it probably was an excellent seminar and I . could have benefitted from attending. Unfortunately, I was too cheap to spring for the $795.00 and too busy to spare the three or four days that are needed for a two day visit to Vancouver. In oq reviewing the seminar promotional literature, one could see that 4 it was aimed at members of the legal profession and the data pro- cessing profession mainly from the point of view of hardware. — and software suppliers. A large part-of the seminar was scheduled to deal with changes in the Copyright Act and other such issues. " Tf nothing else, it underscored'the rapid growth of ‘this industry ‘where there are many. specialists in a field called ‘Computer : Law’. Almost every.second issue of -trade publications I receive vod _ contain some story on issues such as. copyrights, patents, etc. a4 And yet in my day-to-day business I can’t help get the feeling that most people, even in the computer industry, have little — knowledge of legal issues in computing. When the issues are ad- dressed it is from the point of improving legal protection for copyright holders. Over the past 10 years of ‘rapid growth in this industry I have seen very little if anything in terms of computer consumer protec- youngsters have when they en- “counter alcohol .consumption. Those encounters include the effect of parents and siblings who have drinking problems on young children and the structure of the family, the pressure to drink from peers, and the perva- siveness of alcoholic beverages in society. Some of these skits are -bare-kiuckles emotional freefalls, others are pointedly satiric examinations of social ~ values. _ a The drama group has put television commercials used by major breweries to connect the . ‘“‘go00d life’? with beer consump- | tion near the top of its hit list. - |/ Brian Koven, the Skeena teacher INGLEwoop HaTcHERY ~ | ~& AVIARIES | Send for your free list‘on. exotic birds, poultry _ & hatching eggs. Over 100 Varieties! R.R. #3 Site 5 Comp 12, Prince George, B.C. : . font ‘tion. 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