Now that the election is over,
‘what issues would you like
_to see the government

_ address first?

Robert Moore
(Canyon City)
The same old thing —

time there is an election
they say they're going to
.do something. To us it
means a lot because it
means education, medi-
care etc. for our people.

the land quéstion. Every

Laurle Forbes
_Environmental issues.
The issues are so fun-
damental and pertinent to
the survival of the
species, | hope it dodsn't
take a disaster to bring ©
about real action. In our
area the Khutzeymateen
is one whose habitat can
provide a perfect balance
‘and. consequently’ will ac-
commodate more .griz-

alles per hectare than

other areas. This: means

to me It should be pro
.. teéted and given priority
‘as a reserve.

‘Since we live

Brock Waldron

Tax reform — so it is
equal for ali classes.
in a
democratic society we.
should all be treated the
same. |. am also con-
cerned about environmen-
tal issues, acid rain etc.
Hopefully Free Trade will
open the door to more of-
fective negotiation.

'- Gord Judzentis

To the Editor;

I wish to thank all the people
who supportéd me in my recent
try at re-election to our local
school board.

Although I was unsuccessful
in -securing re-election, the
tokens of friendship which I re-
ceived made it all worthwhile.

_ Special thanks to John, Ella and
Wayne for their time and en-

couragement.

I congratulate Eva Daniels on
her election. Her experience in
the district should prove useful.

For me, being a school trustee

_ Wasa useful way to contribute to

Lea oy Rita oot ed chats bathe arco ore Rete

To the Editor; |

Officers. and members of
Skeena Valley Rebekah Lodge
#68 wish to extend their thanks
to all who contributed towards
making their tea and bazaar held
Saturday, November 5 in the
Odd Fellows Hall a success,

Winners of the raffle were:

Afghan and cushions —-
Homer Beck,

Food hamper — Bill Gyger.

Elephant — Mary Schaeffer. .

Decorated Christmas cake —

‘Muriel Michiel.

_ Door prize — Kaya Downs. .

aad WNC STOLE LO Secor! cea

Jetirey Amdt |
_ The Free Trade legisla- Sports fishing.
tlon. Get the debate over
with.

- our “community. I have learned Sincerely,
Le t f er, RY much while making my con- Gladys Oliver
| - : tribution. _. Terrace, B.C.
It was all ank You. Francis Sabine

an CT nr Terrace B.C. Thanks DQ
worthwhile nn eae

Winners nr

With regard to the recent

-Thank You notice printed in
your paper, on behalf of The —

Skeena Union Board of Health
and Skeena Jr. Secondary

Theatre Arts students, I wish to
_ give my apologies to one of our

corporate donors who was not
acknowledged.
I would like to take this op-

portunity to say Thank You to

the Dalry Queen, one of our ma-

- jor financial contributors.
Gail Murray, |

- €o-ordinator,
~ Youth and Alcohol
_.., Awareness Project.

|, Terrace Peview — Wednesday, November 30, 1988 5

Strike vote results

tobereleasedtoday |

The count for a district-
wide strike vote taken
Monday by the Terrace
District Teachers’ Associa-

tion should be complete |

today.

The strike vote .was called
after talks between the TDTA
and the negotiating committee

- for the board of School District
' 88 failed to make headway in

sessions early last week.

In a statement issued Nov. 22,

negotiating committee chairman
Delbert Morgan said his team
had finished going through the
complete TDTA contract pro-

posal they received Sept. 30 and

came to the conclusion that they
would draft a complete package

response to it. But he added,
*‘There is more to their proposal.

than anyone would have antici-
pated. To be fair, we must take
our thoughts back to the
board.”’

A special meeting of the
board has been called for the
evening of Dec. 1, with the first
order of business being the
swearing in of trustees elected in
the Nov. 19 civic election. The
board will then retire to an in-
camera session to hear the nego-
tiating team’s proposal.

-’ The next. bargaining session is
scheduled for Dec. 4, and Mor-

gan says the board team’s entire

package will be put on the table
then.

TDTA president Helmut

Giesbrecht said the strike vote
reflects dissatisfaction among

- | the 309 members of the union
- over what he described as ‘‘pain-—
. fully slow” progress in arriving

at the newly-formed union’s
first collective agreement with
the board. He noted that the
board team has had the TDTA’s
complete proposal for two
months, and called paid
negotiator Mary Saunders’ in-
sistance on requiring explana-
tions of the language in the pro-
posal ‘“‘time consuming and
maybe unnecessary’’,

Giesbrecht also questioned

the schoool district team’s need.

to get approval from the board;
saying that it could indicate the

team doesn’t really have the

authority to. negotiate.

“Things aren’t going any

place, we (the two sides) are still
far apart,”’ he said.

' The TDTA represents 309
full-time equivalent teachers in
the Terrace area, Stewart, Kit-
wanga and Hazelton.

Correction.

In a story regarding the

Northwest. Academy of the Per-

forming Arts published in last .

week’s Terrace Review, we re-
ported. that the ‘academy’s
speech and choral speaking pro-
gram will be taught by Jo Col-
lier, Well, there is no such per-
son.

The instructor is in fact Jo
Falconer, the well-known Ter-
race elementary school teacher

whose speech and choral speak-
ing students have received con-

-sistently high praise. in the
Pacific Northwest Music
Festival and other competitions.

Frank Donahue

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