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YOU do if?

If you were walking down the street in a town
where you were a stranger, and you saw a bunch
of tough looking teenagers apparently beating up
an old man- what would you do? t thoughts
would go through your mind?

It's none of my business? The old guy
probably had it coming to him, anyway? I
mustn't get involved? lf I report it, and the
teenagers find out I did, they could do the same
to me as they are doing to the old man?
Som else is bound to report it, sooner or
later? They probably won't do any permanent

damage to the old man? Which one of these |

excuses will you use?

Or, will you be one of the tiny minority who —

says to himself: _ Suppose that were me?
Wouldn’t I be praying and hoping someone would

- stepin tosaveme? Suppose that was my father -

or my grandfather?

Here's an even tougher variation: You are
walking along the street, at night, and you ac-
tually witness someone being attacked
(“‘mugged” - the crime is so common it has its
own slanguage). The victim sees you walking

‘ by. Hegrabs your sleeve and says, piteously and —

desperately, ‘‘Help me, please!’ Now - there

‘can be no excuse for doubting the assault is

genuine, You saw it happen. The man did not
provoke it. He was minding his own business
when the two “muggers” tackled him by sur-
prise. What would you do? |

The victim does not die. He remembers you,
He tells the police you saw the whole thing. The
police come to you asking you to be a witness at
the trial. What will youdo? The “muggers” are
the sons of a wealthy merchant. The merchant
has “influence” in town, If you testify against
his “‘boys” who were “just having a bit of in-
nocent fund and didn’t mean the old guy any real
harm’’ he could get you fired from your job - and
jobs aren't easy to get these days... What would
you do? ;

Here's another poser. (And this could happen
to YOUR son or your daughter!)

Your son has been a bit of a problem during the
last few years. The police have picked him up
for speeding, ‘throwing rubber’’, “doing eights”
on the highway with his souped up Trans-Am.
Once they picked him up and warned him for
creating a disturbance at a high school dance,

_ and he talked back to one of the RCMP and tried

‘to give him a hard time. You worry about your
#6on. ‘You find you can’t talk to him: You get ina
“digcyssion about smoking marijuana that sud-
dently turns into an argument. That’s it. He's

had enough. He's eighteen - so he packs up and

leaves.
The scene, we'll say, is in Terrace. A
girl reports a ‘‘gang rape” (and don’t think this

-only happens in porno movies - it happens right .
- here, in real life!) She describes as many of the

-youths as she can. One looked like your son, The
policeman he had been “lippy” with goes to his
apartment, where he is living with several others
his ownage. There is a smell of ‘‘pot” in the air.

He starts to question your son-who is actually in

bed. The policeman - not very gently- searches .

you son, slaps handcuffs on him and takes him to
jail. He examines his clothing and the back seat
of his Trans-Am and sends clothing and car seat
out for lab tests. The tests come back negative.

The son is thoroughly shaken up. First, by the
“roughing up’ and handcuffing and jail, second,
by the word that spread among his friends. The
parents are extremely upset - for their son, and
because of the public embarrassment that he

might have been guilty - the rumours keep”

flying. . .

The parents go to their lawyer, who says, ‘‘Are
you kidding? Who'd belive your son? Why, he
couldn’t even get along with his parents? A

_ defense lawyer for the Crown could say he'd

taken his revenge against his mother out on the
girl who represented all women in his mind ete,
Also, he points out a trial: would only bring the
whole affair into the spotlight and you'd never
be able to live it down. ;

The son- much as he was 100 percent innocent -
nonetheless wants nothing more to do with the
police - or having to testify in court. He says,
“Gosh, Mom. Leave me out of this. Let's forget
the whole thing, The RCMP? Several of the
members of the force come round and apologize
for the over zealous actions of one of their
members.

The “member”? He says. ‘I'd do exactly the:

same thing all over again, if I had to. That's the
only way you can deal with these teenagers
today. They haven’t any respect for the law.
You've got to treat em rough or you might as
well quit the force.’

This is all 100 percent fiction, of course. But. !

ese’? Please let

what would you do in cases like

us know. We'll publish you best letters; We'll .

answer every one, There more than one-or even
two sides of the story, We'd like to hear from all
sides. After all-it could happen to you-tonight,
even! Or your son-and daughter, Or your buddy
onthe ‘force’. ee

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- singe December.

THIS WEEK from Ottawa |
lona Gampagnolo,M.P.

An oil port at Kitimat or elsewhere on Canada’s west coast
cannot be justified for the foreseeable future.

This was the deelsion reached by the Federal Cabinet last
week after close to 23 months of discussion and investigation

into various proposals for a crude oil pipelineandterminal‘on .

our west Coast,
OVERALL BEST INTEREST

While I recognize the need for — and have been actively
working to bring about-the diversification of our region's
economic base, E must state that I strongly support this
cabinet decision, as I feel an oil port — and the resulting
tanker traffic — is most definitely not in our area's overall
best interes ;

is most definitely not in our area’s overall best interest.

The benefits which could have been brought.to the nor-
thwest by an oil port development — benefits in the form of
construction activity, a broadened tax base, and close to 100
new jobs — have in no way been shown to outweight the costs
in the form of social and cultural disruption, the added
government services which would be required, the threat to
our coastal fishing industry, and the potential envronmental
catastrophe posed by the oil supertanker traffic,

Ever since I first ralse Jthis'very complex.and important
seus in Parlimanetary Comittee almost two years ago— and
particularly. since my appointment to the Cabinet in Sep-
tember 1976 I have been working to ensure that the views of
our area's residents — your views — were considered in the
decision-making procress.

GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONED INQUIRY

Tt was for this reason that the federal government com-
missioned the “West Coast Oil Ports Inquiry,” under the
chairmanship of Dr. Andrew Thom peon, to assess the en-
vironmental, Social and navigational safety aspects of a weet
coast oll port.Dr, Thompsonesented his interim report on

- the Government just prior to its discussion of this matter in
. Cabinet, and .his recommendations were of considerable

value to us in arriving at our decision.

It is interesting to note that Dr. Thompson's findings
parallel very closely the position —- based on my own in-
dependent research — which I have been publicly stating

Very briefly, these are that there is no demonstrable

shortage of Canadian oil supply requirements; that if such a
shortfall :

all can be demonstrated it would well be met by means
other than imports; if imports are required, it would still
have to be determined if its best to bring them in off the east
coast or the west coast; and that even if a case could be made
for all of the above points, a good environmental case still
cannot be made for Kitimat. ; . —
CART BEFORE THE HORSE - an
‘ Inother words, what wehave been doing in trying to assess
the viability of a specific proposal for a west coast oll port
before these other questions have been answered is very
clearly a case of putting the cart before the horse. The
government, In making its decision, has recagnized the need

to “look at the horse first — rather than the cart’',.and to.

chart a long-term responsible course to supply our country
qiergy requirements, i et LO

The first stage in this will be the supply-demand hearings
to be conducted this spring .by the National Energy Board,
and, follwoing the determination of this essential in-
formation, our future options will become much clearer.

I want to emphasize, though, that based on all the in-
formation available to date, the federal government has
decided that these options do not include an oll port as
Kitimat or elsewhere on our country’s west coast. -

Since the Kitimat proposal first.came to light, I have had

- More mail, telephone calla, and meetings concerning it than
on any other issue since you elected me to Parliament. ] am
pleased that Ihave been able to convey these concerns to the
government in a productive way, and to bé able to assure you
fine your volces are, indeed being heard-and will continue to

8a. . oo , ,

ReRNAT

on™,

“These fireplace logs are just pieces of a tree.
Haven’t you got any of the real plastic ones?”

Pity!
Bs Gan
— Only in Kitimat

A subsidized spay-
neutering program to
decrease’ the birthrate of
unwanted cats and dogs in
Kitimat is reported to have
started recently. Under the
program : owners in Kitimat
will be charged only one half
the veterinary fee for the
surgery. They must pur-
chase a $5 licence however.
Theother half of the surgical

cost will be paid by the Spay-
Neuter fund established by

Clarence Michiel.
Gymnastics program

All students’ in ‘grades ad Garry ‘over ‘into
three, four and five at oie aporta a wal ned
Clarence Michiel Elemen:- general fitness, agers
tary School are participating .
in an enrichment gymnastics Classes are divided into

groups of approximately

program, The purpose of
this program is to enhance fifteen students. Each group
receives two hours of in-

the schools’ physical

education program through struction over a two week
the medium of gymnastics. ’ period. So far the emphasis
Since most of the available has been on basic tumbling
gym time 1s booked regular skills but work has also been
PE. classes, much of the done on some apparatus,
program is carried out ina such as the balance beam,
large open area classrcom'” yault and parallel bars, The
which hasbeen setupforthis program instructor, Miss
purpose, “Gymnastics isan Mary- Arnott, is a fully
ideal enrichment. activity — qualified physical education
because the muscle coor- teacher who Is also a coach
dination, endurance and for the Terrace’ Peaks
Gymnastics Club.

Hexibility which are
Ottawa Offbeat
by Richard Jackson

' Ottawa-You've got to hand it to good old Charles M. “Bud’"
Drury, for hanging in there. . ;
One of the originals of the Liberal Establishment's “Old
Boy Networx,’ member ever in good standing with the Grits’
“Montreal Mafia,” a don of one of Quebec's best: families,
“and a buddy of Prime Minister Trudeau, he’s carrying on to
bigger and better things, °

When ‘he hasn’t been 8 many-portolised member fo the
Lester Pearson and Pierre Trudeau cabinets, he's been one
of the prime movers and shakers of the everlasting and self-
Perpetuating Liberal Mandarinate.

t tly, from the cabinet and the House of Commons
he's gone to become a sort of overseer of development of the
Northwest Territories and Chariman of the National Capital
Commission. . a, .

Ifhe measures up to his Ottawa track record of 91 years in
the Ottawa power circle, the best thing the staff at the
National Capital Commission could do now would be to post a
¢4-hour guard over the Rideau Canal. ;

The canal, built y British Army. Colonel John By, the
founding father.of Bytown which became Ottawa, more
recently and officially known asthe “Hull-Ottawa National
Ca al Region,” is perhaps the moat distinguishing feature
of “Fat City”, - oat ; ;

Not only is it a pleasant canoe and cruise route in summer
to Kingston on Lake Ontario, but in winter its first five miles
kerve as the world’s longest skating rink. oe,

But things happen to Bud...

They always have.

donations from the SPCA
and Alcan.

SPCA president Phyllis Le
Blanc, of Kitimat is quoted
as saying alimited number .
‘animal will be spayed each
month until sent funds are
exhausted. ‘Since this is a
Program community benefit
‘we will be pleased to accept
donations fromi other groups
or private citizens, We
would " make this an on-
going program but that will

7 And unless the canal and other Commission property, like
the miles of manicured parkways,

bowers of flowers
-unending bike and pedestrian paths along the Rideau and
Ottawa Rivers are put under. lock and key, some inventive
enter priser just might make off with some of the real estate.
It all seema pretty well anchored to the landscape — but
when you've got a generous guy In charge like Bud, you can
‘never tell what a clever legal eagle might be able to lay claim
and hands on in.the courts, or an inventive developer wheel
and deal In property.swaps, =. con
After all, it was Bud who had the responsibility as Deputy
Defence Minister when some miscreants waltzed off with the
railway.tracks at Camp Petawawa, stri
household appliances and drew wages for horses on the Army
_)

payroll, ° re 3 :
"And ‘It was good old: Bud who amiably involved the.
Byernment last year in that embarrassing “give the judge a.

Amo hla other “it's only money” efforts was his attempt
to muzzle that well-respected .“watchdog of ”
ie Acer ere aera uh
ud figuri 8 was too nosey — after all,
business was it if the government wanted to tose away ene

taxpayer's millions on dese:ving Liberals?- but the Com- .
. mong instead put Bud.onthe leash. :

ed the barracks of -

SOM eNTON TOURNA

News From Terrace-Kitimat Area

e

l frosis (DHL).

Teoh a ory pa
involves major surgery, pets
are usually released ‘their
owners the same day of the

require continuing donations
to make this possible,

An article in thereat
news reporting the
popallateon control scheme
lists surgical costs of $33.50
for cat neutering. to more
than §76 for spaying of an
older female dog. SPCA

surgery. —

No similar program ap-
pears to have been an-
nounced for pet owners in
includes vaccatination Terrace, The Herald learned

against distemper, hepatitis Wednesday.
SEIEEEESESEAE SENN ATER RTI

Storefront Co-op
Hazleton-Kispiox —

..,Tha Hazelton-Kisplox Fed-up Co-op is busy getting up a
“storefront outlet for the many people interested in good foud.
‘They prea non-profit, member run group located next to Tru-
“angié'Motors ‘in Hazelton. They will be opening ‘goon,"tor
further information contact Marcel! Poulin at 842-5338.

Ses NS SHAS SSSR OS RS

Terrace Job
Opportunities

INSTRUCTORS, Open, $9.00- various openi

hr. (D.O.E,), in Terrace. wages in terrae’
Req for instructing 12.9,

courses such as crafts,

business, vocational, SAWFITTER, 1 vacancy, No

SS

academic and general. Ucket, $9.00 44 hr to $9.80-2
for cert. LW.A. rate, in

SENIOR AR- Terrace.

CHITECTURAL DRAFT: © should

h require Ex:
perienced serving of liquor.

Terrace,
SPEECH THERAPIST, 1
_ Must be experienced, opening, $1450-1721 per
Assisting in producting month, in Terrace.
agrchitectural working, Completion of Grad work
drawings, assisting in in apeech pathology
aPreification writing general essential. Experience {n
ce work, educational environment an

MANAGER BOOKSTORE, 1 asael.
vacancy, $5-$7 hr. (D.0,E.),

SMAN, 1 vacancy, $8.00

$1,500-mo. (D.0.E.), in

PURLISHER'S
in Terrace. :
, ASSISTANT, 1 yvacanc
Must be experienced, min. $4.99 (D.0.E'). in Terrace’

2 years should have some :
‘ Must .be fast, ace
even budgeting, planning typist (60 w.p.m.) eral
booking, reception work,

Phone.
* INDUSTRIAL ELEC-
TRICIAN, 1 vacancy, I.W.A.

rate, in Terrace,
REGITERED NURSE, 2 Must be certified,
vacancies, $7.90 per hr.

Tereaie P it MEDICAL SECRETARY, 1
Required in medical. Vacancy, $800.00 -month
surgical shift work, 84; 4-12; Must have typing ex-

perience (60 words per

COOKS, various positions
$3.25-hr. Up, in Terrace,
Speciality cooking,

; minute), reception, ~ bi

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