PAGE 4. THE HERALD, Tuesday. March 7, 1978 7 EDITORIAL: Invisible 2,500 With 2500 registered umemployed in the Terrace District-according to Employment and Immigration-it might have been expected that the HERALD offer to help bring those out-of- work in touch with the job market through free- write ups would receive a warm response. As HERALD readers know, we have had a standing, free offer for the past three or more weeks to help person seriously looking for work find employment through these columns. A mere handful-less than one dozen have even bothered ' to getin touch with us, or take us up on our offer. Which leads us to suspect something must be very very wrong-somewhere. ‘ Wehave evenhad a phone caller asking us why _ we thought we could help where Manpower has been unable, To that , our reply is that it is a cardinal principle of selling or advertising that - the more the exposure the better one’ chances are of succeeding in making your ‘‘sale’’. In this instance, the “‘sale” being to sell an employer on . the idea that he should hire you. A quick phone around, Sunday afternoon ‘shows that we are making some headway on those we have tried to find jobs for. Of the small group, some have actually landed full-time work of the kind, they were seeking, others have firm offers, one has a good lead, one did not an- ‘swerthe phone, and one is, we believe on his way to his newfound job. _ Our success rate in the three week experiment - has been about 60 per cent so far, and could rise _to 80 per cent in a few days. — We would like to suggest that Canada Em- ‘ployment and Immigration Services seriously -eonsider the usefulness of inserting “Em- _ ployment wanted” advertisments in the local - “newspapers for a test portion of its 2,500 : registered unemployed and that they run the ads : for a 6-month trial period. We believe that even if. : the results are only a half dozen persons finding : loyment, per month the saving in welfare U.LC, benefits would more than pay for the cost of the ads-not to mentin the happiness of | Spo - those finding work at last. Red Light. That a traffic light should be perpetually blinking red on a busy street like Lakelse may not puzzle your average motorists. However, something in the news side of our noses tempted me to ask why it “winked” red only instead of changed to yellow and green. In case you~ haven't already found our it is because ofthe weather, The weather ? Well, the power cable for the traffic light is buried underground inside of conduit pipe (Aluminum, we were told). This pipe has filled with water, the water has frozen and burst the pipe etc. Until the ground thaws, and the conduit can be replaced, the traffic light will have to be operated as a blinker on a tem-' porary basis. The frozen conduit if symptomatic of other freezing and flooding problems the town suffers. A8 someone remarked recently, while com- million plaining about a flood situation on a sidestreet, ‘The plumbing and drainage system for this town must havebeen laid out. be southern engineers who never realized it freezes up here,: in Terrace, _ Be that as it may, Terrace celebrated is 50th Anniversary of incorporation as an urban entity last year. Is it not embarrassing to the city engineers that after 50 years city’s streets flood because the sewers freeze up and traffic lights are still vulnerable to wind damage as well a8 freezing underground conduit? The annual, repair bill for unplugging, thawing replacing and pump-outs must be considerable. . The other day we phoned the City to ask when the sidewalks on Kalum would be swept-we were told the men who would normally sweep them were busy on pumpouts, in flooded area. A week later, apparently they were still at it. Trandate those hours into dollars and cents and it should amount to a sizeable sum. a Srnec ot letter In the Letters To The Editor col : of this ches nat mean that either the puulishers, not the editor or erst feoarvice Wholly wittoct cares: i awbie ere tel nee H®, Bit Facial and religiousnbucuns and levels of education fo express their own personal convictions. We should rerrind all letter writers that thel deceny have them published. The editor reserves the right fo edit for purposes of ’ previly and good bah Put icat! letter that, In his opinion, ara not fit ta print. This right, however, Will TERRACE — daily herald General Offlce - 435-6357 Cireulation - 635-6957 Published by "=: Sterting ‘Publishers ; PUSLISHER... Don Cromack . MANAGING EDITOR... Ernest Sentor Published avery weekday at 3212 Kaluin St., Terrace, B.C. A mamber of Var ified Circulation. Authorized as, second cless mall. Registration number 1201. Postage pald in cash, return postage guaranteed. NOTE OF COPYRIGHT The Herald retalns full, complete and sole copyright In aniy advertisement produced and-or any editorial or photographic content published in the Herald. ~ Reproduction Is not permitted withavt the written * sarmission of the Publisher. Objects to Funding For Native Sports | Alter following all the the reason the sales taxes guidelines, policies and were raised io seven percent taking the proper channelsio nor are Native Indians ex- recilfy problem areas within pending tax-payers dollars. the Provincial Secretary's We only expend part of the Depariment (Grace Mc- amnual interest from the §25 Carthy) we have no alter- million perpetual fund set up. native but to seek other by W.A.C Bennett in 1080, means to obtain consistency Quote,"The Minister of. fi- and fairness for our Sports’ nance may pay, at Buch Program. We have been ' times and in such amounts - recasting consultation with 4&8 he deems requisite and ; advisable, the interest several Ministers, especially Grace McCarthy, to rectify credited to the First Citizens - se of the problem areas and discuss Fund for the pur the future and betterment of dvancement and expansion our Program. We have been of the culture education and completely rejected and ¢conimic circumstances and ignored despite our con- position of persons of the : tinous submissions and North American Indian race requests to deal with our who were born in and are issues. Thus, the reason for residents of theProvince,” this Newa Realease. Unquote. For the past five year, the Now comes the cru B.C. Native Sports & “the policy of the Provincial Recreation Federation, have Government is that all been co-ordinating Zone & funding for Native Indian Provincial Games, that Is, Programs must come from learning, developing, and -the First Citizens Fund" our athletes ta the Uunquote. Just call in on any’ : beet of our ability under the ‘Indian Reserve and ask terms and conditions of them if ‘they ‘receive any Government and their grant serices within thelr com- : system. . munity, directly from the NATIVE FEDERATION Provincial MANDATE. Also ask any Native Indian if - : Therefore we recognize heorshe pay 7 percent theimportance of developing tax (Provincial tax) on sports and recreation a view of broadening the oncern fishermen, loggers, participation base, in- construction. workera,etc. . creasing the quality and [For your information, we: diversity of opportunities have been paying our way and raising the level of like everyone else, plus. So performance to the point please, don’t think that In-: where Indian athletes be dian people rip-off the tax- able to participate im payers through ‘their broader, competitive events Government's spending, “crunch, : sales ; od _ goods purchsed or Provin- * Programs on and between cial income tax paid through : # the Indian Communities with employment. especially . With other Canadians. What 4 flowery phrase, objective, “mandate, (Whatever) that is our Native Indian people. (1 wonder how much a bureaucrat made in making that-one up?) Yes, we are the Native Indian people who are continously getting “‘fork- fongued” to near-death and trying to understand and cope with the . bureau syatem along with other Canadians, However, | we are still here after all the . Suppression put upon us, but, temain a thorn in the side of Governments and bureaucrats. Although, I'm certain the bureaucrats have some love for us because “Native Indians’ have become a big business,” for , without us the unem- poyement rate in Canada would increase. ‘Native Indians have become. © victims of the clever money- making echemes Government and - because we were unable to receive funds, $4,000.00 from the First Citizens Fund to go towards the B.C. Native Womens Basketball ‘Championships being held on the Musqueam Indian Reserve last weekend. Also, funding assistance to go towards the B.C, Native = Junior’ Boys and Girls = Basketball Championships of & “Haanisitaatoleecssisrataranacenieoseseneeempeahatatatatatatataceternete vette eee a arate ee ee ee ea er RSS a ou to be held in Hazelton next 5... month, _ . oan The Provincial Govern- ment has. always been prepered to distribute. millions of dollars to Physical Fitness & Amateur. Sport Groups throughout B.C For Provincial games to - upgrade the calibre of- athletea in our Province. The B.¢,. Native Sports and. Recreation Federation has have | been system of her department. “blessed” with. a speical This is only typical ‘of the - fund called the First arrogrance, bias, and Citlzen’s Fund.’’ which complete neglect shown by: comes under the respon- the Proviccial Government albllity of the Provincial to the Native Indianppso ‘of Secretary's Department, this province: Grace Mc- | Mrs. Grace McCarthy. Chalk one up for us,we are at least to as “Citizens’’ we'veacome a long way, aby! The First Citizens Fund is part of the Revenue Surplus App tion = Act . estab! in 1969 on the same baais as the: 8) Provincial Major Disaster Fund-$25,000,000,00; b) Agricultural Aid to Developing Coutries and World er Areas Fund- $5,000,000.00 perpetual fund. c) Physical Fitness & Amateur Sport Fund- $10,000,000.000 perpetual fund (since raised to d) BC. Government Building Fund- $25,000,000.00 e) Centennial Cultural Fund: $5,000,000,000 f) $35,000,000.00 for the purchase by Minister of Finance,for and on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen in ‘|. right of the Province, of . unissued shares in the . capital: stock of the Pacific = Great Eastern Rallway Co. at a price of $100.00 share; and then there's the g@) First Citizens Fund: $25,0000,000.60 perpetual . “4 ; Don't panic now, this isn’t Carthy has ignored our ~ continous requests to rectify problem areas and subjects us to deal with bureaucrats . Dillgations ‘of knowledge tn obligations of knowledge ‘to meet the needs of Indian people in B.C; The B.C.. Native Womens and Junior: Boy & Girls request for assistance is only . two. of many other probleme areas. As the Provincial 7 of the B.C, alive Sra Recreation Federation I Hl: very disturbed in the way. Indian people of this province have. been treated and we only request that Governments th officals and politicians be more sincere in ‘their talks’ and commitments to Native Indian people, Otherwise, all these talks and com- mitments are ‘no good ‘to | ‘anyone and a ‘total waste, ecpecially concerning the unity of this country. ‘The of the true-story that is going on within the system and how Native Indian people are being made “aeape ; goats”. "Tt mut not continue, ~*~ Roger"Adolph sProvistial Director’ SSESRERU REID ERA tant elt actetaceei ae nainar am eae peter esa ; alate ek ; TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS 1832—'The New York In: situte for the Blind, the first: institute for the blind in the U.S., opened with. threa pupils. : ; 148—Discovery of ‘gold was first announced in a ‘California Franciseo's Calitornian. -. " 1899—Sir Henry Bessemer, . steel-making inventor, died. - 1916—Harry James, band leader, was born. 0s: 1951—The Iranian - parliament’ approved the nationalization of British: owned olifielda. i rough their | public must be made aware . : ia newspaper San. | Letters Dear Sir; The article My 02 cents worth” by Judy Van- dergucht has left me shaking with emotion. Hippopotami, . for the past 25 yeara have been an endangered e5, and Ma. Vandergucht’s open admission that she.is in the market for '' a tin of hip- popotamus toenails for that special dinner recipe” is not only. ungrammatical-it is "almost beyond belief, : “There (aré only. two possible ways of obtaining this noble water dweller's - this vast’ denizen of: Africa deep's digital- derma. One is by killing the beautiful beast, ~ ‘ toenalls that have trod the and severing them, one by one, from ita lower x: Para 090g 68,0, 00 rate rate tetatatatatattataletstale ntatatatate nate eres are fon to the Editor | ~~. 02° Worth Suffers From Inflation tremities. (Horros!} The other is by amputation from -the living creature-which would handicap {or rather, pedicap). this cumbersome quadruped for a ‘pitifully painful period. - How, one might dare to _ask, would the lady (one must presume at times) care to undergo a similar pedicure? The answer is obvious! How then could she deign to 80 callously (sic). inflict the whims of her appetite to bring such a cruel fate upon So 80 innocent a creature as the African water-horse?TO titillate the palate fora trifling token of time, would she tenderize the turgid tropical torrents only ‘to! succumb-a ‘terrible Tanzanian target-to the’ gourmet’s tureen? Only the most of :gourmands know that, while the. powdered tusk (or horn) of the African thinocerous 1s said to supp a superb Afrodisiac, (sic) the consumption of hip- Fp have the exnetly is known ve the exactly opposite effect. Could nian one?) ..dare to infer, therefore, that Ms, Van- dergucht suffers in such tashionand is simply seeking to" assuage her desires by such subtle strategy? One certainly hopes not! =~" Contrary to popular belief, | the toenails Af the hip- Noa ean wos eanies ctures , ee a a ae es . ly Pat 0m 8,8, 8, 5,% a8 totete’s'w.t,6Patstetmeeets ana feceatatareterettatteeee ee! tS Sooo o-8, 99799-4874 'e 8 nee ox meme eetieiti ato tat rar eate : : a att sf R attet Pet saea So teteste! > Setetereét, Seeereer epoca praecetacentetee ey sseseteieteteteten OT, Popolamus (except for one a ea of the rare Nile albinohippus hurrahmus) do not grow back onca they have been severed or The thought of such suf- moves me to wi en on the closing “YOURE DAMN RIGHT THS 1g AN ETHNIC. CELEBRATION * Me . at " 4¥eur‘re damin right this is 4 “reprinted from: Report on fv Confederation ethnic celebration! Lye.