Letters to the Editor

Save our Sundays

To the editor,

The store owners, who
seem to. want to under-
mine our Sundays as a
day off work for many,
appear to have convinc-
ed themselves it would be
good for the community.
Their philosophy of life
and business appears to
be, if we could just in-
Stitute a seven day work
week our economic woes
would disappear and we
would very quickly, be
well on the road to
recovery.

I question that
assumption. I believe
that Sunday, as a day off
regular work, has played
an important role in the
development of com-
munity life. I think it is
important to our cultural
survival to free our
citizens from all but the
very essential work so
they can meet with
families and neighbors
who are also free from
work — free to build
that warm, friendly en-
vironment which has
become a rightly
recognized trademark of

Terrace.

The ‘‘Sunday off?’ has
traditionally given, those
who choose to, the op-
portunity and freedom
to assemble at one time
for worship and fellow-
ship on “the Lord’s
day”’. Turning Sunday

‘into ‘‘business as usual’’

will not destroy the op-

portunity the churches
have to carry out their
worship and work, it will
just make it more dif-
ficult and in some in-
stances diminish it.

To those who regard
churches as a nuisance in
the community, that will
come as ‘‘good news’’.
But to those of us who
believe that churches
make a vital contribution
to the moral and
spiritual fibre of the
community, ‘‘business as

usual’? on Sunday is
‘*had news’’. There are
those of us who

recognize the ‘‘founda-
tional function’’ that the
churches have historical-
ly provided in social and
political as well as
religions arenas. We see
this demonstrated in the
building and staffing of
schools, universities,
hospitals, mission boats,
counselling and welfare
services and food banks.
‘*Business as usual’? on
Sunday indicates some
disregard for these im-
portant contributions to
community life.

Besides, for us in the

Judeo-Christian tradi-
tions, the “Ten Com-
mandments”’ are still in
effect and are to be
honored. The Fourth
one tells of the impor-
tance of observing the
‘‘Sabbath’’ or the ‘‘day
of ceasing’? from work
and the need to keep it

Pro restraint

To the editor,

The news is repeating
itself from day to day. It
often seems to be a kind
of brainwashing. Again
we had to listen to the
NDP representatives
remarking about the
shortage of textbooks in
the schools. As proof of
the pudding, we were
shown a few examples of
wrecked and worn out
books, totally falling
apart. All Bennett’s
fault, of course,

The title of one of the
books was, to my sur-
prise, ‘‘Catcher in the
Rye’’, a book that many
moral and Christian
parents object strongly
to and which they do not
like to see in the hands of
their children, because of
its vulgar and por-
nographic character.

What this book has to
do with public education
is a mystery to me. We
have enough of that
material already in the
public library. Education
it is of course, but of
what kind? From the in-
formation I gathered,
this book, along with
some others, was taken
off the shelves of the

public schools long ago.
Some kids like to read
hot and dirty stories. In
my estimation that is sin-
ful human nature. Since
we should not go by

human or public stan- -

dards, but by Biblical
standards alone, we

should censor and con-.

demn it. It seems that
censorship is only good
to keep Christians or the
political right at bay! Let
us go back to that TV
news item. No wonder
that this book was so
worn out!

A shortage of books in
the schools? I have still
another explanation. I
have been bringing home
stacks of fresh, new
schoolbooks and library

books from the garbage ©

dumps! I have seen first-
class school books laying
around in the mud and
the pouring rain on
peoples’ yards! This is
how some students take
‘Scare’? of their books,
paid for by their taxpay-
ing parents. It is wasteful
behavior. From this I
conclude that teachers
and parents alike, should
scream a little less in the
ears of Bill Bennett

continued on page 15

‘tholy’’ or regard it as an
opportunity to be some-
one or do ,something
honoring God on that

day.

We show this honor by
celebrating and ap-
preciating what God has
done and is doing in our
lives and in our world
and in developing closer
‘*God-centered’’ rela-
tionships. There is also
increased freedom to

Strengthen ties with

family and friends. For
those: who observe first
hand the unpleasant ef-
fects of an already
overstressed society, to
be free to pursue ac-
tivities in which we
ourselves are rested and
renewed is an extremely
important freedom to be
retained.

As ae Christian
clergyman and one who
wants to keep Sunday
‘‘special’’ and “holy”
for the Lord, but also as
a citizen of Terrace who
is proud of its friendly,
community based style it
is as a private citizen I
write. I object to store
owners, other than what
is already deemed essen-
tial services, who either
by local choice or chain
store pressure are willing
to contribute to the ero-
sion of family, com-
munity and religious life
in Terrace. .

5. Stanbury Bailey
Terrace, B.C.

TERRACE

To the editor,

I would like to offer -
’ my congratulations to all

those who worked so:
hard to make the Terrace
B.C. Winter Games -a
success, I played a minor
role, but wherever I went
the organization was
good, everyone doing
their job — and having
fun doing it.

I am happy that Kit-
sumkalum Mountain,

Terrace Review — Wednesday, March 12, 1986 §

Congratulations to
Terrace residents

the Regional District ski
hill, was able to provide
a place to hold the ski
events. I am sure that
better snow conditions
would have made the
events even better, but it
is very hard for the ski

‘staff to make it snow.

I am not one for
parades and shows and
fluff and stuff, but even
a disbeliever such as I
was very impressed with

the displays in the
schools and the business
places in town. Wasn’t
the Credit Unions decor
wonderful?

Congratulations Ter-
race, if not the best
winter games, it will bea
hard act to follow.

L. Watmough
Regional District
Kitimat Stikine

Ottawa viewpoint — troubled waters

continued from page 4

our heritage. The USA is
not short of water; much

of their water is polluted.

The idea that the Na-
tional Research Council
would use taxpayers’
money to explore the
feasibility of such a pro-
ject is bad enough, but to
dam a watershed the size
of Hudson Bay is, in my
opinion, totally absurd.
Such a project, some
scientists say, may effect
the Arctic ice packs with
perhaps devastating con-
sequences to weather and
level of the oceans.

Without a doubt, the
government of Bill Ben-
nett will be watching
closely the outcome of
the hard lobbying being
done in Ottawa to pave
the way for water sales.
The NAWAPA scheme
would obviously flood
large tracts of land in
B.C. and in Skeena,
would probably affect
communities from Telk-

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Simon Reisman, Can-
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in Canada.

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day jail sentences for two
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Feb. 28.

In Terrace Provincial
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assault, 90 days in jail on
a second count of
assault, and 14 days in
jail for impaired driving.

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