o-. PAGE 2. THE HERALD, Thursday, February 217m? le ares ; it he a. a o p a ryt - Ottawa or Victoria this office is worth _Manpower. _ hing THE GOLDEN RULE, Surely, that’s EDITORIAL | —Let’s Not Break The Golden Rule Behind the counter in the little upstairs office off Kalum St., Juanita Hatton looked up at me as I stood before her desk. ‘‘Hadda cuppa coffee yet?” she asked, Before I could reply she continued, . “‘Siddown. Makeyouselfathome” - and I was. During the next 20 minutes several adults came in, and I moved my chair to the sidelines to watch the human drama that was being played out, right before my eyes. A man came in, looking for a part time job, He was employed by Pohle Lumber he said. “Full time?” asked Juanita, “Yeh” he said. “You gotta fulltime job? What do you want another for? That’s Moonlighting. There's a lotta people in here every day without any job, lookin’. Youghta thank God you're so lucky.” The man took the hint, and left. A woman came in, obviously not affluent. “Do you have anything going for me, yet, Mrs. Hatton?” she asked, shyly. ‘“Name’s. Juanita”, Mrs. Hatton corrected her, ter- sely. ‘Yes, dear, I was just going to give you a ring - but then, you got no phone. I. was talking to Sam Blank. He says he can» use an extra hand and is willing to try you out, for starters. Could lead to something steady, ifit turns out O.K, Its just minimum re eae “That doesn’t matter. I'll take it.” the woman said, quickly.” Thanking Junita she started to leave, with the address paper clutched in her hand. . “Hey, Just a moment. I’ve got some of these left. You might as well help me get rid of em.” she said, thrusting a small bag in the woman’s hand.” Sputtering more thanks, the woman left, hurrying down the stairs. mh “Poor soul”, said Juanita. Wish I coulda got her something better. She needs it. she's gota buncha kids and her old man left er,’' - “Another woman?” I asked. “Naw.” she snorted, ‘“‘Nother bottle” © = How many people do you have on your list - “During the conversation she had had the phone at her ear most of the time answering at least a half a dozen calls. . Did you set this up - or are you always this busy? I questioned her, once she put the. phone down. _ 7 “Ya think thissiz busy. Shouldda been here this morning.” . “What's your biggest problem? I asked. Not enough jobs to go around? , : “Well, yeh - thatsa problem alright. Biggest problem is getting money to keep this operation mobile. Funds run out ina | few weeks. Haven't been able to convince funding. Costs a Helluva lot you know - a whole thousand a month - yeh - that includes my salary, rent, heat, light, paper clips, . stationery, postage, telephone - you know... I came away from there, shaking my head, I did a little checking, to make sure J wasn't being put on. Made sure the people who had gone through there while I .was there were the real thing - not shills. A thousand dollars a month is less than . the cost of a single employee working for Does Terrace know how lucky it is to have Juanita - and her 7 years experience run- about the biggest bargain this town can get. What I have just written is the tip of the iceberg. Juanita, Queen of the Golden Rule covers a lot more subjects than finding employment. She finds homes for the homeless, makes referrals for all kinds of needs; serves as a buffer between the Civil Service and the shafted citizen - a kindly - but no-nonsense ombudswoman. Surely there has tobe a way that Rule can be properly financed. It is enough that her thousands of clients have to come to her - many of them reduced to a state of begging. Juanita should not have to beg for the Golden Rule. “Sa fact!” ELS, _ other side of his mouth in ° Ottawa by Richard Jackson i Ottawa, - The minority calls it a “bonus”, and - the majority sees it as “blackmail.” But whether a reward or extortion it cost you $32,000,000 or your share of the federal tax that will cover it. ; It’s the “increment,” as the government calls such extra-routine payments, and it was paid last month at $800 per to some 40,000 public servants who aren't necessarily fluent in both English and French but have. qualified as te al.?” Ts bee pald for some years to a number of House of Commons and Senate secretaries who because of the English-French mix of their MP's constituencies had to have a working knowledge of both languages. But. then the Montreal militants of the public service - mostly in the Post Office - and perhaps feeling a bit bored, In between strikes - figured what was good enough for a select few in the House of Commons was good enough for as many of them as could shake down the government. So on went the pressure; Montreal style. Their strategy was simple. atin us the onus,” they laid it nts in this atum, “or we won't speak . And they didn’t. | Spoke French, though, which in Quebec is the © de facto “working language,” so enacted by the separatist Government of Premier Rene v: ue. : , The federal boffins attempted to argue that it didn't necessarily apply to their personnel who, in bilin itions, were. still requir speak English when’ necessary, a8 well as ch. And it was “necessary,” when the taxpayer doing business with any particular public ser- vant in Montreal did not speale French. . Treasury Board President Robert Andras, the cabinet’s expert in smothering an issuein a foam of words anda variety of postures, went into his act. es "Inno way, he told the House of Commons, and the country at large, would the govern- ment submit to “blackmail” and pay the bonus to public servants in Montreal in the form of what plainly would be a bribe to do the job for . which they were hired. And that job: speak French to the French and h to the English. = But that involved being bilingual, argued the - Montreal pressure group, and required the game bonus there as was paid to those English-French ‘parliamentary secretaries in Ottawa. But while Andras was talicing out of one side of his ‘mouth to the rest of the country with reassurance that the government refused to be browbeaten, the demand for the-bonus spread outward from Montreal to all public servants “designated” bilingual. oe. Playing tough, Andras promised the taxpayers that the Montreal militants refusing to speak English would be suspended - few if any were - and at the game time began talking out of the negotiations” with the public-service. unions... ats att. aint ___ Result was a complete collapse, surrender by | ‘the government, ‘and $800 a year for’ all’ 40,000 officially designated bilinguals. ; . “That's $32 million, not just for this year, but for the next five - six in all - for the grand grab of $192 million Now here's the laugh. Three public servants at the Museum of Naturai Sciences, feeling “embarrassed” about - accepting ‘the $600 bonus, are being quoted as “considering” refusal of it. - . They're “ust not using the second language enough to justify it,” reports the Museum's - “bilingual adviser.” a _ may Andreas is thunderstruck: ‘I’m including to ¢ applaud it,” he allows, “dt sounds very con-. - scientious.” ; 4 - Maybe so, but you can: bet your bottom tax . . dollar the govenrment won't accept refunds - -might start up ¢ whole new give-the-taxpayers-a- fair-shake movement, not to mention screwing up the federal Pay Bureau’s computer. . Dear Sir: In reply — editorial entitled Cop Letters to” the Editor to your men and women are entering the profession. The needless loss of eat an “| asked that Doctor over thera what he would take fo cure a stomach upset and he sald about '85.00.” Killers I would like to eomment, ‘Firstly, how refreshing to find an editor wid not afraid to speak their own mind, I don’t always agree, but its a most welcome change for the Porold, Secondly in regards to the Editorial, I'm with you all the way. I feel we must continue to press Fedéral ‘Govenment to reconsider the Capital Punishment issue, particulary in the case of eace officers. It is most unjust to t a Police Officer to fi his or her job at the same time be a sitting . ’ duck, ‘The job of a Peace Officer today is a very thankless job, but thank- = your' fully many’ dedicated Now Hartéon. lives this year points u the need for a second'io at capital punishment All jobs carry a rick factor, but noneas great as_a Police Officer. I would urge anyone with a conscleyea to. the Crime Minister. to bring the issue to the peop e of Canada in the orm of a referendum to decide. Surely this is the. only democratic way. to se -T must adrait it will do eo" members of. the RCMP who have died in the line of duty this year, hut may’ . be some consolation to) the other two officers who "both have a long road to recovery ahead of them. Thank you, I remain. responaibility paolication their lettera In ary’ lege: wi have them published, The editor brevity-and good . Only be exer: newpaper cosa not ren that either the publishers, not (he editor or staff: nevapeper does not absolve them from haction if they are Mbellova, slanderous or éraxsiulent, and would ask In reserves the right fo edit for purposes of faste, only and the right to refuse publication of bed » In his opinion, sre nat fit to print. ‘Fhis right, however, wil! ‘Cised after careful consideration, and only with regret, when It pepears there | no alternative, bounds of deceny if they wish fo settle a very emotional” ‘Issue, ot : *. goursal ; VESTED INTERESTS Jan. 23-27. . Hart Farm Field Trip poles, the movie and slide ojector, the tape deck, e books and the films managed to seal us into the: van completely before we headed for Hart Farm. When we arrived at the turnoff the road was not plowed. First the car and en'the van got stuck and was slowly pushed _ the almost. mile to our by Lois G. Shannon Monday EoOseirom .. Secondary packed up the van and car in the midst one hour behind schedule. Shopping for food was «fun even the second. fime. oe eee for Gateway sutressleas. beda:in record order, was., for ,Safa@way -udress-leas beds.in record . pat it et on ehateed “* time. “Our firat grou to Overwaltea.. There -:-meal of Kraft dinner an was only minor em- ' Spam roused our spirits harrassment ‘for. the and after cleanup we students as they unloaded headed out to ski under thelr full shopping carts, an elusive moon and star- The. food ipment filled sky. cked us in:.pretiy: .‘Our week’s schedule fightly, but the 10'paird'of included all manner of eross country skis and winter activities. We The.Worm Turns The worm hag turned: the north. Earthworm Farming, now a billion dollar business in the U.S.A., chas finally wiggled its wonderful way into Canada. -home..,We unpacked -. BD bawed i-oue mat. Fortunes have been made‘in the earthworm (ver- . * miculture) industry; A-young California truck driver, on welfare because of a back injury, started a few years ago and is now president of a corporation with Close to a million dollars in annual sales. _ The most common. commercial worm is the red- worm, Lumbricus.rubellus. The domesticated red- worm, when supplied with a warm, loving en- vironment, will reward its owner by turning to a life of _ pleasure. Then.things happen - fast. A bed of 100,000 redworms: will doub ja its population about everv 60 ays. te, Worms are usually raised in wooden beds containing an organic bedding such as manure, pat or paper. At each 60 day. cycle, or whenever you have wall-to-wall worms, the bed is plitto make 2 beds. Thus an initial 5 bed start would multiply to about 160 beds in one year. - Redworms sub-wholesale to marketing companies for about $2.00 per pound. Thus a 160 bed hatchery would yield about 1200 Ibs., or $2400 each month, Retail prices ean climb as high as $1.25 for 24 baitsize worms cupped and ready for the hook. (A pound of redworms Tanges from 400-3500 worms.) Markets include organic gardening and tarming, composting, and refuse disposal. Redworms eat arbage and: turn it into earthworm castings, the ‘finest plant.food known to’ man. . Marketing companies such as Western Earthworm * Farms Ltd, in Canada offer a “Grower's Program” or “package whereby your starting stock price includes ‘alning or free ‘consultation in modern methods of ralsing earthworms for profit. So, if the worm has turned your way and you think _you might like to give earthworm farming a try, or if ou simply.want to share in the professional angler’s Mtge", you can.write for a‘free brochure and bait - ‘ price list from Western Earthworm Farms at their marketing office in Raymond, Alverta, TOK 250. Meanwhile, when you're dropping names like _ “Lumbricus rubellus’’ at the next, cocktail party, why ‘“notreally turn on to worms: flash the latest edition of ‘ane of ‘the earthworm books written by successful worm farmer Hugh ‘A. Carter. Where’s he from? Why, PLAINS, GEORGIA, of snowshoed, skied, hiked, skated and even skated on skis. A few side trips allowed us to see Alean in operation and to swim in the middle of winter at Lakelse Hot Springs. Everyone had a tum cooking, so each meal was asurprise. No major disasters occured, but we did have to drink jello one night. . Photograph.: albums,., -home’ films helped pass the Yate’ evenings. There were a few F ames of Cham- pionship Monopoly going on as well, No ‘rouble finding topics _for discussion on this trip! Everyone learned to take turns toc. The week was full and movies | and: "3g vhon smovth :,,. and }; 8 Natic ey “il rEbL B rd, aj Ss 1 7m ae art ena aa eae gM great fun. The students and the instructors wanted to stay a. few more days - a sure sign all was well!! a The Hart Farm. is located 16 miles North of Terrace and is leased by the Terrace School Board from Canadian Cellulose Co. for a 5 year period for the token sum of $1. The caretakers Joe and.-Ruba chelp keep, the, operation made the trip possible, particularly. Mr, _.. amilton, the District Superintendent. The spirit created from. co- operative living and learning should be ex- perlenced by all teachers and their students. -._ - Battered Child - Strikes Back? _ “E don’t care who I killed-I just wanted to kill someone,"’ the accused sald in his statement to police. The elderly victim, a total stranger to his youthful attacker. died of multiple stab wounds to the heart and lungs. Evidence in court revealed that the mur- derer had been a battered baby-victim of a hopelessly alcohéolic father who beat his son mercilessly on numerous occasions before his death when the child was four years old. . With or without reliable evidence of physical axuf fi Is case, there is g strong suspicion that many violent criminals were raised in ignorance of, or indifference to their emotitional needs during the formative years, The CSPCC is dedicated to increasing ublic awarengs of the ong-term consequences of child abuse and neglect. The first issue of the CSPCC Journal ‘en- closed) will be available in community ibraries across Canada, It will be «. mailed four times a year to those who join the Society by sending their $10.00 annual. mem- bership fee to the CSPC- C,Box 700, Midland, Ontario, ; Beer The price in British Columbia liquor . stores or one dozen 12ounce bottles of beer will be $4.64, including the 60- cent bottle deposit. The : Brice currently is-$4.35.a/ ozen, The increases have heen approved: b federal _anti-inflation board and the- Liquor Distribution Branch. 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