10 Terrace Review — Wednesday, March 5, 1986

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to the

Editor

Taxpayers subsidize —
serviceS sg. :

To the editor,

At a recent Terrace
council meeting,
councillors voted unani-
mously to evict the Ter-
race Women’s Center if
they did not deny the use
of that premise for
choice (abortion) coun-
selling.

It is my understanding
that random polls in
Canada have tended to
show that 70-80 percent
of Canadians are in
favor of reproductive
choice. Assuming that
Terrace falls somewhere

the.

within Canadian norms,
how is it that we have an
entire .elected council
‘that appears to be, in my
estimation, representing
the 20-30 percent?

One of the concerns
raised is that taxpayers’
money tends to be sub-
sidizing this service.
Well, for the record, tax-
payers’ money subsidizes
many services with which
a percentage of tax-
payers would disagree.

My personal feeling
about abortion is that

, politicians and the ‘right

to lifers’? would do. well
to work towards creating
a society with no pover-
ty, no rape, ho incest and
in fact, no need for abor-
tion.

Until that day, I will
maintain the right for
women to seek safe and
legal abortion with coun-
selling. As it now stands,
the Canadian Charter of
Rights and the law en-
sure women of this. Is
Terrace council presum-
ing otherwise?

Jane Gellately,
Terrace, B.C.

Tax dollars built schools
for community use

To the editor,

Once again the Ter-
race school board ap-
pears to be waiving rent-
al fees. I think this is
patronage. I would sug-
gest that any user group
wishing to donate the
greatest portion of their
proceeds to a youth
group should consider
renting a cheaper facili-
ty. Not petition the
board to have a rental
fee waived. Tax dollars
built the schools - for
community use. It
doesn’t follow that $250
in maintenance funds

Fire report

On Feb. 27 Terrace
firefighters were called
to attend a chimney fire
in the 4700 block Loen
Ave. The fire was allow-

ed to burn itself out.
oe ®

On March 1 fire-
fighters had to put out a
blaze in a trash container
located behind the Sand-
man Inn. A chimney fire
in the 4900 block
Lambley was extinguish-
ed on the same date.

Vitamin C

Some good sources of vitamin
C include citrus fruit, tomatoes,
melons, green pepper, cabbage
and broccali.

should be donated in the
form of a waived rental
fee so the user group can
hand over $350 pro-
ceeds, -

It is my understanding
that in 1983 trustees and
administrative staff
spent considerable time
devising a fair rental
policy based on the ac-
tual cost of renting a
space, and a comparison
of rental rates for similar
facilities in the com-
munity. The board’s aim
was to develop a policy
which would permit staff

to rent facilities. This has -

two advantages: staff
can confirm immediate
bookings, and the
board's time is freed up
for major decisions.

I believe that when the
board passes motions
first and checks their
legality later, it’s the sign
of a meeting run by peo-
ple who think Bourinot’s
is an ethnic restaurant.
In my estimation only
legal motions should be
put before the board.

I believe that checking
the legality of a motion
first would save the
board wasting time con-
sidering a motion which
may have to be rescind-
ed, taking more valuable

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meeting time. The board
would also have the
benefit of legal advice in
the proper wording of
the motion.

Asking a teacher on an
application form, ‘‘Have
you ever been convicted
of a criminal offense?’
will only in my estima-
tion, screen out child
molesters who are
scrupulously honest.
Suppose the molester lies
and says ‘‘No’’? How
much better to ask the
applicant for permission
to do an RCMP search
for criminal convictions.

Claudette Sandecki
Terrace, B.C.

TERRACE

‘foTem FORD

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years ago. I am not
speaking of basic moral
values, which are ageless
and should never be
abandoned, but of
customs and traditions
that appear to be
counterproductive to
providing the simple,
every day needs of an in-
dividual or a family in
our present society.

The well-being and
prosperity of any iden-
tifiable group of people
and the heartbeat of any
community is the sum
total of their individual
efforts. It is the sum
total of their individual
industriousness, their
determination to be self-
sufficient, their manage-
ment of time and money,
their commitment to
educating their children
and the role model and
home atmosphere they
provide for their
children. This deter-
mines the prosperity and
well-being of successive
generations of any peo-
ple, and whether or not
they keep up with the
demands of a fast chang-
ing society.

The socialist point of
view has tended to be
that people can somehow
abandon these principles
at will, and look to
governments to take up
the slack. But govern-
ments do not solve social
problems, they only treat
them. Basic social pro-
blems are grassroots pro-
blems and must be solv-
ed by the individuals or.
groups of individuals
who harbor them. We do
not help anyone by tak-

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Traditional
lifestyles

The apparent native
preoccupation with
traditional lifestyles is
not going to, in my
estimation, solve their
very real social pro-
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Quite often they have the
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Terrace
court

On Friday, Feb. 21
Alton Stewart was fined
$10 in Terrace Provincial
Court for possession of a
restricted drug.

On Friday, Feb. 21 in
Terrace Provincial Court
Kenneth Pipe was

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in jail and one month’s
probation for a breach
of recognizance.

Daniel Melville was
fined $100 in Terrace
Provincial Court on Fri-
day, Feb. 21 for causing
a disturbance

. On Friday, Feb. 21 in
Terrace Provincial Court
Warren Lowe was fined

' $250 and received a six-

month license suspension
for impaired driving.

On Friday, Feb. 21 in
Terrace Provincial Court
Frank Munroe was fined
$35 for an offense under
the Motor Vehicle Act.

On Friday, Feb. 21 in
Terrace Provincial Court
Leslie Lanterman was
fined $100 for an offense
under the Liquor Con-
trol Act.

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