CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD A& - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 29, 2001 The Mail Bag Kill this holiday shopping idea Dear Sir: Here we go again. What part of “No” does The Chamber of Com- merce not understand? We the working staff of loca! businesses don’t want to give up our well-deserved Statutory holidays. We have organized pe- titions time and again sta- Service not geared to out-of-town loggers Dear Sir: This is a beautiful country we live in but right now there are a few things that really pick me. We live in Elsworth Camp and aré loggers, Anything we do, plan- ning an one complete day, we come to Terrace and get food, parts and whatever we need for the next month, As it is we have to take Friday off so we can get to the bank of our ting that fact and it is not fair that we should have to keep on doing this every couple of years. Nothing has changed - we still deserve our 3 day week-ends. to spend with our families: Canada Day: well yes Pm Canadian. B.C. Day: Well yes, I’m choice because it’s closed on Satur- day and Sunday, the days we don’t usually work, so we have lost $400 for that day’s pay. Now what really picks me is that to get a dentist appointment you have to take another day off, be- cause they rarely work Fridays and your teeth never hurt on convenient days so now my only. choice is to rip this tooth out with pliers. Terrace is a town that is suppor- from B.C. Labour Day: Well yes, | have worked at the same place for 23 years. November 11: Yes I go to the Remembrance Day parade each year. So once again I ask the Mayor and council mem- bers to decline Chamber af Commerce’s idea of elimi- Gays are no example for kids Dear Sir: In repard to the letter written by Kyla Lavatlee, J agree completely that ] have no right, whatsoever, to speak for anyone, other than myself, and I don’t want to. Also, I do not make threats, just quote from the Holy Bible. I have never claimed to speak for anyone other than myself. There’s a little three letter word, in the diction- ary, that lost its popularity years ago. It is “sin”. We are all guilty of it. People don’t want to think about it, for it makes them accountable for their ac- tions. To ignore it, you can then just chalk it up to a preferred (or chosen) life- style. Homosexuality does not set an example for child- ren any more than adult- ery, which is also between consenting adults. HAPPYDAYS HANDBAG & SPECIALS ¥/ UP TO 50 O orF Yet, both may love children, dearly, as I do. The most important thing, for a child, is a proper ex- ample and we are all re- sponsible for this. Lavallee is right when she wrote people, beliefs, morals etc. have changed, They are forever chan- ging, as well as science. People are fallible. 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