‘A weekly paper published by Sterling Publications Ltd. Published every Wednesday af 3212 Kalen "Bt, Terrace, B.C. A member of Varified circulation. Authorized as second class mail. Registration samber 12t1. Postage paid in cash, recurs postage guarantecd. ELREEN TOOVEY TESS BROUSSEAU . ‘ Advertising Ciicalstlon GORDON W. HAMILTON § + . 4 i! oy : = "Pat O’Donaghy ce Editer MARK HAMILTON # - THE HERALD, TERRACE, B C.° A CURIOUS MIXTURE OF BOOS AND CHEERS by Bill Smiley | Now that we've all settled down after that abortion of an élection, we can get back to the important things of life: what's for dinner; our bursitis; raking the last of the blasted leaves; dusting off the curling boots; and worrying about our kids. - Just before we bury the whole .unpleasant mess, however, may I promise that I will make no more election predictions? Oh, 1. was right. 1 warned that the Canadian people are among the most volatile in the world when it come to poli- What 1 now, Chamber? ..Up until several months ago! had no idea what a Chamber of Commerce was, All through m years of growing up, I kept reading about this group of men and my mind, ever active, granted them all sorts of-:powers and the such, What a crashing blow to discover they actually do very iltle. .. When 1 worked on the Chamber of Commerce supplement for their annual convention, I was _ given same pamphlets which described the Chamber's activities with glowing lofty words working for the betterment of the community - and region, to make your life better or some such rot. .. Then last Tuesday [ had the Fare privilege of attending a Chamber meeting and heard a lot of words spoken but saw very little action taken, ..First the Junior Chamber of Commerce questioned the Chamber and its usefullness, then the Chamber questioned its usefulness and so on and [ don't think they ever came to a decision. What should or could have beena highlight of the meeting, the election of officers, wound up with the nominating committee reading off a list of names asking for further nominations afler each one and then declaring the winner by ac- claimation. All very proper but net too — stimulating. .. Phe Associated Chamber of Northern B.C. asked for support of their proposed budget which included nearly three thousand dollars to send representalives with resolutions to try and turn the tide of development from the Lower — Mainland to the North and the Chamber ‘ten- tatively’ decided to support the purposed budget depending on a committee report, This from the group that works for the betterment of the community and the area.' -+-Perhaps the Chamber of Commerce is just ' what I at times suspect, the ramblings of a drunken reporter trying to fill space. Does it actually exist‘as a viable group or is it just a place for people to gel together and arrange fishing, hunting and drinking trips? .- There are dedicated men in the CC movement, there must be somewhere, someone whois still trying to follow the ideals layed down _ in- their Brochures a and ‘adver iiIng pariphiets. 6 TAS kos tay Te St :.Results of a survey of 19,000 Grate XH students made last spring show that community colleges have “come of age” in British Columbia, says a University of B.C. educational researcher, .. Dr, John Dennison, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education, said the survey showed that the greatest single proportion of students in districts where colleges are located are selecting the college as their first choice for a higher education, - “Community colleges are obviously ac- complishing what they set cul to do, provide a viable allernalive to university educathan,” he said.. .. The survey was part of a continuing study of the impact of communily colleges on the B.C, . education scene being carried out jointly by B.C. Research and the University of B.C., with the help of a grant from the Donaer ‘Canadian - Foundation. . Principal researchers are Dr. Dennison and Mr, Alex Tunner, head of operations research at B.C, Research, .. Fhe study, begun in 1971 and ta be completed in. 1974, is financed principally with a $75,000 grant from the Donner Foundation, It is also sup- . ported by the UBC Alumni Association and the Vancouver Foundation. Some additional local . funding is still being sought, ; .. "An important objective of the study is to develop ways and means of economically generating . information which is of direct relevance to those concerned with planning the development of post-secondary education,” Dr. - Dennison said. ‘'This could be of vaiue not only in B.C., but elsewhere in Canada." .. Two surveys have been completed since the | study slarted - the Grade XII one Inst springand © a socio-economic review of first-year university and college students a year ago, ..A third survey, designed as a follow-up to the — Grade XI] survey, isnowbeing conducted among first-year university and college students, .-The -resulis of the Grade XII survey were obtained from qiiestionnaires completed “by students in 140 of the 144 secondary schools in the ‘province, representing about 70 per cent of the - _ totak Grade XII population. . The survey had two main objectives. « . to: provide information for enrollment forecnsting * purposes aind to discover what types of students - continue: on. to higher education and why, . Students’ were asked to answer up to 27.. quesitons on. subjects ranging from ‘what motlvaled thems to go onto higher education, to. , {teasonsfor thelr selection of certaln Institutions,” - levels of education expected, aud the income and - occupation: of their parents. | .. The survey showed that 91 per cent of the 1072 | provincial” griduatng ‘class intended, even- "tually, (o go on losome form of higher education, : : ..Of this group, 43 per cent said they planned-to: _ @ontinae their schooling the following year, with _ the remainder taking time out to work or‘lravel. : . . hBtovineially, the largest alngle group . of, _. Students» 17.5 per cent - gave UBC ad thelr first cholee for higher education, a -- Twenty-five per cent of the students ‘said. they . . planned’ to, goon to ‘university, swith 15. per. cen -opling for :vocattonal: training and 11 per ‘eent: _‘selectinga technical Institute, “Thee latter twa: “Agures: show. the. - growlag * attractiveness of’ “technical ; ‘education: ‘inthis. Province,” ‘Dr. - 2 ‘ Deérhison sald: : my But: the’ fnoat Ainpfenive, thing ‘bors th can imagine too, that these people feel very frustrated at times because not only are the fighting for the greater good of the area but they have to do this against the ineffectiveness of. the past, ..For years the CC has campaigned for a . Skeena River Bridge and improvements to the Yellow head Highway but if not for a provinelal election we would still not have these things taking place. _. Perhaps its time for the Chamber of com- merce to take a look at itself but not with the view of saying ‘Look we are taking a look at. ourselves, we're going to better ourselves,” This look must come quietly and from within with decisive moves and action following the heated (and publicized ) debates, «If they don't act but continue to question we can have two minutes silence for the death of the Chamber of Commerce even though it might _ carry on inname, with golng-to-fat business men gathering every month for rye and supper. ‘Til now, gentlemen, it seems, despite your vocal readiness to (ake a look, you’ve proved pretty impotent in bettering Terra ce and the area, . Another highlight of the Chamber of Com- merce meeting should have been a speech given. by Tom Chestermann of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, The speech, as I read it, was probing and deep cutting, asking why there was no clase connection with the CC and the J.C.s, +The delivery of the speech was-in a word— terrible. In a voice at times rising slightly above a monotone, Mr, Chesterman did not do the talk justice, All leaders both national and lecal have- learned the fine ari of public speaking, After all, look what it did for Churchill and Hitler and Diefenbaker, All these men and many more . ‘realized they weren't going nowhere until they Jearned to speak; acting should not be confined to the stage. ..Mr, Chestermann had the perfect vehicle for : outra geand coldness, soft humor and cutting wit ' and it eame ‘across like a grade five pupll reading todays spelling lesson. nee resuiis is that students see the community college as a viable alternative in post-secondary education in British Columbia.” --“The colleges are attracting many students , who would normally have gone to university and they are upening up educational and career opportunilies for students who would otherwise - . have dropped out al (he end of Grade XI,” Dr. Dennison said. -."Students seem to select the colleges for a variety ‘of reasons,"’ he continued.. ‘They are ‘closer to home, have lower fees than univer: silies, offer academic programs that are easily | transferable to universities and career programs leading to jobs. .-“And, unlike the fairly traditional entrance palierns uf universities, students can attend colleges virtually on their own terms, They can ’ goas part-time students, taking evening courses only or altend twu or three days a week, They _can work out timetables that enable them to hold down regular jobs as well as attend college, This almost impossible at a university,”. --4. breakdown of. figures by college district came up with the same general pattern every, lime - students are increasingly being attracted lo the college. -[n Vancouver, 29 per cent of the Grade XII . "students listed: Vancouver Clty College as. their ° ‘first choice with an identical per centage Blanning to go to UBC. -In the Capilano College district, 27 per cent of the students opted.for the college, with 25 | per cent planning to go to UBC. ’ , Students in Victoria’ s Camosun College district were evenly divided (28 per cent apiece) bétween : the University af Victoria and the | tics, They proved it. ~ Mark Hamilton, And ‘I prophesied that the Tories and NDP would gain, and that it would be the Liberals again with a- minority government. But they didn't have to take me so seriously. I didn’t mean that size of a minority. From now on, I shall desist from making forecasts, as it seems to put the hex on things. " However, I take back! none of what I said, Mr, Trudeau never did have the common touch, the politi- cian’s instinct. Mr. Stanfield ’ still sounds as though he’d “got both feet into one leg of his long-johns. And Mr. Lewis was smarmy than when the re- turns were coming in. Despite my disenchant- ment, at the last moment I decided to vote Liberal, chiefly because of fear that what did happen might hap- pen. A ship of state with no mudder, two wheelsmen fighting for the wheel, and the winds of change blowing up into a typhoon. Some riding results were. never more’ ‘of particular interest to me.’ i,was glad to see that my old friend, Ross Whicher,, ‘with whom I shared a cov- . “ple of campaigns when we were mere boys, was one of the Lucky Liberals to squeak in. i was sory to see an- other oid friend, Perry Ryan, who . represented Toronto Spadina for years, get the axe. He made the political mistake of standing by his principles, and quit the Liberals for the Tories when he couldn't agree with - policy. A pity. I was also sorry to see Paul Hellyer elected. He isa’ politician whose ego seems ‘equailed only by. his ambi- tion, The record: Ran for Liberal leadership. Beaten. Liberal: ' cabinet | minister. Quit, Founded Action Canada — a flop. Joined the. Conservatives. He may have great abilities, but I'll never forgive him for unifying the armed forces. You see how little our vote depends on reason.:1 mentioned those three to suggest. what a fickle creature the average Cana- were. suffering.. Our pride - - --was hurt. in the way. that the”. ~ipride of tio mere Latin : dian voter is. I'd have voted” me : “could be hurt. . for Whicher, Liberal, for old: . times’ sake. For Ryan, Con: - Servative, because he’s. a good man. And. against . Hiellyer, Conservative; be-. ‘cause of his many-coloured . coat. There's an ‘Old-fashioned idea that Canadians are a re- served, conservative people, because we live in a stern’ and tigourous climate, and ~ aren't given much to either - dancing or rioting in. the streets, The idea is completely. unfounded. True, we don't © do much of anything jn the '' streets for six ‘months .a year, except scuttle along, cursing, noses dripping. - But behind those steady, grey ‘facades that others see live the real Canadians: pul- sing, passionate; not grey but purple. In fact, some-. times that .purple peeps through, . usually in those ‘same noses, Perhaps the most obvious example to illustrate .the wild, emotional, inner Cana- dian’ is the Canada- Russia hockey series of recent fame. = » there, cynical,” almost - vicious layers, - denigrating that te philanthropic institu- ‘tlon; the NHL. You see, we - But when our team be- :gan to win, we showed our. true selves, exuberant, friendly, - joyous, actually _ cheering out loud, throwing aur arms around’ complete strangers. . . * Oh, it did the heart good, I can tell you, to see the : _Canadian character as it really is. None of this “‘good losers”. nonsense of other northern races, Our hearts - were in .every cross-check, and every one of us was at least in spirit, as * our boys, at ‘the winning.. goal, kissed each other and | hugged ‘each other. and slob- bered over each other. Show me another nation . that can boo its “boys” in defeat and cheer’ them in °. victory, as we did, and I'll show . you another nation with real heart. And that’s what we're like in élections. All heart. No brains. Give us a bril-" liant, colourful prime minis- ter and we cheer him to the rafters. As long as he’s win- ning. We're a funny fot. The Argyle Syndicate Around the ‘regional district The Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine Board held its montly " meeting in Council Chambers, Terrace last Friday, November ld and itwas.a marathon beginning at 10:00 a.m. and adjourning at7:00 p.m. Two interesting reports.were tabled and these are | Herald, in detail elsewhere in this edition of the Terrace crald, - Director Ev clit followed up a report which he tabled at last month’s regula r meeting of the Board with a resolution based on the recommendations made in his report, Mr. Clift and his committee resolved that the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine request that the pollution control “Branch relax its minimum requirement for refuse disposal to . land in unorganized areas in order that the Regional District can investigate a system of refuse disposal which will even- tually approach the-prescribed standards. In discussion some Directors felt that the resolution was not ‘The Board veted to receive and table a letter. from the - Regional District of Skeena ‘‘A” concerning the establishment of a Province-Wide Organization . of Library Services. The ( Skeena District advised the Chairman of the Commiltee on Library Development in Victoria that municpalities that have [a libraries arenot interested and the electoral areas cannot afford such services. The Skeena District endorses a comment made by the Dawson Creek Public Library which states that that Board does not feel © that the proposal merit serious consideration until such time as the Provincial Government indicates-not only. some interest in it, but some willingness to accept the financial obligations of it. Joe Banyay, Chairman of the Kitimat-Stikine Regional boo District Board déscribed the regional library plan as unfair as ‘long as the Government only pays 20 per cent of the cost with the municipality paying 80 per cent, Director Stickney reported that the Kitimat Library Boards was of the opinion that it would be extremely costly and that it ¥, NovigibeR 16, 1972 hen. Suit team. wat pet... i ting: clobbered, most ‘o “went: around in a susly, “mood, snarling at wives and hitdren, . scoffing- at our . ATER A og ce ce a ome a “ae — Nt at rn “of | What’s a Regional College All About? strong enough but Mr. Clift explained that this resolution was - designed to“bpen.the door!" If a favourable reception of the . ‘resolution occurs in Victoria further efforts will be made to alleviate the tremendous costs involved to various com- munities. The resolution will be passed on to the Minister of - - Highways as well as the Minister of Resources, who is con- » cerned with pollution, Also the five M.L.A.’s representing apes ridings will also be sent copies,“ ‘A ‘letter froin the Regional District of ameraciay en ‘asking for an opinion on voting procedures of Regional Boards has been referred to the next Meeting of the Committee of the Whole for discussion. A recommendation handed down by the Technical Planning Committee in which it was agreed that it was not necessary for a representative of the Pollution Control Branch to attend all meetings received the approbation of all Directors present. The representative will be advised when matters concerning that service appear on the agenda and will then attend. Acting on a recommendation tabled by the Technical Plan- . Ning Committee the Board will urge the Provinelal Government and.in particular the-Parke Branch, to make their people available. for Technical Planning Committee meetings on a regular basis. Chairman Joe Banyay commented that it would © bea disaster if this was not the case “The T.P. C. recommended to the Board that the initial Stewart-Casslar service center site a Meziadin Lake proposed by the Department of Lands be accepted and that the Board s so advise that Department received unanimous support by ithe Board. During the course of debate Director L, Dubnick, (Electoral Area ‘“B”) tabled a motion that the leasing of thi s ‘service site be restricted to “Canadian Citizens only’: (Adop- ted). Some comment as to the great value of this concession was made by Director Clift who was assured that all.areas would be included in the calling for tende r advertisements and that a. _Tigid control over development would be maintained. Aservice coe, center is critical as there is a stretch of some 306 miles between _ ' gas stations on the highway. ’ The T.P.C. also saw its recommendation to the Beard toad. vise the Department of highways, The'B.C, Forest Services and the Parks Branch of the urgent need for Implementation of their ‘development plans along the Stewart Cassiar Highway and that . steps he taken to complete thesé altea during the 1973 con- © struction year. adopted unanimously. wo _ ,inlerest to yourself, your staff took no action on the matter. = Director Ev Clift of Terrace described what he had heard as Gi being nebulous and hearsay. Hesaid he was not in possession of the information he requires to make any decision and prefers to have a committee struck which will table the. required in- formation, before. commenting . “Mr: L.A. Broddy, Regional Highway Engineer, with the. Provincial Department of ‘Highways advised the Board In a’ letter of proposed tourist facilities planned on the Stewart- Cassiar Highway. - Mr. Broddy advised that it was the Department's intention to (ieee install at least one toilet, two picnic tables and a trash barrel (3m this coming summer at the following locations: CASSIAR & HIGHWAY; Mile 26,7 at a small lake approximately six miles . Square; Mile 47,3 at a small creek; Mile 71.9 at Third North Fork Creek area. STEWART-CASSIAR HIGHWAY; - Mile .05 at Junction; Mile 15.2 at Cottonwood River; Mile 56.3 at Dease Lake; Mile 81.4 at Tamzilla River; Mile 134, at Eddontenajon Lake;. Mile 153.6" at Kinaskan Lake; Mile 176.; Mile 220.9 at - Snowbank Creek} Mile 231.1 at Hodder Lake; Mile 266.2 at Spruce Creek; Mile 290 - 292 at Meziadin Lake. , This means fourteen sites In all, Two toilets and four tables will be placed at Eddontenajon, Kinaskan and-Meziadin Lake, ‘Director Perry York who has worked hard in regard to the Yellowknife over the years was appointed by the Board to at- tend the fourth Annual Convention of the Yellowhead In-. terprovincial Highway Association to be held.at. the Chateau Lacombe, Edmonton Alberta, December first, Foe bod » The next meeting of the Kidmat-Stkine Regional District. _— Board will take place in the Council Chamber of the Terrace | * City Hall on Monday December 4, ett ers” " compratulations ‘and - heartfelt oo _ thanks an to all of: your staff forg the exceptional job they areiy doing. They may. not- always] hear about it, but it isf appreciated by Mr, Gough and mysell, ; bear Mr. Wagemiakers, I was’ recently admitted” as a patient in’ Mills Memorial “Hospilal,-and a fellow patient, Mr. Ed Gough and myself, feel the fallowing would be; of. Yours very. truly, DS. Doug Hartman :eallege, | ~ ¥, Inthe Okanagan College district 25 per cent of . the students gave Okanagan College ag the first choice with UBC, at1i per cent, a distant second, © Cariboo College, Kamloops, was the ‘eallege: with, the largest‘number of students + 37, 2 per. cenl - listing it as thelr first choice. -.Percentages. of students in the other: ‘college wo - districts listing the college as ‘thelr first chelee.: | * *-were! New Caledonia, Prince George. 26.7 per, cent:: Malaspina, Nanaimo, 28.3: Selkirk, | 2 \Castlegar, 23.9; Douglas, -Surrey campus, 21.6; : "New Westminister campus, 16.6, - . : - Dr, Dennison said concern in some quarters’ _ when the first en was established seven sald,’ ks "educational plans, previou. y: could not afford to canting," he! vee The. survey. showed that the alngle: most: i on :., portant factor that attracts young. people to‘an Institution ‘of higher. education ‘is the. program offered (24.8 per cent) with closeness to: home the tons. rai at “nasi the: activitiea: ‘i which: student believed: they would ‘find: “: ve Depite-all of the things that wé hear about th uA permistive ‘socialy,: many af the. so-ralted; ad fashioned values still prevail among young: people,” added Dr. Dennison, - The figures show that marriage and family ; are more important to (hem than makingaletef — ; “money, and a high Interest in leisure-time ac- - 15 divides Indicates that students are more con- ‘vocational, " . ‘ “> «The greatest singte. Breportion of students - 20 co. per cent- listed marriage and family as the area: ii dn which they expected to find life's greatest BS This ‘was’ followed closely by: Aeisure’ dellvity anil sports (16.6 per cent), and: _ career, - occupational or ,voeational’ Activities wy “(15,9 per cent), a eo Only 1L3 per ‘cent of ‘the stadents * listed: “making money” ag thelr greatest goal’ in life. ’ “The research team is now busily engaged in. “satisfaction,” the, follow-up ‘survey. BMOng first-year students in-uinlversities, colleges, the B.C. - Tinatitate : ‘ol “Technology. and vocational schools, : i*We want to. find aud if the students who said. “students who went on,". Dr. Denalson said, “Our major objective ii to ldentlfy and. analyze ibwo, populations: of high school graduates = those whocontinge on to post-secondary edneation ond ‘those who'do not"), | give mae none’ ches santo: why, this ts -€erned with. the’ avocational rather than the - hey. planned to'go on Imimediately actually:did :~ “1 go on'and to find oul more about ihe types of “We have reagon toau ian pect, toe example, ‘that’ : our: very: ibeatatudents aren't going on to. condary | education: Perhaps: this next : ‘and the general public. . eT | was admitted through the. . © + ne “emergency department and Dear Sir: subsequently operated’ on . by’ .Dovtors’ Lee and ‘Dalton, . The’ T ath writing to commend you | ; |. eilergency ‘department nurses | 0n your editoria) in your issué o and. the ubove mentioned of ‘Nov. - 8, 1072 entitled “Our § te Ww ere. extremely. Scream ig but a whisper” n, efficient and above . give Won ’ How very. true. a I was. one of the | SP hanber Commerce ¥ “delegates to. ‘the Provincial | “Annual meeting of which you’ ],-: made mention, and came home . je. Very frustrated to} Bay the least. In: this: an ha mt rivaled ‘an. the uality of ~Regional District . ‘committees’ thee red oe a - working forthe gamé goals that - i ; «didn't even ‘reglize that ‘the other committees even existed. “Tt.ds.‘about-.ime that these roupe pooled -their resotirees : and worked together to produce. ‘the results that cah henelit this Or was recently: ‘elected " President of ‘the Chamber of :