Dear Sir: It is quite unfortunate that none of your staff has attended the meetings of the Kitimat Stikine regional dis- trict over the past two years. It must be very hard for your paper to make up sto- ries about the affairs of the regional district: But you do show a hard side, a biased ‘side about many local things. The only way to kill a bias is with truth and infor- mation. Take two truths four | times a day, and get lots of exercise running down lo- cal information, and the bias Should subside in about 2 months. Need examples? _ ~The issue of the’ incor- ~ poration of Thornhill is not one that the regional district has to make up their minds about, it was cut and dried __. , chamber, of clowns are tell- when the motion was made Writer proud to be a teacher - Dear: Sir: a _ . Tama teacher. I have been following the discus- _ Sion regarding the recent teachers’ job action with some interest. While it is heartening to see so many. people taking an interest in' ’ the education system there have been several com- ments made that I object to. . ; 1. “Students are being deprived of their’. .educa- tion.” Where were the com- plaints when Gordon Camp- bell forced this district into, a four-day week which has deprived students of over 60 days of classes thus far and counting? The effect of,the teach- ers job action is paltry compared to’ what Gordon Campbell has deprived the - students of. Further more, teachers are hoping that we have gained more for our stu- dents than they have lost. I question the sincer- ity of those who complain about the days lost to the teachers’ job action but have remained silent while this district was forced into . teachers’ for Thornhill to incorporate. . It was the directors from Terrace who changed a posi- tive motion to “let's do an- other study.” It is odd that the council of Terrace is very anxious to have Thornhill, but is not that they want to improve the lives of the people who live there: It’s the land they want, and not the people. Someone says that “going from a community of 11,000 to a community of 19,000 will win us more respect,” = -Doing a smidgen of math proves that Thornhill has 8,000 people, almost twice the number that live there. I have been inundated with this bigger is easier to represent proposition, and. will earn more respect, some | from ‘you and some from Roger Harris. Mr. Harris, you and the ,a four-day week by the Lib- eral government: ° ’ 2. “Teachers should not defy the law because they are role models.” Rosa Parks, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Harriet Beecher and Nellie. Mc- Clung all defied laws and spoke out against injustice. Today they. are con- sidered good role . models for our children. Did the principles involved in the dispute warrant the action taken? » . I think we not only have the right but an obligation to debate these kinds, of is- sues. However, I find it very ‘disturbing that some people seem to take a stand of con- ‘venience rather than a stand of principle. The author of one recent | letter stated that since none of his four children were in an oversize class, the teach- ers ought not to have taken any action. Others mention inconveniences related to child care. 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However we are happy to offer a substitution. © 50% off Selected Cherokee® Jeans, Was 24.97-26.97; Now 12.48-13.48 @ 50% off Levi’s® Chinos, Was 39.97; Now 19.97. | Zellers apologizes for any pit ee inconvenience this may have caused. pel Wi CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD The Mail Bag ing me that Terrace only is counted and_ represented, not Thornhill, not Usk, not Lakelse Lake, not the Re- mos, not Rosswood — Ter- race only, “because that’s all the numbers we have.” These.»people need. to . come to the regional district and study some maps, attend a meeting and hear some discussion and enter the real . world of rural and small town living. “Are you all so small- minded as to pretend that: . the small communities don’t exist and need no represen- tation? injustice to others, _ Not every law .warrants. civil disobedience. I would like to hear the ethics and principles of this issue de- bated rather. than matters of personal convenience and self interest. 3. “Teachers are holding ' students hostage to further their own ends.” Before we started our job action we knew that every teacher would lose money as a result. . A wage increase was on our list of demands but no teacher in their right mind | . ever thought that we would ~ enjoy a net personal gain from the strike. | We took action hoping to improve our ability to.edu- ‘cate our students knowing ‘in advance that we would Co- -op sale done in secret out first asking the approval of the taxpayers of the City of Terrace? Municipal election day is November 19, 2005 and perhaps the voters should cosider finding an all new council for the City of Ter- ~ race, which should include a new mayor. ‘Dear Sir: As a member of “Citizens for Justice” I was asked to write the following letter. ‘Re:. City buys old Co- -Op building and lands. Just how much right has city council to chips I have repeatedly ‘told the city of Kitimat and the city of Terrace that without the resources outside their boundaries, none of them > would exist. Logs from Rosswood, water pow- er from the Nechako River, from the . Terrace sawmill, the ocean south of Kitimat are examples of those outside resources. We are all empowered with regional resources. And we are all made richer . with. them. Les Watmough. ‘ Terrace, B.C. all be making considerable _ personal sacrifices. I think the: teachers are the ones being held hos- ‘tage. “from Hazelton, 4 There was an attempt speech when we explained to parents the effect of large ’ classes and reduced levels of support for special needs students. We have also had our right to collective bargain- ing removed by an. essen- tial service designation. . This designation is very debatable, but in any case workers ‘deemed to be an -essential service have a right to take their disputes to an independent commis- — sion. : ‘Attempting to remove . our freedom of speech, Te- hold secret meetings and pay more than one million dollars for a piece of property with- to restrict our freedom of ‘those: prepared to look the ciple at considerable per- ‘ample I-am not ashamed to: - show my students. Les Watmough moving our right to collec- tive. bargaining and impos- . ing a contract on us without providing an independent commission for us to appeal to is a shocking violation of ‘rights one expects to have ° in a liberal democracy. The greatest threat to democracy is apathy; the greatest threat to justice are * other way. as long.as they are not being wronged.: Standing up fora prin- sonal cost in a peaceful, measured manner is an ex- , °I am proud of my col-: leagues. I am proud to be a teacher. Dennis Cook, : Terrace, B.C. . 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