| COURT NEWS

Parry Henry Robinson

.was found: guilty on a

charge of driving while
disqualified after he

appeared for trial before.

Judge Darrell Colling in
provincial court Monday,
‘The court was told
Robinson was charged
after. the van he was
driving was involved in a
two-vehicle collision on
Feb. 17. Nine people were
injured in the accident,
none critically, when the
van collided with -a

’ pickup truck on Highway

16, 12 miles east of
Terrace.

RCMP - Constabte
Terrence McFadyen
testified he spoke to
Robinson’ twice .on the
day of the accident, once
at the scene. and*fiter in
the hospital. He told the
court that during the first
conversation Robinson

admitted. he owned the.

van and also admitted
driving when the accident
occured. ‘
‘Collins stated that
there was no question
that Robinson's license
was suspended at the
time of the accident and
said that he was satisfied
with MeFadyen's iden-
tification of Robinson as
the driver of the van.

In other trials before
the court, Jose Manuel
Goncalves 17, was found
guilty of a charge of
common assault,
following an incident on
Feb = 16.

Nicki Pollack, a former
taxi. driver for Terrace
Taxi, told the court that
she had gone to pick up a
fare at the Skeena Mall,
and had requested
Goncalves get out of the
cab after he kicked the
handle of the passenger
door and repeatedly
slammed the door of the
cab before getting in, She

‘ testified that Goncalves

then got very angry and
be vn nelpe knocking
hy GBRES. ere et Sue '

“1 don't thing he knew
what he was doing,”
Pollack told the court.
“My first impression was
that he was really drunk
or on drugs. He just
seemed to go crazy.”

Goncalves told Collins
that he had = no
recollection of the jn-
eldent,

Collins stated that
Pollack gave ‘‘very
straight forward and fair
evidence, under the
circumstances.”

Collins said that
whether or not Goncalves
could remember the
incident, he was satisfied
that Goncalves had
struck Pollack,

“The courts ordinarily
take a very serious view
of people who strike out
at other people, and so
they should,” Collins told
Goncalves before sen-
tencing him to a $100 fine
or 7 days in jail in default
of payment.

Collins also ordered
Goncalves to one year on.
probation, with a verbal
apology to Pollack as a
condition of probation.
plended guil joel Guno

en a charge
of impaired driving, after
the vehicle he was
driving collided with a
parked car on: June 10
causing an estimated
$2000 damage.

Guno was fined $250 or
4s days.

Rennes P ed pully ta
Kirsch plea to
two charges of impaired
driving as the result of
two incidents on May 19
and June 1. Sentencing
was put forward until
June 25, pending a pre-
sentence report.

Raymond Glen Biggs,

19, pleaded guilty to a
‘charge of
driving. Collins ordered |

impaired

him to pay a fine of $200
or iddays. |.
Charles Raymond
Turner pleaded guilty to
acharge of driving with a

blood alcohol content §

over ,08. He was fined
$200 or 14 days.

Picton Bernard Gor-
man, 22, pleaded guilty to
a charge of possession of
marijuana, after the
court was told RCMP

confiscated 14 marijuana
plants, marijuana, and
lighting equipment from
Gorman's residence on
Clinton Manor. Collins
fined Gorman $100 or 7
days. - _
Stephen Buick, 18,
pleaded guilty toa charge
of being a minor in
possession of alcohol. The
court was told the charge
arose after RCMP
stopped the car Buick
was driving for speeding
and ‘saw an unopened
ease of beer in the car on
May 18. The beer was
seized. Collins ordered
Buick to pay a fine of $50.
William Rey Morrison
pleaded guilty toa charge
of possession of
marijuana, after he was
charged following an

incident on May 14.

Morrison, who had .a
previous conviction of

possession of hashish, .

wasordered to pay a fine
of $250 or spend 21 days in
jail. “I would think that
you would begin to
learn,” Collins told
Morrison. “Whether you
like the law or not, you
have to obey, the same as
I have to obey.”

Labor
picnic
said a_
success .

The Kitimat and
Terrace District Labor
Council benefit’ picnic
held Saturday was a
“tremendous © success”,
according to
spokesperson Paul
Johnston.

“We had a good at-
tendance and raised close
to $400. In all, it was a
most. worthwhile en
devor,”

support ‘striking
Canadian Association of
Industrial, Mechanical,
and Allied Workers in the
Fraser Lake area and in
attendance at the benefit
were union members and
their families from
Terrace, Kitimat, and
Prince Rupert.

FUN
FEST

” Said. Johnston, ,
The picnic was. held:to.

TERRACE

by Brian Gregg

Nick Keis_ superin-
tendent for the School
District 92 (Nisgha), says
that one of the unique
Problems that has been
overcome at the Nisgha
Elementary-Secondary
School since its inception
in 1975 was a two-year
deficit in grade standards.
throughout the entire
schoo].

"The school has
worked out of this deficit
and we are now having
good success in the early

‘ grades,” he says. Such -

success. in the early
grades will mean a carry
through with these
students in later grades.

"EF would attribute the
succes te the recruiting of.
ow teachers, the stan-
dard of their excellence
and to the support

‘parents have shown,’’

English

test is

planned .

’ Any ‘students planning
to enroll in a college or

a university first year

English course in Sep-

' tember 1979 are required

to write the English
Placement ‘Test, which

_ will be held at Northwest

College Terrace centre on
July 17, from, 7 p.m. to
9:30 p.m. in Room 215.
Bue to.:an anticipated
low enrollment, the
college is planning to hold
the test only in Terrace,
although if there is suf-
ficient demand, the test
maybe held in Prince
Rupert. Scores from the
test are used by English
departments to assit
students: - in: choosing’
English courses’? ap-
propriate to their needs.

Anyone planning to-

write this test is urged to
inform the Community
Education Services
Coordinator in their area,
or phone the Student
Services at the College, at
635-6511, ;

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Each year the per cent
average summary of
Yesults. for students
taking the vocabulary
and composition
examinations is in-
creasing. Although some

- grades may still be
slightly below the
province the. past four
years have been well
‘ spent, says Keis:

“The global scores for
the English placement
test show. that
students from the Nass
Valley are in the
ballpark,’’ says Keis, -

Usually only the
students .who are plan-
ning to go on to university
write this test but all the
graduating students at
the Nisghaschool wrote it
because the ‘teacher
wanted to compare the
school with the province.

The superintendent for
the Niggha district has
also been superintendent
for Queen Charlotte

the

Islands in the past but at
the end of June this will
charge. Kels will become
part-time superintendent
of the Nisgha district as
well as working part-time
for the ministry of
education.

When Al McMillan first
became . the - Nisgha
district superintendent tn
1975 the construction of

theschool was still taking

place.

In 1976 students. up to
Grade 10 went ta the
school and these students
moved up to Grade 11 and
Grade 12 during the next
two school years.

The entire Nass Valley
took pride in graduating
its first Grade 12 class
fram the school on
Saturday, June 9.

“We've had some
unique problems since
the’ school began
operating,” says Keis,
who took over from
McMillan two years ago.

IPOLICE NEWS

Terrace -RCMP report —

Anida [vens of Terrace was
charged with impaired
driving on Sunday, following
an incident at.the Dog 'n
Suds drive-in in Terrace, :

Report suggest
against controls

VICTORIA (CP) —
Election campalgn funding
in British Columbia is vir-
tually free of controls and
should remain that, way,
reports, the Royal Com-

mission on Electoral
Reform. — ow
In the yeport tabled in the.

B,C. legislature Monday,

Judge L. S. Eckardt said he -
“was reluctant to recommend _

controls in B.C. but. noted
_there-:was considerable

available should the gov-
ernment decide to go ahead,

matter is of sufficient con-
cern to justify elther the cost
or complexities of controls
over campaign funding.
‘However, Eckardt did
recommend some changes in
the Provincial Elections Act.

Candidatesin B,C, now are |

‘He ‘said he. doubts - the .

Samuel Guno, of Aiyansh,
was charged with impaired
driving after the car he was

driving hit a legally parked ,
‘car-on the 5100 block Mc-

Connell also on Sunday.

required to file a brief
declaration after an election
outlining the tatal campalgn
expenses. Eckardt suggests
that a moredetailed form
should include details of
expenditures and should
identify contributors who
gave more than $100.

He also recommends that
returns be audited by. a
chartered accountant.

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“We've had to keep one
jump ahead of the student -
on their Nishga language
course,"’ he says.

Grade 1 Nisgha was
taught ‘to all grades the
first year, Grade 2
Nisgha was taught to all.
the grades in the second
year except Grade 1 and
so on, he says. The
problem with this method

is that while students are’ *

learning their language
one year, the course
designers are rushing to
prepare for: the next
year's course,

Another problem that

-has been overcome in

bringing together
students from the various
Nass Valley com-
munities, ‘There has had
to be a certain social

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involved,’’ says Keis.

WEATHER

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The sunny skies continues
as the ridge of high pressure
holds with a few cloudy
periods during the day.

The expected high today is
20 degrees and the overnight
low ic 8 degrees.

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