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rowing, counterfeiting, crib-

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Dear Sir: "Plagiarism is a. noun in and - the definition is copying. ‘It

Ab - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 24, 2004 |

Native design t use in art product

stern rebuke ©

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comes in different.” forms. - such’ as appropriation, bor-

bing,, falsificalon fraud, in- -

work,

TE-this - was: myself someone’ “would be making a ‘bidger

. fuss and Lavould: be: fined Or in school you'd be. punished’or . in college let gO as. you are ‘counterfeiting- someone else's: work, I see the native leaders are working on preserving our’

artwork from: being copied, just like, what this woman nis: ‘do- ing.

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the newspaper about the City of Terrace. Who should this’ mystery woman be but Lynne Christiansen whe hel ps- amake :.* decisions for the City of Terrace. I am shocked to’ see that. 7 this person who makes choices for our. city is also the exact same person who is-copying, counterfeiting, plagiarizing our - “Native arlwork, While this uiknoten artist is:struggling to

I feel that this should be coisdered in arork of any ‘and call types. |. 7 _ » Last year I went to fie farmner’ 8 market and hotived a lady. selling pots.for your. plants. “This particular: one liad a’native’ design of it'and was priced at approximately $50, [ started: to ‘talk to:her about it and she told me that “Oh, 1 just’copied’ it off a card design. ” a) said it. Was stealing others’ -ideas and. os

Last year rat, the Chiistitias bazaar the st same lady was Sell ” ing yet another native-designed pot. E made’ inyself” temem-, : ber who this woman is. Yet, again this year I-had‘a chance. wt on seeing. syho. this woman: is exactly, as she ‘was - put, into. :

make ends meet shei is making a prof it out of the artist's, hard ‘work. ©

your own design, ‘Ask for help from local: designers if need-

| wish to pick up a péneil. and draw theirown pictures...

“,.F-don’t mind.others: ‘doing. the native design justas long.

as it-isn't stolen: from ‘someone. ‘else ase our beautiful art is exhibited and d enjoyed around the vera

If you care. about t the Kermode,

you’ all protect its

Dear Sir: - Sol, _

I'm raihier perplexed by politicians ‘provincia and n mu - nicipal) that have'a symbolic fetish for the Kermode bear. a ‘that’s based sotely on economic ‘interests, rather: than ruly "

~ caring about the long term viability. of the species;

- [Was embarrassed to find out that the dead, illegally’ hint a

" - .ed Kermode bear named Gimpy was. schlepped: tothe Union.

of B.C. Municipalities meeting in Vancouver early this year. to promote itas the 2010 Olympic: symbol , I wonder: why" the politicians don’ t.want to align: themselves with environmen: - tal groups that are working. hard to ‘conserve: Kermode bear:

_ habitat, promote a Spirit Bear Conservancy, and.to slop.tro-.

phy hinting of black bears-in areas where the: white gene. frequently expressed a anes .

to save the Spit Bear, ‘What have paltitans de done.

tion of. critical habitat?’ Did rhe Oppose trophe peer fot ‘of -

black bears, which genetically produce Kermode bears?. 8)

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Dear Sir: : i"

~The people. of British Columbia. are no doubt watching . with amusement. and dismay the TV ads trumpeting the-suic- : cess.of the Campbell ‘Liberal’. government in job creation, .- Amusement, -because. the 7 images‘ of men at ‘work more. re- semble a fantasy : world'than anything corresponding to real-

ily. Dismay, because they, the taxpayers, foot the bill:

-Inassessing Gordon Campbell’ s success in job creation, it is important for. everyone to: remember. hovw- many jobs have - been eliminated in B.C. since. the. inception. of his. premiey- :

ship, and to ask whether the j present, Putati\ ve ¢ gains. guiwei gh the former, actual. losses, :

Itis also important to: determine. the nature: of: jobs cie.

ated, if indeed there have. been any. created, Ate they part- .- time, minimal: wage, or what? Whatever the case may be, the ; f° ~ boast that there willbe amillion néw-jobs created in the next» _ several years is not. likely t to. offer. much home or-consolation a er

to anyone. ‘currently Unemployed, .

The truth is:that it is difficult to ‘find anyone in this prov a F inice who has actually secured ‘ one of Mr. ‘Cainpbell’ § many.- :

" jobs. Certairily the smiling: faces i in the advertisements. bear little resemblance to those of the Inainy: people: I met-from’:* many paris of. B,C. this summer, while I was visiting Al.

" berta, all of them there to look for. the work Nhat didn’ texist J

_ in their native British. Columbia, . = 0

- The vast sums of moiey- spent a on n disingenuous advertié. a ing would’surely best be used to‘assist those | many people in. #"

"B.C. whose lives have been seriously damaged by the draco- . tT

nian measures ‘implemented by the Campbell Government,

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