| ‘Vol 3, Issue No. 24

Legislative Liby Parliament Bu Victoria, B.C.

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ildings,

School board gets

complaints :

TERRACE — The School |

District: 88 trustees’ final board) meeting of the school year. on June 9 was

marked by‘a plea from ov- _

erbudened’ taxpayers’ for

the board to defend them.

against provincial govern:

iment. education | funding. L policies, ‘and by. expres- .

gions of thanks from. the

local teachers association . _for, judicious handling of “the: Tecently-concluded ar-

bitration process, ‘Terrace resident Bruce

’. Ferguson -and.four other

local homeowners: appeal-

'. @d'to trustees for action in stopping the trend toward financing . education

through heavier. local taxes: Ferguson. ‘pointed out that the school tax rate on residential property in : School District 88°‘ has .

nearly doubled since 1984, but the .district’s ‘budget .

has only increased 8. 3 per-

cent - during : the same . .

", period,

"Ferguson indicated an. understanding that the.

board. is relatively blame-

less for the current.state of © affairs i in education fund- oo continued on page 24 7

Kinsmen Doug Watt et with plag Guests spoke of Watt warmly, outlining his accomplishment , Kom’ “his stamily’. who o walked inv with “Congratulations, Dad",

“ It was a a surprise! ue) was honored by fellow members of the club durl 3 with the Kinsmen. tears streaming down thelr cheeks. See more photos page 15. -

ng the installation o} of tncoming Officers held Saturday, June 6. Several presentations were made, but the best one of all-was:.

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* Forecast: ‘Sunny: on. Tuesday, mainly sunny” with: ‘a few -cloudy ©

periods on Wednesday,

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“Terrace Al Gseeans Steelers adios * to 26, The women encourage men "s and women’s

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outdoor soccer team have won the Zone 7 playoffs and now advance to the Summer Games in Delta, July 23 teams to challenge them to games In preparation for the upcoming games. See-champlonsh

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but not

shutdown

TERRACE — The Letter. - Carriers Union of Canada :-

CL.CUC) will use a strategy:

of rotating strikes against - the Canada Post Corpora- | tion that will cripple reliability ‘of the postal system without shutting it.

- down altogether.

The: mail carriers went . on strike after a midnight © Monday. deadline: passed . and negotiators: failed: to -

come up with a: contract |

agreement. Canada Post

~ president Donald Lander.

has. vowed to keep the .

" mail moving, . but. Bill. - Steele, business agent for.

LCUC. district 10. which. .. includes Terrace, said his:

union is. determined to .

stop the use of scabs dur-~ ing the strike. ‘Mail - delivery will not go ahead,’’ Steele said in a re- cent interview. ‘‘People would be making a serious - mistake to entrust their. mail to Canada Post dur: ing the strike.”* ,

In Terrace and the rest

of B.C, mail delivery con-:

tinued the morning ‘after. the deadline; but delivery was cut off in Montreal and Calgary.

Steele said contract issues that remain.

_ unresolved are centered -

around concession demands by Canada Poast..

. They include a lower wage | -— cemtinmed on page 23

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