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EDITORIAL

‘One of the things that Is so refreshing about the Nishga people and particularly about School District 92 (Nisgha) Is that they believe in open discussion and are

actively seeking parents’ participation .

in’. the education system.

It, Is “part of the tradition of these pedple‘that there: he discussion and the community is looked on as an extension of the family,,- Decisions are made by consensus, 7"

The's chia) district the native people of the Nags Valley have established, and the pragrams they have developed in the schools, represent the wishes of the peopletof the area. .

In an interview after the first 33 gradgates of Nisgha Elementary Secondary School received their dipititias, Alvin McKay indicated his job of organizing the schoo|.gistrict was only. the start of what was to be done. He said the next job was to further involve the parents on a greater and continuing basis. McKay said it is imperative that parents learn and participate so that the schools can reflect the needs and desires of the parents for their children.

. The school district in Terrace could

fer learn from these people who have ly three years of managity" “School

district of their own. ~

Perhaps an intensive: program to reinvolve parents In the education of their children will be possibly here. There is, however, a good probability

that the administrators and school board "

have so far isolated themselves from the parents as to seem unreachable to the

parents. Or is It that the goals of the two are too

far apart?

COMMENT

by Gregg Middleton

A student asked me the other day what kinds of skills she would need to go into journalism. I told her to get as broad an education as possible and a solid background in writing skills.

She looked depressed. She asked me if there was any way she could acquire those writing skills. I was shocked. I asked her if she was taking any English courses in school. She said yes, but stated tht very litde time was spent in grammar. .

The girl went on to express concern that not only did she feel inequipped to go into journalism because of her lack of knowledge of the workings of the language, she was afraid that she might have trouble with the final examination this year, which I gather is at least grade-wide, beensse her teacher didn’t give the class much formal instruction. Much of the class time was devoted to things which more interested the teacher than gave the the students usable tools to work with.

The example she gave me of the things done in this class was that as one project they did a poster.

In the course of the conversation, I noi: the young lady used some common but ungrammiticsl ex- pressiona which indicated a lack of knowledge of basic English. She, in fact, pointed one of them out to me as something she was aware of as wrong but was not able to tell me what was right.

She was, at the time ] lalked to her, skipping out ofa class because she was convinced there would be nothing of value in it for her. .

The lady brought to my mind anoiler student, a young frlend of mine, wiv soughi my acvice a few years back. This follow cume tu ine la ng 7] thought he could get through universily 5.00 sfuth+ | told him I didn’t see why nol, he seems. >. .sfit enough Jad to me.

He confessed, huwever. und much te sy dismay, that he had never written anything in school, He had never done an essay or a paper. He was worried, aa frightening as it seema, that after 12 years of the public school systam he was not literate.

I was stunned. On inquiry I found out that all

through school there were always alternatives to writing. He had managed his education without demonstrating basic skills in putting words on paper.

And how can something like that occur? Well, that is another column.

“Don't get any of that stuff on‘your father." ©

comparatively

FORT McMURRAY, Alta.

(CP) — With matter-of-fact casualness, this isolated northern Alberta town of 26,000 is Jocking forward to being the fast-growing regional centre for a mas- sive oil sands industry. Even with hearings starting here Junel9 on proposed $3-billion Alsan plant, which would bring 5,600 construction workers intothe area, there are fewif any expressions of alarm aver possible social or

economic disruptions. A late-May public meeting, at which:

representatives of com- munity groups put finishing touches on their brief for the hearings, drew.an audience of four — including one reporter and an Alsands official.

The major recom- mendation discussed at the meeting was widening High- way 63, which links the town to Edmonton, 431 kilometres south, and scheduling heav truck traffic for periods when school buses are not operating in Fort Mc- Murray. —°.

Part of the reason for the unworried public attitude,. town of- fielals say, is that the community already has coped with two major boom periods — first, the Great Canadian Oil Sands (GCOS) plant, then the $2.2-billion’ Syncrude plant completed last year.

In the five-year Syncrude construction | period, jie

wn's po on _ try living cos soared, ere:

‘or retail area. I th:

while a $10-million

~ 4 BOOM TOWN |

A look at Fort McMurray

were shortages of every t

of retail and social. service, and news media across the country carried:-lurid tales of wild-west violence and rowdiness interspersed. with family breakups and juvenile delinquency.

But the town now has a much larger base to absorb the impact of development, Mayor Ted Mason said inan interview. .

“The impact of Syncrude -

is not likely to be duplicated, even if there were another

Syneruden'e 3:9. 5.4 etree cata ingsicthe

Mason, whose 25-year RCMP cateer took him through Western Canada’s toughest resource towns, says Fort McMurray had no more than a normal share of violence and other crimes.

Since the end of Syn- crude’s construction phase, he says, the town’ has developed a temporary

surplus of retail and other capacity. “T think a lot of people are

feeling .the pinch, par- ticularly in the service area’ ink with respect to the majority of the population the low is welcamed ... an opportunity to take a breather.”

Fort McMurray

‘A “breather,” however, would

be considered quite active in other towns. Construction is well advanced on an §11- million provincial building, a $41-million hospital and a new seven-storey hotel, whtown

By GARRY FAIRBAIRN

shopping mall with 120,000 square feet of retail space

ed in March, And on the hills overlooking the downtown area, small clusters of shops are opening to serve new housing devel ments. Mi

0s ple, Mason says, see the Aisands project as ‘a mécessary shot in the arm” to keep development going.

Judi Dicks, local radio station manager as well as an active, member .of community

project, says people also fee. oll sands development is a vital part of Canada’s future.

“You get a real sense of history happening in Fort McMurray. You get a sense of making history.”

A project like Alsands thus holds no terror.’

“I don’t think anyone is all that worried about it. After all, we coped pretty damn well with the first one.”

Community concerns to date have centred on the highwaysafety problem, proper pacing of future projects, more provincial financing for development costs and location of the new town ‘that Alsands proposes building near the project site.

Although some Fort McMurray businesamen would like the ‘ Alsands permanent employees to be housed in Fort McMurra

instead of a new town of similar

12,000 people carved out of |

the desolate wilderness .to

the north, Mason. says. he. .

would find it morally dif- ficult to ask that employees

live in Fort’ McMurray tnd. -

drive 45 minutes to work.

Also, “residential develop- ment as such is not necessarily a distinct benefit in terms of tax base,’’ the mayor adds. ‘

Even with a new town to house most Alsands workers, the oil sands consortium esHmates that the project

the _ will add 2,000 people to Fort .. committee “McMurray's* ' poépildfion. Japroposed.,.Giyic

1 Fort Mc

urray will be a ¢! of 48,-000 in 1986 -—- fourth-or fifthlargest in Alberta — if the Alsands new town goes: ahead and existing oil sands plants expand.

The new town algo would

- bring a psychological benefit

to isolated Fort McMurray resident, Dicks says. “Tell be someplace else to

0.

Ms. Dicks, who has lived in Fort McMurray six years, vehemently denounces the outside media that Played up the town's social problems.

“| have never seen such irresponsible journalism in all my life... They inevitably went for the most negative elements they could find.

They would go to the worst -

beer parlor on a Friday night,’ Meanwhile, she says,

parents and community groups were developing

recreational services and

juvenile sports Jeagues un- matched by any town of size,

WASHINGTON (CP) — The long-awaited s t meeting between

president Carter and Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev appears unlikely to result in any dramatic breakthroughs in rblations between the

superpowers.

The infirmities of the two leaders — polictal in the U.S, and sical In

the Soviet Union — and the intricacies of the problems facing them are among factors behind the limited exper'.tions being expresses ....out the June 16-18 meeting {n Vienna, ‘

The chief publie focus

ol fhe eancall is the pi tags ~ surategia arms ia. etiew ieasty (Bail GD, +: autious document i! is dat praduct of sb... seard et negotiation.

But casting a shew: over this achievement 's possible action by a balky U.S, Congress, which has been acting in defiance of Carter'a leadership and which may challenge any commitments he might

SUMMIT MEETING

- Little chance of progress

By CATHY MCKERCHER .

make to the Soviet leader.

Carter cannot even give Brezhnev assurances that. the arms treaty, design to place contrals on the growing nuclear arsenals of the two countries, will be ratified by the U.S. Senate.

Brazhnev, for his part, has been reported for the last few years to be in faillng health. Now 72, hia ability to particlpate In the kind of free-wheeling | summit that charac- terized his meeting in 1872 with former president Richard Nixon la In doubt,

Algo very much up in the air is the question of how binding any deals he might make with Carter will be on his sucresser. i q cir- -pustances, it ia nat w-ooslng that both sides pad tabing a far mite modest apucuach te as meeting than they aia {9 the signing of the dirst SALT pact, which was halled as the start of a new era in relations

Perel hae

between Moscow’ and Washington. ; Nevertheless during plenary and private discussions, the two leaders will touch on a range of issues vital tothe interests of both thelr countries and their allies, High on the agenda are further nuclear arms limitation and other weaponry Issues, in- cluding, U.S. officials gay, & discussion of Carter's decision to develop the MX strategic nuclear missile as a counter to Soviet missile

Lmprovements. In preparation for the

meeting, the two coun-

tries ve been ox:

changing problems for placing equal Hmits on Western and eastern military forces in Central Europe. Bit offlatals here are i: #0 ocw predic. tions «. apreament on this cc any other issue ‘that would be discussed,

satellites in space have

‘meetings between ine Bu-

been fading as. the dif- ficulty of making a quick agreement became aj- parent, analysts indicate.

Carter also is to appeal - for Soviet restraint in the middie East and in southern, Aten Soviet Bu or a peace- Reening foree in the Sinai to monitor the Egypt- Israel peace treaty will sought by the U.S.

The question a Soviet sponsorship of troops Afrlea, which hos praved one of the touchiest issues since Carter's election, and the warming of U.S. relations with C also are expected to come up.

It appears the moet Ni. cly. an for agreement may — in the idea of holdiiy annual -.nmit

werd. - ministration official. consider these meetings aod for U.8,-Soviet

‘atlons.

there is, however, a sehoal of thought that such get-togethers can promote tensions if they do not produce Important agreements.

_ Offenses. Tf yen

TALK

by Miguel Meya

- You're standing with several people at a bua stop when a police cruiser suddenly pulls up to the curb. One of the officers looks at: you and says: That's the guy,” and orders yousinto the<ar. They take you to‘tHe’ statloi' where you are -in- terrogated and locked in jail. After six hours, they realize you're not the man they were looking for, so -they let you go. ot oe Was this a case of illegal arrest? Can you sue the police? ‘The Criminal Code says a policeman can make an arrestif he has reasonable grounds to believe that a _person has committed a criminal offense. So, if you” fitted the description of a man who had just robbed a bank, the police were acting within the law. Although this seems to give a policeman ex- ' tpaordinary powers, this protection is necessary. to allow him to do his job. Law enforcement would be almost impossible if a policman risked a criminal -

"charge or a civil law suit every time he questioned a

person who turned out, to be innocent. However, Canadian law also includes provisions

| aimed at protecting the public when dealing with the

police, For example, an arrest is illegal if the police use excessive foree or do not tell you. why you are - ‘being arrested. oe . 7 : Also, unless you have been arrested, you are not. required to give your name to the police, produce identification or explain what you are doing. The exception Is the driver of a motor vehicle, who must: _ show his driver's license and registration... my However, the best policy is to cooperate with the police. H.A.D. Oliver, a Vancouver criminal lawyer, says that in circumstances where no serious crime has been committed, the police sometimes will ‘turn a. blind eye,” but many people will talk themselves into a criminal charge by being uncooperative or ‘of- fensive. ~~ ° | 2 In practice, you will be arrested if you don’t give minimum cooperation to the police. Oliver says it is best to identify, yourself and tell the police where you — are going and.-where you have been.. If you are — arrested, this cboperation may increase your chances ’ of being released by either the police or a judge. ‘Unfortunately; many Canadians are misinformed about their rights because they watch American crime shows on TV and believe they are an accurate reflection of Canadian law, In reality, Canadians do not have the same legal rights as Americans. 7

When Lieut. Kojak nabs a murderer and tells. another cop to “read him his rights,” it's because U.S. | law requires this procedure. In the U.S., an arrested person must be told that he has the right to remain silent and that any statement he makes can be used as evidence in court, If the police don't state these rights, the arrest is illegal. .

In Canada, an arrested person has the right to nt ain silent but the police are not eed bound to: ‘tell Ahimethiga The police are supposed to warn a 4 many 9 atement 16, MAI, bait Be. use

AyeOliver, “bi they're not required”

Any statement you make to the police will stand up in court, even if the police didn’t tell you your rights. The only Canadian test for the admissibility of a . confession in court is whether it was voluntary‘and the . law says 4 statement is voluntary if not made out of fear in the hope of a reward.

The best advice is not to make a statement to the police, no matter how convinced you are that the truth will set you free, Legal charges are complicated and what you think of as a defense, may really be a noose,

‘If you wish to discuss matters with the police, have a lawyer present. The law requires that the police give an arrested person a reasonable attempt to reach a lawyer, not just one phone call.

Any statement you make will exist only in your memory and that of the police. Your lawyer’s presence is a guarantee it will be accurately remembered.

In his experience, Oliver has found that many arrested persons end up convicting themselves because they have a “compulsion to confess” or desire to unburden themselves. This partly explains why statements by arrested persons is the largest single reason for successful criminal prosecutions in Canada. - —

Anyone who suspects he is witnessing-a crime in progress or a person fleeing the police, should be aware that the arrest powers of a private citizen are more limited than the police. . -

Basically, the law states that a citizen can arrest a. person he finds committing an indictable offense, that is, a serious criminal offense, or if he has reasonable grounds to believe a person is belng pursued by the

‘police after committing a criminal offense.

The problem here is that most of us can’t distinguish between indictable nnd ihe less serious summary es, nichikealy urrest someone for committing « sumimsry conviction offense, you are liable for a civil action fe: iulse arrest.

You may also be guilty of erimisci assanit if you used force,

Thisis why a concerned citizen should .- axtremely cautious in attemp’ . - to arrest. Oliver advises not to attempt an arrest <.:cept-who are paid to take these risks, he says. . _

TODAY ‘N HISTORY

June 12, 1919 1665 — New York Gity was The World Economic incorporated, 9 Conference began jn London a6 ycars ago today —in 1933, 1775 — The first naval

battle of the Amerlean Revolution was fought off Machlas, Maine.

1836 — British stateaman

— in an attempt to solve the world-wide industria) and financial crisis,’ The con- ference failed, largely

because U.S. President Roosevelt refused a European proposal to set up an unrestricted International exchange system based.on a tixed price for gold. The U.S. felt this would inhibit its own efforts to ralse prices and reach industrial stabiilty.

Anthony Eden was born,

U8 signed two agreements 5. sig oa

to avoid double taeation of

their citizens and to prevent

income tax evasion.

1883 — Medgar Evers; a clvil rights worker, wast murdered in Jackson, Miss,