Page Ad — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 1, 1991

year on the job.

YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR Scott Schulmeister, 13, is out and about selling ice cream products as a way of making money.

His activities are restricted to after school but he's planning to put in more hours once holidays begin. This is Scott's first

ou AND ABOU T |

USINESS REVIEW | Home business word spreading |

TERRACE — More than 40 home-based businesses aré featured in a. new directory publicizing the growing industry inthearea, " °C. .

The idea came.from examin- ing ‘similar directories in other cities says its‘ publisher, Elreen Toovey., 2 tree,

She. operates her own home-

based; business and: views the’

directory as one way of helping

_ to spread the word. ‘Home-based businesses .

_ deserve to be seen. Up until now there was-no way of finding

- them easily,’’ said Toovey. » She’s published 2,300 copies

of. the directory and last week —

distributed the majority of the copies.. -.- pene

In all, Toovey estimates there are close to 150 -home-based businesses ..in . the Terrace- Thornhill area. .

Some are operated as second jobs while others are the full time occupation, .of their operators. wD

“There’s arise in the numbers =~ either: through a lack of other jobs or to have a pit more security for a person

who already has a job,” Taovey .

said, Home-based . business ‘operators range from sellers of crafts to appliance fixers to peo- ple doing renovations and repairs. - .

‘Some.of formed an organiza-

tion called’ the home-based

‘business “association which

meets tegularly. It’s planning a business: fair-this fall.

"One attraction of the direc-

‘tory is that:it is, an inexpensive

way for people to advertize their a

business,’ said ‘Toovey.

. She; has" plans to. publish an. i} updated directory later this year and ‘wants to. add home-based -

businesses in’ Kitimat, Prince Rupert and Stewart to its pages.

Brochure. printed

TERRACE — The city has add-

, ed another brochure in a series .

its: developed to help attract

people to the area. —— This one, says economic

development. officer Peter

Monteith; highlights the #@

lifestyle of the area. ° “It’s a.softsell. We know it’s

a nice area:.but. nobody else -. does," - says’ Monteith. of the. §

2,000 copies printed. Ill be available at. trade

shows and included in packages. -the city assembles for interested - §

people. “As well, Monteith says the ci-

ty is developing acomputer pro- §

gramming to better able provide statistics tailor made to re- quests.

‘OPENS MAY 4 eq

":, For The Season .

We're

ay

jooking for new readers: People with the courage and”

motivation to read the forms, books and other itams they *

never could read before. To reach such people Project Literacy Terrace Is currently offering a tuition free adult

reading program. Qur object is a program that‘ls learner:

"gram which has the support both of other community agen?

cles and the community:as a whale. If you know people like

the ‘puzzled reader above help us reacti them. Phong “The ° ~ Reading Place” at 638-9119. Or pop in the stare front at - 4722 Lakelse Avanue - across from Overwalla In. the Tillicum Theatre bullding. Ce

~ Project Literacy Terrace

TERRACE — The city’s newest teal estate outlet opens next Monday.

Re/Max of Terrace is owned |

by the father and son combina- tion of Dick-and John Evans.

With them are Erika Pelletier

and Gordon Sheridan. Re/Max (it stands for real

estate maximums) has 1,700 of- |

fices in North America, There are two others in the northwest

_— one in Smithers and one in

Prince Rupert,

John Evans said he and his .

father first considered opening

their own. office two years ago -

and began planning this spring.

when they made a connection »

with Re/Max. The ‘outlet is located in the

credit union. building, in space. once occupied by the 16-37 — Community Futures. develop- .

ment group...

tok kk Money from coffee sales to-

day at Tim Horton’s is going to

‘a children’s foundation spon-

sored by the national foad sales:s*f's+- outlet, 2 0 Sony |

;

"The Tim Horton Childrei

Foundation ‘operates three“"| camps for for underprivileged

children.

_ The newest. one, in

Kananaskis Country, Alberta,

opens next month. KkkKkKKe

The chamber of commerce’s - tourist information centreinthe |

log-building on the highway will be open longer: hours _ this month.. Lo That’s. because Lara Roldo begins work today. This is her third year with the chamber.

Roldo’s arrival means a 9—

a.m.-lo 6 p.m. operating lime

Monday to ‘Friday for this

month.

The centre’s. hours will ex- ; pand to 9 a.m.-8 p.m, when two other students are hired as the |.

tourist season gets busier. ~

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First, let us assume that

the.teachers.are militant. In... hor Debie-tertnec.the higherthé “quality Of: management the ~~ -Jower the militancy of the

bargaining unit and the

‘ower the quality of manage- ment, the higher the militan-

cy of the bargaining unit. Now jet us assume that teachers are not militant.

‘There would appear to be. . _gsome validity in this assump- -* thor since they have worked

- for the better part of a year ’ without a contract.

Very few labor organiza- tions that | know of would

demonstrate that level of pa-

tlence. If the teachers are ~ not militant then it would have to be that-they have

been driven to.desperation: . by the actions of the school

board and district ad-

twee

ministration. Both the school. -

board and the superinten- dent have abdicated their

negotiator Is in essence a.

uy responsibilities and brought .

' In an outside negotiator to ~ bargain on thelr behalf. This

_mercenary or hired gun who is pald to fight for those who.

‘are Incapabie or unwilling.to—

fight thelr own. battles. As as - _outsider, he has no committ- ment to the community nor.

its residents, his only motiva: -

finished he can walk away

| will end this letter with

one last thcught. 8.C. is fac- ing a major teacher shortage problem. Kitimat already has enough trouble attracting ..

and retaining quallfied

tlons.”

~ | and leave others to deal with the mess he has left behind.

| tion Is money and when he Is: ©

le teachers without adding the: - burden of poor labor rela-

Class composition, famliy

_ situations and curriculum are alLvery different.today.than whenJ.S..attended school: in _those days, children went “home to someone. In those

had two-parents. Families spent time together com- municatng and there was

home. In those days children

1. did not spend six hours a day in‘front of a television set or

video game. Children were prepared to come to school to sit, listen and complete assignments. In those days, If achild was disciplined at. school, parents supported

the same material at the same time and worked on.

In those days, it was.not possible or necessary for ‘ teachers to get to know

- individual attention Is not oniy demanded by our . students, it Is required'by

the Year 2000 documents.

The new program revolves around the fact that each student Is a unique Individual

- who has his own interests - and develops at hisown: |

pace. “ ‘ Coe __ The Ministry of Education “has spent millions of dollars creating and publishing” material on the new pro-. ~ gram. They have provided millions of dollars to pur: chase matertals to aid In Im- plementation of the new programs (only at the.

deal with this new concept:

“In education...

days, the majority of families

discipline and respect in the -

that discipline. in those-days, _all students In a class learned

the same assignments on the — _ same page of the same book.

their students as individuals, =

primary level so far), but... | have neglected to provide” -| teachers.with the time to: +:

“Yourstruly, |... |. Knowles

?

| don't think any of us are In- formed enough to comment on - the avaliability of money For + ‘a: « education funding because | real... *: ly believe that the bureaucracy Is, : managing quite well to shieldus from the facts about how much .!: of the education dollar Is spent ~ on administration In this district .: whether the board-can afford. = . the requests of the teachers is a question on the board's priorities.

Let's turn our attention to the ~ class size Issue, Here again the ~ general public is being kept in’ the dark as to the real classsize * averages across the province...i¢ is not the actual numbers-that

*.

refuses to negotiate and the flex- ibility they want with regard to... . class size seems unreasonable to... © the KDTA. oe in addition to time spent in class with kids which Is actually 190 . days at 5.5 hours per day (1045 hours) there are five non- Instructional days.at eight hours each (40'hours); time spent in.the

per month times 10 months (120

afterwards (285 hours); one hour per school day athome(190 hours); at least one week before |

_ school starts in September (40° « hours); two days at Christmas (16 -

break (elght hours); and time. _ $pent writing reports, about 40 -. ‘fours three times per year (120 .. ‘ hours}; all together is 1,864 hours. ' At $39,600 per year, Itcomesto . §21.24 per hour not $40'per hour: | Know many teachers who > spend more time than!have’ ~ quoted but as youcansee’

‘ af a t hourly rate as asemi-skilled- _ laborer at any one of the large In-: ° dustries that you mentioned. = °-

- -They don't start at this rate. © > 3... however. The starting salary fora. .

of university Is closer to $30,000 .. -

"= per year. For the record that's...

‘At this rate what Is the Incen- tive to spend all that money at

that pays more than this witha, Grade-12 education. And tlie Jobs!

lot tess. stress and worry.”

: aay eedeeak: Meee ily al wack: - pill Voiirath Concerned Citizen

hours); one day during spring... 4 teachers work for about the same: I

first year teacher after four years: |

iversity when you can‘gét'ajJob -

centred and accessible to all persons regardless ‘ of age, _ ethnic. origin, or any disability. Our object is a ilteracy pro-"

are Important it is that the board: —

_ school on weekends, say 12 hours -:

hours); one half hour before kids: arrive andatileastone hour ss}

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a $15.56 per hour. - . 4

that are avallable:in your so calted@: -:- - "reat world” Involve a hack ofa...

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