a March for votes

WOMEN WON the right to vote in 1918 with the help of the Suffragettes. Members of the Terrace Women's Flesource Centre will be marching to the mall this Friday evening to encourage women to vote at this coming election. Joanna Parsons promises to be loud and prominent on her soap box.

NDPers refute poll

NDP CAMPAIGN officials claim the poli numbers pub- lished last week by the Standard don’t fit with what their workers are finding.

Candidate Isaac Sobol issued a slatement saying the poll’s sample size of 210 was too small to be accurate.

The poll of the Skeena riding was conducted for Cariboo

Press by Maxx Research. It indicated 45 per cent support

for Reform, 30 per cent for the Liberals, and 16 per cent for the NDP.

NDP campaign worker Jessie Uppal said the NDP workers’ canvassing of the riding has so far indicated about 57 per cent support of the NDP among decided voters.

Uppal conceded that canvassers first work off the party’s own. lists of members and long-term supporters, before canvassing other people across the riding.

‘That ups our numbers a bit, ” she said, ‘‘so you'd ex- pect them to drop off somewhat.”’

But she said that even if the numbers dropped 20 per cent, the NDP would still be very close to Reform.

Uppal said the poll’s high undecided factor — nearly 40 per cent — does fit with what the NDP campaign is secing.

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By CRIS LEYKAUF THE SCHOOL board has turned down a request io have a streetproofing program for students taught during schoo! time.

The Terrace Women’s Resource Centre has offered the program after school hours since late fall.

About 500 elementary students have already gone through the program. It’s been approved by the RCMP and volunteers delivering the pro- gram have received training.” ;

Children are taught about the dangers of talk- ing to strangers, how to recognize a potentially bad situation, and about good and bad touching. They’re also shown a few techniques to use if someone does try to grab them.

Board chair George Neumann was the only trustee who voted to have the streetproofing program taught during school hours.

“T was a voice in the wilderness on that one,” said Neumana. ‘I thought we should endorse it whole heartedly.” —_

Melissa Munn, who heads the program, had

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asked that it be taught during school time.

“We're asking to be allowed in as guest speakers. If dental hygentists don’t have to ask for an okay from the board to come in and talk, then why do we?”’ asked Munn.

Munn said that she hasn’t received one nega- tive comment yet from parents, and that many recommend it should be available during school hours.

Parent Karla Hennig wrote to the board, saying ‘‘I know the program has been available after hours, but it is a sad fact of life that those children who would benefit most from such a program often do not have the parents who will bring them to an event in after school hours.’?

Munn added that all the parent advisory groups at elementary schools bad endorsed for the program, which takes a maximum of one and half hours.

School board education committee Roger Leclerc says that the board will review the pro- gram again in the fall.

“We wanted to feel comfortable with the pro-

Street-proofing plan rejected

gram first,’”’ said Leclerc. ‘“There was some concern from parents and teachers.’’

Teacher's union president Frank Rowe said he was in favour of the program. .

Parents who object could opt to have their children do something else, a fairly common procedure with other programs taught by people from outside the school, Rowe added.

He said the board’s refusal to allow the pro- gram into the classroom ‘‘had not been ex- plained in a way that [ clearly understand.”’

Even the board chair didn’t know why the other trustees voted against the program.

Neumann. said the education commitice had recommended that it remain outside of school hows. Education committee chair Roger Leclere didn't explain the decision at the board meeting, held on May 7 in Stewart.

Neumann said that after the mecting he was told some of the trustees might feel uncomfort- able with the program because it is run through the women’s centre. “Tt made no difference to me where it came from,”’ said Neumann.

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