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STRETCHINGIT
TO THE LIMIT
RCMP referendum
must be repeated
A second referendum on a
new RCMP building will put
the project six months behind
, schedule.
Mayor Steve Wallace made
the prediction foUowbg Monday
night's council meeting.
The referendum is set to
go in conjunction with the Feb.,
23 aldermanic byelection.
Though November's vote
received a 79 per cent approval
rate, the ministry of
municipal affairs ruled the
vote invalid. The city did not
meet the proper advertising
requirements.
Promotion of the November
referendum cost the city
about $5,000, says city
treasurer Terry Kelly.
At this point, no decision
g Gontinues
The preliminary hearing of Andre Rivest continues next week hi Quesnel Provincial Coutt
Rivest is charged with murdei^intheiOct. 5, 1990 death of Franbi; Cunningham. The
preliminaty hearing began last month, but was not finished ailiter the originally alloted tiir«e days.
The hearing will re-commence on Feb. 13 and time has also been allowed on Feb. 14 for a conclusion.
Judge Jakob de Villicrs will then decide whether there is sufUcient evidence to have Rivest
stand trial for the murder.
According to the UBC and SFU basketball
coaches, there arcn*t too many players in the
province that Correlieu*s Brian Ledoux is looking
up to. The Jtwo coaches ranked Ledoux In
the top ten high school players in the province.
Where did Ledoux rank, and how does he explain
his success? See the story on page Bl.
Obseivtr photo
Steve Wallace ... new RCMP
building behind schedule?
has been made on spending
this time but Kelly says "we
won't go to the expense we
went to last time."
Shortly after wSnnlDg
the November election.
Mayor Steve Wallace met
with parents interested in
moving Pinecrest
Elementaiy, and pledged to
support the groiip.
. On Monday, however.
Mayor Wallace servednotice
that any motion of
support would have to
come lirbm council.
Nancy Miller of the
Pinecrest Parent's Advisory
Council Ss disappointed:
*^l think he should (take
the lead)^ he's the mayor.**
Sfe story on page A3.
asks Wortlly
When the federal government's abortion bill died in the
Senate, Cariboo-Chilcptin MP Dave Worthy was di^ppointed.
But more than that, he was worried. ^ i Sll I'
"I don't want to go back to the extremes demonstrating and all
the problems we had before," the freshman member e]q>lains.
He compared the demonstrations, on bodi sides, iiikmifething
^dntowar. ••''•'"'/^'"::"^-'•-'- '/.•V:'^^^
The bill; which was round|ly;criticiz^ by both th^^^^ce
and pro-life movements, was^^uj^ported by Worthy, f^p^a"
"I reaUy did beUeve the biU woiUddlcrw for i^^
tions, wrhile prov^ling a measive of respect fbr the f&i^^ijil0ia0: ^
r^So4n| pundits have predicted the abortion iMtllefieid^^^
switdi to the prcryinccs^ with premiers^m
in British Qilumbbj BiflVandeir Zalni^ pro-life stand isiell^
knownl However, Worlhy doesn't thmk the premier, ^^
tiononthe;hcwizon,wiUrmseUiei&^ • y-'r^'y'^^ii^^^y:
And the federal government is pfblBiibly flnisheid with the
topic, for nov^ he predicts.
"The one (piece of legislation) we had was as clbse ^ais we
could come with the ensting MPs," Worthy says.
After the next election, a "different split" in the House of
Commons could mean another attempt at passing a bill.
The Toiy bill would have placed abortion in the criminal code
(to the chagrin of pro-choice advocates) but access would have
been increased (which disappointed the pro-live movement).
Worthy, though, believes the bill represented the opinion of
most Canadians.
"The general feeling is they don't want to see abortion ondemand,
but do feel women should have some choice."
DON'T PAY YOUR PARKING TICKETS?
The City of Quesnel has
come under fire from a
Provincial Court Judge for
its methods of handling
parking tickets.
Judge Jakob de Villiers
Monday asked Crown Counsel
Eric Williams to speak to the
city about its method of issuing
court summonses.
"Give my compliments to
the clerk of the dty," Judge de
Villiers said, "and advise him
that I consider this method
close to abusing the process of
the court."
Judge de Villiers' comments
came after about a
Ron PbuU ... linsure of ticket
poligr
dozen bylaw charges brought
by the City were stricken from
the court list because there
was no proof that any of the
accused had been served with
appearance notices.
The City had entered stays
of proceedings on a couple of
other bylaw matters, indicating
that the person charged had
paid the fine, and Judge de
Villiers had no comment
about the process of those.
City clerk Ron Paull was
unsure n^at the exact process
was, but knew that there was a
process.
Misquoted by Sun, says mayor
Mayor Steve Wallace says
a Vancouver newspaper
misquoted him in an article.
aboiit layoffs at Weldwood's
pfywood plant.
Those comments were de-
Kennedy ^Robertson in two-way race
Brendan Kennedly... second
run for council post
t
Two people are seeking the
vacant seat on Quesnel City
Council.
Brendan Kennedy and
Karen Robertson will do battle
in the Feb. 23 byelection.
The byelection was called
to replace Albert Johnston,
who (Ued in December.
Both candidates were involved
in November's
municipal elections.
Kennedy ran for alderman
and placed ninth. The administrator
of the Community Law
Centre ran a joint-campaign
with Barry Nordin, who was
elected. Kennedy was also
endorsed by the Progressive
Association of Civic Electors.
Robertson, a former school
board trustee, ran for mayor
and finished second behind
Steve Wallace.
She also serves as the executive
director of Big
Brothers/Sisters in Quesnel.
Former alderman Alec
LeBrunwas going to seek election
but withdrew because of
family commitments, i
Karen Robertson..
aldermanic position
tries for
scribed by Weldwood manager
Dominic Gammiero as creating
uncertainty in the community.
The mayor's response was
succinct.
"I'm not going to talk to
the Sun anymore."
The mayor claims this is
the second time - the first was
over the removal of Northland
Road Sendees- the paper has
misrepresented what he. said.
"I'm really disappointed,"
Mayor Wallace conduded.
He plans to send a correction
to the newspaper.
LAYINGOFF
WELDWOOD
In reference to the
temporary shutdown, council
is going to "layoff' Weldwood
LAYOFF.A2
CITY MOOSE
MOVES ON
A TC^pouind moose that
charged five people in three
days near Penticton, is back
in the bush after a run-in
with a wildlife officer. ,,
Ken Fujino, who traiiquilized
the moose, named
•Bullwinkle', said vyou
definitely don't want to get
in his way. A TOO-jpound
animal can make short work
ofahuman.''
P.G. BISHdP
CHARGED
The Roman Catholic
bishop of Prince George has'
been charged with six sexrelated
crimes tied to;his^
time as head of St. Joseph's
School in Williams Lake. ^
Bishop H u be^^r t
O'Connor, 62, was diarged
following a three-year inives- ;
tigation by the Williams
Lake RCMP. The bishop, in
earlier statements, has
proclaimed his innocence.
The offences involve five
adult women, the charges
indude two counts of sesmal
intercourse without consent
(rape), (me charge of gross
indecenqr and three chau-geis
of indecent assault. ^
WILL LIBERALS
SPUT?
B.C.'s liberal brass want
to split the party into
autonomous provindal and
federal wings. Top Grits say
the move would improve
the party's chances in the^'
next provincial election.
Liberal leader Gordon
Wilson ^ys a spUt would allow
Liber^ils who support
the Social Credit party
promcially to concentrate
on federal poHtiics. He says
Sbcred sympathizers within
tiwpiurty haVe tried to frustrate
luis attempts totbuild
kn eleciipral machine
dunble of takiibgyseats away
frbm'Soareds.r' '^^.^.y'iZr
KIELING KEEPS
MURRAY MANIA
Anne Murray's unwanted
suitor Robert Kieling
was remanded in
custody Friday after allegedly
trying to contact the
singer 128 times in less than
two months.
The 54-year-old Saskatchewan
farmer was arrested
for violating a probation
order that prohibits
him from contacting Murray.
A bail hearing is set for
Fteb.26.
TRADE TALKS
STARTING UP
Three-way free-trade
talks are finally on. Canada,
the U.S. and Mexico are expected
to announce this
week that they'll be going
ahead with discussions of a
continental trade agreement.
The deal would unite
vastly different economies
into a giant North American
free-trade zone. With the
two-year-old Canada-U.S.
trade pact as a guide, trade
observers appear confident
hurdles will be cleared and
an agreement in principle
reached by the end of the
year.
TRAINS KILL SIX
NEAR CHATHAM
A farmer was killed
when a Via Rail passenger
train plowed into his pickup
truck early Thursday - the
sixth death in five days at
railroad level crossings near,
Chatham, Ont.
Two earlier fatal accidents
at two other crossings
claimed the lives of five
people. In the most recent
accident, Ronald Crow, 42,
was killed instantly at an unguarded
crossing, say police.

^OUESNELCARBOO OBSERVER, WEONESDAY FEBRUARY 6,1990
Bistrict-'wide
takes first step with Qu^siiiel
The tempofasy rejection (^
A $250,000 Quesnel Ind for the
purchase of a piece of high
tech feospital equipment is
being heralded as *'the ri '
Tfee bid fey G.R. Baker
Meiaoria! Hospital to the
Cariboo Regional District
(CRD) involves a laser madiine
that would be used in
gall bladder operations. The
new surgical procedure, currentqr
oi^y avauldile in B.C at
Vancouver General, reduces
hospital stays to three days
and total recoivery time to one
week. Conventional surgery involves
far greater recovery
time and health care
rcsouroes.
The bid to the Cariboo
Regional Hospital District
(CRHD), which funds a portion
of oqiital expenditures for
health care institutions
throughout the district, requested
the $250,000 outlay
ror the purchase.
The CRHD responded by
referring the request to its
FROM FRONT
newly formed advisory committee.
Established in late January,
the committee is comprised
(^ representatives from
district hospitals and ether
public heafeh institutions. The
committee is intended to formulate
and re^ew long term
health care needs in the
Cariboo.
The committee was struck,
or revived, after G,R. Baker
Hospital trustees criticized the
Cariboo Re^onal District for
supporting - reportedly
without documentation - ai November
1990 motion to make
Cariboo Memorial Hospital in
Williams Lake a 'regionaP
hospital. At the time, board
chairman Lon Godfrey said
the CRD made a "political"
move that could have a negative
impact on communities
such as Quesnel and 100 Mile
House.
The decision, alleged Godfrey,
wasi made without asking
any of the hospitals involved
for their opinion.
In response, the board
revoked its November decision
on the premise that long term
'Layoff layofifs'
for the time bemg, says Mayor
Wallace.
He made his comments
Monday f
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A4-QUESNEL CARIBOO OBSERVEa WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 8,1991
in today's disposable society, iinborn children have l»e a nuisance
There are certain topics
society has judgied not suitable
for polite discussion. Politics
and reUgioa immediately leap
to mind.
Abortion combines both.
It is a political hot potato pre­
cisely because of the strong
moral opposition to the prac­
tice.
Some tremdation precedes
the writing of this column, but
an obligalion to speak out
pushes the safe way aside.
Abortion is defined, in the
Oxford Dictionary of Current
English, as the "induced eiqpul-
sion of fetus from the womb
before it's able to survive."
Now, I am neither pro-L^e
or pro-choice. A more ac­
curate description would be
pro-drciuhstance.
Having said that, I do be­
lieve the procedure is morally
repulsive and intellectually dis-
tastefuL
Do you realize we give
more protoi^on to turtle eggs
and trees than unborn chil­
dren?
A Florida man was fined
for destroying turtle e^ The
court ruled they were life. In
Canada, we make Henry
Moigentalere national hero.
Lobbyists protect old
growth trees, but refuse to af­
ford a child the opportunity to
experience life.
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FIVE YEARS AGO
FEBRUARY 5,1986
Before long, brigjit red tulips will bloom in celebration of the
Royal Canadian Legion's tiOth Anniversary, being observed from
May 8 until after a convention in Edmonton in June.
The Quesnel executive for 1986 indudes Bryce McNeefy, pres­
ident; Earl HaU, past president and hospital visitation; Tony Mag-
nuson, first vice-preadent; Jim Moore, second vice-president; Or-
ville Milligan, third vice-president; Howard Anderson, building
and grounds; Pons Siewert, cadets and finance; Bill McCaw,
trades fair; Alan McLennan, pipe band and beach; Marshall
Hanson, bingo and bar; and Jim Mitten, honours and awards, bur­
saries and Klondike >Q|^
Others on special committees include Ray Gibbons, flea
market; Jean Johnson, Diamond Jubilee; Charmaine Graham,
poppy campaign; Bill Speare, historian and public relations;
Lynne Barker, Le^onaire; and Fred Freeman, service officer.
TENYEARSAGO
FEBRUARY 3,1981
A Grade seven student at Wells-Barkerville school won $100
recently in a B.C. School Sports draw in Vancouver. Kenny
McLennan wv one of 14 winners m the draw ^i^uch raises money
for school sports around the province. Top prize was a trip to
Vancouver.
Each ticket sold also meant SO cents went to the student's
school, but it is not known how much money was raised at area
TWENTY YEARS AGO
FEBRUARY 3,1971
A heavy &1I of snow did nothing to deter the enthusiastic
audience that thronged to the Quesnel little Theatre production
df TV i>vne c/M»/e«i ibmSe over the weekend.
Newcomer P^gy Cunningham tackled the difficult tUe role
with assurance. She n^ abfy supported by Elizabeth Neave, Ian
Annitage, Anne GiOe^ne, Petrie Neave, Nadine and Donna Tri-
fiinovidi, and MiMa CeUL IXrector Sid Kerr^an must be credited
with overcoming one of the most persistent problems in little
theatre, namefy frequent and tetfious scene dumges.
To produce a play v^iidi has been made into a hj^ify SUOOKS-
ful movie is not eaqr, but the cast and crew proved equal to the
task.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
FEBRUARY 3,1966
F%ure skating dub members who took part m Kiddie Ka|iefs
were Robin Sass, Leslie Appleby, Linda Floyd, Sharon Nielsen,
Joyce Schwitzer and Ken Smith. Nancy Jean Hall was named
Queen of the event.
Practices started Tuesday for the annual carnival, which is
scheduled for March 25 and 26. Carnival committees are:
Chairman - Mrs. M. Nielsen; Co-chairman - Mrs. H. Stevens;
Casting - M. Konders, Mrs. L. Appleby, Mrs. J. Dressier; Props
and Lighting - Mr. D. Floyd; Program and Advertising - A. Har-
vq^ llckets - Mr. and Mrs. Jansen; Cbstumes - Mrs. StucklbergBr
WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTRE
A women's health centre, the first of its kind in the province,
win be established at the Shaughnessy Site University Hoqiital,
Heahh Minister John Jansen announced last week.
The centre, to be financed tMth %\2 milBoa in lottery tuning
will provide a full range of services for women in the areas of
osteoporosis, adolescent gynecology, pre-malignant cervical dis­
ease, brea^ cancer screening, and assault and violence against
women.
Carol Gran, minister reqwnsiUe for women's issues, said the
estabfishment of the centre *^presents a new step forward in the
proiwioa of heakh care for the women of British Cdumbia.'*
AIDSUPDAli:
Health Minister John Jansen last week released the latest
AIDS %»res. Here are some examples:
Of Oie more than 136,000 AIDS tests done during the last five
years by the B.C Centre for Disease Ccmtrol, 4,293 turned oat to
be posftive for the HTV virus. This number shouMnt be conh^u^
with the actual cases of AIDS, toCallii^ 862.
The 862 persoos fiiio have actually contracted the ad^--in:;«'r'i4 Child is Bom
shows the growth of the fetus.
For those championing abor­
tion as something akin to
going to the dry cleaners, the
book is a startling reminder of
what we' are talking about: hu­
man life.
In today's disposable
society, unborn children have
become a nuisance. Abortion
is a convenient way to avoid
dealing with commitment. '
There has to be a balance
between the needs of the
woman and the child.
A woman raped or in true
danger by going to term
should be provided with the
opportunity to end the preg­
nancy.
Those whose lives mi^t be
disrupted should remember
another old maam.
Play the game, pay the
price.
No. 2
and %S;f if
counting?
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For those who drive
hover crafts and who
may not have noticed,
crater-sized holes have
been developing -
unimpeded - in our
streets during the past
two weeks.
. ull; reminds; M,of;th^ SUTT
leged highways privatiza-
tion clause thati
stiuplates such defects
must be addressed within
48 hours of notification.
Please consider this
notice.
Let's hope we're not
at contractor niimber
two.and counting^ '•'7-'^
No man should Be too busy to answer
NOGALES, ARIZONA - About 1931 my grandfather, who
had neither money, poation, not fame, wrote a letter to Henry
Ford, who had afl three. What it was about I don't know. Probabty
it had to do with the politics of conservation, on whidh my grand­
father was about as eq>ert as a small town retired taikv can be.
What I remember is his telling me, many years later, that he
had ended his letter to Ford 1^ saying '^ou are a busy man and I
dont expect an adoKMrfedgment of this letter."
A week later (maik were so mudi faster then) my grandfather
received a letter from Dearborn, signed with name wludi was
then appearing on Model A radiators all over this continent. "No
man should ever be too busy to answer a thcnightful letter/* Henry
Ford's answer began. He then dealt with the substance of my
grandfather's letter, whatever that might have been.
Ever since hearing Grandad's story, Henry Ford has been one
of the pe(^ travelling vrith me across the decades, even v^en I
wasnt drinng one of htt cars.
In later years I learned that he had made himself foolish sail-
\a% a so-called Peace Ska^ to Europe during the First World War,
that he was obsessed wkh the idea of a great Jewish omspiracy to
rule the world, that he treated his son Edsel shamefiilly and had
numerous other diaracter defeds. But to me he has always been a
person and not a qnmbolic or mythic ^;ure. Funny, IKIW one's
thou^ of this world take shape.
But vi^t has Henry Ford got to do with today, here, in
Nogales on the Mnican border?
Nogales is an American town, but barely. The language erf
banks, stores and streets is Spanish. It has the dustered, duttered,
careless and friendly feel of Old Mexico, on the other side of
town.
The reason to remember Henry Ford this day is he was the
man who pot us on uriieels and by doing ito changed the path of
history. Mr. Ford waa not the inventor of the automobile. That
hMppeacA in Branoe. He was not even the first man to use endless
bdts for manufacture fay the system we OLD fvoduction line. That,
too, was a Eoropean development. xj
What Henry Ford did was to use the production One to put a
car OB the garage of ahno^ every American an^ Canadian Later,
other imitators of his system did so in Europejmd are now dtnng
so, bdatedly, in Asia and Latin America.
His gnuns was in ignorii^ the small, wealthy xtppa dass, the
people who later bou|^ his Lincolns. His cars were the Model T
and Model A, the eveiyman car. He wanted a small profit from
mnkitudes^ not a faugie profit frtHn a few, a fundamental difference
between the tra£tional En^ish and Enrc^iean approach and the
P^ ft. PilVit
Becanse Mr. Ford's system triumphed, ^og^aidiic isdation
oaded for most of parts cif Canada and the United States m this
ceatiny.
Tirae, as I have die nusfwtune to know, as late as the 1940$
there were pci^;^ in small communities in the Maritimes ^itbo
boasted they had never travelled more than twenty miles from
where they were bom and that's how they damn well knew that
other places weren't worth a visit.
But on most of this continent, most people knew that they
could go where they wanted, when they wanted, in their personal
carriage. They had a form of wealth and privilege unknown to al­
most aU the other generations oi plebeian mankind.
Again, ^at doies it all have to do with Nogales, Arizona, in
theyearl991?
Just this. Thanks for Mr. Ford and all the others i4io adopted
his system of producing cars for the masses instead of the
aristocracy, my frunily and I can travel in comfort for 1400 kilo­
meters across two states of Mexico in one day. If sunset could last
just a bit longer in the tropics, the whole trip could have been
made in da^^it hours.
Almost tluB entire trq) is done on cruise control on four ia«ft
hi^^y in a cool car with a ta:pc recorder pla^ng. We travel fitim
tr(^pical mangrove swamp, over little mountains, through dties old
and young and over the i^owing deserts. When Cortez was alive,
^ the trip took a year or more and there was no music playing.
Our codt for gas was $45.89 (Canadian). This is far less than
air fares for three people across such distance, even less than one
would pay for three peofde to make the trip by bus or by train.
There are other costs. Tro wear, oil, depredation of the vehicle
and insurance are only a few of them. Indeed, they don't bear
thinldng about, unless you are an accountant and enjoy that sort
of thing. But, then, there are hidden costs in bus and train travel
which we prefer not to be reminded about. These include
numstrous subddies iKiiidi we pay whether we ride or not. None
of these things are to tltt point.
The point is that a omtinent full of quite ordinary people were
tau^ to disrq;ard distance and consider themseh«s the neigh­
bors of evny man who lived beside any road. And here, at this
moment, we know that our own, personal flying carpet will cany
us home to B.C m two or three days, unless we should detour
through Texas.
The global villagB, first percdved by Grandad's old pen paL
whom he never met or wrote to again. /^
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QUESNEL CARIBOO OBSERVER. WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 6, 1991-A5
1I11S^
Setting the environmental record straight
Editor;
I am a member of a non-
political group of Canadians
from across Canada Unat are in
the process of impeaching
Brian Mulroney under section
220 and 221 of the criminal
code, he has shown nothing
but contempt for this nations
heritage and its people by
making a mockery of our iavra
and our traditions, we are
saying enough is enough he
has to go.
Democracy has; become a
thing of the past in Canada, we
are now living in a legalized
dictatorship and, Mulroney
now controls every segment of
our sodety including the press,
this letter will be sent to every
newspaper in Canada (over
800) less than 200 will have the
courage to go agiainst him and
print it.
There is not enough money
for the things that Canadians
consider to be important, like
the environment, C.B.C., etc,
but there is always enough
money for what Mulroney
wants, he now has 64 RCMP
body guards, Thideau had 14,
it takes roughly 300 people
around Mulroney to run this
nation, he ha^'SPl, the list is
endless.
Life for most Canadians is
at the best of times a struggle,
and if we were living In a dem­
ocratic sodety it would be un­
thinkable that a Canadian
Prime Minister would
deliberately cause millions of
Canadians to suffer through
the loss of their jobs, homes,
farms, and businesses by
making a made in Canada
recession, if it was not for food
banks every night nearly half &
million Canadian children
would go to bed hungry, this is
a national disgrace, are we to
go back to the days of Charles
Dickens, are there no work
houses, are there no prisons?
Are there no food banks?
When we ask, why are you
doing this to the people, his
reply is always the same, "trust
me, I know what is best for
Canada", this man's contempt
and his callous disregard for
the well-being of the common
people must not be allowed to
continue.
The time has come for im­
peachment, but we will need
your help if we are to succeed
with the task that is before us,
we will need by June 8,1991 at
least 1 million signatures on
our petitions, I am asking you
today to support us (please
don't make excuses why you
can't) with your voice, purse,
and pen by writing to me for
petitions at box 1473 Peter-^
borough, Ontario, K9J 7H7.
The time for cursing the dark­
ness (Mulroney's dictatorship)
is now over, it is time to light a
candle for democracy. OH
CANADA WE STAND ON
GUARD FOR THEE.
John Welham, campaign
director.
R.R. 10, Peterborough,
Ontario. K9J 6Y2
1-705-74S-6190
Editor;
, Having read your editorial
on recycling in the Sunday,
January 6th 1991 edition,
where you state that "Rather
than assist the concept (Prima
Horizons recycling project)
with much needed community
expertise there was mistrust
and imdermining."
The Quesnel Environmen­
tal Sodety would like to make
very clear to the people of
Quesnel that we have always
been, and always will be, very
supportive of any and all recy­
cling projects in our com­
munity; whether done by pri­
vate enterprise or by the pub­
lic sector.
When in late September
Prima Enterprises came to
meet with us they appeared to
have their recycling project
well in hand. They had their
funding*their depot, and their
stafiTall in place. We were then
informed that recyding would
start in Quesnel os November
1,1990.
At that time the Quesnel
Environmental Society,
pleased that this private enter­
prise company was going to do
the recycling job, gladly put
our own recycling project
aside and started to plan an
educational campaign on the
Reuse, Reduce and Recycle
ethic for our city. We never
received any of the funds al­
lotted to us for our projed by
the dty of Quesmel as we had
promised not to access that
money until we had ensured
total funding for a three-year
projed.
Since that time we have
met with the representatives
from Prima Enterprises a
number of times. Although we
understand that their first al-
le^ance is to their clients we
have been most distressed at
the lack of priority they have
given to the recyding part Of
their program. The postponed
openings of their collection
depot and continual changes
to their proposed operational
plans have^ven us grave mis­
givings as to their ability to run
a viable on-going operation.
We had hoped that they would
succeed.
The Quesnel Environmen­
tal Sodety will be glad to sup­
port any recyding depot in our
area especially one that opera­
tes in conjunction with local
municipal government and-
vdth the Regional Distrid.
Dorothy Havens
Director,
Quesne! Environmental
Sodety
enterprise
would not survive NDP'
Editor;
On reading the article by
Mr. Cullis, in the Cariboo Ob­
server of Dec. 19th., I am
amazed how many people in-
dudmg Mr. Cullis, have a feel­
ing about our Premier, that
makes ones stomach turn.
Mr. Vander 2^alm is a very
honorable man, honest and
forthright. Ever since he be­
came Premier in 1986, people
like Mr. Cullis, have dis­
credited a man who has shown
what can be done for our
wonderful province.
Isn't it time he, and others
like him, give credit where
credit is due. Stop being like
all those other dissidents, who
think they are the only one
who can run this province, and
when it comes time to vote for
a new person to run this pro-
vmce, not one of these people
would be elected.
You, Mr. Cullis, are caught
up in the media's attempt to
discredit the Premier, when, in
fad, we have the best free en­
terprise government in Cana­
da.
If you put as much effort
into helping the Premier, as
you do in cutting him down,
you, Mr. Cullis, would be
doing everyone a service.
FREE ENTERPRISE AS
WE KNOW IT, WOULD
NOT SURVIVE UNDER AN
N J).P. GOVERNMENT.
Edna & Bruce McLeod
Port Hardy, B.C.
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TEACHERS RESPOND:
Salaries are low in comparison to
Editor;.. :: '; -.-^^ V'\/'-
As a tei'cher'currdnity
employed in School District
No. 28,1 would like to express
my appreciation to Shane
Mills for his artide comparing
salaries of teachers, pulp mill
and sawmill workers (Jan.
23rd issue).
His research clearly shows
that teachers' salaries are not
excessivi; and, indeed, are low
in comparison to others. I am
grateful to him for helping us
to make our case for a rea­
sonable salary increase, even
though other crucial issues are
at the forefront at the mo­
ment. :
Allow me to make one cor­
rection - Mills correctly stated
that the top salary is $52,500,
yet further on in the artide he
said he said that the final
bracket was between ,$45,001
and $60,000. I'm sure this er­
ror will be acknowledged.
The article provides salary
flgures for a lumber piler at
QFP ($33,000) and a laborer
at CPP ($35,500), both of
whom I'm sure work very hard
doing a physically demanding
job for which they should be
paid well. Yet a beginning
teacher in this district with
three, four, or Ave years of
university is paid less; surely
there is inequity here.
^.s I understand, a trades-
mai7. while apprenticing
receives partial salary and
upon completion earns the full
salaiy for his particular trade.
In contrast, a teacher pays
(novy in the range of $8,000 -
$10,000 annually) to attend
univtersity for as long as five or
six years, then begins at the
low; end of the pay scale, not
reaching top salary for nine or
ten j/ears.
In effed, it takes fifteen or
sixteen years for a teacher to
reach top salary, whereas a
tradesman reaches his full
salary in a few years and bene­
fits h^ having partial income
whille training. Under our
present contract, a beginning
teacjher with a Master's degree
muift teach for five years be­
fore earning a salary com­
parable to that of an elec-
tridan at QFP, a clear indica­
tion that a good salary in­
crease is in order.
Keep in mind, also, that ,
many teachers never reach the
top ^ary qd^e^ as'tiusT is^at-
tainable only by those with
Master's degrees. I wonder if
your journalist could supply
any figures as to salaries of
pulp and sawmill employees
Jiolding engineering, forestry,
or Master's degrees
As to the quoted 170 days
off for teachers, I could never
feel apologetic about these
days for the following reasons.
To begin with, over 100 of
these days are weekends and
holidays to which all workers
are entitled. In addition, for
three out of the last five years
I have attended summer
school and in the intervening
years have worked on courses
through the Knowledge
Network. My hours of work as
a half-time teacher include a
minimum of four hours a day
at school teaching children,
preparing lessons, materials,
and bulletin boards, and
recording evaluations of chil­
dren's work.
In addition, so far this year
I have spent 30 hours in meet­
ings, 10 hours preparing for
oral reports in November, 20
hours preparing written
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i^inance Minister Md CouVdier... ^Canadian taiqpayers have
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In the past two years Mel
Couvelier has achieved - on
paper at least - what his
cohorts across the country
have termed the impossible
dream ... a balanced provindal
budget,
A 'straight-shooter' by any
political account, Couvelier is
the type of poUtidan \^o loves
to tear a strip off ill-informed
critics, or worse ... tl^ose who
make the mistake of bemg illprepared.
An accountant by profession
and a successful Vancouver
Island entrepreneur,
like many in the Social Credit
Party, he is a former Liberid •
having lost twice in provincial
election attempts m the 1970s.
But today Couvelier is a
small 'C conservative vrith a
cause. He is a disciple of
restraint and these days, uses
every opportunity he can to
hammer home a simple mnsage:
That Canada is living
beyond its means ... and that
it's high time Canadiains wdce
up to that fact before the
country finds itself mired in an
irreversible economic nightmare.
:"
In Quesnel recently, in an
interview, British Columbia's
Finance Minister addressed
the future of both the province
and the country.
'iiebi^bstriiai^ ptob^::
lem fadiig the interview:
*^ job tt to deal with the
dollars ai^ cents (tf this govenu&eitf,'*
he said. **Yoa can
assune how I feel about the issue
^Ibc point is there never
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