a Rotary at work SMOOTHING OFF a berm at the McConneii Estates housing Project next to Terraceview Lodge so ground cover could be planted was just on of several legacy projects resulting from the District 5040: Rotary conference here the May long weekend. Trees were planted on the road leading to the Thornhill Community Grounds, work was done at the 16/87 rest area and a dedication was held at the millennium pathway gazebo. Local Ro- tarians Paul Williams and Stew Christensen were part of the McConnell Estates work crew. Nearly 300 people attended the conference. | Drug program debated | at school board session SCHOOL board officials, members of the teachers’ union and parents discussed a hot issue at last night’s board meeting in Terrace. At issue is Drug and Alcohol Resis- tance Education (DARE) —- a U.S.-deve- loped program which trains police officers to teach a 17-week drug, alcohol and vio- lence prevention course in schools. The District Parent Advisery Council (DPAC) wanis the program taught but has met with resistance from teachers’ unions. “We want it just as an option in the toolbox for teachers,” said DPAC vice president Jenelle Turpin. “We want to see it not as a mandatory program but as an option.” She said the.program teaches children how to resist pecr-pressure to try drugs | and alcohol and haw to > develop self gs teem. a While DPAC maintains DARE is an internationally acclaimed program, tea- chers’ union officials aren’t convinced. “There’s an alarming amount of [studies] that report that DARE is ineffec- tive at best,” said Terrace and District Teachers’ Union president-elect Richard Eckert. Those studies include reports done by the U.S. Department of Justice, the Of- fice of Justice Programs and the National Institute of Justice in the U.S. “It’s nol a good thing to put a faulty tool in your tool kit,” Eckert said. Teachers also say the program would eat up more than one-third of the time set aside for Career and Personal Planning (CAPP) classes. “Teachers often bring in Buest spea- kers to supplement what they are teaching,” Eckert said. “That’s quite dif- ferent from having an RCMP officer com- ing in for 17 hours.” Having an outside person taking up that amount of class time could be an issue of contracting out services. “We don’t understand how it is an issue of contracting out when the RCMP member does not.get paid for. coming in to the classroom, the teachers dogs not lose ‘any: wads and ‘the teacher i$ Hever asked to leave the classroom,” Turpin re- plied. The schooi district’s education com- mittee May 15 didn’t endorse DARE but did recommend a Locally-designed substi- tute be intraduced. It also rejecled DPAC’s request to use DARE until the local program is deve- loped. —————=—= ‘Ladies! Are You Car Smart? 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Finals June 7th ve 1* Prize $1000 Sunday, June 9 Legion Golf Scramble Everybody welcome. You need. not be a golfer. Fun for everyone. For more info., call 635-5825 Weekly Events Meat Draws - Saturday 4-6 p.m. ¢ Win Supper Open Stage at the Legion ¢ Saturdays: 4pm till closing All musicians & singers welcome... Members & Bonafide Guests Welcome. Remember It’s Your Legion, Enjoy fli ¢ Sa poe EO Big Brothers & Big Sisters Annual Fun Golf Scramble Terrice Inceriors River Induserics ASW Terrace Big Brothers and Big Sisters would like to express our sincere appreciation to all the golfers, individuals aad the sponsors for contributing to the success of our annual fun golf scramble. ‘Tertace Motors Toyaca Clarica Life Insurance Alm-Wooad Contriceing Bhany’s Elidden Treasures Investor's Group All West Glass “Thornhill Motors Crampton Law Office De. Mark Forgie Gurdenlund Terry's Lack & Security Northern Drugs Skeena Valley Golf x Images by Karlene Country Club The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 5, 2002 - Al] wf GLASSES and CONTACTS Aqua Plumbers & Heating Inly Bird Building Supplies Speeder Printers’ Bank of Nova Svotia Keenleyside Insurance: Telus Bea's Flowers Kondolas Furniture Terrace Builders Bevelled Edge Lucky: Dallat Bingo Palace Terrace Chrysler Canadian Tire McBike Terrace Honda Cedarland Tire) <= <> Misey-River Hooks --*---»-Terrace Standard : Cheers Me. Mikes West Coust Grill Terrace Truck & Diesel CIBC Northern Photo Terrace & Disetict Credit Union Citi Financial Norchern Savings Credit Union Tillicum Twin Theacres Don Diego's Pacific Northern Gas Tim Horton's: Dr. Harry Murphy Pendragon Computers Totem Fard By's Men's Wear Radio Shack Totem Furniture Excel Transportation. 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North West Loggers Association CONGRATULATIONS! -Phone::250-638-7667 “OPEN 7-DAYS A WEEK TO ALL THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE 2002 NORTH COAST” ZONE FIRST AID COMPETITION HELD IN TERRACE MAY 250 NEW VOTING RIGHTS 1st Place: Northern Hearing & Safety Training Captain: Jill Lawrence For First Nations Members Members: Mary Murphy, Wendy Schmidt ss Jingles Dauphinee, Carey Bogart Living Off-Reserve 2nd Place: Alcan First Aid Team j ; Captain: — Laura Taylor If you are @ Gitanmaax Band Member regardless of whether you live Members: Debbie Soltau, fan Provan (Coach) on or off-teserve, 18 year of age ar older, you will have the right to vote Carolyn Sawyer, Darcy Metz in indian Act elections and referendums held by your First Nation. How To Register To Vote? For Off-Reserve band members to participate in the major decisions affecting your community, your Band Office needs to know how to contact you, To register to vote, it fs imporlant to provide your name and address to your Band office so that thay may contact you prior to your Band's next election or referendum. Ctt-raserve members can also vole Inperson at poll on election day. Gitanmaax Olf-Aeserve Band Members please contact Linda or Heather, Deputy Electoral Officers with your current address IF mail-in ballot is required. On-reserve band members can request mail-in ballot alsa, if they cannot make il to the poll on election day. The Electoral Olficer will send mail-in ballots and voting information to registered off-reserve voters five weeks before the election. Best Captain: Laura Taylor of the Alcan First Aid Team The “Gus Porcher Memorial Trophy” for the Best First Aider: Debbie Saltau of the Alcan First Aid Team Honorable Mention to Lori Sarelsky of the Houston Forest Products Team. We wish the Ist place team best of luck at the B.C. Provincials June 15th in Surrey, B.C, Shank You fo the following companies: Aqua Clear Boitlers Alcan Gitanmaax Band Council Election: RD Middleton Trucking Tim Hortons Wednesday, June 12, 2002 Morford Contracting Houlden Logging 9:00 A.M. - 8:00 P.M Workers Compensation Board —_River Industries _, C -_ ity Hall Don Hull & Sons Contracting Jasak Logging Gitanmaax Community Ha First Response First Aid Service © Skeena Sawmills For further Information, contact: Northern Hearing & Safely Training James Westhaver-Electoral Officer Deputy Electoral Officers: for their suppor? and donati Indian & Northern Affairs Linda Hilbach 1-800-663-4590 604-666-2654 or 250-842-5207 Heather Barnes 1-800-650-5518 or 250-842-2248 (965) yayw.allanmaax.com , Stop Arsenic in our Forests. Arsenic a is a proven threat to o human health. . So why is the BC Government injecting an arsenic-based pesticide into thousands of trees that feed our water, fish, wildlife and the wood we use? Sponsored by The Citizen's Coalition to Stop Arsenic in Our Forests. tree photo: lan McATlister/www.raincoast org