-- parents. You see; when I was - T'd never do the awful parent- - “STOP ITI” . "But when we were stacking 6 rerrace Review — Wednesday, ans Le - I. see 2 its. in ay Stophenie Wiebe J pate ae otal -Lhave to apologize to my young and childless, I swore © type things they did, like yell- ing at kids; embarrassing kids, ing. and just generally being mean to kids, I knew I would never beso horrible to my own chil- dren. Well, I now publicly apologize: for. my ignorance. . Some people are born perfect parents. They-smile sweetly at their little darlings and patient-_ ly admonish, ‘‘Oh no, honey,. don’t do that.”’ That’s not real- ly normal, I want to be that — way, but it often comes out ‘through clenched teeth as, " ~ Lalways swore I’d never yell at ny kids or threaten them. firewood, and they ignored my 7 requests to refrain from danc- ing. atop the woodpile, I raised _ . yelled: “STOP IT! -L always swore I’d never ‘growl at them in public. But - More letters when they whined and be bedged . like hungry mutts over the gum counter at the grocery store, I growled, “STOP Tre this exasperated method of raising children, has never had a two-year-old jump on their head at 2 a.m. Or a four-year-, old repeat the same questions — for three hours: ” ‘Mr, Talstra.”’ ‘the city.”” kids who flush foreign objects down the toilet. Their kids don’t spit on the carpet, or hide broccoli down the furnace vent. Sigh. bad, At least they didn’t ‘ threaten me with firewood. ‘So much for perfect parent-_ “Anyone who cannot relate to ‘‘Who is the mayor?” _ ” “Who is Mr. Talstra?”” '“*The mayor.” ‘‘What’s a ‘mayor’?”’ ‘“‘The mayor is the leader of “Who i is the mayor?” Aarrgh. STOP IT!” Perfect parents don’t have I guess my parents weren't so ~Goading | us . ‘To the Editor}. ~The main reason | buy the Terrace Review is to read - ‘Stephanie ‘Wiebe’s commen- -taries. But is this newspaper a male chauvinist’? one? All ‘three of your male. columnists ‘have’ a title and-a picture at the top of their columns. Stephanie ‘Wiebe and Andrea Deakin don’t ‘seem to rate! This causes me to :W wonder if you. realize Stephanie “Wiebe’s value to the circulation ‘of. your newspaper. -would be interesting to know if Editor’s reply: To answer . your questions (and innuendoes) in order — no, we’re not male :. Chauvinists, or any other kind of Chauvinists for that matter, except perhaps Terrace Chauvinists; yes, we certainly realize how valuable Stephanie is to our publication, as we realize the. value. of: everyone who makes a contribution to the Ter- ‘race Review; all of our colum- nists receive an equal ‘honorarium’? for their work, which is to say they do it more for the enjoyment. than the money; and finally, we're in ab- solute agreement “Stephanie’s talent and future . possibilities. Regarding a picture at the top ‘She's paid as well i as ‘het’ ‘male “counterparts. Le . ‘respect, perhaps your circulation It also - about. into action I think the Terrace Review should re-evaluate Ms. Wiebe’s contribution. Should she move on to a position of higher would suffer. There is no doubt in my mind, that with this lady’s obvious talent, we will one day be able to say, “y read her when...” = “: Jilian Chueden, “Terrace, B. Cc, of her column; you "ll note that - situation has been rectified in this issue. She normally appears “and disappears so Sast there's not time to focus, but last week when she opened the door, we ‘made her stand still long enough to train a camera on her. A title for a column is always a difficult and touchy matter, but we came up with something that will give Stephanie all the latitude she needs. ‘We've been dogging Andrea Deakin for a photograph for a . long time — we’li get that one soon, 100. 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