PAGE 4, THE HERALD, Wednesday, May 3, 1978

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EDITORIAL What Makes A Town “A Nice Place To Live”

A recent controversy has flared and now ap- .

to have quietened over whether Kitimat is
or is not “‘A Nice Place To Live”.

Without going into the details of that con-
troversy, !et us think for a moment what are the
main ingredients that go into making any
community “A Nice Place To Live.” .

Employment. Without regular income for
which a person has worked, life is unpalatable,
worrisome, from day to day.’ No one can plan,
marriages and families deteriorate from the
discord over finances; how the family is to be
clothed, fed, housed (rent paid), heated and
powered. In this land of ours, automobiles are a
necessity- and they need licencing, insuring as
well as fuelling. All this takes money. Mone
comes from gainful employment. Althou
“Money is not everything”’, the honest earning of
a sufficient amount to support living is a must.

Freedom. A prize pig, or cow or chicken is
usually kept well fed, housed, and safely
protected against harm, As well, the animals get
‘free’ medical attention, and are relieved of
worries from just about everything.

A group in. our society likewise has free
lodging, food, medical (and dental) car, exer-
cise, clothing and entertainment and is relieved
of most worries. These we call ‘convicts’,

Both groups - prize domestic animals and
convicts lack one essential ingredient that is.
neccessary for human happiness- and that is, of
course “Freedom”. Without freedom, life pales,
the soul withers and dies, the will to live loses its
strength, and life loses its savour and meaning.

The Social Amenities: Schools, churches,
recreation, sports, culture- libraries, clubs,
theatre, fraternal and service organizations,
Scouts, Guides, Brownies, Cubs, - hobbies, night
courses and classes, mental health amenities,

senior citizens facilities— each of these adds to

richness of urban dwelling. However- there are

also many people who are happier away from all -

this, and who prefer life on a ranch, or in a cabin

in the wilderness, or in a convent, monastery-—

and others the exact opposite:- the disciplined
life of military service. 1

What really distinguishes wheter one place is
better to live in than another, given the op-
portunity for employment and freedom, plus the
usual amenities?

Would it be true to declare the basic ingredient

_is the degree to which people in any one com-

munity are willing to work for the betterment of
that community? To build up its services, attend
its board meetings, support its hospitals,
churches, schools, clubs, youth and aged op-

portunities, take part in its fund raising, work -

bees, amateur societies as well as its unions, Red
Cross, St. John Ambulance- and other works of
mercy and human betterment? —

Is it not equally true that if people in any
community are willing to overlook their dif-
ferences and concentrate on the good things and
qualities they have in common, they can make

almost any place “A Good Place To Live”

whether it be a tiny settlement in the Arctic, an
oasis in the midst of a desert, or a miniscule
hamlet in the Alps? .

Surely this truth is well portrayed in the an-
cient Biblical story of the Garden of Eden.
There, the perfect man and the rfect woman
had everything they could possibly need. There
could be little argument theirs was “A Good
Place To Live’. It was their actions, their
cheice- that made it otherwise.

e “basic ingredients” for being ‘A Good Place
ro Live’. It euD to the people who live there- not
the government, not the politician, not the CBC,
nor Alean nor EuroCan. They cannot make it
that. Only “ManCan”. With Faith and trust in

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Letters to

Editor

I read your editorial with
wonderment, Does he, I ask
myself, believe what he
writes to be the ultimate
truth, or does he write to
awaken his declining list of
readers?

The Prize candidate is the

the Editor
Ghost editorial Hot Stuff!
An in Camera Church

porters trying
to getinto the 3rd United. I'll
be surprised if they even
bother to show up at the

Pearly gates.

And hey - grab this -
Hospital boards discussing
the case histories of
ministers’ wives and the
obesity of an editors

, If you withold jour
presence much longer there
is 8 danger some directors
may turn blue - Tory blue.
God forbid.

The editorial about Dave
Barrett by your Ghost writer
(He must be a ghost. he's
been out to lunch for 80 long)
has tobe a fictlon best seller.

Did Barrett lose the
~ election because he is the
most compassionate clown
in politics? NO. If the

Liberals had remained:

liberal the standings in the
House teday would be 24
Socred, 18 New Democrat, 11
Liberal, 1 Conservative.
jving Bennett a minor)
eying Bet Wallace only
knows what would have
happened had Conservatives
remained Conservative,
Your spook is a little weak,
for he not only cannot see
into the future, he has
trouble recalling the past.
Remember who offered to go
on T.V:; and discuss, person
to person, all the topical
issues of the day? Barrett,

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remember? And remember
who refused to appear on
such a panel to discuss the
topical issues & show his
leadership?
remember. He plugged a lot
of promises, but promises

have little to do with issues.. #

More seriously, whether
we agree with your editorials
or not, you do write them,
which is much better than in
the past where editorials
were taken from the CP.
wire service. Disgusting.

Se keep waking them up
even if they are declining.
Les Watmough —

EDITOR’S COMMENT: 1
certainly believe, re: Abuse
of Privilege, that too many
boards- be they Church,
Institutional,
Organizational, Service Club
and Fraternal, Hospital,
School and - are
underestimating the men-
tality of the voters that
elected them, and depriving
them of their t to know
by holding their meetings
“in camera”. Even the
matter of medical records
being such a delicate, “hush
bush" affair and sacrosanct,
floors me. I couldn't care
less if the public knowa I
have or haven't bad my

-tonsila, appendix, adenoids,

gall bladder out, my teeth
extracted, was or wasn't
circumcised, spent six
years in a

picking locks, paying high
prices- just to get a look at it,
Make it available, bring it
out in the clean, fresh, un-
polluted open and then all the
sham and. dishonesty and
perversion of the truth
vane . “In opr
m compared. to public
meetings are. oiten. what
darkened back alleys are to
brightly lighte Main
Streeta

Just one morething, Les. I
hope it is not indicative of the
accuracy of your other
statements that I am less
familiar with. “ Our:
“declining list of readers’.
While I cannot vouch about
the “reading” bit, you might
be interested to know that
our paid subscribers have
DOUBLED ~ pumber

ing the last two months.
That's PAID, mind you-
only, not “Freebies”.

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Published by
Sterling Publishers

Bill Bennett.

‘trace

Oh yes- would you believe
that a Rupert resident was
arrested and charged
recently: for stealing his own
medical records? .

Dear Editor, Terrace Bally

lerald; :,
eat reference to. your

torial of to-day's date;
This waitress will not speak
but her husband will:

I must say right off the bat
that I only agree with the last
chapter. It might ask some
questions but it is also the

tive statement in
the whole editorial.
wife - has been

My or
waitress in the local hotel for

almost 6 years and Surprise!
oe etic etcte
very atit, 0
go together. She started like
every one but has been for
some time the manageress
of the Dining Lounge.
Yes the hours are. often
long and late, yea the work Is
often hard and rush hours
demanding, yes the day is
not ag good as others, yes
some customers can fran-
sform themselves from nice
guys to loudmouth — And
some others from meck little
into. — fun
Casanovas: . But most
patrons are not that way. In

‘fact the former are the ex- -

ception rather than the rule,

People come to eat and
drink at a hotel for a variety
of reasons, Some of them
come to belt a few and relax

common: They: are ex-

— And should get -
Good service, good food and
a pleasant atmosphere.

The waitress is often the
only person that these people
willsee. If she can meet the
guests, and leave them with
a pleasant smile, if ahe can
be polite without being
standoffish, considerate
without being fawning,
underatanding with sincerity
and be able at the same time
to give quick and efficient
service then you have a
waitress ‘who takes pride in
her job and many satisfied
customers that often do show
their appreciation for an
enjoyable evening.

The main ingredients, of
course, are the quality of
liking people young ‘and old,
the ability to give without
expecting rewards, the glft
to see the good that is in
avery one of us without
candemming the bad and the
willingness to work and
make & good job of i. if
those qualities seem passe or
too hard to work at please do
not try to be a waitress. Me,
T really like them. I have
been married to a very good
looking one for very many

' years.

Bourrasque

Editor, Terrace Daily
Herald;

An N.C,I, - N.A.C.1.
Reunion is being planned
for former students, staff
and friends for the
weekend of July 7-9th,
1978. ‘This year marks the
50th Anniversary of
Neepawa Collegiate
Institute and the 20th
Anniversary of Neepawa
Area Collegiate Institute.

As it is very difficult to
everyone = in-

‘should be

fumbling  “‘platitudes”.

the Editor

dividually, we appreciate
this opportunity to extend
an open invitation to ail
interested persons to
write for further in-
formation to:

N.C. - NAC.1. Reunion
Box 464 .
Neepawa, Manitoba
ROJ 1H0

Thank you for allowing |

us space

Marjorie Goodwin
Publity Committee

“your

some relative realism. In
the first place the movie was
not intended tobe a religious

cal ‘epic, It is

or theological’
however a delightful fantasy.”

that shares some honest and
straightforward questions an
the subject Deity.

Naturally you would not
build your theology of God on
it; however you could use it
to test how you are doing in
regard to the various

a.

pomeone ~ whose

Only

one simple ‘message:

" cares, thinks we can make it
and is pulling

for w. Two
thousand years ago we were
brought another simple
message: “love one another
as I have loved you’. There
is of course no comparison of
the events but the argyment
is that the message ‘‘Oh
God" is as simple and
meaningful in this time as
that other message was for
its time.

Rev.. David Martyn's

ota -of “God's”
ysical appearance.
movie is 4 trivial point and
leads to. the same critician
that the Pharisees had of
-Jesus: how could a man 6
poor be the Son of God, Does
this critic feel that an oc-
togenarian. with a baseball
‘eap (ora bellboy or a black
woman, other persois
assumed by God in the film)
ia a less worthy person than
a king? .

. It is hoped that many @
viewer (more people go to
the movies than-to the
churches) itfiy be moved to
believe that somewhere in
the universe there is One

who listens and cares and ~

knows our names, Maybe
Ithat One will, somedsy
remind our theologians that

apenseof humour was oneof
His gifts. ~
JE. Jahour
Gentlemen - a
The. Nechako Valley

Secondary School of Van-
derboof, B.C,, is holding its
second annual Homecoming
on the weekend of May12 and
13, 1978. ‘Any of your readers
who areformer students wha
may -,be: intersted are
welcomésto attend. For
further information, please
contact .Peble Sutton,
President of the Student's
Council, N.V.S.S., Box 900,
Vanderhoof , B.C, ¢

Thank you for your co-
operation in printing this
letter in ‘your newspaper. —
Sincerely yours,

Peble Sutton

VICTORIA B.C’s most independent MLA has
come up with an idea which would make him and
other independents feel more comfortable in the
house - and restore to the legislature the power
and dignity it has lost over the years.

Cyril Shelford, the silver-headed Socred MLA
from Skeena who has sat in the house for 23
years, says that if real debate is to take place in

the house party discipline has to be broken and _
free votes must take place on all legislation

except financial bills,

He says right now debate in. the house is a
charade since everybody knows the outcome
before the members sit down in the house to
debate. .

‘Debate has lost its meaning,” he said.
“That's why we get all this nattering back and
forth. The members know they're not going to
change anything so they just give the other guy a

_ hard time.”

The average MLA, he said, goes in to speak to
Hansard not tothe members and unless we make
some real changes, debate will always be
meaningless.

He said the real decisions are made by the
cabinet and because of the increasing length of
sessions, cabinet ministers are cooped up in the
legistlature, cut off from the ideas of the people
they serve and dependent on the advice of

‘bureaucrats.

“T think the founders of the parliamentary
system would turn over in their graves if they
knew how the system had developed,” he said.

He said the people in the countryside are
disgusted with the performance of parliament

- and that the changes he is advocating could be

implemented without any constitutional

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Victoria Bureau

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__By Tony MacGregor __
Sterling Publisher’s Service
“It’s just a habit we've grown into, ” he said,
“and we can change that habit through

education.”
Premier Bill Bennett has said he is sym-

pathetic to Shelford’s ideas, but believves that *:
the Royal Commission on electorial reform could

handle such changes.

Shelford says the idea is worth pursuing, but 2
believes that house reform is outside of the terms»;
tetas yah

qats

of reference of the commission, . -
_. “But I will appear before them,” he said. -
He said when he first started in the legislature,

the house sat from six weeks to two months per. ™

year. Now it’s up to six to eight months per year.
“The members should be out in the coun-
tryside seeing what's going on,” he said. “That
way they come back with a balanced view and
are not totally dependent for information on
bureaucrats.” ,

_ He said if the legislature was really interested
in changing all it has.to do is appoint three
laymen to a commission, make them sit through
one session and call for a report one week after
the end of the session so the process is still fresh
in their minds. ,
nat would change things,” he said.

He said opposition to the change in party
discipline would come from the “government
since it doesn't want to share power and from an

_ opposition party which thinks it will soon take
power. ; ;

“But out in the countryside 95 per cent of the
people would like to see the change because that
way the members could more accurately reflect
the \ wishes of their, Sconatltuents.”

elford has called for a four member, all-
party to examine house reform. sal

bvRichardJackson °

, Ottawa,- Capital punishment is when the government taxes
you to get capital so that it can go into business in com-
petition with you and ther taxes your profits to pay its losses.

An old business joke that.

But not so funny any more. |

Except peor to the bureaucra
work empires in expanding Its own — but not necessarily the
public - interest, while-confining the scope and opportunity
of. private enterprise within an ever-thickening web of
restrictions and regulations, - .

Business has been taking a bureaucratic beating with
gearcely a whimper, ¢ither out of acceplance of the
inevitability of increasing interference or fear of further

ent. -

But euddenly. something has dawned simultaneously on
government and business. . ;

It is the realization that finally the public has had enough of
bureaucratic restriction and regulation. —

Stowly the taxpayers have come to understand that the
bigger the bureaucracy grows the more it has to justify itself

with further Intrusion into private enterprise. o
_ All this costs, and is. along In the price of doing
business to be paid In the increasing cost of living.

“ So government, cer the federal, and a number of the

provincials, now ia attempting to halt and even reverse the -

.destructive bureaucratic process.

Reading it correctly as 4 political turn to the right,
business has become emboldened enough to speak up for
itself and even talk and fight back, . '

Some 30 leading Canadian corporations have funded and

staffed what has become known as the Institute for Political

Involyement. .

A task force comprised of senior executives of such cor:
porations as Bell Canadas, Brascan, Cadilla, Fairview,
Canada Permantnt, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce,
Canadian Industries, Canadian Superlor ij, Canadian

tilities, Camron, Consumers Glass, Ford Motor, Gulf Oll,

agrams, Hudson's Bay Ol) and Gas,Husky Oil, Imasco,
Inco, Maple Leaf Mull, Plizer, Rethmans, Simpson Sears,
Standard Brands, Molsons, Mutual Life have produced a

2 ral

which builds paper.

’ News Release

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Government is too important to be left :
academics who for so ong have domi tate lawyers and
dene report Tecommends seven ways in which business can

a scrupulously non- " i
cnoouragieg sorpulou y non-partisan” but activist way by

to:
Exercise their right and meet their responsibility to vote. ~ ~

Join and be active in local inci
opel, , provincial and federal political
articipate in election campai
campeig manage paigns from canvassing to
for public office, by adoptin tiv.
the granting of leave to participate in canine for
Contribute financially to political organizations by setting

an example with a cl
tributlons which is inown to al for corporate con-

Discuss on company property and on company time with

elected representatives of governments reley
re, ei hr a any oon
e
. of heaic, thereon infermation, Sally through provision

Banically the report urges that senior management of

company should develop a written policy onepalltical par.
cipation, geared to the particular situation of the individual

firm and having regard for all possibleareas ofaction. _-
All of which, more simply means that business no longer

can afford -- and neither can the consumers and taxpayers —

to leave it to the Bureaucratic Bubbleheads.

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‘Labour Advisory Committee

“The full impact of the
nding closure of the
Grandue Mine at Stewart
has not yet been fully
assessed. Contrary’ to the
views of our local MP, MS.
Campagnola, the miners‘are
frustrated. They want jobs,
not inadequate relocatior.
allowances”,
It is time that Ms. Can-
pagnola answered~ to the

request for
assistance and worker
contral of the Granduc
property. Government.
inaction will have cost 5000
miners across Canada their
jobs by this summer. An
idea to save the community
of Stewart and some of these
jobs demands careful con-
sideration, :
be ny

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