4 ‘Terrace Review — Wednesday, April, 1986 Potholes pose driving problems To the editor, To let people know what kind of road condi- tions the approximate 5,000 people of the Nass area sometimes have to travel on. The grader man should have a medal. For trying to keep the road in shape. With all the ‘natural resources that have been taken out little seems to have been put back on the road. We have travelled this road extensively since Report from the Legislature The recent budget demonstrates that British Columbians are making progress on our long- range strategy for economic renewal, by Bill Bennett The budget was developed to meet five important objectives. We wanted to strengthen the economy and make the Province more com- petitive, thus creating continued on page 23 Letters to the editor will be conaidered for publication only when signed. Please include your phone number. The editor raserves the right to condense and edit letters. Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the Terrace Review. Terrace Review Established May 1, 1985 The Terrace Review is published each Wednesday by Close-Up Business Services Ltd. Publisher: Mark Twyford Editor: Maurgen Barbour ’ Advertising: 636-4339 or 635-7840 ' Production: Kim Kimble Office: Carrie Olson Accounting: Mar| Twyford Second-class mall registration No. 6896. Reproduction of this paper or any portion thereof Is prohiblted without permission of the publisher. 4535 Greig Avenue, Terrace, B.C. V8G 1M7 Phone: 635-4339 Pl 1958 and know the road: well. But many people do not know the road and the bad spots. Such a beautiful valley deserves a better road. Nassite Resident Nass Road Travellers along the Nass Road near the lava bed sec- tlon of the gravel highway north of Terrace sometimes encounter weather-beaten pathways created by motor vehicle traffic and frost con- ditions. Economy flights booking fast TERRACE — Expo 86 in Vancouver may be the site many people want to see this summer but in- dications are some obstacles exist for in- dividuals who want to venture north to destina- tions such as Terrace at cheap rates, Bryan Owen, fishing guide and tour operator, said due to bookings for Expo 86 a number of people interested in travelling to Terrace are finding difficulty getting accommodation on some flights from eastern Canada to Vancouver so connecting flights can be made to the northwest. People can get no ‘economy flights that I am aware of in July or August, Owen said. He added there are indica- tions one of the airlines is considering implemen- ting charter service for travellers from eastern Canada out west. Kelly Tinkler, customer service agent with Pacific Western Airlines (PWA) in Ter- race, said flights people are having difficulty ac- quiring are saving excursion seats, He added that accom- modation is still available but not at the cheapest rate. Although economy flights have filled. up people should have no difficulty getting seats at the regular price for trips from eastern Canada to Vancouver, Tinkler said. On the special $99 return fare from ‘Terrace to Vancouver there is nothing available until the middle of June ‘‘and even then it's getting scarce,’’ Tinkler noted. There is ‘‘still plenty of room”? on the other more costly flights, he the cost- . said. George Clark, at Ter- race. Travel, said con- cerns that there are no flights available to and from Terrace this sum- mer is only partially cor- rect. He explained that airlines are currently promoting four brackets of fares which range from the book-early cheap flights to full-cost tickets. For Expo 86 the economy flights have been sold and the second most inexpensive seats are probably not available; but for travellers there is still room on the third most expensive and full rate plans. So when people comment that there are no seats available, they undoubtedly mean at the cheapest rate, Clark ex- plained. His recommendation to travellers is to book as early as possible so they have a better chance of getting the cheapest flights. At the moment Owen said he is not certain how the air traffic situation will affect tour guiders in Terrace. ‘‘We will have to wait and see.” Owen said he recently got a letter in the mail from a gentieman in On- tario who said he is tak- ing the train to Terrace. Approximately 90 per- cent of visitors to the community who Owen deals with are from the United States. These in- dividuals may run into cost-saving accommoda- tion problems as many of these people have to fly into Seattle and then on to Vancouver, Owen said. He added that although tourists may have difficulty flying in- to Terrace at economy rates, ‘‘I feel we'll get rubber tire traffic, peo- ple from off the ferry’ visiting. Owen said that a number of tourists from the lower mainland may come to the area in an at- tempt to get away from the hustle and bustle of Expo. Commentary Who is right? A frequently asked question regarding ileitis and ulcerative colitis is: Friends and neighbors often say that colitis is caused by nerves and. emotional upset. Who is right? The Canadian Foundation for Ileitis and Colitis (CFIC) gives this answer: When lay people and sometimes physicians speak of colitis they may be referring to a completely different condition known as the irritable bowel syndrome, also called spastic colon or spastic colitis. The irritable bowel syndrome is caused by abnormal functioning of the bowel. Unlike ulcerative colitis, the irritable bowel syn- drome is not associated with inflammation or struc- tural changes in the intestine. The cause of the ir- ritable bowel syndrome is not fully understood either. In ulcerative colitis, a condition which is associated with inflammation or structural changes, there is absolutely no evidence that emotions play a causative role, In my experience people do not believe CFIC when told these facts. To my knowledge ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease are considered hereditary more common among Jewish people than the rest of us. Again CFIC: We cannot predict whether children will develop these diseases if one or both of their parents have ileitis or colitis. Indeed the overwhelm- ing majority of patients with ileitis and colitis have normal children. On the other hand, from a statistical point of view, patients with ileitis or colitis do have approximately one chance in 10 of having other cases of Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis among their blood relatives, The conditions may skip generations or may appear in successive generations. There are about 200,000 Canadians with this pro- blem. This puts the disease more in accord with Huntington’s or Parkinson’s disease, not some sort of quackery that has more to do with the superstition of Karma than practical science. Colitis on the other hand does produce stress. Chronic diarrhea is the chief sympton and the patient is forced to live in the bathroom. Severe cramps, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, anemia, malnutrition, weight loss and a fluctuating moderate to high fever continued on page 21 Members’ Message by Frank Howard MLA Skeena Should government use taxpayers’ money to run television ad- vrtisements telling the taxpayer that the govern- ment is really, I mean really, doing a good job? Should government use taxpayers’ money to pro- pagandize the taxpayer? It is my view that such action is tantamount to theft. At the very least — in the most generous vein — it is a conversion of funds from one purpose to another purpose. This was the theme I used during the Budget debate in Victoria. Let me pro- vide a few quotations ‘from my remarks: ‘‘Earlier, Mr. Speaker, during question period there was some reference, by way of questions and the like, as to whether a certain ac- tion constituted legal theft. I had the same view that the Minister of Intergovernmental Rela- tions had: that is, that theft is theft. You can’t have a legal form of theft. except when you’re deal- ing with public money, and using it for political advertising. That seems to be what's going on with this government.”’ It appears to be di- verting funds which tax- payers pay involuntarily, diverting those funds in- to a political partisan advertising campaign to increase the image and the stature of the Social Credit government. Taxes taken for one pur- pose are used for another. Taxes taken from people for pro- grams are used for pro- paganda. I submit that when this government takes that tax money and diverts its use to pro- pagandize people, ad- vancing through televi- sion advertising that Social Credit is the way to go, it is using public money for partisan political purposes. That in my opinion is legalized theft. That’s what I term legalized stealing. .» The advertising pro- gram of this government - using taxpayers’ money merely substantiates my belief that it is a govern- ment out of touch with reality and a government that can’t be trusted. Immortal Persians considered apples to be the fruit of immortality, ' . . a ee ee ae ee