. G- Terrace Review — Wednesday, June 17, 1987

| - To the editor,

We are continuely asked

_,to-send money to poor

"starving people in all parts
o of the. world, where there

. . is food shortage.

“Not like Canada where

there i is so much food that.

some people feel the need

“to destroy it. Others. put

chemicals; said to affect

. ‘the brain cells, into their

food products because it

. makes you think it’s a bet-
. ter. product!

- But nothing is so ridicu-

lous -as the government
.,' $praying. program. For
five yedrs I have. been -

: studying, picking and dry-.
__- ing mushroems from our.
'  local‘forests, Little known.
to some people the ‘‘pine’’ .
--Matsutake: mushroom

adds approximately one

million dollars to the
economy. of ‘the Terrace
- area each year.

‘Hundreds of unemploy-
-ed people can go out in
season and make $50 to ?
‘a day if they find a good

location and harvest it

properly: A» few have

'.° made -over $10,000 in a

month. Since this is new.

_ For the
record.

, To the editor,

~.- On. behalf of the
. Mills Memorial Hos-
_ ; pital, I would like to
comment. briefly on:
- the recent controversy...
. and’ legal proceedings ..
-. regarding Dr. David.
- Kuntz,

Please be advised

_. that Dr. Kuntz did »
Mot at any time. per- -
_. form. ‘surgical’ pro-.
cedures at the Mills.
- Memorial Hospital. ‘

- . ‘Norman. Carelius:.
“Bxecutive: Director

_. :Mills Memorial. .
- Hospital-

: Frank Donahue thrilled the au-

dience during thelr jive

“number with ig wife at the Dia-
-mond Jubilee Costume Ball:
‘held recently in. the Skeena
gymnasium. The event was
. .guecessful and. attracted a.
. large orowe,

7 cL etters to the 7
; Spray program: questioned

Photo by Dan Baa “oi

‘wealth, it. is usually
distributed throughout the
commercial shops in town.

Now five locations
where some of us picked
pine mushrooms have

been leveled and burnt off

by forestry, which makes
me @ little. angry since

some. of these locations.
look :to be deliberate at-

tempts . to: destroy | our
picking spots.

However if the forestry
is allowed to spray the
forests, tl
cessfully destroy. not only
the entire mushroom busi-

ness but the natural forest .

food. chain. Recently on a

commercial ad a particu-.

lar weed killer was. said to
get rid. of dandelion,

_chickweed and clover. Ac-.

cording to a book Pm

reading ‘‘Wild Teas, Cof-.

fees.and Cordials’’ those
three weeds are among 60
of ‘the weeds. listed: as an
excellent drink.

The other: books I’m

. reading list-a host of other .
forest foods which. are

healthy and good eating.
Now there is a rumor that
we will be subjected to a
man made depression be-
fore 1991... |

Just think ofthe value

of forest food to be able to

feed your family out of
- the forest. :

1 grew up in a depres-
sion . and remember, the,

box. cars on the: railways

loaded with people willing .
to. work. for a: meal. My:
favorite time was when the.
Saskatoon berries where >
ready to pick. “My mom ‘~
‘would make so many nice -
things from wild berries it .
was better than Christmas —
‘time. That wason the.
prairies” where; the land

able. to support. crops.
Herein B.C. I’ve been

told that it.was not too-.
- bad, some people had jobs.
in logging etc., and some ~
“even made a living: pann- °
ing ‘gold i in-local creeks.
Now it seems to:me that ~
everything that’.a‘ person ©
_ could do to try and stayon _.
. par, that’ is. not to lose
everything. they worked .-

Pditor

they can. suc-

for no matter what the
length of time, is a target
for some politicians and it —

‘would appear their corpor-
ate dictators. What we do
need is a new political par-.
_ty,.one unit made up —
of. Canadian. individuals
. from all-walks of life. Not
a watered down version.
where the party ‘alligns, |
‘itself with foriegn cor-

porations or unions or any

-other organization for_
.. that matter.
A true political (Cana- -

dian) party should be
made up of individuals,
not groups and associa-

‘tions. In that way it would -
always have to do what is ~

right for the majority. No

‘matter who. puts up the
money for political parties - -
to run and election cam- -

paign, we should know. by —

now who pays in the end.

_ For those who believe. .
nothing can be done with-

out money, have never.

been a volunteer and Pro- -

_bably would not survive a

depression, it has. been.

stated. in the past.that -
“round up”’ has been ban- -

ned from use.in the USA.
If that is true it isto them, -

not a herbicide but more

in line with toxic waste.
Now if that. is true it

‘should, be. treated’ as such
"in this country. Therefore *

it would be up. to the Min-
istry..of | Environment . to.
charge. forestry: if they
decide: to use that chem-’~

ical. The way some of to-
: day’ s politicians operate, -

it wouldn’t surprise me if -
they were: buying: toxic:
waste and distributing ‘it.
over our countryside. °.

_ Personally I. would like
to’ know. if there. is: any |
- possibility of environmen- .
‘had turned to dust and nt)
-. such chemicals. The need: .
' to know what is happen-- ;

tal: damage. by the use: of: -

ing to our resources has:

never been greater. Those is Let everyone ‘know. about the. happy event: by ‘having it printed .

|: in the Terrace Review. Forms are avallable at. the: hospital.

who have evidence about :
wrong doing should come .

forward for: the: sake. of*.

future generations, just as’ -
some of our fore fathers.

Northern
-Motor
Inn
This. week’s.
.- feature: -

Where it’s at... 8

A guide. to
Terrace’s
night life —
the “who
where and.
when” for
entertainment. -

Outstanding
Entertalnment
nightly!

L. Sears
Terrace, B.C..

; . To the. aLG

Global pollution affects.

the other countries but not.

‘us here in Terrace, right?
Wrong, in my opinion.

_ The. current epidemics of °

Pine and Spruce Bark Bee-
‘tle. (PBB &SBB) are at
ieast in part due to global

warming which: some sci--

entists think is the start of

the Green House Effect —

where the atmosphere is
heating up due to pollu-
tion...

Both. beetles were’ con-.

trolled formerly. by cold

winters and poor summer -.

weather and epidemics.
just never go up ahead of
steam. -

The same warm 1 weather :
- incidentally has’ all but».
ruined our ‘skiing. at Kit-
sumkalum Mountain and ©
now we-are looking at a.
‘costlier. alternative.

” Back to SBB and PBB.

‘Because SBB is native to
disturbed “spruce stands,

. prefers stressed trees and
is ‘controlled. by winter

kill, then if we influence...

any of. these factors, we

change: the dynamics of.

SBB. |
Logging, natural ‘and

induced. blowdown, dis- -

turbs spruce stands
thereby making _ better
habitat for beetle out-

. breaks. Logging also ex. -

" poses ‘trees to wind, dry-

- ing, changed water tables,

bark damage, altered soil

conditions . and nutrient’.
uptake and: therefore

causes. stress to trees left
standing. ,

or ‘We ‘thus, create “the:

The Stork '

/- port

. Is the stork
: | thou to. visit your |

| perfect conditions by. our.
activities: for epidemics of
SBB. All that needed is to’
‘raise the heat a bit and the
‘beetles are'in business.
For the Pine Bark Bee -
tle (PBB), . we - can ° lay

blame on outbreaks at

‘least in’ part due to-heavy
‘fire protection since ‘the. -

turn of the century.

Fire protection created .-

a pine forest over most of

BAC, that is predominately
80 years old or more, the.
‘most delicious age-of trees

for the dreaded PBB.
Who. would have

thought in those old days |
that fire protection would

decimate the forest by in-

direct means.and:much.of .

that. protection. money

-would have been wasted.
“Unfortunately, ‘a lot of |

the. infested woodis so

_ rotten. that it is now un-
- salvagable, |

The recent heavy in-

. festations:of PBB are thus.
- due to a combination of
‘widespread host,

! warm.
summers and mild winters
and activity related stress
which weakens-the trees.

even have found new

homes’ by hitch hiking on |

logging trucks.

“How does all this affect:
the economy and our fu-

tures?
‘Well, salvaging. the. dy-
ing timber as soon as

‘possible. is ‘the most rea-
sonable option, isn’t” it? .
Liquidating.: our “best =.
susceptible: and attacked
~~ stands as soon as possible ~~
‘is the option, that we have _

in fact embarked 1 upon... ca
Unfortunately, this,
-™means. that our virgin’ —
forest- asset will. be gone
sooner and: there: will. be
only higher elevation ‘and
-more distant, lower value —
and costly-to harvest tim-

ber left..

There will in fact be s an.

. exaggerated Fall Down ef-
fect due ’to. accelerated

- salvage: harvest,
‘there will bea timber shor-

-tage before the second:
. growth comes on tap, pro-

* vided these conjectures’ are:

where

correct. .
What do we do for

money during the gap and _

how long will it last?.

For income during the ©
gap, ‘T suggest that we use:
the current flush of. sal-

vage’ capital to- diversify

our. economic base:

As for how long: it will

- last; «this question brings

us back) to the Green

‘House Effect,and how bad -
it is and perhaps whether
or not we can win the war ,

on beetles, and very’ im-

portantly, whether or not _
| _ Forest Management Poli- —
Some of the bugs may —

cy: considers these en-
vironmental factors. It ali

‘depends on ‘global pollu-
_tion and how much crud -

we collectively spew into

the air. Whats my pro-

gnosis? .
I’m mapping the. best

fishing holes so that I-can —
go Guiding if the fish | are .

still fit to cat.

7 Devan Kenneth Hardacker was bom to. proud parents a
a — and. Diana on. June 10, 1987 weighing t Ibs. 6 Oz:

“Hugh ‘and Bella. Hepburn are. pleased to announce. 5 the -

2 birth of their son, Mark Adam, born. June -11,, 1987--
“> weighing 9. Ibs..13 oz. — a whopper!!. and.a brother for.
=f. . Carlos. Special. thanks. to.Marianne Weston;
|. and everyone: at Mills Memorial: Hospital.

Dr. Brown’

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