A& - The Terrace ' Standard, Wednesday, duly 12, 1995 ‘TERRACE -—— — TANDARD .. ESTABLISHED APRIL 27, 1988 ADDRESS: 4647 Lazelle Ave., Terrace, B.C. « V8G 158 TELEPHONE: (604) 638-7283 « FAX: (604) 638-8432 MODEM: (804) 638-7247 | i The bear facts IT WAS more’ than the provincial government . ‘could have hoped for or expected — massive coverage.of a plan to save and enhance B.C.’s grizzly bears.. -- Most. prominent. was a story on CBC TV’s nightly national news. Premier Mike Harcourt, a roundball fanatic and player, was on the tube surrounded ‘by. people from the Vancouver Grizzlies, the newest glamour guys from the Na-. ‘tional Basketball Association. Great PR for the team, which. is sponsoring an educational pro- gram, and-for Mr. Harcourt. With a $400,000 budget, vastly increased fines for killing grizzly bears, tighter controls on hunt- ing the animals and the glitzy. image of the Grizzlies, the provincial government is ona dig time campaign to protect the massive bear. Congratulations to the. provincial government | for its effort. Of the many wildlife species in B.C., the grizzly well deserves a helping hand. But what about our local prized bear species? We argue that the Kermodei is rarer than the grizzly, a: protected species that can never be legally hunted. Yet the poaching of one here last — year drew a $750 fine — far less. than the maxi- mum $25,000 new fines for killing grizzlies. _ If the provincial government is willing to take the steps to protect the grizzly, it’s not too much to. ask for the same with the Kermodei. And bes- ides, it would make a great photo — Mr, Har- court with Terrace’s own Caledonia Kermodes. Dead air. o wb. Yilath Mig ot aren PATA cea ek abe te was-known as the Seven Sisters Network. Its presence dated back to the 1940s when the’ cor-' poration was the only provider of news and in- formation up here, A lot has happened since then and not all of it is good, A. major shift took piace i in the 1980s when the full service’ station in Prince Rupert was divided up in favour of putting smaller outlets around the province.: : The idea was .a sound one — and still j is — of spreading resources to broaden coverage. But that concept: has been dying a slow and agoniz- ing death through ‘gradual ‘cuts which affect morale and the ability to provide quality” pro-. gramming. Reductions in the CBC’s budget and work force aren’t new and.they will continue as the corpora- — tion copes with less money. But we’re left with the nagging feeling that the CBC can still cut positions off-air without having to resort to measures that hurt programming. | The overriding concept of the CBC is to pro- vide a medium of communications and connec- tions between and for Canadians. Radio is a cost. effective way. of doing that. It’s a different mandate than that of private radio which has a different job driven by the necessities of profits. . More hacking and slashing of CBC Radio will further cut a needed and valuable service. But maybe that’s what somebody has i in mind in the first place. - - ~ PUBLISHER/EDITOR: Rod Link ADVERTISING MANAGER: Mike L.Hamm PRODUCTION MANAGER: Edouard Credgeur NEWS Jeff Nagel * NEWS SPORTS: Malcolm Baxter COMMUNITY: Cris Leykauf OFFICE MANAGER: Rose Fisher, Terry Miller ADVERTISING CONSULTANTS: Sam Collier, Janet Viveiros, Tracey Tomas COMMUNITY SERVICE/TELEMARKETER: Monique Belanger ADVERTISING ASSISTANT: Helen Haselmeyer _ DARKROOM: Susan Credgeur COMPOSITOR: Shannon Cooper CIRCULATION SUPERVISOR: Karen Brunette MEMBER OF B.C. PRESS COUNCIL - : Serving tha Tetrace and Thornhil! ara, Publishad on Wednasday af each week by Carihoo Press (1969) Ud at 4647 Lazelle Ave,, Tertaca, Brillsh Columbia, a Stories, pholographs, illustrations, designs and typestyles In the Terrace Standard are the properly of the copyright holders, Including Cariboo Press.(1969) itd., Its Iustralion repro services and | acvertaing agencies, © - Peeroct in whole orth par, without written emitsalon, ls specifically prohibited. - : Authorized a Second. class mal} pending the Posi Oitce Department, for payment of postage incash. Special thanks to all our contributors and gorroapondents “Yor thelr time and talents ©: TaNTY venreicn § CIC ULATIAN | IN THE OLD days CBC Radio in the northwest : CONTROLS arr a iA WRONG .WKONG AND WRONG AGAIN THE M DOES NOTSTAND FOR AICKE STAND TOR MIN | THE M DotS Nor STAND FOR MOUSE... > THE. M DDE Nor VICFORIA —Fint an update | on the B,C, Legislature, Yes, it?s still in session, but the fire’s gone out. What with the summer heat, the late-night sit- tings, and the stipends running low, there's lite enthusiasm left for debate. And’ 4s our representatives go through the motions of at- tacking, defending, and in- variably passing the legislation drawn up by a government in the last year of its mandate, of this place, go home, enjoy what’s left of the summer and prepare for a likely spring elec- tion, ; I won't bore you with the details of what passes for debate this late in the session. “ott Instead,“ I would’ tke t6 talk about- «somes: impressions.:; I gathered-during ‘my recent one- .. week stay in Puerto Vailarta, Mexico, , For one thing, I came away with a totally new concept of free enterprise. Back here in Canada, we haven’t had free enterprise for more than a hun- dred = years. © Government regulation of the market place and the social service net have nsulted in a sort of balance be- tween free enterprise and wel- fare vtate: © In Mexico, I’m talking sbout - the Cilices ‘now, you can still Now this is a HOW IS IT no focal entre- _. preneur has opened a store to sel] loopholes? The potential for sales is Limitless. For some — unscrupulous contractors, career debtors, and some government departinents — loopholes are a part of daily existence. like © grominets around a canvas tarp. They've learned to make their ‘own loopholes or depend on friends in high places, The potential ~~ loophole market takes in those of us who would use more if only we had them handy: students with incomplete assignments, wives with household tasks un- done, husbands with yard chores at a standstill, It’s unfair that ordinary folk lack access to ready-made loopholes to counteract those supplied by wholesalers, Cur- rently everyone without wholesale privileges must devise his own. This lends va- 79 AND | hi via HUBERT BEYER . i FR [9] M-TH E CA PITAL: they chafe at the bit to get out ~ eee na find naked and unadulterated free enterprise. And everybody tries to carve out a piece of the action. The big thing in Puerto Val- larta, as in all other tourist — destination towns, is time- share apartments, At times, it seemed as if the whole town was involved in selling time- share units. ; ‘You walk along the main drag of Puerto Vallarta, and there’s ‘someone at every comer ‘trying to foist an. inviia- - tion fo a lime-share demonstra-_ tion on you. In retum for: showing up at such a demonstration or mecting, you can get dianer cruises or.sight- seeing tours at half price, One hotel even offered a free three- | night stay just for attending: one of the sales meetings. _ Mountains, THROUGH .BIFOCALS. CLAUDETTE SANDECKI THEN THERE'S THE | GLY WHO BOUGHT Fm SNOW TIRES BUT. riety, but wastes unnecessary time and cnergy, An all- purpose loophole would be an asset. Already B.C, has fly-by- . night contractors ripping off seniors for. thousands of dol- lars, builders twisting by-laws out of shape, and lawyers at- taining new heights of stupidity gaining leniency for clients who have perpetrated Hey MECTED.! | Bee [had been told that kids were begging everywhere. I didn’t sec one kid begging. But, boy, did I meet a lot of budding free enterprisers of the kindergarten and elementary school variety, Scores of youngsters are sell- ing chewing gum at outrageous prices to tourists who can't resist those big, dark eyes and wonderful smiles. _ When we took a cab to a restaurant, high up on the hill overlooking the town, a small army of tikes opened the doors of ihe cab with a the flourish of professional doormen and es- corted us to the restaurant entiance. We made sure we al- ways had a pocket-full of change. One day, we took a bus tour to 4 wonderful restaurant in'the “'1 some’ 30° ‘miles “*: from Puerto Vallarta. When | asked a waiter for directions to the men’s washroom, a young- ster of six or seven yan ahead and was already waiting for me at the door. “Your washroom, sir,’’ he said pointing out the obvious. . When‘ I came out to wash my hands — the tap was outside — he was waiting, “There’s your wash basin, sir. Here are your towels.’ And there went some more change. ~ Later, my wife and decided to take a stroll over a small loopy idea frightful crimes. Using a custom-crafted ‘loophole, an Abbotsford law- yer plea-bargained his client from ‘“‘impaired driving caus- ing death”’ down to “‘impaired driving.’’ His. client had killed | a 23-year-old | woman driving broadside into her car at an in- tersection. His sentence? An $800 fine and loss of his driver's licence for one year, And a transit driver who neglected to set his parking brake before going for coffee Was acquitted in the deaths of two people killed by his runaway bus. A loophole in the Motor Vehicle Act lect his clever lawyer argue setting the parking brake was not included in ‘“driving.’’ And we've all heard of some sorely injured worker denied Workers’ Compensation bene- fits thanks to a Kemano-sized loophole in the Iegislatlon. Quality loopholes should be eg, HAPPENED To ME! wooden bridge and slong a: path that led up a hill nett 7 looking a river. Half a dozen’ small fry immediately grabbed * our hands, fed us along the). We path and grandly pointed to'the: ". beautiful surrounding scenery, * as if they had just created: it; More coins changed hands... ;.. .i . - Adults also scem to be pretty... :. inventive when it comes :to | making a buck. Walking _ around town one night, we: came across a place called” Frankfurt Restaurant, and: de-: * cided to check it out. © Pane + A waiter standing by the. entrance, led us’ through :the:}: doorway, along a garden path? and there, at the end, was-a:,.. field with half a dozen a ables yea real restaurant. The! field” Was. it. re , The owner, one Michadl: Pohl, originally from Bonn, ~~: Germany, told us he had taught: ue his Mexican staff how to cook,” |, © German meals, and judging... : from what we ate, he had done . a great job. The food was, ox cellent, . he Like I said, free enterprise” “ takes on a whole new meaning". in Mexico, and in some ways *~* it’s preferable to the regulated : business atmosphere in Cana- ah da, flexible, malleable, invisible to | {> others, and like owls, work | we best in the dark. Inevitably; Looe, loopholes lose their efficacy . |. | after one application. _ They could be packaged -. singly for those who rarely resort to circumventing rules, in kiddie packs for teenagers,: . . and in bulk assortments for professionals such . as Ol, Simpson's Dream Team. | .>.:° They would make excellent tokens for inmates awaiting tri- al, although any defence law- yer worth his retainer tows his | own supply in a suitcase on « wheels. A gift-wrapped gener... al purpose loophole would be a fine Mother’s or Father’s Day - gift. Thanks to the wide accept- oo ability of loopholes, there is no Co ‘Christmas busy season or sea- oh sonal slow down’ in -saleg ag with tenting equipment, ' a I'm: waiting - for a Terr ‘e - outlet. oe THE SAME. THING: