4 Terrace Review — Wednesday, June 10, . 1987 ° F

Be the. best you can

. with what you’ve got. .

: .Shoot for the stars, and if

you reach: the. moon, be.

happy, for you have done
‘your best.’’ — Rick Han-

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~ da’s latest hero,,
‘Hansen. No, British Col-
. umbia’s hero. Please al-

Some years back, when
I was city hall reporter. for

. the Daily Colonist, Vic- -
toria. city council was >
-wrestling with a budget

item that called for con-
struction of a wheelchair
ramp to give handicapped
people access to the coun-

cil chamber.

The expenditure surviv-

- ed all budget-cutting at-
tempts, but not without a
hassle, Some aldermen felt

that existing access was

_-good enough. After all,
‘there were always enough

staff. around to .'carry
wheelchair-bound - people
up the. stairs. And any-

way, how many people in.-

wheelchairs would attend

council meetings any-.

ways?
They weren't - “ogres.
They were well-meaning

elected’ officials: guarding

the. taxpayers’ purse to the

oo best of their ability, apply-

ing the cost-benefit princi-

oo ole to just another budget

item. Hard to believe the

incident took place only —
- five or six years ago.

Those days are gone.

. Forever, I hope. Blown

out of the water by Cana-

low me that bit of regional

' patriotism.
Much has been written

about Rick: Hansen.

Much, but hardly enough. -
’ And it wasn’t so much the

personal feat, undeniably
great as it was, that im-
pressed me. It. was the
message the wheelchair
athlete was able to deliver

that impressed me most. It

was his psychological

strengths and intellectual

honesty that still holds me
spell-bound. |

It was impossible not to
be moved to tears by that
courageous young women

.. who slowly, haltingly and

obviously under. great

Rick: ‘Terry Foxes, the Steven

ae

- Terrace Review
Victoria Correspondent. —

‘stress walked up to Han-
sen at the completion of
his’ 24,000-mile journey
around ‘the world to thank
-him for sharing his dream
with her, Without his’
courage,’ she said, she
never would have found
the strength to leave her
‘own wheelchair.

. What of the tens of
thousands of able-bodied.
people though who cheer-

_ ed Hanseti’s victory over
_ adversity?. What part of

his dream did:he impart
‘on them? It was their reac-
tion ‘to this young man
from Williams Lake with
his almost boyish, shy grin |
that marked Hansen’s-

‘greatest achievement.

If mankind’s evolution -
from the caves to God

‘knows what destiny can be:
‘measured in steps, ‘it will

be said someday that the

Fonyos, the Rick Hansens
of the late 20th century
managed to drag us all a
few giant strides forward.
They did so by changing .
the concept of heroism.
For too long, our. species
had reserved its greatest
admiration for . those.
whose achievements in-

“Volved man’s darker side

— his preoccupation with
violence.

The most admired
heroes earned their laurels

in uncounted wars, their’: sotion and admiration

.-for him into future action

place in the nations’ col-
lective memory secured by
the number of slain adver-

saries on. whose graves .

they stood.
And. now tell me again

that man isn’t progress-

ing. A hundred years ago,

Rick Hansen would have.
‘been a target of ridicule in
‘the eyes of many children

who didn’t know any bet- peace

ter. Even 20 years ago, he

- would have been just a-

nother casualty in a large-
ly ignorant world, evoking
compassion at best..

Today’s youth sees in.
Rick Hansen a hero. To

them he is. proof that
handicaps are challenges

on which to thrive: In a re-.

latively short time, we've
progressed from cruelty to

compassion to admir-
ation. Speeding up that

process is one of ‘Rick
Hansen’s legacies.

_ Like every hero in his-
tory, Hansen must now
consider how best to util-
ize his status. I believe he

won't have any problem
~ making the right choice. It
won't be the pursuit of a
‘political. career, at least
not just yet. I’m sure we'll -

hear more of Rick Hansen

in the pursuit of gaining

equal status for those on

whose behalf he circled:
the globe in his wheelchair
— the physically and men-
tally. challenged, a great”

turn of phrase he coined.
When Rick Hansen fac-

: ed the cheering crowd of
60,000 in B.C. Place Sta-

dium, he said how great it
would be to channel the

for the benefit of handi-
capped people . every-

where, I havé a hunch

he'll play no small! part in

making it happen. - =

‘by Frank Howard

Happytobe alive

Terrace Review columnist . -§ |

Did evangelist Jimmy — :

Swaggart really say that he

_ awakened - each. morning
disappointed. ."that ‘the
Lord had ‘not: come to. end,

the world and raise him up
to heaven?:
‘Good - works. on. this

-,earth which ‘increase . the
‘chance of being raised.to

heaven is an attraction to

many, an attraction not to
‘be knocked... Hoping that

one will:be'in heaven after

life on this earth is over.is .&

one thing, but disappoint-

- ed at still being:alive here _ :

is quite another.

The world has.such a . :

proliferation of nuclear

_, bombs that their use could.
- easily end this world and
*- every living thing downto

the smallest microbe. If

someone believed he was
_ doing God's

pushed the ‘button’ bring-

ing the énd of the world
_ would. that be satisfac-

tory? If, such an act

. -‘brought death to: part of
«i the world: and lingering .
‘horror tothe remainder ..

would that -be O.K.?:

+ |.awaken’ each morning
happy to. be alive:.

awaken pleased “that no
“ one has pushed the button
. from zeal, military strat-
‘egy,

a. mistaken belief
about the Lord's purpose,
or any reason. .

I live each day pleased

that we still ‘have global .

on earth, but disap-
pointed that people are

still killing with guns,

bayonets, and bombs.
Each day I hope that

_ medical people will find.a
cure for cancer or AIDS...

Each day I marvel at the
spunk and vision of those
like Terry Fox and Rick
Hansen. — -

Each day I read, with
disappointment, that
young kids are blasting.
their brains and lives away

with such things as

CRACK. I read, with sad-.
ness, of the increasing
level of suicide amongst
our younger generation. .
People who commit

Credit

To the editor,

Through your columns_

I would like to express, on
behalf of the Terrace Lit-
tle Theatre, our apprecia-
tion of the efforts being

made by the committee.

headed by Jim Ryan to
have erected in Lower Lit-

tle Park an outdoor Per-

forming Arts Shell.

It has long been an am-
bition of Jim Ryan to have ~

work. and —

ever,

given
for long. effort

“Frank Howard |

suicide have certain: at--
titudes one of. which is: |.’
that life-is too-much-for. °°
them, that‘ they cannot eo,
cope with events in the. —

~ world. It’s.a very. short -
step from hopelessness to -
death. A. person having

suicidal tendencies who
also mistakenly believes

that death will bring that |
person to heaven can easi- —
“ly commit suicide-and-at
the same time smilingly no

take others along.-

I.know there are those,
who say accepting the love ©

of Jesus will lead us to do

.good things on this ‘earth
and will prevent us from -
-pushing the button or tak-.
ing our own lives or taking
the lives of others. How-.
people who are mad -

will still do things which

cause harm to themselves -

or to others, And, if a per- .
_ son is convinced he is ac-..
‘ting in the name of the |
‘Lord he might push the’.
_ button to get us all into ~
the hereafter sooner than.
we would like.

Jimmy. Swaggart, and
others, may be disap-
pointed that the Lord. has

not ended the world. I’m -

glad He hasn’t and, quite"
frarikly, I don’t think He...
will. We might do it all by" oe

ourselves.

a space. for outdoor per- eo
formances, .
Terrace Little Theatre .
certainly welcomes the
chance to perform in the

proposed shell and ap-

Fiauds the efforts of the

hard-working committee
to make this a reality.

Ken Morton,

Director, —
Terrace Little Theatre

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