HOWE CREEK The issue li Although the issue of preserving green belt adjacent to Howe Creek has been a dominant one recently tn local politics, it’s nothing new, . The article reproduced below ‘and written by ex-mayor VIC JOLLIFTE, appeared in the z News Advertiser June 4d, 1973, _ oe ae “IF you ‘look -at the map ‘that _ accompanies this article, you will S06 a- portion marked ‘Rural Park’. ’ ’ The Horseshoe drainage ditch runs through this land. . Now, remember the politicians “have recently started calling this ditch the Howe Creck, This... creek =Mantel’s field and then winds its ~~ ‘way around the foot of the bench -/- through this area marked ‘Rural _» Park’, through Bob’s Welding’s "| property. (now Terrace Iron ” Works), right through the Skeena - Forest Mill property (now Skeena Sawmills) and on from there to ~ the Skeena River. - So much for the focation. _. The ‘Horseshoe ditch is one of .~. Terrate’s major drainage systems "and therefore most be protected, : constantly worked on and kept open. Phe Jand it flows throug we especially ihe section north of the “. (Caledonia) high school -- is, as yet, for a good part not sub- divided. ’ ‘The way I see it, this gives the “municipality the opportunity to create a beautiful park with -mnature trees; an opportunity - to have a safe arca for small children to sail their toy boats in the’ ‘stream; and, at the same time, i. rehabilitate this much needed _ drainage ditch or creek. “This could all be done. ‘at - | _ virtually no cast to the Terrace taxpayer if federal winter works - and local incentive programs are a used to the fullest extent. - -" T’s"just a matter of planning ' these things and” - making applications to the senior é governments. The © ‘municipality ‘tho iti oe vane theFish’ ‘aiid’ Wiltlite - dépariments are very ‘interested in this creck as it does contain fish. a originates .. fe somewhere east of the Sunnyhill HAL LIWE LL ed : THOMAS ee | Mc.CONNELL. __ — CTT R11 | nr whee. a an Lone eee oe el ngers on Lom =e) a" WAY BACK WHEN, ical politicians came up with a plan to save green belt in the Howe Creek pry) area, The map above shows what was proposed, the creation of a rurel park between McConnell and the foot of the bench, Today's councillors are wrestling with the same tssue but with a lat less undeveloped land to play with than their predecessors of nearly 30 years ago. And the persons owning the property would find, I’m sure, that it is beneficial to them to have this work carried out. When they sub-divide, they have to give up at least five per cent of the land for patk purposes and a good rural park where In going back through the minutes of the Aug. 25, 1965 meeting, I find the members of council met with others, including Mr, Worsley, town planner from Willis and Cunliffe, and the then. owners of this property, Thormhill Realty. As I see it, this gives the municipality the opportunity _ fo create a beautiful park with mature trees. people eould go for walks and " children play would enhance their . ‘sub-division possibilities. - When/I started to do some “résearch on this article, I checked ’ the planning: study commissioned ‘Bert Goulet and the map is‘ from: “‘thatstudy, They discussed the development of this property and Mr. Worsley was authorized to prepare a development plan for the Horseshoe district. There is also a motion on the ~ibyithe district of Terrace-in-1965. &ubooks. made “by:.thenrcouncillor eon Phe réeve fat that lime «was. Mr, bi Duiffus;: seconded! by -councillar:;: EL ‘Bakewell, that-a letter be sent to ” the land registry, to ‘Thornhill Realty, to the Town Planning Commission, the school board and Willis and Cunliffe Enginetring confirming that ‘‘all subsequent sub-division conform to the town planner’s design as approved by council for that area, 7 ~ This is an interesting piece of documentation and should make it easy for council to come to a decision which could see Terrace obtaining a much-needed, natural wooded parkland area and, at the same lime, assist flood control, The people. owning the land are essentially the same group as owned it in 1965 when the ruling was made. Aud, as I see it, this is a special credit to both Mr, Duffus and Mr. Goulet for theirsforesight at re 4 “ dimes; ch ayad ott I Hope the present council will follow through with this project. /elfare system best when modeled on European one Dear Sir: _-. Winter time seems to be a time ’ when thoughts tum to charitable ~ deeds —- an attitude that lasts a -- couple of weeks and then it’s =. back to business as usual. “In the U.S. one former welfare -Mom,:° Theresa Funicello, "has + ‘written a book, TYRANNY OF - “KINDNESS, in which she '\ proposes ending poverty by get- =) ting-rid. of charitable organiza- tons. Right-wing funny-bones -Rush , | sLimbaugh has stated thal one out :, OF four non-profit organizations “pay their top executives $250,000 “<\or;more a year — and herein ~--agngs Ms. Funicello’s point. “. She reminds people that not ss only: does .a large chunk of 2 monies. collected by charitable -do-gooders go to pay the inflated ‘salaries’ of top executives, but over $250 billion is spent by the public toward these —lax- “deductipie charity organizations, What Funicello is proposing is petting rid of:. tax-deductible charities and spending the $250- plus billion fo the tax revenue lo give the ‘‘poor’’ a guaranteed an- nual income year-round. Not only would this be possible but government : could pay off its ‘deficit at the same time.’ Canadians need to study Linda’ McQuaig’s book, THE WEALTHY. BANKER’S WIFE, which exposes the assault on equality in Canada. . McQuaig examines both the European and U.S, welfare sys- tems and points out that Canada’s social service safety nets are a compromise between Europe and the U.S, ’ The rising: tide‘ of. European prosperity.is due to the fact that all classes receive social welfare compared: to the: U.S. sysiem which expects Funicello’s private - charities to handle most of it. Europe has proven thal social welfare — where the wealthy banker's wife gets the same wel- fare as the single mother -—- does - not interfere with either economic growth or comipetitiveness. To | the contrary, it enhances econom- ic growth. - . ’ McQuaig argues that in Europe _ ‘the concept of welfare is linked to the broader concept of social wel- fare and implies a set of social rights and responsibilities. ‘In other words, welfare in Europe includes everything from " pre-nalal care to university educa- tion; from health care to burial cosis for everyone from the Queenondown. If a raising tide lifts all boats then’ Europe has proven. that . Tesponsible social welfare for everyone doesn’t mean increases in deficits. . In the U.S.,. lo the contrary, where poor people are targeted, ’ they are only obliged to take the money and run inio- the un- derground economy so that the rate of poverty becomes greater .. and taxes have to increased to pay the differences. Canada. has.also adopted U. S. standards where no social respon- sibility is required to regenerate — economic growth through mainstream spending, © Canada’s social welfare safety nets are not some kind of bargain- ing chip that can be.sold out dur- ing election time or NAFTA deals. Canadians have been lied to by the politicians using the so- cial safety nets for political ping- pong games during the last 10 years, | Canadians need to take their country back and demand the European model of excellence and affluence before we all be-' come barefoot Americans living in igloos and Jean-tos, Brian Gregg, Terrace, B.C. . The Angler should be a bridge — “! Dear Sir; oe “The Dee. 8 letter to the editor fegarding The Skeena Angler (‘It's a bad angle”) has “prompted me to give my opinion. ‘Last’: summer’ [. put) in my bligatory several hours at the -.Lakelse River logging bridge. I usually supply the transportation “and “as: usual, I didn’t catch any- ticism: of the bridge fishery. I t think that Rob would. be to eon the bridge. sisly. Rob is concemed in his ‘expression, perhaps too elo- Angler, Rob has managed to ts-in Rob’s articles are elitist bout. tlie resource and is eloquent: : : “q “sNo-matter, through the Skeena. polarize anglers, A lot of com- their :. “deffication of the y cettainly enjoy waiching my friends cast flies, bul I can also _apprecidte an accurate 50 yard cast by a -float-fisherman who - didn’t: fish: at all when I first took lot to bring the different types of anglers together. The very nature. of terms such as banky, or even baltfisherman can only serve to : put peopie off. 7 There. is. definitely. something” an oonegative about. the term: n SPOOR Loa chucker and 1 know a lot of people wha don’t consider the use of a roe a substance abuse is- Suc, T have read Rob's articles in American sporting magazines and in fact he can present issues in a clear factual manner. The Skeena Angler shouldn't be a ‘how to catch more fish”’ column. The articles should promote conserving and -improving the resource. This would best be served by drawing together all of the people concemed. And maybe If this could happen Rob Brown could hang out on the bridge, © perhaps - peopie to let same go, I think the bridge in June would ‘be a good place for Rob to spin -}. - his yats...: ©~ ‘Slucerely, Gayton Nabess, » ‘Terrace, B.C + - encouraging . The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 29, 1993 - AS CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD _ The Mail Bag - Aid cuts criticized "An open letter to: Mile Scott, M.P., — Dear Sir: As a member of Development and Peace, I would like to express my grave concerns regarding ‘the recent cutbacks to Canada’: s off- --cial Development Assisiance (ODA) program: Not only has the ODA been cut. by: $4.4 billion. in, the last. five years, Canadian is presently diverting development, aid from the poorest countrics to other countries that would be more. economical- ly viable for Canadian exports, ‘This has occurred despite nid policies ensuring th that alleviation of poverty would be a top priority of any government a aid program. ‘More than one billion people world-wide live in abject poverty, lacking adequate food, clothing, shelter, access, ‘ta: clean: water, health care, and education, ' : Seventy seven per cent, af the world” $ people receive only 20 per cent of its income. Twenty per cont of the world’s péople consume 80 per cent of the world’s: resources and produce: 2 > per: cent of its pollution. Global problems such as depletion of ‘the ozone ‘layer or the destruction of the rainforest! affect us all. Canadians share a com- mon future with the people of the third world. We in Development and Peace urge the new government of Cana- da to lake a stand that reflects Canada’s position i in the world as 2 nation with integrity that priorizes ihe needs of people.” We ask. the federal government to teview its foreign policy (in- volving broad public consultation and participation). and:to improve the Official Development Assistance program lo, ensure: the, needs of all people are met effectively. pee Catherine Volek, Development and Peace, Sacred Heart Perish, Terrace, B.C, School decision backed | Dear Sir: As a parent ] support Frank Hamilton and Stew Christensen’ $s de- . cision to refuse the showing of 2 puppcl show about AIDS i in school without parents being present. The schools are educating our children and $0 WE should have a say in what that education includes, especially when it comes to is- sues that affect the morality and health of our children. ' There is a lot more information available to our, children today, then there was when I was in school, 320 yoars ago, and.yct kids are in more trouble today, I don’t think the issue is more - information. ‘needed (especially sexually explicit material), but it is-teaching teens to take responsi- bility for their actions, waiting with sex until they’re ready to make a lifetime commitment (ie: marriage) and not. deceiving them into thinking that condoms constitute safe sex. Condoms have a failure rate of 15.3 — 36.3 percent i in preventing pregnancy (statistics taken from Family Planning Perspectives 21, May/June 1989, pgs..103and 105). Who knows what the failure rate is in preventing venereal disease, especially. for. viruses that are many times smaller. than sperm, Encouraging condom use, amon teens is lik sayin io our child, “Ton! Ewa Wu ‘Reaaietan “bOL tay | me sift you should try a B, & Eo jusidon't g get efugii VARIO Ou Sincerely, .- NsPenner, '~ Terrace, B.C, ; THE START IS FOR PEOPLE LEARNING. TO READ _The Start Shelter now open THE SHELTER for the homeless is now open. It is located in the 2800 Block of Hall St. and is.in an old home. The shelter is a place for people who do not have a place to live. People can stay there for ashortilme, ~ The idea for.a shelter began a: year ago. It happened, aftet Daisy Wesley died, She died in a downtown vacant lol, ©" - “Last winter people could stay. at the Skcena Health Unit, Then the government said i would pay fot a shelter, The Kean House Society got the contract for the shelter, m IE you need the shelter, you .can -call: the. crisis Lins, Tho phone number is 635-4042. Or you can’ Call’ the: ‘Terrace. Anti Poverty Group Society at 635-4631; The RCMB: will also Help. People can also talk to mental health workers; °° : _ The people In the picture work at-the aheticr, They are Paul Mack- --enzie, Monica Rauter, David” Hairimsque, Leila Baron, Jim ‘Rushle, Ron Young and Roy. Attell. 2