“ = pai As they. set" “out. to do this, a.
7 election: was ‘called. arid ‘everything: was, Sul: on a

a ‘of.a's all community ‘that refused: tobe:

_ROB BROWN _

-Garlon Redux 3:

‘bombed - before :a full house: .in. Ter:

thar the show: would’ go. ow: anyway.

; na. "Protection. ‘Coalition,.
*, ” Earl and-Renee’ had ‘ippeated, more than i
“few: permits.at’ that: point, ee! ‘ °

: ‘game. land.

; ‘spraying ‘was experimental.) =:
Even: though’ the’ appeal’ had’ been uASUC=

. Poisons. learned, trumps the, BAB. ;

surprisingly ‘easy. :
"The: Steelhead Society. ar BC,

or -tio .

: cide Frée Northwest. °

“0. Thé “NDP ‘was strong in ‘the ‘North’ then. r
* Frank: Howard, cour MLA: and:our MP Jim: Fulton A

* Weighed i in-against the- Garldn: trials.

sition: grew, - like..a: ‘pesticide resistant: weed:
. Soon. ‘there’ Were: petitions “from union offices,
vorkers, teachers: and First: ‘Nations:

yo ‘And’ there. were protests, We: made: placards A
~ and marched in front: of-the-offices of the local. |:
; “Ministry of Forests while shady: lodking, ‘chiirac-.
<-> ters.took our pictures’ from‘ cars: barked: in, the
:. «| / Mall parking lot across'the. street. we 2
| joined - the Kitsumkalum- homemakers for: }-
“ an inforniation picket | line on- Highway-. 16 néar, |
“Kasiks and the: Salvus. Slough, one: of. the. .pro-: |.
oe le postd test’ sites,: where: CBC TY, CBC Radio, -
“| and: BCTV. interviewed: ‘me: And: we defied: the |”.
slaw by: camping on ‘some; ‘of, the islands when ‘

the’ ‘spraying was: imminent: -

begin. posters, ‘bearing: a-skull:‘and-crossboneés:

“1. and: urging: readers to STOP THE SPRAYING:

OF GARLON’ “ESTER IN-THE-SKEENA VAL-

~TCEY and ENVIRONMENTAL ‘SUICIDE: ap. ']"
on “peared on ‘telephone: ‘poles: all over. town. Tt was /f-

a one-of:many: spontaneous - cts by: people, of all

political “inclinations. moved. by a need fo. fend :

of the poisoning of the earth,

“| Fine Nations’ trapper: ‘Russell
” el vine ‘stayed on the ground.

Oo. When-the' injunction: was. lifted, ‘the: sJawyers:
* guecdssfully took: Russell's: dise* to. the: BC.

| -Couit: prompting Jake Epp, ther Minister’ of Na~

‘tional. Health -and: Welfare, “to. kill ‘the’ trials.
| thereby.-keeping. Garlon out of. Canadian, forests
he. Ministry of.

and dealing. a serious: setback’ td
. Fore ‘herbicide carnpaign..
“aT

f summer 1 look’

| ‘growing.naturally,’as:2:monument to the, resolve

nl macke it to ‘the’ Fina

eee 4 foie DP game ‘against - ‘defending
ae wn ee Aes “champions Lambrick. Park.
rn ae ee a the: visiting: Vietoria

+ dt'the end: “ak “the: first’ ral: .

with: the: ‘Sarting lineup: ‘on

ares Federal Pest “Management: Insti ae
-the field.

etute. ‘and’ the. Ministry. of: ‘Forests had”

_ race, || but they'd: decided before hand ho "12 Cal laysts “were
ae ./ pumped: fi i
‘ Renee ¢ Mickaloff and-Earl: Hamilton scranibled halt.
-[) to‘appeal the: spraying . permit before the Envir- |

. onmental Appeal Board . oi: behalf of The ‘Skee ;

“on the bench yelled across.

- L their fourth ‘goal a : “few,
o> Except 4 for acase: whe € ‘the: proposed sprays:

“ing. was’ to. take: ‘place just upstream: ofa. fami-- |:
y's.-water: intake,: they'd: lost: all. of: them: Their: '
rguments-had ‘merit: and :-were well researched,:
tthe gentlemen: of the EAB were constrained:
= by’ a mandate. that: directed” them to deal: with |
the information on the pesticide label; thus, ‘if.
“the pesticide ‘had’ been’ approved | for. spraying: ine
~thé woods: by” the government agencies: in: the |

US and Canada," its use in “such a’ site“ was" per-“],
~missable provided. peo le’ weren’ Ae living on- ‘the.

“bench, player: Tanya Alton
“said, *
: crowd.

With ‘Garlon the. appellants ‘thought’ they.
| had: a’strong case, after all, its label specifically:

indicated the chemical was‘not.to be used on or:
near fish- -bearing water. bodies. The. panel ‘denied:
‘| the. appeal: on.“ the: grounds - that the Planned,

“eessfal, the Fisheries. Actas the: proponents oF

: Ti the. interim, ‘public. position had’ grows :
: Solidified:’ When. another’. appeal" ‘by the P-.
-Skeetia: Protection Coalition: failed there was.
“nothing to do: ‘bul ‘oalesee, and calescing Was

the Nisga’ a
Tribal. Council, the -Skeena Protection “Coali- -
n, the: ‘Kitsumkaluni: Band, and the. Trappers’ me be

” Association: “united: ‘as the Coalition for. a Pest.

-» Renee and. I ‘petitioned the: Regional Dis:
trict ‘and the Terrace Council, The. former wrote “f°
| the: Provincial: Environment - ‘minister, Austin:
‘Pelton, complaining: ‘that’ neither his ‘tninistry: nor ~
“Fed fish,.both of: them: - Opposed. to-the Garlon™
trials, were. being. heard ‘on. the issue.: The oppo--

few: “days before. the “ sprayinig: ‘was’ i

- By MARGARETSPEIRS -

CALEDONIA. PLAYED

their, hearts out‘at the High...
“sy School Girls “AA- Soécer ~
quite:

+

‘Provincials ‘butedidn’

Is" last.

-« Coach, Duncan Stewart

‘With: a) ‘group. “Shant:

“Let's go’blue,”. players

the field” <
~ Lambrick. Park: scored

Sup: “about: “five soe oes PAE
“but. both” “attempts missed -

“Faking. a “break: on” “the:

“T.jcatr. -hear,the’

“1 can hear them:
ay ‘get it, get it? ‘and tT m’
like ‘yeah.
» About : 15 ‘minutes into °
the second half, Lambrick ;

Aefensively. against last

Se s: rome Haney, by :

; their ‘defense and Bi at °
of shots on geal,’ "he ‘Said. °

. . ; The Terrace Standerel, Wednesday, June 9

7, 2004 - BS

RRACE STANDARD

“Park scored’ their: fifi, and
“final goul, :

* The final score was 5- 0.
“Stewart ’ said,. the. team
played. hard, and played

year's champions. Leos
m quite: pleased with

ats they. a
2 tied hard. -
istle. That's:

“ho, Maple:

& A CALEDONIA A player | tries to Keep | ihe ball from. a Westsyde player: during their, final.
“game at the High School Gitls AA, Soccer Provincials. MARGARET SPEIRS; PHOTO ° :

“seored: ‘Caledénia's one
‘goal: towards. the: end of the
second half,

“Praticante ; A previous shot on goal

‘Leanne™

bouicéd. oft ‘the: edge. of.
“the: goal post about five. :
“minutes before, Praticante -
“scored,

“That: afternoon ”
“hia: ‘gst 4. I
burst. “

to Brockle- :

‘Continued Page Bit

ue:

“The day. the: helicopters: were “due o lift off ;
“athe’ courts . granted: a. temporary: ‘injunction to:
lawyers for West Coast Environmental-Law who: |
were. ‘representing. the. Kitsumkalum: ‘Band. ands f-
‘Bolton. The: mae:

as twenty years-ago. I ‘ski the Skeena:. Ra
. ‘Islands n: winter. I: still’ take ‘my: fly rod. and. J"

catch ‘salmon. along’, ‘the “beaches ‘there: in-the' |.
“those. unsprayed:. islands,"

“By A MARGARET SPEIRS

THE MACCARTHY. GM WESCAR.. 1 vita
“tional ‘roared into action on May 30 with: lots
” of fervour and bizarre accidents.’
The 100- -lap event was won by Lee Thomas.
“from: Fort. St, Johny: ‘followed: by
- Peter Ernst | in second ier and thi

"s sponser, ‘won ‘one: “of his. company's
the WESCAR: heat rage,

aes

os _ gar’ ‘wasn't tbe et Fe
wert’ on to’ ‘win the. WESCAR trophy: dash.

The: éombined Thuinder and Hit To Pass: Sas ‘
hy dash and: Thunder. and -Hit-To-Pass heat. -
race. nee ae ‘Sean. Walsh in the: ree