Do you think airline
‘ . safety regulations
: and enforcement
_ are adequate? |

Laurie Smith
(from Langley)
No, because ofall the

accidents they are having.

I'm a little paranoid of
planes — | flew in the day
of the accident on Cana-
dian Airlines. and was dis-
‘embarked at Smithers and
bussed to Terrace.

Rob McVey —
Sure they ~ are
adequate... Safer than —

driving a car.

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Arion Gistason

(from Hazelton)
| have no idea if it is

adequate,

but there

should be an inqulry Into
whether it is. Deregula-
tion may be causing
airitnes to cut corners on
safety. Adequate safety
measures should definite-
ly be mandatory.

’ Bill Harris
“They should sharpen up
on It — apparently some-
thing Is wrong. | haven't
done any studies on nit of
course. |

Bruce Feidiman
| would say yes. They

can only go so far and it »

would catch up —
customers would not fly.

Cory Vesper

. (from Cawston, B.C.) .

| think flying is the -
‘safest way to travel —
there's a fot less traffic up .
«3 there, |

Fred Martens
| think the regulations
are there, but | don’t know
if they are being enforced
adequately. .

Logging carefully

_ To the Editor;

I write this to outline my
thoughts on the proposed log-
ging of the “Inside Passage’’.

The Inside Passage is, geo-

-graphically, one of a kind. It is a
: unique and beautiful feature.
-.; What is done there must be done
‘ after the most. careful considera-
‘| tion and extensive planning, All

of the world sees this passage,
and it will reflect our use and

care of the land to all the world.

There are parts of the passage
that must not be logged, In the
prime marrow. paris of the
passage all lands must be con-
Sidered Park lands (not
necessarily made Park lands)
because of their high recrea-
tional and tourism potential.
These areas should not be log-
ped. . -

Any logging done in other
high-visibility. areas must be
planned by the Parks Branch,
and cut blocks must be designed
by the Parks Branch. The Parks
Branch, of course, has no
foresters, so Outside, profes-
sional, specialty foresters must
be brought in (even from
Sweden or Norway).

The following recommenda-
tions must also be considered:

(1. There must be no logging
of the passage where the cruise-
ferry boats pass within one kil-

: ometer of the shore (the closer a.

logging block is, the more offen-

|. sive it is to look at).

_@. Any clear-cut blocks in
high visual impact areas must be

‘ no larger-'than 40 hectares.

‘3. Clear cut blocks in high
visible..impact areas must. be
separated from other blocks
either by mature timber or sec-
ond growth more than 15 years
old and of an area equal to the
clear cut.

‘(4. Clear cut blocks in high
visual impact areas must be log-
ged by helicopter (helicopter log-
ging gives a different visual im-

Expressions

To the Editor;

We would like to express our
sincere thanks to those who
helped us during the recent loss
of our mother, Lou Reum, We
would especially like to thank
Dr. Strangway and the staff at
Mills Memorial Hospital, name-
ly Pat Wafzig, Elaine Pigeau,
Paul Briggs and Louise

- Thiessen.

Special mention should also

‘pact than conventional logging).
(6. No logging to the ocean®

waterline. —. all blocks” must”

start 60 meters ‘above tide mark.

(6. No slash burning is to be

done.
(7. Planting — high stems per

‘hectare — must be done the first

planting season (spring or fall)

after completion of logging.

These constraints may seem
stringent, but ‘one must
remember that for every moun-
tainside visible from the steam-
boat deck, there is another side
of that mountain that is not visi-
ble, and can be logged.
Historically, the forests of B.C.
have been ‘creamed’; that is, the

easiest’ parts. are logged first, -

then. the next level is taken, and
$0 on. : _

The ‘current Forest Service
plan for logging the passage sup-
ports this ancient ritual. It must
not be allowed to happen.

So, on those parts of the
passage that can be logged, the
first thing that must. be done is
to get the Forest Service out of
the planning process.

Then keep the logging far
away from the cruise-ferry boats
so that distance can mellow the
visual impact. Keep the cut
blocks small and allow for
green-up before cutting adjacent
timber,

This is dedicated to visual im-
pacts from steamboat traffic.
Where there are high usage areas

for small boats, quality hiking

areas and quality hot springs,
other plans will have to be put in
place,
Remember, there is 100 years
to log those parts of the passage.
If there is not that long, the
Forest Service and the industry
have been lying the ultimate lie
with their ‘sustained yield’,
‘third :band timber’, and
‘Forests Forever’.
Les Watmough,
Terrace, B.C..

of thanks

be made to the Social Credit —

Ladies Auxiliary for the wonder-
ful tea they put on after the
funeral, and also Reverend

_Bolstad. and Alfred’s Funeral

Home for their compassion and
kindness.

Marlaine Webber

Barb Pejski

Janice Hustad

_ Diane Binette

| Terrace, B.C.

—Pifer on continued from page 4.

room walls, as did the in-

‘famous David Poole.

They are quick to write to
editors, or to fly to the phones

to defend the allegedly-

charismatic premier on the

_Opet-line shows; and to shout
~ down any suggestion of opposi-
.. tion to The Boss. if Vander
Zalm chooses to say to hell

with all this and to walk

. ahyway (considered unlikely
. by most), alienating this 15 per--

_ cent could cost the Socreds any .
-genetal election,. regardless of.
who gets the chair.

As was stated in this corner

last week, the provincial politi-
cian benefitting the most from.
all this is named... Harcourt.

Parting Thought: Political
professional Jerry Lampert, the
Tory powerbroker who came
into the premier’s office in
April to help clean up Vander
Zalm’s image, or to help to
save Social Credit, might be
very, very close to saying
‘Thanks, but no thanks; I’m

"out of here’. After all, his ade
vice is being ignored by the” "-
.'premier,.and wasn’t that part

of what he was hired fot?

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