o. “ A4 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 4, 2006 ESTABLISHED APRIL 27, 1988 PUBLISHER: ROD LINK | ADDRESS: 3210 Clinton Street Terrace, B. .C. + V8G 5R2 _ TELEPHONE: (250) 638-7283 - FAX: (250) 638-8432 » WEB: www.terracestandard. com EMAIL: newsroom@terracestandard.com Bank goes bust | ac WE ALL knew there was no way the 2010. Win-- ter Olympics organizers would be able‘to stick to their original budget.” — , That’s just how things work in the highly rari-- fied atmosphere of big ticket items. The all-in | price tag now sits at $2.51 billion and climbing, with several years yet to go of problems and infla- ‘tion before the Olympic torch is. lit. It’s left the provincial government, which iS - now on the hook for at least $1.5 billion (more -than double its initial figure) a as the primary host, -trying-to explain all of this. ~~ Some of that job’ has. fallen to Colin Hansen, the -provincial cabinet minister saddled with the “Olympics portfolio. Mr. Hansen is a pretty darn decent guy and not. | given to the verbal excess practised by politicians. Yet even’he was reduced‘ ‘to a indefensible posi- .. tion. The Olympics, he said, is one big commer- ‘cial to showcase the province to the world. But here’ s one clip Mr. Hansen would rather “not see in this most expensive of all commercials — the bare shelves of the Salvation Army’ s food | _ bank here in Terrace. - The Army was forced. to close its food bank | ‘two weeks ago because, there \ wasn t enough left to meet demand. ~ Despite some signs. of an improving econo- | ~my demand hasn’t diminished and, says Salva- - , tion Army: Captain David Moulton, it has even “grown. ° He estimates 450 people a month call. on | the. Salvation :Army’s’ food. bank. And it’s not just : families with children, the Captain adds. It in- | scludes single, people and couples whe don’t have, «children. So-there: goes: the. popular theory that it is only families with children who are in need for the basics that make up a daily diet. By his nature and because of his profession, Captain Moulton isn’t the kind of person who would sound an alarm when unnecessary. . He’s correct in saying that there will always be _ people who need some form of assistance, regard- less of any rising economic tide. But the Captain is also correct in saying social assistance rates haven’t kept up with the basic cost of living. And when that happens, people revert to | organizations ‘such as the Salvation Army. ‘So in this wealthy province we have an awful contradiction. On the. one end, a Winter: Olym- pics cost zooming into the stratosphere ; and on the other, a food bank with no food. | - The province, which means the average taxpay- - er, will keep on writing cheques while keeping the good- -times public relations machine in high gear. | . And in his: office, Captain Moulton will be - phoning. schools to see if students will conduct . food drives. PUBLISHER/EDITOR: - Rod Link “ADVERTISING MANAGER: Brian Lindenbach ‘’ PRODUCTION MANAGER: Edouard Credgeur NEWS: Sarah A. Zimmerman COMMUNITY: Dustin Quezada | « so . NEWS/SPORTS: Margaret Speirs FRONT OFFICE: Darlene Keeping, Carolyn Anderson © CIRCULATION SUPERVISOR: Alanna Bentham ADVERTISING CONSULTANTS: | Bert Husband, Todd Holkestad: AD ASSISTANT: Sandra Stefanik PRODUCTION: Susan Credgeur SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY MAIL: ‘ $57.94 (+$4.06 GST)=62.00 per year; ~ Seniors $50.98 (+$3.57 GST)=54.55; Out of Province $65.17 (+$4.56 GST)=69.73 Quiside of Canada (6 months) $156.91(+10.98 GST)=167.89 ¢ cna Community Newsrarans Redecsh Ce. “Prcctss Calwmble and Veboo Serving the Terrace and Thornhill area. Published on Wednesday of each week at 3210 Clinton Street, Terrace, British Columbia, V8G 5R2. . @ @ Black Press Stories, photographs, illustrations, designs and typestyles in the Terrace Standard are the property of the copy: right holders, including Black Press Ltd., its illustration repro services and advertising agencies. Reproduction in whole or in part, without written permission, is specifically prohibited. Authorized as second-class mail pending the Post Office Department, for payment of postage in cash. uw 7005 WINNER CCNA BETTER NEWSPAPERS COMPETITION MEMBER OF ; B.C, AND YUKON COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION, : CANADIAN COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION : “AND B. c. PRESS COUNCIL (www.bcpresscouncll.org) Special thanks to all our contributors and correspondenis for their time and talents _ wrinkle powered,” - a WELL Sure, INITIALLY THERE | was THE: “THREAT ‘OF A GUNMAN... 4A BUT “THAT WAS \ NOTHING COMPARED 1 “To THOUSANDS OF — Tee WHO - WANTED To. AN. EXPLANAT "ON OF THE DANGEROUS. CONDITIONS o “Tua RESULTED in WE BORDER GUARDS’ WORK REFUSAL. | Fishermen are 2 getting a b bad rap “1 TAKE. exception to Rob Brown’ s. Skeena Angler. -col- umn in the Sept..20 issue in .. which he blames commercial .. fishermen for all of the prob- lems to do with fish conserva- ~ tion. I know of Rob and read his column all of the.time. . Like Rob, I enjoy ‘recre- _ational fishing and enjoy his columns on that subject. But — “he is way off base whenever - he talks about blaming the . * commercial fishery. . ‘In that Sept. 20 columns — Rob blames the commercial . - fishery for the lack of fish in — _ the Kitwanga River. “But Rob should know that this. took place 33 years ago when the Kitwancool Lake area was logged. It was no surprise that fish . ,habitat.was:damaged because -when the area was logged, sediment grew in the lake and harmed the sockeye popula- tion. They simply had no place to spawn. Since then there have been a number of measures to correct that. One is being undertaken by the Gitxsan of the area and by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). _ This involved putting in gravel and washing the gravel ~ tO create spawning beds for the sockeye. Since then the . sockeye population has been on the build. . and Allied Workers’ -(UFAWU).' and the. Native’ ’ Brotherhood of British Colum- _ ‘RUSTY DOANE And, the United Fishermen _ Union bia have had meetings with the - people at Kitwanga. They’ ve asked them to take their food: fish. from above the : . Kitwanga River. fanart ne What they are doing i is fish- ing the Babine River system for their food fish and not the Kitwanga fish. oe That means they don’t inter- cept the Kitwanga fish, giving them a better chance of surviv- ing and spawning in order to increase that population. Rob also mentioned the Morice and Nanika river sys- ‘ tems as other areas affected by commercial fishermen. But he should know that the UFAWU and the Brotherhood have taken their own measures in this regard. -By ourselves, and without > any prompting from anybody, we've provided food fish from’ ~ our own catch each year to the Moricetown people. For four years this has been 8 ,000 fish a year.and this year . it was 5,000 fish. This comes right off our, boats and not everybody agrees. with this but this is what we have done. - _By doing this, the Morice- ~ town people don’t food fish on the Nanika system. And that gives those fish a better chance’ of surviving and growing. : Whenever I read Rob’s‘col- © umns onthe subject of com-— mercial fishermen, it’s as if they were written 30. years ago. Much has happened and . mon ground so we can tackle some major issues. For example, I’m sure com- » mercial fishermen and anglers such as Rob both agree on the ‘damage done by that $100,000 - coho derby just finished in Prince Rupert, _ In a derby people fish for weight. That means they’ll throw back fish they don’t think are large enough. But just think of the damage done to the fish in the process of handling it in. order to get the. weight. ‘That kind of handling | can _harm the fish by Shocking it to the point in won’t survive. And I’m sure Rob knows _ this but it will be of .interest to others to know that we, ‘the -, . commercial fishermen, haven’t had a sockeye opening on the river for two years. And perhaps Rob doesn’t know this. but commercial - fishermen such as.myself have spent thousands ‘of. dollars to put special boxes on our... boats.. we will place a coho we catch. water goes in and then. goes out. These are boxes in “which oP ‘Through a’ series of pumps, . Whenever a fish is healthy , enough to release, I open up a door and the fish goes back into the river. There’s no hu- ‘cHanged’since then‘and we fad ‘man ‘Handling of thaccfisher! ‘better start finding some-com-': ~ When 'the bulk-of the stéél- head were passing and when that shows up at the Tyee test . fishery, the DFO closes the river down. . That’s another example of the kinds of measures that af- fect commercial fishermen in the goal of conservation. I can’t help but thinking that Rob is years behind in his thinking and writing. ,1 encourage Rob to work with us On mutual issues. And Pll start by welcoming Rob on my boat to see how a well- managed fishery operates. purple shirts. have added a rying to buy the latest’ styles. The guys chose an area that re-. quires maximum expenditure to comply with. _ For years to meet the lat- est look women have tweezed their eyebrows often to bare . skin, opting to pencil in a fake "eyebrow. . Well, now these fashion. |. followers are caught in a di- - Jemma. Milan and New York have decreed . this season’s sturdier dress designs call for. a bushy Brooke Shields- style eyebrow. » “Strong eyebrows you look intelligent and. em- ‘declares James Kaliardos, a makeup artist in ’ Paris and New York. French Vogue magazine speaks of a “dense and proud brow.” So what did they call the severely plucked or painted- on eyebrow? How did fashion flummox women into tweez- . ing out most of the eyebrow _they were born with? Pat McGrath, a makeup art- ist for Max Factor and Cover- Girl, tries for “a natural arch that extends out and ends in a beautiful point.” Achieving in. the fall fashion - } picture to send women scur- make ; | THROUGH BIFOCALS | | CLAUDETTE SANDECK] the furry, “sauvage’ - eyebrow from a bare beginning is ex- pensive, tedious, and guaran- . teed to strain the credit card. - Ms. McGrath suggests an appointment with a profes- sional eyebrow groomer. If the groomer you choose has a shop five provinces away, all the better. You’ll be right up there with the Hollywood crowd who can afford to fly regularly to the opposite shore to. have their eyebrows shaped. Two methods of eyebrow makeover are available: eye- brow extension, or brow pros- thetics. The. eyebrow’ extension treats very sparse brows. A tiny fiber is glued onto each ‘shades. This requires magnifying. existing hair. keen eyesight, _ glasses, and a steady hand. But be warned this process costs $75 to $250, can take 45 | minutes to two hours, and the false eyebrow effect lasts two weeks. In the brow prosthetics, itsy-bitsy hairpieces are craft- ed in 20 different shapes and This method helps women whose brows have been overly thinned. (This column lacks space to describe this procedure). As with everything, ‘good judgment counts. Ms. Cosio, an eyebrow stylist at the Salon by Maxime in Beverly Hills “says, “If you have wild, thick, dense hair, a thicker brow can make you look heavy, harsh and mad.” So right away you have to pick between an eyebrow that signals you are intelligent and empowered, or ‘an eye- - brow that hints you are mad. Some choice. Ms. Cosio warns against a Eugene Levy over- abundance. For the do-it-yourselfer who wants to create fuller brows at home, Ms. McGrath sug- gests drawing over the strag- gly hairs you want to remove The will really raise your eyebrows THE GUYS in ‘the pink and » with a white eyeliner pencil to guarantee that the placement is right before tweezing them. Next, to create fullness, use a brow pencil or brow powder two shades lighter than your natural eyebrow color to fillin — between the hairs. The brow’. should look blended rather than drawn on, she says. Finally, use clear mascara or eyebrow gel to fluff hairs -- push them up so they are al-. most vertical -- and then brush them back down, fixing them into shape. When Mom comes ‘home , from some posh salon pre- ceded by her $250 eyebrow makeover she won't want - Baby grasping at it, or anyone else coming near her fashion investment. She probably sleeps on ‘her back to protect the tenuous life of her thicker brows, and pulls a bank robber’s nylon stocking over her head before she slips on a turtleneck sweater. . The money women spend on fashion has always stunned me. Recently when airports tightened carry-on rules, woman in the x-ray lineup - dumped $80 of cosmetics into the trash. I’ve spent $80 on books, but never on cosmetics. one ~