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B12 Terrace Review — Wednesday, January 17, 1990 —

Who Sees :

Stu Hubbard? ~

' Stu Hubbard is celebrating his.

"third anniversary -as_ head. of

STU HUSBARD: Trust, respect and fellowship lead to a very good working

relationship.

“l can get cocaine at Skeena...”’

Parents learn about
local drug trade

“There isn’t anything about
drugs that 1 won’t talk about.”

by Stephanie Wiebe

Constable Doug Martin open-
ed the Clarence Michiel Parent
Advistory Committee meeting
with that statement last Thurs-
day, Jan. 11. ‘Ill be frank. If
you don’t like some of answers,
I apologize, but I will give you a

_ Straight answer.’’

Cst. Martin is the Terrace
RCMP Drug Squad Liaison. “I
will tell you what’s going on in
this town,’’ he promised, and an

' open discussion about drugs,

their availability and usage in
‘Terrace began.

“Terrace is a hub community,
business and social center, so the
majority of drug conspiracies (in
this region): come out of
Terrace:’””> The RCMP man-
power available for drug polic-
ing is limited, determined by
funding which is mainly federal.
But the demand for policing is
strong in Terrace.

The parent group was told

that children are aware of drugs
at an early age. “‘In elementary
school there is some exposure to
drugs. You watch TV and see an
egg fried every two minutes,”’ he
said, referring to a well known

anti-drug advertisement. ‘It’s

better to have it wide open, talk
about it freely. Put it on the
table, hash it out.”

Currently in Terrace, the most
commonly available drugs are
marijuana, hashish and cocaine.
‘*]. don’t like the amount of co-
caine in this town,’” Martin said.
‘scan get cocaine at Skeena
(school)? he said. Cocaine is
easy to get, sold at $200 per

gram (about the weight of a
_. dime), and: the dealers are cut-
' ting it. into 4 and ‘A gram

- weights ‘so the kids can afford
ot it?” A common route for co-
caine ‘is. from the dealer to a

she oy

buyer, the buyer then brings it to
a party where it’s laid out on a
table in lines and then offered to
kids at a jow price per line, or
even free ‘‘just for a try’. Co-
caine is so addictive, says Con-
stable Martin, that.a study in the

U.S. determined ‘‘that there are.

only two releases from coke —
death or never take it’’. Cocaine
is usually kept in a small square
shiny paper ‘‘envelope’’, is diced
up with razor blades, put in lines

on a mirror, then snorted with a.

rolled dollar bill for an instant
**high’”’. Because of this instant
effect, Martin calls it ‘‘a pig
drug’’. Cocaine is often cut with
something to stretch out the sup-
ply — ‘‘caffeine, sucrose,
Drano, whatever’s handy’’.

- Crack, refined cocaine, is not
as commonly used in this area.
**Crack
There’s a bit in Vancouver, but
it’s not major.’’ Beginning in
Korea, its popularity invaded

Japan, and then Hawaii, but.
“there’s not too much in the

mainland.’’ Ice-is a chemical

drug, inexpensive and. strong.

One ingestion of ice will produce
a 24-hour high. Constable Mar-
tin says, “If you're into ice,

you're finished.”

A marijuana joint can be pur-

chased in Terrace for $2.50, not .

unaffordable to an average kid.
“You can... buy a pound -of
dope, divide in-down to the joint
level, and triple your income.”
The kids know where to get it, if
they’re looking — or even if
they’re not. Marijuana is some-
times considered a ‘‘soft’’ drug,
not thought of as dangerous or
addicting. But the ‘‘high’’ is ad-
dicting, and often leads to
stgronger, ‘‘harder” drugs.
Martin spoke of a person in Ter-
race who had followed this road
to a cocaine addiction.

What can parents do to guide
their children away from drug
abuse? ‘Be aware, be conscious,

evasiveness.
-something’s wrong — you can’t

isn’t big here yet..

keep talking to your child.’ If
you suspect your child may be
involved with drugs, Constable
Martin even. advises discreetly
looking through your child’s
possessions. Watch for the
signs: red eyes, drug parapha-
nalia, an extreme appetite late at
night, sleeping in a lot, acting
drunk with no alcohol odor, and
“don’t want to look at you”
‘‘Moms know

fool a mother.”’

The Mental Health Centre has
videos about drug abuse. All the
schools in School District #88
have a set of three videos for stu-
dents, supplied by the RCMP,

explaining the effects of drug:

usage. These films, collectively
titled ‘‘The Open Flame”, are
put out by the Canadian Police
Chiefs’. Association in conjunc-

tion .with Parents Against

Drugs. ‘‘The Open Flame”’ com-

.pared drug use to putting your ©

hand in an open flame; ‘“‘you
may not feel the pain at first...’
Tt. features’ ‘kids dramatizing
situations regarding drug usage,
and tells the viewer ‘‘these
stories are based on truth’’,

_ Martin maintains, ‘‘There’s

- 0 many people who will help

your child — teachers, clergy,’
friends, but you can’t babysit
that child every minute. He has

to learn to make his own deci-:

sions.’? The key to helping those

_ decisions is communication. Ask

questions and listen to the an-
swers.. Talk about. drugs, admit
you don’t know: what’s out
there, try to understand.

There are signs of current
drug education getting through

to our kids. ‘‘Maybe the TV. .

messages are getting through,
even the frying egg, maybe.”’

But communication is vital. Ask
your child what's going on in his-
school. As Martin says, ‘Try to

stay with him, not against him.”

municipal works in Kitsum-

| kalum Village, just west of Ter-

race. Prior to taking the job with

’Kitsumkalum Band, Stu worked

in engineering for the Depart-
‘ment of Indian Affairs for just .
under 20 years.

by Betty Barton

" With Indian Affairs, he work-

ed as maintenance supervisor,

construction supervisor and

‘head of municipal works in

Kamloops, Merritt, Williams

- Lake, Chase, Bella Coola and -

the Terrace district. Stu is a jack
of all trades and master of
many. He’s mechanically mind-

- ed, has plumbing, electrical and
and he’s

carpentry skills.
especially good with people. For
10 years,
engineering department of this
district by himself, looking after
diesel power plants in com-
munities without hydro connec-
tions, maintaining teacherages,
putting in or upgrading water

and sewer systems and main- .

tenance work.

One of the highlights of Stu’s
time in Terrace was teaching
three successful maintenance
construction courses at North-
west Community College.

Since his retirement from In-
dian Affairs in 1985, Stu has
continued. doing the work he
loves. He is presently overseeing

phases two and three of a hous- .

ing subdivision at Kitsumkalum,
he recently completed a project
to link Kitsumkalum’s sewer sys-
tem with that of the City of Ter-
race, and he will assist Pacific

Northern Gas to complete their -
gas line link-up to Kitsumkalum —

Village. Kitsumkalum Band

members provide the basic labor -

force for these projects.

At Kitsumkalum, Stu is -re-
sponsible directly to Chief
Councillor Cliff Bolton. He ad-
vises and works closely: with
Cliff and the council. He is in
charge of sewer, water, roads
and building maintenance. He |
recently took over responsibility .
for the 47. homes on the reserve.
He does fire training and co-
ordinates. village fire protection
with * Kitsumkalum'’s volunteer
fire department,

Stu had worked: with Cliff
Bolton, between 1968 and 1985,
when Stu was with Indian Af-
fairs and Cliff was an active
member of Kitsumkalum Vil-
lage. Cliff became chief coun-
cillor. in 1981. As. soon.as he

heard:-of Stu’s retirement, he ap-

proached -him with an offer to
head municipal works: at Kit-
sumkalum. Says Stu, “I find my
past experience with the Federal

. Government (DIA) an asset to

‘tion of trust,

Stu handled the

carry out my responsibilities in
My present position. with Kit-
sumkalum Band. And, needless
to say, I use it wherever possible —
to the Band’s benefit.”

Stu, who reached age 69 on -
Christmas Day 1989, jumped. at.
the chance to work for Kitsum-

-kalum. He knew-he was too

young and active to retire. He
proudly states, ‘‘The combina-
respect - and
fellowship between the village
residents and myself lead to a
very good working relation-
ship.”’

Stu and his wife Muriel take :
-part in village activities. Muriel
and Stu met in Williams Lake,
‘where she grew up. Their ‘son
Garnet is. head cook. at ‘the

-Golden Flame ‘Restaurant.

Daughter Beverley, her husband
and their two children live in
Terrace as well,

Stu was born in Revelstoke i in
1920 to English parents. He
began his schooling at age seven |

‘in Three Mile, just 12 miles out

of Revelstoke. He and his
brother Ernie boarded with
teacher Mrs. Abercrombie and
her husband. Mrs. Abercrombie
began her teaching career in
1924. in Three Mile. When Stu

‘and Muriel took their camper

holiday in Sicamous and

Revelstoke last summer, Stu was

thrilled to find out that Mrs.
Abercrombie was still alive —
and that she’d written a book.
The book .is a pictorial and
personal account of life in
Sicamous and area during. Mrs.
Abercrombie’s . days there.
When Stu heard about the book,
he just had to. have'a copy of it.
An old friend at the Sicamous
post office gave him Mrs. Aber-
crombie’s address in North Van-
couver. On Boxing Day, he

‘called her. She was just as

pleased to hear from him as he
was to talk to her. They had a
long chat and Mrs. Abercrombie
offered to send him one of the
‘last copies of the 1,500 she had
printed’ of: **Sicamous . and 3.
: Valley. Gap’’.. Four .days ater,’
Stu had his book. There is men-
. tion of his family throughout the —
: book, and even a few photo-

graphs, including one of Stu

Hubbard and his classmates.

Stu hopes to return to Revel-

stoke and Sicamous again this

‘summer to renew acquaintance
with old air force.and army bud-
dies from World War II and to
investigate further the many.
anecdotes in Mrs; Abercrom- -
bie’s book. Stu and Muriel are
happy in ‘Terrace, though, and .
have ‘no plans to move away.
‘*Terrace.is a good place to live,
We know the ropes and we have
good friends and family here.”’

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