Ad - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 24, 2000 ESTABLISHED APRIL 27, 1988 ADDRESS: 3210 Clinton Street Terrace, B.C. » V8G 5R2 TELEPHONE: (250) 638-7283 * FAX: (250) 638-8432 TERRACE PUBLISHER: ROD LINK EMAIL: standard@kermode.net Road to riches THE TALE of human settlement in the north is best told in the context of the routes developed to move goods and services. From the aboriginal grease trails, so named for the protein-rich renderings of the oolichan, to the asphalt ribbon of Highway 16, humans have de- - pended on transportation corridors to thrive. And for as many roads you drive on today, there are mountains of studies locked away in dusty storage rooms for the ones that failed. The latest such plan is not the newest, but it of- fers the tantalizing prospect of development’ which will solidify Terrace’s role as the regional economic engine for the northwest. The idea is to punch a road through the wilder- ness northeast of here to connect to the mineral- rich area which now contains the Kemess gold and copper mine. Along the way, this road would open up forestry, tourism and other possibilities. — What makes the road viable for the Kemess mine is that instead of having to truck the ore east and then south through Prince George, it could be ' hauled a much shorter distance west to tidewater | at Stewart. | What makes this road politically tricky is that timber now tagged for Prince George-area mills would be more easily and economically trucked” io northwestern ones. So one area’s loss would be another’s gain. . This scenario was played out just over a decade. ago when the former Socred government gave the nod to the Prince George area. That was then and this is now. There’s a simple adage to be followed here — the shortest distance . between two points is 4 straight line. In this situa2*~ tion, that straight line invariably leads to this area. Simple economics dictates that development capital will always be applied where costs are lower and opportunities are greatest. More importantly, the road idea has the backing of regional politicians and aboriginal groups. Such a coalition of interests, when combined with economic feasibility, gives the plan a a solid foun- dation for success. * One idea THERE HAS to be a compromise between the city prohibiting above-ground flowers and other ornaments at the cemetery and those who wish to remember and honour the deceased. One solution could be for the city to set aside a section of the cemetery for a garden memorial. , People could plant flowers and shrubs. If people wanted to leave cut flowers, they could do so with the understanding that after a certain period of time, they would be removed. As for maintenance worries, those who have the desire to plant flowers in memory of their loved ones will also return to look after them. we PUBLISHER/EDITOR: Rod Link ADVERTISING MANAGER: Brian Lindenbach PRODUCTION MANAGER: Edouard Credgeur NEWS Jeff Nagel * NEWS/SPORTS: Christiana Wiens NEWS/COMMUNITY: Alex Hamilton FRONT OFFICE: Darlene Keeping ' CIRCULATION SUPERVISOR: Carole Kirkaldy ADVERTISING CONSULTANTS: Sam Bedford, Mark Beaupre & Stacy Swetlikoff TELEMARKETER: Stacy Swetlikotf ~ DARKROOM/COMPOSING: Susan Credgeur AD ASSISTANT: Kulwant Kandola SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY MAIL: $54. 88(+$3. 85GST) per year: Seniors $48.62 (+$3.40GST); Out of Province $61.69 (+$4.32GST) Outside of Canada (6 months) $151.60 (+$10.61GST) ” MEMBER OF B.C, AND YUKON COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION, CANADIAN COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION AND B.C, PRESS COUNCIL 1998 WINNER R NEWSPAPERS COMPETITION Serving the Terrace and Thomhill area, Published on Wadnesday ol each week at 3210 Clinton Street, Terracé, British Columbia, V8G 5A2, Stores, photographs, Itiustralions, designs and typastyles in the Terace Standard are tha property of the copyright haldars, Inciuding Cariboo Pross (1969) Ltd, Its Wustration fepro services and advertising agencias. Roproduaton Ini whole oF In par, without written permission, is specifically prohibited. Authorized as second-class mail panding the Pos! Offica Dapartment, lor payment of postage in cash. Special thanks to all our contributors and correspondents for their time and talents _ BLOCKING A SLAPSHOT ~ AND YOU.P®.. CAUGHT A HIGH STICK... VICTORIA — What will Bril- ish Cotumbia's forest industry look like 100 years from now? That's what the Association of British Columbia Profes- sional Foresters would dearly like to know. So it asked a number of people to take a stab at prognosticating. The results were published in the latest issue of Forum, a quar- terly published by the associa- tion. Most predictions are opti- mistic. Garry Merkel, a mem- ber of the Tahltan Nation with 28 years of experience in most aspects of forestry, believes that in 100 years we will final- ly have learned to understand how the land functions and be able to really practice sustain- able forestry. “This is five to sevengen- eh tie ~epatidns’ from “naw. the “time” frame that traditionalist abori- ginal teachers instruct us to think in,” Merkel says. “It takes five generations to move past the anger and taste of blood from war. It takes seven generations for a society to move from an idea through the awareness, understanding, connection, commitment and covenant stages to achieve a stale of being.” There is no doubt in his mind that society will strive for greater and greater levels of sustainability, partly be- FROM THE CAPITAL HUBERT BEYER cause we believe in the idea and partly because we have no alternative. Hamish Kimmins doesn't commit himself, saying that a century from now, forestry could be either a dream or a -fightmare. Kimmins, PhD, has fy