Dedication makes the difference Events which are successfully launched often de- pend on the efforts of volunteers who coordinate a variety of activities so that smooth operations work to the benefit of all participants involved. Promoting a concept can initiate positive effects far beyond the organizers’ stage. The 1987 Northern British Columbia Winter Games is one such event that will provide planners and participants, from throughout the north, with an opportunity to get to know one another under a variety of circumstances. Qualifiers are given a chance to test their abilities in a competitive arena and promoters of the event may pursue ultimate goals in the successful execution of the games. , The Northern B.C. Winter Games. amalgamate northern residents within a bond of spirited ideals that demand quality of performance and cooperation on the part of all those involved. The games benefit northwest residents in a variety of ways. Not to be forgotten, however, are those individuals who are currently working at setting up the games Feb. 5, 6,7 and 8 in the Stuart-Nechako area, Fraser Lake, Fort St. James and Vanderhoof. . Regional playdowns have been conducted and registrations taken for individuals and groups who are interested in participating in the games. An instrumental figure providing information to area residents is Flip Cervo, regional director for - Kitimat-Stikine, with regard to the Northern B.C. Winter games promotion. Cervo, Terrace resident, has been busy communicating details to competitors in the region so they can register and participate in the games. . Cervo was a key figure in getting indoor soccer for senior ladies on the roster of sports activities for the 1987 winter games agenda. Last year there was no category for women’s indoor soccer at the games in Smithers. . a The turn of events this year is due primarily to the efforts extended by Cervo and has given women athletes in the area a new winter challenge to work towards. . Co-director for Kitimat-Stikine, Eleanor Kendall, is also to be commended for her efforts on. the organizational roster for the games. A thank you to Flip Cervo and all the other volunteers whose efforts rebound with positive effect far beyond the organizational stage. M.S.B. Letters to the editor will be considered for publication only when signed. Please include your phone number. The editor reserves the right to condanse and edit letters. Opinions exprassed are not necessarily those of the Terrace Review, Terrace Letter Review Established May 1, 1985 The Terrace Review is published each Wednesday by Close-Up Business Services Lid. To the editor, I have some serious con- cerns about the ‘‘Social ‘ih wires Ties: (mn ( yy eB e Vee ps Z = # ie ys 3 ey 2 A ss 4 4 CA HO “S 4 Es a Y ze We oe zs 2 A (pss AE MON Ae nr Hine Wall: “THE US.COMMERCE DEPT SINS TTS OK FOR USTO TAKE A CHEQUE. BUTTHEY | WANT TO SEE THREE | J IL PEDES OF 1D SPMD PAY [= PADUA" thereat gg 7 ELE ae Lumber deal bodes well for future of our forests The Canadian lumber industry’s response to the 11th hour settlement’ of the bitter U.S./Canada lumber dispute couldn’t have been more pathetic. The agreement is disastrous for our lumber industry, turning it into ‘‘an industrial paraplegic,”’ said a spokesman in the timber business. ; And who, I’d like to ask, would have been the . paraplegic if the negotiations had failed, and the U.S. Commerce Department had decided to uphold the tem- porary 15-percent tariff on Canadian lumber exports entering the United States. Canadian and U.S. negotiators reached the agree- ment after a 30-hour marathon session, with only a few hours to go to the midnight deadline by which the U.S. Commerce Department was to rule on whether to up- hold, reverse or alter the preliminary 15-percent penalty duty on Canadian lumber. The dispute had erupted as a result of claims by the U.S. lumber industry that the fees charged by the pro- vinces to harvest timber are so low, they constitute an unfair subsidy under U.S. trade law. . A ruling against Canada would have bled this country of a staggering $600 million a year,-provided the Com- merce Department didn’t increase the punitive tariff to Men have alternatives Publisher: : : Mark Twyford by Terrace resident David Editor: Moore in the Dec. 29 issue ne Barbour of the Northwest Star, aff Reporter: ; ; . -“Vichael Kelly _ His comments in rela Advertising Saies: tion to espousal abuse . dean-Lue Roy cannot go unchallenged. _ 635-7840 Mr. Moore appears to - Production: be pleading for the rights ania of men who have every Carrie Olson right to beat their wives to Accounting: a pulp because they are Mar] Twyford ‘*nagged’’. May I remind Second-class mail ragistration No, 6896. Reproduction of this paper or any por- tion therso! is prohibited without per- mission of the pubiteher. 4535 Greig Avenue, - “you, Comment” article written Mr. Moore, that nothing gives a man licence to beat his wife/spouse — nothing! Although I have sym- pathy for a man who was Terrace, ‘B.C. raised in an abusive situa- V8G 1M7 tion who has only those Phone: 635-7840 memories to guide him through a relationship, I . would add, that anabused emotional abuse’’ person does not necessari- (whatever that means). _ ly mean they have tobe an Maybe Mr. Moore was abuser. afraid of the answers? A man has alternatives to a relationship that is not working well. He can seek counselling for both of them or more drastical- ly, he can walk away from the relationship; he does not have to abuse his spouse. One would hope that he would have the courage to seek help. I am afraid that the survey of 20 respondents has little credence unless Mr. Moore is willing to survey the women also. He should have asked the 20 women who matched the 20 men ‘‘surveyed”’ if they also had experienced “unwarranted malicious I could go on at length about the tone of the arti- cle but will say only that women have advanced their rights by sheer guts and determination and most certainly not by downgrading of men. Personally, from my ex- perience, men are more prone to make derogatory statements about women than vice versa, and it is not until men recognize women to be intelligent and productive members of the society, that this will change. I hope this will be in my lifetime! Judy Vandergucht, ' Terrace, B.C. 20 percent or more, a distinct possibility. According to the agreement, the federal government — will impose a 15-percent export tax on Canadian soft- wood lumber destined for U.S. markets, worth about $4 billion last year. . The money collected by Ottawa will be given to the provinces, which are expected to use it to improve their forest industries by expanding reforestation and silviculture programs. oe . Eventually, the federal export tax is to be replaced: with provincial schemes, such as higher stumpage fees. And that gets us to the only aspect of the agreement which is regrettable, to say the least. The agreement contains a provision that gives the U.S. government the tight to approve or reject any scheme replacing the federal export tax. ° What that means is that a foreign government can meddle in our domestic affairs, an odious arrangement but the best one we could get under the circumstances. It was that clause which scuttled the same deal a couple of weeks ago. It will cost between 10,000 and 15,000 jobs, said a lumber industry spokesman, I'd like to ask him how many jobs would have been lost if the deal had fallen through and the $600 million a year had gone into the U.S. treasury. . Some jobs will be lost during the initial phase of the - agreement, but as the money collected by Ottawa is redistributed to the provinces and invested in better forest management techniques, other jobs will be created. I liked Premier Vander Zalm’s reaction to. the agree- ment, ‘Terrific,’’ he said. It was the only possible solu- tion, he added. Canada. would never have won if the case had gone to the courts. Now, at least, the money would stay in Canada, he said. Explaining why he took the stand he did, Vander Zalm said he knows what it takes to nurture a seedling into a mature plant or tree. There is more of an indictment of our forest industry. in those few words than in all the political rhetoric I’ve ever heard. | The final irony is that it took a foreign power, the - United States, to force Canada’s and particularly British Columbia's forest industry into fulfilling its obligations to future generations. For the better part of a century, the industry has given little or no thought to the need for responsible forest management policies. Successive governments have been equally unresponsive. | The future may see the agreement that ended the lumber trade war as the event which started a new era of responsible management of a precious resource. The industry may not admit it, but the lumber deal . bodes well for the future of our forests. oe