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IT’S A DIFFERENT KIND OF FOREST — The Thornhill Nursery, normal-
ly known for spruce and other sorts of forest growth, has branched out

Into the flower market. Joe Pitzoff and Tom Harvey stand amid this 15.

year’s bumper crop of poinsettias that the nursery is marketing in local
stores for the holiday season. For details, see Bits ‘n’ Pieces on page

Alie Toop photo,

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by Stephanie Wiebe

I save old Christmas cards.
Not out of sentimentality, but
for the kids to recycle into new

- decorations next year. About

this time every year, I dig out
the little bag of old cards, pass

_ them the scissors and glue, and

I enjoy an hour of busy silence
while they work.
For some reason, this year I

decided to look through the old
"leftover cards before handing
‘them over for recycling. It was

fun to read last year’s news,
messages from nieces and
nephews and family friends.

_ Then I found a card from 1987

that had somehow survived last

’ year’s card recycling, from our

ex-neighbors, Jack and Judy.

The note inside was short, and ©

newsy: “We think of you often

_ when Terrace is mentioned.

Hope to start skiing again
soon. Jack was back io work in
Noveniber when he had to go
on disability, due to pain in his

righ, leg, We should brow the

cause soon. Would love to hear:
all your news.’” .

Jack. What a interesting
character. Jack was a logger, a: :
person of common sense and
strong opinions, Jack was very
concerned about the environ- -
ment, and backed up his beliefs
by living a lifestyle that sup- -
ported his beliefs. Jack used a -
non-motorized reel mower on
his lawn. Less noise, no fuel

consumption, and weekly exer-° -.

cise to boot. Jack avoided
plastics as much as possible,
and he picked up litter on his
long daily walks. He balked at —
plastic disposable razors, Bic
lighters, and people who didn’t
care about such things.

When logging was shut
down, Jack baked bread. One
time he brought over a fresh
hot loaf of whole wheat,
steaming in the winter air as he
crossed the yard.

“Yack will not be able to ski.
due to his leg pain, This has

really cramped our style”?
Jack was a hiker anda

- cyclist, He sometimes had pro- -

blems with his leg, and I
remember he had to give up

_cycling up the hill where we liv.

ed. But Jack was a healthy

LITTER CLEAN- UP
IN CITY BUDGET —

man, logger-strong, and he hik-

ed ‘and skiied through the
winter.

_ Lremember someone talking 7
. to. me abaut Jack once. He
called Jack “‘strange’”’, and an —

’ “old -scrounge’’ because Jack.

. picked up litter, bottles; things

other people dropped: wherever
it was convenient: I bristled at
this, indignant that this person
didn’t understand. Jack was an
ecologist, cleaning up his cor-
ner of the earth. Jack lived his
beliefs.
‘All this came to mind as I

read the Old Christmas card.
' Jack died the next spring.

There ‘was cancer in his bones,
causing the leg pain that
restricted his cycling and ski-
ing, This would be the last
Christmas card we'd receive
with Jack’s name signed at the
bottom.

1 kept the card out of the -
kid's pile. My five-year-old was
creating new cards out of the

cut-up bits, glue and construc-.

tion paper. Recycling. After'a
moment’s thought, I set the |
card back on top of the pile:

Jack would've liked that,

joe

It looks a as though an initiative

begun by, North Coast Road
-Mainienarice to clean’ ‘up road
rights-of-way ~is catching on.

Terrace’s. superintendent of
public works,.Stew Christensen,
told those present at a mid-
November city government
Management Staff meeting that
funding for Mayor Jack
Talstra’s suggestion to adopt the
idea will be included in next
year’s budget.

North Coast Road Mainten-

ance started a cleanup campaing
in their provincial highways —
jurisdiction earlier’ this year

whereby loal yautl: groups could

raise money for travel and other |
costs by earning, a fee for every:
bag of litter colfeeted. This not

only served as an important
source of funds but cleaned up

our local highways. as well. Ob- —

viously everyone benefits and
this is an idea that’s. sure to be
popular in Terrace city streets as
well,

Sports — page 2

Inside Section B...

Theater on the road — page 13
Church Directory — page 14

.. and ENERGY, a special report on the
changing nature of energy use In the
Northwest and the challenges faced by
those who supply it, starting on page 5. |

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