The environmental crisis is So acule that even [ishing mag- azines are getling wrapped up in green politics. The editors of this month’s Fly Fisherman ==:a ‘magazine formerly devoted solely to arti- cles of the "how to catch big- > ger trout" genre =- spend a gen- erous amonnt of ink in their -most recent issue’ arguing against the folly of introducing exotic species fishi, it this case chinook salmon and. steclhead, into the Delaware River, Fly Rod and’ Reel regularly ‘carries ‘a’ finely written - and Well argued. column on conser: vation by’ Ted Williains. Frank’ Amato, the editor of Salmon ‘Trout: ‘Steclheader, "published | in Oregon,. is on a jihad against the high seas drift net fishery. Aud even this: inonth’ 5 Field and Stream-has a pointed arti- “ele on the. decline of Skeena sporisfish by this scribe. - It was in outdoors magazines - I first encountered pictures of US presidential. © hopeful George Bush. pitching - plugs for bass. » Another periodical Ind the Bushman ‘slopping:‘ around’ in ‘the surf, “this time after blucfish. “And~so-it went during the ‘campaign and fora loug time thereafter as the men of PR sought-to sell-the eminently nondescript. understudy lo Ronnie Reagan as the environ- inental presidential hope. When alicartbeat away fron the presidency, George Bush was inaudible, when Reagan -- between naps --argued the acid: rai problem plaguing the cast- ern part of this continent, necded » mare scientific. vali- dation before any action need be taken. Once in the saddle though, Bush, (as his spin doctors hasten to point out), signed the Clean Air Act,. But what George’s handlers do not poiut oul is. the way the emission standards have been. lowered for industrial. smokestacks in nviroPrez a dud The Skeena Angler by Rob Brown the US. The ozone layer, as Van- couver Sun columnist Stephen Hume recently noted, is about as far from earth as Nanaimo is _from Vancouver and about the’ thickness of: that paper’s Weekend Edition. With holes appearing in that already thin < buffer and niclanomas. sprouting on; the skins of sun worshipers like’. potatoes in a fertile ficld, the environmental. “president | ini- tially. refused to altend the Rio environmental suinmit because ibe climate control pact being Bush’s handlers do not point out the emission standards fave been lowered. for ‘industrial smokestacks in the US. put forward by world leaders would cause financial stress to his: industrial buddies whose products produced — ozone- cating chlorofinorocarbons 4s a by product. © - Only after some bad press did the EnviroPrez head Rio- ward where he subsequently. signed a climate-control treaty after suceeeding in having deadlines for compliance and some of ils other teeth’ removed. And what did the leader of ithe most powerful nation in the world do when it came to sign- ing an international (realy on biodiversity --. a’ document . binding the signatories lo a commitment ta protect endangered species? , He refused to sign il. The track record of the En- vironmental President docs not stop there. On a mare. in- sidious froni, his minions have been restructuring the ‘General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. (GATT) and hammering | out.-son of Free Trade, NAFTA, Buried in‘ the bowels of the Business Pages of large dailies are details of these deals. There one reads language is being crafied to eliminate “technical barriers" to trade. In a plausible seenaria, a manufacturer in a third world country may ‘argue that strict labeling laws that are in force in the many parts of the US and Canada ‘are a "technical barrier" to trade since that manvfacturer does not have the knowledge. and infrastructure to label his products. Similarly, a transnational corporation may locate one of ils manufacturing units in -the third world to avoid the un- pleasantness of first world ¢n- vironmental. regulation. and then make the same argument. George Bush is an environ- mental dud. Air, water and dirt. are our most precious commodities -- clean air, pure water and un- poisoned dirt. - Bul there is an cnormous, short term expense involved in retooling industry to maintain them. The cnvironmental pres- ident, it appears, does not want to bear that kind of expense or see his transnational cronies out of pocket either. Ring eters” yet t ready for — new season Local ringette teams: will be vback on the* ice "Monddy”'éve=' Fi ninge “Sept: 28° for? what’ they hope will be an even more ac- tive season than last year. Explaining the local squad’ was trying to persuade Kitimat to form teams, spokesman Sharon Prinz said having poten- tial opponents so close ta home would'allow Terrace. teams to getin more games; =! * i Terrace will again have two teams and ‘is always ready to welcome new plkayers, she added. For more information, con- tact Prinz at 635-3966 HEAWWEIGHT CHAMPIONS of the Skeena Valley Fall Fair heavy horse pull this year were Roger Losier's dynamic duo of Mandie and Robin (above, left to right...or right to left). In winning the event, they improved two spots on their '91 finish AND toppled the two-time winners. Pull title changes hoofs The Skeena Valley Fall Fair heavy horse pull has new champions. — , They are Roger Losier and his team of Mandic and Robin which hauled the tille away from two- "time winner Charlie Houlden with Major and May. The competition came down toa three-way tussle between Losier, Houlden and last year’s runner-up Glen Kerr (Guy and Sabre)... Ail three having successfully pulled 6 2001b.,. an- other 300Ib. was loaded on to the sled, While Major and May dragged .il the required .14fi.; the task proved too much both Losier’s and Kerr’s horses. However, Losier’ still retained first place in the compelition despite the failed pull.’ That’s because placings are based the difference between the weight of the team and the weight il pulls. ‘Mandie and Robin’ had therefore scored plus 3,174lbs. to that point, leaving Charlie Houlden’s much heavier team needing to pull 7, 100ibs. to cam the win. . Although Major and-May did just that when i in the saine -position last-year, this time the duo came up inches short, Liebe hela EG: it Madan ‘ ‘However, the intervening 6,800Ib.- “pull gave ihem “a plus 3, O88ib. final to edge out Guy and Subre for second by just 79bs, Dave Thompson’s Dark. and Tedily finished fourth followed by Nick and Cher wilh Harry Houlden. | ements searocerees END OF SUMMER a> mie te —_ = HIGH SPEED RETRIEVE “GENTRIFUGAL . BRAKE : © LIGHTWEIGHT i ALUMINIUM SPOOL | ANMBASSADEUR 7000 Baitcasting Reel eo 52 : ‘aie $4 28% 20% off All In Stock Golf Clubs & Bags Also Free ABU hat with every reel purchase! 20% Off All In Stock LIFE JACKETS & Ye. VESTS Temace Co-op Department Store HARDWARE DEPT > 461 7. Greig Ave. Terrace 6§35- 6347 [ Sunday ononione te: BE Kitimat Lures Assorted Colors Size 45 Size 65 $999 | $309 Ti eeretinnaty : ef EQUIPMENT| Mon. «Wad. cases a.m. 6 9.m, Thurs. Fri. csssesereee 9 AM: 9 P.M, Saturday s.r 9 GM. - 6 p.m.