“published. every. weekday ab 3010 - » Kam Street, “ Terrace, \B.C: by. ‘Sterling, Publishers. 4d. - Authorized as. second class”: matl:: ‘Registration’ nbe Postage pald In cash return pests . . Nick Walton Pe ae " Sports: ° Statt Weiter-Pho ra r tog phe Don Schaffer _Kelth: Alford. [Reception.Ciassified: - a . oe : o » Carolyn Gibson _ a Circulation: * ~ MarlaTaylor a : NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT ~ ; - The Herald retains full, complete and sole copyright . .: In any advertisament produced and-or any editorial - wee ted or photographic: content published In.the Herald. —” Reproduction Is not permitted without the written . ‘permission of the Pubilsher. ; 7 \ Editorial _ Canada has lost Its economy to the world.. We'can no longer solve our own local problems but must learn that the problems of the world are. the problems of Canada. To try to secure some sort of economic nationalism at this palnt will" only lead to a global economic collapse. - The days of cranking .up a- few logging: operations in the northwest ‘are over. (World market conditions now determine how we In Terrace will live.. If Europe can produce puip- wood for the world markets cheaper than B.C. then this province simply will not have a ‘market ‘for tts products. ‘Perhaps Prime Minister. Trudeau’ s visit to Thailand Is a sign of hope that he could finally be . ; eminating from regional centres, the society will be acting, - doing something worthwhile for this. country. Telllrig the world. that we cannot accept any more refugees because of poor ecoriomic conditions here at home is, refreshingly honest. The world mist learn that it can no longer immigrate away from its troubles. If the communists make a victim of someone in, one part of the world the capitalist climate elsewhere -: In the world will only make that same person an economic victim: Under current world trends capitallsm and socialism are mutually extinct “since they reflect-ald world nationalistic goals. We have entered a new age in a global village that will soon shake the foundations of every — . level of Canadian government. How they live in - - Thailand affects how we work in Skeena.- How ‘we live in Skeena affects how they. work in Thailand. - You can’t go home. any: more. be Trudeau not. considered worst. NEW YORK (AP) — . survey of the 47 worst leaders in the world conducted by Parade Magazine, Prime Minister Trudeau was ‘not mentloned by the 51 international affairs experts polled 4 in | the survey. . ‘The Ayatollah Ruhollah Khoineini took first place as the. world's. worst leader, He was followed. by. Moammar Khadafy of Libya, Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire, Jean Claude Duvalier of Haiti and Menachem Begin of Israel. ; The late Soviet ‘leader Leonid Brezhnev was ninth. The © " survey. was taken before he died, - . Pope John Paul was 37th. : In the survey, syndicated columnist ‘Jack Anderson asked U.S. government specialists, foreign diplomats, academics and journalists to choose the five worst leaders after con- - ‘sidering five criteria: despotism, ineffectiveness, irresponsibility, persorial greed and personal instability, The complete list: 1. Khomeini; 2. Khadafy; 3. Mobutu; 4. Duvalier;.5, Begin; 6. Alfredo Stroessner of Paraguay; 7 ' Augusto Pinochet of Chile; 8. Ferdinand Marcos of the - Philippinés; 9. Brezhnev; 10. the Argentine junta. . 11. Pleter Botha of South Africa; 12. Reagan; 13, Po) Pot ' of Cambodia; “14. Kim It-sung of North Korea; 15. Roberto D‘Aubuisson of El. Salvador; 16. Fidel Castro. of Cuba; 17. Indira Gandhi of India; -18. Gen. Efrain Rios-Montt of. - Guatemala; 19. Mohammad Zin” ul-Hag of Pakistan, . . " Enver Hoxha of Albania.’ . 21. Saddam Husseub of [raq;. 22, Margaret ‘Thatcher. of -_. Beltain; 23, Babrak Karmal of. Afghanistan; 24. Forbes, ‘Burnham of Guyana; 25, Ahmed Sekou Toure of Guinea; 26, - Hafez al- Assad of Syria; 27. Geni Wojciech Jarucelski of © Polarid; 28, Jose ‘Lopez’ Portillo of. Mexico; '29. Julius: ° _ Kambarage Nyerere of Tanzania ; 80. Suharto of Indonesia. 31. Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe; 32, Helmut ‘Schnildt of West Germany; 33, Sandinista directorate’ of. Nicaragua; 4. Le Duan of Vietnam; 35. Hud. Kuo-feng of. China: 34.‘ _ Milton Obote of Uganda; 37, Pope John Paul: 38. Kenneth | David Kaunda of Zambia; 39. Jose Eduardo dos Santos of Angola; 40. House of Saud of Saudi Arabia. - _ 41.-the Bolivian junta; 42, Juan Carlos: of ‘Spain; 43, ' Mengistu Hatle-Mariam_ of Ethiopia; 44. Hissene Habre of Chad; 45. Mathieu Kerekou of Benin; 46, Jerry Rawlings of Ghana; 47. Master Sgt. Samuel Dod of Liberia. -. PLO Leader Yasser Arafat did not make the List of 47 “presumably. because he heads no nation,” Anderson sald. ’ To the Editor, — President Reagan ranked 12th in a - _ centage point.: ..: “could help entice consumers to Btart spending some of thelr ~ _ savings, Non-chequing savings accounts now earn as little: ‘the : Terrace-Kitimal . Daily Herald,- ‘Terracé'.No th ‘Tiles, ‘and Radio Station CFTK, for, publishing gt ‘service ahnouncerhents and sana Lenina “Area. Representative : ‘Never eainplaini never explain,” Babe Paley once said. thé, last. ‘Council meeting and those: remarks should : ‘be, explained. cae For example, he said that 1 was a newcomer to council in . 1962; "This is quite untrue.’ I had: previously served. two terms in Fraser Lake ag. an alderperson.’: When first ve ‘elected, Ihad the highest pluralily recorded in Fraser Lake: wt _and was the first woman to be elected to that Council.~ ‘During’ these years, 1 was a member of the findhoe ; committee and delegate to the Northern Interior Board of : Health. Lalso represented my council onan |intermunicipal ’ council onsisting of seven other. interior communities, This group . was similar to a regional district. I attended - land use hearings on behalf of Fraser Lake: — - ; Mr. Down has’ twice said publicly that 1 work for: the . Herald. This is untrue. Ihave previously been employed by": CBC and the Nechako Chronicle, I served for two months as assistant to the editor, of Northern "Times. 1 contributed to. CrVH articles of | ‘community. interestona weekly basis. If any statements are made regarding my employment,** _ political views or other matters, I would appreciate the’ opportunity to corroborate them before e they are printed or aired, poo a "Yours truly, ; Marguerite Clarkson The Arthritis Society is moat grateful to the media in B. Cc. for assistance in. deciminating news about our programs in research, education.and treatnient, and during our annua? fund-raising drives. i In October, the society announced the ‘acceleration of its Jong range plan which is changing the arthritis treatment focus in the province to seven regional centres to provide for greater in-depth services to more” patients. ‘Daily treatment .in ‘future will “be, conducted through. local . ’ hospitals in. those areas where society. clinics are closing. - Presently . about 20 B.C. . hospitals . provida.., arthritis; treatment on a shared (program arrangement - ‘with. the society and this number will increase “considerably with; * point out that the evaluation team's report referred toin the: series of articles ‘published in the Herald was the treatment. [programs roving to more local hospitals through a new program being funded by the B. C. ‘Ministry of Health . ' , Theneed to implément the plan was‘a financial one with - ‘thesociety facing a deficit of $750,000 In 1982. - In the treatment area, with the exception of services as an advisor and general teacher of arthritis care in the province, : The Arthritis Society : mandate remains: to control and. ultimately conquer. arthritis. To this end, considerably more money will gointo research projects toassist in finding - the cause of arthritis and. eventually the cure. ‘Since its inception more than S0years.ago, the society has been a world pioneer in its delivery of specialized’ health , ‘care in- the | province which has kept. thousands of palients . : Independent in their home and work environment. The long: range plan places the society in the position: of being’ a, pioneer again; providing anew focus for the f future, through © ‘In thariking’ media for assistance given, the society Would like: to share its appreciation for. the’ wonderfull help ‘provided by more than 3,000 volunteers in the province. and . the continuing community support for our fund-raising and education activities. : itis my wish. to: convey the society's thanks ta your stall: : members who have ‘dealt “with our projects and problems . and to wish alla fuliting and rewarding New Year. Yours sincerely, - . Brian Gilbertson, "Executive Director “ pebecaie! 15, 1982 ° ‘To the Editor;. : : , : We at. Northwest Community College’ must object v very . ‘ * strongly to the bias of your reporter in his series of articles: » Négarding: the formal evaluation that ‘the ‘college has . recently completed, This bias is manifested immedistely _ bythe headlines attached to the articles. . Whereas the - college received a very. favourable review. from the team of © educators who. came ‘to assess’. its operation, all the headlines imply that the team was highly critical. For - example, the headline - “Report - criticizes college'' was" attached to your “reporter's article: on..the. vocational . division, a division that was very highly commended for - both its general operation and the progressive thinking that - has made it a leader in the province in-the revamping of vocational : Programs, ih fact, _ almost. ‘all a the 10, Bank rate at The Bank of Canada rate hit its lowest level In more than - . four years on Thureday,, slipping almost:a third of a per- centage polnt arid betting in motion cutsin many ‘savings, mortgage and constimer loan interest rates.- Bank of Canada rate to 9.74 per cent from. last week’a 10.05 per cent by culting the prime rate they charge their most , favored. corporate clients, to 12 per cent, down half a per- ‘This brought them inté tine with. the ‘Canadian ‘imperial ‘Bank of Commerce which cut ita prime ri rate Ld 12) per cent, ; Jan. ae . The Bank of Canada rate. AoW is at its lowest ‘slice ‘Sep- - tember, 1978, and less than half the 21.24 level it reached in. _ August; 1981. -At that time,- the: prime rate -Btood at. a. staggering 22.76 per cent,” , The continued decline in interest rates ‘spells good news - for battered corporate balance sheets’and homebuyers, and 4s 7.5 per cent — morethan two percentage points below the November rate of Inflation. - The Toronto Stock Exchange saw a heady day of activity, - with the TSE 300 composite index shooting up 61 66 points to break thé 2,000 barrier aa 18, £ million shares = chaniged hands. The index closed at 2042. 04, i oe YOU thank: the’ Terrace ‘Centérinial’ Lions “Club, the Terrace a ‘Davntown Lions Club, and their volunteers, | for once again wt Institute for the Blind fe ” readers into thinking they were true: For example, he has -.° “quoted the report accurately when he says that the team’ . : “was concerned with ‘the present inability of the college to: . example refers. to “feedback on performance’ _employees and the fact that the team commented that the - collective - agreement between. the.college.and the B.C.’ to the Eiltor, _ ~ meetings, --through ig dn inclination to return owell: many thanks go out to.the tianagement and stator Canada’: at some time durlrigt thie two jo days they’ run as Northwest. College. * ” statements ‘he: ‘repeated, he would, not have:-misled your . ‘Sout read of the commitiee atructu 7 wanted it.and it was as follows: finance was to be chaired =.” by, Down with members Galbraith, and. Soutar, industrial . - development" was to.be. ‘chaired by’ Cooper with members : “Soutar and Down, anid planning was to bechalred by: Soar en Wi abl tthe’ “works was, ta bechalred by Galbraith: with per ion - college expréssed the opinion that they would be extremely; - ‘and “Down, . and: the: apparent’ Tow ue : “happy: if thelr own'colleges were as. effective and moothly eri ‘that there were -not ‘very: many. positions for; * Garksin o Gellatély, Alderman Downétated that ‘‘then we “gan always refer things-to committee ‘of ‘the whole": “My ~ “Obviously: ‘Alderman Gellately, ‘past: : was-to be relegated to chairman of * : fecreation and Alderman, Clarkson 's previous experience’ ins waa : “not. _ deemed ‘worthy | ‘ot ae __ = Lwoilld also suggest that yuie vote th shold have taken e trduble. to check the facts before: quoting {rom ‘the, evaluation ‘teami’s report . Whereas he has quoted the report.” iley accurately, if he had investigated the basis for. somé.of the’ ‘ ghairnian of platuning, college has better first ald ‘capability ‘than most educational " ‘institutions and that this capability is well in excess of that required by . Workers | Compensation -Board.. Another ° Again, ©: _ your reporter. has: “aceurately reflected : the’ evaluation. . example relers to’ evaluation of administration. team’s comment: that “there isan ‘apparent absence of © known: - procedures: for evaluating’ the’ principal and other ., " senior administrators’ “procedures: do in‘ fact" exist}, the © evaluation team,’ in: the limited. time: available, to them, ° didn’t get’ around. to investigating them, Yet another Government Employee's Union ‘provides for this feedback -and implied that the college is not abiding by the collective . agreement; in fact, there is no such provision : in the union agreement. evaluation team.” “When ‘10 people have only ‘two days to review. the operations. of a college that is’ geographically. dispersed from the Queen Charlotte Islands to Houston itis “not surprising theta few errors of fact will creep. into their report, | : conscientious job, but your reporter should have been much more careful i in his relaying of the results to the public. . ‘Another ‘area where we must criticize your. reporter is in + his taking comments-from the report out of the context in’ which they’ were made. For example, he commented that, . of ‘Tam “not,” -incidentally, criticizing: ‘the, ‘In: general, the team did a thorough and’ : municipal | government . -consideration- -either.”. ‘ 1 must. admit: that. T expected the subsequent: reaétion ° : deliver reliable and continuous first aid support”...If he had °- “fram the four, however, I am also ‘not easily Intimilated.. jowever, Harold Down made some tnisleading remarks at. ., followed up ‘on ‘this, -he would have discovered: that the: ‘the four’ committees in 1983. vitle Galbraith and last'years chairman of lataing: Fu commiltee was left completely . open... When’ I expressed ‘reply was” emphatic: My appointments : already place. ‘them fn control of three of industrial development), ‘They should. be. prepared to compromise a little, - ‘Talo: made. an: attempt to insulate staff from the “witch hunting.’ which was going: on hetween ‘the Nov. 20 election and the inaugral meeting on Dec. 6. .1- also expect that eventually the minority would-be.treated with the same persomal decency and respect with which ‘aldermen treated’ each other last -year,, division last year:‘which Alderman Soutar raises’ ftom time to time is just that: -- myth. - The. presant: actimoily,: -the disrespect for parliamentary rule would appear to be part of the “new course” and is something Alderman Down could explain. vatlienentaryrulesare based on membershavinga bisic ‘desire to get a job done. All it takes is one- individual who | * eonsistentiy launches personal attacks, brings in: irrelevant discussion, interrupts: speakers and does not come to order -when order is called and jou have the basic ingredjents of a ‘zoo - quite.a change from 1982. . A‘sargeantsat-arims.is - required but is not provided for in the Municipal Act... It does seem a pity.that the more rational . ‘members of ‘the :controiling majority. do not exert - some positive - influence to correct the situation, Rather they seem amused by it all and while they fiddle the city burns. .Alj the re. (Finance, . recreation | and ° ‘The myth of |. -. promises of stimulating growth and creating. jobs-are lost the evaluation tear had said that job. descriptions ‘at the , college should’ be reviewed, implying that..this isnot - happening. Actually, almost all of the 70-80 job descriptions . at the college had been reviewed with the union during the... six month’ period before the. evaluation team’s’ visit... Icould continue to give examples of the bias in reporting, ; ‘but I think I have given sufficient to prove the point: By his. ting and unwillingness lo chéck the accuracy selective reporting and unwillingn y * initiator can still claim all the credit; Sa where ia the: “new among the. shouts of ‘more restraint. . The industrial development committee which I suspected would swing inte action oneeappointed according to their wishes Bill has nol met (Dee. 30).” . The strange thing ts ‘that. the committed structure: itiett does not in any way prevent members: of. council: ftom getting credit for any new ideas initiated.- " Regardiess. af 7 which committee a member serves on items can be brought of the statements he repeated, your reporter has managed | to make a very Positive | review of the college. seem -to be quite negative, In conclusion, for your ‘reader’ Ss ‘information, 1 should culmination .of an. evaluation | process | ihat was. mainly conducted through a very. intensive six month’ long self- - - assessment made by the staff and students ai the college. jistigeite ns Lai As it turned out, all the significant recommendations of the ; - external: evaluation team ‘merely reiterated the \ "recommendations already made by the college personnel: ‘and the college board. In fact, by the time the external a a evaluation team appeared, ‘almost all the: important : ,fecommendations that were: ‘eventually made by the team had either: already | been implemented or were in the process . of being implemented. What the evaluation team was doing “when making the majority of the recommendations it did was to corroborate {he findings of the college ‘itself and tell us in effect that.we were taking the correct’ actions to ‘remedy the relatively few problems that existed’ in the _ Sollege fe aperation. my a aan a - The addition of two new faces on Terrace Councll has Yours -ssincerely, D V. George, ; * Principal, . - __Notthwest Community College “ " gertainly produced. some surprising ‘changes-at council . I still assume that the new standard of conduct . has something to do with the-“‘new’’.direction planned for ‘Terrace. It is difficult to appreciate however since it has ‘never been clearly stated what we are changing from or ; what we are trying to change. to. “At thé Ded. 13 council meeting I tabled a report. of ~ council's efforts in 1982 with respect to the promotion and pursuit ofnew business and industry. The six page report of directions in 1682. The report is available on request. What the “new” direction, after two riew: faces, is to be. remains a mystery, Considering the recent actions of some members of council any attempt. todefine the ‘new course” “96-itenis in point form gives a-very clear picture of the 7 raises more questions, than answers. ‘What. does ‘show different strokes for different fo D Perhaps. the preoccupation with the: appointment * of standing ‘committees ‘and preparation - ‘of the ‘budget ‘in lowest level. - Thursday's sirge was part of 4:North American. stock 2 ; market boom which saw substantial increases:In.etock, - tothe “no policy, just style of government, — up under new business . and referred to a committee for investigation. When the matter comes hack to cduncil the direction’ and where are the initiatives for 1983? * on make one simple request of the reader. Please. attend council meetings.- Bring a friend if you can, . Council meet! s are held on the second and fourth Monday. of every month. Also if you would like a copy of my report.on 1982 planning and industrial development, efforts ‘which. j labled on Dec. 13, let: me know. . Su JU) eBLABY AIG! ec. at pina 2a ourstevty, naiou a ay sori bigot Dassatiod 5 HtbhuaGitesbaechia! steno wih ‘OTTAWA. VIEWPOINT § by yim FULTON | Skeena me- AS if things were ‘not bad enough for the Canadian : economy in general and the forest industry in partlcular, the prospect of a tariff barrier against Canadian lumber entering the-U.S. now looms. . Four hundred U.S. lumber firms have charged, before the US. International Trade Administration, that Canadian lumber manufacturers are receiving subsidies ‘from — various, government agencies, They say-it is unfair. and _ they want a tariff put on Canadian jumber ~ which, when added to .the ‘present - price, could, put it out of the _ edmnpetition. » The Canadian forest industry, with the backing of labour, isf ighting the case. Their success ia significant far beyond provinces that produce Jumber.. Canadian. lumber. ig the Mdyor! ‘the. people who work in the lumber industry and those © single-largest export product ‘of this ‘country, ranking in. dollar value far ahead of minerals and agricultural goods, Hf the tariff were imposed, the effects would be disastrous - . - to provinces such as British Colimbia which sells the vast majority of its product to the U.S. For the rest of Canada, » would. rise and federal - government. income would fall. : + dist as'serious is the danger ‘of a tradé war = “dashes | record time is just j ared herring to focus the: attention away’ from: their reluctance ‘to tell the: public what’ this new - direction for Terrace is. : pio sae, -- between Canada and the U.S. over a number of other ' 2 ‘products -- which will benefit no‘one at a. time: when’ both: _., countries -are -fighting ‘their way out of a recession. -. Certainly: the 1.75 million unemployed : Cana dias have: - ., Nothing to gain by. such a canfrontatiors.. values on the Montreal, Vancouver. and New York: Co a changes. Most domestic chartered banks reacted to the fall iri the - -: ‘Analyats said the furious trading ‘could be ‘attributed: to ‘institutional investora updating their portfolios with in-° ‘terest-sensitive cyclical stocks such as oils, metals ‘and | forest products. : These: sectors are: being buoyed by an “apparent. uplurn in sectors like housing... “The Canadian doliar, meanwhile, remained relatively ‘unaffected by the fall In interest rates, closing down 1-50 at ‘Canadian dollar. The latest drop in haterest rates continued a deciine that” “began in. mid-summer when the. Bank of Canada rate stood. at 16.58 ber cent and the prime, at 18. 28 Per: cent. : market conditions: (while, the U.S; system is based. on - * idding on the future, value of timber); the charge is made." . that U.S, manulacturers, are ata’ disadvantage, ‘But isfta "“\$0,8185 U.S. Lower Canadian interest rates In comparison to. - ‘those in the U.S. generally. increase the attractiveness of ~ the U, 8. currency andhence lead toa fall Inthe value of the Ithas been brought about, at least in part, by thie “casita ithe of the Canadian dollar and the ‘weakness ‘fa. both : : the Canadian and U.S. economies. _+ Governments on both sides of the border are hoping that the fall in rates will kickstart their. battered economic ‘1981. "all Canadians. Here “While the reason “behind. the | charged. may “be the: _ there would also be serious repercussions! unemployment . -recession-battered “ales of the: U.S." lumber ‘Tiernd,” * the . ‘ argument-céntres around the. question of subsidies, Does: - the mere existence of a government agency to supervise the. | forest industry, constitute,a-qubsidy?. That-is ‘ond of the . . charges made. The anti-Canadian lobby also challenges the” Canadian system of charging “stumpage’? feés for timber gt on Crown land. Beciuse tie Cansdian sytem allows for - government to a ‘this fae: frequentlyin response to iubsldy? © a "While the Cariadiaa forest industry makes * ,Gbaservative governnients has done the economy. hainm:. As Vancouver Sun columnist Jamie: ‘Lamb: commented ‘ Me _“The federal government Is only’ now " pécently;.” - appreciating the vastness of the problem. ° With: ne élected _ MPs From the West, and little to gain by championing the casé of the West, Ottawa has long ignored the growing | problem. Only now, witl so much revenue ahd sales at engines, which have slumped steadily ince the nail of. . aie ae aan ete = needed, 8. the ‘bvious. nt “ cages that it is not, the Canadian government hus only now: ’ become involved In this ‘serious problem which will affect ~ is another case of how the. hands-off - attitude. towards. the economy of: silecessive ‘Liberal ‘and;