aoe oo

Bridgette Klein uses the municipal garbage outlets posted in Terrace. There

‘Alaska pi

are some people in Terrace who do not believe in the containers and vandalize

them, leaving many people to toga their
block, however, does have litter barrels
impressive to visitors if people used the

reach up to do this simple chore.

garbage along the sivects. Almost every

and this community would look a lot more
m. Take a hint from someone who has to

Terrace is a mess!

_ One can pretty much tell what a
person thinks about his body by the
way he treats, cleans and clothes it.
Vanity, silothfulness, absent
mindedness can all be read from a
person’s outward appearance.

Similarly, one.can tell a great deal
about a’ person’ or family by the
appearance of the home. A neat-as-
apin, unlived in home indicates
certain characteristics in the owner
as does an untidy, but comfortable
one, A filthy, cluttered house speaks
of a different type of dweller,

The same principle applies to a
community such as Terrace. Each
time a Courist passes through
Terrace or a visitor stops here for a
while, he takes away with him an
impression of the people who call
this town their home.

And what kind of image is that
likely to be?

Without question - and this is not

_ hyperbole for the sake of impact -
Terrace is one of the dirtiest towns
in North America. Indeed, even the

litter and filth in some of New York -

City’s sleaziest areas are not much
more repulsive than the-shattered
glass, litter and garbage which
grace our streets. ,
Broken glass seems to be our
speciality. Every morning, a new
glittering layer has been spead over
the downtown streets. Shards of
broken bottles lie on sidewalks,
parking lots and streets waiting to
imbed themselves in tires and feet,
What kind of mentality is
responsible for this? Drunken, no
doubt. But must a drunk forfeit all
sensibility and intelligence? And if

EDITORIAL

.80, should others who are forced to:
walk and drive on an incessant —

crunch of glass acquiesce?

No doubt there are laws governing .

this type of wanton vandalism. Is
there no way they can be enforced?

To discard litter in the street
indicates a lack of respect not only
for one’s fellow creatures, but for
oneself as well. The town, after all,
is one’s home and to make a sty of
one’s home, is to make a pig of one’s
self,

The Herald published an earlier
editorial on the condtion of the
streets and it brought some
sympathetic response. We know
there are residents out there who are
as disgusted and frustrated as we,
. Furthermore, there are probably
many with sound ideas on how to go
about cleaning up the mess. We
would iike to hear from you.

If the law enforcement agency, the
district government and the people
themselves have slouched into
inertia, only the slightest amount of
agitation will make itself felt.

Terrace is situated in one of the
most beautiful areas of the world,
but because of human laziness,
indifference, and insensitivity, it is a
scar on the landscape. It projects to
the world an image of crass
callousness, cynicism and shallow

inking. ©

Who. does Terrace belong to
anyway?

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fiERAAN

Skeena, MP

GO77 Universe Press Syndicota

vie

“Well, if you didn’t rob the bank, how are
you gonna pay my fee to prove your

innocence?”

- CANADA DAY

I don’t think I can recall
seeing more excitement in
Ottawa as 1 have this past
week, with ali the Canada
Week celebrations. , I hear
that across the country it
was the same - music,
bunting, flags, Canada
Relay runners bringing a
torch across the country to

' Ottawa, civic parades.

As observations poured in
from across the country, it
seemed that many
Canadians used the
opportunity of Canada Day
to pledge support toa united,
Canada

It was indeed most
heartening for all Members
of Parliament to see the

eat support of so many

anadians for the supreme
efforts all parties are

While the Canadian cabinet
prepares te accept or reject

he Alaska Highway
pipeline proposal; backers

of that project are still
heavily Posed in an’

escalating U.S. - lobbyists’
struggle with supporters of
the competing ‘aso plan.

Paso wins that.
contest for White. House .

approval, the Canadian
cabinet’s decision will be

ihite the Alaska High

le wa;
project, whichis ed i
anada by Foothills

(Yukon) Ltd.. and ‘in:

United States :by. Alcan’

Pipeline Co., would cross

Canadian territory and:

wire Canadian approval,
El Paso’s plan for’ an all-

with ships
s need
ication, an
Canada, however, has

already had a major.

influence on the. U.S.
decision-making
and will continue
President Carter has
reached his
before the
cabinet's
announced...

an Arctic Gas proposal for a’
¢ e

line along he.
Valley, Canada’s National

Energy Board is considered —

by most observers to have
imocked Arctic.Gas cut of
the multi-billion-dol-
lar competition. . =
Before that’ July 4.

Northern Times Press, a

new publishing company”
based 5 pee

in Terrace, proudly:
announces publication of its:
first book - Trails to
Timberline - by Einar: Blix.
The book is now available in
book and camping.
equipment
throughout British
Columbia.
Trails to Timberline is the

first book published on
iking trails in Northwest |

Briel Cotiatin. Complete

with 40 photes and clear
, it describes in .

ide maps

tail some 50 trails in the
Kitimat-Terrace area, the
south Nass region, the Seven.
Sisters, Rocher . Deboule
range, Babine range,
Hudson Bay Mountain, the
eastern Bulkley Range and
Telkwa range.

The
comprehensive guide
providing detailed
information. on access to
country. It
recommends trails. for
families and challenging

routes suitable for more: |

enced hikers: The
author gives valuable
background notes on

raphy and climate as &
Fell asthe time required to .

negotiate each trail. He also
makes useful suggestions on
the ‘selection of hiking
equipment, He. also
comments on the historical
development of the region.

Einar Blix is a

| Professional Engineer, a

longtime northern resident
a seasoned

an
Imowledgeable hiker’ and

Canada Day

By IONA CAMPAGNOLO

making at the political level
for this same cause.

More important it was
encouraging to see so ma
Canadians express pride in
thelr country and in their
local communities
throughout the Canada Day
events,

LEADER OF NATIONAL -

SOCIAL CREDIT PARTY
DIES

During the early hours of |

June 24, as he was returning

to his home from a full day. -

of political work, - federal
Social Credit Party leader
Andre Fortin, 33, died in a

tragic car mishap. Jt has

been suggested b
authorities that he fell
asleep at the wheel of his
car,

Chosen Party leader last
November, Mr. Fortin
replaced the late Real
Caouette, He was a young

the:- Par’
_ the energy board, but a

process.
re 10: have:
such an influence even -if*~

basic decision.
. Canadian -
decision is.
i . oe _ . Bighw: :

By accepting the Alaska ~” res
Highway pian and rejecting .

stores:

book. is a

brings

decision; an Alcan Pipeline

lobbyist sald Wednesday, -

“we felt that our main
competitor. was Arctic
Gas.” ‘

CHANGE TARGET
Now, he said, lobbying
efforts for the Alaska
Highway route are being
directed against El Paso
and. may. benefit consider-
ably from the years of work

- the Arctic Gas group has

done on behalf of the cross-
Canada ‘concept,

. Arctic Gas has not
‘officially given up the
struggle, contending that
ment might over-rule |

Washington spokesman said
Arctic _ Gas member

. companies are reviewing
their situation. |
aut
carr ed:
only U.S. cert .
-". one‘of the rival consortlums.

One option’ for
members is to cut their
losses and seek'a piece of

A US. government study
group on pipeline financing
recently. predicted that the
successful consortium will

‘be joined by members of the .
i _ would:

other ‘groups, ‘wi
rovide.
El Paso supporters ho
to defeat the Alaska
al partly on
the basis of Canadian native
land .claims, an issue that

needed . new

“played a:large role in the
“energy board's rejection of
’ Aretic Gas, .: -

A spokesman for
Representative Don Young
(rep. Alaska); one of the
chief El Paso-advocates on
Capitol Hill, conceded that
the board decision has given

TRAILS TO TIMBERLINE :
Helpful hints for the local hoofer

cross-country skier, well
qualified to describe and

Fecommend the best hiking

trails in the Northwest.

man, with much ambition

-and vision for the Social

Credit Party. He worked
hard to strengthen the cross-
Canada ties of his party
during his time in office, and
was widely regarded as ae
brilliant organizer. =”
His death came as a great
shock‘ to all Members of
Parliament, many of whom
recognize that some of the .
tight travel-schedules kept
by MP’s are inherently
dangerous. Hundreds of.
miles of travel in one day - a
day that might last from 7
am,.fo 3 a.m, - are, as
Speaker of the House James
Jerome said, not conducive
‘ood judgement or alert

to
performance either in or-out

of the House of Commons.

Mr.. Fortin’s death is a
sad, sad tribute to his.
dedication and extreme
effort in pursuit of duty. He

the

woe “

~Anterpreting the news

Conflicting plans to

‘WASHINGTON (CP) —-

the Alaska Highway route a
temporary boost, but said
Alaskan natural gas is
needed urgently in the
southern states and “the
American public just isn't
going to stand by and wait
while the Canadians settle
their land claims.”

- EXPECTS SUCCESS

‘The Alcan Pipeline
lobbyist, however, expected
success with his argument:
that land claims along the

_ Alaska Highway route are a

minimal problem compared
with those along he pro-
posed Arctic Gas route.
The U.S. argument on that
int. will almost certainly
‘significantly affected by
the Aug. 1 decision of Ken
Lysyk, a  -Canadian
overnment commissioner.
nquiring into the social.
‘impact the Alaska Highway
proposal would have.
Another El Paso issue is
the Canadian board's

“stipulation that the Alaska

Highway route be modified
to allow.-for a possible

Canadian pipeline n future -'

from the Mackenzie delta.
That, the spokesman said,
would add six cents for each
1,000 cubic feet to U.S. costs
and would affect every
congressman’s constituents,

The Alcan Pipeline
lobbyist, however, said the
six cents is a maximum
estimate, in 1983. dollars,
while the Alaska Highway
route is estimated to be 30
cents for each 1,000 cubic
feet cheaper than El Paso in
1975k dollars.

He predicted that the

Little Joe Lakes, locking east towards Babine Lake. Inthe Babine range near Smithers.

Mr, Blix will be making
ersonal a
hroughout the Northwest to
discuss his heok and hiking

‘Report from Ottawa

out our feelings of unity

will be missed by family,
colleagues and fellow MP’s,
GREENVILLE
DREDGING —

I am most pleased to see
that dredging will begin
immediately on the Nass
River -Channel - at
Greenville, ;

The federal government
of Public Works will pay
$89,535.65 for this project.
Tender has been let to
Island Sand Sales Limited of
Richmond.

PORT SIMPSON SCHOOL
- Port Simpson School will.
undergo a major change this
summer with construction
of additional classroom and

recreation space. The day

school is located on the Port
Simpson Indian Reserve.
Value of- the Pro ect has
been pegged al: $409,900,
Tender has been let to Russ
Reid Limited of Port Moody.

ship gas_

(the herald) —__.

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y,

basic concern of the
humerous
from the midwest, northeast
and southeast srould be to
get direct pipeline delivery
of Alaskan gas, rather than
the El Paso proposal to land
the gas by ship in California.

Herecalled that the desire |

for assured direct delivery
was a prime reason why
Vice-President Walter
Mondale was a leading
Arctic Gas supporter as a
Minnesota senator.
Mondale’s former
colleagues in Congress who

congressmen

once supported Arctic Gas
can be expected to switch to
the Alaska Highway route
now, the lobbyist predicted.

With less than two months
to go before Carter makes
his decision, such
arguments are expected to
be heard with -increasin
frequency in Congress, fed-
erai government offices,
state letislaturesand other
pressure groups as the
pipeline companies seek
indirectly to win Carter's
favor..

earances ~

and skiing opportunities in ‘Thursday, July 7 - at The

the est’ oe 50 with all Hub from ste 3:30 p.m., and
. at Winterland from 4:30 t

Mr. Blix willbe in Terrace o'clock. — - 30 °6

British Columbia, the Yukon

$1.4 BILLION | FOR Yuk

REINSULATING HOMES - and Northwest Territories.
FEDERAL : By 1984 all homes built
GOVERNMENT prior to September 1, 1977,

The federal government
has announced a $1.4 billion
program to reinsulate
existing homes. It will go
into effect September 1 in

| participating provinces.

The program, under the

. auspices of the federal

department of Energy
Mines and Resources w. i
provide a taxable grant of.

up to $350 per home,
covering two thirds of the
cost. of purchasing

insulating material,

In the first year of
operation the pr ram will
cover homes built prior to
1921 In New Brunswick,

Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba —
_and,. Saskatchewan and

homes built prior to '1941 in
Newfoundland, Alberta,

‘me, care 0

will be eligible. ;
In issuing the statement,
the federal Energy
Minister, Honourable
Alistair Gillespie, said: that
at the same time he hoped
provinces would adopt other
energy saving measures
such as a 55 mile and hour
speed limit on two lane
highways and a 60 mile an
hour, limit on other
highways; prohibit’ bulk
metering for natural gas or
electricity in multi-family
dwellings and finally,
remove the sales tax -on
insulation’ materials... <.
If you have questions on
this particular: program or
other government
legislation, please write to
the House of
Commons, Ottawa K1A 0X2.