Paso 4, The Herald, Monday, August 7, wit TERRACE/KITIMAT daily herald ‘ Published by Sterling Publishers {Generel Offices . 635.457 ‘Clreulation - 625-4357 _ GEN. MANAGER - Knox Coupland EDITOR - Greg Middleton : CIRCULATION- TERRACE. 635-4357 KITIMAT OF FICE - 632-2747 Published every waekday af 3212 Kalum Street, ‘Terrace, B.C, A member’ of Verified Cireutatlen. : Authorized as second class mall. Reglairation number ; 1201, Postage pald In cash, return postage guaranteed. NOTE OF COPYRIGHT ‘The Herald retains full, complete and sole copyright In :@ny advertisement produced and-or any editorial or cphotographic: content published In the Herald, _] (Reproduction Is not permitted. prc hihl One problem with changing g governments is that you usually have to go through the tedious proceedure of fighting against the same ee ed ideas you've already fought against before. As soon as the Progressive Conservative govern- ment was elected , those who have an interest in seeing Alaskan cil ahipped half way down the coast of B.C, so that it could be pumped kiumat Oil Port started to crank out the rumors the Kitimat pe was still alive, 6 an aging starlette, or more aptly a bad pen- ny,the suggestion of taking the double risk of using tankers to haul oi] through some of the most - reacherous water in the world, just so it could be pumped through a pipeline which would have to run through anotorious slide and flood area, has turned up again Now that U.S. president Jimmy Carter has finally realized the middie eastern countries are not about to allow the United States to continue to grow richer on their energy supplies, and he has turned Canada to take the riska considered to dangerous to theU.S, coastline, we hear that the Kitimat to Edmonton. peline proposal is being put forward again. | Rs going to be difficult to work up the enthusiasm to repeat all. the reasons why an ail-land pipeline proposal put forward by Foothills Oil Pi put forward by Foothills Oil Pi Ltd. is the only sensible plan, and the Kitimat-Edmonton plan is the euercbe of in The Tories however, have to go through ig to everyone all over again, juat so they can maneuy up S nein own mind. Meanwhile, we are going to have to listen to claims that tanker traific poses no serious risks. No matter that as this is writtena tanker is sinking in the Persian » The tanker, which has a capacity of five million ons, was on its Wa to load whenit exploded, dents of toantliies where oil has washed up dent have to be teld how much damage that would cause, Fishermen here, already threatened. by _dgmage to fish habitats through bad logging and mining practices, can imagine the devastation. ~ An oll port for the west coast Would mean only a few full time jobs after the construction is o over, Except for the boom during the building of the facility, only money the area would realize would be money the government would have to spend toclean upa spill. At that bisre the limited additional prosperity isn't worth sdee 8. eS a a The Canadian North has been exploited ‘from the begining. First through over trapping for the furs that brought the explorers here; then through the strike-it- rich gold rush syndrome. Between over fishing and over harvesting the forests, We've seen nothing but bust after bust. Nother short term construction boom, solely so the United States can avoid for a little longer dealing with their over consumption of energy isn’t going to do the Pacific Northwest ee er good. We - would be better off to pass wy tenuous and tially dangerous plant to Took for growth which is on becoming more self-sufficient than taking eone else’s risks in order to get a one-time hand HCRAAL “| won't have a table for 20 minutes. Here's your soup.” “We got married when two could live as cheaply a as. one— now one can’t live as cheaply as one.” - WINNIPEG (CP) — The decay of Winnipeg’s Main Street has put phrases into the city's everyday speech. ide not uncommon to hear hrase ‘Main Street eeistenca to describe a life has the we hub of business activity Portage Avenue, is threa » Bay police and businessmen. Pel ‘Store owners have com- plained for some time that the north side of Portage Avenue is not a prime location, and many have moved businesses that have been on the street for dec: ; Laat week a police official hlamed the street's decline on pinball arcades and the people they attract, Acting Superintendent Herb Stephens says the number of muggings, parking meter thefts, purse TORONTO (CP).— The humble, black canvas runningshoe worn by a generation of youngsters the 1050s and 'é0s has been replaced by rainbow: colored, spectalized, welght athletic footwear. Runalng shoes haye become a lifestyle fad, says Thom Gravelle, executive president of Pony, Canada’s only ance sporte-shoe compa They me are part of the fitness image a lot of people are trying to cultivate, he said iri | an interview. And a lot of ‘People are willing to spa pend a lot of money to do it. ‘“T go down to the Ex 7 (Canadian National ' 1 | “The Herald ‘welcomes its readers com: ments. Ail. letters to the editor of general Nic interes}. wif be printed. We do, ever, retain the pos to retuse to print etters on grounde'of possible libel. or bad nd Exhibition) and see guys , Wearing $40 or §50 running ahoes Who have never run a step in thelr Ilves,’” Gravelle “Companies such as Pony, Adidas, Puma, New Balance, Nike, Brooks, Etonic and Sonic are fighting for a plece of the estimated $¢-million Canadian running- shoe market. New stores open with names like Athlete's and Athlete’s World, Then feature every kind of runner, rr from those with gaatilled soles to car-atyle spollers on the heel. But for some ts out: fitting models is causing confusion. some industry apokesmen say people are being sw swindled. Linda Vipond, athletic- shoe buyer for: Collegiate fall apart in a week, she said, these arcades A city in decay anatchings ‘and other pet crimes have increased hay ri pest year. iy you are gone to have to draw a certain type of and we attribute a lot crimes to that type people,” Stephens said. “The arcades draw young- atera who have only $1 to apend and when that's gone they want more money," he Stephens said shoplifting is on, the wire od it ar ves the young lew frequent the sender’ “Moving” or “For Rent" aigns are posted In windows on almost eve every block in the area of the arcades and, . businessmen complain their customers are tired of the loiterers, drunks and panhandlers who seem to be attracted to the street. However, Al Golden, a Winnipeg developer who y are going: towards the social ms . vat the root of Portage's - decline, owns ball p lames of the b eet parlors on iad he media roblem, where to go to loiter,” he rh te ey atten, things you write about. I've never been approached by a . panhandler on Portage ' yet.’ businesamen that Portage: haa Avenue aay beet neglected by ae River while millions have been spent to spruce up | the area eputh of the Mel Michener, vice- ident of the Downtown street, an csirich-like attituds RUNNING SHOES — Part of the fitness Sports, saya children come home ‘troca. school saying they can't be seen in anything but # #29.56 pair of between shoes ae those stipes usually turn out to be ‘ lightweight racing shoes thal Gravelle said that, ex for a top ‘rumner, the ference in performance uot Werth the ate shoe ls worth the extra.: at because of the move t high-pric ed, al ipecialized (CP) — It'a not only the : . mouth-wa ed at freshly baked bread tha mekes Buns Master Bak ery popular with Co-owner Brian MacKenzie says con- venient hours, low prices and ample have helped Pin customer approval for. Buns Master, which ‘has 28 ‘stores from Newfoun- dland = tto Columbia. MacKenzie and - his brothers Ren and Fred teamed up with Ra Lavaseer, all Dartmou residents, to organize the - Canada-wide franchise. The latest cutiet in a Dartmouth shopping i ters a vals ah era a yaried assortment of ous at prices substantially lower than those of many small grocers and major chain outlets, customers across: Canada, © i , ‘ 1 British BRIAN’S BUNS *| PROVE POPULAR| “g J Is baked iresh daily on the Brian. ‘Our giant walkin oven can 68 dozen dinner rolls in ‘20. mibutes." A staff of four main- tains production seven days a week in clear view of customers. conventions and restaurants here and in neighboring Halifax. quality, with prices peared’ to the budget. " Canadian “There are a lot of social main the area north of and the city fathe et Forage and te ely a will ge 0 away on their? own” chener says. Golden points to city in the area which is and develop parks, the neighborhood wouldsta rt to clean ltself up, of themselves," he tak The environment com- businesamen theatrent and area north of it are from neglect. fad saute wThe tra emerk and name of the largest athletic footwear | firm, are as Tom Ni ease, the company's raider, anys some mi are designed: re fed evi it for three mumer Is ripped off. ire tripe: . nity ‘o “aides: advisors, -counsellors, consultants ‘and , assorted assistan . tn $62,000 ann “OTTAWA OFFBEAT “BY RICHARD JACKSON || “Ottawa, The National Capital these: dave is alive. ‘, more sounds summer, | vit snd wiimperngs ean bo detecled oa te ; M br yee sounds come fom # the scores of frantic fore _ to former Liberal cabinet: mine atl Sega e cut on his ear- fire of the ublic service commission to award oe on the basis of “nee qualifications, are ; burrow to safety in the woodwork’ of. poverment om ent, ; . Caily and =f possible’ _anonymoualy, io The Commission's trip-wire ls es tuned these days ta con any. yibrationa Libera partisa ‘Om a Because like all other Teierab agencies it has been - an instrument of patronage of the Liberals thelr years of power ye The Yihortilved Conservative ' government of Joni "Blebeahaker only briefly brake 8 nearly ” years of: auprem federal agencies » deapit Saye haps the bent intentions hecame “thro an es Peelght of . political ointments at A top, party job pls placement off offices. | And while Dief was on. pa tments and did nothing to disturb oe ders. Prime, Minister Joe Clark and members of his cabinet are real ‘‘toughies'’.: So the Commission has to watch its step and: the supplicant job applicants, the fugitives from the so- Prevlotalyruspect partisan loyalties and reer 0 artisan loyalties guise puibe wit a new social security number. — ~ For them the immediated prospect ‘is bleak : So they get a job- at more than a few thouless than Pea erie ere eer cs ne earia ive at one day sodn the wor eal Canons a mode oe eservedly, to seal power. But meanwhile, bo more “wonderful Wednesday,'’- Aare at ae ae staff, ¢ Vsatienal of course.’ - chosen by LaSalle in 1673 and : the famous French explorer And how weatlonal, of OHO: ne last 40 years, Prime Minister Mackensla King used to function: with one executive asalstant, Walter Turnbull, who is atlll active in his eighties in citizen organizations: and perhaps a steno or two. Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent had 11 assistants and when Dief made it to PM, it was van eee of pride that he got along wi aides, Prime Minister Lester - beefed up: the . erg aon te room and established what, oul be an fo | | He-doubled andredoubled the bodies and tt ae ete Badia eet © ae ig productive. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau made a career of making PMO careers. His staff. bumped into the hundreds, with a specialist for just about everything, its scope vastly broadened th the costs running some $25 million. Now Joe Clark's building his empire. Howw far will he go? 4 Not as far as Pierre Trudeau if he is to avoid hassle, . but further much much further than any ef-the others. Clue: his public relations officer(they used to be ‘called that) is known as “senior adviser on com- munications’ and reates something between $40,000 and ov, And be has a “human resourtes adviner," same things started. tor General’ | - range, and that's just ge Where lt wil end, knows 0 TODAY IN HISTORY Aug: 27, 1070 | Fort Frontenac, defended rt for the trade Kingston, Ont., was captured and dea by the British 223 yours ago today ~ in 1783. ‘The tors site had been rae — Ttaly declared war on Germa : waa oamed the camp's commandant. In 1783, the . site was reoccupied by United Empire . Loyalists from New York State and was named Kingiton, Te “He's lost his worm again.”