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The Puck's in your zone - HOCKEY FANS
by Len Harrington
' the edge In every game against elther Terrace or
or ee dont need & “ysial bat uate oe Kitimat. The juniors are Improving and if the :
future of junior hocke in’ Terrace. | last two seasons are any indication, they‘ll be on
vthe plain and “simple tok is that unl ess par with the Intermediates before the end of the
Terrace hockey fans get out and offer support to Season. .
the Terrace Centennials of the Pacific Northwest PA aha bolas seen of which have
Hockey League. this will be their fourth AND Smithers was overheard 9 5ay he wasn't going ,
: to any more Cents’ games "because they weren’t
You may ask why support for the team Is it
lacking this year. Well, that question is a puzzle, | good enough fo support. any oo Revert wit 3
particularly to the team and its organizers. A one in 18 games, lost an § to 2 decision to
tuntacted ter an opinion offered by people Terrace this season already. And If that fan had
Some say it’s because our depressed situation _ bothered to turn out to the next game, he'd have
makes people pay closer attention 10 where seen the Cents beat Burns Lake 5 to 4 in one of the
ihey'respending money. Tey ellus ney cannot PERSE Ot a A th oF her
afford the luxury of watching PNWHL hockey at team through the good years and the bad years
“their Inflated prices‘’’. An answer to that Is that it would eeom that in Terrace we can count the
prices are the same as last year. Of course if the f
Cents were on a 10-game winning streak, these mye fans Sond duclop some pride in the ret
ar . é
somehow. ple would find a way “to afford If this year we are using quite a few local boys who
Others ‘say they'd rather ski than watch a have developed through our Minor jfeckey
hockey game. They tell us the Cents should have til ve havent had tor be es ran a
scheduled more Saturday night games and fewer P : to ff. At least
Sunday afternoon games. We can’t blame them hockey Wine koce B ertieh, a Kelly MeCabe
if they want to ski, but so far there’s been no ¥ ‘ iI ht
skiing, so where the hell have they been? and Carmon Brown, are playing well enough to
‘As for the schedule, Terrace fought for and got make the lineup of any team In the league. And
a number of changes this year. For example all the local as well as outside boys are Im-
there's more games with teams from the other proving with each oe he Oh, sure, they re going
division, more games period, different teams on ; to have thelr share of bad games, v | en d uy
~: -weekend twin bills-Instead-of -the same-team -~ :-.* peyeur doesn't score every time he P ays, GDes .
= © Sajurday night and Sunday afternoon, ‘and fewer "The Cents also have a 15-year-old named Pat

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mid-week games.

The Cents went for more Sunday home games
than Saturday night home games because they
felt Sunday afternoons were more of a “‘nothing-
to-do’ time than Saturiay nights.

Still others wiil say they‘re tired of watching
only Kitimat and Prince Rupert. They say
there’s tao many games against them and not
enough against feaams from the other division.
They want variety.

Well, as far as the Cents go, they agree with
these fans. They’d ‘love to play a balanced
schedule, but try fo convince the other teams.
This is strictly a dollars and pennies issue. All
teams are in the hole, and although some may
make a buck this season, they’ve all got past
debts. A full integrated schedule is too costly. If
the league was back fo “eight teams, with
Smithers moving Inte the West Division, It
wouldn‘t solve the “more variety” problem, but
it would certainly cutdown the number of Prince
Rupert-Kitimat visits. Unfortunately, the
situation exists and will continue to exist as Jong
as we have six teams.

Then we have the so-called fan who claims
they’ve waited four years for a winner and the
Cents haven't produced. in the three seasons
prior to this one, the Cents improved over every
past year. Although they’ve finished second in
the west in the last two seasons, they took Prince
Rupert right down to the full seven games In the
division final before losing out. And theré’s a
number of fans around who will tell you that if

the Cents had got past Rupert, there was a very ©

good chance they'd have beaten Houston Luckies
both years because the Cents had the best
regular-season record against the Luckies..

This year, before the weekend, the Cents had
won seven and lost nine.- This may seern Iike a
losing record to “facts n’ figures” fans, but it’s a
little better than the Cents were at the same time
last season.

Then let's take into consideration that only
Terrace and Kithmat are [junior taams. The rest
are all experienced intermediate teams, and that

Rabbitt. We probably won't have Pat with us

next year, but other feams and hockey experts

tell us that he’s pro hockey bound. We all

remember Mike Fynn. Well, Mr. Rabbitt Is a.

better prospect than Mike was at this time and
he’s certainly the best star stiraction the Cents
have ever had. -

Cents have experlenced Vern Sketchley who
offers the leadership every team seeks. And
don’t forget Craig Levie or goaltender Ray
Prive. The potential Is there on this team. The
only thing absent fs the fans. .

The team cannot continue to operate with 200

_or less fans at every game. It costs money, and
right now the Cents are drawing the lowest home
-crowds of any team in the

Getting back to a “winner", as long as the
PNWHL continues to stay a mixture of four
intermediate and two junior teams, it's dovbttul

if we're ever going to produce a winner. If we.

could keep all our players together for a second

- year, we might come up with that winner.
But as these boys improve, they must go on to
‘the higher ranks of juntor hockey. An all-junior
league in this area would be the answer. But as
long as the league’s Intermediate teams veto the
idea, nothing will change. What will change,
unless fan support picks up, is thet Terrace will
close the books on the Cents. :

If this happens, Terrace will either get out of :

the PNWHL or an intermediate team will be
formed to take the Cents‘ place. We do have good
talent In our Commercial League, but are those
guys willing to undertake the time and effort for
21-game, on-the-read schedule?

So, dear fans, the facts are plain and simple.

We have a good junior team that Is holding Its
own in the PNWHL, We have more local. boys on
the team than ever before.:We can at least flnish
- out this season if we get beter support at the
gate. If this support is not forthcoming, you can

._ kiss the team goodbye and take a ‘walt and see”

attitude for next season. -

’+ The puck Is in your zone, sports fans. What are -

league. -

experlence has to give Rupert, Smithers, et al,

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An article in a U,S.
publication recently said
there was “panic in the
streets” in Canada following
the results of this week’s
Quebec election. This is a
highly exaggerated
description of Canadian
feeling, but certainly, I
think, the election of the
Parti Quebecois to govern
Quebec on a separatist
platform must be.a prime
concern of all Canadians
until the issue is reselved.
- GOAL OF
SEPARATISM

Plainly, the. new gover-
ning party in Quebec intends
to work for the separation of
that province from the reat
of our country. The lerms

fy, ; A

have not yet been outlined,
but that is the expressed
intent of the Party
Quebecois and of the new
Premier, Rene Levesque.

Let us in the months
ahead, also bear in mind the
very emotional nature of
many of the pranoun-
cements that are likely to be
made on this subject, and
above all keep our own
heads ‘‘coo]”, While we
must gain a proper wn-
derstanding of the feellngs
and emotions of a large
element of our Canadian
mosaic who are unhappy
with our present framewor
of social, legislative and
economic decision-making,
we must also remember the

-it that way.

_ ment to.grant the separation

many strengths ‘of our
country, and: the Canadian
family that we still ‘are. Let
us think about our nation as
a whole — and work to keep

Prime Minister Trudeau,
a strong federalist, with his
own roots being in Quebec,
has said that the federal

overnment had a mandate

rule. the whole. country
and that this mandate, given :
to the federal government
by the Canadian people,
does not allow the govern-

the |

Parliament, also

of one province from the
other nine. | :
CONSTITUTIONAL
. DIFFICULTIES
The | British . North

. America Act, the Canadian
‘constitution which rests in
hands of the British

compasses all provinces in
_ Canada and has no article in

it which allow separation of

‘one’ provinee from ‘the

others. Amending the BNA

Act would take an act of

Canadian Parliament: and_

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letters to th

Tankers in Channel |

The Editor:
Dear Sir:

In our efforts. to induce
some industries to lecdte in
faltering “to bolster our
a economy, I ve
much fear that all eaution
will be swept aside and we
will grasp with outstretched

” grateful arms anything that

comes along which
promises a few jobs, even
porary, that will benefit

the business interests,

; _ Yegardless of these in-

dustries’ effects on our
environment. I refer par-
ticularly to the pro oil
pipeline and the farge oil
nkers coming up Douglas

nnel to an oi] port in
Kitimat. ;

What are the facts
surrounding this pro ed
oi] route, facts which we
should study. carefully and
get answers to, before it is

late? In the first place it
is a strictly American un-
dertaking, with any cost
advantages polng to the
American oil companies,
with the promise that at
some future ime Canada
may be allowed. to par-
ticipate. Certainiy. a few
jobs will be created during
construction, backhoes
digging trenches and
trucking, but 1 understand
pipeline’ welders are a
special group and will come
from other places. Canadian
tanker standards call for
double hull construction,
while American standards
call only for single hulls.
Which standard will
prevail? To start with we
were told that the line was to
earry Alaskan oil. Now we
are told that oil from the
Arabic countries will also be
coming into Kitimiat. Much
of this oil is carried in old
tankers. not equipped with

wup-tordate... navigating .

equipment;'as shown by the ©
major oi] spill in Nova
Scotia a few years ago, and
with crews unable to speak
the English language, as we
heard of the tankers a few
days ago, steaming into
et Sound in the outgoing
tratfic lane. It was im-
possible to warn them as
none of the crew spoke
English. Will we also face

‘this problem? If a tatiker

goes aground on a reef
causing a major oil spill the
oil companies claim na
responsibility, and as was
found in the Nova Scotia oil .
spill, it was impossible to
charge the coats up to the
ship owners, in that cage the
multi-millionaire Onassis,
but the Canadian govern-
ment had to pay the entire
costs, I place an oil spill in
Douglas Channel] or neigh-
bouring waters as not more
bites ten years. after the

peline goes on stream,
with our government
deciding that rather than
spend the necessary
millions to.clean up the
mess in this out-of-the way
northern area, they will let
time and nature do the job.

. .Will the government insist

Wayne

To the Editor:

I wish to express my
congratulations to our
_aldermanic candidates
Sharan Biggs, . Robert:
Cooper and Vic Jolliffe. A
special thanks to all. the

people wito assisted me with ©.

‘then an act of the British *
Parliament. Control of the
- Actatill rests in the hands of -

’ the British Parliament, and

uindits have said, “if the
Q_ thinks «the. British
Parliament will send the
Canadian constitution
‘home’ to Canada when. it
knows that it. coud mean
secession of one of Canada’s

on high standards of ef-
ficiency and maintenance
on all tankers entering
coastal waters?

Hf they have such stan-

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Animal control

The Editer:

1 would like to commend
Mrs. Doris Sturko and Staff
on the “running of Animal
Control this year. This job in
the past has had its
problems, being run with a
ot of criticism from the

door listing every house in
Terrace that owns a dog,
The Shelter is always clean
and questions are always
answered. It's not very often
one hears anything good
about Animal Control so one
more time, thank you Doris,

dards now do they strictly ubjic, but Mrs, Sturko’s for doing a good job.
enforce omer wey a they pew approach, golng door to —- Elsa mbley
their fingers crossed. Wil a
e ships be allow
proceed up the Channel on Graham Avenue
their own, or will well-
trained pilots, familiar pith . -
e Channel hazards, be a
must? In case of heavy fo rezoning -
will the tankers be allowed 1) (uncil As tor your By-laws 1

to proceed, or will they be

required to stop until the
heavy fogs liit? If the
ipeline goes up the
ymoetz or Copper River,
and a break occurs in the
line, and this is a distinct
possibility, how man
gallons :of crude oll will
escape before the break is
located and the oil shut off?
It would be impossible to
contain a spill on this river
and the thousands of gallons
of oil which would esca
would pollute the whole
Skeena River right down to
its estuary at salt water.
And if.a break. did occur
would we get suitable
compensation from the oil
companies, or would it be
called an act of God?

Is this ‘pipeline necessary,
or is it being considered
because of the growing
objections of the People in
lower B.C. and Washington
to any further increase. in
tanker traffic in the Puget
Sound area? With the
amount of oil required. all
over the U.S.A. I would be
very surprised if there
wasn't a pipeline closer than
B06 miles from the
Washington coast which
could be linked up with a

ipeline from the
Washington ire and used
bo carry the 01 (0 where 11:13
‘required. Theft the paulers
could ‘leave ‘Valdez, ‘put out
to sea and kéep well off the
B.C. coast on their way
south,

. Tunderstand that SPEC is -

considering submitting a
-brief on the oil pipeline but
uire funds. if they put on
they vill get Iisancil help.
ey will get financi p.
als) understand that an
editorial appeared in the
Kitimat Sentinel, written by
the owner, in which he
states that - anyone
Protestin the building of
e pipeline is Communist
inspired. This is a
despicable statement to
make, but it is interesting to
note that the writer of that
editorial believes that only.
Communist inspired citizens
are concerned enough over
the future of our en-
vironment to protest ‘the
building of the pipeline, at
least until we have the
answers to a lot of questions
and the assurance that our
beautiful country won't be
spoiled by large foreign
companies only interested
in making a profit. .

_¥. Frank

Gaunt |
my campaign. Our local
overnment haye man
eduire quick and thoughtful
ck and thou
action and I'm . sure. the
citizens of Terrace will give

‘them all their support.
Wayne Gaunt

provitices, then they: have

another think coming!” Be
« that as it ma

be,

Even if the BNA Act were

“jn the hands of the Canadian

government, the con-
stitutional problems related

- to Quebec's ‘separation.

would take considerable
time to resolve. Would we
have to cut the Atlantic
rovinces off from Con-
‘ederation too? There would
‘after all be certain isolation
of that region if Quebec
were a separate ‘entity
What would happen to:
Saint Lawrence | :
one of the keys to our
country’s transportation of

goods? ko.
‘” And what would happen to

way.

Addressed to
Alderman Giesbrecht:

Tins letter is in regards lo
the building built by Mario
Di Gaovanni and may be
read to council stating my
views on your By-laws, ele,

Muat of you are probably
Wording why i- changed
my opinion on the building
as | was the one most
aguinst it. That is because
we petitioned before it was
buil in hopes to prevent it
but now that it is up we
would rather see it used,
then to have it empty, and
perhaps he'll keep his word
ana hire 25 to 30 local
workers.

we telt he should have
come around before con-
struction and asked us or
explained to us his plans. He
finaily had to andit tock him
some lime so perhaps he'll
respect our views and keep

‘the place quiet and neat
looking.

would jike lo see you
delcrimine what a potaly
shed iovks like and make u
bunder stick lo his plans.
You could have prevented
this tiaiding if you had done
thai or enforced that by-law
if you nave it on your buoks,
Also wheat or if he gets hig
rezoning would like lo see
working hours staled. No
night shifts, ete.; also to
keep noise to a minimum by
thy material he uses for the.
large open doors, Also still
think that spot zoning is bad
and uniecessary. So you
folks should decide on what
our area is lo be zoned and
enforce it.

Would like to see Thains
junk yard on the main high-
way fenced high and thick,
so we won't see that ugly
site of junk cars etc. That is
a real eyesore.

Sincerely

Angele Howe

Cruel trapping methods

The Editor:

The Association. for the
Protection of Fur-Bearing
Animals (A.P.F.A.) notes
with regret, that Hon. Grace
McCarthy is no longer the

x Minister. of Reeregtion, and
.. Conservation... However, we
” Hope the new hdinister, Han.

Sam Bawlf will speed the
‘ banriing of the leg-hold and
other cruel trapping
methods.

The Social Credit party
stated in 1975, “It is our
commitment that cruel
methods of trapping be
banned wilhin three years
and indeed sooner if humane
traps are developed before
then."

On June 30, 1976, the Hen.
Grace McCarthy stated in
the Legislature, “I will
+ assure this House that my

concern, my  persenal
commitment to the House

. and to the electorate, is that

we Will find a solution to this

CA.

Dear Editor: “4

The: C.A.R.S. campaign
for funds’ in your area has
surpassed all revious years
and I am writing to say a
sincere thank you for
wonderful support in your
community.

Your campaign returns.
this year total $2,150, an
increase of 29.1 percent aver
last year. :
Other campaign results

_ are still coming in so I am

unable te provide final

figures, but on the whole
hey are well over last year
which will help maintain the

C.A.R.S. arthritis program

at its present level, after

suffering serious cutbacks

‘earlier this year.

Members of the local
fund-raising committee,
under the chairmanship of

. Mrs. Joyee Martel have the
. fratit le of those who need
eir help to ease the pain

provinces and in New

Anglophone Canadians if the
Francophone province
leaves Confederation.
Similarly, what would be the

fate, .of Anglophone
Canadians residing’ in
Quebec?
“ee PEOPLE — |

* NOT LAWS

But, in the long run, we

. Must remember that- our

country. is made of — and
made for — people and-not
laws or constitutions. If .a

problem within the next 24
months,” .

Our association hopes that
the new minister, Hon. 5S.
Bawlf, will not only honour
Mrs. McCarthy's personal
commitmexit but hopefully
will bring a final end to cruel
trapping’ methods ‘even
sooner than the promised
two years. Many thousands
of B.C. fur-bearing animals
are on this day waiting in
cruel traps for their suf-
fering to end. Quick action is
urgent. 7

We hope that the public
will write the new minister
and urge greater speed and
decisive action. The animals
can't speak for themselves
but you and I can. Your
support of our association’s
efforts to ban cruel trapping
methods is most ap-
preciated.

Sincerely,

(Mrs.} Bunty Clements, .

President - A.P.F.A, -

R.S. .

and sufiering caused - by
arthritis. They. have . the
atitude also of. those at
ARS. charged with
conducting a three-pra
year round arihride control
program, Which  eéfi-
compasses treatment,
research and education,
When all results are in
they will be shared with
your readers, but: in the
meantime I wanted to ex-
ress thanks from the B.C.
vision of C.A.R.S. to Mra.
‘doyce Martel and .to the
volunteers who so ef-
fectively handled the local
campaign and to all who
gave them such outstandin,
support,’ including, ©
course, the media on whose
understanding and help all
are dependent.
Yours sincerely,
Mildred Jeffery |
Public Information
Director oo
SSS Oa nea aha estan

' anada, then
nothing can keep them.

Similarly — and J firmly

lieve that this ig the
reality of the situation — if
the vast majority ‘of
Quebeckers are also. proud
to ‘call’ themselves

Canadians — then -no

amount ' of Persuasion,
ent’ or «propaganda
wil make them’ pull gut of
our ‘unique Contederation,

_ . Canada is indeed a unique

natlon — unique. in our
wealth and-our resources,
and unique in the harmony
of our diverse cultures,