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The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 9, 2000 - B1

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As the world turns
hen you were a child, did you
ever imagine yourself living in
the 21st century? How did you

see it?

Well here we are. The last page of 1999 has
turned, the 1900s book is closed. The sun still
shines (the snow still falls), our planet conti-
hues to turn on its axis and we are the same
folks on 1/2/00 as on 12/31/99, just a little
older, that's all.

The worldwide celebrations, the fantabulous
fireworks, the speeches (and speeches) pro-
mising the end of wars, hunger and disease,
the hope and joy on the faces of millions
everywhere were recorded for posterity and,
presumably, will be available on CD and VHS
SO We can recapture that moment in history as
often as we like.

passed and already we could do with a litile of
that ‘recapturing’. Admittedly, it may take
more than 30 days to stop people from annihi-
lating one another and those mice may have to
tun up the clock many more times before
known or new diseases are stopped in their
" tracks - but hunger? We produce enough faod
to feed our world and another Just like it. How

“It doesn't take genetically altered
food to halt starvation - it takes a

“world with the will to get the food
already produced to those who so
desperately need it.” |

long does it take to eradicate starvation?

Apparently, it has more to do with will than
a way because there's always a way if the will
is there.

Erma Bombeck once said that she was fast

: approaching-the point where she didn't want to
elect anyone stupid enough to want the job.
Readers chuckled at that one just as they did
when reading most of what Erma wrote.

She was a funny lady. 4,

Real humour, however, always contains a
glimmer of truth for both the teller and those
who enjoy it. At the time I read it, I doubt that
what-she meant had much impact on me be-
yond a flecting thought of a few specific poli-
ticos whose names won't be mentioned here.

Now, I wonder not only about the elected,
but have a few doubts about the electors. Per-
haps we hear so many speeches, we're not lis-
tening anymore, or worse, we hear what we
want to hear and, in this age of instant gratifi-
cation, we consider it done.

the millennium celebrations and heard all that
wonderful bombast from throne, grandstand
and pulpit, yet in the past 30 days, who among
us has asked what, if anything, those speechif-
iers are doing to make the children of our
world safe, secure and well fed?

' The US Ambassador to the UN says her
country will do nothing to stop the war in
Chechnya because it's not in the economic in-
4erest of her country to do so.

' Guess the Rwandans and the Tamils al-
ready know how that works.

In Montreal, powerful interests at the UN

* Conference on "genetically altered food are al-
tempting to force countries who don't want the
products to have to accept them.

On the same front, the pressure is on our ‘
government not to require labelling of these .
products and, even more distressing, not to re-
quire further testing of them beyond what has
already occurred.

Yep, war and hunger have both been ad-
dressed this month, but not exactly in the
manner promised during those wonderful cele-
brations,

_It doesn't take genetically altered food to
halt starvation - it takes a world with the will
to get the food already produced to those who
so desperately need it,

_ . Certainly, growers will be elad of seed that
is even more hybridized against destruction

~ than in the past and stockholders of companies
like Monsanto will smile at greater returns on
their investments, but is crossing a potato gene
- with one from a pig getting one step closer to
feeding the hungty?

Never mind - it's a rhetorical question.

_War, apparently is deemed an economic
necessity by the most powerful nation on
earth, so we have our answer. there as well.

Thanks, Erma. Wonder.when that cD will
be out...

The first month of our new millennium has -

A. gazillion or more people tike me watched '

Readers’ Poll

The Best of Terrace

IF ANYTHING, the Best of Terrace Question-
naire can let people know what to get their
partners for Valentine’s Day.

Local residents want flowers, preferably
roses, However, some locals would much ra-
ther you take them to Prince Rupert for “sex in
pan” {it’s a desert from Cowpuccinos!)

According to the responses we received, a
perfect day in Terrace might go a little some-
thing like this:

To start your day, you go for hike up Ter-
race Mountain. Afterwards, you spend a sunny
afternoon at the beach, smelling clean, pulp-
mill free air, and listening to Kingfish on the
radio.

For lunch you go to chill out at Ground
Works and then head to the Skeena Pub,
where Jerry serves you a tall, cool ‘Molson Ca-
nadian. Next, you step off at home where you
surf Terrace tourism’s website for a bit, while
daydreaming about barbecuing the spring sal-

mon a friend has given you for dinner.

After supper, you turn on the TV to watch
Friends and then you drive to Rupert to soak in
the scenery.

In Rupert, you decide to buy a snowboard —
you want to keep up with the best new trend.
While in the snowboard store, you notice the
woman serving you has her tonpue pierced.
You shake your head disapprovingly.

On your way home you pass by a number of
Terrace Anti-Poverty volunteers. You summon
up the courage to ask one of them out on a
first date and you take her/him them to see a
movie.

Your last $10, you decide to put in the
bank. You may need it tomorrow when you
take you aunt, who’s visiting, to Mount Layton
Hot Springs.

Finally, you head to bed thinking about
Bert’s Deli’s blackforest ham - one of the
Northwest's best kept secrets!

‘BEST PLACE TO CHILL: Dianne Lupick
from Ground Works make a great latte.

Best place to chill out

in Terrace:

1. Aquatic Centre and Ground Works (tie)
2. Skeena Pub

3. Back Eddy

One resident thinks the best place to chill is
the freezer aisle in Safeway!

Best local or north-
west website:

1, terracetourism.ca

2, osg.net

3. kermode.net

Surfers should also check out these websites:
copper-mtn.cmsd.bc.ca, westcoast-fishing.com
and kermode.net/shames/

Best spring salmon,
catch of the year:

L Anyone who caught one,

2. Whoever shares

3. The ones in angler Rob Brown’s newspaper
articles!

Fishers boasted of catching fish weighing any-
where from 20 to 70 pounds. According to one
local, the best spring salmon are the ones
bought from Ed Kasperski at Flying Eagle

. Seafood.

. Best reason to be
“thankful you live in Ter-

race and not in Kitimat:

1. No pulp mill perfume

2, Friendlier people

3, Better restaurants and shopping in Terrace
(Canadian Tire and McDonalds)

Others wrote that Terrace has more health care
specialists, Shames Mountain and streets that
don’ t run in circles.

Best reason to drive to
Prince Rupert:

1. For the scenery (waterfalls, bears, Skeena
River and the mountains)

2. To eat seafood (that includes sushi)

3. Ocean view

One person says the drive to Rupert is worth it
for “sex in a pan", a desert at Cowpuccinos.
Others go to slurp beer in Breakers: Pub.

Best local musician or’
band:

1. Kingfish

2. Accelerators

3. Halfyard

Locals also like listening to. ‘the Northwest
Singers, the Terrace Community Band, Mildly
Salsa and Fairwarning.

Best place to spend.
your last $10:

1. Save it

2, Buck or Two

3. Bargain Store

One generous soul would rather donate it-to
the Salvation Army. Another would rather
spend it playing Bingo.

Best watched. TV pro-..

gram:
1. Friends

2. ER

3. CBC, Ally McBeal and Third Watch (lie)
The Simpsons are still popular and so is Jerry
Springer. What does that say about us?

Best place to spend a

sunny afternoon:

1, Lakelse Lake

2. George Little Park

3. In my backyard

One local resident says the best place to be on
a sun shiny day i is sitting on the back of a mot-
orcycle cruising to Rosswood. The patio at
Ground Works was another popular hang out.

Best server (waiter, ,
waitress, or counter-'"
person) in the city:

1. Staff at the Skeena Pub (Jerry, in particu-
lar)

2. Servers at the Bear County Inn (Rachel and
James)

3. Nova al the Northern Motor lin

Also singled out were the servers at Mr. Mikes.

Worst paved road: |

1. Soucie

2. Haugland

3. Lazelle (off Kenney)

Basically locals say the whole city: needs re-
paving. Loen was also singled out as: having
nasly potholes.

Best place to go one
first date: |

I. To the movies

2. Blackstone restaurant
3. Ground Works . opera
‘Other locals. would rather gett to. know 4 someone’.
while sharing wings at FLL or: over a Big Mac.

* at McDonald’s,

+

' 3. For a drive

~ ery, church on Sundays and the lava beds,

BEST KEPT SECRET: Sissi Kutenics
from Bert's Deli slices blackforest ham,

Best kept secret in the I
northwest:

1. Terrace!

2. My pine mushroom patch

3. Shames Mountain

Other gems include: the blackforest ham at’
Bert’s Deli, Haryana’s. Restaurant and the train
ride from Prince Rupert to Smithers.

Best new trend:

1. Snowboarding
2. 70s clothing
3. Tourism

aren't.) . eo ae ate
2. Bagey clothes: aa
3. Pokemon

FOR YOUR VALENTINE: Grace Fell flor-
ist Louise Freeman shows off her roses.

Best Valentine’s gift:

1. Roses

2. Chocolate (especially those from Germmas) —
3. Diamonds

Other locais would prefer a gift from Ebony’s
(like edible underwear!)

Best place to go fora
walk or hike:

I. Terrace Mountain
2. Ferry [sland
3. Slecping Beauty

Best volunteer in the
city:

1. People at Terrace Anti-Poverty Group
2. Betty Campbell
3. Duncan Archer

Best place to take vi-

sitors:
1. Mount Layton Hot Springs
2. Lakelse Lake

Although these were the three most popular
answers, we liked these ones too: Falls Gall-

Best Canadian beer: |

‘1. Molson Canadian . :
2. Granville Island Lager wo
3.. Kokanee ne