When the dust, ink, bits of typographic paper and. expired ideas have all settled in the wake of producing Off another newspaper here,.we tend to go. into a sort of post-deadline funk thinking about all the stories and - news that didn’t make it into the issue we just fin- ished. Sometimes it’s due to time constraints, other times inability to contact key sources for a variety of reasons, As a consequence we tend to view our weekly prod- ~ uct pretty critically and with a determination that. : we're going to do better on the next one. .We get oc- casional pleasant surprises, however. One of those pleasant surprises came last weekend from a rather flattering source, a group of other — newspaper people, In the annual Better Newspapers Competition sponsored by the B.C. and Yukon Com- _ munity Newspapers Association, the Terrace Review was judged best all-around newspaper in the under-3,000 circulation category for tabloids among BCYCNA member papers. Being the modest sorts we © are here, we’ll let the judging panel from the Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association speak for us: The newspapers in the Tabloid One class fell into two categories: strong and weak, with virtually no middle ground. There were some exceptional areas in individual papers, but the judges had little trouble in determining the order of finish in the Better Newspapers Competition. A superb two-color front page backed up with ex- cellent photography, the strongest editorial page in the competition and loads of local news inside place the Terrace Review.at the top of the heap. Add a few more local features and clean up the front page reproduction and this publication will be unbeatable in the future. Although we put this newspaper together. to inform our readers, not to win competitions, it’s still gratify- ing to be judged in such a complimentary manner by a ‘siury of our peers’’. Credit for our performance has to be distributed throughout the organization, and we'd like to pay tribute in public to a core group of hard working and talented freelance writers and col- umnists who produce some very fine work for us, and the unsung heroes and heroines in our production department who pay the price with long hours when the editorial staff stretches deadlines to get that last angle ona breaking: story. — But when this issue goes to press, we're still going | to be haunted by the things that are missing despite: our efforts. We're determined to keep getting better. 7 leprace Second-class mall registration No, 6896. Atl material appearing In the Terrace Review is protected under Canadian copyright Raglstra- tlon No. 362775 and cannot tegatly be repro: duced for any reason without permission of the - ero and omissions. 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To put some of the current games and machinations into perspective, here’s a form chart of some of the rumblings, grumblings and actions, com- plete with this.columnist’s mus- ings. J. Vander Zalm, in ‘‘con- sultation’” with caucus chair- man Carol Gran agrees. that a caucus meeting is necessary, to discuss the stunning Sept. 20th by-election loss in Socred coun- try, the Cariboo. But, instead of facing his angered, concerned and threatened troops.right away, the Premier will take two weeks in Hawaii with Mis Lillian, - before finally deigning to meet the caucus, on Oct. 25, That just happens to be the day before the party’s annual con- -vention in Vancouver, and is seen as an attempt to defuse the issue. (it’s more likely to fester, but...). . Gran tells close friends that she is irate at suggestions from some in the. media that she agreed to put off the session because she’d do.anything to . stay on Vander Zalm’s good side in order finally to be given . a Cabinet post. . Don’t believe it. She may have made a political error in The view from Victor id — by John Pifer _ agreeing to delay the confron- tation; but Gran is made of sterner stuff than being some- one who can be ‘‘bought”’ so cheaply. She does not deserve such a cheap shot. 2. Meanwhile, there are some MLAs and party officials who pray for a Hawaiian snowstorm~ for Vander Zalm to take a private walk in, as Pierre Trudeau did when he finally decided to resign. There is | nothing to suggest it will hap- pen, but they’ll keep praying. - This reporter does not think he’ll jump; but he could be pushed. . . 3. Meanwhile, Grace MeCar- thy is off and running for "premier, regardless of whether or not any starting gun has been fired. When her people leak a poll to the Vancouver — Sun it shows that had she been leader, they never would have lost the Cariboo... but neither would Brian Smith, Bud Smith or Clande Richmond. (Inciden- tally, similar polling paid for ‘by the NDP shows that the Socreds would have been zap- ped regardless of who led them). The next day, CKNW Radio — hotliner Rafe Mair, a former | _ Socred Cabinet minister, goes — public, province-wide, with his belief that Grace is the only : person capable of doing the * job. Coming from a known . Bud Smith supporter, this revelation suggests to some that “the attorney-general has de- cided to quit,.or to team up with Gracie for an assault on the stubborn. Dutchnian in the _ , . premier’s chair, Bet on the former. 4. Meanwhile, at least two, possibly three, senior members of Cabinet have discussed the future with McCarthy. They want Vander Zalm gone, as quickly and as ‘cleanly ‘as possi- ble. But they may be prepared to have it done quickly and messily if necessary. It could get real ugly out there! . 5, Meanwhile, talk of the rise of a second free-enterprise political party gains a little ground, as a handful of dis- gruntled MLAs look for some room to move if Vander Zalm somehow manages to cling to — power, a la New Brunswick’s doomed Richard Hatfield. They want nothing more to. do with the man who helped to get them elected; but who now is likely to take them all down with him if he stays. Although | they really don’t like the pro- ~ - spect of hitching their star to Gracie, methinks their resolve will crumble when it comes - - down to the short strokes. . 6. Quite frankly, more Socred MLAs would have - favored former attorney- general Brian Smith for premier | than any of the other pretenders to the throne. However, there is one very large problem: Smith has walk- 7 | ed away from the Socred mess. - Very soon, he will take a senior - _ post with Canadian National - Railway, thanks to his Tory connections. He is no longer a factor. | 7. One must not discount the - loud, and often obnoxious, 15 2 percent mitiority who believe — that-Vander Zalm can do fo wrong. They probably have . photos. of him over their bed: wee continued on page é |