B4 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 31, 2000 CHRISTIANA WIENS SKEENA ANGLER | ROB BROWN Required reading rustraled by the uncerlainty of the forest industry? [f you’re not, you should be. Numerous commissions, codes and promises of forest renewal notwithstanding, the forest industry in this province is hopelessly confused and dysfunctional. If you don’t know how bad things are and how they got this way, a concise histary of lumbering in B.C, will help, Fur was the big industry in colonial B.C. When the decline in fur swapping began, some enterprising men began casting around for a new source of wealth. A long cast wasn’t required: there were trees everywhere, Corporate welfare is nat a new phenomenon. In 1883 the govemors of the day gave three quarters of a million hectares of prime Vancouver Island timber land to the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Co. Payback for this gubematorial largess was to come in the form of a railway that could then be used to jump start the mining industry. By 1900 the demand for lumber to put up buildings, shore up mines and tic railways logether precipitated a tim- ber nish. The apostles of unfettered enterprise would do well to examine the behaviour of the unregulated depreda- tions of the laissez-faire forest companies circa 1900. Mills were outfitted to only handle timber of the highest quality. The good wood near the mills was soon exhausted. The mills closed and the owners scrambled after new tenures, then relocated. This resulted in boom and bust cycles, slim economic pickin’s for the government, as well as all the hardships associated with a transient work force. With the operable forest fast approaching liquidation a Royal Commission was appointed to bring some kind of management regime to the industry. It was the work of this body. that led to B.C.’s Forest Act... The second-commission was struck. in 1943. to deal with. “the spectre of ‘timber shortage as a réstilt’ of War driven demand, Its chair, Justice Sloan, championed the notion of sustained yield. This concep! meant liquidating old growth systematically over a long enough period of time to allow a crop of second growth, which, afler a period of adjust- ment, would then be logged in perpetuity. Sloan also recommended the government issue secure tenures to the companies and issue licenses on the condition they build processing plants which, Sloan reasoned, would lead to community stability and long term employment. All this was fine in theary, but Sloan overestimated the community mindedness of the companies and underesti- mated their greed. In 1950 the logging rate was 22 million cubic metres; by 1970 the industry had spread inland and the rate Was 55 million cubic metres. Huge expensive mills were being built and financed by high volume export strate- gics rather than value added enterprises, Contrary to Sloan's hopes, small timber firms vanished, a few corpora- tions took charge of the industry and hitched their wagons to global markets and its inherent instabilities while gov- emmient was left with the cost of reforestation. All of this was identified by economist Peter Pearse, who chaired a third royal commission set up hy the Socred TERRACE STANDARD SPORTS. Olympian inspires northwest students am Shooting hoops Kitwanga basketball player Ashlene Ranahan was in Terrace Saturday, May 27 in a practice session for the Girls Under 16 zone Summer Games basket- ball team. Ranahan is the only giri from the Hazelton / Kitwanga area to make the team. The rest of the players are from Terrace (4), The Nass Valley (2), and Prince Rupert (3). The team is coached by Bill Gook. By SARAH GLEN ONLY YOU can make your dream come true. That was ‘Lynne Bee- crofi’s message to Uplands Elementary students, May 26. The internationally | re- nowned field hockey Olym- pian was part of an Esteem Team trio that visited the northwest, May 23-26. Beecroft, who helped the Canadian National Women's Field Hockey team bag fifth place at the 1985 Olympics, encouraged her young audience to pur- sue their goals no matter what any one tells them. “Do you think if | was a short man who's passion was basketball, I shouldn’t try to play in the NBA?” she asked the students. “Of course I should. You've got to follow your dreams be- cause that’s the only way you'll be happy.” 638-7283 LYNNE BEECROFT is an Olympian and former member of the National - Field Hockey Team was in Terrace Friday. Passion, . goals, effort, the power of visualization and : a positive environment are the keys to realizing your dreams, said Beecroft. _She asked the students to share the own dreams as well. “I want to be the best martial artist,” the front. “Jy want to be a swim coach,’ to be the best swim coach.” said a boy near * said a girl. “No. I want “Then let that passion for your dream be your driving force,” said Beecroft. Beecroft said that her speeches aren ‘t just for the ele- mentary students, “I want to tap into the inner child in all of us, be-, ' cause a wise person learns not only from books but from . the flowers and the trees as well,” said Beecroft. . The other members of the esteem team, Mitch Baker, ‘part of the Canadian National Snowboarding team and Carmyn James, a national level high jumper joined Bee- |" croft in the northwest tour. - ares SMe INE Ftp ae «The team spoke to students in4Printe George, Van- derhoof, Smithers, Houston, Burns Lake, Terrace. and Kitimat, Uplands was the last stop for Beecroft’s tour. News In Brief in Prince Rupert. Triathletes wanted THE SIXTH ANNUAL Coast Prince Rupert Hotel Island man Triathlon will be held Sunday, June 18 Terrace Minor Baseball: Credit Union tops All Seasons for third By TYLER NOBLE Distance categories are available for every age and ability, including an almost official Olympic distance sanctioned by the B.C. Triathlon Associa- tion. The run features a post-barbecue with door prizes that feature Canadian Airline tickets to Vancouver. Entry forms can be picked up at Terrace’s Mc- Bike Shop. Entry fees are $30 per person and $66 per team. For more informatian cali David Shearer at 250-627-7668. Women’s soccer kicks off TERRACE WOMEN’S Soccer is off to a good Junior League Standings Government of the day when it should have set up a com- Through May 24, 2000 mission on land use instead. JUNIOR LEAGUE action By 1990 the forest workers represented five per cent of continued at Rotary Ficids start. ; GP RF RA W L TPTS sions the provincial werk force, down from 10 per cent only a vay onthe Tne oon Kinsmen 6 59 46 5 | 0 10 The assaciation’s seven teams have bugged two decade before, a result of a determined effort by the indus- | trict Credit Union. Spee-dee Printers 6 55 47 3 30 6 ae ee it and Blessings Children’s We: try to reduce their labour costs through technological A strong Kinsmen team 1. & District CreditUnion 6 49 68 2 4 0 4 donne a the com elitionavith too wit wear are change in the bush and in the mills. was looking to improve All Seasons 661 66 2 40 4 Bath Artistic Hairs top scorer Monica "Rauler To get a feel for the state of the forest industry inthe year} their flawless record to 4- and Blessings Children’s Wear’s top scorer Paula 2000, one need only consider these facts: B.C. has the low- | 0, while Terrace & District Teixeira, have slammed six goals’ in the net to est employment per 1,000 cubic metres of wood in the | Credit Union was hungry record to 4-1, And they Printers. help their team to victory. world; in 1998 B.C, added $119 per cubic metre of value in processing and manufacturing facilities, the US adds 3318; as of 1997 somewhere between $262 million and $524 million of the MOF budget was paid out to subsidize the forest industry, and with the onset of FRB.C. it’s likely that the percentage of subsicly has risen even higher. The province has been logged at a cost to other resources, The cost of restoring salmon streams vandalized by logging is about four billion dollars. Tourism, B.C’'s second largest Tevenue generator has not even had a place at the tables where the fate of places important ta it have been seaicd. Forestry has been the cause of numerous species extine- tions. And the impacts go on and on. Naw a suite of new problems face the forest industry. More and more European companies are refusing to buy into the rough and tumble logging of old growth timber. Court decisions have clearly set out the fiduciary responsi- bilities of the government in relation to First Nations and resource extraction. Alternate sources of fibre are coming on line in the pulp and paper industry. And, quick growing tree plantations in sunnier climes threaten lo do to B.C.’s timber industry what fish farms have done lo the salmon fishing industry. What can be dune? Reduce the annual allowable cut, says ecological economist ‘Tom Green in Cutting for the Economy's Sake: Setting Tinber Harvest Levels that are Good for B.C.’s Economy, Green’s work is available at the Sierra Club of B.C.’s website, or can be ordered from them. It should be required renting for everyone in B.C. © for their first win of the season, The game was close all the way, but Kinsmen couldn't keep the streak alive, as Terrace & Dis- trict Credit Union upset Kinsmen in a 9-7 match- up, to finish week 2, Week 3 action began May 16 when Terrace & District Credit Union and All Seasons met in a Tuesday night match-up. Terrace & District Cre- dit Union was looking for their second straight win while All Seasons looked improve their record to “3. All Seasons began the game with the lead, how- ever things started slipping when Terrace & District Credit Union came from behind to win 11-10, , On May 17, Kinsmen took on Spee-dee Printers, Spee-dee was looking to bounce back from their - heart-breaking joss in exita ‘innings earlier in - the month while Kinsmen was looking: to improve. their did, defeating Spee-dee Printers 6-4. Games scheduled on May 19-20 were cancelled due to bad weather. Although week 3. isn't completed yet, week 4 ac- tion began last Tuesday night, as Kinsmen looked for payback against Ter- race & District Credit Union. The Credit Union hoped to bring their record up to 3-3, but Kinsmen shut them down this time, easi- ly winning by a score of . 13-8, Kinsmen improved to 5-1, while Terrace & District Credit Union drop- ped to 2-4, On Wednesday night, All Seasons took on Spee- dee Printers. Spee-dee opened the scoring with an early 5-3 lead after the first inning, and kept the lead until the fifth, In All Season's half of the fifth, with the score 12-7 for Spee-dee, All Seasons qilickly scored five: runs. off. of defensive ‘errors. by Spee-dee | Tn the sixth, with the score 12-12, All Seasons’ defense simply stopped the Spee-dee offense. In the bottom of the final inning, All Seasons’ Curtis Kester made it on base by Spee- dee error, and later stole second, After a fly ball to left by the next batter, Kester advanced to third by error, and made it home on an- other error on the same play. Kester's run was the winning run, and All Sea- sons defeated Spee-dee Printers 13-12, With the win, All Sea- sons improved to 2-4, while Spee-dee dropped to 3-3, te ve ve : On June 2-4, Terrace will be hosting its-annual Junior League Tourna- ment, Teams from. Van- derhoof and Smithers will be travelling to.Terrace to take on our four teams. Games will take place all weekend long, so come, out to Rotary Fields and. enjoy the action! ~ sb Flower Power’s point machine, Jen Leblanc, has beaten the goalie six times, making her the team’s lap soccer while helping them keep their one win and one loss record. Both Molson and Beginner's two lasses cach. Lisa Clark is Molson’s top scorer, with two goals and Lana Garner, from Beginner’ $ Luck, is this team's top scorer, keeping them in the games with one goal over-all. Cedar River Physio lop scorers, Heidi Scibring and Cheryl Parkes, have split the goals with two each, keeping their team with a one win, one tie record. Almweod Royals are working on their one tie and one loss record, with top scorer, Diana Wood, smashing two goals into the net. Women interested in kicking the ball around can still register by calling Lianne Funk, 635-1857, Boaters wanted s Luck | are down with ARE YOU a boater who wants to mix a history les- son with a good time? Then sign up for the Lake Okanagan Rally. Retracing the route of the stern wheeler the SS. Sicamous, participants will race the 200 kilometre return trip, which runs from Penticton up Okanagan Lake to Vernon, The racers will leave the dock August 19 to bat- tle for the first place $500 time purse. For information and registration, call, Finn Lar- son, 1-800-663-5052, or email, penchamber@img.nel. = Pree ! Auto