Al4- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 3, 2004

Homeless man 'S plight stirs
reaction from local citizen _

By JENNIFER LANG

JUST“ STEPS . away’ from

the path. Canada’ s Governor
General

_ Shelter of a loca! homeless
- man.

The heart-breaking - ‘col: 7
lection; some of which hangs _
“off branchés of, large | bushes -

op building in¢lides Sloth ;
“ing: ‘hung ‘to dry, scavenged ~
gear: and treasured ‘persoval _

effects. -
vA hanging basket of pl

tic flowers proclaims: “Hap.

py Birthday." ae

There's a’ ‘green iawn
chair,.a bicycle, : and ‘other
belongings. - They're. “piled
underneath stark, tall. bushes -
that” “once: provide d oi

and the elements - ;
thing i is-soaked.:.

Phil Brown’ noticed ‘the.
site ‘that ‘same: week. Pre-
mier Gordon;Campbell was '
in-town to outline: the $135.

million northern develap-

‘iment fund plan.and:to tell
northwesterners to be patient ;
concerning an économic re-

vival. .
. Brown. - and: a his

cut through the, parking ° ‘lot
«when: they.. spotted: the un-.

mislakable- “signs ofa home-.:°-
_ less encampment set up’ next. °
“to the southwest comer, af 2

Greig Ave.”

_ The rag-tag ‘colléction is
ess than 200° metres ‘from
~ the hotel “where “Campbell :
‘gave out details of the north- .

ern development plan,

"strolled : ‘during :
her recent walking tour of -
downtown lies the makeshift .

pot ‘the site‘to the rain ©
‘= “every -

“will
Sandi were. taking, a Short-

“within ‘plein a
view” of. ‘pedesirians ° “and:
drivers heading: east. along

Ss

ries

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PHIL BROWN says more must be done for people such as the individual who has gathered a Collection of
belongings and who is living rough at the old Co-op location.

"JENNIFER LANG PHOTO -

~ Brown said he dropped...
off. a ‘couple: of. -blankets
and. quilts for. the unknown -
‘homeless © “man. “early | one.
-moming: : ;

«/Hé' can't believe the city. won
is planning on spending mil- >
lions.in taxpayers’ money on-

a:new ‘sportsplex — not when

there. are: ‘homeless people’
who: clearly, need < our ale

tance.: ve

ST's: slike,. “Where's ‘our
priorities?” ne
‘Brown; who recenily be. :
“Game. ‘out. of work. himself;
hopes : to raise. awareness -
“about the. ete of. local.

‘residents who’ don't” have a.
place to call their own. 2. |

We. have a problem, ‘in:
- case anyone here ‘thought ”
Sas otherwise, he said.’ na

MAS : sociely,

shouldn't, just be © turning:
our: heads and saying ‘It’.
: will, 20 “away.” ‘It’s real, T's.
mot something: that’s, going ©
“to fade’. into the: distance,”

“Brown added.,
~ Help is available, hed days; oe
_ acting there is an emergency.
Shelter “in- town,: ‘but: :Brown
believes . ‘there's . ‘mote; the.

ity. can do, he says: -

, Brown nates the homeless, ;

campis close to the location

That kind - of: ‘altitude,

Brown. says, only: exacer-~
” bates.,the - situation.’ It’ pre-,

ageable.
*. for Terrace’s future tourism.
focal point '-- the - George
; Little heritage house...
+”. He. fears: people in “the .
we. Terrace area have cbeconte |
“<blind to” the’. problem, or:
think. it only:happens in big
cities like Vancouver, where -
“there | are tent cities.” 20 o+.
ots a society, we think, ‘It's’
‘somebody ¢ else's problem.”

aU think the public should

“know, it’s S. part of our'com-

munity,”

Brown had Been 2 aware of -
“couch-surfers. and Terrace’ s"
“bush people” — individuals” |
who camp. discreetly i in plac-
8s like‘Terrace Mountain... -

But? until know, Brown.
- haid’t realized there:'was a .
‘Terrace’ resident . living on:
~ the streets. in:such a visible -
‘Spot, making it impossible to.
‘ignore. :
verils’ the: ‘community. from".
‘ seeking. solutions: to. - home-
lessness white, it: 8 stil: ‘mane.

“In this time and this age,

“it shouldn’" be like this,"he_ :

said.

- Kermode to be featured on DVD.

' THE PUSH to declare. the*
northwest’s. Kermode’ ‘beara a

symbol of the 2010 Winter’: . Con
_ president Lael McKeown.”

Olympics is.to‘get abit of a
boost with the distribution.

“official endorsenient, by the °
‘party: Says’ Skeena: Liberal

constituency -.', association’.

oF a locally-produced DVD: & nee So

highlighting the-animal..

It’s being. done: by the le
cal group established to.find
ways Tor the. area to ‘benelit.

by. the event and will be dis-

Iributed ‘to several hundred :

‘influential ‘decision makers,
‘lor.
” subtitle.“The Kernode: Our

-Games'Mascot?™. -
“IW. bei in the two to three

. minute’ range and. will con-: ©
tain the message we want to

get across,” said: Taylor. .

There's no date yet when —
decisions . on“. mascots ~ oF -
symbols. ‘for the: Olympics.

will be made,

“We teally. think the logo -
itself will! be decided first, 7

said Taylor... pal
>In. the meantime,

Liberals are‘in Whistler this
week. taking’ the Kermode ,
campaign to their party’ s bi-
ennial policy convention.
~_- They” re looking, for. ati

says group chair John Tay- o

The title is “An Uncon- ~
~" mon Bear: Indeed”: with ‘the -

I6cal :

> “The. unique. ‘Kermode

- (Spirit) bear represents” the
- diversity. of our culture; the’
beauty of our wilderness, the -

~presenée and contribution of”
the north’and fural areas to~
British ° ‘Colunibia and we -
_ propose -that’ ‘the ‘Kermode 4

‘bear become the symbol and :
mascot ‘of ‘the. 2010 Olym-" ;

‘pics;"
pared by:local Liberals,

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