A4- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 1, 2003
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Think big
PLACING a $50,000 Kermode bear statue at the
west edge of town to greet tourists may seem an ex-
travagance, Critics say the city can’t afford it, or that
council's priorities are misplaced and money
shouldn't be cut from the fire department.

We disagree. On various fronts Terrace is planning
and acting for the future.

This one is no different and no less justified.

The city has had a good run of aesthetic self-im-
provernent under the stewardship of planner David
Trawin, who arrived in 1995 and now leaves for
Kamloops. We can and must continue that work.

Any tour of the province reveals Terrace is only
just catching up to the level of landscaping and attrac-
tions enjoyed in similar-sized cities.

Many are liberally dotted with public art, trail net-
works, colourful banners and large sculptures.

Some have big things — think Mr. P.G. or Hous-
ton’s giant fly fishing rod.

If anything, the life-sized statue of our signature
white bear will be rather modest.

So what else could Terrace do?

@ A riverside trail. There should be a renewed
push to extend trails from the new bridge all around
the southside to take advantage of our greatest natural
feature - the Skeena River.

M A Japanese gateway. For years our sawmill has
precisely cut local trees for Japanese buyers. But we
never see what they do with the wood. A large Ja-
panese gateway or arbour, with a Japanese garden
area, would pay tribute to our trading partners and en-
rich us with their design.

M@ A big plane. In 1950 a U.S. Air Force B-36

bomber jettisoned its atomic bomb into Hecate Strait
then sailed through our skies before crashing in the
Kispiox mountains. History is a big attractor. Let’s
mark the “Broken Arrow” incident by mounting a
20-foot wingspan model of the historic B-36 on a
pedestalin alocal park. -.
~ Mi UFO tourism has:put places like Vulcan, Alber-
ta on the map. If Terrace - as recent stats show —
continues to rank as one of the top spots in Canada
for UFO sightings, an extraterrestrial attraction could
be pursued.

H Banners with more colour and artistry. If we
spend public money on fireworks we can spend it on
banners that will look better and be seen all summer.
Towns half our size have full colour banners, several
different designs, and don’t resort to adding corporate
logos to pay the bill.

@ Sculpture. While something abstract’ would be
elegant, it might be a tough local sell. We are in the
realm of big fish — perhaps a giant salmon along with
an angler.

BH More bears. From stuffed Kermodes at the air-
port to statues in parks where tourists can actually
pose beside them — we can’t get enough of the white
bear, ~

HM More totem poles. We’re home to some of the
best carvers on the planet, but our region’s original
monumental artform remains somewhat under repre-
sented within city limits. We should be open to the
right occasion to raise more poles.

These are just a few possibilities. But even the best
ideas can be badly executed without good advice and
artistic flair.

We shouldn’t be afraid to try these sorts of things.
Or to spend money to do them well.

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It’s British Columbia and not B.C.

KELOWNA - W.A.C. Bennett
used to politely chastise re-
porters when they referred to
British Columbia as B.C. The
province, he would say, was
too beautiful to be called just
B.C, It stuck, I rarely use the
impersonal abbreviation.

i don’t want to sound like a
chamber of commerce booster,
but having seen much of the
world, British Columbia, in
my mind, still ranks right up
there as a place that comes as
close to paradise as can be.

That assessment was once
again reinforced during my trip
today from Victoria to Kelow-
na,

1 can’t count the number of
times I have taken the ferry
between Vancouver Island and
the Mainland, but [ have yet
to be bored by it.

The mini-cruise that takes
one through the picturesque
Gulf Islands, across the stretch
of open sea to the Mainland is
worth every penny of it, espe-
cially now that | travel free as
a senior. Hey, [ still have to
pay for the vehicle.

More often than not, I drive
the Hope-Princeton Highway
on my way to the Okanagan, It
takes longer than the Coqui-
halla, but is a far more gratify-
ing experience. Every curve in
the road, some of which you
can't take at speeds above 4)
kilometres and hour, opens up
new vistas. That I save the
Coquihalla toll is a bonus.

The drive along Highway
Number 3, takes you past the
famous Hope Slide.

FROM THE CAPITAL.
HUBERT BEYER

That landstide happened
on January 9, 1965, It buried
the highway to a depth of up
to 79 metres and claimed the
lives of four motorists.

The highway then winds its
way through Manning Park
and eventually, the dark fir
forests give way to the lodge-
pole pines of the Interior.

In Princeton, I still miss the
joint on the left-hand side of

the :-highway, which..used. to

serve burgers out of this world.
Beat McDonalds, Wendy’s
and Burger King six ways to
breakfast. All the newsprint
you can eat to the reader who
remembers the name of the
place. See e-mail address be-
low,

Westbank, Il kilometres
south of Kelowna, appears to
be busting at the seams. There
are new housing developments
everywhere. ,

Unfortunately, the bill-
boards along the road on na-
tive land also appear to have

multiplied tenfold since [ last
came through. I’m not blaming
the natives. Somebody has to
buy the advertising space. And
they line up to do so.

Turning left at the familiar
floating bridge crossing Oka-
qagan Lake, Kelowna looks as
it did when I first visited the
town some 40 years ago, but .
only at first sight.

You look to the left and see
concrete highrises. Lakeside
condos from $200,000. The big
city syndrome has caught up
with the town from which
W.A.C. Bennett directed the
triumphant march of the rag-
tag Social Credit candidates to
victory at the polls in 1952.

The hardware merchant
from Kelowna wasn’t even the
leader of the party that to its
astonishment found itself in
government.

He fixed that little problem
by more or less appointing
himself leader at the first
meeting following the party

victory and was “premier ,of
~ British'Columbia until’1972.0 °

His son, Bill Bennett, who
served as premier from 1975 to
1986, still lives in Kelowna,
I'll make it a point to call him
tomorrow,

The younger Bennett was
often accused of being stiff,
aloof, and without a sense of
humour, Not so.

On one occasion, I was
chatling with him in the Legis-
lative Buildings’ Speaker’s
corrider and finally said that 1
had to leave because I had a
government to destroy.

“Hubert, you couldn’t de-
stroy the town council of Spuz-
zum if you tried,” was his rep-
ly. Not bad for a comeback and
probably closer to the truth
than I liked. At any rate, he did
have a sense of humour.

I'm writing this column in
the Best Western in Kelowna,
the only hotel [ could find that
had high-speed internet access.

It's a nice hotel, but I have
one complaint, which 1 will
bring the attention of manage-
ment.

Kelowna is in the heart of
the Okanagan Valley, whose
estate wineries have brought
fame to Canada for their excel-
lent wines,

The little fridge in my room
has dozens of items in it, from
chocolate bars to four different
kinds of beer, from pretzels to
cashew nuts, from diet Coke to
Bacardi rum. What it doesn’t
have is a bottle of wine, not
even the cheaper commercial
kind.

_wonoking,, as is a fact of life,,
the'st™ days, is frowned “upon ’
here, too. | uo

Although the hotel still has
some rooms where smoking is
allowed, I couldn't get one.
The warning in the room says
that if any evidence of smoking
is found, there will be a $2,000
charge to my credit card.

However, there is an ashtray
on the balcony and the weather
is still balmy. Once again, note
to Vern: No lecture, please.

Beyer can be reached at:

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hbeyer@ coolcom.com,

Seven steps to a healthy life

“OVERWEIGHT PEOPLE are
addicted to food, but being

‘ overweight is a disease of

choice,” says Dr, Phil. “You

can’t be overweight unless you
. have a lifestyle to support it.”

In this second year of his
TV show, Dr. Phil is taking us
inside the daily lives of eight
obese people who have strug-
gled with their weight most of
their tives. Through video
cameras in every room of their
homes, we will go along as Dr.
Phil eavesdrops any time he
chooses. ;

Those who succeed in Dr.
Phil's weight loss challenge

_ will win big prizes. To win,

they must live up to the seven
keys of his lifetime weight
control program and keep the
weight off.

The seven keys are to (1)
Quit thinking they can never
be a normal weight. (2) Deal
with the underlying feelings
that drive them to “medicate
themselves with food. (3)
Safeguard their environment
by ridding their home of junk
food. (4) Curb impulse eating.
(5) Buy, cook and eat food

NICE SKIRT! You
DESIGNED IT YOURSELF?

THROUGH-BIFOCALS
CLAUDETTE SANDECKI

that takes longer to prepare
and to consume. (6) Exercise
daily. (7) Surround themselves
with friends and family who
support their weight loss ef-
forts.

Achieving any of these
keys demands a different style
of thinking and living. That
can be unsetiling.

Key 7, surrounding yourself
with only supportive people
can, disrupt relationships. You
may have to temporarily avoid
people who sabotage your

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dieting plans. One participant,
scheduled to marry an equally
overweight man in October,

- phoned home to hear him

whine about being left alone
for five days while she was se-
questered in a Los Angeles
house alang with the other
challengers,

I wanted to tell her, “Ditch
the selfish bum. He doesn't
have your best interests at
heart. Lose 200 pounds and
you'll have plenty of caring,
normal weight men to choose
from.”

Many overweight people
harbour an outsize wardrobe
just in case. And sure enough,
six'months after they manage
to lose a size, they eat their
way back up.

That's proof of wrong think-
ing. If they believed in them-
selves, they'd cull their war-
drobe to what fits. Then they'd
have to eat less or go naked
until they shopped.

Like smokers who claim
they can’t quit and continue to
buy cigarettes or tobacco, no
one can lose weight so long as
they stock their favourite fast

foods, doughnuts, cookies,
fries, chips. A carrot has 50
calories and takes five minutes
to chew. A 300 calorie dough-
nul can be swallowed in three
bites. If they stocked their
kitchen with fresh fruits and
vegetables and foods that need
cooking first, they'd have a
harder time gulping calories
fast as a wood chipper.

When these eight challeng-
ers return home, they face the
dikemma of ridding their home
of junk food, pre-packaged
goodies, and all sorts of handy
nibbles,

Without the cooperation of
kids and spouse, trimming the
shelves of all but wholesome
foods will be impossible. I'd
give my kids an allowance for
goadies to be eaten before they
come hore.

Avoiding fast food outlets,
exercising instead of sprawling
on the sofa, and saying No to
impulse eating will take will-
power bolstered by planning.

Those who follow Dr, Phil's
advice and get a handle on
their weight forever will enjoy
a longer healthier Life.

BY

DUAQIRART