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The people of the world.
' The new buzz phrase is,

“When the war is over.’’ You

hear this all the time now, from
politicians, generals, media peo-
ple. Brian Mulroney, for exam-
ple, tells the world how, once
this war is over, we’re going to
establish a lasting peace, solve
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,

-. abolish arms sales, etc.

The phrase, ‘When the war is
over,’ is repeated so constantly
you have to believe it expresses
what people really want: an end

to this war. I think it also re-

flects an uneasy recognition,
that people can’t yet admit even
to themselves, that this war was
a catastrophic mistake. This
‘may be World War Three. .
People say, ‘When the war is
over,’ but the problem is, it isn’t
over, and it isn’t going to be
over, unless we stop it.
Saddam Hussein, deep in his
bombproof bunker, and George

’ Bush, who aims at total victory,

aren’t going to stop it. They are
‘on the brink of expanding it,
starting a terrible ground war,
which, if the Iran-Iraq war gives
any indication of what is likely
to happen, will be like World

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To the Editor;

"As we watch TV and listen to

commentators and military ex-
perts talk about the Gulf War,
we're forced to ask ourselves,
“How can we help?’’. It’s still

War One, with hundreds of lives
being lost in attempts to advance
short distances across a mine-
field.

Thousands of young men and
women will die, or be badly
wounded, or horribly maimed.
Iraqis, Saudis, Americans,
British, French, Canadians.

But already the war has killed
or wounded hundreds of people.
Ordinary people in Baghdad and
Basra, civilians, most of them

children. Blown up or crippled ,

by bombs. Not intentionally,
because the U.S. and British
pilots: are certainly trying to
avoid what military spokesper-
sons call ‘collateral damage,’
but inevitably, given the tens of

thousands of sorties flown. Hal .

Jones of the CBC estimates it at
hundreds or thousands.

All day long, while we go
about our normal lives, it is
night in Iraq and the bombs are
falling and the children are suf-

- fering and dying. This is not an

emotional appeal. This is a fact.

If you support the war, then
you have to tell yourself that the
war aims, however you see
them, justify the killing of these
innocent children.

If there can be a ceasefire
soon, then maybe we can avoid
some of the terrible things that

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and money orders should be

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too early to know what the needs -

will be, but it’s become evident
that the damage, suffering and
numbers of innocent victims will

be greater than the resources

available.
The government of Canada

- has already recognized the

potential for massive suffering

~ by channelling $2.55 million

through the Canadian Red Cross

‘Society for its humanitarian
work. This amount, welcome as
it is, will not be enough.

On January 16, the Interna-
tional Committee of the Red
Cross launched a worldwide ap-
peal for the equivalent of $125
million Cdn. As the situation in
the Persian Gulf intensifies, this
figure will surely rise.

In times of conflict, the Red
‘Cross works to protect prisoners
of war and wounded on both
sides. It provides protection to
civilians and refugees caught up
in the hostilities, without regard
to race, religion, nationality or
political beliefs.

I urge your readers, whatever
their own beliefs, to contribute

generously to the Canadian Red
Cross Society’s Persian Gulf
Appeal now, so that lives can be
saved and assistance brought to
those directly affected by the
conflict, as soon as possible.

Canadians have always been a
generous people. It is time for
that generosity to be shown once

again, Donations can be mailed

to Canadian Red Cross at suite

end unless we stop it

lie ahead:
The bloodbath of troops.

Chemical, biological, or nu--

clear attacks. (One of the very
few bright spots in the news was
Joe Clark telling the Americans
that Canada would not accept
the use of nuclear weapons.)

Political destabilization in
Egypt, Syria, etc., leading to the
breakup of the coalition and the
isolation of the U.S. and its
European and North American
allies in a conflict with the vast
majority of Arab peoples.

Increased political polariza-
tion, militarism, and repression
in North America.

We can’t just assume the war
will somehow go away, and that
peace will return, as if it had
ever happened. Rather, if we do
not demand an end to it, it is
likely to widen.

For what has already happen-
ed, the Government ‘of Canada
bears some responsibility. We
need to tell our government we
want an immediate ceasefire,
continuation of sanctions
against Iraq, a UN peacekeep-
ing force on the Saudi border,
and an international peace con-
ference.

We need to act now, before it
is too late. |. George Stanley

Terrace, B.C.

ls for relief support.

Cross — Persian Gulf Appeal.
Dave Burnett
President
Northern Regional Council
B.C./Yukon Division
The Canadian Red Cross Society

Aggressive, bellicose race

To the Editor; |

Yes, war has broken out in the
Near East. Can we really be sur-
prised? As much as I blame the
United States, and many other
countries, for having brought
this about, I believe that we have
no choice right now but to fight
this evil power grab and disre-
gard for human life that Sadam
Hussein is now exercising.

Unfortunately the U.S. aided
and abetted him when it suited
them, as they aided and abetted
Noriega and so many others, but
they are not the only guilty ones.
It seems to me that the evil of the
big armament producers, and
the general greed for power and
the self-interestness of nations
and individuals, is really at the
root. And when yet another
monster has been created, and a
nation carries this callousness
and this hunger for power a step
too far, we suddenly all become
holier-than-thou and find our-
selves blameless.

I think the people who shout
PEACE are misguided and un-
realistic. I hate the idea of war as
much as the next person, but the
world is not that simple, that by
willing peace, we can make it
happen and that by ‘‘sweet-talk-
ing” the monster we can turn
him to reason. Sadly there is no
other way than raw force, and in

doing so we again debase and
dehumanize ourselves.

Weare, as Indo-Europeans all
descendents from a very aggres-
sive and bellicose race, and un-
less we learn to improve our-
selves, we are probably doomed
to extinction.

Susan Marsh
Terrace, B.C.

-. The real

To the Editor;

In your paper of Feb. 13,
there is a photo of my mother,
Mattie Frank, with her family

from 1909. It mentions Ella, -

Ivan, Floyd, Dorothy, and Bella
by their home at Eby’s Landing.
The baby on Mother’s lap was
not Dorothy but my brother
Jack, who was born in April of
that year. The other four chil-
- dren had arrived by riverboat on
May 27, 1908, with mother and
Mrs. Marsh and her two chil-

dren, Tom and Etanda. Mother -

and her family of four had come
from Port Essington to make
their home in what was called
Kitsumkalum.
Dad had built a temporary
place for them situated right
along the south boundary line
between the college grounds and
the housing complex that exists
now. He had started to clear
land below the hill on what
finally became Pioneer Farm
and Frank’s Dairy. He built the
house you can see in the photo,
from trees off the property
which became squared-off tim-
bers. This house was no small
undertaking as it was a two-
story, with three bedrooms and
a-store room upstairs, a living
room, dining room, and kitchen
downstairs. A well gave forth
the clearest, finest water I have
ever tasted.

This picture could have been

“Historical

Franks

taken the day Jack (John) was
christened in the Reverend
Marsh’s residence, just across
the road from our home. Mother
was presented with a silver cup,
engraved ‘‘John LEWIS
FRANK, Kitsumkalum’s first
born, from the Pioneer Settlers’’
18th of April, 1909. He was the
first white baby born in the val-
ley. I, Dorothy, didn’t appear
until a few years later and then
sister Mildred eight years after
that.

Sister Luella, the eldest, will
be 90 years old on the 25th of
February. She is in remarkably
good health. Ivan and Jack pass-
ed away in 1966 within a month
of each other. Belle is in Cal-
gary. She makes.a trip out here
once a year. Floyd has been a
part of Terrace since it’s begin-

ning.

I was away 20 years and will
live out my years here, as far as I
know. Mildred has made her
home in the new Twin River Es-
tates. Our father, Henry Lewis
Frank, passed away here in 1958
at the age of 88 and Mother in
1978 at the age of 95.

I hope this straightens out a
little misunderstanding and per-
haps adds a little history for
Heritage Day.

Dorothy C. Smith
(Dorothy Frank)
Terrace, B.C.

New car, few roads

To the Editor;

For those who are interested

in the dating of last week's

Heritage-picture on page BI of

the Feb. 13 Terrace Review, the
picture was taken in 192] on

Lakelse Avenue.
The Ford car shows Dudley

. Little at the wheel. ‘‘Dud’’ was
born in 1914. Clara Little is
holding her -young son Gordon,
who was born in 1921. The twins

Dorothy and Clara are in the
back seat — they were born in

1916.

Daughter Edith Kawinsky
wonders why her mother wanted
a-car in 1921, as there were so
few roads and the bridge to
Thornhill was not built until
1924. .

Mamie S. Kerby
Terrace, B.C.

Terrace helps Lung Association

To the Editor;

The British Columbia Lung
Association (BCLA) received a
strong show of support for its
fight against lung disease, with

donations to the annual Christ-
mas Seal Campaign reaching the
highest total ever.

I would like to thank Terrace-
area residents for contributing

New support group

To the Editor;

Recently a support group for
patients affected with Guillain-
Barre Syndrome has been form-
ed. Until now there haven’t been
any support groups for this dis-
order in British Columbia.

We have organized the sup-
port group in order to provide
first-hand experience, educa-
tion, and encouragement to
those affected with this illness.
Our goal is to let patients and
their families know that they are
not alone In dealing with the
fears and frustrations that can
accompany this syndrome.

Guillain-Barre Syndrome is

listed under the ‘disorders
covered under the Muscular
Dystrophy Association of Cana-
da. Information can be obtained
by contacting the Muscular
Dystrophy Association in your
area or the Muscular Dystrophy
Association in Vancouver.
Dina Kennedy or Barb Young
‘Guillain-Barre Support Group
oo of British Columbia

c/o Muscular Dystrophy
Association of Canada

1338 W. Broadway, Suite 303
~ Vancouver, B.C,

V6H 1H2

$4,868 toward the province-wide
total of $1.34 million collected
during the campaign that ended
January 31, 1991. Donations to
the campaign represent a six per-
cent increase over last year’s
total. The support of your news-
paper and your readers was ap-
preciated.

A voluntary health agency
with some 130,000 supporters,
the association relies on efforts
like the annual Christmas Seal
Campaign for virtually all of its
funding. Major BCLA activities
are funding advanced medical
research in B.C, and conducting
health education programs
across the province.

On behalf of the B.C. Lung
Association, I thank you for
your support. Dr, Bernie Riedel

Volunteer President
B.C. Lung Association
Vancouver, B.C,