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of greatness ~

in an age Of.
mediocrity ©

“Andres Segovia is dead. ‘He died, aged 94, of a heart’.

ailment at his home in Madrid while nearby the mayor |
of the city: was: ceremonially naming a street after him.
_- One could surmise Segovia would have been pleased:
-’ to-have his name ona Street gign in the capital city of his
‘native-Spain, but it is certain he didn’t seek or need -.
a monuments. He created them ‘with every stroke of his
fingers.

During his‘70-year performing career, there was never

. any question; doubt or. even variance of opinion about
* Segovia — he.was quite simply the greatest guitarist on
the face of the earth, the-standard. against which all
others, many of them ‘his students, were measured. His
. decision at an early. age to defy his parents’ wishes and
study an “unrespectable’”’ instrument elevated the ‘guitar ;

from: folk. music obscurity to a prominence in. the

_ world’s concert halls equal to that ofthe piano, violin,
ello and other traditional mainstays of serious music.
_. - Segovia was single-handedly responsible for giving in-*

‘ ternational audiences. the: opportunity to revel in the ar-

resting beauty of music by previously unknown Latin

‘American composers: such’ as Federico. Torroba. and
‘Manuel Pofice. His transcriptions of Bach and Handel
‘revealed the guitar as an. instrument of counterpoint . Fal to.
~ American protectionist ac-
tion against . Canadian.
softwood lumber cannot:

capabilities second in complexity only tothe keyboards.
To. hear Segovia perform in concert was a ‘stunning
experience. The technical perfection of execution was

- nearly overshadowed by the driven, directed - in-
- evitability of the music itself, leaving the listener with -

an immediate and. overwhelming. conviction of its ab-
solute rightness; Segovia’s realization of music seemed

to extinguish'every other possibility,
_ «His life seemed wholly given over'to inusic, and at the.
‘time of his death the intent to continue his arduous and
‘lifelong concert schedule was evident in advance book-
“ings well beyond the time when he would have been 100

years old. When advised by friends to slow down a bit,
Segovia reportedly replied, “I'll have all of eternity to

rest.’ The magnitude of his achievements, abilities and |
‘integrity. put him beyond controversy of any kind,
_although several years ago his marriage at nearly. 80
years of age to a. 16-year-old Spanish girl raised a few -
_ eyebrows; in short order they. produced ason who is his
~ only surviving heir.

‘Any human being who. takes: ‘an informed and Ta-

tional approach to the world as it is today can only con- --
~_¢lude-we are living in an age of unprecedented horrors.
-News. from-remote: places and even the: views off our

own. doorsteps. bring daily proof of yet -another

“nightmare becoming or about to become walking,

manifest reality.

The Chinese are said. to have a curse they reserve for
those whom they particularly dislike: ‘‘May you live in:
- interesting times.’’ Interesting,-indeed. Foul acts in high -
_places, revelations from every quarter near and far of |

vile deeds, deception, malfeasance, monumental errors,
gross and persistent stupidity, violations of the inno-
cent, conflicts among idealogues bent on Armaggedon,

- ‘the degradation of beauty and the distortion of truth are

all casual visitors in our common lives. Atrocities .in-
conceivable in one moment become actuality in the
next.

Segovia not only. existed in this chamber of horrors

‘but also left ‘an. invincible legacy of art as a counterspell
to the despair, cynicism and apathy made nearly in-.
evitable by the oppressive burden of information laid on

each of us daily by the world. He can sérve as a
reminder that even in these “interesting” times it is still
a privilege to be alive, to bear witness and testify to the
unlimited greatness that can sometimes live in ‘the

_ Preserving iss
heritage takes money

Art Mooney history be » saved, but

Michael Kelly.
- + + - petitor doesn’t,
.. though they. make a
ae similar product. 7
~. The sad case is Canada ~

- {t’s really easy to say
--that buildings and ar-
~ thfacts should be saved;
- put who Is willing to pay
for. It? | would iike to sea

tt to you.

you ask - Victoria: for:

thousands of dollars to
preserve heritage, and |
don't think they will give

- outraged ‘until. the Rap:

ture, but that, fact-is not!
going to change. We are -
‘living in a new age of.
morality. So ‘when’ ‘two
“people meet they can offer ~ risk of having one’s card
‘stolen, the right-hand: is

As the AIDS c controver-
sy appears to grow, ACom-

_ Promise. to ease the minds --
“of the masses also appears -

to be close at hand.

One of the risks of the
sexual: revolution has been.
the health status of one’s
~ partner since the advent -
of AIDS-"Is.the other. per-
“son @ ‘carrier or not? -.

_< Statistics:now suggest that

one in’ every 30 persons |
carries the AIDS virus, . ing
“and may be a potential: -
“> tisk, What. further steps
can: be taken. to- Protect |
- people? . .
One -person - has. sug-
gested a health card. We
no longer live i in a Chris-_.
tian ‘society. . Christians -

. can rant and rave and be

' by Jim Fulton,
'  M.P, Skeena’

government’s _ legislation
slapping a 15 percent ex-
- port tax on our American-

‘bound lumber is now law.~-

Failure to ward off

“be taken lightly. . The
“forest industry is the single

largest contributor .to-our .

balance of trade and: a
mainstay for communities

and hundreds. of: work
ers in. the northwest: A-

healthy forest industry isa
healthy country.”

That’s..a message the 7

. Conservative government ©
should have taken to heart - ~

before so readily caving in -
to American protectionist -,
demands. The export tax -

is full: of inconsistencies _ .

‘and unfairness, One ex- —

.pert describes it. as.a

bouyant market. None of

the $600 million raised by §
_the new tax has been ear- |
marked for reforestation — |

or for support for forest
workers,. |

‘witnesses from across
‘Canada, from both union
and management, raise
serious concerns, in-

cluding retaliation from -~
-our other trading part-:

ners. One union emphasiz-
ed that it will be -the
workers who will pay the
tax in the form of lower
wages. A mill owner was
worried about the bizzare
set of exemptions in the

- legislation. He must pay -

the tax while his com-

could have avoided the tax
if Ottawa had shown the
‘political will. Well over a
year ago I ‘suggested we

establish a special trade - &
- lobby to appeal directly to

US. homeowners, news-

oy Papers, construction com- - |

The Brian Mulroney

‘constitutional «timebomb -
- whose effects are only.
temporarily. hidden by.a —

As part of the legislative -
committee that examined —
the 15 percent tax, I heard

even

‘each other: their © cards, -
showing if they. have AIDs
or not. Such cards would
be made available. from
the Health Units; This

would be the-positive, side

of ‘manditory- “AIDS” test

has arisen with bank tran-

-saction cards for. those .

automatic tellers a new

panies, and other | groups |
who would be hit by Pro- °

tectionist action against
~our lumber. The Mulron-.
“ey government’ failed: to

act.
Asa second measure we

: Saturday, June 27, 1987
1 Pat m,

CARS|
CAMPERS _

From “Dealers of Terrace
Viewing Friday, June 26, 1987

--" Michael &@ Monty Aldoff
FRONTIER AUCTION SERVICE LTD.

tooed in case of loss, of

system,
hand:

transfer system, ois. in

operation.

Instead - of taking the

tattooed with an invisible.

laser tattoo that can~be
read © by. -computers, The
tattoos . ‘are a. _person’s
_social insurance -number,
pre-fixed with the interna-

' tional computer: number
| the drawback’ here is
that AIDS identity. cards: -
‘can be counterfeited.

: There is hope, however. In
‘some parts of the U.S.
where this ‘same problem:

666. .
‘So. the hard scan ‘tat.

tooed.on the right hand

would read: 666 —-SIN. |

. As an additional measure

the forehead would be tat-
limb.

Tax will hurt industry

the price of our. lumber.
‘was ‘in many cases higher
than comparable. - U.S.

‘We must now - double

‘our -efforts ‘to ‘support
forest industry workers

and ° ‘their « communities.
We must work: hard to.ex-
“pand our “overseas mar-
kets, N
‘zation of wood, and -en-

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known’ ‘aS. the
scan. electronic’

. Side -walls of. government - —

tunity to safeguard

cup ‘with’ the ‘computers.
first. Mg
machines. would:“all: be |

” What is sO. beneficial connected. toa central rec-

“system - also;
“nesses could also pluginto  -:
othe system so that all one
“needs. to do to’ buy any-—
“wood, ‘Hardly support'for — .
the-.view that Canada - i
_ dumps cheap lumber on
the American market,.
could: have fought. this
‘issue before ‘the: U.S.-
“regulatory authorities.
-One such body; the Inter-.
national Trade. ‘Commis-
sion, by ‘its. own ‘study.
-shows the ‘American‘lum-:
ber industry . improved.
‘dramatically last year and

‘ing groceries, | for. instance, a
_- and the money is automat- _

cally ‘transferred from .
: your account to the super-. BS
‘market, or store. :

‘solete in a few years |
- thanks to. AIDS.
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‘about. this system is that. °°
_ the number itself. is neut-- ~~
ral. It is ‘the computer -_
“which the laser’ tattoo Re
- cesses that carries the |.
information. . This: would: -
give the. -authorities the:
same ‘protection against ,
false AIDS. I.D..cardsas”
_ the system now gives U.S,° — :
~ banks protection, against ve
. false bank. cards. ee

“The hand scan machines
could: bé put-into:the out-:- °°

office buildings, giving the.
active public the oppor-. —
them- . - . \
selves by having a check- |

The hand scan

ords computer: in Victoria. -- .
Automatic ‘bank tellers. _
could be adapted’to this.
and busi-

"Cash may. become ob: os

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