Ad - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 10, 1993 TERRACE. STANDARD ESTABLISHED APRIL 27, 1988 ADDRESS: 4647 Lazelle Ave., Terrace, B.C. ° V8G 188 TELEPHONE: (604) 638-7283 * FAX: (604) 638-8432 MODEM: 638-7247 Election fever EVENING PHONE calls. Personal visits. Lun- cheons held to raise money. Talk of big money floating around. Gentle and not so gentle arm twisting. International intrigue? Lobbying in Ot- tawa? Not quite. All this, and probably more, is hap- pening locally as the action heats up leading to the Nov. 20 municipal, regional district and school board elections. It’s truly a new experience for Terrace and area. For too long local elections have been a rather mundane affair. The result has been the election to local government structures of people who have tended to think the same. With the tradi- tional low turnouts that greet local elections, it has become relatively easy to crank up a modest machine and gain public office. ‘That’s good in terms of having elected officials who can work rather well together based on shared values and experience. But that’s bad when it comes to the lack of new ideas or the feeling that groups, philosophies and points of view have been shut out. The national political parties experienced this in the recent federal election. Sending large num- bers of Bloc Quebecois and Reform MPs to Ot- tawa was a sign by voters they no longer liked, for whatever reason, what had been going on be- fore. The large numbers of people running for lo- cal office is a local sign of that kind of feeling. ” Yet the turfing of old political regimes creates a vacuum automatically filled by the new bodies that elected the people who said they didn’t like the way things worked before. Those special i in- terest. groups all politicians say they won’t let in- fluence them soon become part of the establish- ment. All of this becomes very important locally where«issues-such as sewers, the Year 2000 and green space often have a greater and more im- mediate impact than do big picture national af- fairs. - And so that’s why tonight’s municipal all can- didates meeting where speeches, questions and answers will: dominate is a crucial event. On stage will be the 11 people who want to fill the six. council seats and the three people who want. to be the mayor. There’s nothing like a couple of good questions to find out what is going on. The meeting takes place at the R.E.M. Lee Theatte and begins at 7 p.m. - Sacrifice REMEMBRANCE DAY is important. not be- cause it tepresents the way a nation acts to bring about the greater good. It is important because it recognizes the personal sacrifices that tragically follow whenever people take up arms. AS each year goes by the memory.gap grows in terms of what Canadians did in the various inter- national ‘conflicts.-Some of this is naturally due to the gradual thinning of the ranks of veterans. The passing of each one reduces that personal connection with the society of today. That’s why it is crucial to note the contributions and sacrifices of today’s Canadian soldiers sent overseas to take part in various peacekeeping and peacemaking operations. They are every bit as young and. as scared and as vulnerable as those who fought at ‘Vimy Ridge or who went ashore at Normandy. _PUBUSHER/EDITOR: Rod Link Gon ADVERTISING MANAGER: Mike L. 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A bit of sanity for a change © VICTORIA — Just received the latest issue, the fourth since it started publication, of Cariboo. Outlook, an cight- page newsletter published by the Cariboo Outlook Society “in recognition of the need to share ideas and information about environmental and com~- munity issues’’ in the Cariboo- Chilcotin region. The publication comes clear- ly down on. the side of the en- vironmentalists, but what strikes me about it is the dif- ference in the approach = it takes, compared with similar publications in the south. I read volume one, issue four carefully. Nowhere did I come across the hysterical tone that is the hallmark of environmen- tal groups such as the Western Canada Wilderness Com- mittee, Greenpeace or Friends of the Clayoquot. There is no reference to rapa- cious. forest companies “destroying our eritage,’’ no accusations of “‘multi nationals turning British Columbia into a ° Brazil of the North.” / Cariboo North offers thoughtful comment on en- ‘vironmental issues, particularly ‘related to forestry, without ac- cusing the industry of practi- _ cally engaging in criminal ac- | tivities. It states its concerns environmentalists and industry is being fought. While any protest organized in the southern part of the pro- vince by environmental groups draws mostly people who nat only don't have a stake in the communities that are at the centre of the storm, but more often than not. don’t have a clue what they are talking about, the people who write for and: publish Cariboo Outlook live and work in the com- munities whose future they wrile aboul. ‘FROM THE -CAPITAL HUBERT BEYER One of the articles in the quietly and, therefore, far more: effectively than the often lunatic environmental fringe in latest issuc expresses concern that the Commission on Resources and Environment ~* whose jobs the battle between the Lower Mainland and southern Vancouver Island. AIL of which is not that_syr- (CORE) process in.the Cariboo has been derailed by the Pro- ected: Areas Stralegy,,orrather coor rr ~t prising; when one’ looks: at.the * by industry: concerns *aver the group’s board of directors. Rob Carson is a member of the Cariboo Horseloggers Associa- tion, Stuart Maitland is with the Guide Outfitters Associa- tion of B.C., and Gus Hom is a tember of the. Cariboo 2000. When the government Organic. Producers Associa- recently released its proposals tion. ; for areas to be studied as All have one thing in com- potential parkland, the Cariboo mon They are small business CORE table was thrown into owners, not professional on- some disarray. vironmental activists. And they Ranchers from the Cariboo live in the communities over strategy. ‘The strategy is the result of the NDP government’s stated - commitment to double the pro- tected area in British Colum- bia’s parks system by the year’ region descended on Quesnel: _ them. _ to protest. If the government: goes through with its proposals, they said, the ranch- ing community will be * bankrupted. Mostly, they were mad at the bureaucrats who came up with the Protected Arca Study proposals, The ranchers, as well as the region’s miners, said with.con- siderable justification that. CORE should be left to work out the land use plans in: the region, not some. bureaucrats who upset the apple cart with their latest proposals for more’ parkland. But as I mentioned at the oulset, the low-key and thoughtful manner in which Cariboo Outlook deals with the issue lends that group a whole lot MOTE . credibili than’ a. taste ~ ever hope ‘to achieve.’ Fert t _-The. people who. publish Cariboo Outlook. are people even opponents can deal with, They may represent different views,” but. they don’t peddle them. with the zeal of a televi- sion evangelist who threatens: eternal damnation, unless you. follow his edicts. To the editor of the newslet- ter, Rob Borsato, and the board: of directozs, I say: Kcep those. issues coming, I enjoy reading .- ihem. I can even leam fom ee Proof is in the potty — IN OUR rive to improve everything, the inexpensive, *. foolproof training potty of —° yesteryear has become a $30 plastic appliance with a war- ranly. The Sir Hillary model comes with assembly instruc- tions, its own pre-fabbed room, and binoculars. Fifty years ago every baby, as she approached toilet train- ing age, was introduced to her own potty. Unprepossessing, six inches in height and diameter, white enamelled with a smooth D-shaped hand- le welded at each end to its vertical walls, it was relatively -untippable. A wide flat Hange around the upper rim let the infant sit comfortably when constipation lead. to. contemplation. Bables . didn’t. risk oxygen deprivation climbing into posi- . tion. Baby backed up to it, all: the while checking over her . shoulder like a student driver. Once the back of her knees touched the rim, she could sil. And sit she did. Going potty, THROUGH: BIFOCALS CLAUDETTE SANDECKI AMAZING! ALL THESE SEE A DEAD ONE! was serious work. Every diaper Tescued saved Mom up to ten minutes of scrubbing, rinsing, pinning, and folding. Mom didn’t allow Baby to run around, nor brothers or sisters to distract. — ‘her. ° A major component of: the " potty’s success was Its: mystl- que. Baby soon understood it was not to be stuffed with the kitten, cartwheeled- around the ' coffee lable, or paraded as a bonnet, visitors or no visitors. BIRDS AND ANIMALS (ISTHE BEST BuT YOU RARELY RECYCLER! YEP! NATURE The potty enjoyed pride of place, a reserved parking spot. It was kept there, exactly there, for instant retrieval. In our home that special place was under the foot of Mom’s and Dad’s bed, hidden by the valance. Because Mom’s bedroom was direclly off the kitchen, Mom saved sicps, Baby was in view as she worked. Baby had ‘ the comfort of heat from the kitchen _ stove. In addition, Baby shared in the family bustle, Mom was al-' ways wilbln her sight or hear- . ing, and she got to overliear conversation with Dad. or neighbours on the © phone. Today's parents choose be- tween various _ three-piece - plastic potties with molded seats that clip on adult toilets, © and footstools so high the child gets nosebleeds and more par- licipation than sliding all weekend on a toboggan slope. Fathers who forget to lower the toilet seat should try deal- ing with Baby’s 's clip-on. “she doesn’t loan Now tf. I COULD OnLy: J FIGURE OUT WHAT To PO. g (WITH THESE HYMANS.f The enamel potty wes a bert. : compared to =. these.” Wint- nebagos. “Making : them less . __ visible between uses is as. futile as trying to. pass of a St. Bernard as a. chihuahua. Bo- cause they’re plastic, they even. deny Baby a satistaclory’ tinkle, : ‘AS Aa grandmother, I question the motivation for turning a. perfect, handy nursery. acres: soty into an expensive, space- gobbling moustrosity. resem- bling New York’s, Guggen- . heim Museum. with» ‘all: the. come-hither of a two-holer, in a a December cold. snap. . Pai To -park it’ in. the family ‘ bathroom gives “Baby: acces-~.. sibility headaches, something’. no tollet-training baby necds,) - At a time when Baby’s con-; centrating on recognizing and) responding to internal signals, ; deserve — to’ anxieties of accessibility, or, isolation. Why should life go downhill from ag two. ‘ rh ny ee Pe] Lap; 7 :