PAGE 4, THE HERALD Tuesday, May 23, 1978

EDITORIAL

One of the saddest sights is surely having to
witness the parting of two loved ones--whether it
be at the graveside, a hospital bed, or even a
railway staion in wartime. It is even sadder,
however, when the parting is one-sided.

Such an example comes to mind, of the oc-
casion I was forced by accident to witness
sometime ago, when I met a trapper who was
trying to abandon a sled dog that had grown too
old in the harness. The man was leaving for his
trapline, and the aged husky felt compelled to
follow, and kept trying to take her place as lead
dog in the five-dog team. -

At first the trapper waved and shouted and
cursed. The dog, forced to drop behind, still kept
plodding along, with an unbelieving look, as
though she couldn’t understand what had gone
wrong. .

The trapper’s curses turned to sticks, then to
the whip. With a torn ear and bleeding eyes, the .
old working dog still limped behind, occasionally
falling then struggling to her feet, duty bound.

Then, mercifully--but none too soon, the
trapper got his gun off the carriole, and shot--
twice. The last sight I can recall of that incident
indelibly burned in my memory is the dog’s

valiant. efforts to keep going toward her master,
even as she was. dying. .
The loyalty of a- dog to its owner is so
established in the history of man, it needs no
further embellishment here.
The loyalty of man to his fellow man is not so
consistent, although there are famous examples

- that have come to us down through the ages. -

In this computerized, technological age,
however, there is a real possibility that such
examples are becoming less frequent. To be

‘loyal-unless there is a reward attached-is the

mark of:a fool, or a ‘sucker’. “What’s in it for..

-me?” is the more‘normal’ attitude when one is

called upon to stand by someone whose
popularity, or fame, or health, or prosperity is on
the wane.

Ionce knew a girl--long, long ago, whose name
was actually Geraldine. (Her father had wanted
ason.) Geraldine was exceptionally large, as a
girl—both in height and weight. Her loyalty,
however was in proportion to her size. Once she
formed a ‘crush’ on a boy, nothing could shake
her off, This came to extremes, occasionally, as

during a Young People's hike, when she would

From the Vancouver Board of Trade

Festivals and Finances .

Festival - a somewhat old-fashioned word with
a variety of meanings. From the antiquated

maypole dancing on May Ist. to the warmth and -

cheer of Christmas. We, in Vancouver, have a
festival which should give us a special surge of
pride. There should be a deep appreciation for
those who organize our Annual Sea Festival and
for the traditions they are building.

Asking local citizens what the Sea Festival
means to them, encourages a wide range of
items and events in response. It is the packed
crowds on Sunset Beach, crawling lines of cars
inching along Beach Avenue and the salmon
sizzling at the Jaycees stand. Or is it the im-
pressive sight of the skydivers drifting lazily
over English Bay until they land, oh so gently, on
the sand? Maybe it’s the armada of ships Lying
at anchor or the daring young flyers buzzing and
swooping like angry mosquitoes. Nor should we
~ forget to mention the bath tubs or the thousands

of visitors who throng our city from the lower
mainland and places as far flung as Tooting Bec
and Timbuktoo. ;

There are two ways of looking at everything.
We would like to ask that visitors not be looked at
as a cause of congestion in stores, buses and
hbtels, but that, in more realistic fashion, we
régard them as potential contributors of dollars
to this city. As the participants of the province’s
third largest industry, this would seem only right
and proper.

The money that tourists spend in hotels,
restaurants and stores: is readily understocd.
There is a feeling, however, amongst some local

. people, that “that is where the buck stops” and
that the promoters of tourist facilities are the
only ones who stand to gain. We all know that
visitors buy souvenirs, they also buy food and
gas. Theypurchase clothes-even on occasions,
umbrellas! What is not so obvious is that there
are hidden benefits.

It is understandable but regrettable, that in the
current state of the economy, spending by
consumers has become restrained.  oirists,
however, spend--once they are away from home,
it becomes a fact of life. Tourists are helping to
improve business in this city, bringing te local
trade and commerce dollars which may not be
forthcoming from local residents.

With increased spending, it is possible that
better trade prospects can lead to more job

Council Opinion

by Dave Pease .
I find the protests over the proposed repeal of the Terrace
Shops closing By-Law by Municipal Council rather strange.

There are-two reasons why council decided to repeal this
by-law, prompted by the Midnight Madness sale held a short
while ago. I belleve this Midnight Madness was one of the
greatest things to happen in Terrace for a long time. It was
the firat time in the ten years that I have lived in Terrace [
had seen customers and shop owners or assistants smiling
broadly at each other in every single store Ientered, ,

Tt seemed ridiculous to me that council, because of the
shope closing by-law had to use taxpayers money to prosecute
shopkeepers for creating this fun and profitable evening for
themselves and their customers,

Upon investigating this matter council found that other
communities had repealed their shops closing by-law or
mever had one,

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portunities, These, in turn, would create
additional wage earners who will have money to
spend. If continued to its logical conclusion, we
can see that consumer spending would pick up
and general confidence return. The sagging

condition of our economy would be bolstered’

back into a state of normalcy where the rate of

. unemployment would be reasonable and ac-

ceptable. . mo,
Does increased trade and commerce mean

anything else to the local citizen? Of course, it —

does. The city must be run economically. It has
commitments which cost more and it has to meet
these. expenses—mostly by raising revenue
through taxes. When a city prospers, taxes from
businesses, as they grow and expand, increase.
The home-owners protion of the tax bill may not
have to increase annually in leaps and bounds.
Unlike dollars spent, or contributed, by local
citizens, tourist dollars have no strings attached.
Tourists do not demand sewer lines, more health
services, police and...They demand to look at our

scenery, toshare our parks and to join in our Sea.

Festival. .
It is estimated that during the week of the Sea
Festival, an additional $142 million will be spent

- inthe city. For this. community, this is a bigger
shot-in-the-arm than the effect-of the recent‘tax®* «°° -

cuts could have in a similar period.
This being so, why the apathy? Why are not
we, and the local and provincial governments,
all bubbling over with enthusiasm like the
Vancouver Jaycees? That organization
revitalized the Festival in 1975 and has been
involved with it ever since. Each year’s
programme is bigger and better than the
preceding year’s. It’s hard to imagine a more
fitting tribute than the visit of the Tall Ships this
year. The prestige that the Sea Festival bestows

on the city of Vancouver seems to slide past, .
’ almost

unheralded and unsung.
What can YOU do? Become aware and
become involved. Chase down Sunset Beachina
three-legged race—or, if that’s not your style-
give a little time to the ‘volunteer force
organizing the events—telephone 669-4091. One
way or another, be a booster for Vancouver.
Talk about the Festival and spread the word. In
helping to ‘make it known, we would all be
helping ourselves. ‘
I wonder

what's us?.

stopping

By-law Repeal. Beneficial

Prince Rupert repealed theirs in 1858 and seem to have no
problem without it. ° :

There are adequate store closing hours restrictions under
the Municipal Act that apply to all communities in British
Columbia. The difference is simply that these regulations
would have to be enforced by the RCMP or whoever wanted
to complain about breaking them, whereas the municipality
considers it has an obligation to enforce It's ownby-lawa,  -

After the experience of seeing over $15,000 of taxpayers
money spent to date, with a final total possibly exceeding
$20,000, in attempts to enforce a by-law against one small
business, namely bop evn ettin Ski bom lou see no
purpose of retaining a by-law 8 reken by many
merchants, and probably will continue to be broken.

What is the polnt of retaining a by-law to protect citizens
from a service they want and enjoy and spend possibly
hundreds of thousands of their tax dollars trying to enforce
it? Under the Municipal Act, which will automatically apply
when the shop closing by-law is repealed, any merchant. or
individual can prosecute any other merchant thamselves, at
no cost to the taxpayer. .

As a former director of the Chamber of Commerce lt

’ gurprises me that the Chamber is pupporting the retention of .

this by-law when moat if not all thelr members support

political parties that favour free trade, [ree enterprise and °

competition while this by-law ia a deliberate reatraint of

trade, ,

Some storekespera have argued that extended shopping
hours will mean higher prices because of increased wage
costs, .

Thave not seen this happen in other areas, Also I believe
the shopping public is sufficently cost conscious that If this
were true some stores could continue to close early, retain
lower prices and still Increase thelr yolume of business--
maybe even forcing other stores to closd early to compete!

With the number of families in Terrace in. whith both
parents work I feel staggered or extended store hours would

welcomed or beneficial to the majority of this community.
Also if more store salesclerks were required it could reduce
our unemployment problem.

To summarise, whether the repeal of the ‘Terrace Shops
Closing By-Law results im merchants, or a merchan
association, paying the legal costs of enforcing the Provincial
Municipal Act provisions instead of the taxpayers or whether
it results Inextended shopping hours I feel the repeal of this
act is beneficial to the maioritv if not al citizens of Terrace.

— Loving the Unloved 7

Geraldine’s husband which it was to be-the child

not stop walking alongside a boy whom she liked
but whe did not feel the same way about her—the
gang of boys all turned on her and pelted her with
snowballs, until she gave up, only to follow from
afar. ,

Geraldine eventually pursued, and married a
tall, skinny youth. It was a sad marriage, but
Geraldine was happy to enjoy the company of the
man she loved--no matter how he treated her.
She bore him five daughters in as many years.
He wanted a'son. Geraldine -- who had-been
warned by her doctor she should have no more
children (she was a diabetic)—uncomplainingly
complied with her husband’s demands-and tried
again. ;

The birth was one of those dramatic affairs
that actually DO occur in real life. During the
delivery there was a problem. The doctor asked

or fhe mother. The husband, who wanted a son
more than he wanted Geraldine --decided. _
One of the two persons who was at the bedside
at the time told me, when I returned from the
war, overseas, that Geraldine knew of her
husband's decision, yet felt happiness in the fact
that she was at last able to provide him with the
man child he wanted, which would also be a part
of her own body. ;
Such loyalty is. rare, but it still occurs. There is
still such loyalty in the world among the most
‘common’ of common people. How much richer
we all are for those people who go out into, the
every day world, can love the unloved.
But, perhaps it is so important, it is worth the
repitition, two thousand years later. Just after
aster. -

‘Letters |

Dear Friends: .

On the morning of March
8, 1978 our community hall
burned to’ the ground in
twenty minutes. As the
dazed people rushed from
their beds they quickly saw

that there was no possibility —

of fighting the blaze. Shock
gave way to realization and
an entire village stood

weeping. . .,

The hall had served the
usual ‘community needs-a
placé for meetings and
“recreation. . Basketballs
pounded th beautifully

refinshed floor all through.

the long winter months. But
this is a Nisgha community
so the needs fulfilled by our
hall ‘went far beyond the
usugl. The great fests for
weddings and funerals are a
key part of our heritage as

Nisgha people and it was in.

the hall that these took place.

The feasts are impressive
events and were especially
so in that hall, The outside
front wall of the hall, the first
sight to greet people as they
entered the village, was
covered with painted and
carved designs. Inside, the
walls were painted with
crest symbols.

For these events the stage

Music Band. Tables,
beautifully set with the beat
dishes from each village
household, awaited the
guests, In the kitchen the
traditional meal, Nisgha
stew, was made In a huge
east iron pot and stirred
according to tradition with
large carved spoon.

As the elders spoke on
these occasions, the wisdom
of our culture wass passed to
the younger generations.
Tradition means a lot to our
village and our hall, built by
the people of the village in
‘ten years, 1952-1862, helped
keep our traditions alive for

us,

Even in its destruction, the
hall is perpetuating tradition
for itis the Nisha way for the

indivduals of the village to.

put the needs of the com-

ts - munity first. There must be

a focal point for our
traditional community Ife;
there must be another hall as
soon as possible, and the

vo 5 “Likeyou people; I haa-no.crim .
eet oe Pwiehed onlyto admire their silverware.

always held the Canyon City:
c

J hadno.crimin

Canyon City people have ©

made every personal
sacrifice towards that goal
since before the smoke
clea
the old hall.
 Butitisa momentous task,
Modern building codes
demand materials which
cannot be supplied locally
and are expensive to buy and
to transport to our remote

area.
We have 135 people trying
toraisé the amount of money

nN ;

red from the rubble of -

>

al intent when I broke.into that.ha

needed by giving every five
or ten dollar bill that comes
our way.. At this rate it will
take a very long time indeed:
So we have decided to Invite
our friends and acquain-
tances in business to share in
our tradition by making a
contribution to the fund for
the new hall.

Every year Canyon City
people give their business to

hundreds of enterprises in -

Terrace. Now we are asking
for your help in rebuilding

Use

¢ piophe

we gh

: Appeal for anew hall

our beloved community hall,
Tf you have ever attended
one of our feasts you will
understand what this megns.

if you haven't, you should,
and when you come to the
new hall you will feel at
home because YOU helped
make it possible,

Thank

William E. Young.
(Chairman, Public Relations
Canyon City Recreatign
Commission.) .

Labour Spokesman replies

“The Liberal government
in Ottawa seems determined
to sell out our country’s
resources to, foreign cor-

# porations’”’, Northwest

Labour spokesman, John
Jensen; stated. He
was speaking in reply to

Prime Minister Trudeau's ©

announcement that Mitchell
Sharp, former ‘external
_affairs minister, will become
commissioner of the Nor-
thern Pipeline Agency of
Canada to oversee the
construction of the §10-biillon
dollar pipelinge from Alaska

e U.S.A,

Jensen explained that the
labour advisory committee
finds this appointment of ex-
cablnet Minister Sharp to be
extremely questionable
considering Sharp's past.an
present associations with the
very exclusive club of multl-
national corporate

executives known as the

.“Tri-Lateral’ Commisston”’,
Labour spokesman,

Jensen, said his members: [4
question Ottawa's sincerity - {R

in choosing Sharp to look
after the Interests of the
Canadian public, especially
considering Sharp was also

recently named by U.S. Oil -

Magnate,. J. . David

Rockefeller, as the vice- .
chalrman of his elite global.
Planning group, the Tri- -

Lateral Commission,

The Labour Advisory

Committeé wished to go on

public record ag viewing ‘this ©

appointment to be in the
interests of the U.S.
petroleum companies,
rather thanin the interests of
the Canadian tax payers —
who pay Mr. Sharp's salary.

“In feet,” Jensen added,

Letter

Mr, C.° King

. General Manager
Terrace Co-Operative
Association -

Dear Mr. King: ~

- It gives me great pleasure
to write this letter com:
men the organizers of

last nights "coop function |

in our Banquet Room, The

room waa left in almost as
@ condition as it. was

Iter free ard required only

‘ arid req

a minimum of cleaning.

. “in our opinion, Mr. Sharp
stands guilty of conflict of
interest by so accepting
these two diametricall
opposed positions of su

influence and importance to

Canada’s future.”

All too often the converse
applies, with food, drink and
litter strewn all over the
tables and floor. ;

It was indeed refreahing to
see that some groups in our
District still have pride in
themselves and in ‘our
facilitiea, One might bart you

ve restored in
human nature, my

Please pass my thanks ‘on
to those persons concerned.

Yours sincerely, :

Phil Stewart

Recreation Director.

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