_ Ad - The Terraca Standard, Wednesday, October 5, 1994 “TERRACE. ESTABLISHED APRIL 27, 1988 ADDRESS: 4647 Lazelle Ave., Terrace, B.C. ¢ V8G 188 TELEPHONE: (604) 638-7283 * FAX: (604) 638-8432 | "MODEM: 638-7247). Choices | RESIDENTS FACE a difficult choice tomorrow night. At the R.E.M. Lee Theatre the last in a series of land claims public meetings run by Skeena MP Mike Scott takes centre stage. vo | And at the Coast Inn of the West the Forest Ser-* vice holds a public meeting on the timber supply in the northern part of the Kalum. district’ and: - suggestions the annual allowable cut there will have to be reduced significantly. Both are extremely important issues. and” whatever decisions are ultimately reached in ei- ther will have far-reaching and lasting con-. sequences, | _ | - Although that much will likely be clear to. everyone on land claims, it may be less so when. it comes to amount of timber that can be cut far to the north of us. But that harvest has a direct impact on Terrace. because some of it comes to mills here. And, given regional centres rely on the economic’ health of surrounding communities, what hap- pens to the wood supply of mills in Prince. Rupert, Kitimat and tthe Hazeltons — all recipients of Kalum North wood — is also a con-: cern. . “If, as even the Fozest Service suspects, Mike Scott tops the ratirgs tomorrow night, residents could still make their views on timber issues known by finding a few moments between noon and 6 p.m. to dzop in at the forestry open house. Or, failing that, they could contact the local dis- trict office directly. Public comments will be contained in a submis- sion from this district to the chief forester, the of- ficial who wili make the final decision as to who gets to cut what. — ee . q Overkill — IT MUST be frustrating. Service clubs are in the business of lending a financial hand to people and organizations which themselves help people. 7 - British Columbians have an excellent record of charitable donation but door-to-door canvases are time consuming and a tough vehicle to use if the club wants to raise significant amounts over an extended period. That’s why bingos are so popular with charitable groups: they provide a steady source of revenue and on a scale that allows such groups to take on major projects such as hospital equipment. Naturally, the provincial gaming branch has al- ways regulated these bingos. They have to be li- censed and there are terms and conditions which have to be met. But now service clubs face added restrictions: no donations of more than $1,000 to another bingo licence holder and no donations of that amount to groups that don’t hold a licence unless the branch okays it. Even if in practice this doesn’t prevent clubs continuing to use bingo money for expensive necessities such as hospital equipment, it is un- derstandable such groups may feel aggrieved at the province’s adding extra regulation to fix something that doesn’t appear to be broken. | CONA ag) Gawd) PUBLISHER/EDITOR: Rod Link ADVERTISING MANAGER: Mike L. 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V7 fT | JHECONDOM MACHINES J's + SARE HANGING 100 HIGH. * VICTORIA — What's a nice guy like Cliff Serwa doing ina party like this? Political aspira- ‘tions are one thing, but for Serwa to boldly stay on where _no other Socred remains. is a bit farcical. — With Harry de Jong’s deci- sion to resign his seat and run for mayor of Abbotsford- Matsqui, poor old Cliff is left holding the Social Credit bag by his lonesome seif. Surely, he doesn’t believe that he can revive the party. Not that it was much better off with de Jong still at his side. The last hope of Social Credit to make a comeback vanished when Jack Weisger- ber, Richard Neufeld, Len Fox, and finally, Lyall Hanson left the fold to form the Reform _ Party caucus.” I've always had a lot of time for de Jong. He never was a high-profile politician. No thundering oratory from him, no crushing the opponent with the killer instinct possessed by some MLAs on bath sides of the legislature. But de Jong was one of the most fair-minded people that _ever sat in the House. He was quiet, almost shy, but there were times when he shone. Like the time the legislature commemorated the Kristallnacht, the night that ANSWERING machines are no fun to talk to, their social repartee being so limited, but at least they're reliable about passing on messages. And they never scream “Mommmmmm” in my ear, or mumble ‘‘Yeah?”’ like a teenager whose sole reason for answering is to stop the ring- ing. Undelivered messages are bad for business. They distress my customers who may be waiting for me to finish a job (when it is) and congest my workspace with bulky sofas or boat tops ready to be taken home...and paid for. Often I've worked overtime - even re-scheduled several deadlines - to accommodate a customer’s needs. Yet when I Machines are at least r ‘ phone to let him know his job is completed, he's not told..even though whocver answers the phone sounds in- telligent and reliable. Eventually, when the customer phones to check on his job, I must tell him I icf a message days earlier. t Yale ete: Yih l 7 GOO! HEME’ Do acter GEOG quan * FROM THE CAPITAL: HUBERT BEYER marked the beginning of the extermination of Jews in Europe. . De Jong quietly talked of his ‘chitdhood -in- Nazi-occupiecd. Halland. He taiked about his family hiding Jews. You could have heard a pin drop. And in his typical, unassuming man- ner, de Jong was the tallest member of the legislature that day. My sources tell me_ that preliminary polling in Abbotsford-Malsqui shows de Jong leading the race for mayor. I hape he makes it In Victoria, meanwhile, Premier Harcourt is faced with having to call a by-election to fill the vacancy left by deJong. One thing Harcourt knows Lb YEARS ON THIS CLAIM aD COUTTS MUST VE LEFT, | THROUGH BIFOCALS CLAUDETTE SANDECKI At least three times already So far this week important messages have been lost or sidetracked, Undelivered mes- sages have become so routine, I no longer expect them to teach the person to whom | would like to speak. One prob- lem may be many phones have no pens or notepads near them. Once [ delivered a repaired chair to a nurse's home. She wanted to write a cheque, Dur- y N Dy oy 4 im ies “a Naa “I er, CS BAK nh A STACHE OF NUGGETS “« AND TLL CHECK THE DUM P_FOR OME. GRUB! y y AW Ni yy YF Oo for sure: the NDP will come in last, but that shouldn’t bother him too much. What he hopes for is a Reform Party victory. The NDP’s chances of get- ting re-elected hinge on making the next contest a three-way race. That means the more support the Reform Party gets, the less chances are that the Liberals will form the government. Ideally, Harcourt would have the free-enterprise vote split right down the mid- die, with he NDP slipping through the gap to victory. With that in mind, I expect the premier to call the byelec- tion rather quickly. Abbotsford is traditionally a right-of-cenire constituency, but last year’s Matsqui byelection proved that the Liberals ‘can and will win, if given a chance, me By calling this byelection as soon as possible, Harcourt could prevent the Liberals of mounting the kind of campaign that saw Liberal Mike de Jong defeat Social Credit’s Grace McCarthy in Matsqui. And just for once, the government wouldn’t have to fear defeat in a byelection, be- cause the NDP has always had about as much if a chance to win Abbotsford as Michael Jackson has to become Pope. This is going to be strictly between the Liberals and the ing the five minutes I waited in the hall, she criss-crossed my line of vision more times than Disney dog chasing a cartoon cat. She ransacked kitchen - cupboards, dug in handbags, and upended catchalls in her search for a ballpoint. If a note is written, it’s misplaced or buried. To guar- antee my husband sees a mes- sage, I pin the sugar bowl on top of the note in the center of the kitchen table, our hub of daily existence. Rarer still is the answerer who not only passes the mes- sage along, promptly, but also includes the details. Details can count. Recently I asked a transport company to pick up a 290 pound crate from my brother’s home in Swift Current. That week Ron was helping a farm- er fricnd swath. He would head out to the field at nine in the moring and work until sup- pertime, The crate had to be picked up before nine. Because that time limitation wasn’t communicated to the, TORE THIS PLACE APART, ANDNOT A FLAKE ! _ Harcourt cheering Reform? Reform Party, and there’s a lot riding on this race for both. The winner will be seen as the best alternative to the NDP. What of a coalition between the two free enterprise partics, and I’m writing off the Socreds - ~ bere? Not a chance, The Reform Party would rather throw in with the NDP than Gordon Campbell, There is, of course, the scenario I’ve mentioned be-. fore, that of two separate campaigns in the next election, . with the NDP fighting the Lib- erals in the urban areas, where most of that partly’s support is | concentrated, and the Reformers in rural British . Columbia, which tends to be more to the right of centre. The election would then, in. fact, be a two-way race in two" distincily different parts ‘of * British Columbia, If that hap- pens, it is quite conceivable that the NDP geis hammered. by the Liberals in the south, | and by Reform in the rest of the province. The winner, in that case, would be impossible’ to predict. ; But first things Grst. At this point, I am looking forward to the Abbotsford byelection, which promises to be a memorable slugfest belween the two free-cnterprise con-, tenders. eliable - Swift Current carrier, a weck elapsed while the carrier tried to contact Ron to arrange a pick-up appointment. Messages can be urgent as well as important. When I was receptionist for Williams Moving, a Prince Rupert: woman phoned on a Friday moming, in a panic, Her abusive husband had just flown to Vancouver to see a Canucks game. she wanted her household belongings moved- to Calgary before he returned - next moming. Timing was critical, not only - for her but for our moving’ men. She gave explicit instructions - on which way to drive into the alley for a quicker getaway.” Had I waylaid the message, there could have been black eyes all round. I’m jearning to welcome the recorded voice that invites me. to leave my name, phone num-. - ber and message after the beep." I know the machine is more reliable than many - beep - live:.;.: message takers, oo ge 95-3 AND NO FOOD. $ IN THE DUMP Jost A COFFEE. TIN Full oF YELLOW ROCKS .