is vee e fe page aa rae eae ore a ete Nr Lo ! t i ‘ of-the-night crimes perpetuated hand out downtown until all Page ve - - Terrace Standard, Wednestiy. November 6, 1997 ESTABLISHED APPR. 27, ct : Phone (604) 638-7283 ce - Ragistraiton No. 7620 4647 Lazelle Ave., , Terrace, B.C., V8Q 738 ee ser pe een eco acy ot hw an Pi (a a 7a , Terrace, Britieh Columbia, i et nowae. e vt Fax (604) See : aps, Publ a8 Adveraiog Maso Marlee Paterson) - production Manager: (Edouard Gredgeur: Special thanks. to 1 our-contributers and correspondents far lr time and; “For years now, sports fishermen on the Skeena have been warning the river’s steelhead and coho stocks were in trou- ‘ble. “For years they have been asking, then | demanding, the federal Department of . Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) change the way they manage the commercial fishery. $0 (as..to protect threatened speciés favoured by the sports angler. he And-for years they have been getting nowhere. Not. surpisingly, that long and un- productive struggle led to increasing frustration. And that frustration, again not sur- prisingly,. began to turn to anger as 1991" . proved to be yet another disastrous year for Skeena summer run steelhead. Now, however, there. appears to be light at the end of tunnel. Federal Fisheries minister John Crosbie has dicated the DFO is ready to, listen to | sportsfishermen. - -Local government and tourism organizations have finally woken up to the threat posed to the region’s tourism industry by the disappearance of the fish that § are its, very foundation. One: thing. we have all understood, : however, is the stark warning scientists . - have ‘been delivering about the onset of — global warming and its potentially dire _. consequences for Mother Earth. They’ve been very convincing, too. - Statistics are produced i in overwhelm- andle with care The sports fishermen are understan-' dably elated they are at last being heard, an elation not necessarily shared by the commercial fishery... “In fact, a local: Stecthead- ‘Society spokesman describes them as running . scared. While the sight of. a “fearful commer- ‘cial fishery might provide sport- sfishermen some satisfaction, it is to be hoped they now proceed. with éaution. *- It is not unknown. for. those who have long been the underdogs. in ‘such strug- gles to overreact when they. find the tide has turned, That,. however, - can prove counter productive. — 2 aca POuIVE | Bs a) PROPOSE SOMETHING MSR | «TEN OU STOHANGE OR MINDS _ mo : - The commercial fishery has ruled. the : or ~. roost for a long time. It still: has a lot of political. clout. And, if it feels cornered, * it’s likely to.start using that clout to the detriment of all parties. Fortunately, some of those leading the sports. fishery lobby have been at pains to emphasize the objective is not to pro- tect fish by destroying the commercial fishery. That reassurance will bear much. repetition if a lasting solution I is to be found. , ~~ @lobal what? ‘If tiot ‘peirie fide geniuses, scientists ate:-"ing quantity. {Computer projections cs: siete twideserve Raeside’s car-— ‘considéted ‘by most people to be pretty’ "SFr ‘the gravity. iof-thecsituation. It’s teenage tormentors like these who. spur research into _. birth control methods that work , “retroactively. - . Too bad: they don't have to ' face Judge Joe Brown of Mem- ennessee.’ He believes in an eyes! “that criminals xperience the. same a7 tise, Robbins’ Christmas last imselt to any. ‘five mparable value — "| studied youth, crime, teens who + gotnmit: ‘detiseless: crimes: (heav- iru igas meters, flattening Fgtop' signs)-regard them as F ‘energy-releasing fun.” i “Doing something with others When a butglar ruined Pren-- ee “VCR, stereo, «= ‘According to people Se whovve 7 ck: through: car windows, : inte even if ‘it’s: unlawful — is -- ta,-Indonesia where, paign: ‘against : unuisciplined if -have, had. their. hi by Claudette Sondock haunt billiard halls until closing time? How can_kids possibly succeed in schooljor extracur- ricular pursuits when they prowl the streets until3 or 4 a.m.? Canada’s Young Offenders Act invites youngsters to of- fend. Its marshmallow penalties set kids up to do the dirty work for adult. criminals.‘Its secrecey gives young offenders access to places where a known criminal wouldn’t be tolerated. ‘For Moms and Dads at’ ‘their -wit’s end trying to keep. their. kid away from undesirables, . ‘the . parental America's Mast. “Wanted, . and “CBC Sunday: Night Movies of their felonies. Kids are. denied even that reknown: If it weren't for the Charter of Rights. and: ‘Freedons, we § could follow.the lead of Jakar- {n/a cam- youth, some= 600.; ungsters teenager's patina pate wouldn't grab attention in Var-. “couver or Toronto, but it would | The Municipal : fines’ are’ laughably 0 ‘otdated, ' shaved. still set “at turn:of-the-century” levels, like the - fines for: poaching big game or picking: : wild flowers in national parks. A’ small chocolate” bar ‘costs’. more than the fine for a first ” curfew offence. ~ "Not wearing a seatbelt brings a $35 fine. oe Surely hanging around. downtown until: after. midnight - with its potential-to commit a B and E, set a fire, or steal a car ‘ deserves a more costly fine than loose change? |. “But, I worry’ council's curfew, if enforced; will only. . shift‘ the teen problem af e: blocks, like. Vancouver's "dubious pleasure'of preening ‘to the notoriety: of news ‘teports, Pleasant hookers." a REDuce Duce PROBUCT yt 50% IN & YEARS AND 100 0% BY, THE YEAR 2002, RIGHT. BRIAN? VICTORIA— How do. you spell Adrian Raeside? L U N ‘A TEC, that's how, ‘The man’s:a' menace, Never “‘mind.aill the nonsense about Raeside being the most widely- published. cartoonist in Canada - today.’ What I want to know is ~ what the poor Russians have‘: You may, from time to ~ time, have come across the’ "ramblings of some peculiar * writer, unlike myself; waxing’: : poetic about-4 picture being -. ‘worth a thousand words. Well : let me tell you, I wouldn't give ~a plugged nickel for one of Raeside’s pictures. Ugly cuss. “More about, his cartoons later. Normally;’1 would go: through life, happily ignoring Raeside’s pretentions to art; I have even learned to live with ‘the. fact t that his cartoons ap- the same Pages as my “columitis,. wae ~The only reason I'm writing this is to warn you, not: bo buy .. Raeside’s newest book — 5 . Twisted Yeats. O.K., its fun- "fy. So is Peewee, Herman, but they won't even let him into the movie theatres any more. ‘Funny thing about Adrian, - he: was a perfectly, well- | : adjusted’ guy ‘when I first met ‘him about 12 years ago. I was. : working for the Daily’ Colonist ' in Victoria at the time. ‘ One.morning, I saw this ‘young chap in:the editor’s : gubicle,: forcing | the poor | Ewretel: to. look at what turned out’ to ‘be some pretty sad ex-"- * cuses for cartoons. He in- troduced himself to me as ‘Adrian Raeside. Raeside; it turned out, pro- * duced his cartoons on Saltspr- ing Island: No, really. Cut off ’ from the outside world, sur-.. rounded by nothing but sheep “and geriatric hippies, Adrian... “would comment:on provindial, federal ‘and world affairs. * ‘What remember most oe ary ONIN WILE ENSURE rots ere “rtd THe TREATY ee fe From the Capital - by Hubert Beyer an rete ogupey oth. aa toons! forvad da them-in' Prave apdbout: the youthful. Adrian ¥ was. “da, an otherwise fairly decent .': his politeness. That's gone, “and intelligent publication: completely gone. By the time I said farewell to daily newspapering, in the - early 80s, Adrian had: _ 4gomehow managed to talk a - * Jot of Canadian newspapers ine © fo running his cartoons, and. “he was setting his sights on un- suspecting victims in the U.S. and abroad. _ Ther came our first joint * venture. Both aspiring free enterprisers, we decided to flog our wares at the annual con- vention in Richmond of the British Calumbia and Yukon Community Newspaper - Association. To my best recollection, that was in 1983, © ' We rented the biggest suite in the Delta River Inn, com- plete with conference table and wet'bar, which we stocked with ample supplies of beer, ...- wine and spirits. Every bit of were open for business. I don’t think we got-any . new Clients that first night, but it sire was one hell of a: party. a ‘At one point, more than 200 people were in our hospitality _) Suite, having a great old time. _ The. only thing that was’ miss- * gng: was music: “What we need is a piano,” said Georg Le Masurier, then editor of the. Comox District Free Press. Someone remembered a you doing with that piano?” * the night clerk asked. “What ‘plano?! George asked. ° We beat a hasty retrea " tefiting down the hallway a - -'regular-elevator was' too "small: . Five Twisted Years, as the’ ' winner, empty space was plastered with — out cartoons and columns. We _ Sono Nis Press, Victoria, is’ _- now available in your boo 2” gtore;-and ['m more than ‘hal 7 Py to 0 help him flog it. the damned piano in. tow: to accomodate the piano, but we found the freight ‘elevator, <2 and lickety split; we had that - » . Piano in our. ninth-floor suite. “I'm just mentioning this lit- - - tle episode to explain how a; ee serious and thoughful political acer columnist like me can beled) ec. | astray by someone as reckless are ee as Adrian Rasside. © : ‘Since that infamous piano , a incident, Adrian and I have | Movs undertaken many similar joint’ =. promotion ventures and I got... -’ used to his strange ways; if Hot to his cartoons.:?:. ~ pee And speaking of. carton: name of Adrians latest book >. would suggest, chronicles the.) - wild and wonderful ‘Vander: : Zalm years. And if I may be: . serious for a moment, it’s n . If all you remember. about: : the Vander Zalm years is that tae Fe ‘they were weird, even for » British Columbia standards; : = _ this collection of cartoons wilt . bring back the details. : And just in case you believe : that Adrian is a little cruet-to - his political victims, which he’ ” is, consider what he has to’ say . in his own defence: “How * | Many cartoonists close down: a ~ hospital beds? How: many’ car oe |: toonists reduce welfare . : : - . payments? How many "Car: - piano in one ‘Of the conference _ rooms on the main floor, and . George, Adrian and L:set out, to-hijack the thing. “What are” toonists invade other coun tries?" . Adrian Racside’s Five: Twisted Years, published by ar y MEAN WHUE MV A CAMADIAN ‘WEPUFE ie wa Day | y STARTLING DISCOVERY ‘is bade be.