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_Cyril M. Shelford

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Dear Mr. Shelford:

Thank you for your letter
of March 31. It looks as
though we're beginning to
set up a running dialogue in
the papers about the
Kitimat oil port proposal —
this, at least, may be one
way of getting the debate
out to the public.

I read with some concern
your letter to Sam Bavlf,
our Minister of Recreation
and Conservation, in which
you state that the majority
of the people in your con-
stituency are for the
pipeline. What kind of public
response have you had to
indicate that? Iona Cam-
pagnolo, for example, has
told us that she has over 800
letters against the proposal
and only five for it. The Save
Our Shores Committee in
Prince Rupert now has well
over 6000 signatures of
people who are opposed. We
-are wondering if you have
letters or signatures to
support your claims that the
majority are in favor? It
hardly seems likely that
that is the case! It might be
worthwhile to mail out
questionnaires to your
constituents and see what
kind of response you get.

With respect to your
comments on Loran-C and
the navigational system on
the west coast there are
some points that need
clarifying .

Loran-C is a blanket
location system that will
extend for about 160 miles
off the coast of North
America — any vessel so
equipped will be able to
determine its position with
great accuracy. However,
Loran-C alone is nowhere
near adequate to safely
guide tanker traffic to and
from the Kitimat Harbour,
There is another system,
substantially more
sophisticated, called the
Vessel Traffic Management
System (VTMS).

This is an elaborate
network of beacons, buoys,
etc. that are erected along
the route, performing two
-main functions: 1) it keeps
track of movements of all
vessels equipped with VTMS
gear and relays this in-
formation to all those same
vessels in the area, and 2) it
keeps the vessels separated
and in the right traffic lanes.

To picture the difference
more readily, imagine
Loran-C being analogous to
a road map that tells you
where you are on the ground
and the VTM System as the
white and yellow lines on the
road to keep your car on
course plus on-board radar
to let you know where all the
cars on the highway are at
any given moment. As you
can see, there is a sub-
stantial difference.

There are four levels of
operation to the VTM
System -- Vancouver has
Level 4, Prince Rupert has
currently Level 1. The
Tofino area will have Level
4 by 1978 and Prince Rupert
Level 2 by 1980, under
present construction
scheduling.

I am enclosing for your
information an in-
tergovernmental memo
which states that the
Kitimat oil port develop-
‘ment would delay
operational date of the
required level of VTMS

(Level 4) for the Prince
’ Rupert area until 1931. This
is at least one year after

“&., tankers will start moving

into Kitimat under the

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Pipeline dialogue continues

present KPL_ timing
schedule. I hope you vill
also note that the VTMS is
only voluntary in Canada
and therefore we will not
necessarily have incoming
tankers equipped with it.

With respect to your
comments on World War II
tankers and the absence of
damaged fisheries — it is
our understanding that
these tankers carried for the
most part lightweight
refined petroleum products
such as fuel oils and
gasolines. These have
higher volatility than crude
oil which means that they
would not remain in the
water as long, but rather
dissipate into the at-
mosphere, so that the
chances of negative effects
to the marine environment
are greatly reduced. On the
other hand, as you say very
little research has been done
on this subject — how do you
know, for example, that
fisheries in some areas were
not affected?

And finally, back to
“development” and en-
vironmental groups.....

How you can say it is
“fashionable” to be against
development? The term
implies a popular trend
followed by large numbers
ofpeople. En-
vironmentalists are by far
in the minority — and they
do not exist to oppose
development but rather to
ensure that the natural
environment is not damaged
neediessly or irreversibly,
No other institutions in our
society are safeguarding
environmental interests —
certainly not industry or
government! You, yourself,
should know this is so from
your own experiences at
Ootsa Lake when Alcan
decided that northwestern
B.C, was a good place to
refine aluminum. The
process hasn’t changed
since you fought that issue,
Cyril — it always seems to
be up to the little guy to try
and introduce some sanity
to the way our system
operates.

If environmental groups
have been responsible for
halting certain development
projects, it is only because
what they have had to say
has been rational and ap-
propriate. After all, they do
not have great amounts of
money for legal battles or
buying off officials and they
certainly do not have any
political clout. Their only
power lies in the judicious
use of fact and reason and
nothing more. ,

The “value set” that seeks
more and more industrial
growth as the solution to our
social and economic
problems is obsolete — after
all, it's what got us into the
mess in the first place. More
of the same obviously will
only increase the problems.
More is not necessarily
merrier, bigger not
necessarily better!

What is needed now is a
‘value shift in soclety
towards environmentally
appropriate lifestyles and
economies. We have to
conserve non-renewable
resources and concentrate
on developing renewable
ones. We have to decen-
tralize and humanize our
decision-making processes
so they become more
responsive to the people who
live in remote areas. We
have to diversify our

economic structure in order
to increase its stability and
not throw all our eggs in one
basket. We're going to have

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to go at things slowly and in
a smaller way.

The prevailing ‘‘value
set” in our society (i.e. the
one that governs) is in
contradiction to the things
mentioned above. This is the
value set that is stripping
the Jand of its forests and
minerals, developing our
agricultural land for houses,
polluting our atmosphere
and oceans, creating: the
conditions for a nuclear
holocaust, poisoning our
bodies with synthetic
foodstuffs, oppressing the
poor and primitive peoples
of the world and so on.

And you want more?

The Four-Way
Test -

Of the things we
think, say or do.

Is it the TRUTH?

Is it fair to all
concerned?

Will it build GOOD
WILL and BETTER
FRIENDSHIPS?

Will it be
BENEFICIAL
‘to all concerned?

There has to be a better

way, Cyril, or our prospects —

for a decent survival are not
‘oad! :

Incidentally, for a better
understanding of what
environmentalists are all
about may I refer you to a
remarkably perceptive,
unbiased and well-
supported factual account
provided by Howard Mit-
chell in the Northern Sen-
tinel editorial of April 7,
1977. Here is someone who,
as we say in the north, has
got it all together!!

Sincerely

Tony Pearse

Early childhood
education

People of Terrace:

We, the students of Early
Childhood Education at
Northwest Community
College, would like to use
this space to thank all the
people who supported us in
our walk-a-thon, bake sales,
raffle and who offered
donations. The money
raised paid for our tran-
sportation to Vancouver
where we were able to in-
vestigate the early
childhood facilities
available in the south.

During our tour we. ob-
served many different pre-
school centers, universities
and colleges that fulfilled
the various needs of
children. We feel this trip
has been of great value to us
and we thank you.

Just to give you an idea of
what our course entails,
here is an outline that
consists of nine different
units.

Program Development -
study of programs, history
and content, Curriculum
Development - study of
children’s art, music,
language, science, socials.
Health & Nutrition. Humgn
rélations. Business at-
ministration. Practicum’ -
practical training on the job.

eminar - discussion of
practicum. Psychology -
child psychology. Sociology.

By means of guiding
children’s play and assisting
childhood development we
hope to fulfill the needs of
early childhood.

Yours truly,

Students: Jill Ewart,
Ingrid Ogden, Sally Davies,
Lorraine McFarland, Penmy
Gall, Margaret Massen,
Vicky Watt, Joanne
Fauchon, Mary Derksen,
Nettie Olson.

Instructors & Coor-
dinators: Larisa Tarwick,
Jody Simmons. _

Save Canada

from Quebec

Dear Reader:

We are disturbed by
discussions of the possible
break-up of our country,
Canada. How can we ex-
press our goodwill to our
French speaking fellow
Canadians?

Families quarrel but with
love and willing hearts the
quarrels are resolved,
because the family is im-
portant. So it is with our
country with its beauty,
freedom and diversity. With
one of its members gone
Canada is incomplete, It
was a French Canadian,

born in Quebec, who com-
posed "O Canada”. ,

Are you searching for a
way to express your
friendship towards the
people in Quebec? Please
write a note or postcard
expressing your feelings
about this important
matter, in French or
English, to:

Citizens of Quebec
c-o Council of
Canadian Union
1470 Peel Street
Suite 925

Montreal, Quebec H3A
IT1

Elks host
anniversary parade

Terrace Elks Club is
proposing to host a parade
in Terrace on August 1 in
honour of Terrace’s 50th
anniversary. Terrace
District Council has ap-
proved the following parade
route,

Plans are for the parade
to start at 11 a.m. August 1
at the corner of Legion
Street and Lakelse Avenue,
proceed west along Lakelse
Avenue to the intersection of

Eby Street, thence north on
Eby to Lazelle Avenue,
thence east on Lazelle
Avenue to the entrance of
the Overwaitea parking lot
for judging and dispersal.

Anyone who wishes to
enter the parade should
contact cel Martel,
Chairman, Elk’s Parade
Committee at 635-4277 or
telephone Ivor Bristol at 635-

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SETTING UP

THE PRE

SSES — This picture was taken last

were installed in the Motz Plaza.

This copy of the Terrace Herald is the last issue of
the newspaper as a weekly. Starting Monday, May 2
the newspaper will be known as the Daily Herald.

The Daily Herald will give coverage to Kitimat,
Hazelton and the Nass communities as well as
Terrace. Our recently installed CP wire service will
provide us with up-to-date world news.

This marks an end to a tradition which began on
July 11, 1908 when the Herald began publication on a
weekly basis. The obvious development of Terrace as
a communication-service hub serving the northwest
has prompted our owners, Sterling Publications Ltd.
(which publishes 19 newspapers in B.C., including the
Daily News in Prince Rupert) to make this new

change in direction.

, , One important factor in making this decision is the
. Daily Herald will be delivered to the homes of
. Terrace by 7 a.m. each morning, This means that
' readers will have the opportunity to read a newspaper
like the Province during their morning menus. |

News will be brought to your doorstep five days a
week. Our three unit News King presses, made by
_ Fairchild, will produce your morning newspaper each

day at midnight.

There will be a full time Kitimat news director

living in that community. Although the wire service
provides us with world news it will remain our policy

_to publish as much focal and regional news as is
available to ensure that the readership that we have
enjoyed over the years is maintained.

By BILLSMILEY

1] WAS so mad when I began
writing this column yesterday
that there was smoke starting
to come out of the typewriter
keys, so I stopped and let
them cool off overnight.
They’re still warm, but just
touchable. —

Reason for my rage was
that I had been royallyshafted
three times in a row by three
different service stations
owned by three different oif

. companies, to tune of about
$200 and a great deal of
personal inconvenience.

In each case the ineptness
of theso-called “‘service’? was
equalled only by the rapacity
of the operators.

My first impulse was to
name names and lay the
sordid facts on the line. But I
was boiling so buoyantly that
there was no way I could have
written an honest, objective
account of the piracy 1 was
subjected to, so I'm glad 1
slept on it.

1 didn’: want to label all
Sunoco, Fina and Gull service
station operators as highway-
men, because that would have

‘maligned a couple of local
operators. who have not, to
my knowledge, while | was
watching, mugged me. They
were not involved,

Suffice it to say that the
next time you sce Wayne and
Shuster doing one of those
comedy commercials in which
you are assured that a big
American oil company’s only
aim in life is to give you the
best possible service at the
lowest possible cost, switch to
a soap ad. At least the soap
merchants con you blatantly,
and take you to the cleaners

_ literally, rather than figura-
tively, as the oil companics
do.

Bill Smiley

Fuel for
anger

And [ thought plumbers

. were rough! After tangling

with a few ‘“mechanics’’ in a
few days, I could have kissed
an honest plumber
chanced along. He’d probably
have charged me five bucks
for the privilege of kissing
him, but he’d have looked
good after those various
grease-monkeys who seemed
more interested in rape than
kissing.

Nobody wants to hear my
troubles, but | don’t care. 1

have to purge myself of this
bile or F'll be sour on service-

* menall spring. f don't want to

go through my life hating
mechanics. Some of my best

friends are mechanics. But [ | °

wouldn't want my daughter
to marry one. On second
thought maybe I would. She'd
certainly be financially secure
for life.

Now, the sad saga. It was
March blowing itself out like
a polar walrus. Bitter cold,
wind gusting to about 50. We
werean our way lothe city for
a couple of days. Stopped for
coffee at one of those big,
drive-in restaurant-service
stations which have nothing
going for them except a
monopoly. Thier coffee is
lousy, their food is swill, their
staffis surly, slovenly, stupid,
or all three. You know the
kind I mean. Terrific archi-
tecture with nothing inside.

Dave Hamilton and J
job of cleaning the presses for next Monday’‘s press
run. Watch for the Daily Herald free onyour doorstep
‘during May.

who :

You've been stung before,
and sworn you'd never do it
again, but there's nothing eise
for another forty miles.
cvrans ine lukewarm dish-
water they call coffee, Turned
the key to get going. Nothing.
Couldn’t be the starter. Had
just had a whole new unit put
in, wo weeks before, at a cost
of $70. Must be the battery, in
that.very chill wind.

No problem. Get a boost.
Walked around to service
centre. Nobody home. Out
front three young gas-jockeys
pumping fuel like mad. Tried
lo get some help. Was almost
completely ignored. Finally,
one of them told me with
some delight that the mech-
anic was on holidays, that the
low-truck was away some-
where, and that he personally
was too busy to even lift the
hood. ‘

Mounting frustration and
seething anger commencing.
Bul I'm a patient man, a
reasonable man. Finally, kid
arrives with tow-truck. Gives
battery a boost. I turn key,
with relief. Horrible scrailing
sound. No more. Everything
dead. The kid reckoned my
new starter unit had just
stripped its guts out. He was
just guessing, of course.

A little background music
here; We were on our way to
hear our daughter play in a
concert. Her mother had

month when fhe presses first arrived and

se keer

ck Rich

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daily newspaper

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* brought a complete new cor-
duroy outfit, made by hand,
for the girl lo wear at the
concert, And there we were
stranded at a wind-swep!
“service” station forty miles
from anywhere,

Only by dint of great [or-
bearance and awesome
threats of law-suits did I get
one of those turkeys to call a
garage in the nearest town,
and arrange to have the car
lowed there and repaired.

We hitched aride down the
road with two lovely women
from up north, bless their
cood souls, and they took us
into the city, getting them-
selves thoroughly lost in the
‘process, Taxi to concert site.
Daughter doesn’t want new
outfit. Missed concert. Taxi
to hotel. Total taxi’ bill,
$14.00. OK. No sweat.

Next morning, phone gar-
age to which car towed. Sure
he can fix. Ne problem, “‘You
fick up tomorrow. Before
noon, | quit noon,’

Next day, taxi 45 miles
north (no bus) to garage. Car
fixed. BI] $99.00. Garage-
man won't accept credit card
though sign n window says he
will. Borrow enough from
cabbie to get car out of hock.
Decent cabbie, took cheque,
as sympathetic. His cab bill,

; Drive car all way back to
city. Something wrong;
doesn'I steer right. Whole day
shot. Arrive hotel, no parking
space left at the inn.

And I’m skipping over the
bad parts. I’m sure this bitter
little tale has mechanics every-
where slapping their knees in
hilarity, But I’m afraid it left
a slightly rotten taste in my

‘ mouth,

ard begin the dirty