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In any. advertisement produced and-or any editorial or photographic content published In the Herald. . ‘Repreducilon is not permitted without the written | ermeser of the Publisher... ue : ; j an i eg ia & ba ‘EDITORIAL | The provincial parks department has decided to reopen parks they closed only’ weeks ago because it was felt there was a serious threat from old and diseased: trees. te It looks like the minister has - got himself between a rock and a very.hard place. so oe ” ad ’ aie. Seereeeanl | ele we 4 : ~ faerie etl oes! While there Is lIttle doubt-that ‘there 2.” park which’. may : ,. he.” pe ; \c al. ee TY | ¢ I might, fo ' AY ‘torney genoral’s. office . days last week, I was unable Virgin growth Ina ‘hasn't exactly Mepeneds a 0 T might, for'several find the local: Moonies in " decadent forest does te ‘Moonie Complaints, Vancouver. I'd been led to oes tend to get.a little *‘Moonte Complaints, ait ie was. the too big to keep from falling. over. The Drpinthe orice jointed "Moonie Holy.City.of B.C. T move to take out dozens of trees, statements made. last, year, had: suspected, . from. the. now? The answer would have been. to “of justice... - =| selectively take out questionable trees or . -Let me be clear — there ; are Moonies, members of the - look for campsites where there was little Trion Church, and then risk. That would have taken some JONG ‘there \are anti-Moonies range planning and spending money for ‘clustered in groups acts preventative maintenance, something the province over the last we don’t see in governments-which tend eeu arsine lke 60 to look only as far as the next election, many psyilocibin Let’s hope the regional board “and ushrocm vee teal other local officials will continue. their ‘icensing . agencies ponder pressure on the provincial government; hem, poke at them, get but this time for a continuing ‘parks Tipped onto et iberties expansion and grooming program. groups look to be demanding v _ Coe prohibition or extermination = of the whole crop. ” What's the fuss?.Teil me what's happening evening. ; . _ ‘ficiently . high-tide. yet to Moonies "bearing. mint «, : heating: the door - ‘down, But folks, no. As & matter of fact, I've yet to track down the’ species... "patties Wee aL eae : Coys m-.” Just ha eh si monly knows a the “cults”; corner, look Spirit kat Though a parks departmitirtti-orrtiat.>'ts ie eres a NE ere ‘minutes and 1o.'and behold I'd be besieged by Moonies invitiig me for dinner. Or, hetter yet, I.could waitin the _ comfart of my home. for an and: I'd have...” diffe: ‘police in Oakland, California. . ee ceria “estple I’ve -heard the siories of ‘equrse, I've read the press. T've listened. as well to - parents who've. had their children leave home never to return, They're convinced that the kids, adults though they may be, have been" spiritually. lobotomised and, pow are flogging peanut brittle. and salvation on “street corners of North’ All for the per- - America. Moon. —_ . Once such couple, Ray Margaret Steffich of Van co sonal profits of the Prophet — “ARE. YOU OUT THERE? ‘looking for Moonies outraged enough that they've started the group Positve Education Against Cults, an off-shoot-. of a: _ gitilar group in Toronto, the Council ‘on, Mind Abuse’ (COMA). Ray and Margaret — are convinced that their son , Mike, who'd. been Moonified ~ in San Francisco, is beyond . the point where he-can freely _ choose. | So, some, months - ago.. | they: hired’. .a “deprogrammer'’ and .al- - tempted ‘to persuade him. to. ‘eave the church. “ Mike ‘apparently had something °- ‘different. in. mind and -the . came riding to the “rescue”. ° ¥ least for.ihen. That. ‘ended - the; affair, at ~ Ray and Margaret are riot” giving up so easily, however. ; “From. my interviews: with them, they appear ‘to be a. study in‘desperation. There. ig also.a flicker of.courage In their ‘perceive.” In that Tight, “they've set- out into. schools, churches, and political. of-{ “fiees across the province to"! plead their case. Apparently ; -.. Saints or’ Unlicensed _ chocolates. the cherries and runny stuff and the police and the BBB who are all “on the lookout”. ’ This writer is ‘on the lookout"’ too. For the Moonies! Will the real Moonle-please stand up? ‘A Victorla: policeman,. in an- ~ article carried -thefe, has stated they “have short hair. and dress conservatively'': 1 guess that” narrows things down somewhat .--I know ‘without a denbt that Norm Levi and Grace McCarthy aren't Moonies. Me,. I've ' started growing my hair and . won't. wash “my jeans anymore, But, really guys. Please show yourselves 50 we can at least know what we're shooting at!: . The Moonification Church Solicitors - We know you're in there, s0 throw ‘out your > confectionary and come out “with “hands raised! - Seriously, now, if you guys -will just drop me a note care _attempte d.-. of this paper, I'd love to get déprogramming and sub-~ sequent efforts. to ‘warn | potential culties: and their | pro "parents of the dangers they your side of things. I havea sweet tooth too and can” mise you.a sale on at a half-pound of The ones with - least tal pag Rabe address’ s05Weat ih (Apt Van., B.C. pre-5192 aie an afford to hire = * ortwo more jd tors” ther six more n . of the Ewing family. ’ Hagman - is never melodramatic. most well-conceived bad. guys. since Shakespeare peated lage. And like lago he is a mirror to our souls, reflecting back our darker natures. = ““Dallas” could with some justification be dismissed as merely another prime time soap opera. were it not for J.R.. The series centres around the lives and loves They are the wealthiest, most powerful kindred: group in Texas. Naturally, this — influence is grounded in oil and’ cattle. “True to Hollywood formula there is a silver-haired, hard-nosed patriarch matched with his softer, kindlier belle. They havethree boys, now men. The eldest’has been run off both the ranch and his inheritance by earlier machinations of second son .J.R. This latter fellow has been made president af Ewing Oil. He has also been made into a spin-off series: Knatt’s Landing. Shird son, Bobby, Is every woman’s ideal lover: kind, considerate, courteous, gentle, strong, honest, moral "but not sanctimonious, 2 ‘ " ; Bobby's relationship with his wife,-Pamela, is yet another straight steal from ‘Shakespeare: Romeo and —l!.. “Juliet without the tragedy. In stark contrast, J.R.'s wife, SuéEllenis bitter and broken: She hates J.R. for his affairs with other women - notably her sister -.and the stress has driven her to drink: This has given J.R. the opportunity to have her forcibly institutionalized - for her own good, of course. . ey “Not only does J.R. spend considerable time and money attempting to mess up the happy marriage of brother Bobby, but he is not above scheming to . ‘destroy anyone who gets in his way. Indeed, no-one is safe. from his trickery. Ertswhile, associate Allan Bean, who helped:him destroy the political career of Pamela's brother - the brother was out to destroy Ewing Oil -. was threatened with arrest by a croaked cop on J.R.'s payroll. The mistress - J:R.’s sister-in- law - is.threatened with arrest on prostitution charges. All this because they unwisely teamed up against J.R. _- Even J.R.’s parent's are not safe, He mortgages the massive acreage of the family ranch, whichtis in his mother's name, in order to raise from:a consortium of ‘banks funds suffient to finafice offshore drilling in a certain Asian courtry. . ; Coe - Meanwhile, many.of J.R.’s business associates are clamoring for a chance to get in on the deal, But J.R. refuses, He stands to net literally hundreds of billions from the deal. Then he gets word a revolution is about to break out in-that Asian country and that the - revolutionaries will win. They will nationalize the oil industry. — - ; _ Immediately, J.R. does what comes natyrally to him. Armed with this secret knowledge he sells:out the greater part of his holdings to those eager :part- ners, without telling them the facts: One ’of their number was that banker who had demanded’ as collateral for the loan the family ranch. He ‘borrows $20 million. to finance his ‘ participation. Naturally, he along with others in the group lose everything. But, J.R. while losing his nominal remaining investment is left with huge proiits. from that prior sell-off to eager Taxan wheeler-dealers, _ J.B. - who is played by Larry (I Deam of Jeannie) However, were these Victorian times he would indeed wear’ a:black cape, a top hat, tie Innocent girls to railway tracks and -revel in the boos and hisses of the audience. v Whether ornothe is as subtle aslago is a moot point. Jn all probability, lago still retains the title of all-time champion creep. - lago played on Othello’s innate suspicion, leading the Moor in the darker places of his own mind, Eventually, of course, by a trail of false clues and intiuendo, Othello is induced to murder, out of jealousy, the one he loves. ae -J.R. though capable of dropping occasional hints, which he knows will lead to a specific action by a certain ;person, never delves deeply into his: ad- ‘yirsaries‘motivations. He seeks simply the quickest aiid cheapest route to his own ends. Money is usually thal means. mood ‘He has discovered everyone has a price, and that his huge funds combined with the effect of the person to do:hia‘bidding. = ” lagois probably the better survivor, Though at:the end. of Othello we know the council has instructed Cassioite torture and execute lago according. to ‘the law, there are those who believe his skills equal to,the demands of escape. He would find some way: of making his execution unacceptable to the council, twist matters so that the council would end up bearing his burden of guilt. ae ‘Without money J.R. would be merely a large, loud- _ mouthed Texan, incapable of stirring to: action, “ifnanipulating’.to his own ends anyone of his own — physical stature. .J*. Nevertheless; millions of viewers turn every week to - Dallas” eager to discover whether or not JR. will . win again to get his comeuppance. The last episode of this season’s series showed all those characters who would have reason to be upset with J.R. Then, in the final frames, a8 J.R. works late In his plush penthouse high above Dallas, shots ring out. J.R. falls writhing. The picture freezes. Frustrated fans must wait until September to find out his fate, and the identity of the assailant. Itis unlikely television has ever produced such a nasty piece of work. J.R. lacks any redeeming factors, yet he remains believable. members of the cast have been mobbed by en- thusiastic fans in places as widespread as Britain, South Africa, Australia and West Germany. Hagman, allegedly, is sharply rebuked by old spinsters, but applauded heartily by many younger American women, who - he says - seem to possess a masochistic streak. This judgment stems from his perusal ‘of fan mail. ; _ ‘The time is right for J.R. The economy is ailing, tories and mills are closing, lay-offs increase. JR. sums up and symbolizes the quintessential collection - Tn these times of every-growing consumer der Horror. which makes victims of us all, J.R. is! Oh, ‘what we would do, it we were he! ‘Even lesser — mortgages are being foreclosed, homes lost. Fac- | agent, happy'to repossess a baby’s bottle. 223 monster in our worst nightmares, the bailiff at the * porhabiitor. and wish ache tbe bik: