Page A4 — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 26, 1990 seat chee ete, ae Ie Ne Eee [o} wma Stores, . designs and typ lushation repra services and adverlising agencies. Reproduction i4 whole or in part, without written permission, as specilicatty proaibted. "ERRACE E STANDARD) | * ESTABLISHED APRIL 27, 1986 . ee eee Registration No, 7820 4647 Lazelle Ave., Terrace, B.C., V8G 158 “(60) 638-7283 Serving the Terrace atea. Published on Wednesday of aach week by Cariboo Press (1960) Lid, at 4647 Lavelle Ave., Terrace, British Columbia. i in the Terrace Standard are tha property of the copyright holders, including Cariboo Press (1969) Ld, its |. Authorized a5 second class mail pending tha Post Ctlica Department, for paymant of pastaga in cash. “Publistier: . "Jim Coulter we © Editor: 2 Rod Link. Production Manager |. . G@cu A Edouard Credgeur dim Goutter — _ Sant, Soler — ft - Spor, Malcolm Baxtar - - ‘Nevis, ao 7 Typesatter, Rose Fisher ~ Front. ‘Cifice Htenager rolyn Anderson — -- Typasetter, Susan Crodgeur ~ Composing/Darkrogm Advertising Manager; Janet Mivairos — Advertising Consultant ; Mtg Consutant, Tony tater = - =, rtaton Superior 7 - Special thanks tp all’. our contributors: and. correspondents fc for thelr. time and). talents, ae ; co Le EDITORIAL, Highway havoc The highways ministry report on what's needed to improve and make safe the flow of traffic on Hwy 16 as it passes through the city will be a fascinating document. That’s because what takes place now along that stretch of road, particularly between the new bridge and the over- pass, is a shambles. The journey across the overpass does more to increase the heart beat than any ride at Disneyland. It’s frustrating to enter the traffic stream from the Skeena Sawmills side of Keith Ave. Turning left from Tetrault on to Keith requires the nerves of a jet fighter pilot. Keeping track of vehicles as they turn left anywhere on Keith across the flow of traffic coming from the opposite direction is nerve-wracking. All of this just sort of happened. It kind of reminds you of journeying through Surrey. The overpass was never intended to be the main axis for highway traffic, It’s only in the last few years that business development along Keith has in- creased to include main line consumer outlets and brought with it, an increased At your It does seem strange that city hall, which bills ail that is surveys as the ser- vice centre for the northwest, wants rather stringent conditions for a business that wants to open up here, But of course the city reaction to the proposal by an escort service has little to do with nice men meeting nice ladies. It’s what might happen afterward that has the city worried. The word which causes that worry begins with ‘s’ and has three letters. [t’s a word that isn’t men- tioned much in polite circles (except for 99 per cent of all talk shows). The stringent conditions of $2,000 for number of vehicles making turns. Solutions won’t be easy. There’s no room for access roads to run parallel to the highway anymore. Installing traffic lights at any point along the way would only create lines of stopped vehicles that in turn would block access to businesses on either side. About the only credible solution is a complete diversion of highway traffic from Keith that would connect to the highway on either side of the city. That, however, has immense financial and engineering difficulties. One possible and partial solution is alderman David Hull’s idea of pro- hibiting left hand turns on to Keith from streets on the south side. That would eliminate vehicles entering on Keith across the flow of traffic heading in the opposite direction. Another is the prospect of construc- ting a tunnel near the overpass so that pedestrians won’t put themselves in danger. The suggestions the study will outline will require the same amount of diligence it now takes to maneuver along that stretch of highway. service a business licence and keeping a list of clients and the service they request is rather harsh, That client list also appears to be a deterrent to the service over and above anything else. More correctly it appears to be a deterrent to potential customers, provided the service does open, who may not want their names ap- pearing on something that is filed away in a drawer at city hall. There’s a feeling by the city of guilty first, perhaps inno- cent later. And whatever happens, it’s another example that the goal of free enterprise has a long way to go, despite what the politicians would have us believe. At your service Terrace is expanding into its “city”? designation gradually, the way a young kid grows io fit the shirts his mother buys for Bifocals him, We have litter. Noise. Pover. bY Claudette Sandecki ty. A rising crime rate, Armed Through | robberies. Drugs, AIDS. Evena by-law enforcement officer. We can flag a bus as handily as New Yorkers flag taxis, We have serious traffic congestion on Keith Avenue. During slash burning; our air pollution rivals that of Los Angeles, Our potholes devour wheels, and we don’t warn away motorists as Con Edison does with yellow barricades that read “Dig We Must For a Growing New York’. Recently our local radio newscast are heralded by a stripper-style fanfare. How ap- propriate, then, that our locale has hooked the attention of an escort service, The escort service will have a local Terrace phone number which, thanks‘ to ‘call forwar-° ding, will be answered in the Fort St. John office. makes the service subject to Terrace’s non-resident business. license fee of $2000 per. annum, Terrace-based business. This ly for selling an appointment to meet one of its two local employees. Escorts’ salaries will come from tips paid by clients for the services they request. Some tips! If these escorts are remunerated as liberally as ‘Cosmopolitan would have us believe, Though in truth, escorts might be better paid — and physically safer — clearing tables at a fast food restaurant. Apparently Fort St. John’s transient population has a big demand for escorts. Does Ter- race closet: that many big spenders? Since the service won't have an office here, where will they post their rates for their various services? Or will (hey ‘customize’? rates as they go -: along? Escorts will have to pass an - RCMP criminal check, Will any effort be made to screen clients ~ to safeguard escorts? sixteen Limes the $125 fee of a» Provincial legislation makes Al; mandatory © for rooming The service will charge clients.’ an introductory fee of $45.mere-"* houses, motels. and taxis to. register | their clients. The es¢ort’ ~ available — for service, too, will have to record the name and address of every person requesting their service, as well as the name of the escort assigned, and the functionto be. .~ attended. I'll bet the escort service could double its income if it could sell photostats of its client registry. . We're. tald. escorts. will be ‘ing — but no hanky-panky. _ Sure, sure. “Vl believe that when L read il in Cosma. conversations, . body rubs, or dining and danc- . MARTEN (5 ravine 70 qa SAVE ovR CARIBOU. : FRom me. SUN'S 57: ANTLER TRAPE. WHAT we NEEP IS SOMETH ING ELSE-FOR MR: R SUN |. VIBROWSE 2. | Mai AFEWORYOUR © MUGBOOKS ¢, faves ot Artist's dream | coming closer VICFORIA — Karl Schutz is one step closer to seeing his se- cond dream come true, and the first one was no mean feat. Karl was the driving force behind the murals in Che- mainus, the littke Vancouver Island town that almost died when the local lumber mill; _ shut down in 1982. 5. .;° sis. Karl's idea of having artists tell the town’s history in giant murals gave Chemainus a new lease on life. The community’s future suddenly laoked bright and secure again. Nobody could have blamed Kar! if he had started living life a little less hectically, but another idea, more ambitious than the mural project, had already begun to take shape in his imagination. Karl wanted Chemainus to be more than the town with those interesting murals. He envisaged a vibrant community where art was not just an ex- hibit but an activity, His dreain of a Pacific Rim Ar- tisan Village was born. The concept is challenging. It calls for a community of ar- tists from every Pacific Rim nation to create, exhibit and sell their works al a village to be established at Chemainus. National pavilions at the village would show the best their artists have to offer. There would be lodging where, as Karl once put it to me, ‘‘visiters could book an experience rather than just a reom.’’ For a couple of years now, Karl had doggedly pur- sued his dream, and at long last, things are beginning to fall in place. Last week, | received a letter form Karl. .[t had been written during a whirlwind tour of half a dozen Asian countries. The purpose of the trip was to promote the concept of the - Pacific Rim Artisan Village. In his-letter, Karl said everybody he talked to during the trip was impressed by the concept of an international cultural village. He'said, at limes he felt like being on a SOME VSELESS WILPLIFE PRODUCT THAT We CAN ; . HARVEST IN ABUN DANCE. BUT . . Not THREATEN THE SPECIES.) 3 From the Capital by Hubert Beyer crusade spreading the message that tourism is more than just building hotels and restaurants. “Cultural tourism can and will become a vital force for peace, besides being an economic spark. The concept of our village will be a major contribution to better understanding and the develop- ment of education as well as commerce between par- ticipating nations,” he said. “Indeed, the renaissance of the arts, predicted and started in Chemainus in 1982 is on. the move and will be a major economic factor in our lifetime.’’ Karl also told me that a col- umn I wrote on the subject two years ago had been distributed, along with other information on the Pacific Rim Artisan Village, in Japan, Korea, Thailand, Bali, Singapore and Malasia. Very flattering, Karl. Upon his return, Karl wrote a report, summarizing his im- pressions of the trip. Here are some excerpts. “Our first objective to in-. troduce our endeavor to establishing an International Artisan Village in Canada was realized. Over a two-month period, we were able to in- troduce Chemainus, Vancouver Island and the artisan village to six Asian countries and their respective agencies,’’ Karl said in his report. “More than 300 individuals have been introduced to the , project and in addition we were able to establish a work- — ing relationship with approx- imately 100 individuals, private, artists, entrepreneurs, SomERHNG THAT WOULD HELP “THE TRAPPER BECAUSE THE FUR MARKET 15 S0 GAD... ‘BINGO! : Ld rE idk. y Le et as well as government. ; officials,” he said. “We have now established an image bank of approx- imately 300 photos. We also have books and resource material from the six countries visited. In addition, we have - gained an enormous amount of experience in dealing with the different countries and compil- ed valuable information,” One of the most fascinating experience of his Asia tour was a visit lo the “Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park,’ dedicated solely to the 1,200 years of the history of ceramics of the town of Shiga. The facilities consist of a museum, an exhibition hall of industrial ceramics, ceramic studios with ultra-modern as well as traditional kilns, a research centre, offices, a retaurant and dormitories, “Other than its modern ar- chitecture, which we prefer. to be traditional, it is a role , model for a segment of our in- ternational artisan village,” Kari said. What's next? Karl hopes that Japan will be the first Pacific Rim country to actively support the artisan village pro- ject. And _judging from the en- thusiasm the proposal generated in the other coun- tries. he visited, he believes they, too, will participate in the cultural venture sooner or later. o The 50-acreé site is there tc to. accommodate a proposed - 120-room lodge, a 250-seat ” out-door theatre, the national | pavilions and the studios for: artist to work in, What it takes’ now is a financial commitment . by alk the countries involved, Kari thinks it’s close at hand. S CYL vn) ae Att to. ry ;