Titanic

fever

nothing new
to local man

TITANIC MANIA may
only be sweeping the world
since the release of the
blockbuster epic of the same
name, but Pat Smith’s inter-
‘est began long before
Leonardo DiCaprio stalked
the decks of the movie set.
Even asa child Smith said
_ his. inlerest. was piqued
when his mother would tell
him stories of the great ship
which hit an iceberg and

saik inthe North Atlantic in
1912,
Then in 1985, when

Tilanic’s final resting place
was discovered, Smith be-
came really fascinated with
the old shipwreck.

‘Titanic is a time cap-
sule,”” be explains. ‘You
cat See things as they were

“in 1912,"

He was also intrigued with
the distinct separation be-
tween the classes on the
ship.

Since salvage experts dis-
covered the ship Smith says
memorabilia has been slow-
ly removed. But that’s not
an action he favours.

“T prefer to see the Titanic
kept intact as a memorial
site,” says Smith.

And while the movie
Titanic has prompted in-
creased interest in
memorabilia, there’s also a
growing number of people
who feel as he does, that the
ship should be left alone.

‘Smith is full of praise for
the movie and says he'll be
rooting for it on Academy
Awards sight, coming up
March 23.
. “The movie sels were
very authentic, very ac-
curate,”

And he adds the sequences -

leading to the sinking of the

ship were equally as good, .

down to the Jast detail,

Trail

dismay °

GREENBELT advocates are
dismayed by what they’re
calling the short-sighted de-
cision not to put a riverfront
trail in the city’s long-range
plan.

Terrace Greenbelt Associ-
ation representative Lori
Merrill said the trail along
the Skeena River, behind
Grham Ave. properties,
was mentioned often last
year by those surveyed
about the cily’s recreation
needs.

“That’s what people in
this community have
dreamed about for years,”
she said, “‘It’s the whole
idea that people can step out
of their backyard and go for
a long walk and take in our

most- beautiful natural
resource, which is the
river.”

The area is undeveloped
and is to be protected as en-
vironmentally sensitive
anyway, she said, and there-
fore it would only make
sense to include a trail to al-
low public enjoyment of it.

Merrill said the river front
trail was important to the
overall trail network be-
cause it provided the poten-
tial to tie together differcnt
recreational routes.

‘She added that the plan
was a long-term one that
probably wouldn’t see any-
thing built for a number of
years.

Merrill is urging city offi-
cials to continue to look for
away to get the trail into the
plan.

- She added that controlled,
proper fenced access might
actually reduce problems
the property owners now ex-
perience.

“Our access to the river is
very limited in our com-
munity,’ she said. ‘Other
communities have huge
beautifil’ miles of green-
ways and walkways for
people to enjoy alongside
their rivers,”’

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As for the love story be-
tween a rich first class girl
and au artist from steerage,
Smith said it did a good job
of bringing the drama of the

night home to modem
audiences.
“You almost forget

youre on the Titanic,
you’re so comfortable with
the characters,’’ he says,

The lead characters are
fictional, but Smith says
there’s no reason a similar
story might not have taken
place on the fateful voyage.

Smith saw the blockbuster
movie just once, but has a
library of his own Titanic
books and movies, consist-
ing of about 10-15 books
and al least four movies.

One of those is Waiter
Lord’s A Night to Remem-
ber, the first Titanic movie,
filmed in the 1950s.

That movie focussed more
on the events of the sinking
and Smith recommends that
faus of the modem day
Titanic watch the old one as
well.

Titanic is nominated for
14 Academy Awards includ-
ing best director for Cana-
dian James Cameron.

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TITANTIC FAN Pat Smith will be watching TV Acad-
emy Awards night to see how the movie of the same
name fares. He's been interested in the events sur-
rounding the great ship for years.

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