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"PAGE 2, THE HERALD, Friday, December 30, 1977

EDITORIAL

. Our Silent Churches

? Today's Herald is the last that will be
tpublished this year, as Terrace - and most of the
‘World, turns its thoughts, its date stamps, its
{postage meters and other date-recording devices
ito 1978.
The Canadian Press teletypes - both Broadcast
jService (for radio and T.V.) and Press Service -
for Newspapers - is heavy with “year end
roundups” of everything from sport to en-
tertainment, listing month by month for 1977 the
imajor items of interest in those fields. There is a
i“financial” (or business) news wrapup, and
‘similar resumes of religion, the Middle East,
‘energy, legal, civil rights, women's rights, - you
name it, the media has a “roundup” of it for 1977.
? Qur readers might have been interested in an
iEnd of the Year Review of highlights of Terrace
jactivities of the past 12 months. However, we
‘shall spare them that, this time around.
: This editor, just settling into Terrace’s com-
imunity affairs, is more interested at the moment
in obtaining news, views, opinions and leads
irom the people of Terrace rather than in
editorial pontificating. The ‘Big Frog ina Small
Puddle” syndrome is one that is so easy for
‘small town officials - be they. hockey coaches,
‘mayors, aldermen, school trustees, priests and
other clergy, doctors, nurses, teachers - and
jeven editors” - to succumb to.
{ We will welcome suggestions, advice, direc-
tion, opinions and other indications from our
eaders - both subscribers and from those who
read the paper over other people’s shoulders -
regarding areas for local news coverage and also
is topics around which to build editorials.
¢ There is one area in which we expected more
‘news production but so far have been disap-
pointed.

We had expected to hear more from the 14 or
so Churches in Terrace. The churches alone
— worth over one and one half million dollars in
value, are the spiritual ‘‘offices’’ or
“headquarters” to which 90 per cent of the
people of Terrace claim allegiance and hold
church membership. Can anyone recall ever:
going to a funeral service not attended by some
religious representative? Almost every one of
the 14 Terrace churches has a children’s division

'— whether it is called Sunday School, a Sabbath

school —- or by other names. In the Christian

world, Christmas is a major event of the Church .

year — but, we, at the Herald, heard very little

New Years.

GREETIN

’ JONA CAMPAGNOLO
SKEENA MP

May I take this op-
portunity to wish you and
all members _of

your

and

health
prosperity in 1978.

family

g

from any of the Churches in the way of news; no . § .

one turned in photos of the Church at work — be

it works of charity, education, aid, cheer, music,

healing — or any of the many fields the Churches

are supposedly engaged in — not only on

Saturday and Sunday — but presumably through
e week,

We had hoped thé Miriisterial’- ta: Which most:sgnemorsborable -ygpr. for.
Terratclergy belong: — would fo Wich moet: th e etlizens of Perrach: It";

informed, but we have since learned the Terrace
Ministerial is a very weak one, barely alive, at
all. That it is about ail the Ministerial can do to
get its members to turn out to it monthly
meeting.

Having said that, we must now also say that
those we have called upon for information and, in

acouple of instances, for photos — have been co- ©

operative. When we tried to reach each of the
fourteen churches by phone to report on their

et an answer to our dia from barely one

of them — though we tried repeatedly over -

two days, We would hope that persons in need of
spiritual or other emergency help would have
better luck!

We would like to hear from the Terrace
Churches to know what, if anything, they are
attempting to do about the many. social and
spiritual issues facing this community. Do they
have any plans to reduce the incidence of van-
dalism — are they trying to reach the offenders
— usually juveniles — to find out why they are
troubled and how to alleviate their unrest?

Terrace is known to have a heavy drug traf-
ficking ‘‘problem” — are the Churches involved
in trying to reach the drug users? If so. how?
child abuse? alcohol abuse? The mentally ill, the
aged and infirm? The lonely? The would-be
suicide? The single parent and the parentless

if the churches are doing something about
these, and related problems — not to forget the
major problem of the poor and the out-of-work-
and-desperate people of Terrace, we would be
most pleased to learn of it, and, where it is news,
and where publicity would help, report it.

So — to our readers — and to all those who
belong to the many congregations of all the the
various churches in Terrace — as well as the
aon-Christian congregations — Jews, Moslem,
Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Parsee (Parsi), Shinto, Bahai,
Buddhist and other — a very Happy and Blessed
— NEW YEAR!!

TERRACE

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DAVE MARONEY

MAYOR

1977 has . been a

“marked-:our 60th “fain-
niversary of in-
corporation, during
which past and present
residents joined together
to make the celebration a
huge success.

Now, let us look ahead
to the new year; 1077 was
indeed a year to
remember, but 1978 is

also special, for it is the
first: step,in the next 50

ce

‘histor y;.Det us make sure
it is a big step.

On behalf of the
District of Terrace
council, I take great
pleasure in extendin;
greetings to you an
yours for 1978. May it
ring you all you hope
for, and a little more.

Happy New Year.

‘years Of. Terrace’s

over the Christmas activities, we were able to * W.R. (Bill) LOISELLE

- PUBLISHER
;. TERRACE HERALD

Where’ has the year
gone? Itseems like only a
few months ago we were
celebrating the arrival of
the year 1977.

With the year 1978 now
upon us and already

showing signs of good
fortune for Terrace and
area, lets welcome it with
lots of laughter and
happiness and a
resolution to make this
the best one ever!

May you find peace,
hope, good health and
prosperity in the years
ahead.

REV. NOSTERUD

RESIDENT

TERRACE

MINISTERIAL .

Have you made your
list of New Year's
resolutions? Probably
not. I wonder if anyone
even bothers to think
about New  Year’s
resolutions anymore.

We have come to the
last laps of a decade
which has not only seen
the passing of the corset
and the brassiere (aids of
longstanding service for
keeping the body curves
in line), but we have seen
the gradual turning away
from any and all thought
of self-restraint. So many
have decided that in
order to catch up with our
modern technological
world we. must . discard
the out-dated values and
boundary
previous generations,
The “‘in thing” has been
to "hang loose’... to do
your own thing and find
your own “level”. Con-
sequentely, it has come to
int where .no one
would think of disturbing
nature’s ‘‘groove
chords” by imposing
some "New = Years
resolutions”? on himself.
And, above all, one
certainly would not allow
any resolutions of past
centureis to restrain him,
Perhaps one of the most
gloomy signs of 1977
which show this trend is
that a government should
have to pass a strict law
before citizens will do

.. Something so responsible

and sensible as usin

‘automobile seat belts

But the last
also shown that

ear has
ere is a

lines of -

growing interest in some
“re's trsaienh nig

there is a grwoing need to

take a hold of something

s
eternal. The popular
interest shown for the TV
series “Roots” in the last
year demonstrates the
need of some people to
reach back into the past
for a sure point that can
provide some meaning to
the present
direction for the future.

Something for more
vital than -@ojist of New
Year’s resolutions is
required fo: qne coming
year. Today? ere is the
need forst .of all to face
the challefige of real
commitment once again:
If you know to whom and
to what you have com-
mitted all your energies
and talents, en
arranging your priorities
can become an exciting
New Year’s propor tion.
If you are confident to
whom and to what: you
are committed, then the
New Year cna become a
jouous time of year as
well as an- exciting year.

On behalf of the
Terrace Ministerial and
the local churches, I
invite you to discipline
ourself once a week to
earing that challenge
upon your ultimate
commitment in life. Go to
the church of your choice
and demand that the

stor challenge you to
ind your ‘roots’... that
you may discover new
directions for the coming
years.

GS.

and as

TERRACE
VIEW POINT f

SAME BALLG AME: Dicer

Wits APOLOGIZSTO

non ots

It’s Our Loss

B.C. News Roundup

Will End

B.C.'s Loss

On the day after New Year’s, one of the longest
traditions of British Columbia Radio Broadcasting
will come to an end, and the province will lose a

fie TaHGENEM, 1041, a UWecast cdlaprising. a
coliprebtnsivaryundup of thé day's eVelits has been.
copied ea ht in the Vancouver as

Newsroom of the CBC. This is a news roundup from a
B.C. perspective, It’s carried on CBC radio throughout
the province at 10- p.m. .

This newscast does not have a large audience by
ratings standards, but the listeners are important.
Twelve thousand people rely on it for information...
many, of them in areas where the only medium
available is CBC Radio.

This tradition ends this month. CBC management
has decided to centralize. The last 10 p.m. Regional
News from Vancouver will be done on December 30th.

Starting Monday, January 2nd, the newscast will be .

done from Toronto:

- newscasts are prepared in the Vancouver

On Jan. 1)

And can an editor in Toronto, three thousand miles
away, be asked to compile a newscast that will
respond to the needs of British Columbians? *
CBC Toronto already has the bulk of the newscasts
you hear on CBC Radio. It has the World at Six in the
morning, the World at Eight, the. World ReMi the
half-hour World at Six-in th e evening, ari oré than

J per cent of the newscasts on the hour, Wer i
the nedd' for sticl national newscasts! Et we Hort
recognize the need for taking away our 10 p.m. major

regional news. ;

rlier this year, another management decision
took away all regional newscasts after 1 p.m. on
Saturday and Sundays; therefore, no regional

dio
Newsroom after that time on the weekend.
The editors and reporters in the CBC newsrooms in

British Columbia feel the province is losing a vital.

regional news service... a loss that will be acute for
many people. .

The editors andreporters of CBC News in B.C.

. . Bamber, James Hunt, Rick
The 10 p.m. Regional News that we put together in ;
Vancouver is recognized as one of the finest newscasts Beaudry, Jacques Koschany yinton
on CBC Radio, even by our competitors. » wary ueger, oieve
ai . Bullen, Mark Maarsman, Peter
Why the decision to do the newscast from Toronto? Caritey, Monique Masse. Mireille - -
Management feels the Vancouver Radio Cousineau, Richard McLellan, Joan
Newsroom’s resources should be turned toward Crotty, Faith Melville, Jackie
morning information programming for Vancouver, Decelles, Gerard Neish, Don
here theratings are. We agree we must compete, but Dobson, Bill Pasutt
not at the expense of all of the people of the province.. Dolan, Terry Roefele, ™
Anewscast done in Toronto will include major B.C. Elson, Dick Sweeny, Al
stories. But what about the secondary stories? They Fricke, Erwin Thompson, Jerry
aren’t important enough for a national audience, but Guilhaumon, Huguette Wilson, George
they’re vital to the province. Homer, Ray Zeifler, Dan

Part I of 3 Parts

. New Minister of Environment
Makes First Forestry Speech

cent of our allowable
An Address

annual cut, less than half

y the apparent reserve

The Honourable timber is economically
Len Marchand accessible,

4o the Here in British

Canadian Institute Columbia, we have half of

of Forestry Canada’s standing
Vancouver Section timber, but even here the

existing capacity. of the

Decemher 13, 1977
coast forest industry

‘ aie ae no

the relatively modest
annual yield of 9 million
cunits from the Crown
lands by the year 2020
would require a mean
annual increment of 16
cubic fooet per acre. The
present estimate is only
10.4 cubic feet.

Quebec has a
theoretical surplus, but

severely damaged the
coniferous forest,
AS you know, there has
been considerable con-
cern about spraying
roprams to combat
forest pests.

recognizes that a threat
to the forest resource is a

é

The policy basically

cs

He

This evening, I do not
want to dwell upon the
environmental aspects of
forestry too much. I take
it for granted that this
audience is well aware of
their importance and

«doesn’t - need a lecture

from me, I would like,
instead, to talk about
some of the economic and
political factors that
affect the forest industr
in Canada. I want to tal
about the problems we
face, and what we should
be doing about them.
CANADA'S TIMBER
SUPPLY

The good old days when
God grew the trees and
we cut them down
practically on our
doorsteps have gone. And
they won't be coming
back. The era of the
limitless forest resource
is over. Although we are
only cutting about 75 per

a

could handle more than
the present allowable cut,
if logging residuals ate
taken into account. Most
of the reserve timber on
the north . coast is
currently out of reach. A
‘serious log shortage
could develop when
unregulated Crown and
old temporarty grants
have been logged off. We
have the same kind of
situation in the Carlboo,

the Kootenays, and
northwest British
Columbia.

The prairies have a

surplus of wood, but
much of it is remote. In
Ontarlo, in the past 15
years, other demands on
the land have reduced the
amount of forest
available for wood
production from 105
million acres to 65 million
acres of Crown and
private land. Reaching

much of it is in remote
areas where production
costs are high. They're
finding a number of local
shortages, expecially for
sawlogs.

Nova Scotia and New
Brunswick have actual
deficits in their softwood
supply. The existing
industry in New Hrun-

swick could handle 25 per

cent more wood than they

can produce under.
present management
Standards.

That's not a very
cheery picture. ind it is

made worse by declining .

log size and quality, bu
the less attractive species
mix in much of the
remaining forest, and by
serious insect and disease
problems. Inthe West, we

ve bark beetles, spruce
budworm, and root rot. in
the East, repeated spruce
budworm attacks have

threat to’ our whole:
economy. But we also"
have to recognize that:
pesticides can pose a:
threat to other resources ~
in the environment, and:
that there are fears that.
some pesticides may be*'
harmful to human health. <
Therefore, the federal.
policy on aerial spraying
calls for: ‘ :
‘The recognition that °
responsibility rests with
Provincial agencies and -
other forest managers for ©:
minimizing damage to °
the forests from insects
and disease:
Aerial spraying to be .
used as a last resort only «
when other methods of
Pest control have failed;
‘Spraying operations to
kept to the necessary --
minimum; and 7
_ Continuing research
into alternative control.
Strategies, including
biological control