6. Terrace Review — Wednesday, September 7, 1988

Here comes the next

Commentary — wy stophante wiebe

You'll soon see my picture in
‘‘Fortune’’? magazine. They
haven’t phoned me for an inter-
view yet, but it'll happen any
day now. In the glossy sophis-
ticated photo, I’ll be wearing a
Dior business suit, with my
alligator-shoed feet upon the
sleek. desk. Pll say that success
hasn’t changed me a bit, that I
try to keep in touch with ‘the
common’ people. ‘Tell us how
you-made your fortune,” they’!l
ask. I’ll boldly look into the
camera lens and smile. ‘‘It all
started with a chain letter.”

The dollars should be flowing
in soon. Ten of my friends are
writing ten of their friends, who
will write ten of their friends,
and it will go on forever. Ten
thousand people each send me
one dollar, and 1’1! be living on
-Easy Street.

You’ve got to be careful
whom you send these letters to.
If an undependable soul receives
a letter and “‘breaks the chain’,

Highway robbery and

Letter

To the Editor;

For a government that swears
economic development is the
highest priority, it shows this in
very strange ways indeed. To
those in Victoria, names such as
Toodoggone, Moosevale and the
like probably seem foreign. But
it is in these areas and many
others in the north that the real

economic development is taking
place, or rather, in some cases,
trying to. I’m speaking now of
the Cheni Road fiasco.

Recently the government and
a company named Cheni Gold
Mines Inc., signed an agreement
for the construction of approx-
imately 100 kilometers of mine
access road. I am unable, in-
cidentally, to obtain a copy of
this agreement. The cost was $7
million, half of which was borne
by Cheni and the other half
loaned by the government to be
paid back wailess gold prices
were to drop below a certain
level. In other words, there is a
possibility of direct subsidiza-
tion.

Now that’s all fine with me.
But I do object being denied the
opportunity to view the entire
agreement, which should be
public knowledge. But there. is
more, Since signing this agree-
ment, Cheni, a French govern-
ment company, has denied ac-
cess to anyone — prospectors,
other mining companies, etc. —
wishing to transport supplies
over the road unless a toll of
$500.00 per load, even a pickup
load, is paid them. What is even
worse, an absolutely
preposterous agreement must be
signed by the users, holding
them liable for, among other
things, shares of an open-ended
capital and maintenance cost.

What:.does all this mean?
‘Simply put it means that British

‘Columbians and others are be-
ing denied access to Crown
Land, which is absolutely con-
trary to the Mining. Right-of-

(that is, doesn’t irritate his/her
friends by passing it on) it’s
traditional that rotten luck will
plague the chainbreaker, When-
ever I hear of someone falling on
hard times, I know it’s because
they broke a chainletter chain.
Look .at Richard Nixon. You
don’t think that he.merely had a
random streak of bad luck, do
you?
Your typical chain letter goes
like this: -. .
Dear Buddy: :
Copy this letter 10 times and
send it to friends you wish to
prosper. Send $1.00 to the name
at the top of the list, and remove
that name, adding your own at
the bottom. Within ten days,
you will receive riches beyond
your wildest dreams, in the
neighborhood of $10,000.00.
This cannot fail if you follow the
Instructions.
Please do not break this
chain. The only person known
to ignore this letter was Mrs.

I don’t blame Cheni. If they
can get away with this, more
power to them. I blame the
government! British Colum-
bians are being denied access to
their own land. Government is
allowing highway robbery and
blackmail to take place and it is
costing northerners. jobs.

We in the north have got to

smarten up. Members on these ©

overstuffed regional economic
development committees had
better wake up and start taking
stock. The Cheni Mine road is a
prime example of getting the
short end of the stick. Why was
such a ‘private’ road allowed in
the first place? Mining develop-
ment and tourism interest has
skyrocketed in the Northwest
corner of our province, yet how
much asphalt has.been laid on
the Stewart-Cassiar road in the
last four years? More important-

THE SIGN OF |
A MERCHANT
WHO CARES
ABOUT PEOPLE...

This emblem identifies
the civic-minded
businessmen who sponsor

Welame Wigon.

in the community. .

Alma 638-1204
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Terry  « 638-8178

THE SIGNOFA |

GOOD BUSINESS
NEIGHBOR ...

Maisie Goocher of Saskatoon,

‘and she was struck by lightening 7

two weeks later, Soon after, her

family was plagued with leprosy .

and her dog was hit-by a truck,
Sincerely, your friend.

I think P’It send my chain let-
ter to the editor of this news-
paper. Then we can all share in

this profitable scheme and

become rich. Terrace will
become the wealthiest town on
the map, (excepting those lep-
rous dead persons who obvious-
ly broke the chain).

The streets of Terrace will be
paved with gold. Public foun-
tains will spout Perrier. We'll all
be driving Ferraris. People will
move here in flocks, Real estate
prices will soar. The town will
grow, bursting into a northern
metropolis. The mere idea
‘makes my head spin with visions
of Eaton’s, The Bay, and four-
Jane highways.

And to think, it all started
with a chain letter.

blackmail .

ly, how much is planned for the
future? -
Perhaps while we are arguing
amongst ourselves, and while
scandal after scandal is un-
covered in Victoria, there is no
one looking after the store!
Perhaps Nero really did fiddle
while Rome burned!
Jack J. Kempf, MLA
Omineca.

If you wish to announce |
the birth of YOUR baby,

Ernle Whitaker of Terrace received a plaque in recognition
of 25 years’ service in the Public Service of Canada, August
23. It was presented to him by the Airport Manager in the
Transport Canada crew room at the Terrace-Kitimat Airport.

_ Whitaker worked for the Department of National Defence at

Puntzle Mountain Airforce Base In the Chilcotins, and for

Transport Canada at the Prince George, Port Hardy and

. Terrace-Kitimat Alrports.

Right tune, wrong author

It was reported recently in the
Terrace Review that Julia Mitch-
ell wrote the words to the song
‘All the Gals at City Hall”. The
song was actually written by city
employees’ Ruth Wright and
Margaret Sinjur specially for the

lease fill out the form ‘ J

occasion of a going-away party
for former city building inspec-
tor Gerry Lichtenfeld. Sung to

the-tune of ‘‘All the Girls I’ve . —

Loved Before’’, their song was a
part of a memorable evening.

Sorry gals.

available in the maternity ward at Mills Memorial ot
Hospital, We will pick up your forms every week.

PETERSON _ Chris and Linda are pleased to announce

the birth of Lauren Katherin
1988 at 11:52 p.m.

e, 7 Ibs. 11 0z., on August 12,

EUNICE JOHNSON & TED BLACKWATER — are proud to

announce the birth of their daughter
26, 1988, weighing 7 lb. 1402,

- Al IDA, CART Es

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