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‘DITORIA
Sky diver?

It's like one of those old war movies,
The guy leaps out of the plane, the ’chute

opens: and the next thing you know the
enemy - fighter planes are swooping in

and election day.

In doing that he should get to know what
the local issues are and find the local anec-
dotes every politician needs to fill out his

trying to shoot him down before he —_ speeches,
touches ground. Theoretically, Barrett needs that badly
In this case, the battlefi eld is the Skeena right now.

federal riding and the so-called parachutist
is recently selected New Democrat candi-
date Joe Barrett.

Playing the parts of the air aces are Mike
Scott and Danny Sheridan, Reform and PC
candidates respectively.

Their attack was predictable and they
may have scored some points -- for now.

But this is only the first round in what
promises to be a lengthy fight so it is un-
likely that tactic will work in the long run.

You can be sure Barrett, ably assisted by
ihe retiring Jim Fulton, will be out stomp-
ing every acre > of the. Tiding between now

After all, hammering away at Free Trade
and making rhetorical references to ihe
*‘dismemberment of the country’’ may not
actually stir the imagination of a logger
who’s worried about losing his job because
of cutbacks in his company *s annual allow-
able cut..

Granted, the amount of the cut is a
provincial government decision, but Bar-
rett will have to be able to show he is at
least aware of local concerns like that so as

charges he’s just dropped in to ” pick up a
safe NDP seat, ;

When?

to successfully brush off opposition —

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~ VICTORIA — For four
years now, Doug Hinkel has
cheated death, and it’s time

particul |

Forests minister Dan Miller,

One of thé jobs he-was given by Miller
. was to do some: basic math on. the timber :

supply situation up here,

‘the total capacity was: at its various saw:

mills, --

During. a visit to Terrace in March,
Stanyer was clear his réport was only sup-
posed to lay out the numbers, not make
any specific recommendations.

He: also indicated. the supply analysis
report would be ready in a matter of

weeks, -

annual: allowable cuts and, in
i might’ happen to those in
the northwest; whére is the Stanyer report?

“Roger. Stanyer, and.ex-IWA official, is
now a special consultant to provincial

into months and there’s S ‘still: n no sign of i it.
Last word from the district Forest Service
office here was it could be out this month.
No specific date yet, though.
In the past several weeks Miller’s minis-

try has been firing off fax after fax after

fax announcing numerous amendments to
existing legislation...

Granted some of.them, L, appear little more
] Thatonivolved' adding ip how bytitich tiie! thn: housdkeepingnimeasuires;but ‘surely
ther swi Vaile in" thie* region’ and phat! Leh tie Were more complex than adding

report?

up a few columns of fi
So what’s the hold up on the Stanyer .

gures,

Is it because the current information on
timber supply is ‘incomplete and so he
hasn’t been able to do his sums yet?

Or have they been ‘done’ and someone»
doesn’t like the story the figures have told?

But that last suggestion is probably just a
Well, those weeks have now stretched case of Paranoia, tight?

From tot lot fe the Tat’

Lately, I’ve been visiting the
neighbourbood .tot lot several
times a week with my two-
year-old granddaughter, a

My role -is:. to, power.“ her
swinging, boost.) her up’ the
slide, hold her. ‘balance: ladder
climbing, ‘and | "shake ‘ ‘gravel
from her sneakers, In- other
words, facilitate::

The ‘playground is her
favourite aug next to-Tim
Hozion’s, She doesn’t ialize
while having fun, she’s learn-
ing valuable lessons.

Before crossing the ‘street

into the tot lot, we look both

"ways for traffic. She-has also:

_ leamed to. confine her play to
the .enclosed area; if she

sneaks out to the ditch through
a fence opening, our visit will
be terminated forthwith, .. -

‘Designed. for pre-schoolers, '-

the fenced tot lot makes use of
_ & scrap: of land wedged be-

tween the Thomhill. ‘Nursery .

and an undeveloped lot.

A cedar picnic table and cir-

cular garbage bint anchor green

sod showing knife scar seams. :. .
A rectangle of pea sravel we!

Through
Bifocals

by Claudette Sandecki

*

Some evenings she meets
new kids or previous ac-
quaintances. She watches
goggle-eyed as older kids per-
form daredevil manoeuvres
that. breach safety and com-
mon sense,

Frequently she has to wait
her tum. She knows waiting is

best done ata safe distance to
‘avoid belng bumped by kids

shooting off the slide.

_ Having her hair combed by

sneaker treads reminded her to
stay back from the arc of
moving swings, of which there

are two «+a plastic bucket for.
“all ages, anda canvas sling.

‘Often the playground is
deserted, When. she: ties. of
customary - play, she im-

provises. A stainless steel soup

puffballs bursting through the

green carpet,

Though her backyard undu-
lates with ants, ripping a nest
apart with a stick to watch

frenzied ants tug - rice-sized

eggs 10 safety is a captivating
activity, -
“Ten: years ag0, as a member

Of . Thornhill’s parks and
“yecréation commission, [ never.

imagined any child deriving so
much’ pleasure and education
from such a fame scrap of
green Space, | ;

Based on how important this
wedge of dand i is to my grand-
daughter, think what

our:
grandchildren stand to gain
-from the millions of hectarés
7 making up Tatsheshini,

~ to revisit the story of a very
brave man,

Doug is 38 years old, He
has AIDS. Doug is a
hemophiliac who contracted
the terrible disease from
contaminated blood, before
blood donations were
screened for the virus.

“\ «Doug, who:lives with: his

»vigolndtwo childronin'05 |

Quesnel,-was first diag=--
nosed with HIV in 1985. In
1989, doctors diagnosed’
him with full-blown AIDS.
At that time, he was given
nine months to live.
In April of 1989, a friend
of Doug’s phoned me to ask
_ afavor, Doug had two
. dying wishes, neither of -
which was within his finan-
dial capacity to fulfill, he
said, Could Thelp? I saidI —

"would see what I could do.
Next day, Ttalked to Doug: ©

on the phone. It was‘one of -
_ the most harrowing inter-
views I ever did. Most...
people instinctively shy-
away from talking about
death, particularly to some-
one who is dying.
But here was a man who
could no longer be fooled.
with euphemisms and pol-

-lyannish talk. He was star-

ing death in the face, and:
that was it.

Doug told me abouthis .
anguish of having to prepare
his children for the in-
evitable. His boy, then five,
undersiood what was going
ol, he said, but his three- -
year-old girl couldn't prasp
that she would lose her dad

- before she had a chance to
gtow up, :

And then we talked about
his dying wishes. He. .
wanted to take his children
to Disneyland and, just one,
he wanted to drive aCTOss .

this country and see the At- .

lantic Ocean, .

Because of his condition,
he couldn’t leave the coun-
try but there was a park,
similar to Disneyland, in,
Ontario, he said.

From the
Capital

by Hubert Beyer

I advised Doug and his
friends to set upatrust( usth
~ihund, Jooked after. bya lay-

yer, which they did.I then;;;.

wrote about his plight and -
- his dying wishes.
The. response was in- . ..
credible. Within a week .”
‘more than $23,000 poured
in from every corner of the
province.
_ Alocal car dealer donated
a van, and Doug and his’
family were on their way
for a journcy he would de-
scribe as the trip of his life.
- That was four years ago,
and against all odds, Doug
is still clinging to life, al-
though barely so. "I’m
down to 95 pounds, and my
breathing is pretty bad," he
told me last week,
"But I never lose hope," ”
headded. Every news item
of what might promise to
lead to.a breakthrough, he
said, rekindles his spirit,
, Then, as now, Doug
doesn’t ask for pity. In fact,
‘it’s the last thing he wants.
But he is determined to be
heard, to make a difference
to all the olher hemophiliacs
who, like him, are fighting a
losing battle with death for
reasons nol of their making,
Last week, Doug wrote a
letter to Heal th minister
Elizabeth Cull with a re-
quest I fully support, The
letter urges Cull and the
NDP govemment to.accept
_ the financial aid package for
‘hemophiliacs with AIDS)
proposed by the -
Hemophiliac Society of
‘British Columbia,
The proposal would give
all hemophiliacs, suffering

_ from AIDS a one-time lump
_ sum payment of $100,000
: anda guaranteed annual in-

7 their families’ have fost,"

_. permatient roof over the

- Proposed by the

come of $30,000 while" *,
oltiey’ te'still'alive, plus f free’.

han eRe)

“inedical arid dental 5, 109.

coverage. After they, die, t 10 -
families would receivea |
further $50,000 payment. _
The proposal also calls for.
an education fund for the’
children of hemophiliacs
with AIDS.

Doug says the proposed
package isn’t too rich.’
"Please keep in mind.that |
these people have lost 30 to

_40 years in the work force, .
That’s-‘more than $1: million *

“That would be a.

families’ heads, food ini the’
cupboards, a car in'the
driveway and a college fund”
for their children, "he says
in his letter to Cull. .
"We are not asking for’ a
million dollars. We are.as-
King that our familiesibe
taken care of properly. We,
are asking to live out our —
lives with dignity," he says, 7
"I will keep praying that
you will come to a fair and
quick decision. I am tired of -
begging for a fair settle-.
ment, but Iwill stay‘on my
knees, imploring youto
help, for my family’s'sake.’
Please, please help i us now."

Well, I think it’s time to
tell Doug and others like «.
him that he can get off his
knees. It’s time to tél him.”
that compassion is still a
word to be found in the: ©
government’s dictionary, ©
‘It's time the goveminent .
implemented the rete

Hemophiliac Society, be- | 7
fore death finally catches up -

with Doug and God knows : es
how many others. ae

clean except for cigarette butts ‘(spoon left: on a: picnic table
-- surrounds @ comibination . scoops ‘gravel into a heap for —

ROBERT You'RE BAcizf
‘AN THE COUNTRY //-

S01 Movep ours IPE
AND Gor A FANCY
“SOUNDING DEGREE

AND Now THE GOVERNMENT
PAYS ME. S500 A PAY FOR

ramp- -slide-ladder-Eiteman’ s

_ pole.

Three-sided, yellow plastic
shapes that revolve~ around .
metal bars make a game of X°.

and O,--From -this she’ has

‘ phabet and the color.yellow. ..

‘A-red plastic steeritig wheel.»
high on the: platform ‘railing

_ Iet’s her be 4 ship’s captain ‘or
a truck driver. ‘No. sexism here.

--massive:
learned’ two letters: of the’ al-

stomping flat.

Or she, plays follow the
leader, . coaxing Grandma ‘to
wind about the’ pillars, which
to a wee person must fescmble

pilings, ~
Sometimes nature fascinates

my little Suzuki. A’ lethargic
grasshopper poised on a con-
crete slab. Dry cones lying un-
der cedars. Snow white

_ highway. bridge:

WOULDW'T LISTEN _
To My IDEA or

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