*/As*a- person required by my

a business obligations to fly fre-
~ gently out. of the Terrace-

Kitimat Airport, I wish to

_ Tegister my complaint regarding ;
recent service from that facility.
I have booked four return flights.
"from Terrace to Vancouver in
the ast month. Of these four

Ko} the Minister of Transport

Dear M. Bouchard: ‘bookings, I have been able to.

leave and-return as scheduled-on
only one occasion| In any other

industry or situation this level of

service would be considered

deplorable. I ‘find it no less so.
-for the fact that the airport is
“operated. by Transport Canada.

On Sept. 22, 1989, my return
flight from Vancouver was

‘Thank you from Wales”

To the Battor;

' . May I, through your. paper,
please thank most sincerely,
mayor Talstra.and the Terrace

council, the Order of the Eastern

Star, the Terrace Little Theatre

and all the many good friends in

| Terrace who have sent cards and

letters of sympathy since Nick’s

_ sudden death on Aug. 12.

I am so glad we visited last
year and saw so many of you,
our life in Terrace was a very
happy and full one — Nick was

~a past president of the. Legion

and of the Terrace Little Theatre

and worked hard as the coach of
the Terrace Track and Field -
" Club from 1960 until 1967 — he

was awarded the B.C. Centen-

nial Medal i in 1967 for his work

with young athletes. ,

We have both enjoyed our six
years of retirement in England
and Wales, although we hoped
for many more, and I have not
decided whether to stay here or
Teturn to be nearer my family,
now in Vancouver and Langley.
I shall hope to visit Terrace

. again in the future.

I shall be spending Christmas
and the New Year with my
sisters in the USA. —

perous New Year.

Molly Nattress,
Powys, Wales.

~ Bravo for bikers

To the Editor;
After witnessing another suc-
cessful ‘Bikers’ Ride for Toys’

* and receiving, as well as toys,

cash donations totalling
$2,015.83, we would like to ex-
press our sincere thanks to all
the bikers who took part in this
event,

. Our thanks go to: James

Gilham of the Terrace Road-

runners for organizing this year-
ly event; to the Inn of the West
of being the host; and to Gary
McAvoy of the Harley Bikers
for placing ‘Tank Banks’ at

’ Contributed by
| Jennifer Smith

All -across Canada Block

Parent communities are raising

their flags and hanging up

‘posters to proclaim National
‘Block Parent Week, Monday,

Oct. 23 to Sunday, Oct. 29. Here

-in Terrace, over -200 Block

Parent homes will be displaying
their Block Parent signs not only

for National Block Parent Week

but throughout the year,
creating a safer, community for
you and your children.

A Block Parent Sign displayed

“in ‘the window of a home

signifies that there are caring
people within who are available

to give immediate assistance
should it be needed. All

residents of that home, over the

- age of 18, have been screened by
_ the police to make sure they are

“safe”? strangers.
Manned completely. by

. volunteets, working closely with
.- local police and school boards,

various local business estab-
lishments.

A special thank you goes to

Ron Langridge of CFTK for
promoting ‘‘Rosie the Roo” -

who bounded from one business
to another collecting donations.

To everyone who par-
ticipated, thank you and may
God bless you for your efforts in
helping the less fortunate chil-

dren of this community have a .

happier Christmas. '
’ The Salvation Amy,
A/Captains John
and Gail Harker.,

Assign to remember -

the Block Parent Program
teaches children and adults
about safety, makes the streets
safer for everyone and offers
protection and assistance to chil-
dren and adults in distress.

In neighborhoods where
residents have joined together as

‘Block Parents, children know

they can seek refuge at.a home
displaying the Block Parent sign
if they are frightened, threat-
ened, caught in a storm, taken
ill, injured or lost. Senior
citizens also know that should

they: become ill or disoriented

when out walking, they will also
receive help, Many times reports
from alert Block Parents have
aided the police in their in-

vestigations -of suspicious or

criminal activity and resulted in
arrests,

We heed more Block Parents.
We need you. Think about
becoming a Block Parent. Call

your local RCMP (638-0333) for-

your. application form or: for
more information.

so I will |
-send you this early greeting for a
Happy Christmas and a Pros:

unable: to land at Smithers, Ter:

race, Prince Rupert or Sandspit

“and was diverted back to Van-
pouver.. I spent: eight hours of

travel and: waiting time, only to
arrive back where I had begun.
Asa result of this flight diver-

sion, I missed a scheduled
- meeting on Sept, 22 and a sched-

‘uled return flight.to Vancouver

‘on Sept. 23, My most recent

adventure in air travel occurred
on Oct. 17- and. 18 and Oct. 20,
1989. On the former occasion,
the ‘flight to Vancouver via
Smithers was unable to land at

_ Terrace on the Tuesday evening.
‘Passengers destined for Terrace’

were bused from Smithers and
those of us in Terrace arrived in

‘Vancouver about noon the

following day. My return flight
from Vancouver on the Friday
evening followed a similar pat-
tern. Passengers were deplaned
in Smithers on the assumption
that conditions would be un-
suitable for landing in Terrace.

We took three hours to travel -

from Smithers to the Terrace-
Kitimat Airport only to find the
plane that had dropped us in
Smithers proceeded on to land in
Terrace! You might well imagine
our frustration. Ironically, we
have net yet even hit -the
seasonally worst flying weather
for our region.

I am well aware of the concern

for passenger safety which has -

predominated.; since the tragic

‘Skylink ‘crash at the Terrace-

Kitimat Airport. I support any
efforts made to ensure that land-
ings made at that facility are as
safe as possible. The enclosed

_article from the Terrace Review

of Oct.-18, 1989, however, sug-
gests that the reason for the
number of aborted flights from
our airport is not safety but
economics, It appears that we in
the North must put up with con-
ditions that would never be ac-
cepted in larger centers because
the government refuses to
finance a proper instrument
fanding system in our airport, It
also appears that the Ministry of
Transport intends to sidestep
any responsibility it might bear

’ for the Skylink crash through its
inaction in this regard.

I must question your
ministry’s dedication- to
passenger service and safety in
such circumstances. I ask you
directly, sir, what efforts are be-
ing made by your ministry to en-
sure the earliest possible installa-
tion of an instrument landing
system fof any kind!) at the
Terrace-Kitimat Airport? 1 look
forward to your earliest possible
response. In the meantime, I
believe that ‘you should be held
personally responsible. for any
inconvenience or danger which
might be experienced by
passengers flying out of the
Terrace-Kitimat Airport until a
proper instrument landing
system is in place. «

. Greig Houlden,
Terrace, B.C.

Editor’s note: The article

_ referred to by Mr. Houlden ap-

peared in the Oct. 18 Terrace
Réview on page if under the

heading, “How many ways can -

you land an airplane?”

| Terrace Revlew — Wednesday, October 25,1989 5

I see it...

by Stephanie Wiebe

Hallowe’en is for small kids.
The little tykes that proudly
bounce onto your doorstep in
pirate costumes ‘and bunny
suits would melt any heart.
Some of them are so sweet, .
you'd like to give them cash. .
‘Aw, what a cute little gypsy

— here, have a ten dollar bill.”

But it’s the biggest ones that I
really like.

The young ones come early,
as soon as it gets dark, with a
Dad standing in the back-
ground. Their excitement shows
through the make up and
masks, and everybody enjoys
this big night of dressing up
and gorging on sugar-laden
goodies. The big ones come

gathering loot.
But the biggest ones seem to

_come alone, near the end of the
evening. They're not as well-
costumed, and they often carry -

pillow cases. For some, you
can feel that this will be their
last year of trick-or-treating. I
remember this age.

I remember dressing up as
Twiggy, the skinny fashion
model (I could get away with it
then), feeling so sophisticated -
in my thick black eyeliner. I
was thin and tall for my age,
and confident in my trick-or-
treating skills. But then one
woman, wearing curlers in her
hair, and obviously tired of the
Hallowe'en ordeal, ruined it
for me. ‘‘Why didn’t you bring
your kids?’’ she sarcastically
mumbled as she dropped a
sucker in my bag. I was stun-
ned with shock as I whispered
“Thank you”, and skulked
away. As I walked slowly down

the dark street, it took a mo-
ment to realize that she had
truly thought I was older,
Maybe even thirteen.

How embarrassing. As much .

as I-wanted to look older, I _
knew that older was not the

thing to be on Hallowe’en. But .

I'm still just a kid, I thought,
tears welling up and threaten-
ing my Twiggy eyeliner. I don’t
remember if I trick-or-treated
any more houses that night,
Not long after, it became un-
wise to go out on Hallowe’en
night. Teenagers would throw
eggs at you, pranks got out of
hand, and we all heard the
“razor blade'in the apple”’ -

_ stories. Times changed, and
later, usually in small groups,
happy to be in disguise while

Hallowe’en lost its innocence. I
sort of felt it was all the fault
of that woman in curlers.
These injured feelings all
come flooding back when I see’
the biggest kids on Hallowe’en

night. I see kids on the border- |

line of early puberty, wonder-
ing if they're too old for this,
wanting that bag full of |
Snickers and Smarties, wanting
the fun of dressing up, but
knowing they’re growing out

‘of Hallowe’en. some of them .

may not even be that far along

yet, but are tall or ‘big for their

age. I don’t care. Usually, ‘by
the time they arrive, my own
kids are in bed, and I’m tired

of answering the door, and the |

candy is getting low. But I
remember that woman in

‘curlers ruining my Hallowe'en
years ago, when I wasn’t ready

to go to dances or terrorize
neighborhoods yet.

So I smile and drop a
Snickers in the bag.

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Visit the Northern Motor Inn, for

nightly entertainment. Come to
where the ACTION Is.

9086 Hwy. 16 East
(635-6375

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