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7 Page Ad = Terrace Standard, Monday, December 24, 1981.

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tis, they say, more fun to give than to

oe . receive. With that in mind, here’ sa ‘Sug:
: gested list.

To city council — a complete ‘toy

~~» block building set. That'll give aldermen

~ and the mayor a hands-on ability to bet-

ter explain, in miniature, its plans for a-
community-conference centre. Large

blocks are preferred so the final result

will show up better on cable TV.

-The key here is flexibility so council
can change its mind without having to go
through great expense.

‘To all regional district directors — at- ©
. tractively displayed containers of.

whatever is on the bottom of the bay at
MK Bay Marina. By the time the marina
bills are finally in, those containers will
be worth a fortune because it’ll be the
most expensive development in the nor-
thwest,

To all air travellers — city maps of
Prince George, Smithers and Prince

Rupert, a good book and a pillow. with
those ‘uncertain weather conditions, air
passengers could find themselves landing
in any number of cities rather than here.

To the school district and to teachers
— acase of sedatives, lots of notepaper
on which to doodle and a menu for a piz-
za delivery service for those long days of
negotiations. In case there is a strike —
thick socks for teachers on the picket
lines and unlisted home phones for
trustees. -

To Dave Parker — a football helmet.

He’s had his head down and has been
charging at so many things, some kind of

protection is in order.

To Jim Fulton — a tape of Kermit the
Frog singing The Rainbow Connection,
just for the line, “It isn’t easy being
green.”’ With his position as party critic
on the environment, a little moral en-
couragement never hurts.

Anew chance

This shuffle not
anything special

—_ VICTORIA — As if the
-Qne.of the most difficult subjects to has happened, Some of it is historical for el ek wasn't embar- E th
‘deal with in the northwest is that of log the Charlottes for years was more CONn- — Vander Zalm had to refer to it rom ine.
export. Each year much wood floats nected to the lower mainland than to the as a cabinet for the 2ist cen- Capital
away, destined for markets down south rest of the northwest because of sea tury.”
y If this is what the next cen: | by Hubert Beyer

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' [ | get to keep all the merchandise —_ paper, tapes, ballpoint, scissors, Pt ane? with black is, by far, the most important “the role of agriculture and: __ Not without its platitudinal

i you can‘fling nto. your cart in. and bows, , The ordeal has left me shaky job in.any cabinet. today, The fisheries in British <olumbia’s flaws, it does describe the:
two minutes, This year I bowed to the en- and out of scotch tape Next job demands an ‘experienced economy, but they’re not. near- . situation rather well, -
“Even cheque-cashing in- vironmental. movement and ear ['ll skip the mi aa mess politician who can goaround ly as demanding as enviran- , There isn’t much more .
timidates me. I fumble showing camouflaged gifts in cotton tea xu d pive the-ch equies or two with Ottawa, ride herd ment andlabour..» =...” Vander Zalm can do before he
L.D.s from plastic windows that towels or hand towels, The ae ia catia. _on industry and keep theen- "The other changes were in. either resigns or salls an n elec- -

fp : There. 1°m calmer alread ry - 8
_ spontaneously weld shut in my result is less glitzy, but cushions — y- vironmental groups happy. spired by the game of musical tion, ae
closet. For this reason [ try to fragile items, and conserves ADING ; cae
_buy everything in one store. My _ space in the receiver's garbage Fe peae. mAntEn's “AND NOW WE’ RE prvaee | Sialaly ANEAD

{ list seldom permits it. * pail, igo mutes ROM AN 4 PARK BEAIND A 100-YEAR-
“My alternative is to carry an Fourteen seconds into the ATUS"B-8. BELOL... B. OLP INDIAN BECAWE HE
} “amount of cash which, if it were . wrapping process I suffered my 8 Loud SAG Z2RAVENS FLY INTO

| in: loonies, would require the ~ first setback. What I had judged :

'y assistance of a burro.

tec

or bound for processing overseas.

It’s probably the worst of all situa-
tions for it cements, ‘the region 3 as a simple
exporter. “of. raw ‘resources, It, stands asa

" Jost opportunity for the jorthwest which

has found out that economic stability
through diversification remains the one
solid hope for the future.

-Each year, for instance, approximate-

ly 1.9 million cubic metres of wood

‘leaves the Queen Charlotte Islands.
That’s close to 95 per cent of all the

- wood that is cut on the Queen Charlot-

tes. It goes down south to mills there or
is packaged for shipment overseas.

“This system is carefully designed to
feed southern mills and the overseas log
market. There are many reasons why this

transportation routes.
Some of the reasons are economic

because there isn’t, a large source ‘pf.

power-on the Queen- Charlottes, to meet -
the needs of any kind of large sawmill or
other value added wood facility.

But times have changed and so have
opportunities. Instead of shipping that
wood south, there could be the possibili-

ty of transporting it to the northwest

mainland instead.

It may be simplistic, but such a move -

would create what economists called a
closed loop system. Northwest wood
would. ‘stay in the northwest. There
would be more jobs from the value add-
ed aspects that would follow.

‘Christmas chaos

“Just walking into a depart-
ment store unhinges me much as

“fidence, I'd face each December

with my self-esteem lower than

' Mulroney’s Gallup ratings.

“My descent into temerity
begins with Christmas shopp-
ing. Despite my good intentions
‘and generous spirit, the mere
“prospect of shopping has me
crossing suggestions from my
list: all the way to town.
‘Entering a store, I propel my
‘cart as -hellbent as bulldozers

_ clearing an avalanche on
. Shames’ highway. Friends who
see. me skimming the aisles

‘wonder if I’m participating in
‘one of those contest where you

After my booty is bought,
spirited home, and hidden

_ behind the spare quilts, there's
~.the:-chore: of:::wrapping. - in-

_. dividual presents, and parcell-

ing-for each household.

, Wrapping. beckons. with. the.

enticement ' OF.

; “eookies,’

physical, Even the cardboard
cartons fit as well as the paper
jacket the office nurse hands
you. Finding a box with ideal
dimensions is as likely as Dave
Parker inviting me to one of his
Monday strategy break fasts.
Hours spent shelling peas,
stuffing envelopes, or folding
laundry taught me efficiency is
an antidote to tedium. So I sort
all the gifts into individual piles
— I’ve always given many small
presents rather than one gigar-
tic surprise — then [ array a
smorgasbord of wrapping

to be a half roll of scotch tape
unwound to just thirteen inches; -
the rest was plastic core, I swit«’
ched to straight pins; they held

fine. If only the post office gets: a

the parcel there before the pins
corrode...
Two. kinds,,of. favourite .

hamentashen, only slightly
burned on the bottom, stuffed
the space at the top of the box,
incidentally squishing the rib-
bon bows, Masking tape liberal- .
ly applied to the box flaps seal-
ed the joins. The box was ready
for address labels and twine.
Along about then I realized [
had forgotten to attach name
tags to the individual packages.
No matter. [’m sure on
Christmas morning the denuded
gifts will declare their rightful .

- recipients. Who could confuse

‘gingerbread ‘and oe

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tury has in store, Arthur C,”
Clarke had better rewrite his
bestsellers 2001 and 2019, | lest
folks be.too optimistic, about
the’ "future."

It’s difficult to decide what’ S

_ most embarrassing about the

cabinet shuffle, the return of:
Bud Smith, the appointment of
an absolute political rookie to
the all-important environment:
portfolio or the equally
'. disconcerting choice for labour
minister: —

Smith’s return to cabinet | is

- somewhat bewildering. True, I

never expected the premier. ta
be too worried about his
former attorney general having
mixed politics with justice, but
considering Vander Zalm’s
preoccupation with everyone
else's morality, I thought that
Bud might remain a has-been,
In his finite wisdom,
however, the premier brought
Smith ‘back inte the cabinet
fold as regional and economic

in certain portfolios. Smith.
said he had learned from his
misfortunes, but he wouldn' t
elaborate., |

Cliff Serwa’s elevation to
environment minister is.a
-Mander Zalm classic, The’:
‘MLA for: Okanagan South has

never held a cabinet post. His ~

‘only experience is four years as
a backbencher.
' Vander Zalm’s only reaction.

to critics was that he’d pit Ser-
- wa against “any environment

minister.in North America,”

What is. ‘this? My-dad-is- © i

stronger-than-your-dad? ~
The environment portfolio

ase ad bakiew esate oun radeistaesebie mitenee

_perwa isn’t it.

""Pwall g give Serwa credit fore

‘honesty. He admitted that 'he’
doesn’t have much of a clue ~

. about ‘his new duties, but said

“he'll learn. I also admire his
candor, Asked what he
thought of his predecessor's

Tesignation, Serwa said he .
respected John Reynolds’ deci-
sion and added that under the
circumstances, he would have
done the same.

Honesty and candor are ad-
mirable character traits, but
they won’t necessarily make
Serwa a good environment
minister.

Next to environment, labour
is the most tricky portfolio in
this province. A bad or in-
effective minister can trigger

~- Jabour unrest, he may be

"anable to prevent-strikes that a”

~'stronger minister might have

ago,’ Rabbitt is probably
destined for the political scrap
heap. Like many of his col-
teagues, Rabbitt will turn out

_ to be a one-term wonder and .

that’s not much of a qualifica-
tion for the job he,holds now.

- The third newcomer to
‘cabinet is Harry Dé Jong, the
new minister of agriculture and
fisheries. Although equally in-
experienced, De Jong. will have
“the time to learn-on the job.
His path won't be so 'strewn-
with as many land mines as:
those of Serwa and Rabbitt:

[ wouldn't want to belittle

chairs. Stan Hagen, former
regionat development minister,

“fakes dVét' the éducatiori *
“ministry from Tony Brummet
- who’was dropped from the

cabinet because he’s retiring
from politics.
Ivan Messmer moves from

' parks to solicitor general. John

Savage, fromer agriculture
minister, is now in charge of
parks, The 14 other cabinet
ministers keep their jobs,

The whole thing has been
thoroughly boring. How ber-
ing? It’s been so boring that
senior public servants who are

. normally fascinated by cabinet

shuffles greeted this one with a
collective yawn.

{ am reminded of a number
of cliches, including the one

‘about rearranging the deck

chairs on the Titanic.. Really,
‘the question does arise:' who,
on earth would want.to be ap-

; Th 4
‘stepping into a bank rattled rough development minister. There avoided. pointed by this premier to this
| Stephen Leacock, Without 3 Blfocals are times, the premier said, nolitical neorhyte, Rabbitt on cabinet at this time? The
; months between Christmases : when strong people are needed . bataehi - ; answer is, ever backbencher.
.t ‘during which to restore my con- by Claudette Sandecki 8 pe his leader's smile four years y

_-That?s why Vander Zalm has
had a relatively easy time with
his caucus, Aside from last
year’s brief revolt by four
Sacred MLA’s — Graham

_ Bruce, Dave Mercier, Doug

‘Mowat and Duane Crandall —
. the Social Credit caucus,
. cabinet members included, has”

been spectacularly gutless.
But one should be thankful

for small mercies, There will

be no more cabinet shuffles

"before the next general elec-

‘tion. And even though -the -
assessment of the. shuffle by
“Mander Zalm’s critics as the

_last act of a desperate man is