PAGE 4 ASSISTANT MANAGER - George T. English PRODUCTION -=- Gardon Hamilton ADVERTISING - Bill Groenen Our Opinion Terrace omneca Herald | The Terrace Herald is a member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association, The B.C, Weekly Newspapers Associalion, and Varified Circulation. Published every Monday and Thursday at 3212 Kalum Avenue, Terrace, B.C. Postage paid in cash, return postage guaranteed. Second class mail registration number 1201. EDITORIAL - Rudy Haugeneder, George English Beautiful B.C. ' So what do we have on our license plates? — Beautiful B.C. Now there is no doubt about it that some of our areas are the most beautiful in all of North America, with scenes of rugged grandeur of mountains, covered with green forests and colorful wildflowers, and coastal areas. of vast expanses of blue waters, foaming waves or quiet alcoves and beaches. The province is beautiful, yes, and there are many parks along the high- ways where travellers may pause to camp to enjoy the beauty and charm of the scenery and take in some of the fishing in the bountiful rivers and streams. Nearly every single license plate in the United States seen passing through here during the year has a slogan on it — such as ‘‘Arizona, the Grand Canyon State;”’ “California, the Golden State”, or Idaho, the ‘Potato State’’. P.O. Box 399 Phone 635-6357 Business address - 3212 Kalum Avenue, Terrace, B.C. But what is happening to the wheels of government within our province? . Strikes, discontent, unemployment, and now, almost open hostility against their latest edict in the medical profession. This time, those connected with the hospitals and surgeons have cried out against the latest statements issued by Hon. Ralph Loffmark, and claim he has overstepped his authority and rights into their field of profession. If this is so, then perhaps our government leaders should take a. second look at some of their un- dertakings, and live up to the slogan they have so proudly put on the license plate of every vehicle registered in our province — “Beautiful B.C.” That’s a good state to be in — let’s keep it that way. A Civil Emergency In the minds of most people, the mention of civil emergencies gives rise to visions of ravaging riots, devastating earthquakes, or torrential floods. True, the occurrence of any one of these in populated areas would con- stitute a serious civil emergency. In the upper strata of Government circles the criterion to determine the existence of a civil emergency seems to be the extent to which.the incident. , threatens the process of: government,- ° True also, whenever the proper - process of government is threatened, an emergency exists. A child strays from the playground into the nearby mountainous wilder- ness. A hunter or hiker loses his way in the wooded gullies. “Sitiergency-éxists, 7s" All these and many more are frequent occurrences in British Columbia. They all pose a threat to human life, and must be dealt with promptly. When they happen, they place extraordinary demands on the communities’ resources, Whenever demands are made on the human and material resources of a community, to the extent that the normal life of that community is threatenedor disruptedy:-a civil _ Whatever the cause may be, when a civil emergency occurs or threatens, it is the responsibility of Government to take appropriate measures to control the situation and to alleviate the effects of the emergency. . Campbell Photo _ other sea food, oo These -“‘huts" “were simply . ‘dismantled and put away for. TERRACE HERALD, TERRACE B.C, A bit more of this and rezoning . could be a thing of the past | failures . MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1971-(M Business decrease | decrease | _ Canadian. business failuresg skidded 18 percent to 193° this a June from May's 234, hitting agit five-month tow, reports Din & ‘ Bradstreet... Casualties fell 45m percent short of the 202.in June g 1970 which. was the second a highest June total on: record, exceeded only by the 245 in 1966. June's dollar liabilities, f however, rose to $29.5 million, more. than. doubling the $14.3 % million reached in the previous me month but’ not equalling the 1% weighty volume in March and k April. However, losses exceeded by 18 percent the $24.9 million in June a year ago, AM setting a new record for’ the month of June. Accounting for. the June rise in liabilities both from th the month-ago and year-ago levels was the steep :. upturn in the $100,000 and over | cases -- all other size groups ran _ well below the prior month, On ‘a year-to-year comparison, the only noteworthy decrease if oe ¥ f he ie 0S i. Two minutes of time and somebody’s life might be spared. But two minutes of time is a lot to ask from most peaple, I'm referring to travelling down Highway 16 east early this week just after tht rains began, Because the downpour had caused a sudden loosening of earth and rocks a number of minor rock slides had occured. Flying araund a corner at 60 miles per hour and seeing the road immediately in front of you coated with boulders is uncomfortable at best, Fortunately the vehicle ] was travelling in stopped in time. We got out and cleared the boulders off the road. Actually we could have gotten through the blockade if we drove slowly but decided that perchance somecne speaking to his wife or girlfriend, sightseeing or scolding his child would not see the rocks in time and would collide with them, The cliffs on the side of the road were pretty steep and if ‘the fall didn't get you the swift: crunning river at:the base of the cliff would. _ That was the first rock slide that interfered with our litil trip. ; Many others were to appear during the course of the drive. The point is that the boulders had probably been on the road for hours and nobody had bothered to consider the safety of others and clear the debris, Had we left the road in the condition it was last Sunday perchance someone,..perhaps you and your family...would have mel your ancestors in the big house in the sky, please Thesign...Please no horses on the sidewalk before crossing the Skeena Bridge must come as an interesting shock to a lot of tourists travelling in this area for the first time, It's a good sign. Because you can’t see Terrace from the site the sign is located a tourist knows he isn't driving into a congested city. However about a quarter mile up there are more signs,,,this time welcoming people to Terrace, Unfortunately they're pretty delapidated. The only sign-that retains a healthy asthetic appearance is the one listing off the number of churches in Terrace, Unless it’s Sunday, church signs won't impress. The rest are pretty damn ugly. They're faded, broken and certainly don’t impress. Because Terrace's airport is located a distance fram _ this community it might be wise to clean these introductory signs up. An investor notices these . things and it gives him...rightly ‘or wrongly...an opinion of community pride. The rains may have been well received by loggers who were worrying about payments but it sure didn’t help the girlwatchers. Since the cooler weather returned so have the bras: ; The overpass was surely built ona bad location, It makes me wonder whose political minds collaborated on that project. Ii sure_is a lousy place for a trucking route when one takes a look at recent commercial development in a’ certain area of Terrace, Think about it. GUEST EDITORIAL Of nob le blood BY RENA POINT After one week in the Terrace Hospital and having read just about everything in sight 1 was | beginning to getabit restless. I couldn’t sit for too long ata time which meant little or no writing, . One nurse who was busily making beds suddenly said, “Do you live in a Teepee?” Just three years from Ireland and very iaterested in. the Native Indian she asked many questions, It is amazing to me how very uninformed the general public . really is regarding the Canadian Indian. : Each tribe differs from one another across Canada, but I feel the most different from all Indian tribes are the Pacific Coast Indians. With their unique carvings, blanket wool weaving, cedar root basket weaving, sea shell crafts and many many more. There were many different types of swellings along. the | coast. Fhe summer ‘encampment usually consisted of huts made from skins from animals, boughs from trees and” anything which might shed rain for theseason, These were used only, as a‘ shelter along the rivers while the people cured salmon. for their. winter. -supplies, or along the beaches while gathering clams and use another ‘time ‘or discarded, Winter. dwellings. were permanent, The- underground dwelling or - “Pithouse”. was quite common to ‘all Indians in’ B.C. A large hole was dug inthe _ round. and lined, with: cedar planks and woven bullrugh mats would cover -the floor, :‘The:top. was covered with cedar timbers _-with an: opening ‘large enough © . for smoke. te. escape and-'a’ “door” that lifted upward and:a, ladder going down into the pit. Caves were also used if there were any around. —_ The most popular of all was the ‘‘Longhouse” used by the chiefs and nobility of the - different tribes along the coast. Several different families would share one house. These huge houses ~~ varied in sizes and shapes depending on the tribe. Some were plain, while others were adorned with family crests and totem poles that - would take yaur breath away. The engineering of these long houses was.a slow and tedious job but then in those days there was no need tohurry, The main frame was constructed of huge cedar timbers, The walls were of cedar planks and the roof’ of cedar shakes. ‘It was said, that a young man planning on getting married would start making his cedar planks the same way a girl. slarts collecting articles for her hope chest. When he married he would take his planks with him to his wifes home (which was the custom) and use them. in their own particular corner of the building. These planks fie ' kept for life, making new. one: as'required. - _ : One or two fires in the centre of the: building served -ags-a - . source of heat and fdr the ‘purpose of cooking-for all the - . families’ who ‘lived | within. Openings in the roof-alloywed the ‘smoke. to :escape: . Woven. bullrush nats teri to fifteen feet long served as partitions, These were tied from cross beams and -. to change the site, WE ARE NOT — IN FAVOUR * Dear Sirs: Regarding the Proposed Terrace Ice Arena Site. The people in charge, made the statement, that the Little family are now in favour of the park site, I was told. This is most definitely not true, s0, our views should be aired again. First , let me state, we are not against the building of an arena, providing it never effects our already high mill rate. They have some fine people working on it, and I hope they are. successful, but I refuse to contribute, it is to be built on th George Little Memorial Park. a ' Secondly, let’s look at the issues from a practical point of view, forgetting relations, and emotions, and the writer's name. , Since Democracy is supposed to be ‘‘By the People, For the People", our Council made an unforgiveable mistake, by vating to use said park land for anarena site. No Council should have the power to use park land for any other purpose. Those two parks, located together, and in the centre of the town, north, south, and east west, cannot be replaced. They built three buildings on the Lower Park, thereby ruining it for ball games, and a town square gathering place. Now they propose to ruin the Upper Park also, . . All the towns and cities in North America are short of Park land. Terrace will be particularly short; if the plans are successful, That Council decision was pressurized, foolhardy, _ and extremely shorisighted, One example of where democracy fails. . . The Upper Park is too small for that purpose. They should have no less than 20 acres to allow for expansion, parking, and access all around. . The Engineer's report on foundation soil samples has, tomy knowledge, been kept from the public, sincé rumour has it to be unfavourable, due to the wet blue clay. ; . The Minister of Municipal Affairs, Hon. Dan Campbell, adivses the title to the park is in the Queen, in the right of the Province, and the Dist. of Terrace, has possession only, The Minister recommended to Council they re-assess their position concerning the proposed use of Park Land. Council ignored his letter. , . a, ; .»- Terrace is not short of suitable arena sites, Areas with sufficient acreage for expansion, access, and solid gravel base are available, with comparably small dirt moving costs. WHY must these arena people be insuch a panie, -. If Councils of Cities like Vancouver, Kelowna, or Kamloops, voted touse their park land for building sites, the citizens would create an uproar. Please, Terrace citizens, consider what you are losing, and object in your own'way, — : .. If the writer had known the Terrace Council would fail to keep their agreement with him, he would not have cleared the park of the old trees. The agreement was to fall, buck, skid, remove stumps, and leave in its original contour, so new trees could be planted with flowers, lawns, paths, benches, Playground equipment for small kiddies, ete. Then Council removed gravel for roads, then the overpass. What a sorry ° mess they left, sos The bulldozing and cleaning up that the arena people have done in the last two months, has changed the area froma gravel pit toa park again. If the arena is actually built on the Upper George Little Memoria] Park, the citizens of Terrace will ever hold our present Mayor and Council, guilty of having done a grave disservice tous. Also, ] believe they all know, now, their decision was a mistake, but they are too stubborn and reluctant ; ‘Yours very truly, Gordon Little, a occurred in the medium $25,000 to $100,000 size range. ! Fewer concerns succumbed in retailing in June thaninany month since December 1970 while construction and service failures also slackened fromthe # previous month to their lowest | levels since January. Manufacturing casualties fell to a four-month low while only wholesalers suffered a fractional rise in mortalilies ; ‘from May. AH functions except ( service had less failures than in the same month a year-ago. decline in June from the } previous nionth was | concentrated in the Provinces of Quebec and Ontario, both ’ with the lightest casualties in some nine months. Meantime, failures in British Columbia rose ahove their, prior month’s toll. Only three provinces, i Geographically, most of the i a ss oe ue Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba, showed fewer failures than in June last year. Among Canada’s largest cities, Montreal and Toronto primarily accounted for a decline in business casulaties both from their month-ago and year-ago | levels. NAF delays service cut The Board of Directors of the Narcotic Addiction Foundation have decided to delay for one month any reduction of NAF services. The Board had had previously indicated that a 35 per cent reduction of staff would be necessary if con- tinued funding at last year’s level was not assured. ; Since that time NAF has received an assurance in Writing from the Hon. R. R. Lolimark, Minister of Health Services and Hospital In- Surance, that cost-sharing applications will be processed and forwarded to Ottawa at- the earliesl possible moment. In a telegram to Mr. Loff- mark, the Hon. John Munro, Minisler of National Health - and Welfare, has assured that such applications would . be ‘processed without delay. Federal officials have stated by telephone’ to NAF Executive Director D, A. Denholm that ‘without delay’ could mean as little as a week or ten days after receipt of applications ‘from the province, Te relieve the Foundation’s ’ immediate: cash deficit position.a request for an ad- : vance of the already approved ’ Provincial Secretary’s Grant to NAF has been made and is ' now before the . provincial Treasury Board for approval. . ANDY CAPP unrolled tothe ground. When ~~ 1 YER LIKE ELSIE TANNER |\ f B AN’ LULL AN! LIZ TAYLOR, } | Sry ALL ROLLED Bi INTO ONE PT SHOULD GC} =—— GEES ° ee er oe a ret art ne re se re re — aeons.