A4 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 20, 1995

TERRACE

STANDARD

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THOSE WHO envision an era of greater co-
operation between Terrace and Thornhill, per-

haps even the j joining of the two into one govern--

ment body, must be in despair.

The latest blow comes from the dispute over the
ultimate resting spot for our area’s garbage. As
the situation now stands, the Terrace dump is to
be closed in favour of an expanded facility 1 in
Thornhill. |

There are very good reasons for this. All of us
must do something about the inordinate amount
of garbage we chuck out. Expenses are rising to
the point where it doesn’t make sense to run two
dumps in such close proximity. The Terrace
dump will ‘be out of Space in eight years, mean-

ing that a new location will be needed regardless |

of any other plan being contemplated.

For now, the current dump at Thornhill has

been tagged to take on that greater role pending
further studies about its suitability. If not, a
search will start for a new location for a “super
dump.”’

But even this proposal to look for a new loca-
tion drew a hostile reaction from some Thornhill
area residents along the theme of ‘keep. your
garbage.’’ But if we can’t agree on where our
garbage should go, what hope is there for any-
thing else? —

Terrace and regional district political leaders
must take this as a sign that much work is needed
before next year’s referendum on the future of
local government.

This referendum will ask three questions —
Should Terrace and Thornhill join as one govern-
ment; should Thornhill incorporate. itself or
should Thornhill stay as it is... .

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~ Without adequate” preparationsthe:
may be a disaster no matter what the: outcome.

Hopeful signs

IT’S BEEN six years since the Berlin Wall fell, -

the most physical sign of the end of the Soviet
Union and the beginnings of hopes for a bright
future in eastern Europe.

Yet that future has dimmed and no where more
so than in the former Yugoslavia where the past
few years have been marked by untold human
misery.

The latest peace plan for that area is now taking
shape in the form of thousands of soldiers from
around the world. It’s perhaps fitting this takes
place around Christmas, that time of year which
gives us a chance to reflect.

That’s why the words of Tommy Douglas, a
former Baptist minister, former premier of Sas-
katchewan and former leader of the federal New
Democratic Party come to mind:

“If Christmas means anything, it should
mean that, like the shepherds of old, we catch a
viston of the world as it ought to be and not as it
is. This is the season when we should renew our
determination to do what we can, each in our
own way, to build a world founded on human
brotherhood and concern for the needs of
others.”’

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referendum mad ener

VICTORIA — It scems the
older one gets, the more one
tends to reflect on one’s bless-
ings, particularly at Christmas
time, when we take stock of
our lives,

A few days ago, I gave some
thought to what I might wish
for this Christmas, and came to
the conclusion that I want ab-
solutely nothing,

I've got everything that is
important in life: good health,

_a family which now includes |
four grandchildren, a roofover J

my head, food and some
luxuries. I wouldn’t refuse a
big lottery windfall, but I don’t
need it, Lam happy with my

“column: is “therefore,
dedicated to those who are less!
fortunate than :J.am, those who!
could do with a bit of benign
intervention from above, So

these are my Christmas wishes

for them:

May all battered women find .

the courage to leave ‘their
abusive relationships. May
‘parsimonious and
Spirited politicians find the
compassion to place the fate of
battered women before the task
of reducing deficits.

And may all women who
have suffered at the hands of

; FOR LEATERSAE

FROM THE. CAPITAL.
HUBERT BEYER

mean- —

abusive partners eventually
find happiness in new, caring
relationships.

May all children.,be,, loved
and nurtured: by,, Ahejr par rents,
so that never again 4 etd will
suffer the fate of litle Matthew
Vaudreuil. And may no child
ever again be subjected to sex-
ual abuse.

May those who go hungry in
this land become part of what a
former prime minister called
the ‘Just Society." May they
have a warm place to go to at
night. And may soup kitchens
be put out of business,

Failing the realization of that
wish, may the people who
have to beg on street corners
for their daily bread find ac-

ceptance and compassion
among those who can afford to
part with a few quarters.

May the strect kids in our
cities, many of whom come
from broken homes, be proven
wrong in their belief that we
don’t care what happens to
them. May passers-by have a

* kind word for them rather than

condemn them.

May bigotry and racism be--

come extinct words in owr dic-
tionarics. May no-one ever
again be treated differently be-
cause of the color of their skin,
their religious beliefs or sexual
orientation.

May we welcome with open

arms those from other parts of

the’ world who comet’ Candda
to build’ new ‘and Bee hiVes.

for themselves ‘and .--, their
families.

May women become truly
equal partners in society. May
the Human Rights Council be-
come obsolete.

May we all again find trust in
and: respect for the institutions
we have designed to govern
our lives as a community. May
cynicism and mistrust of
politicians, judges and every-
one else whe might not agree
with our points of view, be re-
placed with tolerance and un-

A Merry Christmas to al

“TOME our. sleet) "bE" able’ to”
senjoy.life and. its little luxuries
after having spent a lifetime ©»:
ihis country See

derstanding,
May our politicians, ia
find the wisdom to govern not:

in the interest of a few, but all. °F
And may they be guided - in’

their deliberations bya healthy
marriage of common sense and a

compassion.
May our peace- keepers help
bring back a measure of ..

normalcy and happiness to the.

lives of people in the tortured.

Balkans. And may -they ‘return

safely to their families and the * . - S

peace we enjoy back home.
May reason

the tranquillity of peace reign |”
wherever mankind ‘sulfers the 4
‘horrors'6f sttife,- ‘

helping make
what it is today, ; :

May. the lonely find - ‘com!’ »
panionship, may the cynics
rediscover idealism, and may
the dejected have reason for’.
new hope. ae

May the spirit of Christmas °
reign year-round, :

Beyer can be reached at:
Tel:(604) 360-6442;

Fax:(604) 381. 6922;E-Mail:

hbeyer@direct.ca

Forget those weasel

“EARLY TODAY the senator
called a spade a spade. He
later issued a retraction.” —
Joe Mirachi

The Quebecer mast likely to
succeed Lucien Bouchard as

leader of the Bloc Quebecois. :

says he has great respect for

parliament and for his fellow"

parliamentarians. -To
demonstrate his. respect, he.

will immediately begin learn- |) |"

ing to speak English.

To become conversant: in. a
new language, certain expres-
sions are handy: Hello, How
are you? Do you lake visa?

For my politician, several ex-
pressions are indispensable to
make it through parliamentary

question. period or any media

scrum,

Crowning the list of handy
homilies is. John Dean’s cir-
cumlocution ‘‘at this point in:
time.’’ President Nixon’s aide’
is credited with fathering the
windy phrase during acday of

WHAT EXACTLY.
SMAKES YouR-
LIFESTYLE 50

THROUGH BIFOCALS |
CLAUDETTE SANDECKI

; every Ottawa

televised testimony into the
Watergate affair. Ever since,
show a microphone in some-
one’s face and out spouts ‘‘at
this point in time.’’

‘Whether is used to mean
now, or to mean. yet, it's
favoured. for. .its pomposity.
Saying at this point in time

puffs the speaker into thinking -
“he's, Winston” Churchill. An.
“avers ag news, Sound bite: may eel

quote one hundred or fewer
words. Yet fifteen of those
words could be at this point in
time,

Another expression the Bloc
head needs to know is “I’ve
been misquoted by = the
media,” life preserver of
politicians who shoot from the
Hp. They also shoot themselves
in the foot.

When you consider that
of Victoria
media scrum is recorded by
from one to thirty tape re-
corders and video cameras -
even Tocal council and board
meetings are usually caught by
several reporters armed with
functioning brains, tape re-
corders, and accurate
shorthand system of their own
devising — why would any in-
telligent politician even uy to

‘chim the media misquoted
him?

“A companion excuse to the
“lame -*‘T’ve. been misquoted”?

‘WALKED STRAIG
INTO THE ORF BUSH
BETWEEN THEM 1”

“on the evening news. =

MADEALL THE
DIFFERENCE J" he

is ‘My words were taken out

of context.”? Sure as there will.
be another Quebec

referendum, the media will pay of

back his words, as recorded in
their entirety, to refresh our.
memories. ;

Polilicians have as hard'a |

time as the Fonz saying “I'm
sorry. [ madea mistake.”

Coming clean immediately
rather than bluffing for weeks
would do far Icss damage to
themselves and to their party.
Instead of wasting weeks
weasling, they could get on
with their elected task,

If I were tutoring the next-
Bloc head I would advise him, —
Don’t watch video footage of
John Diefenbaker In full gob-
ble, shaking his jowls in mock
outrage. Instead, while you
shave, Uy looking, humble.
And repeat over and. over,
“Tm sorry. [was wrong.”

. Novelty alone will: get him

"AND THAT HAS FSG)

conquer: ire
rationality, may reverence ‘for °°:
life. win over disrespect, may LES