TERRACE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 197 i

1 —- Conscience

Terrace : Herald ome

‘By REV. K, NEILLFOSTER

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OUR OPINION
End the war

Modern day barbarians continue to
rape, pillage and burn in the jungles of
South Vietnam, Cambodia and now,
neutral Laos.

A whole generation has grown up
without knowing peace.

Wholesale slaughter, even of
civilians, continues unabated.

Now comes the invasion of Laos by
South Vietnamese troops supported by
U.S. gun and troop earriers and U.S.
bombs.

Meanwhile a shaky neo-fascist
dictatorship rules from Saigon. Agid
the U.S. supports it with billions of
dollars in aid, weapons, troops and
buckets of blood. .

Whatever happened to the Geneva
Convention of 1962? Whatever became
of the free elections promised the
people of all Vietnam, north and south.
Whatever happened to respect for the
neutrality of southeast Asia nations
accorded under the Geneva Convention
of which Canada had a hand in drawing
up.
Now, the three nations chosen to
protect the Geneva Convention---
Canada, Poland and India---stand
helplessly by while the slaughter
continues to spread across the wret-
ched, torn and emaciated body of what
was once Indo-China.

It ig no jonger a question Of pouucs.
And the United States has noright to be
in there, supporting what is even an
unpopular war among its own people.

The people of Indo-China don’t want
a turkey in every pot, apple pie and
chewing gum. They'd be content with
three howls of rice a day and freedom
to work their fields.

~ Too few of us “have: studied -the -

‘Vietnam question. Too few of us un-
derstand the Oreintal mind and their
values. We have no right to force our
ways onto others who have other ways.

For centuries now, Indo-china has
been a communal country with the
peasants sharing their harvests, a
concept which can be considered
communist. Then what about, - for
example, the Mennonites in the U.S.
and Canada. They practice true

communism within the free enterprise
system; and that’s more than can be
said for, say, the Soviet Union with its
state capitalism.

We must remember the Viet Cong
are not North Vietnamese. They are
South Vietnamese whose political arm
is the National Liberation Front. They
are supported in their civil war by the
North Vietnamese. And how can we
condem this support when the US.
sends its sons to slaughter and be
slaughtered for a ‘“‘cause” that doesn’t
even exist?

Under the Geneva Convention, a vote
was to be held. A free vote overseen by4
Canada, Poland and India. Why has it
not been held? Simple, All of Vietnam
would go communist, if we are to
believe political strategists and
political scientists,

” The U.S. clings to the domino theory ;

the theory that so goes Vietnam so goes
Southeast Asia. But then haven't the
nations of Southeast Asia the right to
self-determination? —

Give the people of all Vietnam, the
yote, Replace the American troops
with a United Nation's peacekeeping
force and then abide by the results.

But then how can President Nixon
say tothe people of America, who have
lost more than 45,000 sons in the
Vietnam struggle, that they died in
vain? How do you explain this to the
thousands of boys who came home
maimed for life?

The U.S. has no choice but to hang’its
bloodied head in shame and confess its
shame to the world.

And then it must turn inward, fight

“poverty and racism; and allow the

Vietnamese the peace that has alluded
them since before the beginning of the
Second World War.

Canada must be congratulated for
condemning the invasion of Laos and
U.S. for its role in this dirty game.

Now Canada must go to the United
Nations, It must ask a solution. It must
ask for the vote that was promised and
never held. |

It must ask for peace.

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[ im ¥: view: Nédine Asante

Do Things happen to you
too...or just to me? For in-
stance; the pair of socks I’m
looking for is always ‘1e last
pair 1 find in the drawer.

If 1 eomplain in a raucous
vaice about incorrect change
after making a purchase..I'm
invariably wrong.

If the toilet roll runs out, who
is on the throne? Me.

And you know who is carrying

the garbage when the soggy.

bottom gives way? Me again.
EGGS ‘RARE'

The last ingredient in the
mixing bow! is eggs. You're
right. Eggs in my cupboard are
as rare as the teeth at the other
end of the chicken.

At a party it's me who blurts
oul the distasteful joke about
circumcision or the Pope only to
find that I'm silting up tight
beside an orthodox Jew or an
R.C.

It's the story of a square
.person in a round world. And
there seems to be some sort of
mental block against wisdom

accompanying age in such

ople. .

If 1 go out of my way to help
during an emergency, I usually
end up as the emergency,

Things start happening in
the fledgling stage. For
example: > A = 13-year-old

_ eheerleader without teeth is ata
definite disadvantage. . It
happend to me.

' FLYING TEETH
Desperatley edcited and

T rah rah rahed at the top of my
lungs in front of the crowd at the
inter-highschoo] track meet. On
the last Rah, my two top teeth
on a partial plate went soaring
up into the bleachers...with me
in hot pursuit. Afler a short
frenzied search ameng legs
and feet ] found them covered in
popcorn and gum and shoved
them in my mouth and then
rushed back to continue the rah
rah rahs while spitting out
garbage. It took something
from the day.

In grade 9 we had an in-
corrigible male teacher. He
picked pimples while he taught
math; he looped the cord of the
window blind around his nose
during English Lit and he
zipped and unzipped his fly
during Social Studies. With the
assurance of support from my
classmates I reported him to
the principal,

LOUD ‘HUSH’

In his office the headmaster
listened unbelievingly to my
allegations. He accompanied
me back to the ‘room where he
confronted the teicher with my
story. There was dead silence
from the rest of the class. The
teacher and I were not close
friends thereafter.

As I advanced to motherhood,
life still watched me coming.
My daughter asked to go to
Brownie Camp with a friend,
but as she wasn't a Brownie this
seemed impossible, When I
phoned headquarters to see why

there was no Brownie Pack in.

our neighborhood I was in-
formed that there were no
leaders to take on the job-of
Brown Owl. That. was how I
found myself yelling Toowit
Toowoo {a command of silen-
ce...not the mating call of
Brown Owls) to thirty litle girls
every Thursday for five years.

Did it teach me a lesson? Na.

When my kids grew up and I
grew wide I decided to ‘keep
fit’. I phoned the community
center to enquire about Keep
Fit classes. I had majored in
Phys Ed. You know the rest of
the story.

There I was...puffing
directions to a class of sagging
Sallys. But I must admit 7
became revoltingly ‘fit’, We
jumped, staggered and crawled
around the huge gymnasium to
various tunes blared from an
erratic gramaphone and now in
my dotage 1 can still do deep

“knee bends in fast time, slo

time, and bop. .
SKIING NEXT?

Now | want to learn to ski.
So the next time you fall off a

mountain you'll know where to
find me. I'm either the broken

one at the bottom of the chasm -

or the tall, frozen leader of the
Rescue Team daringly making
her way toward you down the
perilous slope..

But until then, I’m the one

arguing about change, fishing

my teeth out of the chicken a la
king, or picking up the sloppy

"garbage.

dressed in a little frilly costume

B.C. gets three new parks

. The. addition of two Class

“1A” parks and one Class “‘C”’ .

_ park to the provincial parks

system is announced by W.K.

' . Klernan, Minister of
‘Reereation and Conservation.
--Horne Lake Caves
"Provincial Park isa Class
"A" park of 71 acres lecated

near Horne Lake on the east
.gide (of - Vancouver. -Iskand |.

belween the Island Highway
and Port Alberni.

Within the park are a

number of limestone caves -
and including Horne -Lake ”
recently =":
discovered Euclataw. caves, ~

caves and the

Establishment of the park.

- will ensure the preservation of
“the "unique . Euslatay. eaves... Island

be ot

help minimize the damage to
ils fragile limestone for-

-. mations as has occurred to

it

Alan B. Shepard and Edgar 7a

D, Mitchell have been walking 4
onthe moon and the world
accepts it as matter-of-factly as

if it were an everyday oc- 3am

currence. :

And today’s marvel, in our dee

opinion, is not that rockets are 4
able to thrust their way to the |
moon nor that man has been
intelligent enought to saddle

‘ and ride these fire-belching

“We heard it was vacant most of the time — so
thought we could make a deal...”

Bill S$ miley:

‘Ever feel snowed under?’ —

Sometimes I feel nothing but
pity for those timid wretches
who scurry to souther, war-
mer ciimes at the first fall of
a flake.

They have betrayed one of
the greatest aspects of the
Canadian character - the
stubborn, tenacious stupidity
that makes the rest of us
endure through the winter,

This last week has been a
grand one, and let me hear no
old-timer snorting con--
temptuously that “The win-,
ters ain’t what they used tobe.

It started off ordinarily”
enough - colder than 2 tax
callectar’s heart.

In mid-week things warmed
up, figuratively. Out of the

- "Keep
The Editor, _

Terrace Herald
Terrace, B.C.
Dear Sir:

1 have read in the paper that
you will print letters, witholding |
names as. long as we identify
ourselves to you, personally.
With this in mind, I would ap-
preciate itif you would not print
my name as I am afraid it will
not endear me to some of my
acquaintences.

First of all, both my wifeand I
think you are doing an excellent
job in producing The Omineca
Herald. Some people think you
tend towards the sensational
side but I think it is because up
until recently we were used to
an extremely dull newspaper,
although there have been some
good editors in the past,

Frankly speaking you show
guts as well as a concern for

Terrace. You are putting outa <

jazzier paper, it’s easy to read ©
and there is more news and,
what is always. needed, con-
troversy. But I don’t think we
can call a newsier and brighter
paper sensational; outspoken,
perhaps, but not sensational.
You are not going to make
everybody in the community
happy but if they are unhappy,
what. is it they are trying to
hide? Don’t let them scare you.
Your ‘community concerns
are evident. Your handling of
the arena question, and you
must have. felt like. you were.

- walking a. tightrope, was yery

creditable: We, did feel that
possibly you should not have
printed the opposition to Little -

Park as the site but we both ;
admit that is a personal feeling affixed to It, And that Is what it

and if we are to have freedom of -
the press here it was your duty |
to print what Mrs. Kawinsky

gave to the village years ago.
We are pleased, also, to see

and a controlled entrance will - Meetings such as the. regional.

board: and. the. school. board *

west came 4 howling blizzard,
winds gusting from 40 to 60
mph, snow that cut like a
razor-blade, and a wind-chill-
factor temperature of 60 below
zero.

Somehow it was all fun. I
got up, looked out the window,
and saw nothing but white,
The house was creaking and
groaning like an arthritic
climbing a rope ladder.

Didn't even put on my tong
underwear. Took.a look at the
cat, whose " green j

oe

, palefully threw. back:

buddy.” ms
Didn't. Plunged out the

back door in great spirits and

sank to the navel in snow.

itup

on the editorial page and not

always with your column, and! .

wish you would please explain
why it is called “Sometimes
Column” when it is in every
issue!' But you have been
the subjects. When we do agree,
unfortunately, we do not talk
about it. That is OUR problem.

Keep up the good work. You
are giving us a newspaper that
we can be proud of. However,
we still think it should be once a
week, But, like the elders of
Terrace, we are perhaps too
slow to change and welcome

-young and new people to our

community. | ;

Yours truly, ~
(name witheld by request.)

-EDITORS NOTE:

Thank you for your letter,
-And I'll try and explain why the
Sometimes Column always!

- Afew months ago I heard the
official B.C,
‘song. I thought it was like a
shigh school cheerleader's yell
-and. to egotistically sell B.C.. so
‘I decided to say 30. I thought at
‘the time the column would be,

‘as its called, sometimes-—-like -

whenever I fell like writing
something. whether humorous
or serious. :
he next week I had a big hole

to. fill in the paper and, rather
‘than pit in what we calla |

“filler”, that is a general in-
derest stoy that has nothing to.
do really with Terrace, I wrote
on something local, Then quite‘a
few people commented - that
they enjoyed the column: And, 1
enjoyed doing it. a

' However, the ..
“Sometimes Column’’ ‘ was

became kriown as. ~

'Besided, it’s different!
’ feltabout the land George Little‘) —— a
», WA answers...

Phe Editor, ss
The Herald,

Terrace, B.C. -
“Dear Sir: ”
Under “Your

Centennial, -

Made it to the garage
because I knew there'd be no
cabs on the road. The darn
car started. Then the big
decision. With the eye of a
computer I judged the
snowbank. Decided to use the
bombing attack. Closed by
eyes and sent her backwards
at full bore. Wound up like a
stranded whale: four wheels
in the air, body sitting high.
and dry on the snowbank.

Did I quit? -Not on your lite.

Lg LYES..,., + oA savage, gleeful mood took ;
Feat» vabold-at
ry and throw me out in that, —

heid-afude, Shovelled, wept,

_called upon the Lord in no*
“uncertain turns.

Nothing
doing. ;

Commandeered two high-
school boys coming by. One

ssessesae YO U R O Pp | N | Oo N sneanananminanaeateatas

the IWA, disagree with this
statement 'as most business
agents and leaders are working
for the membership and are
sincere and idealistic people. If
they were to return to their
former jobs in industry their
earnings would rise con-

siderably in comparison with

what they are receiving.

As far as plus ‘offices are
concerned, I would like to know
when Frank Calder, who wants -
to see labor and the NDP
sparated and made statements
the union ‘leaders § are
irresponsible, was last in a
union office because our offices
are anything but plush.

I should make it clear that I
am speaking of our union:
(IWA). ’

[ would like to invite Frank .

Calder and you, Mr. Editor, to

my office and see for. your-
selyes.

As Tar as labor and the NDP
should-be divorced, I say they
were never married as the last
election very clearly indicated,
and -I refer to -all the’
workingmen who voted for the

_ Bennett government,

- As for income, we sent out

financial statements once a

“hame

- had his nose frost-bitten right
back to his cheeks, Put him in
the car, at the controls. We
rocked and shovelled and
shoved, and made it.

Crept to school through the
white rage of the storm, Felt
triumphant. What a peaceful
place, There were 140-odd
kids (and they had to be odd to
walk it on a day like that), and
50-odd teachers (same.
comment). Normal numbers,
es teachers, .

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spirrt™ , ars? est Fabel
doughty band of the chosen.
The kids played games or
received tuition. The teachers
joined them in the games, or
gave tuition.

monsiers. ;

” Neither is today's miracle the
instant radio communication
crackling across space— nor the
fabulous coloured television
direct from the Frau Mauro
highlands on the moon.

Today's marvel is that the
miraculous is so common-place.

But our inattentiun is decep-
tive. So many. of the miracles
are scientific that millions
unwittingly bow before the test
tube. .

Bul science is not~ God.
Rather, “science ‘uncovers the
path of the Almighty. -And the
worship of science is as
enlightened as the worship of
snow shovels, .

‘Though the Bible is not a
science book, though St. Paul
warned against ‘‘the op-
positions of science, falsely so-
called,” the accuracy of the
word of God is being upheld.

After several generations
have been fed on Darwin's.
pablum there are hundreds of
scientists who now reject the
theory of evolution and one
state of the American union now
requires that creationism be
taught in itspublic schools as an
intelligent alternative to
evolutionism.

It appears we are going full
circle. ‘That's why we say the
Apollo 14 moon-walk was a
triumph for meticiulous men
who learned how to climb God's
ladder.

CENTENNIAL MEMO

Texada Island was

discovered.and christened by a
. Spaniard Jove Maria, Narvaez

who arrived in the schooner,
Santa Saturnina, in 1791. .A
wandering fisherman Harry
Trim found iron there 80 years
later. ,

edo elatabedoltetatabotattananatiatiecntvngwneie Latetare,

month listing all income and’
expenses. Our membership ‘is
well aware of the salaries they

are paying us. ;

; : Yours truly,

Waldemar Penner,

Business Agent, [WA Local 7-71

Terrace, B.C,

Help others

The Editor
Terrace Herald
Terrace, B.C,

‘Dear Sir: . vs

J am not a_ hippie---.
nevertheless [ support the cause
‘of the youth of today--often
called ‘‘Hippies’ for some
hidden reason. We are living in
a world different from the world
of yesterday. Religious leaders
goso far as to say “the devil” is-

actually: loosed upon us per

ancient prophecy.

Be this as it may -- we contend
with psychological forces as yet
beyond aur control.

: And what does the ministry to
toward _ fighting the
psychological devil?

BESPOKEN To
ME FOR

We notice. that on occasion
Christ fought the devil of hunger
with loaves and fishes.

‘We have unemployment but
nothing in the way of of ©
Christian Friendship Centers~
reading rooms in downtown
locations where transients
seeking jobs could find tables to
eat lunches (saving the high
cost of meais)--could find a
phone and writing paper con-
cerning employment and
Tooms.' .

Nothing from The Church for
The Stranger within our gates,
They are only ‘Hippies’ Let
them go to beer parlors and’ -
lounges to find employment.

The church contents itself
with ‘‘The Comfortable Pew’'---
and aid- to foreign missions,
Perhaps a certain percentage of
this aid should be used locally.

-Calking all. churches |. to
organize a local Christian
Friendship Center for the.
benefit of transients-especially

young jolt seekers.

Lay Worker,
Terrace. ;
(Name Witheld)

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