A8 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesdav. September 24, 1997 MLA says he’s not sweating over recall SKEENA MLA _ Helmut Giesbrecht says he’s not worried about a local drive in the works to have him recalled. “It's a question of how seriously do you take this. Quite frankly, I don’t sec a Jot happening,’’ he said. ‘I do not lose any sleep over it — that I can assure you.”” Giesbrecht said the sense he’s getting — particularly in the wake of the agree- ment with Alcan over Kemano Completion and the deal to restart Skeena Cellulose is that ‘‘a lot of. people are somewhat relieved that there are people working behind the scenes.”? But if Giesbrecht is relaxed about the recall threat, some of his. sup- porters are making prepara- tions to counter it. “J think there’s been a committee put together to work on that issue separate from this office,’’ Gics- brecht confirmed. Hefmut Giesbrecht abe A steady dow of criticism of the MLA comes. from some Terrace city council- lors. Queries from councillor Tim Down al the Sept. 8 council meeting about where Giesbrecht was in the Skeena Cellulose crisis sparked a response last week from Giesbrecht. His Ictter says it was de- cided that deputy premier _ Dan Miller should be in direct communication with mayor Jack Talsira, instead of having the government’s information conveyed via Giesbrecht. “Council should know that 1 asked the Minister to keep local councils in- formed,’’ Giesbrecht wrote, “Getting your information ‘first hand’ is always safer than getting il ‘second hand’.”” Asked about the letter, . ;Giesbrecht said it’s irritating to be criticized by people who don’t actually take the matter up with him directly. “T guess I have to gel used to people talking behind my back but not talking to me,”’ he said. Some people have the im- pression, he added, that be- cause he’s not hogging the spotlight, he’s not doing anything. “I’s obvious the people with their mouths open all ‘partisan’? the time aren’t doing all of the work,” he said. ad | somebody really wants to know what I do maybe they should follow me around for a week and see if they get don’ttired.” . He said he believes city councillors are being ‘very in their com- ments. “It’s annoying, but its part of the job. I'm -a New Dem- ocrat MLA and those guys just happen to be of a dif- ‘ferent political persuasion.” Down says his criticism at the council meeting wasn’t limited to the Skeena Cel- lulose situation, but was about Giesbrecht’s broader representation and what he says is a Widespread percep- tion that it’s inadequate. “We want to be more in- formed of whal he is doing for us be it the hospital situation or our schools situation,’’ he said. “No one really thinks Mr. Giesbrecht is a source that's effective.” Sept 27, 1997 will be known as Cody’s | Day. On August 5, Cody Mooney, a local : 10 year old boy, was burnt very badly in an arte, accident. Cody is currently in ICU at < Children’s Hospital in Vancouver and faces "years of surgery. Cody's friends have organized a benefit auction to help raise ~ funds for the family to stay in Vancouver with him. “AUCTION ss - Saturday, Sept. 27 & : | NOON - 2PM 1 a x SOW es tsi. i. £4 ere: Please Remember, Every Penny coun Bae Campaign to begin in December that number to be difficult to attain. “This recall idea is foreign to our thinking in Canada,’’ Sexton added, ‘What it empowers the electorate to ORGANIZERS of a campaign to recall Skeena MLA Helmut Gics- brecht believe they'll have no problem in raising the necessary number of volunteers. Lome Sexton says the Commiltee To Recali Helmut Giesbrecht now has surpassed 250 volunteers and is clos- ing in on 300, The campaign is expected to get un- derway in early December and to fast for 60 days. That’s because Nov. 28 is the first day organizers can apply for a peti- ‘within the two months tion. Sexton expects they'll get the petition from Elections B.C. within a week of that date allowing local can- vassers {to start, They'll have to get 7,500 signatures of the campaign. “Tf we have 125 people collecting signatures each one of those people have to get one signature per day for 60 days,’’ Sexton said. ‘‘That’s it. So it is do-able.” He’s hoping to have 200 people col- jecting signatures and doesn’t expect Some do is to take back their mandate from e Exhaust Py Shocks their representative.”’ . “‘He’s there by the consent of the e Brakes « Wheel Alignment electorate right now. But the elec- torate bas the right to withdraw that consent,”’ provincial picked Skeena as the NDP con- stituency where recall has the best chance of succeeding. UNDER CAR SPECIALISTS e FrontEnd Work «° Tires & Balancing ¢ Oil Change & Filter (Kitimat Location only) pundits have - Boatman Bob stirring it up again AT 82 YEARS of age, Bob Reeds hasn’t quit stirring up trouble. Terrace residents will re- member Reeds as the oc- togenarian who two years ago assembled a crude plywood boat. on Ferry Is- land and then sailed it down the Skéena River over the objections of river veterans. By the end of the expedi- tion, Reeds had run-ins with police and others who tried to prevent him from = con- tinuing his journey. This time, controversy has erupted in the small interior town of Sicamous where lo- cals are up in arms. “It seems the idea of a pa- rade was hatched to celebrate the achicvements of local industry. Reeds turned out to be be- hind the idea, however, and it soon transformed into a parade that was to include a swimsuit contest to name a Miss or Mrs. Sicamous. 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