' AG - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 16, 1997 Resign, Mr. Zirnhelt, resign rvYapee en amen apenas tosses sm nen an ere neon mare emat CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD The Mail Bag Feed the needy Dear Sir: I, tao, agree with Mr, Wiley (Letters, April 91h Terrace Standard) that it’s a shame that we who are a litile better off cannot contribute more to our local food bank. But, being a volunteer in organizations for the less fortunate is scary for a lot of people including myself. A huge percentage of people abuse food banks. I’ve seen people walk in with a case of beer and a carton of cigarettes and ask for food for their children. If only there was a way to give to those who are really trying. Maybe the head managers of the bigger grocery © store chains can talk to their bagger head managers about the day old fruits and vegetables that are discarded. Is there a way to weed out the abusers who take away from the honest down and out? Let's hope so. L. Pearson Terrace, B.C. Don’t blacklist volunteers Dear Sir: T totally agree with Linda Hawes (Letters, April 9th) that those wishing to volunteer should not be blacklisted from volunteer work if they chose to be Pro-Choice or Pro-Life, Unfortunately, anyone volunteering on any board or ac- tivity, I believe, should have a background check to some degree. Volunteer boards should have a minimum security check, especially to weed out any past known criminal ac- tivity. If you have nothing to hide, why worry about. it? After all, we need to protect ourselves and our children from all those wonderful, dedicated leaders who are forever so influential. Dawn McKenzie Terrace, B.C. Preserve Seven Sisters Dear Sir: Repap Camaby, Bell Pole and Hobenshield’s Kitwanga Lumber Company recently agreed to a consensus plan for the Seven Sisters Mountains, completing the Land and Resource Management Plan for the Kispiox Forest Dis- trict. Complaining to a member of the Bulkley Resources Board that the plan does not satisfy our need for the crea- tion of a park, and that I did not think that consensus plan- ning worked, he replicd that ‘Just because you do not like the plan docsn’ t mean that it isn’t representative of the community.” ] think he is right, on both counts. Economic analysis supports preservation in that the eco- nomics are equal to timber use in this area, but will this economic reality create more community security? As ] was chewing this idea, [ read a statement which struck the bell of wuth with a resonance which surprised me. The slaternent was that ‘‘the advertisement is selling a product as if it will make us happy, but that product itself is not going lo make us happy.’” Protecting the Seven Sisters Mountains for the securily of our community’s economic future is a smart economic move, but will it make us happy? Bill McKibben, author of the statement, suggests that solid economics, combined with simple values, moonlit walks, and an observable natural order, can provide satis- faction. Bill Fell, president Seven Sisters Society Businesses ignorant Dear Sir: I would like to thank Claudettte Sandecki for addressing youth discrimination in her column published in the March 19 edition. It’s good to sce this paper doing somcthing to help solve the problem, as opposed to the damage it caused with Cris Leykauf’s seusationalist nonsense about the violence ‘plaguing’? Caledonia Senior Secondary. The ignorance shown by many store owners and employ- ees to treat teens as a lower level of customers is all too common, Every weck I, along with many of my peers, seem to have at least one negative experience with a local business because we are teenagers. In fact, mosi young people have gotten used to being fol- lowed while shopping or being denied a simple “thank you”’ after purchasing an item, The more harsh events of youth discrimination include being ejected from restaurants (as ] was last month) without reason, or the public humiliation inflicted by an employee because you were six cents short, The fact of the matter is that teenagers are customers and they deserve to be treated like customers. Many teens who feel discriminated won’t retaliate through Ictters like I have, most will fight back by keeping their wallets closed, The idea that we will come back to those establishments for more is absurd. Yet by the way we are treated, business people probably think we are stupid enough io do so. Sam Schachner Terrace, B.C, Lodge | is attentive Dear Sir: Claudette Sandeckl stated in her column of April 2, 1997 that the Staff of Terraceview Lodge knows nothing of patients' personal history, likes or worries etc, Every resident entering TVL is accompanied by a dala base with as much background information of possible. This includes personal history, likes and dislikes. This in- formation is available ta all staff in advance and we all make sure we have read and understood the contents so that we are able to make our residents part of our family. When they arrive, we spend time with the family and residents, discussing their additional likes and dislikes as well. Our elderly are living longer as shown by the fact that ve have three presently over the 100-year mark, We also try to include and cnacourage as much continued family partic- ipation as they are willing to give. As far as the school board giving TVL actuarial pointers, why is it that our four-year-old is #10 on a waiting list for kindergarten in the area. We have lived and paid taxes for the last 18 years, If this is planning than it leaves a lot to be desired. TVL has about 2 one year waiting list. Donna Besson, LPN Terraceview Lodge The Terrace Standard welcomes letters to the editer. Our malling address Is 3210 Clinton St, Terrace, B.C., V8G 5R2. You can also fax us at 250-638-8432. And you can e-mail ug at standard@kermode.net . Dear Sir: What a sorry excuse we have for a govern- ment and in particular our forest minister, Dave Zimbelt, His comments of April 2, 1997 in The Zer- race Standard make me sick. For that sorry ¢x- cuse of a minister to sit in Victoria and huff and puff making like he knows what’s going on in the forests is sickening. For Mr. Zimhelt to think that companics Ike West Fraser don’t know how to run a business and that his weak excuse for a government docs, stinks. Sure, companies in the Stewart area and the rest of the province for that matter, have and will go broke; the strong will survive and the weak will die. With the current batch of left- wing clowns running the province, many more companies than normal will go under. For Mr. Zirnheit to think that the province’s loggers only want to ‘‘absolutely rip and tear’’ shows how poorly informed he is and obviously he only sits in his office and listens to environ- mentalists and is never in the bush. I wonder if he’d know what a logger was, if he met one on the street. If Mr. Zimhelt figures that the people of the province want short term jobs through FRBC, where does he figure FRBC gets the moncy to supply these poverty level jobs? This money comes from the logging industry, which his government has systematically neutered. You sure can’t ‘‘step up to the table’ to replant forests that haven’t been logged. It’s sure great the government’s only help to the northwest, to weather this financial storm as stated by Mr. Zimmhell, is bridge loans through FRBC, which, in my opinion is like a vulture circling a corpse to pick its bones clean, via in- terest charged that is higher than most banks. This very government approved of Repap’s borrow and spend policies that got them into this situation, by agreeing to anything Repap asked including transferring numerous forest Li- censes, killing the sale of Orenda to others, etc. These sales and transfers of licenses were op- posed by locals, but our great government knew better. The debt Repap carried was too great, - Force Repap to pay on an industry slandard basis, with conditions on licenses if they are transferred, locals argued. The government didn’t bother — Mr. Zirnhelt and Co, knew’ bet- tex, Who, Mr. Minister, are you supposed to be looking afier? Repap and the big banks, or the forest resource and the people of British Colum- _ bia wha elected you? So who made this ‘‘bed’’ the province’s forests are in? 1 say the NDP. If you had an ounce of decency Dave Zimbhelt, you'd resign, You’re unfit for the job. - Lloyd Hull, Terrace, B. Cc. Others have done much Dear Sir: When I hear of the pending ‘‘Volunteer of the Year’ award nominations, I am reminded of some of the great volunteers who have made Terrace a better place to live. Over a year ago, Fred and Lavern Hislop moved from Terrace to Vernon. Does everyone know that the new Evangelical Free Church building, School District 88, the Pacific North- west Music Festival, Mills Memorial Hospital, Rough Acres Bible Camp, and the Terraceview society are just a few of the organizations in which the Hislops played a significant role? One day | hope a street will bear the name ‘Hislop’, honouring the contribution Fred and Lavern made to Terrace. I have just learned that Mel and David Lane are moving to Kelowna. As a meniber of the Mills Memorial Hospital board, David worked to initiate the amalgamation of Terraceview Lodge and Mills Memorial Hospital and the | formation of the Dr, R.E.M. Lee Hospital Foun- — dalion. David and long time residents such as | Bill and Helene McRae, who have been with the foundation since its inception, have helped raise approximately $1,000,000 for capital equipment for our hospital, And so, during this time when volunteers are being honoured, take the time to say ‘'Thanks”’ to Mel and David Lane, ‘Can T help?’’ to Bill or Helene McRae, and ‘‘We miss you!’” lo Fred and Lavern Hislop. Linda Hamilton, | Terrace, B.C, * Discount does not apply to Tobacco, Cafeteria & Deli, Prescriptions & Gift Certificates olan = = : =< Lo . 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