ed A Re t } 1 Page A2 — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, Septamber 25, 1991 TERRACE — The two front runners in the provincial elec- tion here began their search for . votes Saturday afternoon by opening their campaign offices ‘at the same time. fey oD don't believe in dwelling “s OM- megatives,’’ said Skeena andi *- MLA and Social Credit i incum- | - bent Dave Parker at the offi cial “~~ opening of his campaign head- “Quarters, Most people are positive. oo Wd, like to try to keep things that way.) he said, “Parker pointed to what he -- called ‘the blatant lies’ cir- ~~ gulated. by New Democrats in . the Ontario provincial election, - “They were prepared to use “-~\ anything to win,” he said. =. “They figured the ends justified “othe means. I'd be very disap- lo pointed if the NDP here in ~Skeena. resorted 10 those sorts of, tactics. We certainly won't,” - vases, people had complained about ‘Parker said the main issue in - Skeena will be jobs and the economic health of the region. “2 Parker defended his record of ~ bringing GO B.C. and other, - .. government grants to the consti- tuency.. .° - “If an MLA isn’t in there dig- ging for his people, they lose “-out,’’ he said, noting more than ~ $7 million in government grants “game to the constituency during “his term in office. Asked how he feels abcut his "TERRACE —~ Don’t expect to - be able to vote in the Oct. 17 provincial election if you haven't registered beforehand. ’ That’s because there’s a change in the way the voting list is being handled this time com- pared to other provincial elec- tions, In those other elections, peo- ple not on a voter's list could register on voting day simply by going to a polling station. ’ All of this might come as a surprise to a large number of people in the Skeena riding. In the last provincial election in 1986, 10 per cent or 1,700 of a : the people who voted did so by ‘Registering on ool i This. time, people want Bro vote Oct. 17 must ai ready E e.. _ on the voter’s list or take advan-". tage of two registration periods. One of those periods began as ‘, soon as the election was called '-Tast week and continues up to ‘and including this Saturday. : In this area, there are three places where people can register . — at the provincial government » agent’s office in the access cen- '.tre at the corner of Eby and ‘. Lazelle, at Copperside II on + ‘ eo a. ’ ‘ counseling, satisfying real f I activity, an ra include cost of food, pires Sept. 30/91. ait | At Nae, oul find su porte [new Ways tO beat ‘dh pound* "Special offer applias to regular services. Doas not diaries, valuation or malntenance, New clients only, Cannot be combined with other offers. Valid at participating cantres. Ex- THRRES A RIGHT WAY 10 LOSE = chances, Parker said; ‘You're - never confident. But the edge I have is some 500 people who have been working very hard behind the scenes waiting for - the premier's call. The organization is tight.” — -However, New Democrat challenger. Helmut Giesbrecht told the nearly 50 péople who turned out for his campaign launch Skeena riding doesn’t need an MLA whose ‘‘greatest achievement is as a postal car- | rier for GO B.C."’. ' ” Although Giesbrecht concen- trated most of his remarks on the record of the Social Credit government — ‘‘plagued by scandal after scandal’? -- he took time out for several swipes at-incumbent Parker. » Recounting: his experiences on recent door-to-door can- he claimed numerous Parker's failure to return their phone calls, to respond to their concerns and his general: at- titude to his ‘constituents. | * He also reminded. those pre- sent of the decision, taken when Parker was forests minister, to award the cutting rights for the Sustut-Takla timber to Prince George companies. That deci- sion had thrown 100 of Parker's own constituents out of work, he added. - Challenging Parker to public- Hwy16 West and at Copperside Foods in Thornhill, The government agent’s of- fice is open normal business hours up to this Friday and will be open 9 a.m.-9 p.m. this Saturday, says government agent and registrar of voters Randy Trombley. For those who want to register at the two Copperside locations, the procedure is easy and convenient given that the two stores are open 24-days a day, he says. ‘All you have to do is check the voter's list that is there to see if the information is correct. if you have moved, for exam- ple, simply go to the clerk at the stor, ta card, fill it out and put it into the: registration box,’” Trombley: said. Those boxes are checked dai- ly, the cards collected, checked and the peaple listed according to the polling division at which they'll be casting their ballot. “You are then registered to yote and you'll get a card telling you where your polling division is,” said Trombley. As of last week, Trombley and his staff had 15,500 people is 638-1800 | 4644 LAZELLE AVENUE, TERRACE, BC. late: wy debate ihe i issues with him, Giesbrecht : suggested these should be‘held in all major cen- tres in the-riding. *‘We'll meet him any place, at any time.’’ As: for the rest of the cam- paign, he said the early part would focus on the ‘‘shady part of the Socred record” while the later stages would concentrate on the policies being put for- ward by the NDP. . “We have policies, we don’t sit on the fence,”’ Giesbrecht emphasized, contrasting that to the Socreds‘approach of simply promising more of the same. kKkekknk A third party has entered the Skeena race. ‘Juanita Hatton said last week she'll represent the provincial Liberal party. "It seems. to me people are looking for something. There are two extremes in the pro- yince,’? Hatton said. “People know [’m honest, I know a lot of people and I thought I would try,”' she said. Hatton, who celebrated her 77th birthday-Sept. 22, said she received: a clean bill of health from her doctor before com- miting herself to run. ~ Hatton’s best known in Ter- race for the Golden Rule Sacie- ty, which each Christmas col- lects donations of food and money for ‘needy people, Important voting note . registered as voters, “The phone began ringing off the hook the morning after the premier called the election,’’ he said. Although this voter registra- tion period ends this Saturday, there’ll be another one beginn- ing Oct, 8 until Oct, 15 at the provincial government agent's office. This period is for people who are not on a_ voter’s list anywhere else in the province. Registration is only permitted within the riding where the voter lives. To register during this period, a person must have two pieces of ideptifiedtion listing the name ‘and current residence. One piece must have the person’s ‘signature. 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