A6 Terrace Review — Wednesday; August 1, 1990 -

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For the next few days Terrace wil! be immersed in
history, painting on the face of its past and celebrating
the accomplishments of the people, the ancestors of some
of us, who came up the river to stake out what they saw
as their future. Plunging into the past during Riverboat
Days is a friendly and unthreatening costume ball of the
emotions, perhaps because the past, having done its
worst, holds few unpleasant surprises.

That is particularly true of the romanticized kind of
history that gets sent up for civic celebrations, with
period costume, abundances of food and drink, fireworks,
a parade that is a work of retrospective art, and summer
activities of the most relaxing kind.

We’re living in the future that our local history has
created, and this is a good time to examine those harm-
less-looking ghosts with a bit of detachment. All around
our region history goes on, pushed ahead irresistably by
the actions of those long dead and those still living who
are in positions of influence. In the woods industry,
mining, fishing and trapping — to name a few — there is
a long and honourable tradition of hard work and pro-. —
ductive, responsible practice which is now being chal-
lenged by those who wish to establish new values and
traditions. The people whose ancestors lived here when
the land was young are demanding that the mistakes of
the past be rectified. _ .

While the city is warming up for the weekend. to the
east, a collision of values and perspectives has
drawn the premier of the province to fly up here, presum-
ably to do or say what government can to defuse a crisis
created by history. When the first Europeans came up the
Skeena and met the people who were living here then, a
cosmic observer would have hoped for the encounter of

cultures,to result in mutual respect and. betterment of both

societies. The current situation proves that to be wishful
thinking of the first magnitude.

For one weekend of the year it is fitting and proper to
celebrate our history. For the rest of the year we seem to
be wrangling with its consequences. As we look back and
see the past acting upon our present, we should also look
forward and attempt to imagine the kind of situation in
which we would like to leave our descendents... and urge
those in places of influence to act accordingly.’

It-is said that history is written by the winners. That
category could be an all-inclusive one if we have the
will.

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VICTORIA — With the end of
this bitter, explosive, four-
month legislative session,
perhaps this is a good time to
‘lighten up’’ — a bit — on the
beleaguered politicians and
other players in this circus.
Therefore, (fanfare please), I
submit herewith the sort-of-
annual Wobbly Awards, In no
particular order, those who de-
serve Wobblies this time
around include:
@ Best new advertising slogan
based on the tapes crisis: ‘Is it
live, or is it Moe-morex’’?
(author unknown).
@ Worst performance by an
attorney-general: Nah, that

) _ one’s too easy, and Cuddly

Buddly Smith doesn’t deserve
any more attention now, does
he?

@ Best performance by a jour-
nalist in an undercover role:
Margot Sinclair of CKVU-TYV.
@ Slowest-selling yuppie toy:
Auto-Tel car phones.

@ Most pathetic attempt to
head off the Reform Party: the
government for its Referendum
Act and Senate Election Act.
@ Best Premier in the prov-
ince: Bill Vander Zalm (valid

only on days when both Bill

Bennett and Dave Barrett are
out of B.C.).

@ Dumbest response to an Op-
position query in Question
Period: Carol Gran for saying
she wouldn’t release airplane
logs because the NDP and
media would just use them for
muckraking. This, naturally,

-was followed by enormous

sri E . mounds of muck being raked,

@ “I thought Siemens meant
Sailors’’ award: to former

. Social Services Minister Peter

The view from
Victoria —

by John Pifer

Dueck who followed his deputy
Stan Dubas into obscurity over
allegations they had received
perks from international con-
glomerate Siemens Electric.
@ MLA most likely to have his
name linked to the most of the
other scandals: No contest, it’s
the indefatigable Bill Reid of
Surrey/Guildford/White Rack,
a.k.a. Mr. Lottery.
@ Most surprising legislation-
at-the-last-minute award: the
Members Conflict-of-Interest
Act, introduced on Thursday
by the government. Believed to
be authored in part by the
oleaginous backbench MLA,
Walter Davidson, the last per-
son from whom one would ex-
pect fair-mindedness. Ergo, no
surprise to find the Bill con-
tains some very scary sections.
(More on this one in a future
column).
@ Most-capable minister
award: Easily won by Norm
Jacobsen, labour and consumer
affairs minister, now doing
double-duty filling Dueck's
shoes, too, Quiet, unassuming,
rarely in the headlines, but
highly respected (justifiably) by
his peers and the press.
Runners-up: Highways Minister
Rita Johnson and Forests
Minister and House Leader
Claude Richmond.
@ Most high-profile minister
(other than The Zalm): John
(J.R.)} Reynolds, whose media
management experience has
restored some confidence in the
public over the Socreds’ han-
dling of environmental issues.
Also known as J.R.’s P.R..
@ Most low-profile prominent
MLA (ignore the contradic-

- tion): NDP leader Mike Har-

court, something the Socreds
will try to make hay over dur-
ing the election campaign.

@ Spreading the worst election
rumor (and giving me the
easiest $20 I made this year, by
betting against it): a tie be-
tween CKNW Radio’s Rafe
Mair and the aforementioned
Ms. Sinclair. Both said the vote
would be called in May, 1990,
when the then-attorney-general
Smith was pushing the Zalm to
go to the people.

@ Most boneheaded, short-
sighted, tightwad decision: To
B.E.’s major media outlets
(Vancouver Sun, Province,
BCTV, NW, CBC, etc.) for not
sending a reporter to shadow
Vander Zalm on his annual
three-week jaunt to Europe...

‘for the second year running...

on the shallow excuse that it
cost too much.

@ Second most hypocritical .
media act: Some of the same
major media screaming for an
accounting of where the
Premier went, who paid for it,
how much was personal, etc.,
on his three-week European
trip.

@ Most hypocritical media act:
Whoever was involved in the
Broadcast News decision to
hand over the Bud Smith tapes
to a political party, rather than
to the authorities or to a media
outlet that was prepared to risk
running them and exposing the
actions therein.

I'll leave you with two of the
current rumours swirling
around Victoria’s goldfish
bowl, as the politicians pack up

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