Page AG - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 5, 1993 _LETTERS | TO THE TERRACE STANDARD Wood use a balancing act Dear Sir: I found both Rob Brown and Hubert Beyer’s columns regard- ing the provincial governments’s Clayoquot Sound. decision very interesting in your April 21 edi- tion. -I think the differing views on this decision are very representa- tive of a conflict that is occurring within the NDP government, the people of this province as a whole and indeed within the very hearts of many citizens, How do we balance the need to preserve our beautiful wilderness heritage for future generalions with the more immediate need of people to have productive well-. paid employment so they. can support their families? The schools, hospitals and toads of this province were built with money which came from the forests which were logged in the 1950s. Now the big trees are all gone and we are having trouble finding the money to maintain the schools, hospitals, and roads. The development of new tech- nology in the forest industry has meant the loss of thousands of jobs and decisions to preserve parts of the forest mean more jobs will be tost. Compromise means settling a dispute by mutual concession. The loss of 400 forestry jobs in the Clayoquot Sound is no small price for the families affected or the local community. And the fact that such a large portion of the Sound's forests will be logged means the ideal of preserving the From Page AS Friend OL,Bill’s . ' Tait Supaest, however, ihat Bill Homburg is prejudiced against native Indians is a ridiculous accusation to any- one who knows the Homburgs. I first met Bill nearly 20 years ago because of our mutual involvement with a troubled teenage native boy who was living with the Hom- burgs. To this day they remain in contact with this young man and probably others for all I know. Most important, the Hom-~ burgs adopted a native girl and today her teenage children have a loving, close rela- tionship with their grand- parents. - Unlike many immigrants who. came to Canada, made money and socked it away in the bank, the Homburgs have spent their money, time and energies in service of God, family and country. Oppose Bill Homburg if you will, refute his views if you can, but never question his in- tegrity or his love of his fellow Canadians of all Taces, creeds and colours. Sincerely, ’ Tom Brophy, ’ Terrace, B,C. issue Dear Sirs I was reading an articte entitled, ‘Local “gov'ts get higher profile in land’ claim taiks,"? (Apri. .7,. 1993). It seems . that ‘native leader Joc Mathias is afraid negotiations will. get bogged down in third ‘party interests. I think someone. should get word to Mr, Mathias that the jand--clalms: are. hopelessly bogged down due to land claim boundary ‘overlaps. ‘It appears his will be" quite some time in being resolved. While the government is still giving- away. free money for native. negotiation expenses it seems like a great time to hear sf out some of these third party concerts‘in ‘the “good, honest, public. daylight where all trans- actlons should take place, . ‘Loyd Brinson, Nass, Camp, B. C whole will be violated. We cannot predict what the long-term costs to ihe eco-system will be.’ Most human activity has - a negative impact on the environ- ment, the cost of which we are only just beginning lo feel. Despite their often extreme and idealistic views, I am ultimately, grateful for the environmentalists whose delermination have pres- sured the government to enact strict controls on the forest indus- try whose bottom line is, after all, ‘profit and not the future weil- being of this province or ils ‘eilizens, However I am often dismayed by the monumental blind spot many prominent — cnviron- mo , mentalists display when ques- tioned about the effects of job losses in the forest industry. Never mind: the tremendous im- pact on the provincial economy and local communities, the job. needs of forest workers are dis- missed casually, almost glibly, by -a series of popular buzzwords like ‘‘transition’’ | and *‘diversification’’. I find this response extremely insensitive to the needs of workers and their families. The threat of spiking trees by certain extremists who excuse themselves on the basis of their passionate beliefs, is a criminal assault on the basic human rights of forest workers. While I empathize somewhat with Rob Brown’s shattered ideals.-and disillusionment: with the NDP, I find I agree with Hubert Beyer that the provincial government has made a fair deci- sion regarding the Clayoquot Sound. According to Mr. Beyer, this decision ‘closely resembles the recommendations made by the majority of a local task force and I believe that the input of the to- cal. community is essential and should be an important determin- ing factor when these kinds of de- cisions are made. - Yours truly, Kaeleen Bruce, Terrace, B.C. Police beat P.G. escapee captured here A 30-YEAR-OLD escapee from a Prince George-arca jail was cap-" tured in an Apr. 19 break-in al the Terrace school board office. Makhan Singh Manhas, an escapee from the Hutda Lake Correc- tional Centre, was arrested at the scenc when police responded to an’ alatm at the Schoo! District 88 offices. Terrace RCMP Cpl. Robert Minhinnick said Manhas was found: hiding in the basement of the school board offices, He has been charged with break-and-enler, possession of house- breaking Instruments, and being unlawfully at large. Police were continuing to investigate the incident and added more charges may be laid. 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