Page 10, The Herald, Wednesday, February 11, 190)

His ‘hopeless cause’ was worth § 3. million

FORT NELSON, B.C.
(CP) — Andrew Schuck
went south for Christmas
last year — to Regina, to
visit his parents.

During his stay, be rose
before dawn and ventured
into the numbing
Saskatchewan winter to
deliver bread, just like he
did during his school days.

Schuck, 36, doesn’t have
to peddle bread in sub-zero
weather during his
bolidays — he’s the mayor
of Fort Nelson and the
northeast B.C. village's
only lawyer,

And, one week before
Christmas he was paid $3
million for negotiating a
natural gas revenue-

sharing agreement bet--

ween the Fort Nelson In-
dian Band and the B.C,
government. Schuck thinks
it’s the Largest legal fee

‘For five years, I
delivered bread while I was
in university,” he said in an
interview, “So when I went

- back to Regina I got up at

5:30 a.m. and delivered
bread all day.

. “Tt was fun. I enjoyed it.
And whatever I do I have to
enjoy.”

In his university days,
Schuck was a light mid-
leweight boxer and two-
time provincial champion.
He was even invited to try
out for the Pan-Am Games,
but decided to pursue his
education instead.

Schuck has always
moved inexorably toward
one point. By grade 10, he
had already decided to
become a lawyer, a goal he
achieved in 1968, ;

He articled with a
suburban Vancouver firm

John and then to Fort
Nelson in 1972.

He was elected mayor of
the remote communily in
1974, won again by ac-
clamation in 1975 and 1977,
and after taking a year out
was returned in 1980 with 68

' per cent-of the vote.

He also ran in the 1975
provincial election for the
NDP. He lost, but the
inroads he made into a
solid Social Credit con-
stituency didn't go un-

noticed, NDP Leader Dave

Barrett has asked him to
mn again, —

He's considering, but
wants some guarantees —
one of the two or three top
cabinet spots if the party is
returned to power.

When the Fort Nelson

Indians asked him to
represent them in 1976, it
was a battle everyone from

.

government dismissed asa
hopeless‘cause,
But there aren't many
jobs Schuck thinks he can't
do. He tock the case and

'. worked on ft almost every

day for five years — one of
the reasons he quit the
mayor’s office in 1979,

Schuck admits to using
the press to win ‘his case for
the Indians and to portray
them es ihe good guys
being bullied by the big,
bad government in Vic-

“Sure, I used the press.
You got to remember, this
wasn’t just like any other
legal case.

“The mistake many
lawyers make when ap
proaching Indian mineral
and land claims is to treat
them on a legal basis only,

But Indian land claims.

cases are a combination of

by the Slaves, I sald to
then I must be given a free
hand in determining the
tactical and strategic
approach to solving the

 Problein, and I anticipated’

there would be con-
siderable political op-
position in northern B.C.”

Schuck said.at one point =
the president of the Fort’ —
‘Nelson

Chamber of
Commerce was 50 incensed
be was acting for the In-
dians be tried to start a
petition to impeach
Schuck, :

“I told ‘the Slaves,

‘Listen, when the fiackhits «|

the fan — and there’s going

to be a lot of t—when the ~

flack hits the fan and I look
behind me, I want to see a
whole bunch of Indians.’

thet case. You've got’ to.

in the hand who want to go
their awn way. We had to
be sure of a united front.”

Schuck wae offered the

. 058-08 8 contingency

basis, meaning be got five

por cent of the settlement if

he won, and nothing if be
ent,

' Schuck'a fee. The bend was '

hrs

“The wweetnees of wiising

soured when Chalet George :

Behn squabbled* over

ping to gel an estimated
#100 million from the deal
— a 56-50 split of tax reve-
mae from gas wells on or

-. geese the band’s reserves —

90 Schuck submitted a bill
for $5.6 million. - <
After an ugly fight, which

included. a call from the
AC... attorney-general. to -

case on r “contingency

“In fact, unknown to me

bygones.
Chief Behn said the

in Canada.

ever paid toa single lawyer

north —

for a year and then moved
first to Fort St.

Shrimp delicacy there
for scoopers on coast.

_ VICTORIA (CP) — Life
can be complicated If
you're the average
:Canadian lover of fresh
shrimp. Getting it means
Searching out a grocery
‘store that stocks the
,Gelicacy, then shelling out
:@5 much as $10 a pound to
‘lake it home.
| Untess, of course, you
‘happen to live In the Vic-
Storia area, where residents
iscoop shrimp from ocean to
‘saucepan for free.
! Every winter several
[species of shrimp head into
|the countless sheltered
bays along southern
‘Vancouver Island to breed.
{Their favorite feeding
igrounds are the wharves
jand pilings of some of
‘Victoria's most popular
marinas, where they're
easy prey for gourmets
with a taste for the delicate
shellfish,
{ At night, shrimp lovers
Btalk the beaches and
Wharves, armed with
flashlights, dipping nets
d cooking pots, search-
ing for the nocturnal
Shrimp which are
Yorivalied in taste when
booked and. eater directly
trom the sea.
1 “Freshly caught and
booked shrimp is perhaps
bne of the supreme
telicacies you can find on
the West Coast,”’ says
Barry Bell, who has caught
up to three dozen at a time
in his home-made traps
and nets.
: “There's no comparison

in taste. They make canned
shrimp taste a’

The fresh shrimp are
crunchy, not mushy “like
the stuff you buy for $9 at a
fish market,” says Ron
Thompson, who bas made
shrimp fishing a winter
weekend tradition for his
family.

“Tt has a crunchy, nutty .

taste, almost like cashew
nuts,"’ he says, fondly:
recalling his wife's fresh
shrimp meat salads and

paella.

Flashlights are used to
locate the shrimp in the
dark, murky water. Light
bounces off their eyes,
making them glow like
miniature car headlights.

Beil scoops the fish with
either a long, bamboo-
handled dipping net or a
shrimp hocp made from an
old bicycle tire, onion bag,
Tropes and a weight.

Shrimp can dart up to a
metre in a matter of
seconds, so it's difficult to
catch more than one or.two
ata time in the dipping net.
But the hoop, baited with
herring and lowered into
the water for 15 to 20 min-
utes, can yield up to two
dozen

The idea is to allow the
shrimp time to gather
around the bait, then haul
up the hoop, trapping the
quarry.

Thompson prefers to use
commercial traps, which
be leaves in the water

overnight.

West alienation
part of history

‘CALGARY (CP) —
Western alienation is part
of Western Canada's
political history, “part of
the mythology we learned
on our mother’s knee,"
says Roger Gibbins, a
University of Calgary
political scientist,

But Western separatism
contains important new
differences from its
historical roots, he told a
panel discussion sponsored
by the university and at-
tended by about 100 people
Tuesday night,.

' Gibbins, one of five
academics on the panel,
sald Western separatists
are using regional com-
plaints to advance an
ideological argument for
déeparation.

; "Separatism becomes a
wheans for an ideological
end."

‘ The panelists for the
thost part agreed that
separatism could be dif-
fused and alienetion
reduced if the West had a

stronger voice In national
politics. Gibbins said that
would require a restruc-

turing of the parliamentary
system.
David Smith, a

University of Saskat-
chewan political scientist,
said Western alienation is
pot a monolithic feeling

_ “Sometimes if you put
your hand in the water, the
shrimp can detect the oi] or
scent in the water and
Swim over and sit in your
hand,” Bell says.

“But they're too quick to
catch by hand. They spurt
away incredibly fast."

When the shrimp are

taken from the water their
colors range from shades
of orange and coral to
seaweed green. Tossed into
a pan of boiling salt water,
they quickly turn the fa-
miller shades of pink and

“Shrimp are best cooked
in their shells for about
three minutes and left to
cool on the docks. A quick
twist of their head and
yank on the shell and
they're ready to pop into
your mouth.

Bell and Thompson catch
mostly the coon-striped
species of shrimp, so called
because of the markings on
the shell. They average
about seven centimetres in
length.

These can be found in
varying numbers fram
California to southeastern
Alaska, says Terry Butler,
a fisheries biologist at the
federal research station at
Nanaimo.

Butler says the other

" common species taken by

sports fishermen is the
large shrimp known as the
Prawn.

While shrimping has
become more populer
among boaters and
fishermen, it's a nuisance
to the people who mun the
marinas. ‘

Randy Wright, manager
of the Oak Bay Marina, one
of the largest in thearea,
says most of the vandalism
at his business occurs
during the winter shrim-
ping months.

“We'd get 35 people or so
a night bere shrimping,”
he says, ‘They'd see a nice
fishing pole in a boat and
pick it up.”

Wright now has a sign at
his gate reading ''No
shrimping or crabbing
anytime.”

ia February 11 and February eo

» rol

” Bebirdary 18.

7 BIG BONUS:

OVER 11,000 BONUS CASH PRIZES

_ PRIZES —

Vancouver's biggest law
firms to the federal

RON HUNTINGTON
.- how tocallect?

ie

legal and
problems. You can't salve

political

' “And that was the most
important thing in winning

the federal Indians affairs
minister for. an’’ ln:

“e

ently

haggling over the legal fee
‘wea “just business.”

Streamlined system proposed

OTTAWA (CP) —
Children and = single
mothers are often left to
face shameful and dis-

. graceful living comditions
because provincial family
courts {fail to enforce
alimony and child support
payment orders, « former
Progressive Conservative
cabinet minister sald
Tuesday.

Ron Huntington, small
business minister in the
Clark goverament, told the

Commons that court of. -

tcers shouldbe ib . :

collect such payimedts

we

Bring in or mail with $1. 00 to:
Daily Herald Classified

veh Gat

© Ads Must Be Received
By Februaryle«

pnt Watenting Viadsajes
3010 Kalum St., Terrace, BE. vac 2M7 .

tary oncretary to Justice
Minister’ Jean Chretien,
‘atid the main reason such

by Sermer wives is that

~¥ VALENTINE LOVE LINES. \
F OR SOMEONE SPECIAL |,
16 words “1, 00

Uttle more than the other,
he added. « “

New Democrat Bob Rae,
a lawyer serving as his
party's finance critic, said
part of the problem in-
volving the courts and

Many problems in-
volving divorce, separation

> tnd collection of support .
: payments could be
. streamlined in that way.

Wrile your message be!
by February 1] to

Department, 3010
16 words, $1.00 — cash with order. - -

Put your LOVE in wriling. Tell her she’ 3 wonderful. Tell him

he's fantastic. Or; Say something spécial that your loved one ©

will understand. It's a great way. to be a.super sweetheart.
Daily oes i or mail it with $1.00 -

aa an St, Terrace, B.C.

V8G 2M7°

Messages ay be printed February 13.
TERRACE-KITIMA

ss
3010 Kalum St. dail ily herald

635-6357