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Protiuctlon Manager.
Edouard Credgeur

“Spec al ‘thanks to al
our contributors and
1h correspondents f for
‘thelr time and. -
talents, es. :

here’ tg au, wold joke in banking circles:

Re owe. the bank a thousand dollars

pay; it’s in trouble.
i That's about the same philosophy fac-

a ia 100:people move to Terrace and can’t
fi

| place to live, they’re in trouble. If

1,000 people move to the city and can’t
find a place to live, the city’s in trouble.

' For -several years there's been a

= distinct lack of rental housing in Ter-

race. It stifles growth and can lead to se-
cond: thoughts of people and businesses

interested in moving to the city. A

serious side effect is that prices rise to

meet demand and that leads to higher

housing costs for lower i income earners.

-But when a person who wants to build.

an apartment block approaches city
council for rezoning approval, what hap-
pens? He gets the boot.

“Ray ‘Lovstad wanted to construct
upscale rental units on a piece of Eby St.
property Just down from the provincial .

“Those of us who spent the last while
: -tianging onto phone poles to keep from
being blown away by that vicious wind
‘ must be forgiven for being confused.
.,,At’s hard to take all the stuff we've
“been hearing about the greenhouse effect
setiously when being confronted with a
- wind chill of -45, So, just what is it?
; Palm trees along the Skeena or huddling
“around your toaster oven for warmth?

Well, it seems to be a bit of both with
an’ ‘emphasis on a glitch in the natural cy-
“de of hot and cold climatic periods.

Popular scientific theory has it that

Welcome mat

access centre in. what is commonly
regarded as an upscale neighbourhood.
Rental housing there? Heaven's no, says
a majority of council..Bye-bye, Ray.

What that majority of council ignored

was a recommendation for approval

from its: own planning department. It

also ignored guidelines of its own com-
munity plan’ calling for that area. to

' become a place for higher density hous:

ing.
And so council: appears terribly con-
fused, ,It prattles ‘on about economic

development. It .sends its economic —
development officer: zooming around to

various conferences extolling the virtues
of moving here. It wants to spend
millions on a community centre to
enhance Terrace as place to live.

Yet it fails to take into account pro-
viding the right kind of development at-
mosphere to encovirage the construction -
of housing. It’s a strange occurrence
given that city council's pro-free enter-
prise philosophy i is hot to, meddle but to
stimulate. coe!

_ So what is in,

the earth has always gone through ¢ exten-
sive hot and cold ages depending on the
wobble of the planet.as.it circles the sun.
That wobble changes the ‘angle of the
earth’s tilt toward the sun and so affects
the temperature.
We're now in a warming trend, Since

' 1980, we've experienced six of the seven

hottest years on record over the past 140
years of such measurements. The glitch
is that the artificial increase in carbon

dioxide in the atmosphere caused by the 7
growth of population and industry will ©

extend that warming cycle.

Sunrise SOrrow |

# “Authors of self-improvement

‘articles always advise finding
“extra time:by getting up earlier.
Fifteen to sixty. minutes earlier.
They expect you to be coancd
alive before the alpenglow by
your fervor to master a foreign

Through ,
Blfocals 1\.
by Claudette Sandecki :

>

‘langubge, exercise five inches
‘from your hips, or write a best-. -

‘selling novel.
“Just as every high school
teacher thinks he’s the only in-
Structor assigning homework,
80, too, self-improvement ex-
‘pects figure you have only one
‘aim .in life. But suppose you’re
‘tackling © ‘several’ goals
‘gimultaneiously? You could be
igetting up before- everyone else
aa to bed, :

‘Getting a headstart..on the

‘aay ig: mandatory. sonditioning,
ve: Moins. When ©

ifor pros
amy family’ Was young,’ a: two-
‘hour ;jumpstart. let. me wax
‘floors without, footprints,
‘launder ‘elothes, even » write
«whole letters with one color ink.

get-ahead?® :

| These © ‘authors reason our: -

Fesolve is at its. peak before

we're fully awake, No wonder.
‘they. think so. Why else would’
ahyone wrench’: ‘hergelf from:

‘e6zy slumber to’sit shivering in
i room .chilled. Be a lowered
‘Blermostit?: a

ng eats rather

ital a inthe wee ala ‘lock: docin’t ima the

hours calls for a preparedness
countdown before retiring.
Along with setting out the tools

- for your task, you'll want a

turtleneck such as. North Sea

‘ deckhands don in December,

flannel-lined slippers, wool
kneesocks, and a cup of brewed
coffee for reheating,
Lassitude is
drawback to

a major
daybreak

diligence. All hours.of the day
cam catch you dragging, but
-nartolepsy may strike from sun-.
‘down ‘onward. :: You .yawn
‘through supper, forking. food:
with the animation-of a ‘drum-
‘mer ‘powered by a Brand X bat-
: tery; end up with the daily:
‘But should anyone . besides a.
mother. have to give up sleep to:

‘editorial imprinted on one

cheek, and snooze through ‘The

Journal...

A ‘unique hazard for
“ earlybirds comes from their
overbearing cheerfulness. While
“He-a-beds: grope for their first

caffeine fix, carly birds are rev-

_ ved up, keen’ to discuss the six:
a "clock newscast’ and: defend Ho
their Opinions of those events. .
This mood disparity can‘ touch .
off more sparks than a fork pry-'

ing toast. >.

. Adhering. to ‘any: self-
improvement regimen is akin to
peering New Year's resolutions.

Having ; ;to , Obey. ‘imperious

£

job any easier.

So many excuses exist to scut-
tle your best intentions. Cold
weather of the sort we've been
experiencing when you flirt with
pneumonia until the furnace has
a chance to.warm the house.
Staying up late. Working. over-
time, Insomnia. Even self-pity, °

Sunrise «sessions neatly
sidestep the lure of time fillers
such as television, videos, ‘and
magazines. TV isn’t available
before 6 -a.m.;.. videos and’

magazines lack appeal . at that.

hour, .
If you can counter. “the
obstacles, chanticleer . glasses
can substatially enhance your
Productivity, They permit.

_ing in without interruptions,

But should you lapse, “you'll
have no witnesses,

HERE COMES RALPH, went}
I Won't. WAVE;To HIM "
Cause 1 Just SAW Hit”

, IN ue STORE... :

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iat It

This. cure doesn’ t
: fit the sickness _

VICTORIA —Having decided

‘to go back to “trusting his in- |

Stincts,”"* Premier Vander,Zalm
will probably continue to sur-
prise his fellow British Colum-
bians, including his fellow ;
cabinet members, with i im-:;,
‘Promptu announcements,:...
~ ‘The taxpayer-financed pen- °
sion plan and computerized -’
iting system. for-dactors, pay,

ihaye be, only the beginning...
Swimming. pools for lawyers. .

‘and Porsches for dentists may:
be next.on the agenda.

* Vander Zalm certainly know ©
how to pick his issues, I mean,
if anything could have riled up
people even more than they

.. Were already, what with the . |

GST and the resulting price in-,
creases, the pension plan for'
doctors was it.

. And the premier’s explana:

tion, made no more sense than

' the original announcement. On
; principle he was in favour of

_; pension plans, he. said, but

-. somewhere down the road

“governments would run out of
money to pay for pensions. |

~ Therefore, the B.C: govern- °

ment was going to pay for. ;
doctors’ pensions today, <
Forcing the taxpayers to

- finance pension plans for,doc-
‘tors is bordering on obscenity:
Doctors have always insisted :

that they are not employees of
the government but rather. free
agents, And if that wasn’t’ |
reason enough to make ‘them | -
pay for their own pension |
plans, their income is. I've yet

” to see a poor middle-aged doc.

tor.
Doctors are getting a ‘good
deal as it is..The taxpayers. pay .

; for their education and, once

in business, guarantee, their ‘i in-
come. Without doctors, stock
markets would tumble. The :
sion: plan. ald for by the.
public, : ,

I'm obviously not alone vith |
my sentiments; : Public reaction
has: been outright hostile, but:

“more important, two cabinet

ministers were enraged when
they heard: of Varider Zalm's -

“ Neither health ‘minister J ohn

“we Hs see fun.

7 pam! HE: wiaven!
~ | Now HEU TH IM
¢ T Ms Suck UPI os

From the
Capital

by Hubert Beyer ©

Jansen, not France Fm ng

Me ‘Couveli ler su E
idea at first?’ ‘Whats noe ee
they had no idea the premier *
- would announce the deal, ,
‘True, it was discussed in -
cabinet, but neither of the two
‘ministers were present when
- cabinet, voted on it,

and Jansen, had no idea the:

matter was even undér. serious. 7 ae
~-all Socreds: Vander Zalm i isn't”

considerations. Neither’ a

them knew that their staff had”
said as much during his recen

been discussing the topic with -
‘the premier’s office. vo
In @ normal political en-
vironment, Jansen and
: Couvelier would have resigned
“immediately, but these aren’t

_, normal political circumstances.
“. ‘The Social Credit Party is in.
‘ deep trouble, andIcan')

- understand that Couvelier and -

- Jansen don't want to make
things ‘worse. Gn the other
hand, there’s only so much.

' humiliation anyone can be ex- ~

pected to suffer, So, I would
‘not yet rule out the possibility
of one or two resignations,
Would that make‘any dif-
“ference to Vander Zalm? J.
‘doubt it. He'd probably

- dismiss the resignations as the oa

actions of a couple of
malcontenta,*

- Lalso don’t expect Vander .
a Zalm to respond 'to a letter
Jack Kempf, the Socred MLA

; ‘for Omenica, sent him with

. Fegard to the doctors’ pension :

» Plan.

off the hook with calls ‘from
: all over this province from:

" British Columbians absolutely *.
\ opposed’”' to the pension pian,.°

' Kempf said although he.-
knows that no legislation is
,Meeded to implement the pen-
‘sion plan, he urges the premier

WELL; THERE HE IS
AGANET. 7 Beer

~ And that’s not all. Couvelier

"ing important announcemen

- fisten to the Social Credit -!

” Kenmpf said ts dls letter tna .
"his phone ‘has been ringing

‘~ of respect for parliament
tradition, And that's Rot

tou Ne Dow ¥

¢ legislature “in - ;
jard terse | people hiaye Shield
‘Say in ‘pliblic debate: 7

Like I said before ; Kempf

ras

co. should have. known. better than
“ta return to the party fold: I'm

sure he now feels like having
insisted to get back aboard the

- Titanic after having been -

assured passage on another
ship.

‘One thing should be elear
‘about to change his style..

radio arid TV. appearances

He's going back to trusting his

own instincts. again’ ‘father
conferring with ‘advisers, he’
said. ee
_ Not only that, he’

here and there, he saic
no, he won't check with:
cabinet every time. Nor, will:

membership, he added, -
because it wasn't just the
Social Credit members who ;
“voted for meas premier,"
but all the people of, British:
Columbia... — oe

‘alons alot better than a gt Pp
of people. in all the years I've
known him, he has’ never, not’
once, shown any outward

nye .

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