‘Ad - The Terps Slandarl, Wedneadey, August 2, 1995

TERRACE ___

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ESTABLISHED APRIL 27, 1988

ADDRESS: 4647 Lazelle Ave., Terrace, B.C. °V8G 188
TELEPHONE: (604) 638-7283 * FAX: (604) 638-8432
MODEM: (604) 638-7247

Fifty years on
FIFTY YEARS ON, can it really be over?

It’s a question that began to be asked last year
‘on the SOth anniversary of the Normandy inva-
sion and continued this year with the June com-
Memorations. of the end of the Second World
“War in Europe.

And it’s a question that'll be asked again this.
month when the world notes the 50th anniver-
‘sary to the end of the Second World War in the
Far East.

. This month’s events will be more “muted than
the ones of June, at least here in Canada, given
‘that the European portion of the war drew more
of our country’s resources and manpower.

' Yet Canadians did serve throughout the Far
‘East. For two infantry battalions, the war was
particularly brutal. Members of the Royal Rifles
‘of Canada and the Winnipeg Grenadiers spent
‘four years in Japanese captivity after the fall of
Hong Kong on Christmas Day 1941.

. The answer to the question is: No. Choosing a
-date such as 50 years is merely an artificial land-
‘mark of human history. To be sure, massive
events have taken place since the end of the Sec-
‘ond World War. But the memories of what that
‘war did and in what direction the world went
‘afterward make the Second World War too im-
‘portant to let it ever subside i in human conscious-
“ness.

All of this becomes even more important as the’
years go on and as the numbers of those who
took. part in the Second World War decline.
Losing that human connection must not be taken |
as an. excuse’ for letting the events of the 1930s.
and 1940s pass on as: well.

At thé very least the decision to'use nuclear
weapons on two Japanese cities must stand as
reminder of how human beings can design 0 mass
instruments of destruction. . ws

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Forest model is working —

VICTORIA — In the
shadow of the dramatic fand-
use changes brought about in
British Columbia in the past
three years, an experiment in
forest management: has been
conducted quietly and without
fanfare at our west coast,

The. Long Beach Medel

Forest project was launched by |

the federal government in 1991

in response to concerns about |
the environment and the wise |
“use of resources or better, the |

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lack thercof. .
The Long Beach Model

"Forest is once of a network of |

ten large-scale working models
across the country, represent-
ing the five major forest eco-
Tegions of Canada. The ten Ca-
-nadian, Model Forests are, in
tum, part of an. international
network, with two in Mexico
and one in Russia,
Encompassing about 400,000
hectares of land, the Long
Beach Model Forest stretches
from the Hesquiat Peninsula in
the northwest to Barkley
Sound-ia-the- southeast, - —

A TIP of the painter’s beret to the artists and
their sponsors in this city who have done much
to brighten up the downtown area.

The burgeoning number of murals on the walls
of various buildings add that little special some-
thing for locals and visitors. *

Art reflects its surroundings and in this regard
the murals are a prime example. We’re seeing

- winter Scenes, summer scenes, scenes of indus-

trial activity past and present and expressions of
cultural and societal background.

Separately the murals stand as individual snap-
shots. Collectively they form a monster photo al-
bum telling us and the world of the people and
influences that make up Terrace and surrounding
area.

_ More importantly Terrace could soon become
the northwest’s City of Murals — a tag that can
only add to the attractiveness of the city as a
tourist destination.

NAS) PUBLISHER/EDITOR: Rod Link
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COMMUNITY: Cris Leykaut
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CIRCULATION SUPERVISOR: Karen Brunette
MEMBER OF 8.C. PRESS COUNCIL
Sarving the Terrace and Thornhill ares, Published on Wednesday of aach week by Cariboo Prass (1960)
Ltd, at 4647 Lazelta Ava., Tatrace, British Columbia.
Stores, photographs, Illustrations, designs and typestyles in the Terrace Standard ara the property of the
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Speclal thanks to all our contributors and correspondents
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~ The term model forest might
be a bit misleading. The area
itself is not a model forest, but
the research, the activities, the
projects and programs carried
out by members of the Long
Beach Model Forest Society
will hopefully serve as models

HUBERT BEYER

. functions, composition and

of- potential forest use that
demonstrate sustainable devel-
opment.

Simply put, sustainable de-
velopment will always remain
within the limits of the en-
vironment to deal with it. In
forestry, in means not only
harvesting no more than we
plant, but harvesting in a man-
ner that least disrupts the
forests’ eco-system,

The Long Beach. Model

* Forest, like its national and in-

temational counterparts, is an
exercise in democracy, The
different sectors involved in
the project are youth, First Na-
tions, the federal, provincial
and municipal governments,
fisheries, major manufacturers,
value-added industry, conser-

things at the landscape level ‘
rather than within .a ‘single
tenure or block. Up to now, the.
companies Have been working
in isolation. Watersheds have
get off the ground. The ' been split among tenures. This: —
Ecosystem Leaming Centre at is a chance to get away fom. ,
Tofino is schedule to open in that: wl
early August The centre will “The Long Beach Model
concentrate on interpreting the Forest Society gives us an op-
portunity to work with other .
stakeholders, to maintain
biodiversity at the landscape
level,’’ he says, -
And since youth will inkerit .
our world and be the leaders of
tomorrow, their participation
should be regarded as most im-
portant. And that’s exacily «
how Rob Mealey, a student.at :
North Island College in- Port
Alberni, sees his involvement,
“The youth sector hopes that.
the Long Beach Model Forest :
Society will provide a forum
for working things out. Most
of us are tired of fighting, We |
also hope that the society is.
providing us with and op-
portunity for real involvement.
“‘We have a chance to make
a real contribution, Our voice |
‘is being heard. The mod.
forest society is listening to
what we have to say, and
be dealt with by information pzople.in the youth sector are
and knowledge,’ Wanless responding to that. It gives us
says. hope for the future,’’ says
“It’s also a chance to address = Mealey,

vation science, the outdoor
recreation sector, education,
labor atid tourism,

One of the model forest
society’s projects is about to

structure of forest and near-
shore eco-systems.

' And even though the centre
will welcome tourists, its main
function is to serve the com-
munities in the area as a Jearn-
ing centre for understanding
the idea -and the ethic of
sustainability in our forests,

How times have changes is
best demonstrated by the will-
ingness of the big forest com-
panics to participate in the
model forest project. Dean
Wanless is west coast opera-
tions manager for. International
Forest Products.

‘We see the Long Beach
Model Forest as a good op-
portunity to initiate forest re-
search, There’s been only
limited research in the past 40
ton 50 years, and a lot of the
controversy and debate could

Vol
“WHAT WE call progress is

the exchange of one nuisance
Jor another.” Havelock Ellis,

Voice mail is the latest tech-
nology to interfere with com-
munication. Voice mail, with
good reason, has been the butt
of jokes by Air Farce and This
Hour Has 22 Minutes, Why,
even Carol Bumett’s Mrs,
Wiggins gave better service
than voice mail.

So far I’ve yet to meet voice
mail in a competitive compa-
ny.

But last October School Dis-
trict 88 replaced its competent
switchboard operator with an
expensive voice mail system.
Bach Terrace school district

‘ telephone is paired with its
own answering machine oc-
cupying desk space,

The switchboard operator
could help you. If you didn’t
know who you needed to speak
to, she could suggest the
proper party. If your party was
unavailable, she could suggest
a substitute, or a good time to

mail — it’s inhuman

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call again. She even took mes-
sages. And passed them on.

Voice mail is accessible only
by touch tone phone, Callera
with rotary dials must do the
old-fashioned thing — wait to
speak with an operator. One of
the bookkeepers has been as-
signed the task.

Dial any school district num-
ber and a recorded voice in-
viles you to press the extension

(if you know it) of the person

you wish to reach. If you et

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staff. And so on.

Umpteen copies of this vital
data will be photostated for
distribution to every trustee,
administrator and principal
with a copy to the minister of
education for provincial ar-
chives.

Recently in Ontario, North
York’s mayor became so in-
censed when he phoned his
manager of operations at 11
a.m. only to be invited to leave
a voice mail message, he can-
celed city hall’s voice mail an
the spot. From now on North
York’s phones will be ans-
wered by people with pencils
poised over paper pads, .

As one North York taxpayer
put it, ‘"We pay them to do a
job. Why aren’t they there to |:
answer their phone?’

Let the district argue voice .
mail saves them one clerical
salary. It wastes my time. And
moves the district {nta the
same category as UIC and
Manpower -—— aloof, in
accessible, and proud of it.

know the extension but do
know the person’s last name,
you may spell the first four let-
ters, I know few staff by last
ame.

Otherwise, you must let the
recording patter to its end be-
fore an operator answers.
Many of us, so ticked off we
long to reach out and touch
someone, hang up.

-That may be the main excuse
for voice mail; it buffers the
distict from deallag with
pesky parents, public, and sur-
veyors,

So what vital activities are
slaff up to while voice mail
takes their calls? 171] bet some
earnest lackey is gathering
voicemail logs to prepare a
computer spreadsheet to be an-
alyzed 16 different ways by a
six-figure bureaucrat.

Everyone needs to know
which machines record the
most messages; average length
of recorded messages} perccnt-
age of calls originating from
the general public, or from

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