Ad - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 17, 2001 STANDARD ESTABLISHED APRIL 27, 1988 PUBLISHER: ROD LINK ADDRESS: 3210 Clinton Street Terrace, B.C. * V8G 5R2 TELEPHONE: (250) 638-7283 * FAX: (250) 638-8432 EMAIL: standard@kermode.net Ticket tally IT IS simply wrong for the federal government to hand over money te the country’s airlines as compensation for not being able to fly in those days immediately after the terrorist attacks on the United States. Giving money away never solved anything. If it did, the country’s various ills would have been fixed a long time ago. - Instead, the federal government should do something creative that would not only address the airlines’ problems, but stimulate the economy and provide a service to the taxpayer who is providing the $160 million in the first place. And that creative solution is for the federal gov- ernment to use the money to buy airline tickets. The airlines would still get the money and the country would get value for its investment. Locally grown Hawkair, for instance, estimates it is in line for roughly $100,000. Well and good. Consider what $100,000 in tickets would do for people from the northwest who need to fly to Vancouver for medical treatment. This is particu- larly crucial with the coming cuts to health care budgets. They will mean we’ll be required to make up any difference with our own finances, so the prospect of $100,000 in tickets will help out, . - A $100 million in Air Canada tickets could well be the foundation for a grand opportunity for , Canadians to see their own country. Make them ‘| available on a lottery scheme — the hook being : that people have to be willing to visit a province not within their general geographic region. People from Alberta could see Quebec and vice versa. The economic:spinoffs would be-substantial, nat « to mehtior'the’ nation-building that“would result from people visiting parts of the country they would not otherwise have an opportunity to enjoy. The airlines should jump at this. It means money to them. It means a chance to rebuild their passenger base. And for the rest of us, it means that something good may come from the terrible events of Sept. 11. That rant NO DOUBT there’s an overriding temptation from a lot of us to parachute UBC professor Sun- era Thobani into Afghanistan and have her go off on how the Taliban run that country. That would be wrong. We should value the professor’s rant which equated American foreign policy with terrorism. All she did was express an opinion, albeit a nutbar one at that. ' The freedom to have an opinion separates us from much of the rest of the world. The ability to have opinion is a freedom which makes this country a pretty darn good place in which to live. 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Storigs, photographs, Whistrations, dasigns and typestylas in the Terrace Standard are the prope:ty of the copyright halders, including Cariboo Press {1969} Ltd,, Its illustration repro services and advertising agences. |. : : . . Reproduction in whole or in part, without written permission, Is specifically prohibited. Authorized as second-class mail panding the Post Offica Department, for payment of postage in cash. COMPETITION Special thanke to all our contributors and correspondents ‘for their time and talents DON'T You HATE WHEN THAT HAPPENS? wie ~ Z ) DD, we IK No prob VICTORIA — Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the New York and Washington, I have written three columns on that subject and about six or seven on provincial politics. The columns dealing with terrorism filled the inbox of my e-mail program with re- sponse from readers, while the pieces about the Liberal gov- emment’s slash-and-burn poli- cies drew deafening silence. At this moment, [ have at least two dozen letters from readers, Some agrecing, some disagreeing with my views on the post-Sept, 11 world. So I will, once more, divert from my usual topics and write about the topic that at this moment worries everyone more than home-grown poli- tics. In the wake of last month’s attacks, several peace mar- ches have been held in Victor- ia, as elsewhere They were at- ’*“tended’ by mostly ‘women, soe many of them with their ‘child- ren. There were far feWeér' men in attendance. They carried signs saying “Give Peace a Chance” and similar mes- Sapes. ; I do not doubt their sincer- ity for one moment. What woman wouldn't want a peaceful world for her children to grow up in? What man, for that matter, wouldn’t want the same thing.? In a perfect world, 1 would have been taking part in those marches, Alas, it is not a per- fect world and naiveté will not rid the world of terrorism. There were peace marches during the months leading up A dog OCTOBER’S COLDER wet weather reminds us April’s cuddly puppy now deserves his own outdoor shelter. The Ter- race library has a shelf full of books on dogs, their care, health, breeding and training, but I couldn’t find a word in any index or chapter heading about backyard doghouses. A veterinarian suggests these common sense guides to constructing a warm, dry sui- table-sized doghouse. First, measure the height of your adult dog standing. The house should be no more than ten inches above the topmost part of your dog, whether that’s his skull or his ears, A house any higher will be so big his body won’t be able to heat it. Make the house suffi- ciently long and wide so he can stretch out or curl up com- fortably. , To buffer a sleeping dog from driving wind, situate the You VE GoT SoME.-TaPe ON ‘YODR WINDotg! Don't Tove iT T'S Duct TAPE : ae i FROM THE CAPITAL HUBERT BEYER to the outbreak of the Second World War. Some people wanted to give peace a chance then. And in their quest for peace, the nations that could have prevented Hitler from ris- ing to the height of his power, tried lo appease him. Instead of chasing Hitler’s troops back across the Rhine in his first military venture, they ‘believed him when “he “ said he had no further designs. * Instead of stopping him at the Sudetenland invasion, they decided to betray Czechoslo- vakia, again hoping that’s where it would end. Well, it didn’t end until Europe lay in ashes and some 50 million had lost their lives. To have secured “peace in our time,” had become the most fateful misjudgment any poli- tician of any free nation had ever made. Those who are marching for peace today, who are con- demning the United States in particular for their retaliatory actions are making that same THROUGH BIFOCALS CLAUDETTE SANDECKI entrance to one side rather than dead center, For further comfort, put in a buffer wall back of the door so the dog: can walk in, turn to the side and go behind the wall to sleep. Always try ta position the finished: house with the door away from the prevailing winds. , PUCT TA YOUR WINDOW IS . FED SHUT: at'§ JUST TEMPORARY + eat dreadful misjudgment. As long as terrorists con- fined themselves to setting off the odd bomb in crowded places far from here, it was easy for us to ignore them. September 11 changed al! that. The attacks not only killed close to 7,000 people and blew a $100 billion hole into the U.S. economy. It showed that from this moment on, nobody was safe. Opponents to U.S., of whom there are plenty at the best of times, believe that it was the U.S. itself that has created the problem. UBC assistant professor Sunera Thobani; who attacked the U.S. government's “bloodthirsty” foreign policy two weeks ago, is a case in point. She sees America as the greatest oppressor of all time. How I wish, she had been in Germany when I grew up. She, em in choosing sides Will that satisfy the terror- ists? Not a chance. President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair of Great Britain- may stress in every speech that the retaliatory actions are not against Islam, but bin Laden’s actions are certainly a war of extremist Islam against the in- fidel. To really stop the terrorists in a peaceful fashion, we should consider converting our countries to Islam, make our women wear burkhas, start beating the hell out of any woman showing part of her body and stoning those to death who commit adultery. That might do it. I will not spend too much time here telling you of my first experience with Ameri- cans, except to say that the American soldiers, many of whom must have lost comrades during their advance, treated this 10-year-old boy with a. would “have gottensa)taste.o€ cio Rindness.that ‘1 found hard. to what Gppression really.means.,.,.,understand,even then... ‘How I wish'she would: hold :si-.: -. milar speeches in Afghanistan, where members of the Tali- ban’s feared Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice beat women to death for showing a few square inches of skin, where women are not allowed to work and be educated. Let’s for a moment consider giving in to bin Laden's pub- lished demands: on top of his list is the withdrawal of “the infidel’s” troops from Saudi Arabia, site of Mecca and Medina, the holiest Muslim sites. Next, we abandon Israel to ils own Fate. needs a good Weatherproof the roof using shingles, tarpaper, or plywood, Seal the ridgepole to keep out any leaks where the roof halves meet. Build the house several inches off the ground to avoid dampness and most insects. In- sulate the walls for extra pro- tection against frost and driv- ing winds. Though more complicated to construct, a house with a re- moval roof offers two bonuses: First, if the roof is easily lifted off, you can get into the house from time to time to thorough- ly clean the interior, to assist an injured dog, to lend a hand to a bitch having difficulty whelping, or if the worst hap- pens, to remove the rigid car- cass of a dead animal, particu- larly in freezing temperatures, The vet's assistant recalled an incident where a dog would have, died had they not been able to lift aside the roof and qe No Noe, ieacanessyy & ay ae. me 4 ee x Zz é, seovepeReue ‘And the care parcels many Germans received immediately after the war didn’t come from the U.S. government with strings attached. They came from ordinary American citi- zens, a gift to people belonging to the nation that had just de- Strayed a continent, When choosing sides, I have no problem choosing the Uni- ted States over the murderous | Taliban and anyone else who wishes me ill. Beyer can be reached at: E-mail: hubert@coolcom.com; Tel (250) 381-6900; Web itp. fw, hubertbeyer.com nouse remove the dog for treatment. Secondly, removing the roof reduces the weight of the house by sbout one third, no small consideration when shifting a large doghouse from one part of the yard to another, or when selling the house to be hauled elsewhere. Bedding for an outdoor dog- house can range from nothing at all to wood shavings, hay, or old towels or blankets which can be laundered. Your choice depends upon the behaviour of your dog. Does he tear blankets into shreds and scatter them all over the lawn? A dog such as a Blue Healer with a thick downy undercoat, may prefer the coolness of bare wood. Under no circumstances use barley straw as bedding, Barley straw. is filled with scratchy chaff which irritates a dog’s skin and threatens his eyes, Build your doghouse to fit your dog, if he were shaved.