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Milter — ci reutation ‘Superior. “replenish ‘membership - ranks. . tend ‘to : for anyone, CDs, music records ~ EDITORIAL “Way to go, Les Once again Thornhill regional district director Les Watmough has proven himself to be one of the few northwest ‘politicians to say something that makes sense. Long a critic of forest policy, Mr: Watmough took exception at Saturday's regional district meeting with the an- _ nouncement and then by the provincial government of a plan to put up 623,000 cubic metres of wood a year for the next 25 years. That wood would have come under what the province calls 4 pulpwood agreement. What it does is guarantee a’ company that kind of volume should it be unable to find it anywhere else. It’s a form of security of supply for.a com- pany’s existing or planned new facilities. The lead applicant in Pulpwood Agreement 17 was Skeena Cellulose. It wanted a $750 million expansion at its Port Edward pulp mill and needed the fibre guarantee. As a matter of fact, it asked the provincial government for it in the first place. The other three applicants could best be described as companies wanting protection against anyone else from getting a lock on the fibre. Earlier this fall Skeena Cellulose cancelled its plans, citing a declining pulp market. One month ago, the pro- vincial government called off the ap- plication process. The plan and its subsequent cancella- tion, said Mr. Watmough, was “a political . decision’” : If harvestable trees were there before the pulpwood agree- ment idea was born, Mr, Watmough says, they must still be. there now as “trees don’t just appear and disappear.” Skeena Cellulose’s loss of interest in the wood shoula not have changed anything ‘‘because there were still other people who wanted it,’’ says Mr. Watmough. However, he suspected if the decision had been left in the hands of forest ser- vice staff from the start, the pulpwood agreement plan would never have materialized ‘‘because they realize that the trees are probably not there."’ What is or what isn’t in the forest has always been a subject of great debate, but what Mr. Watmough says is cons- tant. Decisions about wood in B.C. almost always are a matter of politics. . Petro War No war is a good war, although some may be a bit better than others. What may.occur in the Persian .Gulf-ranks way.- down on the-list. of least. désirable wars. A response to Saddam Hussein’s inva- sion of Kuwait is deserved. He did, despite the history of the area which in- dicates: Mr. Hussein may have a tiny point, invade a sovereign country. .. But what is going on now is more of a stand to protect oil supplies than it is to correct an international crime. Would there have been, for instance, this kind of response if the invasion had occurred in any part of the world which doesn’t possess massive supplies of oil? Canadians should also ask themselves why federal services are being curtailed in order to provide monies for this benefit by once again -securing Kuwait's . oilfields. But so would Kuwait. Indeed, it would stand to benefit to a much greater extent because of the massive profits it would reap by once again sell- ing oil on the world market. Kuwait has an estimated.-$200- billion stashed in banks and investments around , the world from profits already derived. If Canada is to dabble in such military action, and that’s a matter that deserves more public debate, we should get some of that money to pay the bills. Library booster. _ The codfish lays ten thousand e285, - The homely hen lays one, The codfish never cackles Through , ? To tell you what she's done. Bifocals of And sa-we scorn the codfish, by Claudette Sandecki - . While the humble hen we prize, Which only goes to show you -| That it pays to advertise, — Anonymous _- Terrace public library.is right to spend $5,000 on a three- month promotional. campaign to drum up new members — though it. already has to shoehorn patrons. Families move into town, or out, Kids quarters, secure, need For when we think libraries, we ‘think books. But libraries offer “more, Much more. : ; Ferrace library ‘Joans 170 magazines, audio books for the . blind as well as story cassettes “and tapes, videos, and movie _ cil table. projection equipment, the housebound service. The wonder is all these ser- vices come from such cramped If Terrace is ever to have a airconditioned library with a leak-proof roof and space to display. the 6,000. volumes now in storage, we aldermen who are ‘recycled calculators. . Ideally, councillors could. name an award-winning Cana- dian novelist as well.as the cur- rent coach of. the’ B.C. Lions. But their preferred reading is" year-end reports, They demand profits and jobs from- every | decision they make at the coun- Of Terrace’s new council, two aldermen support an eX- panded library, two favour a convention centre, and two pro-' « mise to abide by a referendum;' Which .way does the mayor. teeter? Who knows, He was ac- claimed. .* ; So it’s clear we could per- suade council to build a bigger, ; graduate and leave. Seniors pass bookworms with heart, not better library if we learn from on, Chamber of Commerce-types sports groups how to lobby. | Advertising services should with pacemakers tdoled from them. We must convince them their champagne dreams of a convention: centre are buoyed only by a hops budget. Better to build an expanded library to. serve 9,500 card- carrying members than a B.C. Place North to cater to a pro- -jected convention clientele that may never materialize.. _ ‘Alcan missed out ECETABI Bil, yo ona good thing VICTORIA — At 8 a.m. ., the latest edition of Alcan’s newsletter landed on my desk. An hour later, much of the goodwill which, [ imagine, the publication was to have _ created in terms of public rela- tions was thoroughly trashed. But half an hour later, some of it was restored thanks to some quick damage control. foreign expedition ‘To be sure-we would «s¢:The'niewsletter-in-questionsi