Page. Mt _ Terrace Standart, Wednesday, October 2, 1991 | * Bettnetion mages services, end advertising agenciea. ; ‘Begroducon lo whole o part wither! writen prnislan, is spectay rant. peer ea eer rm ran . ; Or , Repiatration No. 7820 4647 Lazelle Ave., Terrace, B.G., V8G1 38 Phone (604) 638-7283. Fax (604) 638-8432, - ‘Serving the Teertee trou. Published on Wachesday of each wouk by Carioca Press (1960) Lid, at 4647 Lazolle Ave, Terrace, Exttsh Commits, ' ‘tee cel, ca esp a yp a arc aw pry cop i, Pats) LL “Dow we really pay politicians to scrap over the proceeds from gambling activi- ty? You bet, according to the Social Credit-and ‘New Democratic candidates for: Skeena i in some of their first com- ments of this provincial election. . Socred Dave Parker is running on his — record, not the least of which he says is his ability to bring in lottery grants. His figure of $7 million over five years seems to be pretty impressive.. That’s fine, responds: New Democrat Helmut Giesbrecht, but the riding doesn’t need an’ MLA whose greatest achievement is -being a letter carrier for the lottery cor- . Poration. -What both are saying is that the lot- tery corporation is a highly political animal. All that money poured in each week : -by peoplé chasing the. elusive dream of riches is converted into a gigan- tic pork barrel. The more'a politician can return. to the riding, the better he or she Tis ¢ an ugly scenario. Each year there are. fewer and fewer steelhead making their way up the Skeena River. And that airy? fewer anid fewer" ‘spawners. “And ev itually,“that ‘means there won't’ be any of the prized fish left. ‘The problem starts with the steelhead being given a different economic value depending upon who catches it. To a commercial fishermen, a steelhead is a chunk of protein worth hardly anything — a by-product caught in nets while pur- suing other fish. To an angler, or a per- son who makes a living from the angling business, ‘the steelhead is worth its, | The Gamblers is judged to be a representative of the people. : It’s a heck of a way to turn ‘the non-— political request from a sports team for money’ to travel to a* competition someplace: into the idea that the politi- cian deserves a vote the next time there i is an election. And it’s a heck of a way to twist the idea that a politican is elected to make policy decisions for the betterment of society into something as tacky as han- "ding out cheque after “cheque after che- que. ‘What's needed: more . than ever is removing lottery grant decisions from the control of politicians. How about setting up regional boards to disperse - lottery profits from publicly set and con- trolled guidelines? Politicians can then get back to the reasons why they were elected in the first place. - The Steelhead © weight in gold. Just one of those fish is worth several thousands of dollars in ~ time and money invested in angling from aa "a Tiver bank. "aelt ‘sari weaae sina * The problem persists with conflicting’ - jurisidictions. Commercial fishing boats are. controlled by federal fisheries, but . river systems come under provincial authority. With any problem, there must be a solution. To get to that solution requires the best efforts of everybody involved. It’s either that or an end to yet another species of wildlife on this planet. How to stop crime Terrace’ s ‘marquee drunkards must be feeling as thoroughly unappreciated as mobile... the Haz- ster how much suds and Cliffies guzzle, Through Bifocals _ by Claudette Sandecki ¢ yi-hours a week they i ibibing, or how. i in- Linge aya? even if . their tavern trysts, : Though - sober citizens can’: ‘Sam - Nalones hunt! for. new ways to sell. them. more drinks. To squeeze : in) maximum ‘ ‘drinking already, drunkards ar- rive early, . perch on the stool -handiest to the washroom, and : here until closing time. T they” weave their way ‘home dodging * Counterattack ‘road blocks, -unscrambling ‘pavement lines that coil like ‘fishing: worms: before their i im- paired vision. ‘If ‘caught, fined, and their | ‘licence : taken away, they’ stitl -warm’a bar stool every evening ha work out in a;gym or on the - Lan field, boozehounds. fre arorations sat satisfied? Reon, ” they . deserve. ‘balls, They've lost’ He i cen Tt their homed, their families. But” There, liquor outlets open at 8 a.m. so winos can breakfast on quality spirits, rather than risk substitutes such — as Lysol sold at 24-hour conve- nience stores. -Years ago, beer parlours shy- ly revived boozers’ thirst. with - free salted peanuts or pretzels. For entertainment, they offered pool: tables, dart boards, and jukeboxes. Then. psychologists announc- ed red decor made pub- patrons feel cozy, keen.to quaff. Hotels ‘ became inns; red wall coverings, carpets, and furnishings pro- , -liferated there and in cabarets. But boosting alcoholic intake . ; et “Stop.” Beer. and wine = ‘. stores” popped out;: making it possible for lushes to keep their et, like bagpipe ‘moutlipieces,' during the few Jw ‘moments’ “when -legal liquor sources.are padlocked, Now barkeepers import strip- pers, male: pe female, hire live piled while Prohibition existed in Canada during the. First] World War, Economic status of the work- ing class improved as alcohol consumption was reduced. Sav- ings accounts doubled. Absenteeism fell: industrial effi- ciency lack of inmates; Saskatchewan closed one. : In 1918 Calgary Police Chief Alfred Cuddy reported . that “the abolition of the bar. con- tinues to serve asa preventative for every type of crime,”" _~ But how many. of us want to prevent srime?, improved. ~Manitobal - closed two provincial jails- for| . "TROUBLE IS THERE ME No CHALLENGES: ere ORNITHOLOGY rm - sii) ASIA GINGERP THERELL ALWAY'S BF | HANSEL AND ET eS on - VICTORIA — My mother us- ed to tell me that one can’t be too careful i in the choice of one’s. friends. She should have — told'the Socreds the same = thing. 7 I mean, how would you like ‘to. be Rita Johnston and wake up to @ Vancouver Sun front- ’ page headline, telling you that -. Orie of your candidates did Tesearch for Ernst -Zundel. *Zundel i is the Nazi disciple - was a hoax. Zundel was victed: in 1985 ‘of spreading *.’ false news: He appealed. the - conviction and won, but was rétfied in 1988 and again con- : -vieted. Zundel has since ap-- pealed to the Supreme Court 7 of Canada, and his case is to be heard in December. Asked about his involvement: with Zundel, ‘John Ball, the Social Credit candidate for Richmond East, said he has "thought about the matter since and ‘‘those ideas abhor me.” — But. leaving aside for a mo- | ment ‘his deliverance fom evil, Ball, a geologist, said he was _ never really on the Zundel teal. He only performed: a professional, service for, — - Zundel, ‘which, consisted of analyzing : ‘acrial photographs‘ of Nazi concentration camps, | The discovery didn’t exactly. help an already battered SocialCredit. ‘Party restore voters” confidence, even though Ball | stepped down as.” candidate, Nor:did Johnston’s | somewhat lame planation that as she understood it, Ball- didn’t really share’ Zundel’s ‘beliefs, They'd have been bet- « ter off letting: ‘former premier: ‘Bill Vander. Zam‘ run in that - shnstoni's the oS Young "Socreds got a little: too. exithiislastic, in Rutland last” * weekend, ” “fourage had to nin. ‘the gauntlet |. iment hasn’t done anything” : After. ‘Johnston and her e cn: ~ From the Capital by Hubert Beyer to anyone they didn’t ~ recognize as a Socred sup- “porter. Even Johnsion’s press. ‘alaipris.thas the-Hologaust: asectetary,.Jan Jessops admitted: i later that they wér perhaps “more aggressivethan they. «.: had to be,’” but Johnston: said she looked upon then “as a welcoming party."! ‘Meanwhile; the Socred television’ ad campaign is swit- ching into high gear, As I. ". mentioned in an earlier col- umn, the main target of the Socred campaign is not Mike, Harcourt but Bob Raé. Scores | of Ontarians are telling us how terrible things, have become in their province since the NDP has come to power. - | But if the Ontario NDP’s. fiscal record is fair game’ for — the Socreds, their own record - ‘on ethics:seemis to be taboo, -: which prompted .a specialist on ethics to speak’ ‘out. Paul Russell, a University of , British Columbia professor... “itis bizarre that’ Social. Credit ‘’ * gldims NDP leader Mike Har-' court is responsible for the. On: tario NDP government, but. won't take Tesponsibillty for its. _ own recdrd, .. “Jt concerns me that Social. |. BS Credit:i is saying people should forget. about the past. Peopl ’ like-Rita Johnston are respon- "sible for the behaviouRs ‘of her, - -overnment,”" ‘Russell said.. Johnston's promise to bring. a in legislation that would bar. i teachers who ‘were found poly. of esohing abuse from ever: one well ask- why: her govern about the. problem until now. in fact, oie ‘must: ‘ask: why ‘have protected a lot of poo, . _ completely different, the So 5; devote some space in this col- trade agreements, ~ Is the answer. The'pro “would be divided: inte including children, from _ physical and sexual abuse. - gbody argu ‘that $e% of fea ery must me be*pemnitted - to, hold positions of frugtb Dut... where was Johnston’ f] concern - for children when a her govern- ; ment gutted the financial ‘ resources that protected abused ' women and children? Does . 4 Johnston think her government helped matters when iti t.- down the number of. fathily:. . crisis workers and child abuse teams? ; And now for soniething’. Green Party. While.it's: pro-" bably fairly-safe:to predict that the Greens won't form. the - --mext government, I should . umn to their platform which . - is, to say. the least, somewhat, “unusual, ; * “First off, the: Greend say if” they had anything to do with it, everybody would have a a vote, regardless of BRE. Five. : - year-olds? Why ‘not. There’ would also be no medicare, no - national health standards and ‘no international or ‘national Regional control; th 1" a which would be ‘self rellan . terms of food supply; the: ‘ economy, trade relations, ‘health services and garbage’ ata ‘disposal, War toys; they:say,"