a TERRACE - — Anyone collect-. - _ _. ing- business cards? If yes, give Trevor Reynolds a call. He’d like to hear from. you. ~ To date, saidReynolds, he has ood approximately. 10,100 cards he has been’ collecting for: six years. — SE Pe a aft eure § oS apy a terested through some friends who had decided to collect the j cards, Reynolds said that soon — they lost interest. However, ad _ Reynolds persevered. od He's not sure his collection is of - worth any money.. Regardless, 4 - said Reynolds, its a fun hobby. a - Some of the most exotic cards of include owner of Toronto Maple oe Leafs and Hamilton Tiger Cats, oe Harold Ballard; Howard Brum- a ‘mitt, project designer of Disney 4 _| World in Japan; and Rowland | - Farzee, the Royal Bank Chair- man and Chief Executive Of- ficer of Canada.” Reynolds prides himself in the . 4 different: shapes and sizes of his . —" - business cards. Some are shaped 4 like beer bottles, $20 bills, $100 bills, from all over the world. ; Did you. know, British cards ‘ are almost double the size of nolds said he acquired most of his hobby through donations from people who are aware of ana rare "continued from page. 4 -— to resort to quackery. Jean “¢ Chretien did propose a real and ago, but Indians objected so strongly that the political guts of } nearly everyone but Chretien just wasn't there to support him. The N.D.P. is racism. human. rights for years. Its election issue. In matters affec- the lead before, sometimes to its ‘detriment, but it has taken the lead. The N:D.P. has.dectared that land must ‘negotiate | Indian Indian aboriginal title still exists. '. These are unpopular stances _— society. a: The N.D.P. is prepared to a - negotiate land claims, and the ‘implication is that something is ‘s they are making the claim based ms upon aboriginal title. However, thé N.D.P.’s conscience is not as strong about the racism built in- to our Constitution. -N.D.P. needs to say is that human and civil rights should be a | ‘laws, It needs to declare that the ig special provisions in the Con- stitution giving jurisdiction over Indians to the federal govern- ment must be removed. Unless the N.D.P. makes such a principle statement as a fi -prelude to tri-lateral negotia- ai | tions, it stands accused of hav- | _ ing malice towards .this and future generations, as well. as standing accused of not caring. . from all over the world,: which’ Reynolds. said he first got in-- American. business cards? Rey-. Constitution — & honest solution about 20 years | the. one | ee political . party whose history ER ae: demands it tackle this structured : It has championed | _ history is: challenge the status | quo and make the challenge an | _ting Indian people it has taken the Indians, the federal govern- | ment, and the B.C, government | claims in B.C. It also says. that. amongst certain segments of - to be given to the Indians, for | ott Quite frankly what the : | _ covered by one law, not.by two. | ; : ~ a ard col lec _ tops 10,000 tor local youth — his collection. Reynolds said: he had been coresponding- with -a middle aged gentleman from ’ Wolfville, Nova Scotia who col- lected cards as well, This year he _ | - dropped the. hobby, and forwarded over 4 s000 cards to Reynolds. ‘Where do you keep 10,100 business cards? Reynolds said he kept his collection in a box. However, his favorite ones are ‘kept in a photo album. Some of his favorite ones include cards made out of wood, some made out of metal, plastic cards with 3-D designs, and velvet ones, . Reynolds said he has heard that a young lady in the Terrace area shared the same hobby. He said he would be interested in hearing from her, to exchange cards. Reynolds remarked that if anyone wanted to add to his col- lection with a donation of their business card, give him at call at 635- 3163. POS Terrace resident Travor Reynolds displays the fruits of a unique hobby — a collection ofr more inan- "10,000 L business cards from around the world. Persistence pays for Terrace writer THORNHILL — For 25 years, _- Ruby McCreight of Copperside Estates had been writing only to receive rejection slips. from editors. ‘‘They were straight to the point,’ said McCreight. 7 “Not wanted”. Ruby McCreight But, said McCreight, a few of her poems did make it to the newspaper and she wrote a col- - umn titled ‘‘They Went Tat-a- Way’’ on the gymkana events. “I was never paid for it. I didn’t even get. many compliments.’’ However, added McCreight, I did gain quite a bit of knowledge | about horses. In 1969, McCreight took a writing . course given by an English community college. 1. learned a little more about how to put a story together, but the rejections from editors still came, added McCreight. Her first story cost approx- imately $400. ‘‘I had found a literary agent’s name in~ an advertisement. It sounded good; Will make your story publish- able, etc., etc.;’the ad stated, McCreight sent her story to him. The: advertiser wrote back to hook _ McCreight. McCreight, with anticipation for a reply. . The letter said that for $150 the man could correct the writ- ten material and for an extra $50 he would also type it properly. McCreight said she fell for it, line. and sinker. She wanted to be published more © than anything in the world. “IT borrowed the money and. sent it to him.’ Two weeks went by and McCreight. received a phone call from California. ‘‘I was thrilled,’’ and he was de- lighted with the results of my story, said McCreight. The man had approached an agent, and was almost positive McCreight’s work could-be published. How- ever, the story.doesn’t end there, said McCreight. The man needed another $200 - to get the wheels in motion to get the story published. ‘‘I was a beginner,”” said McCreight. I . wanted to be published so bad... who was waiting | She received a phone call dur- ‘Ing her stay at the hospital. The publisher. contacted’ her home and had been given the hospital number, The Halifax editor told McCreight her contract was on the way, and had to be signed. and sent back immediately, as they wanted to use the article in the. next issue of. the * magazine, « “They: “only paid $40,”’ added : McCreight, “‘butI danced all the way back to my room, to the hall, to the nurses and the kit- chen. residents. to. tell everyone what had. happened. I had had a: story accepted. "* McCreight said she then con-— tacted. everyone she knew to tell them of the wonderful news. Since that time, McCreight has’ written many children’s books, magazine articles, news- paper items of general interest to - everyone. McCreight said from that point on she didn’t mind getting I borrowed another $200” Mc- © Creight .said she waited and waited and waited. ‘‘I never ’-heard from him again.’? She _- wrote to the advertiser and her ‘letters . were returned, moved away. McCreight proceeded to write the Betteer Business Bureau and you probably ‘guessed it, said He’ had been re- ported. before, but had cleared out before anything could be done to catch him, ~The old saying live and learn - should have applied, said Mc- Creight, but it didn’t. pieces of poetry, and about $600 later the same thing happened. McCreight didn’t get discour- aged though. She still wrote and read and wrote and read and wrote some more. ‘McCreight’s big break finally came in 1975. Following an op- eration, McCreight wrote a children’s story during her stay in hospital. ‘‘Maybe it was the rest, the quiet, or the encourage- ment I was given by patients and nurses’, said McCreight. It was a children’s story, writ- ten from experiences with foster children. I fostered 10 children over the years while living in Castlegar, B.C., besides raising five of my own, McCreight said. ‘“*] shall never forget my first sale’’, added Mccreight. Four - -Steelheader. rejection slips. My work: had wo, been accepted and I ‘Meant. to... keep on trying, she said. . McCreight has hada storyen- titled “Keep Your Eye On the‘ Bait”’ | published | in a fishing -° magazine called Salmon, Trout, in ‘the August: ; September i issue of 1978. A. very lovely article, “The on Lost Valentine’ “was published” -in an educational ‘Magazine called Lollipop Stars. McCreight. made a few extra dollars by try- - ing her hand at some other in- - teresting pieces and places. A. ‘paragraph was included with =: | Westway magazine on ‘“‘One of — the Best Little Places to Visit for a Short Holiday’’. McCreight received word of an honorable mention award ‘of: a beautiful 14 karat gold overlay * : - pin by Krementz. The contest: was to write in 100 words or less, how I look is important to me * continued on page -21- Kitimat Works Tours a Fall, Winter and Spring Schedule hee A =o : Soot ee ers a week. Although our popular summer tours have drawn to an end for another season, visitors to Kitimat will still be able to tour our smelter twice Sant a uae ith Tee af, a is ‘ pnt Tee ay eden Ta pabenaa From 1 September to 31 May tours are i available, by reservation only, on Tuesday and ‘ Thursday afternoons, » _For further information and reservations please write or phone: ‘Alcan Smelter Tours | Box 1800, Kitimat, B.C. _ V8C 2H2 Ph: 639. 8259 Mees th onset Sas a FiSKS wy? ray ' eas ——e sp oe See ey Teer: