. A4- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 20, 2005 . TERRACE STANDARD ESTABLISHED APRIL 27, 1988" PUBLISHER: ROD LINK ADDRESS: 3210 Clinton Street Terrace, B.C. - V8G 5SR2 TELEPHONE: (250) 638-7283 + FAX: (250) 638-8432 WEB: www.terracestandard.com — EMAIL: newsroom@terracestandard. com ~ Wood words» THE RELEASE two weeks ago of a report on ~ small-scale forestry very much points to the future a erators. "B.C. AND YUKON COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION, of how the northwest can-make its living from the i” woods. After surveying existing operations, ‘forestry _ consultant Rick Brouwer and others have come up with a solid set of recommendations aimed at : ‘supporting and encouraging small operators. What’s required first and foremost, says Mr. Brouwer, is access by small operators to a secure _, ‘fibre supply. More importantly is that the access be in such a way that small operators have flex-. _ ibility in regulations to permit them to cut or pur- «chase wood that fits their business plans and their _ markets. - - That will involve: B. c. T imber Sales, the pro- vincial agency’ formed several years ago to mar- ket small amounts of wood. Like any government bureaucracy it thrives on regulations. ‘The trick is to ensure those regulations make sense. It comes down to deciding whether B.C. Timber Sales op- erates for the benefit or small operators or wheth- ” er small operators have to tailor their plans to fit. B.C. Timber Sales. It should be the former. Mr: Brouwer also sees great potential in small . operators banding together for greater purchasing | _ power. They could also jointly finance and share __ “facilities such as dry kilns and other bigger ticket. |. / items which they would. otherwise. not be able to afford or sustain. Items such as common log hold- ing areas would also 0 provide benefits to small op- ren _ None of this is new. A group of people here sev- | eral years ago proposed a common sorting yard, a sort of supermarket for wood purchasers to gather and ¢ examine what was for sale. ‘out in a comprehensive package. There is a will and now it needs support, says Mr. Brouwer. | _ Most telling is Mr. Brouwer’s breaking down of the job numbers. He points out that small op- erators already provide 79 jobs in this area, more than that of a single shift at the Terrace Lumber Company once it gets started. Changes benefit-. ting small operators would double that 79 job fig- ure; easily equalling that of two shifts from the | Terrace Lumber Company. ‘ That’s. not to denigrate the Terrace Lumber Company which is creating itself as a larger, down home version of a small scale operation. But what it does point out that taken collective- ly, the potential of small scale forestry operations could provide the same level of employment and resulting economic spinoffs that a larger and more visible operation provides. In many ways, this would return the area to the -early days. of the sawmilling industry where local control v was the key. It’s worth doing again. a ae PUBLISHER/EDITOR: - Rod Link . ADVERTISING MANAGER: Brian Lindenbach PRODUCTION MANAGER: Edouard Credgeur "NEWS: Sarah A. Zimmerman ~ COMMUNITY: Dustin Quezada NEWS/SPORTS: Margaret Speirs FRONT OFFICE: Darlene Keeping" CIRCULATION SUPERVISOR: Alanna Bentham . ADVERTISING CONSULTANTS: Bert Husband, Susan Willemen AD ASSISTANT: Sandra Stefanik PRODUCTION: Susan Credgeur © SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY MAIL: $57.94 (+$4.06 GST)=62.00 per year; - Seniors $50.98 (+$3.57 GST)=54.55; Out of Province $65.17 (+$4.56 GST)=69.73 Outside of Canada (6 months) $156.91(+10.98 GST)=167.89 . . MEMBER OF © CANADIAN COMMURITY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION AND B.C. PRESS COUNCIL (www.bcpresscouncil.org) anpsoctatrioan Beisteh Colambia oad Vobou Serving the Terrace and Thornhill area. Published on Wednesday of each week at 3210 Clinton Street, Terrace, British Columbla, V8G 5R2. Stories, photographs, illustrations, designs and typestyles in the Terrace Standard are the property of the copy- right holders, including Cariboo Press (1969) Ltd., its illustration repro services and advertising agencies. Reproduction in whote or in part, without written permission, is specifically prohibited. ' Authorized as second-class mail pending the Post Office Department, for payment of postage in cash. Special thanks to all our contributors and correspondents for their time and talents Gov t fumbles S 11,000 of the 80,000 names on . been identified, and is appar- — ently being fixed. , - good news, and there’s much -covery, and in the fact that “much. Most of us care about _~ how long it takes for us to get - many others are on the: list -ple: who manage the: system. ‘Tf the list for one procedure © What Mr. Brouwer’ s:report does do is s lay it all ' will have a new wait list sys- will .offer patients and man- “agers accurate . But it’s 2005, long into an era ‘when health care and waiting (A situation that is true across - Supernanny or Nanny 911 to _ work and discipline, not indul- " put away their shoes. be, he throws them in the fire . have no phone of their own The only TV sits in the fam- Ome oe WHERE D CAMPBELL GET = cine = Sia user To BELONG To. a) ‘ ae * i gi VICTORIA - I guess it’s good news that the’provincial gov- | ernment has discovered that surgical waiting lists shouldn’t be there. — At least the problem has But that’s the extent of the . that’s discouraging in the dis- waits for many procedures are still up over the last years. The number of names on. . a wait list shouldn’t matter. PAUL WILLCOCKS in providing treatment. The system provided 33 per cent more knee replacements in with us. 2003-4 than it did three years But wait lists matter to peo- earlier, and 41 per cent more angioplasties... - _ But the system has not kept up with:demand. ; The latest data shows that median waits have increased for 11 types of non-emergency surgery since the election, and fallen for five procedures. The wait for cardiac surgery has been cut by about four weeks, to two months. ‘But other waits have in- "creased substantially. People are waiting * one-third lon- ger for knee. replacements, _ with the median wait now 28 weeks. Since the median wait measures the time it takes for half the people to get surgery, the procedure done, not how keeps growing, then managers devote more resources to the treatment. And if the decisions are based on bad information, then money may be misspent. The health: ministry says. it’s identified the problem, and tem within the next year that information. lists are supposed to be a pri- ority, and basic management information isn’t available. Canada.) that means that many are wait- The news is also gloomy on ing much longer. The median the wait time. front. wait for hip replacements - has increased by a month, to Deputy health minister Pen- | almost 22 weeks. Both waits ny Ballem stresses the progress | FROMTHE CAPITAL are shorter than in Ontario, - according to a new review, - both are much longer. than the standard recommended.by the Canadian Orthopaedic Asso- ciation.) Lots of factors have driven ‘ the increased’ demand. The ¢ ‘most significant, Ballem says, .. is an increase in the rate at - which most procedures are be- .| ing performed. Surgeries hurt ~ less, require less rehab time and provide more consistently successful results. More peo- ple are. candidates. In 1990, — about 1,300 people had knee: ' replacement surgery in B.C.; ‘the annual number is almost three times that today. The procedures work, so people in pain,or with other problems expect treatment. And since we are-not’ pay="*’ ing for enough surgeries to meet the need, waiting lists ‘grow. In the long term, we can find ways to keep people healthier and reduce demand, and increase. efficiency. But now, either governments pro- vide more money or waits in- crease. That decision deserves much more open public debate, Starting with a clear statement of how long it’s reasonable for people to wait for different types of. treatment, based on the severity of their condition and the impact on their overall health and lives. - The .Wait Time Alliance . of Canada, a doctors’ group, has just released its proposals. Health Canada is supposed to have a list of acceptable wait urgical wait lists times by the end of this year . as part of the last health accord signed with the provinces. “We are fumbling with the © issue of wait times, with too little information - as the wait © list problems showed - and too little honesty. People need to know what their governments are pre-. pared to deliver, and at what cost. Only then can they de- - | cide if that is enough to meet patients’ needs. Footnote: The model that .. has. worked in at least some’ other jurisdictions is wait guarantees - knee replacement for moderate case within nine - months, for example, of the — government pays for surgery outside the system. The pro- cess;forces an open; honest de- bate on what we are prepared to promise, and pay for. © *’ And last week’s announce- ment regarding the Cariboo Connector, the name given by the province for its planned four-lane highway leading to the south from Prince George, is obviously linked to the elec- tion, and to winning seats for the Liberals. But while the project makes . sense, the Cariboo Connector name doesn’t. The new name should be aimed at persuad- ing tourists that a trip to Prince . George - and then to Prince Rupert - should be part of their plans. The route’s name | should sell the region’s history and beauty, and lure tourists down the road. Proper parenting takes time ‘POOR PARENTING creates hoodiums. For proof, watch witness brats become angels in: one week of proper parenting. Amold Schwarzenegger’s family needs no nanny’s help. ‘Amold and his wife, Maria Kennedy Shriver, believe in gence of their kids. “ _ Even though Amold is gov- ernor of the state of Califor- nia, their three kids must make their own beds, do their own - laundry (including bedsheets), hang up,their own clothes, and THROUGH BIFOCALS CLAUDETTE SANDECKI If Arnold finds any clothing or shoes where they shouldn’t where her children are and with whom. When they vis- it friends on playdates, she phones the home to be sure a parent is present and check that her child was invited. This firm handling of kids is similar to the parenting style of Ivana Trump. The Trumps could well afford anything a kid might desire, yet Ivana re- fused to give her teenagers an allowance. She insisted they earn their or hides them where the kid may never find them. The two sisters, 13 and 15, and their 9-year-old brother, or a TV in their bedroom. ily room. where parents and kids watch programs together and, like other families, scrap over the remote and channel choices. Maria demands to know own spending money, by de- livering newspapers or doing _ other small jobs. Like Schwar- zenegger, Ivana grew up poor and worked hard to better herself. Wanting the best for.’ her kids, she. lets them have ‘the satisfaction of a job well done, These two families parent similar: to Supernanny, Nan- ny 911, and Dr. Phil. The re- sult is happy kids that respect their parents and each other, help with the chores, and live within parental boundaries so Mom and Dad can enjoy their company. I watch Supernanny and Nanny 911 for the sheer joy of seeing a roomful of row- dies shredding sofa cushions, — climbing furniture and yell- ing, metamorph into a polite, sociable unit taking turns with toys and doing Mom’s bidding without backtalk.. This behavioural transfor- mation-in-seven-days works because the nanny coaches the parents to be consistent, to set consequences and follow through. “A child should be able to predict the consequences of his actions with one hundred percent accuracy,” says Dr. Phil. If mom warns, “bite your sister again and you'll . lose your GameBoy for a week,” that’s exactly what should — happen if the child nips again. -No knuckling under because’ wrestling the GameBoy out of his grip will be too much ef- fort, or Mom worries her child won’t love her. A parent’s job is not to: be loved by her kid but to raise: a socially acceptable child. Oth- erwise by his or her teens, the _ kid could be. pregnant, doing drugs, or stealing cars, well on the road to a life behind bars. Where’s the love in that? _ We all want our kids to be happy, but indulgence isn’t the way to reach that goal. A kid is happier living within con- sistent boundaries so he isn’t scolded, punished, in trouble with neighbours, school or the law. Criminals are made by par- ents who let kids do as they please because parenting takes effort, cormmitment, and time.