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Commentary

; by Stephanie Wiebe
*! “pemind'me of-a boy I used to __

~ eight-year-old girls’ Valentine -
- ‘dream.’ Thick sandy blond hair, .
~. Bright:blue eyes, and enough -
-. freckles to’ charm a snake. °.

- girls were like the'measles —
‘an.unpleasant fact of life to be -
tolerated. But Randy was dif-
ferent. He-knew that girls. were
_. people, too, and although he
- -didn’t'séek out their. attention,
~ neither did he spit at us or step

_on our:heels,

Oh how I loved-Randy Mor- :

ford. More than Juliet loved

nin .. Romeo;.more than Archie lov-

7 kno ‘Ah; Randy Morford; an -
+ eight-

‘ed Veronica, more than Fred

“loved Wilma: I followed him
_ everywhere, tagging behind him

like‘a puppy, watching the

“back of his blond; head bob.

- through ‘the halls at-school.
‘Thanks to alphabetical order, I
‘sat'three desks away from him _

in class, always aware of his
presence nearby. Do you think

“he noticed? Probably not.

As Valentine’s Day ap-

proached, so did ‘my opportuni-
_ tyto let Randy know of my

| Letters to the Editor

| Clarification on FRDA

» - To:the: Editor;
_: Regarding . your. article,
’- “Fylton - Hopes :for. FRDA
- “Renewal’’, in’ your. February. 8, .
1989 issue, bam pleased that Mr.

Fulton supports the Government .

_ of British.Columbia in its desire
~ fora renewal. of the Canada-
British Columbia Forest

Resource Development Agree: -

ment (FRDA). The Province of
‘British Columbia is extremely
interested in renewing FRDA.
This has‘a high priority on our
agenda and we'are not only in-
ment, but also in doubling the
_expenditures.. However, Mr.
Fulton goes on to say that, foe
the size of the-unrestocked land
has risen° dramatically.” ‘Pro-
vincially this is not, in fact, the
case. Se
Under the current Canada-
British Columbia. FRDA there
have been increased reforesta-
tion. and ‘survey. activities on
backlog NSR. areas that were

harvested or destroyed by wild-

fire prior to 1982. In the Prince
_ Rupert forest region reclassifica-
‘tion. of. sites previously _con-
sidered as poor sites has resulted

7n an increase in the good and.

medium site Backlog NSR.
‘Although this is the case in the

Prince Rupert region, a recent

-Teport by the Ministry of Forests

(1988 Summary of’Backlog NSR .
Forest Land, September 1988)

_ terested: in renewing: the Agree-

indicates that Provincially there
has been a 25 percent reduction -
in Backlog NSR ‘due to FRDA_

activities in the past three years.

Backlog NSR will continue to be.

‘reduced during the remaining
years: of the Agreement.
Our Government is-not only

-addressing Backlog NSR forest

lands but, through Government

funding: commitments and.
legislation, is erisuring that call

areas harvested are. reforested.
“The Government. of: British
Columbia has accepted funding

responsibility ‘to. restock, within -

a five year period} all those areas

" harvested between 1982 and

“September 1, 1987. ;

On areas harvested after

. September 1, 1987 all companies

with major tenures are legally re-
quired to carry out basic

_ silviculture at their own expense.

This. includes seed. collection,
seedling production, planting,
-and other measures required to
replace the forests. it;

For. areas harvested under the

Smal! Business Forest Enterprise
Program, the cost of basic |
silviculture ‘is recovered in the

of my feelings would awaken ©
his hidden passions for me. So
I was a bit too tall, too skinny, .
too gangly. So I wore pastel’
‘pink ‘‘cat’s eye’’. glasses and -

had big feet. He'd sée beyond. ~

all that, ©

.. | surveyed the package of.

Valentines my Mom had ~~
‘pought: A child’s package of | ~
Valentines does not contain the
passionate sonnets of Lady. -
Chatterly, but I found one with
ots of hearts and.a boy and __
girl holding hands. “Be mine,”
it said. I carefully pencilled his -
name and mine on the back.
This would doit. We'd live
happily ever after: ©
‘When the moment arrived to.
empty our mailboxes,. the desks

were littered with small white _

envelopes. I had a perfect view
of Randy and his Valentines.
He opened each one, quickly
read the message, and casually _
tossed them aside. a
‘My eyes widened as he pick- .
ed up the one'from me. He —
opened it, glanced at it, and
dropped it into the pile. The
“REJECT” pile, I assumed, It

_was just another Valentine to

him. I waserushed.
“Now I’m a Mom, married to
another:Prince Charming. I
help my children address their.”
Valentines, and I think of:Ran-
dy Morford. Does lie have a -

_ wife and kids? Probably. Does

he have a three-year-old who.
carefully scribbles out'Valen-’
tine names, but. -refuses to give
‘them’ away?.(‘‘They'te MINE!
| WON'T share!) O7'a nine”
year-old who waits.unitil9:00: --
p.m, the night before Valen-. -
tine’s Day to prepare the cards.
(“But Mom, if I can’t stay up r
til 10:30 I'll never get em’.
donet”’). Probably. "=. *

Does he remember the Valen- |

tine’s Day of 1964? Probably —
not. oe oe
- They say you never forget .
‘your first love. © ee

eee Bee Oo Phaied aey Ws i eee tS atin

The scouting movement In Terrace Is. entering Its 62nd year, o
and the local groups have amassed a latge collection of -

‘ historical material. Terrace Scout Darren Chaluplak recent- -

ly tried on.a uniform that's older.than he.is —.the uniform -

dates from the 1950’s.. Feb. 1

9-26. is.Scout-Guide Week In’

Terrace and across Canada.

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Debt coun

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Terrace next week

~~ Local residents who: are in .
financial | difficulty will” soon
‘have.an-opportunity to get free

advice from a professional debt
counsellor, (9°.

- Guy Pocklington, an itinerant
counsellor for the B.C. Ministry
of Labour. and Consumer Ser-.

vices, will be in Terrace, Kitimat -

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and . Prince ‘Rupert during’ the
week of February. 20 to offer
consultation: for. people in the .

.Northwest who are having fi-

nancial . problems related _ to,

debt. -

For an. appointment with.

‘Pocklington while he is in Ter- -

race, call 638-3200.

‘sale of the timber. Our Govern- |

ment will ensure the silviculture

work is carried out and that

areas are fully restocked.

oe 7 - Dave Parker,
| =, Minister of Forests.

To catch a thief

 Amopen letter'to a thief: |

"To: the person who stole my
purse from my home on Skinner

- St. on Feb. 10, 1989 between the

“hour of 12:30 a.m. and 1:30

a.m. :

- | wonder how it feels to beso.

. Jow that you have to steal froma

sole. supporting single parent.

who..works hard to eam an
honest living? ,
1 think I know who you are

4 anid I pity you to have no ambi-
tion in life other than to rip off.

_ people who try to help you and

allow you into their homes...
Hl My purse contained my entire

+ two.8 ceks’ pay plus more. In

More

you. have stolen from. me.
1,000, n10t to mention the.

letters on page 14.

stress that you'have caused for

myself and my family.
J had to borrow money to
replace ‘my ‘drivers. license ‘and
buy food. My bills won't get
paid and there'll be very little
food in the house. I’m: sure
you'll do OK, most likely you'll
buy a new pair.of jeans and treat
your fritnds. But guess. what?
T'm betting that your friends are
just like you and ’'m beiting that
they’ll turn you in for the $200
reward I'm.offering. =.
.Lonly hope that you will learn
from this mistake, pay for what
you have done and some day
become a responsible citizen.
ee = ie Linda Bangay,

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