Skeena Angier

For friends of the earth these are

hard times in the land of plenty. —

My partner and I watch a quartet of

helicopters carry “Mike Harcourt,
dignitatries and..media men. to a
secluded hill overlooking wilderness
and clearcuts, a spot out of the reach of
dissent, where he announces the
decision to truficate the last remnant
of wilderness on Vancouver Island.
: The media minions liken the premier
to King Solomon, They don’t know
their Bible, for Solomon threatened to
cut the baby in two to clarify the issue
and solve the dispute.:-Mike’s solution,
arrived at by a. New. Democrat
Politburo under the influence of big
union and big business, is to take the
sword and cut the infant in half.

Percentages are trotied out by the
premier, but when he speaks of 30 per
cent, be is talking about 30 per cent of a
very small percentage of the original
rainforest remaining on the Island, in
our province, in all of North America,
for that matter.

“That’s it,” Karen says to me as Jack
Munro, former president of the
International Woodworkers, now
bagman for the Forest Alliance and,
by extension, puppet for the giant
corporations who are hell bet on
turning all our wilderness into
plantations, materializes on the screen.
And [ know she will not renew her
‘membership in the NDP.

My roots go deeper.

My grandfather became involved in
the party during its formative years in
‘Saskatchewan when its ideas were
fresh and necessary and he passed his
fervour to my father and his four
brothers and my father inculcated
_ those values in me, ..

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with ‘the ‘fine social’ legislation. they
have: ‘inspired. But now, wilh the
~ ‘piosphere crumbling all around us, no
thinking - ‘person. can deny that the
issues. swirling around the

“environment are our greatest concer. .

‘The'track record of the provincial New
Democrats on these issucs is poor.

/Inmy. own beloved backyard there is
a move afoot to build a pulp mill in
the: Kitimat Valley, an area already
- overburdened - with pollutants. The
_. proposal was quickly rushed. through a
lame ‘environmental review process set
up’ by the former government to
“expedite, the will of industry and pay
lip strvice to environmental concerns.

“When they took power the NDP
~ promised a new, rigorous, fair process
of environmental review. But they

refused to. subject the pulp mill
‘proposal to it for fear, apparently, that
they-would lose a large chunk of the
prodevelopment New Democrat vote
from Kitimat - the vote that put their

7 man. over the tap in the last election,

‘ Orenda Forest Products, the pulp
mill proponents, do not have the cash
ta go ahead with their project so they
- have assumed the begging mode and
| gone ta the NDP government for
millions. Given their track record, and
the fact that cabinet minister Dave
Zimbelt has been nosing around in this

area investigating the feasibility of a

copper smelter for Kitimat, I would
not be surprised if the NDP dug deep
“into our pockets and shelled out a huge
welfare payment despite their deficit
fixation.
’ And what about the Nechako fiasco?
oy’ ‘was incumbent upon the NDP to
‘initiate-a fair, shorough review of this
_.enormously® complex issue, Instead we
are to get public meetings which will
have no effect on the forordained
decision to let the aluminum army
have. its way under an antidiluvian
ircaty that amounts to the biggest
giveaway in the history of the
province.
No, the provincial New Democrats
have lost my vole and my cnergics even
- though their. government has so many
well-meaning, Intelligent politicians
within its: ranks. In Clayoquot they
‘needed to. realize the ecological
: _ Significance that area has,
“In the Nechako they had to challenge
Va backroom decision inade between the
> feds and and a private company, and put
‘a’ truly impartial hearing process in

place. ‘And inthe Kitimat Valley, and -

y' ¥ Democrat, .
wand: Pve ‘been: proud:to be associated.

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April ae 1993 - Page o1

PORTS |

-- Chris Terlesky will likely remem-
ber the 1993 Terrace Badminton
Open for along time. -

Following the save-the-best- for-last
principle, “he put together his best

local.club closed out its scason.::,

the title. _

While Terlesky was hitting: new
heights, others were once apain un-
derlining their domination of north-

ever open tournament showing as the

Having. battled” his: way. to. the

runner-up spot in the Men’s Singles”
‘A? flight, Terlesky went one. better -
in the doubles when he and new part-.
ner Dave Munro. knocked: off Dan.
- Tuomi and-Al Davies of Smithers for

western courts,

Mark Flaherty of Prince George.
was once more at the -top of. his.

game, taking the Men’s Singles tithe

“then teaming ‘up. with Judy Flaherty.
for victory in the Mixed Doubles A
~~ flight.

And Fran Mann continued her
string of tourney. triumphs, beating
out long-lime-rival Nancy Condon in
‘the Ladies’ Singles ‘A’ flight before
teaming: with« Condon» to: take the
‘doubles crown.

Mann had to settle for a ‘B flight 7

win in) Mixed. Doubles; however,
where she and Andrew Blix emerged
on top.

That was Blix’s second ‘B’ flight
victory, the other having been in

-Singles action...

Other results. saw locals Mary-

- Louise Crespo and Diane Cey take

second place in Ladies’ Doubles ‘A’

-and clubmates Norm Parry and Con-

don do the same in Mixed Doubles.

“Mui: Luc finished in third spot in
‘A’ Ladies Singles.

In ‘B* flight, Chuck Cey and Norm
Parry won Men’s Doubles and Char-
lotte Etzerza and Patsy Franzen of
Prince Rupert combined their talents
io take the Ladies’ Doubles.

‘C’ flight winners were Serge St.
Laurent (Men’s Singles), Lori

STRIKING POSE. Terrace resident Leif Thomsen =
was one of more than 70 bowlers who descended -
on the local lanes to vie for the title of Northwest.
Open. champs. Host Terrace team was looking for

its faurth consecutive victory, a record unmatched
siice the competition’s 1984 inception. See next
week's Standard to find out if they did it,

Terlesky ends season on a high

Buteau and Jasmin De Leon (Ladies’
Doubles), Mike McAllister and Don
Hill (Men’s Doubles) and the duo of
Dan and Chris Tuomi in Mixed Dou-
bles,

Once again a great success, ‘the —

Open attracted 30 entries, including
competitors from Prince. Rupert,
Prince George, Smithers. and
Kitimat.

An entry like thal, says. organizer
Norm Parry, makes it the largest
tournament north of Kamloops. |

And, with more than 20 years: of
Terrace Opens to fook back on, it’s

also the longest running tournament

in the north.

ore!

-- That’s the new sound in the dawn
chorus over in Thornhil! these days.

Yes, the Skeena Vallcy Golf and
Country Club is up and running again,
proof positive that spring has sprung. ~~

And, says manager Bruce Carruthers,
members have been quick to respond,
many stealing out on to the tees wilh the
dawn.

But if you need to rent your equipment,
you’ ll have to wait until 7:30 a.m. before
hitting the course; that’s when the pro:
shop opens.

Describing the course as in excellent
condition, Carruthers said. it’ had
benefitted from the ‘telatively . dry
weather the area has been experiencing. ~

Asa result, the course was ale to open
last Wednesday with full tees and greens
inuse.

However, he added, the driving range
is slill a bit on the soggy side and it will
likely be a few weeks before golfers are
able to practise their long ball on that.

Whilke non-members are always wel-

come at the course, he pointed out there”

are a few times when the coune is

reserved for members only. .
“Tuesday afternoon-is s¢t aside: ‘fot: Juii-..

lors, Wednesday afternoon for. the, men
and Thursday afternoon for ladies.

Also it’s members-only ‘until 1 p.m, ;

every Saturday, Sunday and holiday, ». -

Carruthers said green fees this year, are '

as follows:
Weekdays (9 holes)...cussse
Weekdays (18 holes)...

Weekends/olidays nrrcssssesnsessen S245.
Twilight... ; $14: |

Seniors/fUMIOTS wecessssecusesssedencesoon 15,
All of the above include OST. :

Clubs can be rented for $6 plus ost .

and handcarts for $3 plus GST. -

The pro shop is open from 7: 30 am.
uitil dusk and the coffee Shop operates
10 a.m.-8 p.m. ;

Carruthers said it'll be a couple of
months yet before the first major compe-

tition, the Skeena Valley Men's Openon

July 1.
However, there’s a big off-course

M event planned for the evening of May 6

with the annual Jadies fashion show. |.

For more details on that, or anything
else about the golf club, phone . Car-
ruthers at 635-2542.

vavaendt $14, :

crowd on its feet. Unfortunately, neither player was
able to repeat the cover-up on their next two attempts
which would have brought them a $500 prize, At lef,
Jean-Luc Roy of Terrace Honda gets almost ta Ice
lavel as he wills the rock to reach'the spot. - ;

MAGIC MOMENT. Roger L’Heureux: (at right)
watches his cold draw slide gently on to the exact
“centre of the button in the Terrace Siandara/Terrace .
Honda Spiel for Wheels, competition. One of only two
curlers ta achieve the feat; L'Heureux’s shot had the

‘similar areas in. this: province, the
government has ‘to-put environmental
requirements | | before political