12 Terrace Review — Wednesday, April 2, 1986 Rob Forsyth in The Karpov Incident produced by Terrace resident Peter Reynolds Long. of Skeena Journal, Peter Reynolds Long, gives all the credit for its success to the team behind the scenes at the Journal. by Daniele Berquist “If a show is good, siid Long, ‘‘the pro- ducer is given credit for that particular show.” Long takes that credit and automatically gives it away to his actors, his camera and sound peo- ple etc. “If the show is bad, as a producer you take the fall. You see’, said Long, ‘‘if you have the wrong people in the wrong part working ina show, it’s not the actors’ fault; it’s the producer’s.”’ As a producer, these are some of the respon- sibilities that Long faces with each creation. He also takes great pride in talking about his Conference in danger of collapse TERRACE — A con- - ference aimed at helping adults address the prob- lem of sexual abuse may have to be cancelled due to a lack of funds cur- rently raised to host the _ event. Judy Vandergucht, committee member of the Sexual Abuse Con- ference Committee, said the conference may die because not enough money has been raised to pay for the three experts who are coming to the community to give infor- mation on the subject and how to deal with it as a community, The cost for the con- ference is $4000 and although some of that will be raised in registra- tion fees, only $700 has been raised in the com- munity, which is $1300 short of what was an- ticipated could be raised, she said. The biggest problem is that a deci- sion will have to be made very soon to cancel the conference, otherwise Police TERRACE — Local RCMP said the body of a 13-year-old Terrace youth was discovered Wednesday, March 26 at approximately 3:30 p.m. in a wooded area just off Kalum Street on Soucie Avenue. . Police said the youth had been reported miss- ing Tuesday evening, March 25. Foul play is not suspected, RCMP said. the committee will be liable for the costs even. if it has to be cancelled, Vandergucht said. ‘I get this niggly feel- ing that people think that if they ignore the prob- lem, it will go away. Well, it won’t! The prob- lem is escalating and the misery will continue far into the future, if we don’t do something now,’’ she added. The conference is scheduled for April 17 and 18 at the Terrace Hotel and registrations are being handled by Emily Rozee of the Northwest Community College. The conference leaders are Dr. John Gossage, of Royal Col- umbia Hospital, Louise Doyle who is a coun- sellor of sexually abused children and Linda Halliday who was herself a victim and is now a consultant. A public forum has been planned for the evening of April 17 with a panel of local professionals, who will be on hand to answer questions and give direc- tion. Dr. Gossage will chair that forum. The objectives of the conference are to in- crease the community's awareness of the prob- lem of child sexual abuse; to examine cur- rent assessment and treatment concepts; to interpret the role of a supportive family with regard to the victim in ‘the family; to describe typical. reactions to disclosures, defense mechanisms and family dynamics surrounding the problem of child sex- ual abuse; to describe the role of professional and support services in the community and how to implement a prevention program. The conference is open to professionals, para- professionals and mem- bers of the community. There will be three workshops titled: A Developmental Ap- proach to Assessment and Treatment of Child Sexual Abuse; Working -With Families of Sexual- ly Abused Children; and The Victim’s Perspective and Support Systems. The same three work- shops will be run on the two days of the con- ference so a person can . take advantage of two of the topics. If you care about your children and future generations of children, you are asked to make a donation, no matter how small, towards the con- ference so we can show that as a community we do care, Vandergucht said. - Donations can be mailed to Box 587, Ter- race, or can be brought to the Sexual Assault Centre on Kalum Street (next to B.C. Tele- phone). Charitable receipts can be issued upon request. If you want more information, call 635-4042. camera crew, John Dan- do and Evan Fitzerno. “Our cameras are not designed for movies. They are designed for news. It goes to prove,” added Long, “that it doesn’t matter where you are; if you have the incentive and an idea, you can do it. When the people share an idea and believe in it, you can ac- complish a lot. The harder you work for it, the more it means to you,”’ noted Long. ‘I enjoy doing what I do and the day that I go to work and it stops be- ing fun, that’s when it’s time to quit,’? Long said. Skeena Journal covers an area of just under one-quarter of a million square miles. The Jour- nal broadcasts events of interest to the people of the Northwest. Long said that it’s quite a job to cover events of interest to the people; how to decide what to cover and what to give priority to. Some people book months in advance to have us cover an event, added Long. We do items such as documentaries, dramas, and music (concerts). Skeena Journal at CFTK, has won. more awards for best pro- ducer, best syndication and the list goes on in the last decade, than any other station in Canada; twenty-four in all, said Long, very proudly. Again, Long gives the credit away, this time to the management, for the successes, ‘‘The manage- ment allows us the freedom to be creative, which enables us to do these projects. In return this makes us well known for what we are well-able to do in the television in- dustry,’? Long explain- ed. We presently pro- duce two to three dramas a year with the latest be- ing “The Karpov Inci- dent.’” Skeena Journal team takes" numerous awards 7 _ TERRACE — Producer Skeena Journal television producer Peter Reynolds Long. Police retrieval system introduced continued from page 9 crime areas and redeploy - its resources accordingly. A number of safeguards are built into the system and written into the policy and pro- cedures for use of the system to ensure that the provisions of Human Rights and Access to In- formation legislation are properly adhered to. The system will only accept those types of informa- tion permitted by legisla- tion. The information is protected from unauthorized access through the use of uni- que User Identification codes, The implementation of PIRS began in British Columbia as a pilot pro- ject in 1982. The system has since been approved for nation-wide im- plementation. As of the Spring of 1986, British Columbia will be nearing completion of year three of a six-year phase-in. The major emphasis at the outset. was placed on implementation throughout the Lower Mainland. The Force is currently expanding the system to cover major portions of the province. Terrace RCMP are now ‘on line’? with the new PIRS terminal. The use of these terminals will help in increasing the speed in which problem areas in the district can be identified by crime types. This type of infor- mation, for example, can help in faster implemen- tation of programs designed to combat or prevent further increases in a certain crime type, whether it be vehicle break-ins or bike thefts. Small operators get fighting chance Skeena MLA Frank Howard has introduced a bill to provide specific and legislative encour- agement to small loggers and sawmill operators. For years the legal authority of the Ministry of Forests has been, in my opinion, to assist and encourage the large in- tegrated forest compa- nies to the detriment of the small operator. My bill proposes to correct that emphasis and give the small operator a fighting chance, Howard explain- ed. I want to put in to the Ministry of Forest Act to include a section which would say that one of the purposes of the ministry is to encourage a vigor- ous and efficient small Diversity by Skeena MLA Frank Howard I’m among the first to fight for expanding our forest industry. But I also recognize that we need to manufacture and process our resources here so as to employ more people. We need a greater degree of economic diversity if we are to prosper. _ We are economically vulnerable if we don’t enterprise timber har- vesting and processing industry in the province. needed diversify. We need to promote more small businesses, some of whom will require land. But if that land is tied up in a Tree Farm Licence (TFL), is it virtually im- possible to get it out. We now have the situa- tion where there are a sufficient number of TFL applications to blanket more than 50 percent of our forest land.