News _ TheReview Wednesday; August 7,1991 — A15 Huberts reaffirms decision not to run After reconsidering his decision not to run for reelection in the next provincial election, popular Saa- nich and The Islands MLA put all speculation to rest when he announced last week he’s sticking with his decision. Huberts, 45, cited a number of factors he considered while mak- ing the decision but focused on his heed to spend more time with his family. “If Terry Huberts was single, he’d be there,” the former parks minister said. “I’ve got five years to be with my family. I’ve got another 20 years to be in politics.” Huberts made the decision dur- ing a post-leadership convention vacation in Oregon State. He made a similar decision last year but said he was reconsidering prior to the leadership convention. “T realized that the same reasons that were there last year are still there,” Huberts said. But other factors were consid- ered. “When I look at my career . — will I be in the back benches, an Opposition member? Knowing those possibilities, that ties me down and I don’t know if that’s what I want.” Huberts is planning an extended trip to Europe, something that would have not have been possible if he continued in politics, Although Huberts wouldn’t Say the result of the leadership con- vention influenced his decision, he was a strong supporter of leader- - ship candidate Grace McCarthy. ~I don’t have any problems with (Premier) Rita Johnston) but for the good of B.C. it would have been better had Grace won.” Huberts saw McCarthy taking on the premier’s position for two- three years, and perhaps involving several younger MLAs in a proce- dure of “grooming a new leader.” “T’ve talked about a new vision, new crossroads. We have to be aware of science and technology, creating jobs and opportunity without doing so at the expense of the environment,” Huberts said. “With Grace we would have been able to get to that point quickly.” Several MILAs, all between 45- 48 years-old, including Huberts, Duanne Crandall and Graham Bruce, supported Grace and “that gave me new hope for the future.”” Huberts also confirmed that his wife Dale, 39, has been ill off and on for the past eight years. “T really feel obligated to help her out,” he said. The Huberts boys, Jason, 13, and Shaun, 10, are involved with ball games, swim- ming, karate, soccer and other activities. While working as an MLA, Huberts said “24-hours a day it’s always on your mind to the point that your family and kids are almost getting in the way.” He wants to help Social Credit find a good candidate in Saanich South because “we’re not going to win it just sitting in an ivory tower. “The name (Ron) Vanderkerk- hove keeps coming up but I’d like to see two or three people, then recommend one that has the right personality, “It’s winnable, we just have to be very careful we pick the right person.” Zimbabwean library 850 books richer Last January in Zimbabwe, SOS Children’s Village director Ellen Ncube described her efforts to start a library in Bindura to Review reporter Valorie Lennox. Lennox, in Zimbabwe for 16 days as part of a Newslink journal- ist exchange, was surprised to learn Neube had only been able to collect 100 books over three years. Later this month, 850 books will be bound for Ncube’s library, courtesy of Canadian Airlines, which has donated the cost of - shipping the: books to Toronto from Sidney. From Toronto, the books will be sent by the Canadian Organization for Development through Educa- tion (CODE) to Zimbabwe. With the books will go $478 in donations to help defray shipping costs. : Many of the donations were collected by Lennox through pre- sentations on Zimbabwe to the Colwood, Sidney and Brentwood ‘Rotary Clubs, to North Saanich Middle School and at the Sidney- North Saanich Library, Donors to the project included the Colwood Rotary Club, Jessie Stewart, members of the Bren- twood and Sidney Rotary Clubs, Sidney Friends of the Library, North Saanich Middle School, Tanners Books and numerous indi- viduals who donated books and/or money. The Newslink exchange was a special International Year of Liter- acy project funded by CIDA and the Secretary of State. 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