Page 4& The Herald, Wednesday, June 25, 1980 (TERRACE/KITIMAT) ily oral _Pubilahed by. "General Office - 435-6387 ' Circulation - 635-6357 Sterling Publishers PUBLISHER - Calvin MeCarthy EDITOR - Greg Middleton CIRCULATION . TERRACE & KITIMAT. a CS. 5 z Published every weekday at 3212 Kalum: Street, Terrace. B.C. A member of Verified Circulation. Authorized as second class mali, Registration number 120. Postage pald In cash, return postage guaranteed. - ot NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT _-. ; The Herald retains full, complete and sole copyright In any advertisement produced and-or any editorial or photographie content. published in. the Herald. Reproduction..Is not permitted without the written « permission of the Publisher. ‘ _ (EDITORIAL What was Bob McClelland, the Socred . mines and energy minister. doing here? McClelland zipped up here in: a * government jet, we assume to do some government business. He kept the local reporters sitting around for a couple of ~ hours, or at least the local Socreds kept the reporters walting, giving: them updates on the turbulance that was supposedly keeping the minister up in the. air.. The minister, however, was wandering around a hotel, oblivious to the fact that there was a press. con- . ‘ference, - The mystery Is not that McClelland didn’t know there was a press con-. ference. The minister probably talks. to- so many reporters that a few more or’ _less doesn’t matter to him. What we can’t find out is what he was doling here. _ The local politicians whowere the ones . McClelland was supposed to talk to say he didn’t have anything to say. The reporters didnt get any announcements out of him, partly because the majority of them were asking him -about something. out of his area of. concern.. There was, of course, a Socred party . . function. If McClelland had come up. here for a party party, however, we eranspo he won have used neve nald. sansportand thewartywould:have pald. &t least th ane — EDITOR'S { JOURNAL 4 . «> by GREG MIDDLETON. \ politicians? Do they die? No. They |ust junket away. . oe lona Campagnolo, the once high-profile fit. ness minister In the Plerre Trudeau cabinet came out of the northern wilderness to not only slay the wily old silver fox, Frank Howard, but to become a star of the magnitude of Anne Murray or Karten Magnusson. Once a broadcaster In this area, she returned to the media to host a weekly CBC felevision show after she was defeated by another NDPer, Jim Fulton, The jump from a small-town station to network television would have been enough for almost any other local talk show host, even without the power and fame of being the beautiful Grit in between. The show she now has, One of a Kind, Is off the air for the summer. She will apparently return to it In the fall. What is Campagnolo doing seasons? She js off ralsing funds for a Kam- puchean refugee camp administered by. the What happens to old Western | Liberal Canadian University Students Overseas CUSO). ' . ~ CUSO Is the Liberals’ way of providing every Canadian student with the opportunity to - broaden his or her mind with travel overseas. The lucky students will not get to trot around the globe the way Pierre did, living In hotels and driving the Indigenous sports car. The CUSO kids will have to work for two years at the local labor rate, helping bring a little Western civilization to the residents of whatever foreign country he or she Is posted to. Campagnolo, who vowed she had ended her political career after only five years and one defeat now says she “would like to devote 10 years of my Ilfe to Third World Countries.:; The 47-year-old one-time Prince Rupert alderman also says: “There are 1.3 billion refugees In the world now and | am quite sure that most of us feel that there, but for the Grace - of God, go 1.”’ The glamorous grandmother, whose statements were publicized In a CUSO press release was rumor of aspiring te Trudeau’s job, among other things. After pledging her com- mitment to the North, and fleeing south as soon as the votes were counted, It seems she is looking to get as far away from here as possible, to do good works. . And we still. don’? have the coastal tran- sportation service she promised us. er oe PT 7. reer Sot aid 2 * be'the basic t wecwéuld: assume. . ’ 7 By VIC PARSONS Salmon ot electricity? % That, greatly almplifled, appeara to vice facing people who live along the Nechako and Bulkley rivers of north-central British ‘Columbia as they consider a massive $2.5-billion project by the Aluminum Company of Canada Ltd. (Alcan). The issue places the federal corporate giant, which wants to basea major expansion on cheap B.C. power, : Both parties now say they believe ’ They said the years ago when area and dammed rivers, lakes and sent the water through a mountain to the Pacific. . a At that time -there was no agreement to protect the salman. The fishing industry ow calls the operation a minor disaster and : cts the proposed expansion could a majoc catastrophe. Under its original agreement with Alcan came to this ater. of the! up| Nanike rivers to proqiee. power. Bul: fisheries ‘experts now. say minimum flow is needed to ensure survival of ‘the salmon. a a A federal fisheries department report, released earlier this year sayd aid oe cease use the . waite - combined effects of the first project and the expansion could reduce. the commercial salmon catch by close ta 10 per cent. In “1978 -.and ;. 1979, ‘ the commercial take in B.C. $300 million a year: impact on sports fishing or the loss of divert water, produce power and construct three new aluminum smelters hope the federal fisheries “VANDERHOOF, B.C, (CP) — - fisheries department at odds with the” there are ways to protect the salmon - — traditionally one of B.C.’s ‘richest - resources —- and produce power.” same. thing thirty’” - created. perewechako and” was worth ° That report. did not include the salmon now eaten by area Indians. |. The opponents of Alean’s. plan. to KEMANO SERIES LAST. OF SIX. PARTS authorities will be their ace-in-the- bible to help stop the project. ‘Bill Schouwenberg, who was the chief of the department's Pacific water use unit, says insisting on minimum requirements for all species of salmon-would mean Alcan : could not have all the water it wants. Fisheries officials want to retain about one-third of the current average _ flow in the Nanika and about one-half of ‘the upper Nechako, " Schouwenberg said the fish need . about half the water Alcan wants, “That's one hell ofa big bite.” . Company spokesman. Brian Hemingway said the. Fisheries department will not get the minimum water levels it wants if the project goes ahead but that man-made spawning channels and ‘hatcheries, successful in other areas, could be established to protect the salmon. | A seven-volume study of rivera.in the area of: federal fisheries and the International Pacific “Salmon au Commission recommended aur: sfiiimum fate levels to ensure “auRy al of the baliion, ‘Water levels below those minimums . would damage the salmon fishery, it. said.. °° t, Adult fish might be unable to con- tinue their annual migrations, spawning beds might be exposed, high water temperatures could lead to increased infection and pre-spawning mortality and young fish might not be . able to find food. Ironically, the potential threat arises while the federal government is spending $150-million in an attempt to double B.C, salmon stocks, Officials estimate tributaries of the Nechako alone have the capacity to produce a catch of 5.5 million sockeye salmon annually compared with the 1953 total ‘ROMEO LEBLANC... Es - LeBlanc said recently his government ‘will insist that water levels be. “one resource. . . -_ Wants fish of 2.4 million the high for the last 30 years. A salmon enhancement. project which had been planned for the upper Necthako has been deferred until “things are sorted out": with Alcan, Scholwenberg said. Federal Fisheries Minister Romeo maintained for the fish but added that water need not be used exclusively for “If no resource can be found, it becomes a test of wills or of legislation," LeBlane said. ~ A hard choice has to be made | : In between . a, Sitesi, Sa “Probably someone on his way to a chamber of commerce meeting” — . abiy soMet iy ‘ ing. ~ x eae ee Ms As | ree _ 7 Bebe ON Gb a Bee & “and press call “a . cameras allowed | any Premier, but-the press, bucking for . close to the portable microphones, el a 2 . . a : OTTAWA — The wonder Is that anyone gets any thing Intelligible.in the mob scenes following the breakup of federal-provinclal conferences. And perhaps’ nobody really’ does, except in brief snatches of .conversation shattered - by continuous interruption and later -pleces together in a collective press effort to make some sense of I. ference." a Take this last conference. One prime minister, ten premiers, at least 250 __ some estimates were 300 — members of. the media, print and electronic, with CBC massing ‘its usual formidable army with what amounted tolts own “battle plan.” ste The Prime Minister — who knows what-each of all of the Premiers might have wanied — _- decreed the conference was. closed. "And closed It was, behind.the doors. of the ‘official residence at 24 Sussex Drive, guarded by. the RCMP, with the media barred even from the grounds until | the final mad ‘scrambling “scrum” when. the reporters aré turned. loose like a pack of hounds to chase and corner —~ If they could’ — the Premiers... oo, At the opening there was what the politicians photo opportunity;” with the Into the grounds to record entry of the Premiers. wo No questions. Just pictures. re ‘The RCMP then herds the mob back out of the’ grounds to the streat eben which Is a press trailer, equipped w pewrlters, p electronic plug-ins for radio and TV feeds. ‘Trouble Is the traller can’t accommodate a tenth of the crowd. — / But who needs it? ' ‘The day is cold, a record low, overnight frost, snow on the Gatineau Hills across.the river, and: agrey chilly rain slanting down In;a heavy wind- driven sheet. ne Lo The Pritiie ‘Minister’ and’ Premlers are there | for theday, lunch Included, so why stick around. The Prime Minister schedules a press con- ference “a half hour after the conference ends,” whenever that might be; and end-to-end similar meetings with the press are laid on by British Columbla’s Premier Bennett, Quebec Premler Levesque.to follow. - a So the press drifts off for a late morning, mid- afternoon walt. Herd.instinct, and that feeling that something soon. nay happen ae them back:around 4:30 tobe-tald bythe RCMP that one of two-.gates-in- the high wrought Iron fence ringing the grounds, while remaining open, will be’ barred until the Premiers are ready to leave.. . The mob fractures Into groups, each picking Its Premier-target, and planning for the scrum 6 come. So, A few minutes before 5:00, the RCMP waves in the mob to stand behind iron barricades and be assured that the Premiers can only leave by the onegate sinceall the others, Including @ rear exit, are locked. wy So relax, the RCMP seems to suggest, The CBC Is deployed en masse with men and - equipment. An assistant TV producer Is detailed to stand — In front of the first car of the cavatcade of Premiers wheellng out of the grounds. _ .. The Idea is to stop the clock — and the Premiers — and give everybody a shot at an interview, _ No need, though, to stall the cavalcade. The Premiers are'anxlous to speak thelr pleces. Scant chance they are given in the melee, ‘especially the prime targets, Ontarlo’s Davis, » Quebec's Levesque, Alberta's Lougheed, The scramble Is fierce. Not a finger fald on ition . Ing, butting, pushing, pulling, and everyone talking | gt once, It’s wild, but finally the CBC’s Mike Duffy corners Newfoundland’s Brian Peckford and thera Is a quiet for a moment while a score. of _ tivals, electronic and. print, compete to make Mike ‘laugh, to break him up with offside: - comments and contrived antics. A reporter from Calgary, used. to a formal — press conference where the media, in good-order and mannerly, asks soft questions and gets soft answers, ts outraged. . “Isn't this awful?’ he asks, and answering: himself, says ‘‘It’s mad, it’s crazy.” And it {8 That and more. oo ne Only thing to do is get your man at his hotel after the scrum is over, the grounds cleared and the media dispersed to the various pre-arranged press confererices, ~ LETTERS TO) _THE EDITOR t did not congratulate Clyde” Inouye, Mary Ann Boyd and all their commiiiee , mem- people who participated in bers for theie great effort in _the Terrace Fitness Funfest starting what we hope {san ‘90 Parade. annual event ~~ ‘A special thanks: to the Thanks Terrace, Terrace Detachment of the Sincerely, RCMP for leading the ' Sohn Taylor parade and for thelr traffic Chairman ol, Funtest Parade We would be remiss if we Terrace Jaycees