looks complete.

Richard Langlois
Not too much, I live in
an apartment. But | did-.
find my hub. cap in the
parking lot. It was lost
for three months at
least and now. my car

0

John Apolezer
Nothing that | know
of because | didn’t put
fal there in the
all

“The Terrace Review asked:

Now the snow has. gone,
z Your y did you find in

Margaret Carlson

There's a lot of gar-
bage around. | live in an
apartment and | have
seen papers, plastic
bags and cans emerge
as. the white blanket

_ disappeared.

xx ¥

‘Debbie Kennedy —

It would be crude to
say, there are lots of
dogs around my neigh-
borhood. The brightest
aspect with the disap-
pearance of snow is the
surprising sight ‘of

. green grass.

HH

Inge Perkins

Barbeque tools. Lying
next to the barbeque pit,

- all three tools were star-

_Ing up at me, rusted to
the point of no return.

Joe Sullivan

Well, I’ve got three
dogs ... | was one of the
last people in Terrace to
see my lawn. | live near
Brauns Island and we
don’t get much sun, but
It was nice to finally see
my fawn.

Perhaps the most sur-
prising aspect of the recent

| . Federal ‘budget was. its
~ failure
' measures to address ‘the

‘to mention

Pacific region’s economic

- Prorens.

- by Premier -
ay - Bi Vander Zalm

ue So it’s ‘encouraging that
‘Deputy Prime Minister
~ Don Mazankowski moved
a quickly” to" rectify. this

“omission with a post-—
” Budget
-.-what’s going to be done

‘statement on

for the West..

My initia! reaction to
the budget, like that of
many others here on the
Pacific, was.one of disap-
pointment that the Federal
Minister of Finance. did
not touch on .or make

. Mention of the concerns
we have here on the West

Coast. -
So it was good to see

that in his budget post-

script delivered just. last
Friday, the Deputy Prime

Minister noted our voices.
“loud -

have ‘been. -heard
and ciear’’,
To my mind, that’s a

strong - signal that. : the.

Federal government. has

got the message and is ful- ~
ly committed to: address-

_ Ing our: concerns:in.a fair
and equitable manner.

With .the “Federal
government - ‘Clearly on

*- record i in this way, I’m op-

Arthur Bustin

| found the garden
nos | misplaced in the
all

Terrace court report

In Terrace Provincial
Court on Friday, Jan. 30
Fred Robinson was fined
$500 for operating a
motor vehicle while his
ability to drive was im-
paired.

xk

WORD POWER - wastrel:
someone who wastes things, a
spendthrift or loafer.

In Terrace Provincial
Court on Friday, Jan. 30

Bert Vandooren was fined .
a total $150 for two of- —°

fences under the Other
Provincia] Statutes.
4m

On Friday, Jan. 30 in
Terrace Provincial Court
Lana Eide was fined $750
for theft,

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timistic: that my meeting .
~ with Prime’ ‘Minister

Mulroney. on March $5 in
Ottawa _ will ‘nail down
some specific initiatives
and steps to help our hard-
hit region. .

In his statement, Mr.
Mazankowski. said the
budget wasn’t the vehicle o
to address Western‘ con-:
cerns in an “fad hoc’’ man-
ner and went on to say the
Federal government will
soon outline details of a
Western Economic Diver-
sification strategy.

The strategy, said the

Deputy Prime Minister, |

will contain specific policy
initiatives and respond
*‘directly to the challenges
and opportunities.. com-
prehensively' and in-

req uests being heard

novatively"”.
Good news because we

do have some very serious .
problems ‘to address “in .

terms of unemployment
and the need for a fairer
allocation of federal
resources to our :part’ of
the country,

There are of course, a
number of specific items I
intend to discuss with the
Prime Minister. —

These
awarding’ of the Polar 8
icebreaker contract, — the
need for early. introduc-
tion of Federal legislation

‘to confirm ‘Vancouver as

an international financial
center and. the develop-
ment. of a plan which will
channel an increased share
of Federal financing and

“contracts to Pacific region
business and suppliers. .
Clearly these. kinds ‘of |
issues will have. to. -be..
brought forward. in‘ the
strategy promised. by the,

include the:

Deputy Prime Minister if
the perception of fairness
is to be met.

I’m very hopeful : that -

the Prime Minister will'sée
fit to. have his federal of-

ficials make available.

details of the new Federal.
diversification’ strategy as

‘sOONn as Possible.

Here in B.C, as, we get
ready to launch: our- own
budget and ‘economic

blueprint, it would clearly —
be helpful for us to know

quickly just what we can
expect. from the Federal
government to. ‘comple-
ment our own initiatives.
itiatives.

’ In any event, it’s good :
to know. that Ottawa has *
been ‘listening to our re- -
_ quests; and that in the near ..
future, we can expect to”
“see tangible evidence that
the:Pacific region is at last’.
‘going to be considered and
treated as a full partner -

within Confederation.

How about teaching -
old fashioned values

‘To the: editor, . ;
Are food banks really

“teeded : in’ this - wealthy

country? Or are they a
piece of propaganda used
against: conservative gov-

ernments? .Some .of the _

‘‘poor’’ people I met hap-

. pened to be lazy. They use

their welfare money, not
on their kids, but on beer.
Do we have to’ feed such
people? >

When I see: these folks

n ‘The . National’? or
‘The Journal’ it hits me
that most of them are fat-
ty, cigarette smoking in-
dividuals who are com-
plaining about everything
and everyone, They foster
a spirit of rebellion, unrest
and negativism.

They appear to me more
like spoiled brats than
poor people who need our

PRO pre PTTG imeem meme

help. As far as oe am ‘con-*>

cerned they get more hélp -
than they deserve, ‘The

government does not owe .
anybody a living. Nor do’.
we, 7
People should. learn to

look after themselves, Day
Care Centres paid for by
the taxpayer? Since when

‘ should parents not look .

after their own children?

‘With all our help. we are -
“creating a rotten society -
that. knows only about so —

called ‘‘rights’’ and knows

nothing about responsibil-
ities, Obligations, duties —

and accountability,

What about teaching |

these old fashioned values

to our kids in schools? If -

’ we do we might expect a
better world tomorrow.

Bill Homburg:

- Terrace, B.C.

“QONT GET ANY FUNNY IDEAS BUSTER ~*~ YOU WANT A Magsact I'L GWE You ALL THE MATSAGE YoU WANT