oe 6 Terrace Review — Thursday, July 2, 1987

EYE OPENING EXPERIENCE

_ To the editor,

Over. the past few years
the B.C. Forest Service
_has taken a public pound-
ing, and every politician
‘ around (especially ones in
- the government) seems to

~~ have taken to espousing

' silviculture as the answer
to all the problems.

I, as-a politician, think
silviculture is great, but as
aman on the labour level,
I see things that are very
wrong -in the industry of
silviculture, .

Tree planting is the very

first and most important

-. Of the silviculture prac-

tices. Ido not include the
“prescribed burn’ as a
tool of. silviculture, but
rather.a form of barbarian
behavior, so I will deal
with the: tree planting in-
dustry.

There was a group of
‘tree planters in the Ferry
Island camp ground early
this spring and I took the
Opportunity to visit
them and re-aquaint my-
self with their problems. I
later encouraged the
media and Ruth Hallock
(Terrace aldermanic coun-
cil) to visit them and see
_ what I had seen and hear
what I had heard.

Tree planters are paid
on the basis of how many

trees they plant each day, *

‘ with one person bidding
and getting the contract

then subletting to the tree .
‘ . planters for about half of

his bid price. Rates to the
planters range from eleven

to 20 cents per tree. The:

work day is a standard 10
hours and the job is very
hard, hot, dusty, and pre-
scribed: burn areas have
the added attraction of be-

ing sooty.

The planters are mostly
secondary or university
students hoping to make
enough to get back to
school for another term.

A beginner will make’

about $35 to $46 dollars a
day, $3.50 an hour. In our
major British Columbia
industry.

An experienced worker
can make up to $100 per
day. Less board. If you
can call it that. They live
in tents. Sleep on the
ground. Try and dry
clothes. during the damp
spring nights. No toilets.
No shower or bath. No
laundry. Living in tents is
fine for a few weeks on a
holiday, to get away from
it all, when it is not man-
ditory to get up at 6 a.m.,

head out to the swamp on.

another 10 hour working
day.

A daughter of a local
alderman took her first try.
at professional tree plan-
ting this spring. She got
her own tent. She got her
own mattress. She got her
own sleeping bag and
blankets. She paid $20 a

day for board (zucchini

and hamburger). She did
not plant enough trees to
cover her board and in
two days got smart and
quit.

There was a shower stall
in this camp-closed in on
three sides — with the
open side facing right at
the cook house door. She
didn’t shower.

She hung her garments —

on a line to dry at night

and tried to put on the -

cold, wet clothing in the
6 a.m. dew. Any of you
ladies ever try that? I

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CHI HTH ere LOTTIE

eo

a a

umbia’s
proudest industry sleep on

never had to; wet socks.
are enough. —

The Forest Service says
that there are camp stan-
dards, like showers, dry-

ing rooms,. etc,, but she
- hever saw any.
Planting jobs are bid on

costs alone — lowest bid
takes the job. Even if a
contractor wanted .to be

human and put in luxuries -

like showers with doors,
he couldn’t do it without
being underbid,

. And all this is Govern-
ment policy?

Wages can be fixed on.
_the amount that you can

produce, piece work —.
and sharecropping ~ and
if some folks want to work
for that price, thats up to
them. But for the B.C,
Government to ask — in-
sist really — that ‘these
critical workers in this
critical field in British Col-
biggest and

the ground and endure all

this (and the bugs) is a -

total disgrace to the For
est Service, to the Labour
Board, and to the Pre-
mier’s office.

Critics of this letter will
say, ‘‘the planters like to
live that way.’’ Like chil-
dren liked to work in the
mines.

One final note to save’

me writing another letter.
The forgoing conditions
and wages and indignities
to the human body is ex-

actly where Bill 19 is.

designed to lead us. Rich
people keep horses. And
they care for them bet-
ter than this government
treats its workers.
Les Watmough
Terrace, B, C.

635-7840

Historic day |
for reality |

To the editor, .

It was a historic day
recently for science, truth
and reality in the United
States and for the Test of
the. world.

‘The Supreme- Court
struck down a law requir-

ing balanced - teaching of
creation science with
science by a decision .of 7

‘to 2, ruling that crea- -

tionism wasn’t science but
was in fact a religion and

teaching. of which would:

run counter to the U.S,
Constitution that upholds
freedom. of beliefs.

‘It would in fact have.

been forcing a narrow sec-
tarian view on the majori-
ty, which is undemocratic,

Stephen Jay Gould,
professor of Zoology, was
interviewed on American
TV and he gave the im-

pression that this decision

upheld. true science.

Gould gave argument
that if Creationism had
won,
have to be scrapped be-
cause the biblical view
argues. that the earth was
created within the last

astronomy would —

10,000 years and astrono-
mers are telling us the

stars are millions of light

years away.

Gould also said that the
theory of the atom would
have ‘to. be scrapped be-
cause radio active dating

of the earth predicted by —

present theory would be
wrong if the biblical date

of creation were to be ac-.

cepted as-correct.
However,

absolutely complete, , al-
lowed us to create nuclear

medicine. which is cor--
roboration of. its correct-

ness to date.

More importantly, it
was made absolutely clear
to me and to anyone who
can understand the signifi-
cance of this decision, that
religion is not about reali-

ty.

It is not about. truth
from facts. This is the
realm of science. —

. Nor should we base our
interaction with the Teal
world on it because it isin
facta departure from real-

ity.

) _ scientific .
-atomic theory, while not

What then is: religion?
I think it is a primitive
construct made by_fright- -

ened peoples who desper-
‘ately wished that things

could be utopian and that
people wouldn't die, but —
live forever.

It is then very simply, a
myth, a wish, a Strong.

wish. While it has social

value for some but. devas-

. tating consequences for

others, we would be well
off keeping it a personal
philosophy.

The first and most im-
portant consequences of
rejecting creationism. is
that we gain control over
whether or not to have a:
holocaust, and-we don’t
leave it to fate or to God,

In short, science says
that we can save ourselves,
and are responsible for
ourselves, and we had bet-
ter get busy. with our
science and become good
scientists and make. the
needed changes.

Jorma Jyrkkanen
Terrace, B.C.

_ Skeena, Thornhill present

awards to school atheletes

TERRACE = Selena
Tank and Arnie Pelletier
picked up to honors at the
Skeena Junior High
School Season-Ending
Awards Day held on June
25, 1987,

Tank and Pelletier were
selected as best female and
male athletes of the year.
A large number of
students also picked up
awards for efforts in
several sports. Here’s the
list of those honored.

VOLLEYBALL

Grade 8 ‘Girls Outstanding
player, Carmen Bell and

Gigi Olson: Sportsmanlike
player, Krista Iverson and |

Jenny Hope; Most Im-
proved player, Stacee
Martin. and Erica Lloyd
Jones,

Grade 8 Boys Outstanding
players, Paul Manhas and
Jorge Silva; Most Inm-
proved player, Jim
Hensen.

Jr. A Girls Outstanding
player, Cheryl Blanes;
Sportsmanlike player,
Selena Tank; Most Im-
proved player, Krista
Soules, .

Jr. A Boys Most Improv-
ed player, Garrett Hidber;
Sportsmanlike player,
Russ McFarland.

BASKETBALL

Grade 8 Girls Outstanding
player, Rochelle Pelletier;
Sportsmanlike player,
Krista Iverson; Most Im-

proved player,
‘O’Brien.

-proved . player,

Shelly

Grade 8 Boys Outstanding
player, Paul
Sportsmanlike player,
Dave Wolfe; Most Im-
proved player, Chad Ed-
monds.

Jc. A Girls Outstanding

player, Jody Cox: Sport-.

smanlike player, Rhian-
non George; Most Im-
Jenine
Krause,

Jr. A Boys Effort Award,
Arnie Pelletier; Top
Defensive player, John
Favela; Most Improved
player, Kannin Osie-Tutu.

BADMINTON

Outstanding Player, Gar-
rette Hidber; Sport-
smanlike player, Jason
Krause; Most Improved
player, Lisa Mailloux.
CROSS COUNTY

Most Dedicated athlete,
David Shepherd; Most
Improved athlete, Gary
Peden; Most Competitive
athlete, Chad Edmonds:
Most Determined athlete,
David: Edmonds,

TRACK & FIELD
Most Versatile All round

athlete. Female, Alison |

Siemens; Most Versatile
All round athlete Male,
Kerry Smith,

Thornhill Junior Secon-
day had fewer awards to
give out, due ot a smaller
enrolment. Grade 8 Stu-

Manhas;

dent Bryan Netzel was the
big winner with two
awards. -

ATHLETIC

AWARDS |
Grade 8 Boys Volleyball,
Bryan Netzel; Grade 8
Girls Volleyball, Kristine
Torgalson; Sports —

.Development Camp, Kim

Rempel and Chad Ziegler;
‘‘A’’ Boys Volleyball
Bruce Neid; “A” Girls
Volleyball, Denise Cam. .
Grade 8 Boys Basketball,
Bryan Netzel; Grade 8
Girls Basketball, Kyla
Palagian;: ‘‘A’? Boys
Basketball, Neelam Par-
mar; ‘‘A’’ Girls Basket-
ball, Sheri Montheith.
Badminton, Tammy Hub-
bard Rose Lenser,

HEWITT
CAPTURES
JUBILEE

Hometown. golfer Dar-
ren Hewitt, who recently
joined the five-year Pro
Golf Association’s - ap-
prenticeship program,
blazed through with a
five-stroke victory over
defending champ George
Noth of Burns Lake at
Prince Rupert’s 54-hole
Men’s Open Jubilee Tour-
hnament on the June 20
weekend.

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