- Ken Beddle

Ist PLACE E|
1987

“Deewal Cota .
COMMERC AL

Ist PL LAC a
1987

(left) of the Workers’ Compensation Board Terrace office and Gordon Prinz, area manager for Pacific

Northern Gas, recently accepted commemorative certificates for taking first places - in the commerical
and industrial calegories of a contest sponsored by the Terrace Beautification Society. They are joined here by

West Coast Landscaping proprietor Jon Blake, who desi
tlan Board office on Lakalse Ave. and the Pacific North

gned the lot seitings for both the Workers’ Compensa-
ern Gas building on Hlahway 16 West.

- Garden observa tions

~ Coquihalla Highway :

the road to ruin

By Terrace Contributor .
Stephanie Wiebe

The Coquihalla highway'-has
ruined my zucchini crop.
There’s always a price to pay for
progress, but it looks like my
Zucchini is the ransom.

This highway has changed the
lives of many British Colum-

bians, but are we aware of the.

impact it’s had in Terrace and
surrounding areas? For over
three years I have enjoyed

gardening here in a slug-free
~- euphoria. Having lived -in. the
lower mainland, I know. the.
of the ever-chomping ©
garden slug, and have. waged:
war armed with slug bait, salt-
and rubber boots. But.in Terrace

perils

there was nary a sug to be seen.

The plants bask in the long sum-

mer days and gentle rains. Tak-
ing an informal poll about’ this
slugless phenomenon, I’ve de-
veloped three theories: (1) It’s
far too cold inthe winter for

Slugs to survive. Slugs.are not -

able to hibernate — when they
attempt” to snuggle ‘together

under the snow, they stick to one.

aitother and suffocate in each
other's frozen slime. (2)The
black flies carried them all away.
Competing for the title, ‘‘Pest of
North’’, the black flies out-
number: ‘the slugs, surround
them and simply transport them
south. (3) The Fraser Canyon
road is too treacherous for slug
travel, With its winding narrow
curves and. steep cliffs, the slugs
end up rolling slowly into the

canyon: With all of the tourist.
traffic and no “Slug Crossing”
signs, they haven't got a chance.

Personally I favor the last

theory, But now my gardening —
‘life has changed forever. Last
‘summer the new Coquihalla
-highway opened up with its
_ Straight wide lanes and smooth
‘pavement; Hoards of eager slugs.

soon discovered: this and are
now inching their way up north.
It’s a perfect set-up: when un-
suspecting travellers stop mid-
way to pay their toll, the slimy.
creatures can latch onto vehicles

and hitch a‘ride anywhere. Of fF
course, Terrace being an unex-

plored slug wilderness, it’s ripe

Freedom of speech — continued from page 6

blacks go to war fora while then +;
the white supremist government
may then be. willing to sit down
and talk: seriously. So Pauline
Jewett deserves our respect for
saying what she honestly feels,

even if we strongly disagree with -

her.

‘Has. Frank ever stopped -to
wonder why, even though the
polls always seem to tell the
N.D.P. they’re well liked, when

an election comes down there is -
- little or no gain in the number of

seats they hold? That's simple —
they claim to be a democratic
party for the people and every
time: one of their members
speaks out against an issue that
goes against party policy it
seems they’re hauled up in front
of ‘Big Ed’ who publicly
humiliates them for daring to

. voice an honest opinion that

doesn’t conform to. N.D,P.
policy. Many people with whom
I converse are wondering what
ever became of freedom of

: speech within the N.D.P. when .&
.party leaders seem to feel they,
‘have the power to dictate what a
person may or may not say. :
_ If-there were more members’ @.
like Pauline Jewett and Svend’ §

Robinson perhaps there would
be a few less people like me who

shave decided they don’t wish to .

have N.D.P. memberships. I'll
vote for them on election day {at
least until the Rhino party is
revived) and that’s all they need
to expect from me until there are
major changes made. It’s like
I've said before “Put a
Liberal, Conservative and an
N,D.P. in a room, turn out the
light and guess what? You can’t
tell-one from another’’. Dif.
ferent words maybe, but not one
honest answer, just speeches and
party policy. It’s really a shame

' — like Twiddle Dee, Twiddle

Dumb and Twiddle Dumber,

Not much of a choice really.
oO Art Grawberg
Terrace

for piciieer slugs to settle down

and munch on‘our tender plants,
"namely my zucchini. With Phase
2 of the Coquihalla near comple-
tion, the slug colonies are agog
with anticipation.

A few weeks ago we saw one
of the first pilgrim slugs in Ter-
trace. -We all -stood around it,.

aghast. Our children, with quiv-"
~ering voices, asked, “What i is it,

Mom??? Innocent. northern chil-
dren. The warison. —

Terrace Review Wednesday, 0 October 71987" r

Project complete — 7 .

with friends’. help —

Letter

To the Editor,

I would like to take, this op-
portunity to thank those-people
who supported me in my efforts

to complete a recent project for,

the International Childbirth
Education Association — a
prenatal calendar. .

I am especially grateful to
Terrace physiotherapist
Margaret Dediluke for her initial
support and enthusiasm during
our work with the Terrace
Childbirth Education Associa-
tion. This experience proved in-

valuable and provided the step-.
ping stone to further ventures.

I would also like to thank
Rosemary Gander of Burnaby
and Lynn .Cornborough,
formerly of the Terrace
Breastfeeding Support Group,

. for their dialogue over the years,
- as well as Brenda Quinn for her:
inherent understanding of the

Police

3 A Tetrace man will appear in’
court Charged with willful
damage and assault with a.
weapon as a result of a family
_ dispute. ©. =:

The victim:: “received ‘minor
head injuries and was treated
and released from Mills Mem-
orial Hospital. |

ee. te

A Terrace man will appear in
court. to. face charges of im-
paired ‘driving and refusing a
breath-test after he was checked

while operating a motorcycle in.

Terrace,
rt |

*

Report

birth process. -

The nurses at Mills Memorial |
Maternity unit, and the.medical.
community in general,have pro-

vided me with the determination
to pursue my interest in ICEA’s

motto, ‘Freedom of Choice
Based on Knowledge of Alter-

natives’’, which is the basis: of )

the calendar project.

To every pregnant couple who .
allowed me to photograph them, ©

I extend a big thanks — some-of
you may find yourselves as part
of this project.

But last and not ‘least, my.
family deserves mention for. put-.
ting up with me for the last year
while I ignored the house and.
buried myself at the typewriter
and the drafting board. Without .
my husband Alan and children.

Sarah, Emma, Benjamin. and

Simon, this project would never.

have become a reality.
Thank you all.

' Marianne Brorup-Weston
Director at- Large, ICEA

Terrace RCMP report that an
elderly Terrace man died in his
home on Walsh Ave. of natural

causes on Sept.' 17-following: a
lengthy illness. Local“ Coroner:

Jim Lynch is conducting an in-

vestigation. ~
ak &

‘Terrace RCMP attended -a
collision Sept..15 between a

motorcycle and a small truck at.

-the old bridge on Queensway
Ave. in Thornhill. The motor-
cyclist ‘was treated for minor in-
juries .
Hospital, and police are. in-

vestigating the cause of the acci-

dent.

Sponsors and volunteers thanked —

To the Editor
I would like to thank the follow-.

_ing for their contribution to the

recent successful Seventh An-
nual Terry Fox Run held in Ter-
race: Totem Press, McDoriald’s,
Terrace, Review, News Adver--

Julie Kozier

‘Letter
tiser, Wilkinson Business
‘Machines, . Aldérman’ George

‘Clark, Loomis-Courier, CFTK,

All Seasons Sporting Goods,
Sundance Ski and Sports, Ter-
race Public Library, Norm’s

Auto Refinishing, | Ms. Dale

‘Berlin, Skeena Valley: Runners, -

Linda Karu, and all the other

volunteers too numerous to

mention as well ‘as. all partici-
pants. We did it, Terrace!

Gary Pettipas,

Terrace Run Organizer.

Cedar B Beef Club :
“Thanks”

the Buyers and Bidders.
For their outstanding support:
at the 4-H Auction

* Terrace Co-op * Copperside Stores *
* Terrace Totem Ford «|

Marty Eisner

Ras
Trevor Muller

A special thanks to our auctioneer Leo DeJong.

at Mills. Memorial