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ED VAN DER LEELIE
- MANAGING EDITOR

GORDON HAMILTON

PRODUCTION

P.O. BOX 399,

October

There is something magic about
October that stirs the heart and speeds
the pulse beat. Glory flames across the
northland from tens of thousands of
hills and woodlands, At crisp, cold
dawn pewter-gray frost powders
meadows and uplands and tangled
wisps of shredded gray fog float above
the river valleys,

As the forenoon advances, the
climbing sun spreads mellow warmth
and the countryside relaxes while
shimmering purple haze lays a
peaceful benediction over the land.

There is nothing soft, sentimental
or coy about autumn. It flies its pen-
nants proudly for all to see. Trees
change from green to scarlet and gold,
wine and maroon. The skies seem to
‘prow bluer and the color of mirror-like
woodland ponds grows deeper.

October is the annual fireworks
display of the northern climate cycle,

The volunteer fireman is an unique
type of citizen. You may know such a
man who is willing to be on call at any
hour, day or night, in order to provide
protection for his neighbor as well as
himself from fire. .

You may w onder why a man would
be willing to give up his favorite. TV
show, postpone some reading or some
‘‘do-it-yourself’’ house chore he's been -
planning (plus sacrificing his evenings - -
with his wife and children) -just*to”
attend a meeting where he learns’ how ' is

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is here!

In some ‘years the color flames to a

climax almost overnight, like a
gigantic, exploding sky rocket. In other

. years the climax comes gradually. But

unless a cold storm strikes just before
the color height, there is’a period of

~ heart-lifting glory when the coun-

tryside glows in the beauty that marks
- the end of the harvest season,

Now the fur is thickening on wild
animals. The first light frostings of
snow whiten mountain tops. The last of
the summer birds leave ‘for the
southland.

In northern latitudes October is an
exhilirating month, heady with
autumn’s perfumes and filled with the
sounds maturity. Year’s tempo is
slowing; the iast chapter is being
written,

But for a brief period the glory of
October blesses the land,

A bouquet fo our voluntary firemen

to function as a volunteer servant on
behalf of his fellow man.

You will notice this volunteer
fireman isn’t out. protesting. and
demonstrating and complaining
because he’s too busy doing his part of
being a good Canadian.

_ It's good to recognize this valuable
citizen and if you see-him on some
special. projects .during Fire

_ Prevention Week, Oct. 3 to 10, tell him

you! back himi'up and tell ‘him you,
appreciate his service.

~~ F

have: a-stomach for it, may
; continue, ‘For.‘example,. you
‘take a-verb such as “to. put!

- SY aire p pulting me

my leg."
* somebod)

TERRACE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C.

perth

“Bent on! “The idea this time is $ to get ts te Washington BEFORE they release Phase 2 of their

‘ economic-squeeze plan...’

a Dear Sirs.
.,. Those- ‘Wondering. about. thel
‘recent’ deaths’ of birds. in the iam

“TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, en,

: Prince ‘REtpert News:

' area of Prince. Rupert, B.C., lame

’ might

glean a -:lot from ie

‘rereading Chapter. of Rachel ® |

Carson's. “Silerit Spring.”

- ‘Thisig the time of the year for fm
many: birds species. to: be Im

Migrating to warmer climes -.

__ yet only, recently. we: noted the §

“Department of: Highways

massively spraying along the

‘Skeena Valley with herbicides. § .

‘Quoting: from - page 127 of o

“Silent Spring’’-’

“Who has made the decision i:
that sets.in mation these cliains Hie

of poinsonings, this - ever-.
‘widening. wave of-death that
spreads out, like ripples when a
peniie.ts is

n wis, ca

PecThe decision i is “that of. the ;

‘authoritarian|:. temporarily
entrusted with power.”

Little wonder that many J
young North. Americans let #

their hair lengthen, and make
* the attempt to pioneer some-
_ Where back in the: hills away

from us, Education has enabled - ve

hem” to see the’ utter
complacency of our generation.

We bask in comfort with our
modern conveniences, little
caring about the price tobe paid
for later, by your children and
their’ Children, and ours,

BILL SMILEY °
Here's

relief

for tedious news

‘It is quite an ordeal reading
the headlines these days,
President Nixon's surcharge

has thrown the financial world .

intoa panic of sorts. Telephone
rates are up and rail fares are
going up. Everybody and his

brother is either on strike or
treatening to strike. More than:
one out of every ten members of
the work force 24 and under is
jobless.

The government has proved
totally incapable of both halting:.;
inflation and increasing
employment. Welfare casts are. ,
soaring. Plants are shutting
down. In a boom or bust
economic cycle, we certainly
don't seem to be headed for a
boom.

_Afriend of mine who came to
Canada from Germany told me
frankly, “‘In the 18 years I have
been in Canada, for the first
time I am seared. ”

John Bassett, financier,
wheeler-dealer, and imperious
owner of the Toronto Telegram,
gave that city a rude shock

. when he announced brusquely

that the 95- “ye ear-old paper would
cease’ publication because it
was ‘losing large sums of
“money. . And there went 1200:

. jobs.

That ieaves Forento, with a~

population creeping up on the -
two-million mark, with only two
papers. . Ottawa, an infant
comparatively, has two dailies.

_-Is there ‘something ‘rotten in

Denmark?

Now don’t fee] sorry for Mr.
Bassett. You won't find him on
the welfare rolls for a bit yet;
even though the Tely was losing.
over half a million a year, He
owns Toronto Argonauts: and:
has extensive holdings in an
audio-visual empire, plus only
he and God‘ know what else.

But] feel a little guilty when I
think of the Telegram going on
the rocks. Untiljust over a year. .
ago, the Telegram Syndicate °
distributed my column. Then I
switched to another syndicate,
Is it possible that merely one rat
_leaving can sink a ship? 1 lie
awake and worry about. this at
nights. For about 28 seconds.

I find that the. only way to -
escape from ‘this ‘pail. of gloom
and doam is.to concentrate on.
something -just-as silly as the
bickering, whining,’
recalcitrant, salty, emuberant
human race,

‘One of the silliest things in the
world isthe English: ‘language.
But iP § also: fascinating...
Especially ‘the. slang, : “which.

_ changes almost from ‘day'’to’

“day. I'ri not much interested in
the

‘that creep. into daily. ‘usage, 7

“Youriger readers “may ‘stop °

bere. Their elders, those ‘who .

Benérally. ‘meaning. to place";

Then you toss-in-a preposition. wh

and: you have: a
vooabul ;

ee et
Téal ly mmeans,.,‘" u're. pull ing
“Try to explain

earning “EB

thousands of new words:
, added tothe Janguage every = °°.
- yearby. science, but I .have-

~ morbid | interest ini the abortions

Why would anybody, except
perhaps a chiropracter, want to
. pull anyone's leg? .
“You're putting me down”
means you are squelching the
Speaker. “You. put me off”
.Mmeans that the — person
addressed is displeasing to you,
“Will you put me up?-"” means
you want a free place to sleep.
“You're always cutting me

up"? means that you are —

criticising the speaker, and is a

i favourite. among teenagers.
“Cut me off” refers te anything.
_ from a. conversation to: an
allowance. “T really. cut him
down" means that yau
reduced somebody, _ either
verbally or physically, to your
own pigmy proportions, and is
usually a prevarication. Or
even a lie.

The Yanks got in there first
with “wise”. You take a noun,
add “wise” to it, and youhavea

hermaphrodyte, ‘Can you see

the tortured visage of a
foreigner; who has learned ‘to
speak .impecable English,
having to cope with something
like, “‘Sales-wise, he’s on the:
ball; but experience-wise, he’s
just’ not with it’? .

Report from
Parliament Hill

{cannot help writing another
article about the proposed
nuclear blast at Amehitka
Island and. thereby bringing
_ people at home somewhat up to
‘date about Parliamentary
happenings.

I say somewhat up to date
because of the time lag between
the writing of this and its
appearance in print.

I, myself, tried on two or
three occasions to get the House
of Commons to yaccept a motion
* expressing’ dur ‘disagteethent .

with the proposed blast but on .

each occasion failed to get the

required ‘unanimous -consent,

Although on one occasion we

came very close with everyone

in the House agreeing except
‘one MP.

Following this we wrote a
letter to the Prime Minister-
asking him if he would
‘introduce a motion about .
nuclear bomb testing himself: If
the  government-- would
--introduce such a motion -it
‘would not require unanimous -
consent, but could be dealt with
at the instance of government,

Before we received a: reply -
-feom the Prime Minister Dave
Anderson, a Liberal MP tried to”

Immediate action:
key” to ‘success

A key to success of ‘the
provincial ‘government’s new
Job Opportunites Program. is
immediate action on the part of
the. people who . ‘qualify. for
employment under the scheme,
says Municipal Affairs Minister
Dan Campbell. .

Following a meeting of. the:
government's: Job
Opportunities Committee: in
Victoria; Wednesday, -
‘Campbell, committee chalemen
sald: “We are ‘anxious -that’
everyone understands that they:
should not wait to be contacted ,
by an employer or by an agency *
of government. The ball is in
their court and they should take -
the initiative, themselves; make
Opportunity - “and seek out
employment.” ”

‘Under’: the program, . the
government. will pay half the
cost of wages.in newly created ,
jobs fer persons who have been.
on social. assistance: for. three -
months or more, and have: been

resident in British Columbia for. | +

en Epa Persons-who qualify’.
“should ’

obtain application forms -

at” the, local office. ‘where they,

‘

-employers of {the person's

“ANDY. CAPR mo

pet a motion passed and he
failed to gel the unanimous
consent again with only one
M_.P. - this time a Conservative -
objecting.

The next move. came from
another Liberal, this time from
the same person who previously
had refused inanimous. consent
hirnself a week or so earler. He,
Eugene Whelan, also failed to
get the unanimous consent and
again, it was a Conservative
M. P. who, blocked his.a

fans : fide

Whelan one could say that he
had to expect that he wouldn't .
get unanimous consent. to a
motion about neculear bomb:
testing when he himself - had’
denied it just a week or two
before. _.

Inall-of this there is one Party
that has been consistent, We in
the. NDP haven't objected .to -
any other motion protesting the

Amchitka blast andinfacthave <

‘pushed the subject at every
; Opportunity.

_It seems, though, “that, ‘the’
-Liberals and Conservatives are
playing games with each other
for: one. time the Liberals ‘will
oppose the idea—next week’ it
‘will be the Conservative’s turn,
As I said in the earlier article
there is ‘no wonder that the
. people outside of Parliament

= “get confused'and fed up with

currently receivé “their social
assistance benefits: They will
subsequently be’ issued .a’
Certificate. . of Opportunity.
‘which (is notification to”

‘qualificaton for work under the
program.

- Although the © ‘program: is
‘officially. designated ‘to. begin

=No., Mr.’ ‘Campbell said he
hopes people will take action -

right away.

“We want to see people ‘at |
“work a3: s00n a8 possible,’’ he -
_ paid, Cabinet members of the

“Committeee on. | Job
Opportunities © ‘with: Mr..:
‘Campbell are - Education |

‘Minster Don Brothers, Labour
“Minister Jim Chabot,. Minister
“Without. Portfolio Mrs, Grace -

McCarthy and ‘Minister ‘of

Industrial Development, “Trade

-and i mere Waldo M.

this sort of nonsense and game '
playing, =~

\ Surely ‘the question of
~ building up the arms raceé-to an

. even nore “feverish. pitch ‘is
sufficient reason to put aside ‘

"the- insignificant petty |
‘differences that exi&t between’
political parties over strategy

’ and manoeuvres in the House. '

Surely -the - question of
potential’ damage to our.
‘environment and the’ potential
destruction. of life on’ earth
‘should override - partisanship.’

But, I guess one of the marks

of a political animal like those -

who so far have played political
‘ games* by opposing such:
* motions in Parliament so far is.
‘that they are just not capable of
«taking the larger, thore humane
view:

-T can best sum’ this up by 2

"restating that ancient trathful
comment-A blague “on: both:
your. houses, _

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lke ‘ali adic: i Soluinibis!'**
with ‘respect ta: Eugene io” Spenial graiiits inf the amount. ! 7
of $45,000 were allocated for the. ji

? governing -° I
administration’ arid various a
4 7 fraloine. programmes.

Yours truly,
_ Vie Bryant

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provides
grant |
Chairman of the

Government's Physical Fithess . |

and Amateur Sports Fund
. Committee,. the Honourable
Leslie Peterson, has announced
the approval of grants totalling
. _9158,000. for sports and fitness .
velopment throughout British |

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first time to implement a new
Provincial Coaching
‘Programme. In announcing the
programme Mr. Peterson said,

“British Columbia now has as.
many good coaches in track and
field and basketball as any-
‘ province in Canada, In order to
maintain: this standard and to
supply.an increasing number of
coaches with top rated coaching
ability; the British Columbia
’ Physical’ Fitness and Amateur
Sports Fund Committee is‘

implementing a. provincial - §

coaching plan: on 9 an’
ba erimental basis, initially’
-the sports of basketbal .

track and field.”’ .
‘The coaches when hired will

’ direct and co-ordinate the total . ae

programme ‘of coaching:
throughout. the’ proviiice. The

"functions of a provincial coach im

* willbe: to organize, administer,

and direct. training camps and’. if

clinics throughout the Province
to seek ‘ways to encourage and:

levels; to set
communication .
whereby ‘coaches ‘are’ fully
informed on current happenings:
at all ‘levels, ‘to assist in the -
- development - -of athletes: of
national “and ‘international:

calibre and to co-ordinatea plan

up| ia

to meet: the. needs of top class. te

éompetition.

The eventual goals of such a’ &
= coaching plan are to? “inereaie

participation in the ‘sports; ‘to

develop a-.greater. ‘nrnber’ of iam
high. calibre’. world’ class: ° §
“athletes; todevelop a sufficient: °
* number of high calibre couches.’ *’ §

Other grants: announced ‘by’ &

Mr. Peterson . -were! to: sports
bodies*"* - for

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