4 Terrace Review — Wednesday, August 5, ‘1987 ing Feta es Gosis, WELCOME A rather insignificant strip of cracked, warped and patched pavement that no one would have given a nickel for six mon-- ths ago has recently taken on such importance that at least one local contractor seems willing to undertake civil disobedience for the right to drive his trucks down it. Se The vocal and determined resistance of some residents on N. Sparks St. and Halliwell Ave. to an increased volume of log- ging truck traffic through their neighborhood has been received LET’S SEE SOME CREATIVITY with apparent surprise from nearly every enterprise that has an interest in the situation. There is a long history .of low- level logging activity in the Kitselas area, and the N,- Sparks/Halliwell route has been. the traditional access and exit: and in fact the only way to get in and out of the area for logging trucks; _ _ It has now been revealed that, based on an assumption of sta-_ ‘tus quo, timber assignments were made, appraisals establish- ed, contracts signed and delivery dates set well in advance of the ' Letters to the editor will be con- sidered for publication only when signed. Please include your telephone number. The editor reserves the right to condense and _ edit ietters. Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the Terrace Review. cna : Terrace Review Established May 1, 1985 The Terrace Review is published each: Wednesday by Close-Up Business Services Ltd. . Publisher: - Mark Twyford _ Edltor: ‘Michael Kelly Staff Reporter: . 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In evaluat- ing developments to date on the issue, it’s not difficult to under- stand that both loggers and resi- dents feel that their conflicting: stands each serve a segment of Letter To the editor, I would like to thank all the Terrace businesses who donated generously to our local BMX Tetter_ Merchants | thanked - To the editor, 7 The Skeena Valley Runners would like to thank the follow- ing merchants and organizations for their support: All Seasons Sporting Goods, Sundance Ski & Sports, Mr. Mike’s, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Sight & Sound Ltd., Slumber Lodge Inn, Pizza Patio, Safeway, Terrace Travel Ltd., City of Terrace, J & F Distributors Ltd., Northern Ac- cents, Thornhill Grocery & Laundromat, Terrace Drugs Lid., Don Diego’s, Ev’s Men's. Wear Ltd., Jon’s Hairstyling, Dynamic Health Service, North- ern Drugs Ltd., Dr. Paul Clark, Dr. Harry F. Murphy, Terrace: Search and Rescue. Skeena Valley Runners Chib. the general public interest. What is difficult to understand, and excuse, is the present city coun- cil’s inability to take any kind of - decisive action, This council has a commend. . able record in handling the pure- ly fiscal and organizational as- pects of city government, but their performance at devising imagitiative ‘solutions’ to ~ less: straightforward probiems is not impressive. After more than half a year of wrangling with the Halliwell situation the street’s occupants have been given the _Tather unconsoling placation of ‘‘No Truck’ signs posted along ‘the road while the trucks keep on rolling past their driveways. Now the Mayor has announc- continued on page 24 _ Support recomended club during the recent “Big Race”’ event held here on July, 19. Thanks to: Sundance Ski and Sport, Enterprises, Doc’s Cartage, Ben Faber Contruction, McPherson Trucking, Don Diego’s Restaur- ant, Houlden Logging, Skeena Cellulose, Tymoschuck Agen- cies, H. Lehmann Jewelers, Ter- race Greyhound Bus Lines, and Takhar Trucking. We would also like to thank the following for donations of gifts presented to the racers: All - Seasons Sporting Goods, San Francisco Gifts, the Donut Fac- tory, Shopper’s Drug Mart. Kel- ly’s Stereo, K-Mart Terrace store, Northern Drugs, Gim’s Restaurant, Shan-Yan_ Rest- aurant, and Terrace Drugs. For help in upgrading ‘and repairing the track. at Riverside Park, thanks to: Elker Auto Supply, McEwan ‘GM, the Ter- race Co-op, SKB Auto Parts, Kal Tire, Acklands, the Terrace Family Recreation Centre, Ter- race Interiors, the Sandman Inn, Cedars Motel, Norm’s Auto Refinishing, B & G Market, Reum Motors, Skeena Sawmills, Finning Tractor, Groceries, and the Terrace Over- waitea store. Fred Stephens, President Terrace Torken BMX Club Safe in saying that of all the know that in British Columbia’s any chance of labor peace in the province with Bill 19. negotiations on native land claims, Harcourt mentioned promises the premier didn’t make but delivered anyway. Jock’s Excavating,.. ‘Northern Motor Inn, Rudon Riverside | Let’s putanend __ to the ‘Spirit of Co-operation’ Hubert Beyer| Victoria Correspondent S If I hear ‘“‘the new spirit of co-operation’ mentioned one more . time, I'll get violently ill. Listening. to Premier Vander Zalm expound on the virtues of co- operation during the dying hours of the last legislative session, you: might have suspected that the Opposition members were really Socreds in disguise. If I were an NDP member, I would have cring-- ed at the premier’s remarks. . “The leader of the opposition and his members deserve thanks . for their positive response, for their co-operation, for their _ assistance, in the progress that has been made,’’ Vander Zalm said. ‘I’m certainly most appreciative of the good spirit that has ex- isted in this legislature over the past number of months. I think ’'m_ . legislatures anywhere in the Com- monwealth, this is probably number one. I hope and trust that this spirit will continue, and that we can continue to debate and have our differences, but always have that common interest, the good of - all British Columbians, at heart.” Oe Well, isn’t it fantastic? I mean, doesn’t it just warm your heart to polarized politics the two adver- saries seem to get along so well? -_ Evidently I wasn’t the only one to get a little nervous at the: premier’s warm-hearted praise of the NDP. Mike Harcourt, in his, response to Vander Zalm’s wrap-up speech, left no doubt that his party’s co-operative mood went only so far. :. While the new tone of civility in the legislature was to be welcom- ed, it was a pity, Harcourt said, that it didn’t spill over into the. — business of the House. . Obviously. worried that the public might misinterpret all that talk about co-operation, he lambasted the government for having killed _ After listing a number of promises Vander Zalm made and didn’t keep, suchas strategies to attract new investment, television. coverage of the legislature, the Vancouver Island Highway and “We didn’t ask for Bills 19 and 20; we didn’t ask for higher pro- perty taxes for seniors; wé didn’t ask for an increased tax. for small business; we didn’t ask for the phantom of shifting park boundaries of Strathcona and Tweedsmuir; we didn’t ask for the lifting of the uranium moratorium or the lifting of the offshore drilling moratorium,’’ Harcourt said. | oo *‘We didn’t ask for a gambling casino and a liquor store on every corner or the vice boat; we didn’t ask for museum and heritage park fees; and even more importantly, neither did the people of British’ . Columbia,’’ he said. 7 . -Thank goodness Harcourt set the record straight, before the public get the impression that the lifeblood has been drained from B.C, Legislature, re __ This crazy notion of co-operation was first introduced by former NDP leader Bob Skelly. Look where it got him. When Harcourt became leader of the opposition, he appeared willing enough to go - along with Vander Zalm’s call for a new spirit of co-operation. It’s — i: now clear, however, that he isn’t prepared to let that spirit interfere j with his duties as opposition leader, - pe And contrary to-what the premier seems to believe, the public Le doesn’t want its politicians to co-operate, The whole system is built on government and opposition playing out their adversarial roles. The legislature isn’t supposed to be a debating. club where members engage in a political exchange of their philosophies. It's supposed to be an arena of combat. A legislative session is a civil - war fought by proxy. Instead of settling our differences in bloody street battles, our representatives fight it out on the floor of the: legislature. It’s not as messy but just as effective when done proper- That doesn’t mean the MLAs have to use abusive and insulting language. Harcourt observed .that in the last session, the ears of children didn’t have to be covered. ‘Fair enough, but that’s where the spirit of co-operation should end. And that’s obviously where Harcourt wants it to end. Thus his stinging attack ‘on the govern- ment after paying appropriate tribute to the new tone of civility that had marked the session. | , :