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a

~ world here to take part in the

will be shocked to Tearn that, with
~ ae place as beautiful as: ours, sure

the oceans and beaches,

VICTORIA -- Like Julius
Caesar, they came, they saw,
but only. one of them . con-

quered; the other one never
managed to get past the
ramparts.

In the ongoing battle for the
hearts, souls and votes of Brit-
ish. Columbians, — Premier

Mike Harcourt launched an as-
sault on the same objective last
weck -- the annual convention
of the B.C. and Yukon Com-
munity Newspaper Association
which. met at. the . Sheraton
Landmark in Vancouver.

.A mere six hours scparated
their campaigns. Harcourt was
the guest speaker at lunch, the
premicr at dinner. When it. was
all over, the verdict was unani-
‘mous: Wander Zalm was the
clear winner. Harcourt had
blown it.

‘Harcourt not. only gave. the
wrong speech to the wrong
audience; his delivery was aw-

hand, couldn’t possibly have
come up with a better speech.
He should give the guy who
wrote it a raise.

-Harcourt.. completely mis-
judged his. audience, spending

“(the first half of his speech lam-

spending

priorities
Editor:: —

cessful in our bid to. bring .the .

= Commonwealth Games’ to. the

Greater Victoria arca, it is a great
opportunity | to step. back and put
prioritics on how the provincial
and federal governments monics
are going to. be-spent-on this
project. 92°

One arca the citizens of this area
would be best served now and in-
the future would be to ensure that
we spend some.of these resources
on the environment. We will see
many visitors from all over the

activities and enjoy the beauty of
this area which, as residents, we
enjoy on-a daily basis,

‘Tam: sure. these same visitors

rounded by oceans and mountains,

we continue to: dump. raw ‘sewage _
~ into. the ocean,

~The: dumping, “of raw. scwage
into our aceans does not make

: “sense froma environmental or.

economic point of view. This area

“depends heavily on the tourist

trade and the reason peaple desire
10 visit. Victoria is to enjoy the |
beauty of the arca which includes ©

We also have at fishing industry
made up of off-shore sports and.
commercial fishing, and a shell-

~ fish industry, [cannot help -but

wonder how. much longer: these
industries will survive if we con-
tinue to dispose of sewage the way

Los we ne bodys

T hope that the people. making.

; the decisions on: how. the provine

cialand federal monies are.to be.

- spent tncluded the esuiblishment
“of a raw sewage treatment plant so

we can show the world the beauty.

of the area and how we care for it.

This: would also. ensure that:
ifter the wames leave thal we have
something other than sports facil

‘ities to be - proud of for future .

Vander Zalm: and NDP Leader

ful. Vander Zalm, on the other.

- basting the government, the
second half on the province’s
tourism potential.

His attack on the government
would have been better suited
to an NDP convention; his
foray into tourism might have
interested a convention of travel
agents. His audience wouldn’t
be found at cither.

The people he addressed were
publishers of community news-
papers. They were businessmen
and women whosc skill is
measured in how they compete
and survive in a highly compe-
titive business.

That isn’t to say. they don’t

take their journalistic obliga-
tions seriously. Most of them

do, but they are first and fore-
most managers. And they have
to be, for if they can’t control
the bottom linc, the best jour-
nalism won’t keep their papers
alive.
_ Considering all that, the first
part of Harcourt’s speech was
wasted on the audience at best
and an insult at worst. As for
-his remarks on tourism, they al-
most put the audicnce to sleep.
Before he started speaking,

Harcourt said to someone at the

- head table he would give them a

“thumper.". Wow. I

wonder. months, I had been quite in-

gencrations..

Know. that we. have bech suc-

_ NEW. y MINISTER of the “New Life Fellowship on 1 Fifth Street is.
- Lary. Gessner. Gessner, also chaplain of the William Head’ Psychiat- : =
~_.: ric Hospital, ‘replaces Ralph Daly.who has: moved to Calgary. Gessner |:
~'was-chaplain-at; the: psychiatric: hospital: in Matsqui. He: brings: his. wife :
LP Jedi and: rtheir higevohildren to the: communitys: : :
it le Ag sk 7 mee ge eS # a -° wenaee i a? 5
OA RECENT donation to. the Lions/Review Food Bank from the
Second Sidney Guides:came with this:note: ‘‘Dear lions. We. are. 2nd ..
. Sidney’ Guides: ive | this food to people how ned it. ‘Thank- ~you."”

ce

ae

Daryl Barnett
a President NDP
Saanich and the. Islands

Evangelism
well reporied

Editor: .
~My wife and I visited your area

for a glorious holiday, and while
we were there attended some of

the evangelistic lent meetings con-
ducted by Len Lindstrom,

_ described. by Valorie Lennox in

the Sept. 14 issue of The Review.
Just this week friends sent us
that page from your newspaper,

~ and we wish to congratulate your
“reporter for such. an accurate —
report, accompanied by clear pho-

lographs that were ‘typical’ as far

as possible of the activitics,

As we head for the Philippines

this week, accompanied. by our
four children, for a couple of years:

of missionary endeavors for Christ,

‘we are ‘encouraged that not all
reporting of Christian activities is.

UNO
Norman Mansell.
Quezon Hl
_ Bagui City
Philippines
Run away
Editor:

The, enue Fox has raised, so far, .
$300,000 in B.C, and. the,

over §
Y ukon, and is well on the way to

$500,000,

The total for runs Across Canada °¥
and around the world will soon be.
over our national goal. of $5 mil-

tion.”
The press coverage has also:

what a dull Harcourt speech is
like.

A few hours later, same place,
same audience, Vander Zalm
was at his best. He was upbeat,
charming and, most of all, he
had the right speech for the
audience.

The whole address was an ode
to community newspapers, and
somchow he managed to find a
way of saying that government
and community papers have
identical aims and similar prob-
lems. The logic sounds a bit
fuzzy in the cold light of day,

_ but boy, it sounded good at the

time. Vander Zalm gave the
speech Harcourt should have
given, and could have given be-
cause he was up first.

What Harcourt couldn’t have
matched was the premicr’s an-
nouncement that from now on,
community newspapers would
get a fair share of the govern-
ment advertising dollar.

Until now, the lion’s share of

the government’s advertising
- budget has always gonc to the

dailies and the clectronic media.
That’s to change.

The move is long overduc.
Community newspapers reach
an estimated 95 per cent of all
British Columbians. Some of
the publishers told me later the

premier could perhaps have

made the announcement. at

- some other time. It looked a

little too much like a bribe, they

thought, but I don’t foresee any

of them turing down the ads.
During the past couple of

trigued with the scenario of
Vander Zalm’s voluntary depar-
ture from the political scenc.
After last week’s performance,
I’m not so sure anymore.

It was quite obvious that the
premicr is not only recciving
solid advice lately, but that he’s
actually following it. His image,
tarnished by his own past mis-
takes and the terrible advice he
got from David Poole, is un-
deniably on the mend.

Behind this change are nonce
other than two former col-
leagues of minc, Ian Jessop, the
premicr’s new press secretary,
and Eli Sopow, who has been
catapulted to associate deputy
minister status in the govern-
ment’s becfed-up information
apparatus. ,

Despite these — obvious
changes to the premier’s image,
he’s by no. means out of the
woods yet: Until the public at
large secs the difference and
believes: it, his name will still
mud with a lot. of Socred party
faithful.

Vander Zalm burned a lot of
bridges between the party. and
himself in the past 12 months. It
takes time to rebuild them. But
if the Vander Zalm 1. saw last
week at the Sheraton Landmark
is any indication of. things to
come, Harcourt might wait at
his own risk for the premier. to
self-destruct.

Before he knows it, Harcourt

may be the one who. will need = §

an improved image..The ‘least
he will. need is better. speeches.
He sure blew that one..

‘AND SPEAKING of the needy, the St. Vincent-de Paul Society

- wants pots and pans. The charity also has'a shortage of clean and usablic

single beds. Call 727-0808 for pick-up or drop items off at 9788B-2nd

Street in Sidney.

DON’T - WORRY, Canada Post. Here’s a reason to be happy.
Everyone’s. always. on: your. case, but here’s proof.not everything the

-mailman‘does is wrong: A postcard from Germany madc.it-to the

following local:address: Carol, Master Scissors, Landmark Square,

A ‘BREATH of fresh : air comes. tom the 78 cyetists’ who took bart in |
: the: Fourth Annual. Bicycle. Trek of Life and Breath; “a fundraising:

_ Second Street, Off Beacon Ave., Sidney] British Columbia, Canada, . a”
7 V8L-? os rs

~ event for the B.C. Lung Association. The pedallers, wheeled in $43,710:
in.cash ‘and another:$12,296 in “pledges: ‘‘We’ve: almost reached | ‘our

$60,000. goal,” says executive. director. Scott. McDonald "The :
~’ collection. deadline is Oct. 14, so, we ‘ll likely see that amount by then,’

‘The 180-km course took cyclists on.a route around Salt Spring Island, -
‘the Chemainus and Cowichan valleys Shawnie Lake and the Saanich —

Peninsula, Sept. 17, 18 and 19.

Arthritis Month

recap |

Editor:

May J, through the pages of
your paper, commend those in the: -
community who supported us dur-
‘ing Arthritis Month?

Few people realize that onc
_ person in every seven suffers from |
some form of arthritis,
arthritis Costs the Canadian econ-
omy billions of dollars cach year
because of lost wages and man-

power,

Arthritis is a chronic disease, It
can change.a person's whole life,
- However, each time someone |

“meeting our. provincial Boal of §

been most qppreciated and. has”

been instrumental ine getting.

Terry's message and the message.

of the Run out w the people. .

a Brad Brohman :

Mr wy Nes tae Ce taal ela

Terry Fox Run.

or that

‘helps us to raise funds for.

“research, or raise awarencss, or

hand out information about

arthritis and the Arthritis Socicty,

we..move. closer toward the -

answers to this. crucl and potenti-
ally crippling problem,

We know that arthritis can be

controlled, but we cannot rest until f

a cure has been found. With the
help of so many wonderful peaple
in this community, I am sure that

- we will eventually reach our goal
—= to make arthritis a disease of

‘the past,

.. Danda Humphreys:
Communications Coordinator |
Arthritis Society

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