Sisters: erupts again

After more than a year of

relative. cooperation, the ‘Ministry of Forests and the preservationist Seven Sisters Society are at odds again over logging on the scenic peaks near . Cedarvale.

The ministry held a public in- formation session in Terrace last

night, the object ‘of which according to spokesman. Gary - Lloyd was to present options for ‘management of the area and gather public opinion. . Seven Sisters. president . Bill. Fell, however, said the options presented are in a narrow range and don’t reflect the Society’s objectives for the area, which are primarily recreational in nature. —

The area in question is about 1,800 hectares of mixed hemlock and balsam. At Ministry of Forests rule-of-thumb of 300 cubic meters per hectare, the available cut is in the order of §5,000 cubic meters. Gary Lloyd

says that enough timber to keep.

Westar’s Carnaby sawmill oper- ating for a year; he’s quick to point out, however, that entire area would nat be harvested in one year.

Lloyd also says that if por- tions or all of the area are preserved, the timber in question would have to be removed from Westar’s annual allowable cut.

The Seven Sisters Society has maintained that timber in the area is of marginal commercial value and that the trees are more valuable standing as a tourism and recreation area than felled and ‘milled into dimension lumber.

The Northwest president of the B.C. Wildlife Federation, Gil Payne, has come out in sup- port of the logging plan. Payne said logging will make the alpine areas of the mountains more ac- cessible for a greater range of people, including children and senior citizens. He also said the Seven Sisters cut would give Westar and its contractors the opportunity to demonstrate that they can log in a responsible manner. .

‘(Heaven knows we’ve seen enough bad logging in this region,’’ Payne said. ‘This will

This Friday is.a day of grand achievement for 252 Caledonia students — it’s graduation day. _. the end of 12 years of hard work and a milestone in the journey to adulthood. Some will seek employment, others will go on to college or university — but for all it?s the end of the relative “shelter? of the public educa- tion system and the beginning of a new “‘freedom’’.

by Tod Strachan

‘And it’s this new freedom, to make more responsible deci- sions, that brought a*former

Washington State Highway. Patrolman, Michael Buck-

ingham, to Caledonia to talk to the grads. - He had no ‘problem gaining the attention of the grads. He has no ears. His bald head is dominated by a burnt and scar- red face. His mangled arnis end

in clumps of much less than 10°

mangled fingers. Buckingham was a victim of a drinking

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driver’s impairment.

When describing his own acci-

dent, Buckingham made it clear that he wasn’t talking about ‘“drunks!’. He was talking about someone who's had a couple of beers — not drunk, but not sober. either — impaired. ‘*Two things have gone out the window when you take alcohol or drugs,” he told the grads. ‘Your reaction time and your

ability to make rational deci-

sions.”*

In 1981, Buckingham was 28 years old. A. tall. handsome, 28-year-old patrolman with six ‘years’ experience, he was on eve- ning patrol. Brian, a 21-year-old who had been drinking and driv- ing since he ‘was 16 and never ‘been caught, had just had a few beer and was on his way home. Brian was confident he was safe. He had been drinking and driv- ing for five years without having an accident. and there was noth- _ing to indicate this night should be any different. He was so con-

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- fident in fact, he didn’t even

bother to use his seat belt.

But this night would be dif- ferent. As Brian left the pub, Buckingham pulled in behind him and turned on the lights and siren, Under any other condi- tions, Brian might have stopped — but he was impaired. He had to make a quick decision and he chose wrong — he tried to outrun the police.

He made another poor deci- sion when he entered a right had corner at too high a speed. His car crossed the center line and

sideswiped his first victim, Dan,

a confident, non-drinker who believed it could never happen to him.

_ In an effort to recover from the crash, Dan swung into the left hand jane and collided head on with Buckingham, Bucking- ham’s gas tank burst into flame, but with doors welded shut by the force of the collision there was no escape. For five minutes, Buckingham burned in his car

before he: could be rescued. a

Dan was lucky, he received only minor injuries. And he was wiser, he knew now it could hap- pen to him. Brian was lucky too, at least physically. As his car spun off the road, he was thrown out, And for a few fleeting moments, as his body

flew through the air, he stared at.

his own death — but he landed in a pile of brush and was only slightly injured.

But as his injuries: healed, Brian’s luck became less ap- parent. Emotionally, he’s not

recovering. He continues to live ,

with the consequences of his choice to drink and drive. He

still believes that Buckingham —

blames him for his disfigure- ment, and his sleep is riddled with flashbacks of the result of his poor choice. He has even contemplated suicide to end his suffering.

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