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Chamber of Horrors The Aguasabon Chamber of Commerce recently celebrated one year of existence (there was an article last week on this topic). As President Michael Moore stated in his article, he is pleased with what has been realized by the chamber. But he also realizes many things cannot be achieved overnight; it will take time to achieve and realize many of the chamber's objectives. But how is the chamber going to survive and real- ize these objectives when its own members are not attending the meetings? At the last chamber general meeting on Nov. 25, two members attended (excluding the executive of three). What a turnout! The chamber meetings have, for the most part, had poor attendence. Only the odd time has attendence been good. The best attendence record so far was when guest speaker Barb McEwan, executive director of North of Superior Tourism, attended and spoke on that subject. Although the turnout at the Nov. 25 meeting was terrible, a fine example of what can be achieved came to the forefront. The members present had a very good brainstorm- ing session; unfortunately, much of the discussion focussed on how to get the members of the chamber to attend their own meetings. The executive really does not know why the members are not attending. Need to know It was discussed at the meeting that it must be known why members are not attending, and what must be done to get them out. Most likely, a committee will be set up. Its job will be to find out exactly that. The executive of the chamber wants to know if there are things that mem- bers do not like about the meetings, and perhaps, The Terrace Bay-Schreiber News is published every Wednesday by: Laurentian Publishing Co. Ltd., Box 579, Terrace Bay, Ontario, POT 2W0. 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Arthur Black The U.S. can't have everything © By Arthur Black Well, 1987 is far from over, but as far as I'm concerned, thcy might as well roll the credits, because I've already picked by Greatest Canadian News Story of The Year. No, it wasn't. the Deposing of Richard Hatficld or the Buffoonery of Simon Reisman or the Triumph of Team Canada in the Hockey Wars. My nomination for Canadian News Story--of--the =Year Js:Peter Mansbridge: The Brain That Didn't Drain. What's that, madame? You cluim that you passed the second week of November trapped by a rock slide at the bottom of a zinc mine near Timmins -- that you missed the gripping "Peter Mansbridge to Stay" drama? No problem. Let us, as they say in the News Biz, recap. It happened during a week that saw deadly skirmishes in the Persian Gulf, hidcous yaws and swoops on the world's stock exchanges, sundry epidemics of starvation, drought and disease hither and yon, 'half a dozen cxcit- © ee nc gee ba os Sol eer Pea ~mAnea nr. wun . African coups and a transit strike in Montreal -- but the story that was on every Canuck's lips was the story of Peter Mansbridge, CBC News Reader, and his heroic refusal to change studios. You had to be there, madame. At centre stage, doughty little Peter, news script clutched tightly to his breast, and there looming over him, the evil Mcdia Mogul known as CBS Television, lewdly dripping dollars and dangling a contract. Petic could be a rich man, an Amcrican folk hero -- maybe cven get to have lunch with Bawbwa Walters. All he had to do was sign, and he could Icave his grotty CBC studio behind for the glitzy grandeur of the CBS palace in New York. CES beckoned and leered...Peter swayed and gri- maced in indccision...A nation of unwashed frostbacks held its col- lective breath...hen suddenly... TAH DAHHHHHHHHE! Gal- loping over the horizon, looking uncannily like Jeff Chandler or Randolph Scott at the head of the U.S: Ninth Cavalry, here comes Canada's most famous news read- Pit Bull owner speaks out © Dear editor, It was not my intention to for- get about the Pit Bull attack on the McBride dog, nor is it my inten- tion to make waves, but I feel I must come forward and tell MY side of the story. On the morning of the attack, I watched as the owner of the other dog was coming down his drive- er, Knowlton Nash, just in time to scoop Peter from under the very maw of the American monster. Don't "worry, "Peter, ~ says Knowlton. I will give up my plum of an assignment, reading The National every week night. I shall assume your menial claim to fame, as host of Saturday Report. Greater love hath no talking head than this, that he lay down his anchorship for his country. All kidding aside, you have to wonder what it is about Americans and their fascination with the way Canadians look on the Boob Tube. Consider these names: Lorne Greene, Morley Safer, Peter Jennings, Petcr Kent, Keith Morrison.Those are all Canadian newsreaders who did not resist the greenback blandish- ments of Amcrican television, and moved south to-ply their trade. Canadians are in dispropor- tionate demand cven as game show hosts. Art Linkleticr, Alex- Trebek and Monte Hall are all transplanted ex-Canucks. way with his granddaughter, and wondered why our two dogs, who were both tied to leashes outside, were making such a commotion. I went to the back door to bring them in, and in doing so could see Mr. McBride trying to chase his dog home. After three unsuccessful attempts, he then took a few kicks Why is it American TV types think Canadians work so well -- particularly as clectrificd town cricrs? Don Fitzpatrick has a the- ory. Fitzpatrick is president of a California firm of media head hunters that regularly scours the airwaves in scarch of major tal- ent. They find potential stars lan- guishing at obscure rural tclevi- sion stations in Dubuque or Brandon, sign them up and try to sell them to the big networks. It was Fitzpatrick who stumbled across a videotape of Mansbridge reading the news and brought it to the attcntion of CBS. About Canadians on TV, Fitzpatrick says: "Canadian anchors have very, very strong voices, much more so than American anchors. And their delivery is much more authorila- tive, as opposed to the laughing and scratching style on American newscasls. Yeah, well, I don't know if you can hang. nation's identity on that. at his dog, and then continued down the street with his grand- daughter. I thought that the last attempt to keep his dog from following had been successful so I went about my business. I could hear both of my dogs barking frantically and so looked see page 8 but it's something, I suppose. As for CBS; well I guess they'll quest a little longer until they stumble across some as yct unknown charismatic who's prob- ably reading the Hog Report on some station in, Kansas right now. CBS will find him or her and bestow the million dollar contract that Peter Mansbridge didn't accept. It's interesting though, isn't it? All those apocalyptic prophecies about the decline and fall of the American Empire were obviously premature. You think any society on the | brink of collapse could afford to pay some pretty face a million dollars-to read it bedtime stories? :