Health Society Set to Disappear
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;::bortion access lacking Highway turns 50 Dynamic duo A provincial study finds there isn't The Second' World War spurred The Gibsons turned on the power equal access to abortion Terrace's road connections to the to give locals lots to cheer at services/NEWS A7 outside/COMMUNITY B1 Grass Blast '94/SPORTS Cl WEDNESDAY 75¢ PLUS 5¢ GST SEPTEMBER 71 1994 TANDARD VOL. 7 NO. 21 Health society set to disappear WHAT COULD very well be the Terrace Regional Health Care municipal, regional district and "The community health council That's because the society itself the Terrace Regional Health Cam last ever annual general meeting Society is to cease to exist be- school board elections. will have control and will have was formed in 1988 when the Society takes place Sept. 15 at8 of the Terrace Regional Health tween this fall and the fail of Another one-third of the board the mandate to do what they boards of Mills Memorial Hospi- p.m. in the cafeteria of Mills Care Society takes place next 1996," society chief executive will be appointed by the provin- want. Each community is being tal and Terraceview Lodge amal- Memorial Hospital. week. officer Michael Leisinger said cial government and the remain- allowed to develop their own gamated. Coming open are the positions Responsible for the operations last week. ing one-third appointed by exist- model," Leisinger added. "Ours was one of the first to now held by board members Ray of Mills Memorial Hospital and ing local governments. At $15 million, the budgets of look at what was possible," said Jones, Wilton Costain and Sandy That new health council is in its the Terraceview Lodge extended Leisinger said it's too early to Mills Memorial and Terraceview Leisinger. BuUoek. formative stages and anticipates care facility, the society and its tell if the new health council will will form a substantial part of the Also scheduled to disappear is receiving 0ffieial status from the The current chairman is Lael board manage a budget of $15 retain health care society board monetary responsibility of the the regional hospital district, McKeown who has one year left million. provincial government next Janu- members in some kind of ad- new community health council. made up of Kitimat-Stikine ary. to serve on the board. visory capacity. Leisinger called the regional regional district directors, and the But it's due to disappear when a Although all of its members are Executive positions are decided health care society an early model - Skeena Union Board of Health, upon each year meaning the new new community health council to to be appointed to begin with, "They could simply turf the of what the new community made up of appointed members board will choose a chairman, handle all health care issues com- one-third of its members will be society board, modify or choose es into being.. health council is all about ~ the from local governments. vice chairman, finance chairman elected directly in November something in the middle," he integration of health care ser- "Under the current plan, the 1996 at the time of regular said. and two other executive mem- vices. The annual general meeting of bers. Phone lines increasing THERE ARE now 7,024 data communications. ber of business lines grew residential lines in Terrace, Installations are climbing in over the last year from 130 to compared to 6,818 for the Kitimat, from 1,185 business 153 while there's been one same period last year, reports lines last year to 1,225 this additional residential line B.C. Tel. year and from 4,113 to 4,175 from 257 to 258. The number of business residential lines. The number of residential lines has also risen from 2,776 Stewart's growth is: lines in Greenville dropped to 2,969 for the same period. reflected in its now having one, from 113 to 112 over the B.C. Tel notes that some of 392 residential lines corn- last year. There was also a the increase is due to lines pared to 343 the year before, drop in bminess lines -- from needed for fax, modem and In New Aiyansh, the hum- 42 to 38. Treatment centre to challenge gov't A LOCAL social worker is doing what he says governments can't -- or won't--do. Jim Yushie has leased a vacant house on the Bench and is turning it into a recovery home for drug and alcohol abusers. Pushie calls the project Paving the Way and for now is financing the $1,200 a month rent out of his own pocket. He admits he is forcing the provincial government's hand to recognize the need for some kind of treatment centre in north- western B.C. "These people need a safe place other than the psych ward at the hospital, or shelters or in jails or worse," said Pnshie last week. The closest such facility is in Prince George and there's an ex- tensive wait for local counselling, he said. "For some people, they can't wait. And if they're put into the psych ward, it doesn't make sense. They're not sick in that sense. They look around and it OPEN DOOR TO a Bench area home signifies local social just confuses them further,,' worker Jim Pushie's intention to turn it into an alcohol and drug Pushie added. abuse recovery place. He says there'll soon be enough room to Now on leave from a job at the house 10 people and to conduct programs on the premises. Ksan Home Society, Pushie has spent the last four months 'Pushie followed that up by time. promoting the need for a primary forming a committee of northwest Pushie has also received sup- treatment centre in the northwest, neot~le inlerested in evening up port from :the Terrace Anti- [] Peaches on Pear He held a meeting in June with s~om~ kind: of centre in'the north' Poverty Group Society and stts northwest politicians and health west. on that body's board of directors, OLIVIA AND MARIe Henriques have been eating, canning and giving away the peaches cam officials at Gim's The northwest committee isn,t "We have a program. We have growing on the peach tree in their Pear St. yard. Olivia planted a peach pit six years ago, un- Restaurant, a building that's for involved in Pushte's Paving the the staff. We , l!hoopon, ,1, he said, sure of whether it would grow, but the tree now produces over 200 peaches a season. It's an- sale and which he describes as a Way project but he does have a Pushie estimates the homo with other example of local agricultural capabilities. ~. perfect place for a treatment registered nurse withdetox oxpe-. full basement can handle up to i0 centre, rience committed to volunteering people, .... , Low interest forces SPCA--ILl ~ close down. >. LOCAL MEMBERS of the "It wasn't money,/the bodies get more people, we just can't seven remaining volunteers who The local branch had 25 paid Since then, SPCArecords indl, Society for the Prevention of were the main thing. We just continue." have worked tirelessly to protect members tn 1992, 40 in 1993 and cate there wore120animaladop, Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) have didn't have the people," Childs ,, ........... the rights of animals from, ~ jmt 12 this year. : tiom;360 spaying and noutorings, closed down operations, continued ....we realty nan omy rive acuve. Shames River to Kttwanga and This is the second timethe 155' animals were.rescued, 110 - . ., The pet show at the fall fair .people . Two, others, were , going from the Nass River to Lakclse soce1 ty has closed down herd adoptive homes were inspected, .....Spokesman Bob. Childs~ cited, was our last official• act. We have oacK,, ...... to SChOol, .. ' Childs.... sate. , Lake; often to the dotnmunt• of It ceased functio ningm' tho '.... late 1,890 ' telephone.... calls wore~ taken laCK.... ot support' anti' a neavy1 work"ee" some mone, y ~ o mabingowojust foundw¢ that /lave the iamllles)corn--?' eice) ts anQ their homo lives, ,, said Chtlds in 1970s and was revivcd in tho next and iS injured animals pat down. toau on toe 10col seven vo unt rs had, We 11 use it for spaying and .... ,,. rn~..un n wore a letter released last week.:: decade with two. : ,::. ~: : as reasom, ~: neutering so we , 11 end 0na pro- just-- too .mucn, ne aaa~, ; , : " SPCA agents, i :i: i ~ : M e m b ors in v es ti g ated 1.~ corn - As el" Sept. 6, all Calls are being active note-!' he said 't~e closure puts this area as me With the ~ local branch now That resulted in the area beLng plaints, conducted 58 wildlife re.s. referred to '~ i . oMy one of its size in.the pro' closed down, he said it's impera., granted a orovistonal 6hai'tor, on~ cues, conducted i40 public r~la, Thornlull...... animal she!lers, ...... cons~r.' : ; "The i'¢' 11 boa..... hole here, but we ~nco w!thout........ a functioning ttvo that..... people do what............................. they can step:b0low a full branch~~'" .....bytho: ................... tlons dforts;dld 12 sch0ol talks ration officers and the RCMP, lie my0 no cnolc.e,: With 25,000 SPCA outlet, when coming:across an animal in :: l~arofit brlm~atl0n in> :January ~,i and held 40 m0mborshlp drives s~ d : peopieinoUrareaandtfw0can~t "We are Very prouder 0ur ::dis~ :: : : ~ : : :::• ': :. ::i::.~:=~<i and mon0 : raising efforts :: t A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 7, 1994 BC FOREST INVESTMENT Natives eye 'shroom cash Silviculture SeedlinQ Enhancement cooperative.