2 Terrace Review — Wednesday; November 5, 1986 are q Terrace and District Community Services employes BU eae a s Peter Nisyok (left, front) and Alan Mather (right, front) are given letters of appreciation for their efforts on behalf of the Litter Cleanup Committee. On han Mayor Jack Talstra and Bobble Phillips. d to make the presentation was Malcolm Hilcove (back, loft) Waste permit CONFIFME continues trom page 1 will be allowed at the hearing. People who have expressed concerns - in writing will be given a chance to speak, but on- ly formal appeals will be given a full hearing pro- cess. Railway constructed The building of the Grand Trunk Railway in 1908 to 1912 was respon- sible for the establish- ment of the town site which later became the village of Terrace. The Grand Trunk Railway was constructed to con- nect Kitimat and Prince Rupert, and the existing railway from Prince Rupert to Hazelton all junctioned in Terrace, which later became a main stop between destinations. The hot springs dis- charge permit, numbered PE-7531, appears str- ingent in regard to chemical content of the effluent; the terms are ‘primarily directed at phosphorus content, re- quiring about two parts per «thousand or less prior to the point where the effluent enters the facultative lagoon system, Appeals against the permit, however, ex- press concern about the lack of firm parameters for bacterial levels in the treated sewage dis- charged into Lakelse Lake and- doubts about the effectiveness of the monitoring process which makes the permit holder responsible for monthly number of local residents were also puzzled by the fact that the permit allows year-round opera- tion, despite language in the original application indicating 180 days per sampling. A, year, Further alarm has been expressed over an escape clause in Appen- dix B-1, subsection 2 of the permit, which would allow the discharge of untreated sewage into the lake upon written ap- proval of the Regional Waste Manager. The lake water is used by shoreline residents as their primary source of drinking water, despite warnings from health in- spectors about high seasonal coliform levels. Hayman stated that the appeal hearing has been tentatively sched- uled for Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Terrace Hotel. Robert Ferguson, the provincial head of Waste Management, will chair the meeting and will make a final decision in the matter. Ron Driedger, the northern regional director of the WMB, is also expected to be present at the hear- ing. training, Health. care CONCEMNS contaued trom page 1 four-year contract will probably not bring a resolution to the dispute, and the BCNU, despite an executive recommen- dation to accept their mediator’s contract pro- posal, has stated that the contract will do nothing to address staff short- ages. ° The 17 Child Develop- ment Centres in B.C., operated by the Cerebral Palsy Association, suffer from chronic funding shortages, but even those — centres receiving ade- quate funds are unable to find physiotherapists, audiologists and speech therapists to fill staffing vacancies, A newly- formed non-profit or- ganization, H.E.A.R.T. (Had Enough; Action Required Today!) Ser- vices Society, has a foun- ding membership of nu- merous B.C. residents who barely survived lengthy wait-lists for critical surgery. In the Burnaby-based society’s first bulletin, president Frank Skinner calls the waiting lists for surgery an ‘‘appalling and critical situation’’, An attached fact sheet iden- tifies many of the same problems that concern the professionals them- selves: escalating work loads, deterioration in staff morale, more money for sophisticated technology and less money for professional excessive demands for overtime, and an increasing re- quirement for acute care due to shorter hospital stays for patients. Skin- ner concludes by stating, ‘*A number of people of all ages have died while awaiting open-heart surgery. There is no doubt that some of these tragedies could have been prevented or cer- tainly postponed if surgery had been available.” These delays do not. appear to be a serious problem for patients referred to Vancouver hospitals from the Ter- race area, Dr. Barrie Phillips, the Terrace in- ternist who expedites most of the local refer- rals, said, “‘Delays do not occur often. I have a very good rapport with the people down there, and that may have something to do with it,”’ Phillips did say, however, that he has ex- perienced some difficulty during summer months, a period when many nurses take their holidays. Phillips in- dicated that he thought the delays could be con- nected to a shortage of nurses, and he specu- lated that the problems may be a consequence of staffing cutbacks in the hospitals. The section of the Skeena Health Unit report dealing with the Terrace Mental Health ,Centre continues the theme of inadequate staff levels. Bill Herriot, former program director of the Centre, states in the report that, despite having 90 percent of staff positions filled dur- ing 1985, ‘‘each staff member has been faced with enormous demands for their services... there is a real need to establish minimum program stan- “dards for the delivery of community mental health services in the . 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