“TERRACE —A simulated di-

“ saster designed to test the ability

of local agencies to respond toa

crisis’ was cancelled in its: ‘final |

~ planning stages last week when

Mills. Memorial Hospital. was -

“forced to pull out of the. exer-
_ Sise, ua

Ata meeting. last week af alll
“ihe: agencies: that would ‘have
_ béen involved in the mock disas-
ter, ‘MMH administrator: Norm
“. Carelius: explained that a work-
“to-rule campaign by members of
‘the B.C. Nurses’ Union, who
are currently negotiating a new
contract, left him no choice but

_- BRIEFLY -

fH ty ‘Association recently
| received the second install-

“Expo Legacy Fund grant: of |
$62,710 for: the’ construction :
of a log: community hali: -
Intended'uses for the hall
_ | include community. events,
| activities: for teens and
children, and fundraising ef-
forts. * :

Cable television sub-
‘|-scribers in.Terrace; Kitimat
- and Prince Rupert will have
the opportunity to add’ six
new channels to their service -
beginning in October.

-TK Cablevision is calling
the. service a ‘“‘satellite: six
-pack’’, and it will: be.
available at a cost of $4.49
per month over the basic
-cable subscription rate. The
‘package consists of the Arts
and Entertainment Network,
The Sports Network, Cable
News Network, Much Music,
~The Nashville: Network. and
WTVS (Public Broadcasting

‘Service) Detroit. . _
The new service will be of-

fered for free viewing during

the month. of September.

‘

“Terrace resident Debra
Carson was one of the award
winners. at the recent con-
vocation ceremonies’ for
‘Simon Fraser University.
Carson was one of three
students to receive the Dr.
| EJ. Wells Chemistry | Book

Award.

a — in their |
ment — $20,903 — in their | oe veckend,

- spokesman. James Gilham has
called
-members of the local. Roadrun-

to: cancel the hospital’s involve-
ment. The nurses, he. said,
would only participate if they
were paid overtime: during ‘the
exercise, ome

. Carelius estimated that: over-

“time paid to nurses, combined
with overtime for other union-

ized. hospital .staff. who would
probably: make the. same de-

mand in sympathy, ‘could total .
up to $10,000. “We can’t: afford .

it,”” he concluded. oe
After a brief diséussion the

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‘Simulated disaster scrapped —

other - ‘would-be participants -

agreed it wasn’t worth doing
without the hospital.

The disaster was projected as
an all-day affair that would have

tested the response capabilities .

of Transport Canada. airport

staff, RCMP, ambulance ser-
vice, Provincial Emergency Pro-

gram organizers, the Mills

Memorial medical staff and a

number of other groups.
The exercise may be reorgan-

“. : ized for a date later in the year.+

Ride for Sight rolls
to successful. end —

The 10th annual Ride for
Sight motored into. the sunset
and Terrace
it a success.

ners Motorcycle Club joined 67

other bikers-in Vanderhoof dur-

ing the weekend event and as of
Tuesday morning, says Gilham,
a total of $5,176 has been col-

_ lected — $3,886 from pledges |
- and another $1,290 from an
weekend auction in Vanderhoof.

He says it’s possible there may
be. more. money coming in. He

explains. that. last year’s ride

initially collected a total of
$4,928 but by the time the final
tally was in it had risen to nearly
$6,000. All proceeds from the
annual. event go towards the
fight against Retinitis Pigmento-
sa (RP) —

blindness.
The best individual fundraiser
in the Northwest ride (the area

‘Eight:

an eye disease which
. affects the retina and may cause

from the Queen Charlottes to
Prince George) was Pirjo (PJ)
McPhail of Vanderhoof, who
collected: $632.’ McPhail’s effort
was: followed by Gilham, who
collected $627, and Bob Comp-
ton of Prince George who col-
lected $404, Gilham says he
hasn’t yet heard the name of the
best fundraiser provinciaily, but
nationally Glynn Crisby of Ft.
McMurray, Alberta, raised
$13,007. He doesn’t believe that
total will be beaten.

Gilham says that recognition
for a successful ride in the the
Northwest belongs to Central
Valley Motorcycle Club in Van-
derhoof and club president Bob
Peters. As for next years event,
he says, ‘‘Terrace get ready.”
According to Gilham, the Road-

runners will be hosting the 1990

Ride. for sight and club presi-

‘dent, Sue Kaulbeck, has already

accepted the responsibilty of
organizing the event. -

MMH rated top-notch

Mills Memorial Hospital has received the highest rating given
by the federal body responsible for regulating hospitals.

MMH sdministrator Norm Carelius announced last week that
the hospital has received another three-year accreditation from.
the Canadian Council on Health Facility Accreditation, the
longest accreditation period that can be given, ‘‘I¢ means that
everything is first-class,’’ Carelius remarked.

‘The process began last October with the filing of an extensive
questionnaire that covered every aspect of the hospital’s opera-
tions, and concluded recently with a two-day survey of the facili-
ty by representatives of the accreditation body.

Carelius noted that MMH only once in its history failed to

- achieve three-year accreditation,

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Powerhouse Gym in Kitimat and at the Northwest Communi-
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Terrace’s Donna Graf came home last weekend from the

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