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child from Skeena River
a a . water. I thought he was dead
. . : . > who knew how to swim. 1 saw diready. I jumped in says

pas gone the boy just flaating away in ewart, & if-year
a yi Baway In the victoria gir] who is baby-sitting -
a for her sister at Sunnyside
Cannery in Port Edward. :

Ten-year-old Tod Nelson rode
his bike off the dock into 12 feet
of water at high tide March 23,
and was in the water ap-_
proximately ten minutes before
Pam, who was out for a walk,
heard the cries for help.

"T galled a man to help but he
ran off alerting others and 1
finally realized 3 was.the only
qe who could swim, 50 I went .
in,” explains Pam. ‘I was
seared.’” a ney

Swimming out to tha boy was
easy, says Pam, but returning
tothe docks where there was &
ladder was difficult against the
.-Srong’river currents. ‘He was
qlite a ways oul,” says Pam,
| i. who learned to swim on her own
as a child.

» At the ladder there was “a
- bunch of people there to help

pull him. out: and someone did
. artificial respiration,’ says
. Pam. :
+. Toda grade four student at
“Port Edward, School, arid the
sn-of: Mr; and Mrs, Lloyd
Nelson of Sunnyside, was taken
to hospital by his grandfather,
: .Eii.Gosnell: Later, Pam was
- -also taken to hospital for ex-

posure and shock.

” ~~ Store manager, Fred Edgar, .

° Girl pulls
: spar tanta Me to) “s e “There was no one else there

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~ PamStewart

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“opha@:transition from kennel to -

new home can be bewildering’
for.your new puppy. | = |
“) There are several things you
can'do to help him adjust.

‘puphome, allow him time to get
used to things. He will probably,
want to sniff-around the house
and parade -before everyone.
Tf. there are young children
around, caution them » about

. being over-zealous in greeting
: (heir new: friend... Encourage
them not to shriek-oul or make
sudden grabs at him. Sudden
movements and unaccustomed
loud noises frighten smail dogs.

' Once. you have brought your.

says Pam was fortunate to get
out of the river again. ‘‘Anyone
who fails Into the Skeena, or
jumps in like that, is likely not
io get out again. The under-
currents just tumble you over
and over and combined with the
extreme cold of the water, there
awe few who get. out again. I
now, I've pulled eight of them
cul of there,” says Mr. ‘Edgar.

Although: signs are posted

throughout Sunnyside banning .. gy

hieycles from the area, the
restriction is difficult to en-
force. But as Tod Nelson
woved, the ‘results of ‘the in-
-fraction of regulations could be

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: -his confidence, -.. :
After your puppy has had

_ chance lo relax, give him a pan

‘of warm milkorwater, This will’

confirm you dre a friend.’

During the first. few nights in

_

mother. and ‘the ‘warmth .of
+ former littermates,"

_..’. ‘There.ara seyeral things you
“.i¢an do to reliave his loneliness °

and your own.” anxiety.: Be

“ss  qumpassionate, “but” be- firm. '

You cannot fun to comfort him

each time he whimpers:or you:

jv spail him.

Make a comfortable bed fram °

°°" an orangecrate or carton, Make
’. gure you line the carton with a

removable material: like a
; . newspaper — the. puppy has

i). lite control. over. his: bladder

and bowels. Also, you can help
| calm his fears with something
"warm like a hot water battle. It
may make him Fee! that he is
'. back at his mother’s side.

i. After afew nights in his new
home, your pup should have

_ adjusted, Then youcan make a ~~
permanent bed for him, The bed -
should be big enough to.ac-.-

t i i
t commochte growth. It should be — Anderson; introducing’ the

‘placed: out af'-the line of
- household traffic to permit

{> undisturbed naps.”

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“an ‘additional, public health
* inspector. stationed in’ Terrace, ;
‘a fulldime publi¢ health nurse
» tw. Houston, . increasing .public.
“health ~nursing services in.
“Smithers from:one full. and one. .
~ part-time to .two - full-time
~nurses; and. adding an’ extra
” part-time public health nurse in
- Terrace. ta.*bring “that city’s .
. complement ‘to four public
-health. «nurses “and” a’ senior

P.H.N. ‘officer, The board.also

_ plans lo add a speech therapist .

and audiologist to:its growing
staff, if one person can be found
who’. has.
qualifications, =~

- . ‘The 1974 plans, as revealed in

the Board's Annual Report,
tabled Friday, include | con-

struction at Terrace of a new.

Community Health Centre:
In a message from’ the

chairman of the Skeena Union
Board ‘af Health, Audrey M.

Teport said:

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‘'. The 1974 program of the
-Skeena Union Board of Health
‘ealls for ‘adding ‘a =consultant
-‘alde ‘to. .the . handicapped, -a

(should be consolidated) into a
‘shopping list’, We! still lack .
adequate dental and- mental

health services in’Terrace and:
“Prince - Rupert. These. items,
\ together with the Unit's general

requirements ‘far. improved

should then be forwarded to the
Minister.of Health.”

“If we put the weight of in
dividual regions,

municipalities, villages and .

communities | behind’ our
requests, we may expect the
Minister’ to pay, more attention
than has been evident.in the

past. :With.the growth of: was carried out:in October by

population: which .may: eccur

.due (o the proposed expansion _

of the industrial development of ©
the Pacific Northwest area it is
important that we da this:"*

“UNIT WITHOUT
- HEALTH OFFICER .

Since June 1972, the Skeena
‘Health Unit has been without a
Medical Health Officer. Al that

time’ Dr Alistair, Thores

transferred to the Coast-
Garibaldi Health Unit, -Despite
altempts by.the-Department of
Health to secure a replacement

over the last nine months, none -.
has. as yet ‘heen named ‘to.

succeed Dr, Thores. Miss June

’M. Frost, P.H.N. has been

acting director since June: of
last year...

In her. report, Miss Frost
‘stated: Ts

' “Keeping prevention in mind, .,

the nursing staff have worked

~ towards increasing setvice to

ihe vory important pre-school
age group.af our~ population.
Programs for screening ‘four-

year-olds took place in Smithers
and ‘Terrace. These screening -

- clinics included. vision, hearing

oe, one

‘of ‘special services in ‘the past:
- year. A (uberculosis survey was .

‘of Health conducted, ‘vision

-. up under the direction of Dr: R.
. Foulkes-‘to assist: ‘interested *-
/ cammunities in developing”
‘ Community .Human Resource

and the Denver Developmental
Screening Test. We took far-

ward to extending thig.service, .
sto Kitimat, Prince Rupert.and
cst

the Queen Charlotte’ Is

“the Queen C
Islands have received a number

conducted by. the * Division ‘of
T.B. Control. Miss M.A, Mitte
Orthoptist with the Departme:

screening with the school
children, A water-and sewage ...
survey of Queen Charlotte-City’-’

the Public Health inspectors of
the Skeena Health Unit.” ~

“Phe Development Team set

and Health Centres Is currently
working with twa communities
in the Skeena Health. Unit.
Houston and: ..the-. Queen .
Charlotte Islands expressed.’
‘their interest in developing.”
these centres and are presently

pilot projects.”

‘16 persons -aitended. the
Board's annual meeting, held in.
the Raven Room of the Rupert:
Hotel.. The Skeena Health Unit.
extends: from the . Queen:

Charlotte Islands in the west to)”: m
Houston in the east and narth to =: 9 ~

Stewart, and consists ‘of three’. -
Regional Districts — Skeena-",
Queen: Charlotte, with an.
estimated population af 23,000;°
Kilimat-Stikine, 43,200; and’
Bulkléy-Nechako, -.with 17,380 .
people — making an estimated”
total of 83,580 people within (he |
Unit's jurisdiction. ;

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Family and Children’s Law

What's being discussed now may affect your future.
‘TERRACE LOUNGE, SKEENAVIEW HOSPITAL 4011 SPARKS

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What would happen to your children if your marriage brake up?
Whoa gets the house?:
. Is your spouse's properly your property?
What voice should your children have in thelr future?
‘These are orily some of the questions we'll be asking a
meeting to be held in your area soen. We want'to lind out what you -
think-about the law as it applies to families and children.
Probleins like matrimonial.property and maintenance, adoption,
legitimacy, protection of children, custody, young people and th
f'court system is sel_up to handle.

iw, and:the way our presen
these problems...
@.can only reco

; ecommend changes after we've listened toend
alked wilh the péople who've been through the system and hav
ome.ideas lo improve it. If yau're an
ear from you at our meeting. ~~ cs
find the time and place ol.our meeting listed below.

@ of (hese people,

ind the meeting arid you want to express your opinion,

mmission on Family and Children's Law

-Box 44; The CourtHouse, 2.
“B00 West Georgia Street,
CMEC IPB So

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