10. Terrace. Review — Wednesday, February 19, 1992 : |

Russ Clinton: “Consensus
through discussion: ;
research. = -

and

It would be ‘a touchy process:
_ because the logs could gouge out

downstream, endangering juven-~

spawning areas if they come:
joose from the booms. —
2, Haisla elder Hebert Maitland
lodged strong objections to the
plan. "I would only: accept, that

‘saying it needs more study.
with a tight smile. "Nothing's
actually ‘happening out there. It
can‘be changed. with an eraser.”

_ West Fraser’s woodland ‘head-
‘quarters in. Quesnel, told the

"the river bottom while travelling -
‘ven: is one aspect of the federal

ite oolichan,; and threatening government’s Green Plan for the
ar . environment. Between cight and
“ten Model Forest plans will be’
approved. and funded for the
‘efitire country. The government
has received nearly. a hundred

as a last resort." Marleau agreed, applications, more than 30 of

“The nice thing about this is.
that it’s still a plan,” he. said .

oc AY Dupiika, a forester ftom

| are compatible with one another,
|. but. not: svith timber, extraction. -
_Dupilka said that was the- reason .

- the’company proposed the Model.

-Forest: program for. the entire
TFL, "We would retain options _
that -we wouldn't have if we did .
it in pieces," he explained. . .. oo
UBC. forestry ‘ dean” Clark
“Binkley asked the West Fraser

reps if portions‘of the TFL could
be managed more intensively to
make up for land base deletions.

"Clinton replied, "If I said yes or
‘no there would be any number -
of peopic in this room who.

would challenge that statement.
That’s why we need this:. a

committce would ‘arrive at & |
consensus through discussion

-and research."

~The Model Forest program

them from B.C. . :

“stroke booth set-up. in.the Skeena

» Gerty Kasten, who volunteered. his

- time to, discuss diet and health.

The West Fraser proposal
appears to have a good ‘chance.
It incorporates a vast area with a
spectrum of different micro-
climates, forest types and terrain
that vary from juvenile second
growth to untouched old growth.
Despite its size, there is only.

| s§ for Hearta
by Nancy Orr So -

. ‘There was a steady stream of
people lined up to have their biood
pressure measured at the heart and
Mall on Feb.:13, 14 and 15. |
“Phe response. has been J
tremendous. This is the best ever," §
said Betty Campbell, regional co- f
ordinator for the B.C. Heart and §
_ Stroke Foundation, "We had dou-
‘ble the number that we anticipat-
ed. We had ‘to send down to the |.
hospital for another machine!"
The organizers were very grati-
“fied to find so much interest and _
that people were obviously con-

cerned about "Heart and Health". — pigod pressure... painlessly.

Alex and Karen Enriquez: Volunteers ready to

check your -

Adding to the display this year. —-— —
was Health Centre nutritionist participant with the suggestion
3 that it be taken to the family doc-
‘ ‘tor. "It is only considered a wam-
‘concerns with people stopping by. «ing and needs further investigation

"We were pleased to have the:
other machine from the hospital to
check our findings and to make
‘sure that our own machine was.
accurate," said Karen Enriquez,
RN. and secretary of the organi-
zation. "We found some rather
high pressures and needed to make -
sure that our machine was accu-
_ If a pressure reading. appears

outside normal ranges, the pattici-
pants are asked to come back
again three more times at different
times and days to.check further.
The information is given to the

‘Campbell, =
There are more than 160 volun-
teers for heart and stroke in the
area, with two residential chair-
men, Esther Postuk and Sharon
Beard. Doug Patterson’ is presi-
In the future a Heart/Stroke
Support Group will be formed.
Nurse Isobel Brophy has. volun-
teered to be the facilitator and is
awaiting "organizational glitches”
to be ironed out. The support

had attacks or surgery or are mere-

by a qualified physician,” said.

group will help people who have

ly concerned. re
"We owe our success here to
the many people who-help,”. said

‘Campbell, "and we thank. the

donators: the Skeena Mall for the
space; Northern Healthcare for the
joan of their newest blood testing
machine; Valley Oxygen for the |
helium.for the balloons and our
two public health nurses, Deborah
Zorn and Christine Skinner, who.
donated their time. And all the
people who stop by:and encourage
us with their comments and ques-
tions.” ae
Plans for the rest of the year
include a tag day May 30; golf —

‘tournament August 29; and ‘the .

Dance for Heart on the first Sun-
day in November. ;

ial offers.new service
fuller use of his medical expert- reduce the average length, of

ise by: making a small incision hospital stay for most, patients
‘by about five days. -

Mills: Memor
The Ministry of Health has
approved a $63,000 laparo-

‘one native. group; ‘the -Haisla,

who have an established interest.
‘But it is also right next door

to federal forest minister Frank,

~. group, "E-can febl your frustra-
‘tion; we're frustrated, tod: But
everyone here is concerned with

sustainability, with the impact on

. ‘theZenvironment, with making a Oberle’s home riding of Prince scopic cholecystectomy service and using & miniature television s |

“Jiving. We want to participate. George. The - Prince. George for Mills. Memorial Hospital.” camera to remove gall bladders." This is good news for every-,
| - The new service will be used one, says Mills Memorial

With. .a laparoscopic
cholecystectomy service, Mills
Memorial staff surgeon Dr. Jim
Dunfield will be able to make

KINSMEN MARK

“The Association of Kin Clubs

spokesman Paul Manhas. For the
patient it is more comfortable
and convenient: a small incision
rather than major surgery means
-a three-day stay in hospital .
rather than seven or eight. And
-it means only two to three weeks .
off work rathér than about six
weeks. i : Ss ar ;
For Mills Memorial: Hospital,
the laparoscopic cholecystectomy
service means the ability to offer.
better patient service and it-

region, although it is over-used
and far less varied in compari-
‘son to TFL 41, will be a prime.
candidate on the political side of
things, and it-is doubtful that.
two such awards could go to
areas in such close geographic
proximity to one another...
West Fraser. and the. Haisla
will meet again, under the con-
tinuing moderation of Conserva-
tion International and EcoTrust. .
But for. now West Fraser is
hammering together its proposal
for the government, due to be
submitted by Feb. 28. In a con-
versation last weck Al Dupilka
said cempany representatives |
had met with the Haisla the
previous week. "It was a good
meeting... the basic principles
are understood by all sides," he:
said. "Now we have to get down.
_to details." ve
One thing, he said, is cer-
tain, The Model Forest proposal

"in 80 percent of all gall biadder
‘eases, according to a Ministry of
Health spokesman, and will

ANNIVERSARY
Kinsmen president from 1920. to '

1 ~~ the Association ever after. He

72nd anniversary on February tHe. 3

20, Last week, Terrace Kinsmen ' visited Terrace two years: ago,
president Rob Finlayson and. 0 another Kin. anniversary. ©
Terrace alderman Mo -Takhar ”° The aim-of'Kin is to foster the
signed the declaration. Last year development of a club to com-
the Terrace Kinamen celebrated bine opportunities for service

their 45th anniversary with a and fellowship. for young men represents a cost saving factor as.
reception and awards ceremony: and women between the ages of well. A 50 to 60 percent reduc-—
at their newly finished Kin Hut 25 and 45 and “serving the com- tion in patient recovery time |
adjacent to Heritage Park. munities’ greatest needs". Kins- represents a significant monetary |
‘The Association of Kinsmen men and Kinettes are dedicated saving and means beds will be.
and Kinette Clubs is the largest ‘to "diligently seeking the devel- available for other patients.
all-Canadian service ‘club, Kin opment and-completion of time- sooner. -- a
was founded in -- Hamilton, ly, relevant programs to meet the |
Ontario in’ 1920. by H.A. (Hal) * needs’ and challenges of. our
Rogers.:Hal served “ag the first. constantly. changing. society"...

cos "We've: gotten into a situ-
ation —. and it’s: fair-to call ita
“mess — ‘where the resource is
“being managed through many.
_ bodies, and it’s a challenge to
" jntegrate them all. We're con-
- ptantly affecting each other, and
the biggest hole in the works is
a forum to manage the whole
hing”
. . «+ ‘The Model Forest concept,
-- Dupilka believes, is. thet forum.
- West Fraser, he said, decided to
go for it "because we have this
- Kind: of problem everywhere".
. ‘TFL 41 showed the most prom-
” ise for success because, he said,
. “it has high values in everything. .
Most of. those values are used
-- Jecally, the local people know it
well; and a large part of itvis
“undeveloped.” He also noted,
-- again, that the size of the tenure
-* has allowed West Fraser to con-
> gpmitrate on the north end of the

reer Hi Seed Marcy 8 oe mae wea, ee Ci te a

eS URS sad a,

“The new service is ‘made pos-.
“sible through the ministry’s Hos- -
- pital Innovation Incentive Fund.
_(HIIF). It is one of 25 projects

in the province involving a.

"portion largely untouched.

consultation and research, but

a the ‘authority . under

licenc
ity for:
re

Bo
si

cy

he said, ©”

aia number

=

» Jicence and leave the southern

“Dupilka said West Fraser
“proposes 8 multi-levelled series
-Of partnerships that would allow

added that the company does not

cence ternis to delegate author-
drawing-up management
orking. plans... Approval

d ultimately, come from the
ernment. "We're not envi-
sing replacing the Ministry of

s’s Ken Margolis

for the Kitiope

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budget of $3.6 million during -
_the 1991/92 fiscal year. a
"The HIIF initiative provides.’

seed money for innovative pro--
jects that encourage hospitals to
explore cost-saving. opportun-.
ities," says Minister of Health
Blizabeth Cull, "with = the
- advances being repaid out of .
operating savings the hospital
incurs.” Oo
_- For Mills Memorial Hospital, —

. this. means the new $63,000
service comes in the form of an.

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