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Boaters given
a speed limit
on Lakelse

BOATERS at Lakelse Lake are going to have to slow
. down since new speed restrictions took effect recently,
A new sign posted at the Furlong Bay boat launch

_ tells boaters they must reduce their speed to 10 kilome- .

tres per hour within 30 metres of the shore line.

The rules also apply to any power-driven vessels in-

cluding jet skis and pertain not just to the provincial
. park’s shoreline but to the entire lake.

The RCMP will be beefing up the monitoring of prop-
er boating practices at the lake particularly during high
volume times such as long weekends.

The notice also reminds boaters that charges can be
laid for driving while impatred, operating a vessel dan-
gerously or for improperly towing water skiers or recrea-
. tional equipment,

The reminder is a timely one since a July 13 boating
accident near the boat launch which saw a Terrace man
suffer several injuries.

Around 2:30 p.m. a driver leaving the boat launch

didn’t see another boat sitting idle in the water, says ;

RCMP Constable Natasha Roberts.

While the boat was accelerating, one of the men that
was on the idle boat jumped off of the rear and was run
over by the first boat before the two vessels collided, she
said.

The man had several deep lacerations to his left arm
and leg and was transported to Mills Memorial Hospital
for treatment.

“It didn’t appear that the driver was operating in a
reckless, manner and there wasn’t any alcohol involved,
so as far as we’re concerned the investigation is con-
-cluded” Roberts says,

But the accident served as a reminder how easily ac-
cidents can happen on the water.

Representatives from the Lakelse Watershed Society,
B.C. Parks, the Kitimat-Stikine regional district and the
local RCMP were all in attendance at the sign’s unveil-
ing July 31,

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BEN SABAL, B.C. Parks Lakelse area siipervisor, was on hand ‘uly 31 for the

unveiling of a new sign at the Furlong Bay boat launch reminding boaters to
slow down. New speed restrictions mean boaters must slow to 10 kilometres
per hour when travelling within 30 metres of shore. SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN PHOTO

Senior care details not yet worked out

five more units in partner-
ship with another agency
or company.

Boland said the overall
.plan does not necessarily
mean vacancies won't be
filled at Terraceview in
the immediate future.

“We'll be looking at
our wait list and at indi-

HEALTH AUTHORITIES
here have yet to complete-
ly flesh out a plan to shift
some senior care provi-
sions away from institu-
tions in favour of commu-
nity-based services.
Details of exactly what
type of services will be
provided, how many peo-
ple will be employed and
the cost will be worked out

vidual needs,” he said.
Boland did add he has
spent a lot off time speak-
ing to people worried
about the coming changes.
“People who have writ-
ten letters to the editor
that expressed outrage
don’t seem to be outraged
after we talk to them,” he

said,

“We're asking that at
least people give us the
benefit of the doubt and to
be patient.”

The plan to close 25 of
Terraceview’s beds is
based on age and need

. projections in future years
as calculated by the health

-over the next several |
years, says Cholly Boland
of the Northern Health Au-
thorily.

~The authority’s release
of its-intentions in June to
close 25 of Terraceview
Lodge’s 75 intermediate
and extended care beds,
replacing them with com-
munity services has result-
‘ed in worries and criti-
cisms.

City councillor Lynne
Christiansen,, a local
_ health care advocate and a
key player in the lobby
group Health Watch prom-
inent during the last years
‘of the NDP government,

NORTHERN
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| dedicated Pharmacists.

of Science in Pharmacy from U.B.C.

and others have started a
letter writing campaign to
lobby against Terraceview
bed cuts.’

The broad plan is to
convert Terraceview's re-
maining beds into ones
only for seniors and others
who need a very high level
of care. Seniors and others
who don’t require an insti-
tution will then receive
different varieties and
kinds of home care de-
signed to help them live
independently for as long
as possible,

That kind of shift will
take several years to ac-
complish, said Boland who
ofice again gave assuranc-
es that no seniors or others
now in Terraceview will
be affected by the planned
. change.

“The short answer is
that we don’t yet have a
time frame,” said Boland.

Still to be worked out in
detail is how many and
what type of health care
workers will be needed
when Terraceview con-
verts to.a high-level care
facility, he added.

_ “There will be some
physical reconfiguration
needed as well [at Terra-

ceview]," Boland con-
tinued,
In broad terms, the

health authority’s plan for
community-based services
includes continuing exist-
ing services and adding
new ones for everything
from providing meals at
home to day centres for
seniors.

Part of the plan in-
cludes enhancing the kinds

of supportive housing serv-

ices already provided at
the 2l-unit McConnell Es-
tate, immediately adjacent
to Terraceview and adding

Joyce invites everyone to visit her at Northern
Healthcare for their health and prescription needs.

JOYCE
POON

to their team of

Joyce was born and
raised in Kitimat and
received her Bachelor

authority.

That has teft city coun-
cillor Christiansen and
others skeptical as they
say need requirements and
criteria can ‘be adjusted by
the health authority to
prove that the current Ter-
raceview bed count isn’t
needed.

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