AB - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 27, 1999 survey tally result doubted A READER survey conducted by The Terrace Standard in which 91 per cent of 318 respondents opposed the Nisga‘a treaty doesn't represent the treaty’s true level of support in this region, says Nisga’a Tribal Council president Joe Gosnell. “The number is too small,’’ Gasnell said last week alter The Terrace Standard published the result, “‘I’s not representative of people in the region,’” he said, ‘I think the level of support in the Terrace region is fairly high.” - a ; , Gosnell also suggested some of.the votes apainst the treaty are more reflec- live of public anger at the provincial government, “Some of them tight be largeled atthe. provincial government really,’ he said, “It’s rather | un fortunate the two of them have to be linked,”’ “This has tobe seen against a backdrop of a painful and prolonged recession that has. hit the Pacific northwest: particu- . a larly hard.?’ : eo Joe Gosnell Whatever the. result-of various polls, surveys and plebiscites, he added, the treaty is not going to be changed. ; - “Tt took us 25 painful years to negotiate this trety,’’ he said. ‘We fully expect the governments of British Columbia and Canada to honour the results of those ne- gotiations,"" Jet probe continues WHEN AIRBC’S Bac-146 jet aircraft slid off the end of the runway here Jan. 14, it was aly the second time in the company's 12-year his- tory of using the aircraft that such an event happened. And the first lime it bap- pened, five years ago in Jan- uary 1994, the Terrace air- port was also the location. - In both circumstatices, the aircraft ~ landed © without enough runway left to come toa slop. Airport operations’ man- ager Darryl. Laurent. says there’s nothing unusual about landing here that shoukl make a difference. *, “The runway is the same length as the one in Prince Rupert and 1000 feet longer than the one in Smithers,’ said Laurent. According to a preliminary report released last week by the federal Trausportation Safely Board, the aircraft’s captain originally planned to circle the airport and land from the north after coming up from the south because of a tail- wind of between 15 and 19 knots. When ew information was received indicating tail- winds were only five knots, the captain decided upon a Straight-in landing from the south. But by the lime the air craft descended to 200 feet above the ground and with it beyond) the usual point where iis pilot would pull up and try. again, tailwinds of an. estimated 15° knots were recorded, “The captain decided to continue with the straight in landing rather than to in- itiate. a missed approach toward high terrain north of the airficld,’” the preliminary safety board noted: 2.00. The aircraft New past the normal ‘touchdown point, landing with 3,200 feet remaining af the 6,000 foot ruuway. Il finally.came to a Stop about 300 fect off the end, AirBC official Angela Mah said the pilot, who remains’ on duty, used a series of indexes which take into account landing condi- tions: as well as wind and plane specd before starting his descent lo determine the amount of runway needed to land properly. After the first time an AirBC Bae-146 slid off the runway here, the Trans- portation Safety Board recommended AirBC change the — calculations used. 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For individuals with dementia living in the community, he great ast components of cost are the use of community services and the _ © As an individual's condition deteriarates, institutionalization ~ accaunts for about 84% of the costs for treating and caring for the person with the dementia, is a provincially oriente organization +> The Alzheimer Society of B.C.: volunteer based, non-profit was established in 1981 ta provide assistance lo peaple with Alzheimer Disease or a related dementia, as well as family membars and friends who were caring for someone wilh a dementia consists of a provincial office, 1.4 regional resource centres and over 100 support groups and contacts across the province. funds biomedical research into the causes and curas of -. Alzheimer Disease and social and psychological research to find Mah said the new series of indexes are now much stric- ter than the original ones. 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