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By SARAH GLEN
A PROVINCIAL initiative to kick in close to
half the cost of after-school care for children
from grade one to age 12 is getting mixed re-
views from Terrace-based care providers.

The program, which starts January 1, 2001,
will offer after-school care for $7 a half-day —
almost half of the present cost of $16.

But whether Terrace children will benefit
fron the program is still up in the air.

“Terrace might not be able to take advan-
tage of the program if we can’t set-up after-
school-based care,” said Nancy Ellis, a minis-
try of social development and economic secur-
ity financial aid worker who works at The
Family Place.

Ellis notes that Terrace’s oniy after-school '

care facility, Kids at Play daycare, is the only
local daycare that qualifies for the provincial
grant, but its 14 spaces are full.

So while the opportunity is available for
Terrace parents to save on after-school care
costs, there are no extra spots available for
children.

“Our situation here isn’t going to change
too much,” said Kids at Play child care pro-
vider DeLorra Wall. “We are already full.”

Faced with a mass of children in need of
care, a local committee working through The
Family Place is spearheading a proposal to
open after-school care in or close to Terrace
elementary schools.

The Child Care Planning Committee is
working to beat the January deadline, so the
new spots will qualify for the provincial grant.

“There is not a lot of support for children
after school,” said Ellis, who is a member of
the commilice. “Parents are doing what they
have to do, but kids really should have a place

“THE LUCKY ONES: Three kids and child care provider, DeLorra Wall (middle) from Kids

‘at Play daycare enjoy a game of cards. The centre is the only one in Terrace that offers

after-school care for children, Only 14 spaces are available at the daycare.

te go.”

While the committee is planning for more
spaces to be made available by September,
Darlene Westerman, program coordinator at
The Family Place and another committee
member, believes a more realistic goal will be
80 more spaces made available by January.

“If we had existing spaces available for
kids this news would be great,” said Wester-

man. “But we don’t. So we have to try to set
up something before the government deadline.
Ill be tight.”

The new provincial program stems from a
1999 discussion paper, Building a Better Future
for British Columbia's Kids, which outlined the
availability of publically funded child care as
a key concern for parents - especially single
parents who often can’t afford the extra care.

Skeena Cel to be eco-certified by July

SKEENA CELLULOSE figures it
will have much of its forestry
operations certificd by an inde-
pendent agency as early as next
month.

The company just finished its
second audit under the Interna-
tional Standards Organization
(ISO) 14001 process, said forester
Archie Ma@Bonald, ‘and, the third
‘and final ‘aiittit is sort, the! fst

“We're getting very close to
the big day,” MacDonald said.

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News In Brief

Lakes get more fish

OVER 85,000 fish will get new homes in the north
this month after an annual restocking campaign
gets underway.

Onion lake, south of Terrace and an unnamed
Kwintah! lake northwest of New Aiyansh are two
of the 24 Skeena region lakes. set to receive the
new residents,

This region will get rainbow, coastal cutthroat
irout and eastern brook char that originate trom the
Kootenay, Fraser Valley and Clearwater provincial
trout fisheries, Both Onion Lake and the unnamed
Kwintahl lakes will receive between 3,000 to
5,000 rainbow trout.

The fish-stocking campaign provides fishing for
freshwater anglers in-1,100 lakes across the pro-
vince and is part of the B.C, agriculture, food and
fisheries ministry,

Two presidents here
TWO NORTHWEST politicians have been clected
to the top spots in two organizations.

Regional District chair and Kitimat councillor
Joanne Monaghan has been elected president of
the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

The national body re-
presenting the country’s
towns and cities held its
annual convention ear-
lier this month.

And Terrace city
councillor Rich McDa-
niel has been re-elected
president af the Yellow-
head Highway Associa-
lion, a group that lob-
bies to advance the use
of the Highway 16 corri-
dor and for improve-
ments to il,

He said he’s going to work to promote increased
use of the northern transportation corridor, and for
improvements to local trouble areas, such as Car-
wash Rock and a narrow spot near Exchamsiks.

Jobless rate up

UNEMPLOYMENT in the northwest, which had
declined five months in a row, jumped up some-
what in May.

The jobless rate rose to 7.4 per cent from 7.0 per
cent in April. It’s.still way down fram 1999, which
saw the rate bounce between 8.5 and 9.0 per cent,

The Cariboo, Kootenays and Thompson-Okana-
gan continue to experience unemployment around
1] per cent.

Joanne Monaghan

College receives grant

NORTHWEST Community College is getting more
than $700,000 from the province to improve its
campises,-inchitiing the parking lot in Terrace.

The ‘Terrace college will receive $236,500 to
‘patch and repair Some fough spots, said NWCC
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