A10 Terrace Review — Wednesday, June 6, 1990

Backing sought to-.
start seniors’ program

The city and Terrace and District
Community Services Society
(TDCSS) are entering a joint
funding application for the devel-
opment of a data base for seniors
services. If successful, the project
"Senior Support Services Initiative"

would be funded by the B.C.

Health Care Research Foundation
(BCHCRF) and would carry
through on a recommendation from
a recent seniors workshop that
called for the cataloguing of
existing and needed community
services for seniors.

Under the BCHCRF program
grants. of up to $5,000 are avail-
able for research projects lasting a
maximum of three months.

If the project gets off the ground,
it would be fall under the jurisdic-

tion of the newly formed Senior’s
Advisory Commission (SAC) and
would be administered by TDCSS.
The SAC was also an idea that
came out of the recent senior’s
workshop that has been adopted by
city council.

The city will soon be advertising
for SAC membership and has
adopted amended SAC Terms of
Reference. Under the Terms of
Reference, the commission will
consist of eight members; four
with two-year terms and four with
three-year terms. Membership is to
be comprised of not less than 50
percent senior residents, and
council will be represented on the
commission as well by a single
voting member.

Tri-J to maintain
Ferry Island this year

Charles McKay of Tri-J’s Jani-
~ torial and Steam Cleaning has won
the Ferry Island maintenance con-
tract for the second year in a row.
Tri-J beat out three other bidders
with a tender for $11,550 to main-
tain and collect fees at the city-
operated campsite. Other. tenders
received came from Kevin Jeffrey

for $13,000, Lock Port Securities -

and Patrol for $17,000, and GTC
Contract for $22,000, All bids
received were from: Terrace comp-
anies.

Tri-J won the contract last year
with a bid of onty $6,875 by using
a little ingenuity. It sounded a little

low to some aldermen — the two

other bids came. in at $14,987 and
$19,985 — but it was. both
explained and praised by alderman

Danny Sheridan, Sheridan told
council that Tri-J was taking ad-
vantage of a Ministry of Social

Services and Housing wage sub-—

sidy program, thus providing an
employment training opportunity
and keeping the cost down at the
same time.

Superintendent of Parks and
Recreation, Steve Scott, says
Tri-J’s bid was higher this year

because they aren’t taking advan- .
- fage of the social services employ-

ment program, but they still came
‘in with the best price because the
company. owner will be doing a
good portion of the work himself.
Scott says all four tenders were
examined, though, and Tri-J’s
‘Proposal is economically sound,

Terrace tops B.C.
in McHappy money

- Terrace McDonald's © Malcolm
Hilcove and Karen Focker had a
pleasant duty to perform recently:
the presentation of cheques
totalling nearly $2,700 to Margot
Hayes of the Terrace Child Devel-
opment Centre, Cheryl Groves
from the Kitimat Child Devetop-
ment Centre and Phil Grocott from
Mills Memofial Hospital. Hayes
and Groves say the money will go
into general revenue for their res-
Pective centers, and Grocott says

the Mills Memorial hospital share
will be used to brighten the Child-
ren’s Ward a little.

The money represents 90 percent
of the $2960.02 collected during
McHappy Days last month by 169
celebrity volunteers. This record
volunteer turnout helped earn

Terrace number one McHappy : -

Days status in B.C.

The remaining 10 percent of the
funds raised will go to Ronald
McDonald House in Vancouver.

_ City to fund hepatitis

“vaccination.

program for |

volunteer firefighters .

Terraée city’ “council, has. agreed “
that Terrace volutiteer firefighters
» . are -at risk of being: exposed tO;
Hepatitus B. while: carrying out”
their regular: duties and have
agreed, .to.. spend. approximately”
$2,600 toward a voluntary vaccina-
tlon program. are

“A: request : for the’ experiditure
came . from’, ‘Terface.. Voltinteer,
‘Fireman’s Association ' ‘president
+ Rick Owens, who said there were

about -20-to-25 volunteers -intere--

“sted. At $132 each,’ the ‘program. a
could cost as ‘much as $3,300..

volunteers, . -O.wens..
“explatied, ‘aré: already. tovered ‘by ~
_ other: medical plans and don’t need. je
a city-spotisored prograin: In “his "])...
Tequest, Owens pointed ‘out: that § ;
.” Sinciderits Of Hepatitus Bare on the- }°

rise and about 200 U.S health care: *
workers die evety year by contact"
ing the ‘disease through’ their reg-

Some.

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Pictured above {left.to right) are outgoing Rotary president Wayne Epp and his wife Bev;
and incoming Rotary president John Jack and his. wife Doreen. Highlights-of the evening.
were Gim Wong and Harold Cox being. awarded Paul Harris Fellowship awards. for thelr. .
dedication and commitment to Terrace Rotary. Le i

The Installation of the 1990-97 Rotary executive took place June 2. Pictured above (left to
right) are: Harold Cox, director of club service; Wes Beeston, treasurer; Stan Turner, direc-
tor of community service; Gerry Martin, District Governor's representative; John Jack,
president; Ken Beddie, secretary; George Clark, director of vocational service; and Audon
Birkedal, director of international service. Missing from photo: John Clift, vice president;
and Dennis Fisher, director of club service. .

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