Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 9, 1992 — Page B3
LAKALZAP — The clementary school here is organizing a Terry

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Time to raise the roof

THE CHILD Development Centre is looking for moncy to help put
a new roof aver their heads.

The old roof started leaking badly in the spring.

Theso-called ‘Raise-the-Roof? campaign is aimed al raising about
$15,000 of the $55,000 the centre needs to replace the roof.

Representative Margot Hayes said donors are asked to either buy
a shingle ($10) or a bundle ($250). Sponsors reccive a certificate.

that the centre has about 200 clicuts at any given time,

The Terrace Child Development Centre is for children whose: de-
velopment’ has been-- delayed. They offer speech therapy,
physivtherapy, occupational therapy, pre-school and a wide range
of counselling...

The staff is buying the first bundle ta get ihings rolling, she said.

Construction of the new roof is to begin-in October. They'll bor-
row from the centre’s emergency operating fund to.pay for the work
until thal-can be replenished. ee eee

For. more information call 635-9388.

Lions mark 75-year anniverary

world’s largest humanitarian. service organization — the Inter-
naliuonal Association of Lions Clubs. :
~The idea’ was to utilize the resources of businessmen and other
professionals fo benefit communities and people in need, It has
today grown lo 1.4 million members worldwide.

The mission of Lions Clubs was forever altered by Helen Keller,

who in a moving speech ata 1925 convention challenged the group
to.become “knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness.”
“Since then Lions have been leaders in the fight against visual im-
-pairments. .
<The men-and women who are members are proud to be celebrat-
cing 75 years of service, .
.. In this, their first year here in Terrace, the Kermodci Lions were
“Gnvolved in the Canadian Cancer Society’s Jail ’n Bail fundraiser as
well as the CNIB’s Hot lee Show. The Jail "n Bail was the club’s
“biggest fundraiser so far, reeling in $17,000 to fight cancer. They
‘plan to take it on as a biannual event.

They've also been involved in bake sales, garage sales, and con-
‘cession stands. They’re also making handcrafted gifts to be auc-
tioned away al their Christmas year-end finale, ©
~ Also upcoming is the Wagner Shows carnival fundraiser.

_ Here the Kermodei Lions meet for two luncheons and one cve-
“ning each month. :

_ The Terrace Kermodei Lions work in conjunction with the city’s
two older Lions clubs — the Centennial Lions (a !unchcon club)
and the Downtown Lions evening club, - ;

‘work with the visually impaired, diabetes education. or drug abuse
prevention, contact Dorothy Bartsoff at 638-8183 or Linda Tanner
‘at 638-1856,

Raffle winners named

THE BIG WINNERS have been announced in the Terrace Youth
Ambassador Society’s recent raffle.

They are: Lou Haselmeyer, of Terrace, winner of a T-shirt, Roger
Brand, of Terrace, the winner of 4 gas gril]; Karen Hatz) of Terrace,

portrait silting; and Louise McNeil, of Greeaville, winner of
camera and case.

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“We've been here at this location for 15 years,” she said, adding _

This year marks the scventy-filth anniversary of the birth of the -

For more information on the. Terrace. Kerinadei Lions and its

winner of a cooler; Toin, Haniakawa, “ot. Ten er. of a...

a a Fox Run Sept, 20 and expects several lundred participants.
a oe wo Itheld’a run two years age aud raised nearly $2,000. ;

. . ae But that run was lield in conjunction with-Terrace’s and the school

N eeded . Terry Fox. now has registered separately, says Charles Davis, a Nisga’'a lan-

guage teacher at Lakalzap-Elementary.:*

h e 7 | thy run p lanned “Many people inthe village have fought catcer and have died of

cancer. It's a community effort,” said Davis of interest in the run,
The 1Okm route begins in the village, its former name. is Green-

1 'e ville, and continues along the road to Terrace. People can either run
nN EW | eas or walk the route. ce

Contributed

How can community members
work together to address our
communily’s health issues?

What does it mean to give more
planning and. decision-making
power toa community? *

Who should be involved? What
resourecs are necessary lo inake
public participation effective?

These are some of the questions aa
to be addressed at an upcoming [ae
workshop -— Reform and
Renewal of our Health System;
Getting Communities Involved.

This free workshop, one of a
serics of 14 being held through-
out the province will be held in
Terrace on, Sept. 26 from 9:30
a.m. to 4:30 pan. at the Skeena
Health Unil auditorium.

The workshop will bring to- [&
gether community members of
many descriptions; —_ parents,
grandparcnls, — tcens, seniors,
singles, volunteers, professionals, §
and health-care providers.

In other woreds, anybody inter-
ested in developing new
strategies for meaningful citizen Pes ; :
involvement in health decision Ba oreno Chale
making.

Participants will have the op-

portunity to hear about the
government’s’ plans for a
reformed and renewed health sys-
tem. They will also be asked to
suggest straicgics to cnable com-
munity members to have a greater
say in decisions which affect the

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Furniture &

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health of their communily. ita
There’s no charge to attend. anywhere else is like
Lunch will be provided at no cost choosing to pay

and assistance with cbild care and

transportation is available on re-

' quest. ,

Pre-registration. is advised as

"seats are limited. Call 636-3467
before Sept. 23 to register.

The Getting Involved work-
shops are sponsored by the B.C.
Healthy Communities Network,
the Associated Boards of Health,
with licalth ministry money,

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organized by the Terrace Healthy
Communities Steering Commiltee

The money raised helps pay various travel costs for Terrace’s

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