1 snvenlyede con Quioplan Letters to the editor i "yr exports help local economy — Dear Sir: From 1997 to 2001 there was a huge under- prices compounded by the softwood lumber a Qur members require a viable market for cut of annual allowable cut in the Kalum For- © duty, yet Skeena Sawmills -has continued to domestic saw logs and a viable market for est District. Contractors and their workers suf- operate. We believe this is in part because of Nr ded ty Nontom Heath Aoioma pulp logs, which means we need the Skeena fered shortened seasons and long periods of lay their ability to access low cost domestic saw un y moriern rea ulnonity, Cellulose sawmill in Terrace and the pulp mill offs, While this was going on mill workers suf- logs that would not be on the market without Family violence is abuse of power within in Prince Rupert. fered very little down time, the export OIC, We also believe Skeena Cel- relationships of family, trust or dependency. Il can The volume of logs exported to date has not Cheaper imported togs and cheaper pur- _ lulose will also benefit from this scenario. include many forms of abusive power: had any impact on the ability of these opera- chase wood were supplying the sawmill and We are committed to working with all par- ® Emotional al ® Psychol | ab tions to open, In the past year since the export pulp mill. If the local harvest sector is to sur- ties to achieve -a restart. The export OIC has Foon OD USe sychologica qouse Order in Council came into effect the volume vive we must find ways to deliver lower cost been a survival line for. many of our members. * Financial exploitation —* Physical assault of logs exported would not have filled the saw logs to our local processing facilities. The © © When SCI restarts it will require an: effi- ¢ Sexual assault * Homicide log needs of the Terrace sawmill for one higher price paid for the very small volume of cient harvest sector. Please do not sever our Would you like to falk with a counsellor about these month.’Less ‘than“one month's supply of fibre ‘export quality wood enables loggers to’provide”’ ‘clitrent lifeline because of a4 philosophical op- or other issues? We offer individual, couple and for the Terrace sawmill has been exported in’ those lower cost logs to local sawmills. - position to raw log exports without examining family counselling, free of charge. For hehe the past year. Current log exports are not stop- The small volume of export shipped. out of © the facts realistically. information or ling, fre k an appointment, please ping these operations from opening nor are this area has actually helped sustain sawmill - John Nester, President, contact our Terrace office at (250) 635-9330 or they robbing them of their future. jobs. Lumber is currently at historically low Northwest Loggers Association 1-888-655-6533 or Prince Rupert office at Terraceview care ~not meeting need ~ Dear Sir: . Tam compelled to respond to the recent article en- “ltled “Housing wait lists shifted” referring to the change ~-. of-criteria for resident intake at Terraceview Lodge. Ihave a parent at Terraceview and I have become in- ":- creasingly concerned over the past eight or nine months as the resident population of the facility has changed. Over this period of time many more brain-injured pa- “tients are being admitted. The intermediate care side ‘now has nine residents in this category. ~:]-am not suggesting there should be no brain-injured _residents,.at Terraceview, certainly there are some ‘people who have lived there for some time and are happy. contented People. . ’ My concern arises from the change that assigns points eo instead of having a wail list. ] have spoken to both Doris ~Mitehell, the administrator and Carolyn Hill, the Com- --munity Care Supervisor. It-is my understanding that more points are assigned ~ to the person who has exhausted the most amount of community services available. This situation combined _ with the government policy of closing Riverview has “--¢ontributed to the placing of some residents that are > angry, ‘abusive and combative. This culminated in a si- *. tuation-four weeks ago where a woman visiting her hus- band was physically struck by one of these residents. ~~ This situation is nol meeting the needs of any of these groups of people. The brain-injured clients are not get- . ting the care they need, the seniors that are living out their last .days find this behaviour very frightening and ; unsettling. The staff members are under the added strain of coping. with behaviours they haven't been trained for -or-have staffing levels for. If the government is going to implement such changes cit is imperative thal some planning and screening be in -place for those residents who do.not fit-into.the environ- ments they are being introduced to. “Mr, Tim Rowe's comment of “the idea is to provide care ‘appropriate to a person’ s needs” is from what I have seen, certainly not what is happening in Terraceview, Karlene Clark, Terrace, B.C. a proud sponsor of GRIME STOPPERS Terrace Crime Stoppers are asking for help to solve a break and enter and theft from a video rental store in Terrace. On March 8th, 2003, the morning employee at Video Update (4730 Keith Avenue) discovered a smashed window upon -arriving at the store. Rocks had been thrown through the window. Entry had been gained and an alarm inside was disabled. A safe inside the store was entered and a quantity of currency taken. The suspect(s) may have exited via a rear door, which was found open. Terrace Crimestoppers wants your information, not your name. 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