18 | Terrace Review — Wednesday, December 3, 1986 Students focus on drinking/driving offences a omen Members of the Caledonia CounterAttack group in Ter- .race are Grade t2 students Sarah Vaal-Henke (front), Dina Hoflin and Kelth Olson. TERRACE — Our Coun- terAttack group is relatively new, thus our in- troduction. by Sarah Vaal-Henke Terrace contributor We are mainly focused on the serious offence of - drinking and driving; as well as related aspects such as peer influence which we also try to ad- dress. We have all heard of ac- cidents involving an im- paired driver. Unfor- tunately, some people still wish to learn the hard (painful, and perhaps tragic) way. 1 wonder how many people left behind, wish with all their might that somebody would have just taken the care and time to get these peo- ple home who have had a drink. Recently I attended an ICBC Youth Leadership Conference along with fellow student Tony Edger and teacher Linda Black. Now I am back with lots of motivation and ideas to benefit Terrace. I would also like to take this op- portunity to invite your comments, questions and support to the CounterAt- tack group. A thank-you goes out to the Terrace Review for carrying CounterAttack articles. I would like to leave you all with a thought: Think Before You Drink — About Getting Home. Sarah Vaal-Henke is.a member of the Caledonia CounterAttack group at Caledonia Senior Secondary School. Chris Dale (left) and Bill Gair, workers with Wirt! ™ Construction, .. mrecently in-: talled extra &. nsulation in he walls at iCaledonta Senior Secon- Caledonia gym repaired place. According to Over 50 checked for — glaucoma eye disease — TERRACE — A glav- coma clinic was held at Skeena Mall recently, to create public awareness on this eye disease. by Daniele Berquist Ken McDames, project chairman, said the clinic attracted a number of peo- ple. ‘‘A total of 57 persons were checked.” Out of already on the agenda for the new year. ‘‘We’re planning to make it an an- nual event,’’ said McDames. Optometrists Paul. Clark and Harry Murphy- donated their time and equipment and were quite pleased with the interest generated by the public. They both ex- pressed interest in starting up a Clinic next year, again to create public awareness of this disease, McDames added. **T would like to thank Skeena Mall for the dona- tion of the shop, and Paul Clark and Harry Murphy, both optometrists serving the area, for the donation of their time and equip- ment,’? McDames added. ' o§ TERRACE — The gym at Heller, maintenance repairs were done by Wirtl that number, McDames Caledonia Senior Secon- superintendent with Contracting, and the new sated, four persons were Cj H ; dary has been fitted with School District 88, the metal siding is now in referred to their doctor for ity pol ice a he, ee new siding and insulation in preparation for the winter months. According to Lothar Fun now over repairs will make the walls of the gym more durable, to stand up to natural and unnatural beatings, like winds or golf balls. The Heller, there are hopes of doing a similar job on the school's woodworking shop next year. Course a success To the editor, Eight weeks of fun... and now it is over! The Best You Can Be, a course offered by the parks and recreation, which was long overdue, has been successfully established. I thank the many people who worked so hard in Ce ee ee ee ee etter putting this program together, and to the peo- ple who were willing to give of their time. Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Walker, Judy Nemy ee ee ee oe | Pe ee ee eo some from Co-op, Mr. Leo Casavant, who so en- thusiastically and generos- ly supported our fashion» show with beautiful out- fits the girls modelled. Gloria Syrette Coordinator The Best You Can Be Terrace, B.C. Boke tee ba eee me other medical reasons. Glaucoma is an eye disease characterized by optic nerve atrophy, visual field loss and is usually associated with elevated intraocular pressure, ex- plained McDames, The treatment to control most glaucoma patients are tablets or drops or a com- bination of both. However, if glaucoma is neglected, vision is pro- gressively lost and the per- son becomes blind. McDames added that the disease can usually be stopped or arrested and the patient can live without any fear of fur- ther damage. A glaucoma clinic is statistics reported. TERRACE — Over the month of October, there were 39 less cases opened than there were in October of 1985. Personal offences decreased by 54 and prop- erty offences decreased by 18 when compared to Oc- tober, 1985. Break and entering. cases were down 62 per- cent, while offences related to weapons declin- ed by 40 percent when compared to last year’s figures. Drug related of- fences have increased 10 percent, Traffic charges have dropped a total of 56 charges and accidents have decreased 10 since last year, Cost of overtime to the municipality was $2591.26 for 233.75 hours of overtime. .The total of overtime hours was 168 for which no payment was claimed. Over the month the RCMP participated in safety lectures, lectures on police dog services, the 1.C.B.C, Youth Traffic Conference, shoplifting programs, and other public services involving crime prevention.