New Canadians welcomed THIS WOMAN and her daughters were among 71 people who became Canadian citizens at a special court ceremony held in Terrace last week, Judge Robert Some- rulile welcomed the new Canadians, who came from 20 different coun- tries including Vietnam, India, Casta Rica, South Africa, England and Sudan, The new citizens said they loved the peace and freedom of Canada, the country’s beauty and the friendly and generous at- titude of residents. They also spoke favourably of Canada’s = multicultural reputation. Judge Somerville n- couraged those who took part in the ceremony to keep those impressions alive for immigrants who would come in 10-20 _ years time, . But the good news isn’t expected to last long THE HOSPITAL’s budget deficit has virtually vanished over the summer. But Mills Memorial Hospital administrator Michael Leisinger says it’s too early to celebrate yet. The haspital’s deficit, which had ballooned to $150,000 just a few months into the budget year, declined to just $7,000 by mid-August. On the surface of it, it seems pretty good but we would really like to be in a better position than that,’” Leisinger said. That’s because the summer is inexpensive period because one operating room is closed and elective surgery is postponed to the fall. oo. ‘All that extra activity is starting to resume, he noted, ‘and the.winter months also bring with it the higher costs associated with flu season. “September to Christmas are traditionally high-activity, high-cost months,”’ he said. “] don’t want people to go ‘Oh boy, we beat ae stick around for long. traditionally ail at Cat A ! You Newt eason To Buy An Arctic Cat. Now’s the time to make your move on an Arctic Cat.° That's because if you buy a new ‘98 Cat™ You'll get $300 in Cat Cash™ to use for quality Arcticwear® clothing, and genuine Arctic Cat parts and accessories. 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And it’s also a source of revenue in terms of the interest revenue that comes out of that.’’ , The surplus buys the hospital some time, but ultimately it will have to cut expenditures fur- ther or get Victoria to agree to provide more money in recogition of ils service to the region. The Terrace area Community Health Council ‘tneets’for'the first time since. summer Thursday. “Tt, will be ‘reviéwing the progréss\of discus: . ‘sions with health ‘ministry officials :in Victoria {o address the budge! problem. “We're still in dialogue with them,” Leisinger said of the discussions. The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 24, 1997 - A3 Se PETE DC News In Brief The hospital has backtracked on two major areas of cuts that had been contemplated earlier in the year. Pro- posed reductions in the number of beds were abandoned and as was a plan to further restrict use of the nurs- ery for new babics. “We're maintaining the same criteria as in the past,’’ Leisinger said, ‘‘We're not plac- ing any greater restric- tions on it.” Leisinger “The nursery is an important and valuable service ta the northwest. We have the specialist here to provide that service.”’ moos Further organizational changes at the hospilal!- 7 are expected as cost-saving measures, but what Leisinger is so far refusing to comment on they will be, Accused free in Terrace A LOCAL man facing 10 counts of sexual assault on minors in Williams Lake is free on bail and living in the Terrace area. The 54-year-old appeared in Williams Lake Provin- cial Court last week. He faces 10 counts, including in- decent assault, gross indecency and assault with the in- tent to commit buggery. The assaults allegedly took place between 1970 and 1991 when the accused was living in Williams Lake. Police were able to lay charges after four complainants came forward, Williams Lake Crown counsel say the charges {aid represent law at the time of the incidents. Today, they would simply be called sexual assault, The accused is sel to appear in Williams Lake court again om October 6, 1997 to set a date for trial. In the meantime he is living in Terrace, but has been ordered not to be around minors unless supervised and to ab- stain from drugs and alcohol. Love-in includes warning A COMMUNITY celebration in Prince Rupert to toast the saving of Skeena Cellulose wasn’t all love-in. After a standing ovation for deputy premier Dan Mil- ler ended and the crowd of 350 sat back down, the man of the hour issued a stem warning: the past is the past. Miller called on employees of the company lo come together and end decades of distrust and animosity. ‘This deal will not work unless people get rid of the baggage of the past,’' Miller said, ‘“We have to break down the barriers of suspicion between union and man- agement,” ‘It will only work if both sides cooperate. Not through scrapping and antagonism, but by sitting down and ina professional way discussing differences.” Coast unites on logging MAYORS and native leaders up and down the coast signed a resolution calling on environmental groups to abandon destructive campaigns against logging. Fourteen mayors and regional chairs and three native leaders spanning the coastline from Prince Rupert to Comox endorsed the resolution and presented it to Premier Glen Clark in Port Hardy Thursday. It calls on big environmental groups to ‘‘cease and desist their hurtful campaigns aad instead work with all British Columbians toward promoting sustainability.”’ Port Hardy mayor Russ Hellberg said most B.C. resi- dents are satisfied with recent forest policy changes to make logging more sustainable, but some groups con- tinve to use misinformation and illegal tactics. Jail for sex assault A TERRACE man has been sentenced to four months in jail for sexually assaulting a minor. Walter Scott Bowman, 28, was sentenced September 5 by Judge Edmund DeWalle, Bowman received the jail term, plus 18 months probation for the sexual as- sault, which occurred April 8, 1996. Conditions of his probation include attending psychological counselling and not being in the presence of youths under the age of 18-years, except his own children. © The Victim, who was 14-year-old at the time, testified ‘that she woke up to find Bowman fondling her breasts one night while she was staying at his home. 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