ont eet t—\/RepLENISHING HIE) WHAT. THE HECKIS AN: \meey EXMP. AND ‘SELF= CONFESSED. =f SUPPLY OF TOWELS?... N , THIEF: DOING ON AN. OFFICIAL | : + SOAP?. -SROWER CANS? ae TUNKEE To. A4 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 28, 2004. TANDARD_ ESTABLISHED APRIL 27, 1988 7 "> BG. AND YUKON COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION, PUBLISHER: ROD LINK. a _ADDRESS: 9210 Clinton Street. Terrace,: B Ce V8G: BRI , TELEPHONE: (250). 638-7283 « FAX: (250) 638. 8432. | WEB: wwwiterracestandard.com- “EMAIL: hewsroom@terracestandard. com... Quiet for now | WHEN. YOU are the big dog ‘on the block. you. can pretty much call the shots.and there’ s no bet- ter.example of this than’ the: provincial. Liberal.’ government’s stance on public: sector Pay increas-" os es. Or-rather; the lack thereof. At last count, more-than 30. new or i Fenepoited public sector contracts’ providing for’ no: net in- crease in.wages or benefits are. stacked up onthe . desk of Premier Gordon Campbell, a ‘remarkable. achievement: given the: historical knock against’ this province as: having one of the: more. raucous labour/management, climates i in thé country.” ‘Tt was set: ‘against a backdrop. of-a. ‘goveniinent’ bt determined. to.rein. in/a deficit. The size of the Lib- - _eral victory:in ‘the 2001 provincial election’ gave‘it™ duce costs." 9...” ne A-key: factor j in the’ Liberal cost control cam: -paign rests within the: health: care. ‘sector. Public. health care is the big: money. pit of governments. pe No matter how much i is Spent, it'is never enough. i Yet the. province has: stabilized. its labour costs :| here. Doctors, who. for years, have: had: running’ gun battles over fee i increasés, have taken a freeze” for two-years..The. B. (of Nurses’. ‘Union,. one of, tions in B.C, has taken a contract extension, ° this time around. The doctors have kept: cheivbpiions: open by’ 2 ‘is! pay-$60,000_a year to plage Reece in-an institution, ‘gov-. _ ernment: policy” banned - any, a payment, -Lo ‘family. caregivers; -.: then® “children and families : ‘minister °. ‘Gordon: nurses to. full: time ‘onés:. More: nurses means: “change... pricing thie HAC GE a'feéincredse into the hands - of a'mediator in the third year of their thrée-year*| deal. And registered. nurses have a side: deal with: a the province to look at converting more part time} more power for. the next round. of contract talks... The province’ ‘did ‘get nasty with the. Hospital: cut demand. and then. stayed out when the cut was: legislated into existence, turning the. issue into some bitter memories on. the part of. organized la- . bour and. perhaps be a galvanizing: force for next =. spring’s provincial election. we 7 But the treatment of. the’ “HEU, 2 as harsh as. sit | a those who worry’about the power of government, will be played against the Liberal theme that the |) -- less money spent on: wages translates: into the: more spent on actual health care. _ It is how-up to the governmient to dead that the. theme j 18 actually ‘working. ” pane "PUBLISHER/EDITOR: R Rod Link - . ADVERTISING MANAGER: Brian Lindenbach ~ - PRODUCTION MANAGER: Edouard 'Credgeur O . NEWS: Jeff. Nagel - ne NEWS/COMMUNITY: Jennifer Lang 2002 WINNER CCNA BETTER: | _ NEWS/SPORTS: Margaret Speits : - . NEWSPAPERS ~~. INTERN REPORTER: Rebecca Collard . 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BONNY B BANK = — eee | eu FRORES = a Empty words from. th VICTORIA. ~: Remember the =: a ~-Baulnes, the: Kelowna family | * ‘whose. livés: ended“in despair. fee after. the - ‘government refused: a mandate: to: ‘proceed. -And since public sector} — pay and benefits are generally higher: than the ‘pri- a vate sector, the government could.count on even- |: tually. winning any public relations battle: ‘to. re ca “2 ta provide money to: help: ‘cope - with. their disabled’ son? al "Because - your. government cen ee doesin’ Lee They: - telieyed that Reece! s. “problems: meant: ~ would” destroy’ him.. They. knew They -neéded help;. and ‘had, -But.while. it’ was, ‘prepared. - Alter. the ‘deaths, Hoge" “proinised: more of a. political. call to-battle than’ ‘anything else. pe ae ~ Kids meéans-an“outdoor venue. ~ Our granddaughters, ‘instead; imagination | ever: afterngon, in. a gramped, . a stuffy room. we a: “0 Thiseis ‘their: ihird. summer in Terrace Little” Theatre’ so0 may: ‘have: been to. organized labour. and to all: | “| course » dasts four, :. ‘Mondays’ off. ws ; Building: confidence “and” Ye self-esteem ‘under lis. thé pur-. "spose ‘ofall summér camps, ‘whether: it;be HEROS: hockey : school: taught by NHL players . 7 .to" inner. city: kids, or swiin- their: drama’ classes. ‘This year’s’ “ming classes “at. the: ‘public - an . poal.Drama days ease kids dinte. public speaking. and per~” forming ‘in, front, of an’ ‘audi- ence: ; Besides Tooking: forward 0: “They learnto follow. inatriice “Maurice. atid, Belva Baulne ~ and’ their ‘son.-Reece. sal. lo- -: \gether-in -their: little RY: fore.“ |. _ than’ 2°1/2 years ago,‘while a <|| “hose running -from:thé exhaust... uum pipe: filled the: Space. with cars: aoe “bon. monoxide. cee They” were desperate = ex: hausted, running: out-of money. a “and hurt, After-34-years of car=::, * ‘ing. fot Reéce,’ who “suffered "froma terrible form of epilep- : oon BY. and. severe emotional prob. = :* Jems, Maurice, and: Belva, were? fe. Sinking... ; the best. organized. and tenacious. labour organiza. i : emotional | - [that banding, him’ to-strangers:*- Mind you; the province shoveled. hundreds of 5 if 2 millions. of dollars, at doctors: and: nurses ‘two. |. they Couldn't goon,” years ago, weakening. their cause, for i increases: 7 “Tf: any... goad/.can.. _ come*out. of these ‘deaths, it’s _- “can understanding of: the “néed . dee for. more: ‘lexibility,". he. said, Employees’ Union (HEU): who first went on’ AN fe - legal strike to protest a: 15 per. cent pay and benefit’ ae weeks! with ‘they: have: QS FROM THE CAPITAL : _ PAUL WILLCOCKS : Empty words. “government” will hire: support workers... the -Baulnes: remains. in-place. viding paid:care. Human: Rights: ‘Tribunal | has yo dust ask: ‘Cheryl Hutchinson: “She's 34, a- universily graduate -and composer. ‘She also suffers The’ B.C. , government, al-. ‘most. alone” among: provinces; ve --bars family, members: from: pro: - Cheryl.” and: ‘a-few- “others 7 . have been: fighting: the: tule for. ‘more than’ six years. “And final- dy, after, long. delays,:.a:B.C.... a ‘fo tise; 65: just-ruled “that” ‘the ban. is: ‘tlle - : “gal.. Tt. discriminates” against , CLAUDETTE SANDECKI.. fe THROUGH BIFOCALS dees toa an instructor. as ‘par of - “an impromptu skit... bo a Along: wilh learning 10. speak - “Up, “‘enuiciate ‘clearly, and’: ~look a. listener i in the eye, ‘they. ~~ each* ‘day's: attivities. —.the sé [range of.-activities: amazes | Mes 1. ..and ‘delights them:- y the-boausof - ihaking - new: “friends | and- Working. witha: few 2° yet from previous years," experimeni. with | actors’ -Bach:coiirse: winds. up ‘iin: their children. Ta their first: - school students — “tion | seem, 1o ‘exist yet" “today, accounting for the” instructors” eo centhus “ program’ of-plays: slaged’ for-the, “ee last: ‘aad | Fapport with, “delight of. parents and’ younger. =." “siblings. ‘Cameras’ fash» and ’ ‘parents preenover-the sticcess.. = or hilarious. blunders | >of... ! Ty ss SHAMPOO?.. sy TERRY CLOTH -Was “(no -money ‘for *. ~ wheelchair, he. carried. her: oe * the ‘school, bus each. day - He: “bathes her;" rises in: the‘night:to: -roll her -over in bed, helps. her) soto ‘the * ‘bathroom: from “cerebral: palsy, and. -re=""..: quires’ 24-hour care to: provide--- “all het’ physical: needs. The provide. -. + $6,000: a“month so she’ an” ing’: on. , “a succession - ‘Strangers: "for: almost: val your wel! physical needs.) |: But not the care worker she oo wants to hire, the one- who ‘hia: _ been: looking” after her. since’ — she. was. 13 her father. Phillip. . ~The. same policy: ‘that: shattered.’ us.” “gee more. and. more families seeking funding,. ‘causing ‘costs : | a days means hot work. This HEU ‘martyrdom will, set the stage. for.’ 7 ‘SUMMER | CAMP. fr" most Sin several ‘short: funny. plays . ‘exaggerating. typical family .- ” situations, Last. year they tack-. * led Shakespeare ; with language “so” dense many actors. Jead” from their scripts. pote Before ‘our granddaughter an first: enrolled, TP ‘sought: ‘info’ froma’ youtg woman:-who ‘in quickly,. and. to let their 4 imagi- ‘structed’ drama. days: when: it. 2 “first bepan. She’ had many: part. “chine through possibilities until : - lime jobs in’ high-school.: She- |. Said. working. for the Terrace... Little ‘Theatre . drama days: had “been. her most ‘enjoyable job. She ‘was. well paid. She ‘also , ‘received ‘strong ‘support form): “her. eniployers,. yet® she. and her~ : fellow: instructors ~ all high. chad, a ‘free. SAE fitst,"L: Worried: the: kids ee i might ‘complain © the drama: a hand to. improvise, experiment, and: -irynew, activities: with © heir ‘classes. Our. girls are ety. » rolled. in: the. July: class: makeup guided: by one of four «:® instructors, and help to, fashion, “; props and backdrops... : ‘Those. same: working condi the: siudenits;. - Improv i is: ‘the kids’ favourite : They. are given a prop-or.a sit-. ‘uation arid ‘asked to “perform without ‘rehearsal:. ai of F pluimbige F pipe “i ois . “And the. ‘government’ says ° u : opening the-door a -erack could. * “ something’: clicks. ‘give: ‘them something ~ to look » forward. to:each -afternoon:: ‘When. ‘theirs four. weeks’ end, > ‘they: ‘have to: thing up. their. own: “Entertainment: : r altend “classes tends little” to: octheéir ‘fun. Ty's: ‘cramped, ‘close, . With: scarcely a.window. and :no _-, Ait Conditioning, ‘on-85 degree a "days the: kids ‘swelter. but: every: “day they tace-into the gloom: ate “1 -p.m., burst: forth three’ hours... Tater” exuberant and bubbling. ‘Given: an. “with Stories, "DRESS! IN Ga == —-—a — Za Sree it eo ope . - - 2 = : “Cheryl because she" S severely: “disabled. and apainst’ her. father ‘by barring him: ‘from: work, . But vit was-a momentary — 7 victory. The. government says ° - “eit will appeal the ruling.’ : | «7 Cheryl's” father, «‘a. ‘single » a ~parént who is-now: 71, quit his: ~ job when she was’.13. to prow * oe “ide: ‘carednd give ‘her the ete -Month..Just not to-her' father. _ chance at, a full, independent. ; life. te - They’ often lived” on: “the” ‘edge of: poverty.” “When thete: . still: ‘decides. when” “caré., ‘is. . needed. ‘Other. provinces : have : > successfully. developed policie allowing. paid family. care. - “And. remember, - the* issu “isn't. whether - Chery] . ‘need : care, -agreed to. provide -.$6, 000 a, The’ ‘government*’ “has Attorney — General «. Geoff. “Plant ‘Says, ihe ‘government. ha to. appeal the - ruling, because i i ; raises important’ issues.- ~-But- there. “need. ‘not: “have ‘heen. a. ruling. Instéad_ of fight" n > ing’ families; “the” governinent . “could have developed. a policy.” that’ ‘allowed ‘exceptions: to.-the.: “ban. on ‘family. care-.based: on: She's tried, paid caregivers: 4 clear criteria: (This isn't-a Lib but they've quit,’or made her, . etal: issue; the -NDP* govern: feel. ‘unsate.. (Imagine, ‘depend- .! of Z of Cheryl. Hutchinson ‘and. oth- 7 ers’ caught’ in the? same: cruel, The: government. ‘told: ‘the ” “trap , shows: little attention: was: “human. rights: tribunal. it wants’ “-Feally: paid_to the desperation “to‘imake : families’ ‘to recognize: their. legal. and moral. obliga-. Aion ‘to. provide: care.“It seems "10 me :that: ‘Hutchinson:sha ; - showed: he - understands obligation’ better: than ‘most of » undercut on:anotlier froni. © “ment was just as’ ‘unyielding.) The government's treaimen * of the .Baulnes,”’ giving up: on the: world j in their lonely "RV: -Footnote? The: government's S claimed ; ‘commitment -to” pro=,, remain in their tomes. j is. being Parents’ have: imade convine- - sing complaints” ‘that’ they are: - “.foreéd: to: puttheir® severely disabled children. in foster care’. *. because : they: ean” "E ‘get: ade-. cre “quate: ‘government ‘Help’: to’ care: ~Butit provided n na convine=:. are “ng evidence. “The governmerit, * for’ them at: home: - willeocks @ ultraner ca. 7 van ‘elbow, one. “student ‘might use it as.a microphone. cand. -Sing ” &. sang: or. recite a“poerm. One.“ © might: ‘call it.a telephone and”. - dial 911 for help:- Or. the: pipe can “become: crutch;. 7 Improv. teaches them to think “ation: whirl like: a. ‘slot ma-, Each ‘day... _ they. -come-. home | with’-new mt games ‘to “follow: up. with, their eee! | 1s pegular. friends, mee classes: ustirped their play: time,’ On the,” contrary; the: classes: : ‘in’ which’ they. ding. ‘Support: LO: help: people} ” : ne 1] plus BAR OIL; | 10-30 ; ey | POR THETRUCK , OILTO. | | Mix uit GAS FoR THE | SAW AND THE OUTBOARD | a PLUS GEAR CASE LUBE ani! we sie NEED ‘wuité GAS ye ae STOVE AND PROPANE FORTHE. HEATER |