Paving OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL facilities for handicapped people are gradually improving in the norlhwest, say representatives for the B.C, Paraplegic Association. And as evidence they point to a new fishing platform at Kitimat, improvements made to highways ministry rest stops and the forest service’s Red Sand Lake camping area, This’ll be the second sumer of improvements to lables, pathways and washrooms for those in wheelchairs using the highways ministry’s Sanderson rest stop, just past the Skeena Cellulose logging bridge 30km cast of Ter- race on Hwy16. It’s only one of two rest stops in the northwest to have paved paths for wheelchairs, picnic tables al- Towing those in wheelchairs to sit at them and washrooms designed for wheelchair use. “Any new rest areas we do will be of this type,’’ said highways official Shawn McKinley. He added that there have been repeated requesis for a rest arca between Dease Lake and Kitwanga. - But McKinley cautioned that there isn’t any money this year for more rest stops, Red Sand Lake Demonstration Forest’s camping area has a 1.6km trail that can be used by people in wheelchairs, The forest service site’s im- provements were done two years ago, New to the northwest is a fish- ing platform on the banks of the Kitimat River at Kitimat, Constructed last year, the plat- form is just past the yellow pumphouse near Radley Park. It ‘has railings and holders for fish- ing rods. All three of these recreational opportunities represent a growing awareness, says Karen Busby, one of 12 people who sits on the . paraplegic association’s regional advisory committee. “I think the biggest problem is putting things up without some- body having a say. There is a need to give direction,’ she said of the association’s move to more education on disabilities. One of the latest efforts of the association is promoting the es- tablishment of a municipal com- " mittee to advise on improving ac- cess for disabled people. THE SANDERSON test stop on Hwy 16 eats of Terrace is picnic tables designed to allow those in wheelchairs to sit at them. Karen Busby, above, a member ofthe B.C, Paraplegic Association's advisory committee, demonstrates the design works, Pre-Inventory Sales SLOWOUT PRICES The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 24, 1995 - A3 ey ie f way to better access News In Brief Cupe contract ratified WORKERS IN Terrace’s Cupe Local 2831 finally have their con- tract. Local 2831 represents clerical staff, special services as- sistants and library assistants employed by School District 88. Cupe and the school district agreed on a contract over two months ago, but a new government body —- the B.C. Public School Employers Association (BCPSEA) — refused to ratify the con- tract. The hold up was due to a.5 per cent increase in benefits which exceeded BCPSEA'’s guidelines, However last week BCPSEA de- cided to allow the increase this one time. The decision averts a threatened strike by Cupe loca] members. _ New UNBC president THE UNIVERSITY of Northern British Columbia has a new | president —— Dr. Charles Jago. : Dr. Jago comes to the position from the University of Western - Ontario, where he is currently the Principal of Huron College. : “T was strongly attracted to this position by its location, and the : promise of what the university can help achieve in the region,” says Dr. Jago, ‘‘UNBC and northern British Columbia have an | extraordinary future ahead of them, and I look forward to helping | develop a highly productive partnership between the university - and its host communities,”” : Dr. Jago will be visiting the university and region throughout ‘ the summer, and will assume his duties as president on October 1,: 1995, : Watch for missing fins FEDERAL FISHERIES is asking anglers to carefully check all | chinook, coho and steelhead they catch for missing adipose fins. The adipose is normally found on the back of the fish near the ' tail. If i's missing, that means a microscopic coded-wire tag was : implanted in the head of the fish when it was a juvenile, Knowing - where and when tagged fish were caught helps the DFO track - migration and assess survival rates. If Terrace area anglers come across such a fish, they are asked - to remove the head and deliver it to either North Coast Anglers at - the corner of Kalum and Lakelse or the local DFO office at 4721b - Lazelle. In Kitimat, they should be dropped off at the Kitimat - Hatchery or North Coast Anglers in Mountain View Square. Phone sex calls queried. B.C, REFORM leader Jack Weisgerber is demanding an intemal - audit of all calls placed to 1-900 adult phone services by provin- cial government staff. Weisgerber last week released phone logs from the ministry of transportation and highways, and from the B.C, Pavillion Corpo- ration that show government phones had been used to place calls to a number of pay-per-call adult services. : The 1-900 services include ‘Bedtime Stories & Fairytales of Hollywood”, ‘‘Telepassage, for adults’’, ‘‘The Jove Connec- tion”’, and ‘“‘The Quest Dateline,” ; “‘Tt's appalling that taxpayers have apparently been paying for telephone calls placed through government phones to adult dating - services and ‘sex chat’ companies,’ Weisgerber said. 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