al, _ VOL19 ot Calls for detox centre here renewed. By DUSTIN QUEZADA King of clean 4 PNG worker-has touched — the streets and hearts of - ‘Terrace for 20 years \COMMUNITY B1 Turn it up | The satellite radio craze has taken off in Terrace and locals love it \NEWS A12_ _ Young people travel to BC Summer Games for more than the sports | \SPORTS B4 I ne nan. oe $1.00 PLUS 6¢ GST ($1.19 plus 7¢ GST outside of the Terrace area) 16, WITHOUT A local detox centre, alcoholics hitting © rock bottom ‘in Terrace often: wind‘ up at Mills’ Memorial Hospital, where they’re destined. for the "emergency -ward or the psychiatric unit if.they’re. - 7 ' deemed a risk to themselves or others. - That is a clear indication of a lack of service here,” says a local addictions counsellor. ° _ “A detox centre] is needed,” said Doug Sandwell, . _ co-manager, with Northwest Addictions Services. “T’m sure ‘those at Mills Memorial Hospital would ~ say the same. ’ “Neither option (psychiatric or emergency) per- ceives themselves as a detox centre.” Sandwell says the only adult medical detox. cen- ‘tre near here i is in Prince George and Northwest: Ad- dictions does refer people there. | - However, the six- hour drive creates hurdles for TERRACE www terracestandard.com «those in need of the services. Some people can’t -afford to pay their way. (those on social assistance -and First Nations do get a subsidy for travel), while others are simply unable to drive themselves if they have their own means of transportation. . oO “They? re unsafe on the roads,” said Rick Gremm, _ the Northwest manager for health and addiction ‘ser- vices with Northern Health.’ Gremm has been on the job, based i in ‘Terrace, - since September 2005. after'a move from Prince’ George. He says outside. of community counselling, it quickly became apparent to him that’ there was a deficit of care.. Gremm says while counselling is vital and won't be discontinued, it is usually sought by middle class alcoholics, leaving the most vulnerable: to decline’ : _ further into alcoholism without treatment... What’s needed here, adds Gremm, is a range of resources, from medical detox to “daytox” and day programs. _ Not all northwest hospitals’ are able t to > respond to patients in the medical detox Stage, though Gremm , . says the local psychiatric unit is beiter equipped than » most. ‘vulnerable to seizures. ~ In coordination with . Northwest “Kddictions, . Northern Health. plans to have tesidential recovery units operating in Terrace this year. “We need a residential recovery capacity in each’ cluster (Prince Rupert/Queen Charlotte Islands, Kit- - -imat/Terrace and Smithers/Bulkley Valley)” in the Northwest,” added Gremm. model of treatment, residential 1 recovery. would con- - sist of:a few beds in ‘each community with supervi- sion from. life skills workers and ‘access to day pro- — * SAM’ WILLIAMS, left, “and Ryan Kenny wait tor logs to‘be loaded onto Williams’ truck for "transport back to Kitwanga, where the Terrace Lumber Company had purchased them. Williams said the trip would be his second one to return lumber that day. ‘MARGARET SPEIRS PHOTO Grim outlook for TLC’s future Detoxing alcoholics ‘need ‘medical supervision ; during the first two to three days when they’ re most~ - In what ‘Gremm calls a more practical and robust : Wednesday, July 2 26, 2006 grams. fully managed,” said Gremm, adding such practical issues as family, finances, work and. treatment must. be addressed. Sucha plan i is music to the ears 3 of Thornhill resi- dent Barb Barker, who is also the manager at the lo- -cal government liquor store. , Along with her boyfriend,” a drug. and alcohol >» counsellor based in California, she is promoting the: : never-opened Mountainview Elementary. School on” the Bench be used for such an outpatient recovery . centre. ~ “Tt’s.a shame to have a brand new school build- ing not being used that would be accessible to the region,” said Barker, who says she quit drinking her- — - self last year. ‘Cont'd Page AS - ere Hoteliers must | as approve city | quest for hotel y tax money — By SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN time. By SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN THE , ‘TERRACE | LUMBER Company's coffers are tapped and _ officials are considering selling off equipment and other items at the mill if they can’t find an investor with deep pockets to pump much _ needed money into’the operation. - The sawmill has been shut down :