Around Town Don’t miss the bus TRAVEL IS educational too. That’s why Greyhound Can- ada is giving top grade 12 students the chance to win Irce 30-day bus passes so they can explore Canada. All grade 12 students in western Canada who have a GPA of 80 per cent or higher are invited to drop off a copy of their 1998 spring report card or transcript at the nearest Greyhound depot. Fifty report cards will be drawn at random across western Canada on June 15, Winners will receive two complimentary 30-day passes good for unlimited travel on all Greyhound bus routes for 30 days. ' Family needs furniture A MCTHER with three children is looking for donations ‘of furniture, She needs the furniture in order to have her children released from foster care. In particular, the woman hopes for donations of a table, vacuum and an apartment-sized freezer. She’s also looking for children’s furniture and any other items people might be able (o spare. And finally, she’s looking for a three-bedroom apartment to live in with the children, hopefully for $650 a month or less. If you can help this family, call the Terrace Women’s Resource Centre for more details at 638-0228, They’Il ar- range to have furniture picked up, but staff ask that no one bring fumiture by the centre, since Ihey have no where to store it. No fear of heights? INTERESTED in becoming a volunteer with air search and rescue? The Provincial Emergency Program, Emer- gency Air Service, and the Civil Air Search And Rescue Association will be holding an introductory aircrew course for any potential volunteers, The course will be held at the auditorsjum of the Skeena Health Unit, 3412 Kalum Sireet, starting at 10 a.m. on Sunday, March 22. Anyone over 19 years of age and in good health , inter- ested in volunteering for a worth while cause is asked to attend. Former and current members are also welcome, For further information, please contact James Gilham, area co-ordinator, at 635-9217 (email james.gilham@osg.net) or Kent Keenleyside, area safety officer, at 635-9181. Digital Satellite Pays You To Watch val ASAP: 1-888-512-8 e171 Tribal fest needs support PRINCE RUPERT has the all native basketball tourna- ment. If organizers get their way, Terrace will become as well known for an annual tribal fest pow wow. The Kermode Friendship Centre is hoping for a good turn out to its first annual tribal fest —~ June 19-21. “This is the first time we've tried to organize such a big event,’’ said coor- dinator Kathy Mansouri. The tribal fest will feature First Nations dancing of all types, including traditional, fancy, grass and jingle danc- ing. Many of the dances are from cultures to the east, such as the prairie chicken dance where male dancers woo women. The jingle dance is a healing dance performed by the Obigway tribe. Another highlight to the tribal fest will be a drum- ming competition. Mansouri is hoping for a good turn out of the big drums, which in- volve circles of three to nine people, usually ‘‘singing their hearts out.’” Mansouri says the June tribal fest is on the pow wow and new tourism calendars. That’s important because there’s a circuit of events which _—_ regular participants follow, much like a rodeo. Mansouri thinks the tribal fest will be a ‘‘holistic way of sharing each other’s cul- tures.’’ She’s hoping to have 500 peaple signed up for a variety of competi- tions. “The Terrace area needs The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 11, 1998 - B3 something like this to hap- pen,’ she says. ‘‘We can learn aboul other cultures no matter what the colour of their skin is.” Such an event has also been requested for years by tourists, she claims, Many whe come to the northwest want to learn about First Nations customs, and this would provide an ideal showcase. COAST TRACTOR 6 Months ye 0 Program Runs Until December 31/98 ‘TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS SPECIAL OFFER! For All Makes © Case ° Komatsu « Cat Interest 0.A.C. Minimum $7500 4650 Keith Avenue, Terrace Phone:635-7131 ¢ Fax: 635-4831 TSIMSHIAN Kathy Mansouri Mansouri thinks the event has the potential to bring millions of dollars to Ter- Tace each year. But to pull it off Mansouri has to have a core of dedi- cated volunteers in place by TREATY NEGOTIATIONS OPEN SESSION Wednesday, March 11, 1998 - 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, March 12, 1998 - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Kitsumkalum Community Hall June. She’s also Jook for bil- lets and donations from businesses. Many of those donations can be small, since she'll need items like mugs or hats to give away to the compelition dancers and drummers. March 29, 1998. To Terrace City Council A special thank-you to the people who voted for me in the last election. Demacracy is a fragile thing and for it to work properly it requires citizens to be involved, This is your city, please exercise your right 0 vote on Pald for by the committee to elact James Fraser. @ Are you aware Terrace’s Hospital Budget is $11,204,692 for 29,882 people. Prince Rupert's Budget is $12,216,634 for 19,568 people. Kitimat’s Hospital Budget is $ 7,706,670 for 13,652 people. even on air ambulances. together on a single ward? Write/ Fax/ Phone: Helmut Giesbrecht 2-4623 Park Ave Terrace BC V8G 1V5 Ph: 250/635-4146 Fax: 638-2195 n. P. f 1104-7360—137th St Surrey BC V3W IA3 Ph: 604/591-1221 Fax: 604/591-5195 For more information (before our next notice), speak to your own doctor. Agenda items include: BCTC reports, Governance, Lands ~ Access, Interim Measures, and AIP Workplanning. For more information, contact: Tsimshian Tribal Council Federal Treaty Negotiation Office Province of B.C. - George McRae Terrace, B.C. (250) 627-8782 1-800-665-9320 (250) 387-5369 BRITISH COLUMBIA hitp:/www.aaf.gov.be.ca/aaf? Terrace's population figures exclude a much larger regional referral base, for which it is not funded. @ Are you aware that Terrace provides the only full-time ICU coverage in the region? 30-40% of our critical patients come from outside our funded area. The Hospital is not paid _for this. Physicians have consistently refused to turn critically ill patients away from the door, despite bureaucratic pressure. Critically ill patients travel poorly, @ Are you aware that despite the recent public statement that we have 52 beds, Terrace is budgeted for only 25 acute care med.- ical beds, 3 ICU beds, and 10 regional psychiatry beds? We admire the nurses at Mills, who struggle to care for up to 36 patients in the 25 acute care beds! Our bed budget is clearly inadequate. @ Are you aware that contrary to our advice, all pediatrics, maternity, general medicine and surgery patients are now crowded A patient awaiting planned cardiac surgery may be next to another patient with contagious pneumonia, or in the room next to a child with chicken pox. The palliative care room is now beside the children's play room. We believe that patient care and patient dignity are suffering Fiscal responsibility is important, but adequate Hospital funding is vital. p.s. The OR and the CAT scan are still closing. Anaesthesia service is still uncertain. This is not about physician funding, it is about hospital funding. Demand adequate, basic funding for your hospital. Hon. Dan Miller. Dep uty Premier 818-B Third Ave West Prince Rupert BC V8J IM6 Ph: 250/624-6007 Fax: 250/624-7523 . Hon, Glen Clark, Premier 3295 East 23rd Ave Vancouver BC V5R 1B6 Ph: 604/431-8119 Fax: 604/660-0297 Terrace & District Medical Association J Se ree vurrewrtr wt ener wee ee wee hE TE TR ROK Ee ah ae eh rh eh rr he RR wm ee