“by Sylvia Golke
formance - of. Terrace Little
2. Theatre’s Summer School class.
*.“wasa precursor of what we can
*Jexpect in-the future community
. talent. pool. Selections for the
_ program were thoughtful, witty
-and: in some _ cases, socially
"satirical. Students showed re-
_-omarkable stage presence for
their age. The fact that this per-
ormance was selected, Te-
earsed and produced all within.
three-week. time span was an

plishinent in itself. °~

uly 28° ‘evening per--

comes .0

A mere walk to the refrigerator isa
painful exercise for 72-year-old Alfred

needs an artificial knee.

sutgery, this longtime contributor to.
the B.C. Medical Services Plan has been
* languishing on a waiting list since last
October. oe
Ten long, agonizing months.
He's one of thousands of patients:
all over our province who are in desperate
eéd of everything from radiation:
tinients to,

~ Durden of Victoria. He has arthritis and:

bypass surgery. Andit’s all |

fy

| Shawna Greenwood «was
' picture-perfect as the narrator
for Snow’ White... or was it.
" Snow Gold? Role reversal in this
skit gave us a price whose
primary goal was to fall in love
‘and get married. The passivity
of this approach to life was more
marked when presented in a
male. Susan Groot played the
huntsgirl as opposed to the
huntsman. Seven female .dwarfs
filled the stage. with color: and
- vitality, singing their -“heigh .
ho’, And ‘Jennifer Mills was_
perfect. as.the’princess who
out of:nowhere to save

~ Only instead of being whisked to 7

udent

the students.

because of government underfunding.

- Finance Minister Mel Couvelier’s

crusade to limit health care spending is
crippling our hospitals and medical
procedures, |

~ Mr. Couvelier claims health care is
too expensive. In fact, since 1983, govern-
ment revenue has increased faster than
health caré costs—6.9%0 a year compared

to 5.9%. Government is spending.a

~ smaller, not larger portion of the budget

on our health.
: The results of the budget restrictions

are all too predictable.

“Two poems by A.A. Milne,
- Missing, tecited by Erin Wilson,
and ‘Sneezles, recited: by Colleen
Craig, weie delivered with
beautiful attention to tone, voice:
and enunciation. ~~
\. Hippy Hippy Shake was the
result of -high-spirits as a group
of young girls shared a dream at
a slumber party. Choreography
for this piece was improvised: by

~- Music, lighting and perform-
‘ances in The Twilight Zone were
stunning, especially the death
scene of Miss Peabody played by

- died waiting for operations.

Sara Weston.

a fin’.
Mark Tessaro,

In Kamloops, 3,100 patients are
waiting up to 12 months for operations.

- Psychotic patients in Victoria can

spend up to 36 hours in emergency wait-
ing rooms because of a lack of beds.

‘In Coquitlam, overflow patients are

spending nights in jad cells, Visit your doctor and sign our petition
The wait for patients with life- demanding better treatment. -

threatening diseases in Vernon isupto © A lot of people are counting on. va’
nine months. And up to Ao years for you. Including Alfred. ’
long-term care in Chilliwack. Ss ve

1 Patient in the Cariboo - BRITISH COLUMBIA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION Sir
and Shuswap have actually ¥ ? h 1.: th

Your nealth is On the

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ut new skills —

. The Bride of Gorse-Bracken
Hall, an English mystery with
twists of comedy, provided
hearty laughs. Performers . of
this skit played. into the wry
i humor, like, ‘‘housekeepers are
prone to wild laughter but never. (Carolyn Craig), and last year’s
at anything funny’’. Simon
Fisher as Sir Edward and David
Fisher as the vicar solved an un-|
speakable problem by “slipping

as Rocky
Gravel, was the irrepressible
Master of Ceremonies at the
Miss Stone Age pageant. Here. discovered their talents.

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we were introduced’ to four — .
distinct. types of women, from .

earlier days, from cave-body - ¢
Bunny Boulder (Amy Nygaard), |
.space-cadet.- Marcia -Mafble
(Cindy Oates),’ aggressive, :80- :
get-your-man Sylvia Slate ane

once

- queen, Glenda Granite (Amanda
Waddell). an 7
A tableau, The Acting Class,
emphasized lighting effects and
gave the audience a glimpse into
the past three weeks of Terrace
Little Theatre Summer School,
where children and young adults

The horror stories go J, on, but '
one simple fact remains. Our politicians
in Victoria must change their thinking on
health care and avoid the restrictions and
quotas on important medical procedures.

What steps can you take to help?