OT ab ice Crete SOE aS Dichors Ttee vet eotrigibey — sag ate Government . plating. A Vancouver law firm has filed civil suits in B.C. court. on: behalf of 25 former patients of - Dr. David Kuntz alleging medical negligence. Ron Rolufs, a lawyer with Griffiths and Com- pany, said recently his clients all suffered dif- ficulty as a result of a type of surgery called ‘‘discec- tomy’’ practised by Dr. Kuntz... Rolufs Medical Services Associa- said. the plastic disc followed by a normal spinal fusion . procedure. Spinal fusion « is accomplished -by graft- ing bone taken. from the | patient’s hip into the space between. spinal vertebrae. Rolufs added that bone Spurs occurring as:a result of. .the discectomy “sometimes have: ‘to be removed with diamond drills, and he stated that orie of his clients suffered partial paralysis as a result forthiwoat doctor - faces legal action | egey of having the growths removed... a “T am nota. doctor and J am not qualifi ied'to give medical advice,’*. Rolufs said, ‘“‘but “if I had undergone a discectomy I would consult a family physician about it as soon as possible.”’ . Rolufs concluded by saying there is a: six-year limit for filing medical negligence actions. Canadian Cancer Society representative Helen Bergen (right) presented a certificate to the Ker- ‘mode Friendship Society for establishing a no-smoking policy bingo. Dawn Hoedt, bingo co- ordinator, accepted the certificate on behalf of the establishment. “We're proud to say this is the only bingo in the City of Terrace which is smoke free,” sald Hoedt. Photo by Danlela Berquist. - Quite frankly | ~ by Frank Howard “Would you deliberately sell your kitchen stove to get money to paint the kit- » chen? I wouldn’t and ’'m ~- gure you wouldn’t either. But that is what the B.C. is. contem- Too many people are fools | when it comes to government finances, They don’t say it is their - tax money, they say. it is -the “‘government’s mon- _ey’’ as if somehow that sil- . ly declaration absolves --them of responsibility and. . interest in. the use, or misuse, of tax money. It is that: disinterest ‘which can attract govern- ment to mismangae our tax dollars and sell the kit- chen stove. The. -B.C. Government ’ understands this disinter- est and seem to play on it ‘by using misdirection and _ misleading. buzz words in . . handling our tax. dollars. ~ The Government seems to’ _ ‘believe. there is nothing» ‘easier. than spending . someone else’s money. It is now faddish -and - somewhat tricky to talk about privatization. The being open with the public about the current pro- posals to seel Crown Cor- porations. Privatize is. only a ‘buzz word developed for dis- "Play. purposes. In reality it is the sale.of assets that is — involved, assets paid for and owned by all of the din: Court - a people. Selling an asset to raise cash is an action based on desperation, carelessness, or stupidity. Once an asset ‘is sold both it and the pro- ceeds from ‘that sale will be gone. A couple of years ago the B.C. Government sold off the profit-making gen- eral insurance segment of ‘ICBC for $9 million. That $9 million was used to. make up for the gift of un- usually low stumpage to ‘the forest industry. The bottom line is that the general insurance seg- ment has gone, the profits have gone, the $9 million has gone. No private corporation. in its right mind would take such ac- ‘tion with its assets. Some Crown Corpora- tions can’t make money; they were .not set up for that purpose. B.C. Rail, for example, is classified by government as a devel- opment railroad. -Tax- payers paid for extensions ' to open up the country and provide access to re- - sources. The B:C. Gov- ~ government is simply not. ernment did not intend - B.C. Rail would. that make money. Ask your- self who would buy B.C. Rail when it is a guaranteed money loser. - Private corporations . are ‘ interested in acquiring as- “On Friday, ‘May 1. in "Terrace Provincial Court - Gary Phrimmer was fined ' $50 for an offence under ; the Motor Vehicle Act. . Kx * In Terrace Provincial Court on Friday, May 1. Naida Ivens was fined $300 for an offence under the Motor Vehicle Act. ee sets S0.as to make profits. What the B.C. Govern- ment will do is identify for sale those Crown Corpor- - ations: which make profits or. which will. make pro- fits.” It -will keep those Crown. Corporations - _which lose money, By any private enterprise stan- dard that is not good busi- ness for the people of B.C. who put up the risk capital. Financial matters can be -complex and therefore not — readily understood by most people. In addition Spendi ng of tax money must be monitored | many people simply don’t care what happens to their tax dollars once govern- ment gets it. Put. these two * items. together and. the bottom line is that the tax- payers of B.C. are once again going. to see the government sell them. out’. ‘via that misleading buzz word privatization. — It isn’t only the kitchen stove that will be sold off. house will go as well. tion records indicate Kuntz did about 1,900 of the procedures. between 1979 and 1986, all: northwest hospitals. If all the patients who received the surgery filed suit, Rolufs said, the total damages awarded would constitute’ the largest medical negligence settle- ment in B.C. history —- about $100 million, Rolufs explained that discectomy is an innova- tion of Kuntz’s that in- volves replacement of the discs of cartilage separating the spinal vertebrae ‘with man-made discs of.a plastic material similar to that used for dental: plates. Due to the fact-that the artificial discs -are made from material _harder. than the surround- _ing bone, Rolufs said, the adjacent vertebrae are. eventually ground down, causing the disc to pop out of place or, in some in- stances, the formation and ‘growth of bone spurs that “engulf the plastic disc. - Half the contents ‘of the ras 7 ‘Corrective surgery, he . said, requires removal of Regional district election. process is. criticized TERRACE — Terrace resident Vic Jolliffe, arm- ed with a court decision, appeared before the board of. the Kitimat-Stikine Regional District May 23 and requested that an in- dependent returning of- ficer be appointed: in future elections. Jolliffe said he filed ‘nomination, papers for an . election one year ago but was denied the right to run due to a civil legal action in which he was engaged at the time. The Returning Officer for that election was regional’ district treasurer Lucy Wood. - Jolliffe stated thé court subsequently ruled that he would have been eligible: to run in the election, and he requested -that: the ‘board . discontinue the. practice of appoititing a regional district employee as returning = officer’ in elections. . “J appeal to the board that the next election be run in a fair and honest way by appointing an in- dependent returning of- ficer,’’ Jolliffe concluded. Director: Bey Rodrigo requested that the infor- mation pertaining to Jol- liffe’s request be prepared for the board, and Direc- -tor Jack Talstra later mov- - ed. that the regional. district. administration be directed to examine . Jolliffe’s’ concerns and report to the board at. the next meeting. The regional’ district board will meet next on _June-27 in Kitimat. Christian Reformed Terrace coming events - Do you need a break? Come to COFFEE BREAK, an Inter- denominational Bible study for women. FREE nursery for infants and toddlers, Children ages 3 to 5 will love Storyhour. Every Wednesday, Church, Straume. No previous knowledge expected. For more In- formation or transportation, call Hilda at 635-7871 or Ruth 9:45 am. to 11 a.m. at the corer of Sparks and ‘at 635-2621. We. look forward to seeing youl | Thafik you for your co-operation in this regard. Ukrainian artists - . to perform by Sylvia Morales Terrace contributor . -- TERRACE — World class Ukrainian ‘artists will be performing at. the: REM Lee. ‘Theatre Monday, June 15; ' Terrace Mulitcultural Association will spon- sor the event that presents Yuri Fedorov from Kiev who won this years world competition. Olena Stakhovska from Odessa and Bohdan Kosopud from Yalta. : Local talented performers. will join. this group for a full evening of excellent entertain- ment, - The Ukrainian performers. appear in “Multi- cultural celebrations in Montreal, Vancouver, : Winnipeg,. Windsor, Welland, Thunder Bay and Toronto. as well as Kelowna, Prince, George and Terrace. _The group will also give concerts in Kitimat, Hazelton and Kispiox plus district schools. _ - This is-the second such concert sponsored. by the Multicultural Association and they expect . it to be as successful and well received as ‘the first. - - For. information call” Larisa ‘Tarwick 635-9634 or 638-1084. FOLKEST GROUP, 1987 Anatoliy Nrihorovich Mikhailenko, born — April 22, 1939 in the village of Maksimivka, Poltava. region, Ukraine. Presently resides in ~ Kiev where he is the chief editor of the Ukrai- nian language magazine “Ukraina’’. 7 Olena Volodimirivna Stakhovska, born March 21, 1954 in the city of Odessa, Ukraine. Presently residing in Odessa where she is a vocal solist in the State Philharmonic Society. Yuri Volodimirovich Fedorov, born Nov. 9, 1957 in the town of Volochisk, Khmelnitzkiy region of Ukraine. Presently residing in Kiev where he is the Bayanist for. the Kiev Philhar- monic Society. . -Bohdan Yosipovich Kosopud, born July 20, 1957 in the village of Krotoshyn, Lviv region | of Ukraine. Presently residing in the city of Yalta, in the Crimea where he is a vocal solist _ in the State Philharminc Society of Yalta. Prennice Please be advised that effective Monday, June 1, 1987, to Friday, September 4, 1987, (inclusive) the City of _Terrace’s Summer Hours will be in effect: "Public Works Department — 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 7 ~ Main Office — 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. a Recreation Dapartmant ~- 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p. m. NOTICE OF SUMMER HOURS Please note that with the earlier hours, refuse should be sat out prior to the commencement of the 7:00 a.m. shift.