BRIEFLY ~ Y“ Demand dips DEMAND AT the Terrace Churches Food Bank was down slightly this month compared to January. There were 244 applicants for 371 bags of food, said food bank spokesman Terry Elkiw, That's a slight drop from the 249 applications and 384 bags distributed in January, “Traditionally demand in- creases from January to February,’’ said Elkiw: She did note, that on one of the four days the bank was open last week, that there was a high demand from single males. Fees rise PROVINCIAL PARK camping fees are being jack- ed by about nine per cent this year, Parks minister John Cashore said the new fees to camp in a provincial park, with GST built in, will range from $6 to $15.50. He said inflation has increased by 19 per cent since the last general fee increase in 1987. Senior citizens will pro- bably be the hardest hit. They used to enjoy free cam- ping before June 15 and after Labour Day, and were charg- ed half rate in the summer. Now they’l! pay full rate in the summer and half price in the off-season. Marine park docking fees will also increase to $1.50 per night per foot of boat length from the old price of $1. Don't forget Canada Day may be mon- ths away but planning is underway for local celebra- tions. There’s a meeting tomor- row at 7:30 p.m. at city hall for those interested. Call Mary Swift at 635-5518 for more informa- tion. & THURSDAY Reg. *2.99 WAREHOUSE PAK BOTTOM ROUND STEAKS Reg. $5.53 Ib * $6.59 kG STORE HOURS: Monday Sam: Tuesday Sam- 9pm Wednesday Sam- ‘pat Thursday Sam-4 pm gue | Friday Qam-9 pm § Saturday Sam-6om im Sunday 10 am - 6pm dom J them in TERRACE — After a number of false starts, a child-minding service is open as part of the school district’s Young Moms Program, The school district had to postpone startup of the service because the ministry Of social: services declared several of the teen moms ineligible for a sub- sidy. Most of those students were living in common-law rela- tionships with boyfriends whe have jobs or are collecting unemployment insurance. Now coordinator Kim Scott says enough young moms have signed up for the program for it to go ahead. Twelve are registered, with ten being paid for through the ministry of social services, one being paid for by the Kitsumkalum band, and another is paying for the program herself, Administered by the Terrace and District Community Ser- vices Society, the child-minding service works closely with the program, It's being run Tuesday and Thursday afternoons out of the Salvation Army Church base- ment on Walsh Ave. Moms bring their babies and toddlers there for child-minding \and then go to attend the pro- gram’s lifeskills classes, which also got underway last week. Scott says the lifeskills workshops deal with topics such as parenting skills, health and fitness, job search strategies, first aid, journal writing, and self-esteem and confidence building. © Students in the program still have to make their own daycare or baby-sitting arrangements yfor taking in the program’s regular classes, The school board hopes that a full daycare operation could be in place by next September if a request for money from Vic- toria is approved. te The board is asking 5 | MA school $503,000 from its shareable capital reserve fund, and is also kicking in another $150,000 out of its aceumulated surplus. Meanwhile efforts are being made to pare the cost of the building — a combined classroom and daycare to be built adjacent. to Caledonia Senior Secondary — down from the more than $700,000 originally projected by the ar- chitect. “To have a building and full- time daycare by September would |be ideal,’’ Scott says. ‘But [I don’t know if it’s feasi- ble or not.”’ Spending the $500,000 of the district’s shareable capital reserve must be approved by Victoria. ‘It’s up to them (Vic- toria) to say yes, and they bet- ter,’’ said Scott. “Wf they don’t we're going to be really upset.” She says the success of the program demonstates the need for it. There are now 29 students enrolled in PACES and another nine teen mothers are enrolled at Caledonia taking regular classes there and getting limited support through the program, By making it easier for teen mothers to stay in school, it's hoped the students will get an education and avoid the cycle of poverty in which many teen moms end up. “I's just mushroomed,” Scott said. “At first we thought there would be 10 or 15. We started saying no when we hit 20. Now we're going to have to stop at 30.”” “Sometimes I get worried that it’s too successful,’’ she said. The program has been such a success for the students enroll- ed, she adds, that some girls in regular classes have talked abeut getting pregnant to get in- to the program, afWe don’t - "for: sthat,2* shesaid" LOONEY TUNE DRINKS Reg. $1.49 * 3-250 mL recommend . : I . coordinator. Kim Scott, thefe ot Ears g 4 mererinagy Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 4, 1992 — Page Ad Day care helps out young moms Idea is to keep ee : = : Ae Peds eres « Pe A Anish Be ear yan ashe oe gyn ont! CARE GIVING: Shelly Haynes cradles four-month-old Chelsea Desousa at the new chidminding service - for teen moms in the Salvation Army Church basernent. The service is being run by the Terrace and District Cammunity Services Society. No subsidy called unfair TERRACE — Welfare rules that bar teen mothers here from using a subsidized child- minding service are unfair, ac- cording to school district of- ficials, Twelve girls in the Young Moms Program are now using the two-day-a-week child- minding service that opened here last week. Ten are subsidiz- ed through the ministry of social services, one is paid for by the Kitsumkalum band and another girl is paying the cost out of her own pocket. But according to program FRIDAY. LB. $4.14 KG VERY-OWN FOOD PEOPLE:AND PROUD O are still several more girls who are considered ineligible for the subsidy and can’t afford to pay - for the program — a cost of about $1,000 a term. The child-minding service allows the students to attend the program’s lifeskills classes two afternoons a week. Students are considered ineligible if they are in a common-law relationship and their spouses work or cal- lect unemployment insurance. ‘*That’s pretty pricey for two afterncons per week,’’ Scott noted. ‘These girls are being penalized for Naving something SHELLS ° 40/pkg. Reg. $5.09. CAMPBELL’S HEARTY NOODLES MACARONI « 9.07 kG case \ JIM PATTISON COMPANY” having quite enough money.” Special education director Andrew Scruton says some Lower Mainland school districts have similar programs and all of their students are fully subsidiz- ed. The reason is that those districts aren’t telling the social services ministry about the _ common-law spouses of some * of the teen moms. 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