Victims anh trained in the field of family violence, and it would have a focus on healing," Walker said. "We've tried punishment for years. It doesn’t work." Since Walker started with the program, Terrace Victim Assist- ance has dealt with a total of 896 files, each of them repre- senting a person who has in some way been traumatised by the criminal act of a fellow human. She has seen the pro- er ’s load increase as it goes sg Used Snowmobiles Continued t from page 5° forward. They have an average of 80 files open at any given time, with between 30 and 40 new files — victims — starting each month. Some of those files are referred to other agencies in the community, and some files are worked simultaneously by TVAP and other agencies. In view of that load, Walker says another thing the program needs is a second full-time paid staff position — since the begin- © ning, the program has been run Christmas Clearout! 1991- Exciter 4cyl WAS $6100 1820 km NOW $5500 i) 1990- Exciter 4cyl WAS $4800 | 1887 km NOW sa) 1989- Enticer 400 LAS ied $3000 Used Boats 4990-14'6" Springbok WAS $2588 aluminum boat NOW $1850 © 1991- 86" Inflatable WAS $1300 cw oars,pump,floor boards NOW eon 000 1990- 16” Springbok _ aluminum boat 1981- Lund 16’ fiberglass ski boat with 90hp Mercury and trailer WAS $5900 NOW $2450 “Terrace Review —— Wednesday, December 18, 1991 3 “F * by one paid « cooidinatar and. a. group of volunteers. The program has gone through a total of 30 volunteer counsel- lors, people who have to go through a rigorous training pro- cess and then work 16 hours per month in one of life’s most demanding, and many say most rewarding, undertakings. Walker is pleased that the last group that went through training included one man and three native women, but she says the pro- gram needs more men and a stronger representation from the Used Outboard Motor Ta 1990- Mercury 325hp WAS $2800 low hours with jet NOW $2300 1991- Yamaha 40hp WAS $4200 oil injected with jet © NOW $3100 1981- Johnson 35hp WAS $1900 elect. start with jet NOW $1650. 1978- Mercury 20hp WAS $1100 NOW $800 . Used Motorcycles 1991- DT200 AS $3300 dual purpose 179km NOW $2850 1986- Virago 1100 WAS $3500 _ low mileage NOW $3100 New Inboard Engine © 1990- Indmar 350 Chev, 290 hp WAS $5500 NOW $4800 KEN’S MARINE A SS, DQ. 1 if i | KENGIBSON TREVOR GIBSON (x) = 635-2909 635-2909 = population about “700, location 350 kilometres northeast of Thompson. "“They’ve had no services there. It’s small and remote, everything has to be dealt with right there in the community," she says. And she’ll be taking a former volunteer counsellor from the . victim assistance program with her. She met Gary Lavery when he became a volunteer, but the rules required that he leave the program when they got married. ethnic groups: that live in Ter- race. The job she is leaving Terrace for is in the same field. Unlike many people who pass through Terrace on their way to larger centres, Walker came here from the urban complexity of Montreal and is now on her way to a place smaller and more remote than Terrace, a Cree Indian reserve in northern Mani- toba. She'll be establishing a crisis centre in Shamattawa, Tne organizers of the | / Terrace Men's Rec Hockey ournament would like to THANK the following local businesses for their support. | Canadian Airlines L.B. Fence International Motorways Air B.C. Safeway Norm’s Auto Refinishing Star Stationary All Seasons Sporting West End Chevron Goods | West Fraser Electric | Aqua Plumbing Spee Dee Printers Copper River Motel Skeena MIN Aviation Kermode Bobcat Terrace Totem Ford Services Skeena Hotel Pub 1991 Holiday Season @)Canadian Airlines International flight schedule; ‘ Dec. 25 & 26: Evening flight 560 . Is cancelled | *Dec. 31: Evening flight 560 Is cancelled All other flights are operating as scheduled. ° Canadian Airlines wishes to remind passengers that Christmas gifts being — carried as cabin baggage are subject to security inspection and should either be unwrapped or be openable. Otherwise, they must travel as checked baggage. Wishing you a very merry Holiday Season! Canadisn