What local events during the 1980's ‘stand out in your -mind. as: most» Significant? ‘| bad. Frank Powick - From my own view the big slap in the face was B.C. Timber shutting down. The new building at _Terraceview is quite an “asset to: the community. ‘There has been’ steady _ growth and development. “in the area, although _ employment opportunity - isn’t what it used to be.: - | For young peopte it: wouldn't appear to be too _ a ee Vesta Douglas | date, back to 1950 and . am growth .and leadership In . impressed by the ‘our city in the 80's. Also, | _ am impressed by the op- - - portunities in: education ° _ administered -by our dedicated educators. | am very happy about the 3,000-plus people involved -in the Pacific Northwest Our first” festival was. opened by Music Festival. the Knights of Columbus - ‘in 1965 and we are having . a big celebration in 1990 to mark the 25th anni- _Versary. We. welcome. all local people and visitors . from out of town. - Marion Schlegel The B.C. Winter Games. | immigrated to Terrace in 1982 finding a downswing In the economy. Seeing how it has picked up now, going into the 1990's with. — lots of hope is significant.» . Laura Marie Taylor - | remember when Ter-- ‘race became a city and the Kermode . Bear — be-: ‘Game the mascot. | could finally tell my friends that live. In a city. toe s a4 Pare Debbie Watt Watching the Riverboat Days parade with my chil- dren stands out In my the plane | mind. Also, crash this year. Lisa Beaulac The Skeena Valley Triathlon. Also, we had the B.C. Winter Games here. Melva & Aime Lemieux | provements in the road to... construction. The ‘Partex’ ‘construction in ‘the be- . , ginning of. the 80's was a _ boost for Terrace. Vi aee ese neers The increase in building | im ‘| been. ' 18. months, Prince Rupert are signifi- cant, then, -sadly, the plane crash at the end of: “the decade. (Terrace Review — Wednesday, December 27; 1989 5 ‘Whooping cough: warning "In the last ‘six months, epi- demics of whooping cough have reported in Manitoba, Alberta and the Yukon, with "| some increase in the number of _ cases rs reported | in B.C. ‘in 1989. by Betty Barton south, from the Queen Charlotte Islands east to Houston). ‘Because of the outbreaks, par- ticularly in the Yukon, ‘the . ‘Health Unit is encouraging peo- ple to ensure that their children’s are up to date. ' Despite the fact that there is tae good vaccination coverage in the. : Skeena district (about :95 per- cent), the whooping cough vac- cine is not 100 percent effective. However, immunized children who do contract the disease get a much milder form of it. Four out every five immunized chil- dren are 100 percent protected. ‘The vaccine for whooping cough is normally given in a series of injections at two, four, six and followed by a booster at time of entry to school or kindergarten. - Whooping cough ‘is a highly contagious. disease, character- ized by severe bouts of cough- ‘ing, often. accompanied by a high-pitched ‘whoop’. disease is treatable by anti- biotics. This may not shorten the life of the disease, but does reduce its contagious, quality. - Without treatment, it'can result The in pneumonia, convulsions and. brain damage or death, especial- ly in children less than a’ year old. - Local’ physicians are seeing | whooping cough-like symptoms tem a certeza . informence na in their young patients. Although the whooping cough organism is difficult to grow in’ the lab, and testing for it is a ‘lengthy and expensive process, Bowering is encouraging all physicians to have the test done ‘when whooping cough is sus- ‘pected: Because of the high rate. of vaccination coverage in B.C., and because many diseases are not as common as they ‘used to be, people may assume that they are no longer.a problem and become complacent about im- munization programs. Also, recent negative publicity about adverse reactions to vac- cines have also. made some - parents shy away from having their children immunized. Nevertheless, there is indis- putable proof that the advan- tages of proper immunization far outweigh the . remote possibility of adverse reactions to certain vaccines, Please contact the . Skeena Health Unit in your area, if you are unsure whether your chil- dren have received the full course of vaccinations, not only for DPT (diphtheria/pertussis (whooping cough)/tetanus), but, . iG DE David « Bowering, chief medical officer for the Skeena. . Health. Unit, reports only one _. |. confirmed. case of whooping |: cough in the Skeena Health Unit” |. district:(from the Yukon border ]. in the north to Klemtu in: the’ - issued | for polio and measis/imumps/ rubella. : Following is a summary of the above information in French, _ ‘Punjabi, ‘Spanish, Portugese and Filipino for our new Cana- dians who should also be made © aware of the vaccination: pro- gram for their children. FRENCH -Parce qu’il y a une epidemie de whooping cough dans cette region, on veux encourage” les. gens de faire un vacciné leurs en- ‘fants ‘pour. le. whooping cough. - Allez ala Skeena Health, rue Kalum,. pour plus d’informa- | whooping cough. vaccinations tion. . PUNJABI SPANISH Devido a un aumento de whooping - cough, en -nuestra area, aconsejamos a los’ padres" se asepuren que la vacuna de sus hijos este actualizada, Por mas informacion, PORTUGESE Devido a:muintos Teportes da" = toce::com vulco (whooping. - cough) ha hossa area agente en- cOraja as pessoas, que tenhao a - certeza das suas criancas ja~ terem leuado esta vacina. Se. hao Skeena. Health Unit on. Kalum St. ripe. a Pahayag Sa Mga Magulang: Ang Skeena Health Unit ‘ay | nagbibigay ng walang bayad na paglilingkod para sa mga batang hindi pa nababakunahan sa per- tussis (whooping cough). Kung kayo ay mga katanungan para sa nararapat _ta bakuna sa inyong maliliit na anak, tumawag lang kayo sa humerong ito, 638-3310. Ang bakuna. ay Nararapat para sa kalusugar hg, mga bata. Money. machine if you already liave a ‘‘Green Machine” banking card, or want to add one more card to your wailet, the Toronto Do- . ‘minion Bank in the Terrace Shopping Centre will soon offer for your convenience a ‘Green ‘Machine’ machine. The bank - has taken out a $25,000 building ‘permit for the installation of a “‘Green”’ computer teller: . ac cording to Terrace alderman - Ruth Hallock, it’s simply-a sign a . of. the times, cs consulte en * . ; Skeena Health Unit, Kalum. i ern ae ee eee