2 Terrace Review — Wednesday, September 2, 1987 Terrace girl gets surprise. bursary Nineteen-year- old Jenine Taron of Terrace received a sur- prise bursary. last month that — will help cover the educational cost of her ambition to becomea lawyer. Taron,. one of four student tour guides working at Heritage Park to earn money for educa- tional costs, said that on Aug. 3 she was giving a tour to an elder- y Vancouver couple, Herb and ean Dodd of Burnaby, and they personal ques- kept asking her er education tions related to and family. ‘*Then at the end of the tour, they sat me down and asked me if I would like some help with my schooling,”’ said Taron. ‘‘He said he was part of a foundation set up by an aunt who had left money to be in- vested, and with the interest they help deserving students go to school and asked me if I would like some money to help pay for my education.”’ Taron said it sounded like a fairy tale come true but it was real. With her first year of universi- ty completed at Northwest Com- munity College fast fall, Taron left for Vancouver yesterday to visit the Dodd’s and some per- sonal friends and then will be - moving to Victoria to continue her education at the University of Victoria. © She said that she is takinga -major in English and a minor in French and then hopes to con- tinue her education in law. ‘‘So if I don’t go into law for some reason, I can still teach or do a lot of other things,’’ Taron ex- plained, and added that the $3,000 annual bursary from the Dodd’s made it all possible. Even though she now has the financial stability ‘to achieve her goal, she said she will be return- ing to Terrace next summer and hopes to work at the Heritage. park. ‘It was great. I loved it,’ she said of her summer at the park. “IT want to come back next 31 Taron said she is a descendant of one of the original pioneer families in Terrace and she learned a great deal about her past while working at Heritage park. She said that her great-great ‘grandparents, Odelide and Jean- Baptiste Desjardins, moved to a continued on page 17 Parents and staff members involved with the Terrace Child Development Centre met with Skeena MLA Dave Parker Saturday to discuss a number of problems related to transportation of children and shortages of profes. sional workers, that have become chronic impediments to the Centre’s operation over the past few years. , Parker hears parent concerns | TERRACE — A recent informal meeting between Skeena MLA Dave Parker and a variety of groups associated with the Ter- race Child Development Centre focused on the transportation needs of the centre and the lack of local evaluation and treat- ment for the children. ‘In a presentation by Steve Skog, a director of the B.C Parents Network, Parker learn- ed that although ‘the centre had the use of the 12-passenger Variety Club bus, many children are being transported to and from the centre by taxi because of a lack of funding. “There if a very capable driver at the centre, but last year transportation was on a part time basis and many people were taken by cab,’’ Skog explained. According to Skog, the taxi drivers were not necessarily equipped to handle the variety of difficulties that could arise while transporting handicapped children, and this compromised their safety. He explained to Parker that besides individual medical prob- lems, many of the children lack natural fear, and’ the possibility of them undoing their seatbelts and. opening the car door is a real hazard. Dr. Geoff Appleton, ‘medical _ coordinator for the centre, told YAMAHA MUSIC STUDIO Fall Registration Limited space available in new classes: JR. MUSIC PROGRAM — 4-55: rol PIANO — 6-7 yrs. ald GUITAR BAND INSTRUMENTS _ THEORY — Gr. 1 Rudiments Sept. - Dec. Preliminary Rudiments Jan - May For information and to register please call: 635-9649 635-3382 Parker that no government ‘agency provides funding for transportation, and the annual cost of approximately $20,000 is obtained through fund-raising. Appleton also noted that since the centre had been offering on- ly part time transportation, enrollinent :-has’’ dropped’ off, meaning that some children re- quiring the services offered at the centre are being denied them. Another area of concern raised by Skog was the lack of trained professionals in the north. He told’ Parker that while — other provinces are offering in- centives to trained Canadian therapists, B.C. is forming legislation which would relax the requirements, making it possible for people with inferior training to emigrate to Canada and prac- tice in B.C. Centre physiotherapist Mar- garet -Dediluke ‘illustrated the seriousness of the situation by telling Parker that even though the government provides ade- quate funding to employ the therapists, the centre has been unsuccessful in attracting anyone to.the Northwest .in.a nation-wide campaign. ‘We have been actively recruiting and have had only 0 one . application for a physiotherapist this summer,’’ she said. ‘“But we were unable to hire her because we couldn’t find a job for her husband.”’ Other concerns voiced by . parents, staff and board members of the centre related to continued on page 3 send $&00 to PINE MUSHROOM MAPS ARE IN!!! “The Money's in the Mushrooms” 4 Kids turned over $726 in one day!!! 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