More — healthy _ ideas sought News lIn Brief Hydro donates to library THE DRIVE by Terrace li- brary to ralse money for the expansion project got a boost Monday. It came from a B.C. Hydro donation of $8,000, presented to library board chair George Clark by Skeena’s MLA Hel- mut Giesbrecht, ’ Also present was Dan Gil- gan, former chairman and Hydro employee who was recently transferred to Fort St. John. The money will go towards the purchase of shelving for the reference section. The library board committed to raise $87,000 as part of the expansion deal. It is close to achieving that target. Unpaid fines attract interest DELAY PAYING your traffic fine and it’s going to cost you tnore Whea you do open your wallet, The province has introduced legislation which will see in- terest being charged on fines that are not paid on time. Fixed by the attorney general, the in- terest rate is expected to be lower than commercial levels. Until now, there has been no penalty for late payment of fines and only about one quarter of motorists pay them on time. Victoria hopes the prospect of paying interest will provide enough incentive to double that figure. Contracts to see changes THE NEXT round of High- ways maintenance contracts ‘will be awarded for longer, five year terms. _ In making the annowncement last week, Highways minister Jackie Pement the change was ome of a series of measures being taken to improve cost ef- fectiveness. A permanent review com- mittee will also be established to examine maintenance stan- OF THE _ HAVE A GOOD idea about how | ‘to improve health care? --Do you think you could help reduce hospital use, ox develop a program which would allow more people to be cared for at home? ~ That [dea could be worth some money. In the spring of ’94 the Northwest Regional Health Board made available $1,035 million for exactly those kind ofideas, be TG Currently there is approximately $220,000 left over in this Closer to Home Fund. The money Is available for northwestern projects in communities from Houston to the Queen Charlotte Islands. "We want to try and work with hospitals to shift services to the community,’’ ssys Dave Dennis, local continuing care manager with the Health ministry, The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 7, 1995 - A7 ty continuing care provider might be interested in putting ina proposal for example,’’ he explains, **They might say, ‘We have a lot of people in our community going into the hospital, and we'd like to keep them out. Here’s what we would do’.”” Previously approved programs include Early Matemity Discharge, Diabetes Outreach and dards and other contract issues. Animal cruelty fines fixed AMENDMENTS to the Cruelty to Animals Act mean a person charged and convicted of causing distress to an animal can be fined up to $2,000 or Barrie jailed for six months. Provincial agriculture minis- ter David Zimhelt also said changes strengthen the powers of the SPCA and allow it to act more quickly to prevent ac- tlons which cause animals dis- tress. Computer targets set ONE COMPUTER for every three secondary school stu- dents and one for every six clementary students within the next five years: that’s the tanget school districts will have to aim for under the recently announced $100 _—imilfion School Technology Plan, School districts will also be required to put together three year technology plans to in- clude even distribution of those computers across the dis- trict and a training program for teachers, They must aiso be linked to the provincial cur- riculum, Gitksan talks open to public ANYONE INTERESTED in silting in on Gitksan treaty ne- gotiations can check out an open session this week, “The negotiating room doors will be open to the public all day June 7-9 at the Lions Hall in New Hazelton during the laiest round of Gitksan treaty negotiations. The federal, provincial, and nalive negotiators are close to | signing off a framework agree- ‘roent to guide the negotiations. ‘Follow the Ws ne tt feaats tl a faRTERS JEWELLE Cro\ RS ! Beck jerry ANTS wds "Bev - ! , - We ‘Thank For Making This 21st Anniversary Sale | A Tremendous Success Take advantage of these last few days to save on every item in our entire inventory. We're building a reputation, not resting on onel. Og ONLY 10% DOWN! a Pre-admission Clinic. Programs which have a regional impact will be approved before those which have only a local impact, Prospective applicants would work in conjunction with their local Health Services Management Team to develop the proposal which would then have to be approved by a number of bodies, W Marla Judy Ou Jewellers | Box 20070, Smithers, B.C. VOU 3P0 PHN (604) 847-9766 FAX (604) 847-2664 SKEENA MALL, TERRACE © - , 225B-4741 Lakelse Ave., Terrace, B.C, VBG 1R5 PHN (604) 635-9000 FAX (B04) 635-2737 — fee!