Ad - The Teirace Standard, Wednesday, May 19, 2004 ; /ESTABLISHED APRIL 27; 1988 ; ~ PUBLISHER: ROD LINK’. : poe ADDRESS: 3210 Clinton Street Terrace, ‘B. C. $ V8G: RQ ao | TELEPHONE: (250) 638-7283. e “FAX: (250) § 638. 8432 a ~ WEB: \winw.terracestandard, com: no, ~ EMAIL: Newsroom@terracestandard. com ake , - What's Ss up? — 4 IT WAS Ze bold ‘premise. from. the start: — aon : struct a recreational.complex without. requiring ae penny in local taxes. ‘But that's what city: -council committed itself to do last year by promoting. a. sportsplex it said would cost $4 million. Under. the current plan, the: new ‘complex will . . : include a. second sheet’ of ice and be attached. to, _ _ the existing arena and adjacent aquatic centre." Bolstered. by a $2 million commitment from ~ - the federal: and. provincial governments — a com- os . mitment that must be taken up fully. by. next year: ‘in order for. the money. to be paid — city: council: embarked upon an: ambitious plan:to look for the | | ‘remaining $2: million locally. An- impressive bid ray. of donations and: commitments” An: the | | | $700, 000 range has been collected. : But now the-city has tacked ‘on‘an an additional. - : $900, 000.to the-cost; an increase of nearly. 25 per E cent. And ‘it is: contemplating: borrowing $I. 69. . _ million to fully finance the: project: - a hived: off the:geothermal. heating: portion ‘of the - but it means: far. cheaper operating costs when . compared t to. conventional systems, Since. the new --}. complex. will be tied in with the existing: arena’ and pool, the ‘city wants to. convert. these: to a Beo- - thermal’ ‘system z as well. A sound idea. - “ while geothermal i in the new complex would cost s ‘up. to '$790,000.:Hence- the: contemplated $1. 69, ne million. borrowing plan. : It’s very clever. The city’ has to. start ‘constrio- tion’ soon: or risk losing the $2 million: federal- . provincial grant. Should local money: raising ef-*. agiee d. He was’ in pain, aad... forts fall short before construction has to start, the’, | City can persuasively aigue t that it needs to borrow, a : ~) che went to‘a. private slinte ands the money: for the geothermal. work: simply be- ~" paid for the surgery, cause of the: lower operating costs that will result; ~ But-all this has taken place’ ‘without. full and : J ; complete disclosure. ‘There was never any official. because rural: taxpayers will shoulder a Portion, of a the operating expenses: ee community’ as a full partner in the project. | . If the idea is to treat-the.geothermal heating plan a come clean. * If it does not, it: “itrisks being accused of ‘ecgagiig- : with higher levels of government. ‘Taxpayers de de- - _ serve ‘better. ~ PUBLISHER/EDITOR: ‘Rod Link: ADVERTISING MANAGER: Brian Lindenbach PRODUCTION MANAGER: Edouard rd Credgeut ~~ NEWS: Jeff Nagel. ” NEWS/SPORTS .- _ NEWS /COMMUNITY: Jennifer Lang 7007 WINNER FRONT OFFICE: Darlene. Keeping & Carol. Mek, CCNA, ae "CIRCULATION SUPERVISOR: Teresi Ross. NEWSPAP "ADVERTISING CONSULTANTS: ~~ “Bert Husband & Debbie: Simons 7 a ot COMPETITION”. a ‘COMPOSING: Susan Credgeur AD. ‘ASSISTANT: Sandra Stefanik # STANDARD | a : pushed: the:. issue of. two-tier 9. 1 health care out in ‘the open, by. -. ‘What’s happening here? It seems ‘the city. has” “taking. the dramatic Step of "paying for-surgery.at-a private construction plan, treating it as-a project within a. {clinic to: avoid: health care” project. Geothermal heating i 18 expensive t to ‘put in f° ae Penner’ s. ‘situation; I woiild do - - the:sarne thing. He"-had:a-bad. back for a couple of years, and: . : *y injured. it: while:- exercising, in, : mid-April. “wait Tist’ for surgery: to repair’ a: The retrofit would: cost an estimated: $900, 000 “|: damaged disc.’ It was elective, “but if was-pressing enough that ~ the operation . was scheduled. . * ployees* ‘Union strike began, : and -the proceduré wasn’t: ure /. | -gent/enough sto be done essential: services < a knowing’ ‘that the: surgery. was. probably . illegal’: (And. I, like.:.: /Pennér,. would express, Tegret.- © . release of information. or: explaniation, of the: geo- “about it.) - thermal cost and. borrowing plan. Tt only: came ta’ light when the city. submitted the’ proposition to 4° the Kitimat-Stikine. regional district ‘for approval": : “health caré.is Supposed “to - work. in ‘Canada. ‘The Canada. . -. Health .Act- requires, equal: ac- ess jo- veare. Canadians : have. | Practice does n That's unfortunate because. of the. large eon : - munity: buy-in for thie project that has taken place. of -The.city should repay. that buy-in. by. treating the | “* work for. “something : “catastrophic - hap-' |. pens to their. géar en-route -__ wind suction’ from -a ‘passing: : a 18-wheeler rips a boat.canvas. — separately. from the main Project, the city” should a : ae ie tic: tent. zipper: exposing - the.” oP. - campers...as mosquito. bait., 7 Working - for'a celebrity. tourist velo in the.type of fanciful footwork all:too common | |’ is even, moré rare. 1985. ‘when’ a.young Victoria. - “man “asked: me ‘to hand. stitch, . his. ‘car’,seat, sticks in my: “s memory.. The, tourist was ‘Eric - 1}: Wilson,. author; Of. six. pubs © lished children’s ‘mysteries. He» “was camping, ‘at Lakelse Lake _ ~ that-summier while teSearching ; " around: Hazelton’ for -his seve! | enh’ book, The’ ‘Unmasking of. UR san »,- granddaughters, 10 hear. ‘Wilson: ; } readat the public library: After” °: Bae years of steady work, he: Snow. has .21.. ‘books- ain ‘print: “world says ‘Wilson.is’ one of - SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY. Matt: . - Pe hardest” working. B.C. -au-: “L cthors. 1851 04 (444.06 GST)=62.00 per year; - - ee ~ Seniors $50.98 (453,57, GST)=54.55;. 7 rr “Out of: Province $65.17 (+54. 56. GST)=69.73. _Ousside af Canada 6. months). $156, 214109 8 GST) =167 89 “MEMBER OF = 20: : mony bs ci AND YUKON COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION, . CANADIAN COMMUNITY. NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION wo “AND: Le . B c. PRESS COUN (www. bepresstoun og) , “on ra Sreet rrr > Serving ihe Terrace and Thamhill area, Published o” adiasaay of each week at 3210} Clinton Street, Terrace, Biltish Golumbla, V6G 5R2.. 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FROM THE CAPITAL Mim PAUL WILLCOCKS “His: doctor put” him: ‘on a “. - taken it as a principle. that in- -éome- shouldn't determine. who gets needed - treatment and: who has to wait. | within: @ couple of weeks." ~ - Governments shave. been Then: ‘the: Hospital: Bin- -ality“that private. treatment. hag already: created a “two-tier, sys- " ude “i Penner:says: his” ‘docto Bu “What: ify you c : up ‘with - the: cash?.. (Penner: Won’ t’say “how ‘much. his oper=. : : ation’ cost,- bécause, the-clinic © swears. clients: to: secrecy, a a nice surreptitious touch.): a - Then you wait; You risk the. a worried ~ = even. scared,, I'd say— ~ about long- -term damage.. So I'd. do” the © same, “even: -. : was worried about:;: : a “If you ‘don’t chaye: the: same. - benefits as. MLAs;: you lose: ine But. ‘that’s ‘not “the: way come. ‘You suffer.: . ‘That istoday's “réiility ~ a world. in which: theré is. one ~ standard of “health ‘eare. for’. People” ‘with. MONE Ys ‘and UPHOLSTERERS “RARELY tourists ‘unless ”” Or, someone: “Steps. on:a plas- - * So. the’. July: afternoon “in TH ROUGH BIFOCALS | - CLAUDETTE SANDECKT e “formed. Earlier Wilson had. a fan: club with a newsletter: funded. by his publisher; Harper Cole": ‘Lins of Toronto, When- his: fan. wo Last” “Tiesday” I took: my became prohibitive... 7 Aspiring awriters are’ advised mH Wilson's - "mystery: series... Each sells for $6.99. ‘Alan, ‘Twigg of BC: “Book.” “Winnipeg, one. of. the. ‘cities ~. where. -his:. RCMP. father: was: * -posted.- The’ kids: live -in his Winnipeg | home. and: ‘attend his.» always: updating. his. iw . working hard-to ignore’ the. re-."° ‘stepped out‘of it: : vAnyway, there's 's. 10 ‘clear. ° : ‘get speedy; treatment,,iwhile - others wait, iand ‘often, , “petianent. ‘damage: Penner website to keep his ‘Teaders in ” “base exceeded 10; 000 ‘postage.. my oS tarye ‘writing ‘style, he.: and: “his: ‘wife of five: years- continue: to., “to: “write what’ you know’... ‘features: two kids: who tivein another for those without. | “So far governments. have’ ‘decided, to ‘pretend it’s not . happening.- ‘Health : minister’: ~ Colin-Hansen introduced a bill” “last year-thar would have tar" _-'geted. the. abuses.. -The Liberals: “+ passed. itz mt ~*- But then. Premier’ Gordon _ Campbell, under pressure from’. _. private. clinics, ‘said- the: law ‘wouldn’ t-go into effect. : *. The’ government is still ‘try: o ing: to avoid the issue. Hansen: - struggled. to explain why Pen-. : ner's ‘surgery. —cand: thousands - tmore-like it — aren't a: wine tion of: the: ‘Canada : ‘Health a ’ Act’ s ban: on: paying 'to-jump ©. the queue:for medically neces; od sary. procedures.» ° Mone ey eases ae Woes” “MLA Barry. “Penner ‘deserves ws - our-thanks, : “Penner , ‘didn’ t jump.” th ‘queue, . Hansen: said, he: just n ; medically checes : AGL, surely: Penner’ 8. surger qualify under: -anyone’s defini- | tion, And: he ‘noted. correctly: that: Pentier. would have. got his: “surgery-in’the - public: system’ “if “o “not. for the strike." a ~ But. this isn t about “ihe fists “have. -climbed steadily. since. the: “election, and - private. “ opera-.. ¢ “tions. for ‘people: who ‘don't want: on wait. are done: every day.” foe ~ At its: base’ the. issue: isn’ he ~comiplex. “Waiting. lists -dre’~ climbing. because governments “won” *L Pay. fer. the tegalments : i strike. Waiting | Winkipes school. ~ Unpublished writers worty <” “ someone: “will ‘steal their’ story. Not. Wilson. He pliotacopiés |. “his. completed: draft-and hands _ out copies toa. dozen students,’ . his. wifey and: his. Harper: Col- - Lins editor to read and critique: ~ Then ‘he :re- -writes * the -entire : - | story incorporating their, foed- “backs: “ , The: former Kitimat resident 73 > follows a writitig ritual of his)” own. As: befits ‘mysteries, ..he,. ~ Hikes. to write in the. dark, € ‘cept “for, the- glow, from his ° : “! coliimn ‘inch. “Equally important. _as- the. money,.. he-learned:: to ‘turn’ in ‘assignments “on: “dead- “line, a quality” admired: ‘by book: t ‘publishers... wine io computer screett. a : ‘Alone in his. highrise: ‘apart: : : “ent. he hangs’a ‘Do Not. Dis. -turb’. sign-on the- door, switches” ‘off. the lights, closes the cur: tains, -and. ‘disconnects, the Ls -phone: =. To: aecommictlaie ‘his! soli live’ at separate | addresses ‘oni a black or two'apart. ~ “sWilson’s.‘wife,: Flos: “who: ae previously ‘worked: in. salés, <> edits his. writing: for-contl ity OSE “and clarity: Stie: also shoul decg: ” responsibility far: sorutinizing ~e WETUST SIGNED “Qe INCLUDIK) See CALLING. nee ‘OUR LAND CLAIMS”. 63 NCLUDIK CTE” wo THE DISAPPEAR ING-CULTURE LAND! RIGHTS, SELE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION ERE 7 HY GOERNMENT | | Neate iDUSTICE, LAs ey CE CENTRE GREAT: HOW BIG Rip) reas uctuRe/ AMA FUN DI Us YaRHeST NATION, A Nevee Eat WILL £3 ie “people need. There are: fough “opérating. rooms, nurses: and | in most: cases doctors. 2. “treating people‘in.a timely” way : is a spending: priority. “(Every? “year. since’. 1997--about :2,600: "British: Coltinibians: have: been! “told: ‘they -néed hip: replac a ‘ments-and: put-on a waiting list. “But in every’ year but one:2, 300 - replacements have--beén- per- “until it now :takes -an ‘average: CAS one-time. $25. million: inves “ decide’ if. we-are. ready. ‘ta acé cept. a ‘health. care. system “that queue-jumping - ‘has: alréady,}-’ . been-sanctioned" by: the-federal: _ government im some. cases. The, ips “oment-for claimants, and: RCMP, “algo, are allowed. to go private... atten the. Libera " -posed the practise: “they” “now changed their’ minds. ~payfhents.. Sees ‘languages, ° ‘have, sold: almost: 3:2 “there, and Portugal, ‘t00, failed st -to.hand over royalties ae ‘the: > Son, Was 14 ‘at-the. time.’ The. ty “niat’s™ Mount Elizabeth: ‘High 8- a, LB: students s shined. reading . as ‘Governments don't: bel formed.: So. waiting : ‘lists, Brow. four months to get an operatio - Now: alll Be ie need” to. which: lets. people. with mone Footnote: ‘Hansen -also.,noted-;° ‘WCB can. pay for: private ‘reat- : mémbers. and. fedéral, prisoners . Whei injuries” ‘and = illness: © publieheds “coniracts ‘and: mak- ing . sure \he. receives: royalty 9: His books,. ‘published fi in Ou million copies et. ‘Japan. 4° claimed ‘none: of his ‘books ‘sold oF. pony: Teague ‘baseball. ‘Wil: newspaper paid him-25 cents ‘Upon. ‘sraduaiion ‘fiom Kits, - School, “he. became. a. “teacher=¥ ie “White Rock. where’ his: Grade‘!