Chureh'z zones”
don’ t count.

A call for reduced speed limits
_ near churches has been declined by
Terrace city council. Reasons for
this decision came from alderman
Ruth Hallock, who said, "“Infor-
mation provided by the RCMP
indicates that speed zones are not
provided for in church zones... We
can’t post speed signs anywhere
we please," Alderman Bob Cooper
explained further, "We don’t have
the authority. It’s different with
playgrounds and school grounds."
The original request for a special
speed restriction near churches
came from Scott Ave. resident
John Heighington, who said he had
_ witnessed some near-misses due to
traffic congestion and claimed it
would only be a matter of time
before an accident occured. As was
explained at an earlier Public
Works Committee meeting by
RCMP inspector Larry Yeske,
however, the Motor Vehicle Act
doesn’t provide for speed zones
near churches.

Nurse — continued from
page At.

from Victoria, brought a stack
of evidence of physical and psy-
chological side effects.

“The board had to come to
grips on ‘what-really is on trial
here?’,’’
abortion on trial? The right of
women to be fully informed? Or
just a nurse on trial?’’

she continued. “Is-*

Quick action by the Terrace Fire Department saved this shed at the rear of a North Eby residence last week. In the only real action
last week, fire chief Cliff Best says the cedar shakes were set ablaze by a spark from the chimney. Thomhill assistant chief, Bill
Delaronde, also reports a quiet week. He says that’s the way they would like it to stay and reminds everyone that burning permits
are required for all outdoor fires other than recreational campfires or refuse burned in appropriate barrels. Permits can be obtained

_ at the Forestry office or, for Terrace residents, at the Terrace firehall.

Nurse awaits license decision

by Tod Strachan

The hearing is over and now
Terrace registered nurse Isobel
Brophy will have to wait for a
registered fetter from the ‘Regis-
tered Nurses’ Association of B.C.

(RNABEC) to find out if a panel of
her peers have ruled for or against

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$115,000 worth of Public Works
projects have been scrapped on
those streets. Also, a $53,000
Sparks Ave. sewer project was
scrapped, but that allowed for.an
increase of $1,094 on the Griffith
St. sewer project and the return of
$51,906 io the surplus fund to be
used in some other future project.
On the up side, city residents can
look forward to some much needed
upgrade work ‘in the following

areas: Keefer St. ($17,500), Braun
Ave. ($2,000), the Post Office
alley ($3,000), a Graham Ave.
sidewalk (312,000) and drainage
($19,000), and resurfacing Skeena-
view Dr. ($20,000).

There will also be another
$10,000 worth of work done on
drainage maintenance and $7,000
in street sweeping and $50,000 in
snow removal work. The city will
spend $5,000 on bus stop improve-
ments and has allocated $5,000 for
their newly implemented "clean-
-up" program. The Chamber of
Commerce will - get $1,500 for
their "Capture B.C.” program and
$75,000 has been set aside for
repairs to the snow-damaged Pub-

‘Hic Works building.
In what might be described as
"above and beyond ‘the call of
duty", council has decided to
double their $10,000 commitment
to the purchase of a top dresser

_and their. $3,000 commitnient to a
field areator. They, had . originally s

budgeted for a 50 percent share on
these items but School District 88
"was not willing to cost share...".

The final items included in this
last-minute shuffle of the 1990
budget calls for the purchase of an
additional $13,000 worth of shor-
ing materials for Public Works and
the purchase of a $26,500 roller
and $91,471 Patchmaster that had
already been approved by council.
As a miscellaneous item, Parks
and Recreation has been asked to
investigate the purchase price of a
"large tent” to be used for large
outdoor gatherings, with no dollar
figure attached.

Part of the balancing act required
an additional $93,500 draw on
prior years surplus funds and
another $35,000 out of the provin-
cial Unconditional Grants ‘but this
use of extra dollars is partly offset
by the $51,906 slated for the
Sparks Ave. sewer project that was
put back in the kitty.

Council seems pleased with their

ability to add these final touches to
the city’s budget; it’s something
they've never really had the oppor-
tunity to do before. Mayor Jack
Talstra explains that it is the result

her on a complaint of conduct
contrary to the ethical Standards of
her position.

The hearing was initiated last

year when the RNABC received .
said that nurses would be forced to

complaints that between October
1986 and June 1989 Brophy had

counselled a number of abortion

patients to reconsider their decis-
ions.

Brophy, a strong ProLife supp-
orter, told the Terrace Review last
December that the charges were
the result of a "witch hunt" related
to internal nursing matters during
last year’s nurses strike and not
her ProLife involvement. She said
that 18 Mills Memorial nurses
signed a petition on June 15, 1989,
stating that during the strike they
would provide only essential ser-
vices and would not be involved in
preparing or assisting women
scheduled for abortions.

An abortion was scheduled for
June 22, however, and Brophy

complained. "It is particularly
offensive to be doing this proce-

- dure at a time when other oper-

ations and tesis are being post-
poned...," she stated in a letter. She

carry picket signs informing the
public that the hospital was willing
to perform abortions while other
patients with "medically serious
conditions" waited for care.
"Basically we were playing hard-

ball," she told the Terrace Review.
"We were tired of being told to be
quiet.”

The abortion was postponed, she
says, but the letters were not forg-
otten. She says that a complaint
regarding her conduct was sent to

the RNABC on July 13. According -

to Brophy, patients were contacted
and some expressed disapproval of
what she had said to them. "Some
were not even abortion patients,"
Brophy said last December. "It
was craziness... a violation of the

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RNABC public relations execu-
tive John Cox said Monday that
evidence at last weeks hearing was
given before a panel of three
RNABC members with both the
association and Brophy represented

by lawyers. He said the hearing

was originally scheduled for Feb.
12 but Brophy hadn’t retained a
lawyer and it waS rescheduled to
allow her time to seek legal couns-
el.

Cox says that once the panel has
reached their decision, Brophy will
be advised by registered mail. He
says that Brophy could be found
innocent of any wrongdoing and

the charges dropped, or found
guilty, in which case the decision -

could be appealed, first to the
RNABC board and: then to the
B.C. Supreme Court. But Cox says
if she is found guilty and a suspen-
sion is determined to be appropri-
ate it would begin immediately.

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