A8 Terrace Review — Wednesday, April 4, 1990

LETTERS TO

— THE EDITOR:

- Birthright informs readers

To the Editor; .

The number of worthwhile
volunteer organizations in-
creases daily; therefore, I’d like
to acquaint your readers with a
group called Birthright, which I
believe is particularly deserving
of wider public knowledge and
Support,

. The Terrace chapter of this in-

ternational organization is a
group of volunteers whose main
function is to offer support to
young women who are in dis-
tress because of pregnancy. This
support may take the form of in-

formation about available

public assistance programs, con-
fidential pregnancy testing,
shelter homes, maternity or
baby clothes or, perhaps most
important, a concerned listener
who cares about her when she
may feel that no one else does.
We encourage good prenatal
care through local physicians.
Birthright is a non-denomina-
tional, non-profit organization.
We are supported by ‘(tax-
deductible) contributions from
the public‘and by our own fund-
raising activities. We believe that
pregnant young women deserve
whatever assistance they need to
carry their pregnancies to term
and to make their own best deci-
sions for their future and that of
their babies. The local office of

Birthright is staffed’ six morn-'

ings a week, and the phone
number is 635-3907. Outside of
office hours a recorded message
provides the numbers of volun-
teers available to discuss pro-
blems any time.

Festival
thanks

To the Editor;

On behalf of the Pacific
Northwest Music Festival com-
mittee, I would like to express
our thanks to the many people
and organizations who helped to
make our 25th Anniversary Fes-
tival a success. Without the
many hours of assistance do-
nated by willing volunteers and
the financial support of our
award donors and patrons, our
task would be impossible. We
are also very grateful to School
_ District 88 and the Pentecostal,
Alliance and Knox United Chur-
ches for their co-operation and
assistance. |

A special thank-you goes to
the many competitors, their
parents and teachers for their ef-
forts which resulted in entertain-
ing performances of such high
calibre, and to the members of
the community who showed
their support of these young per-
formers by attending the various
classes.

Finally, thanks to you and
your staff for your co-operation
in helping us make the com-
munity aware of the events tak-
ing place at our Festival.

i . Jo Falconer
Publicity chairperson
Terrace, B.C.

Any readers who are in-
terested in helping with the work
of Birthright, donating baby or
maternity clothing or assisting
us financially can phone the
above number for more infor-
mation. We are grateful for this
opportunity to make our group

known to the community.

Karen L. Enriquez
' ‘Secretary
Terrace, B.C.

Stop speeding

An open letter to
Members of Terrace
City Council:

This letter is in reference to
the speed limit on our city streets
located near churches. I live on
Scott Avenue at Eby across from
the Terrace Pentecostal Church
and over the years the traffic has
increased here significantly.

However, traffic turning
down Scott does so at a high
speed and cars continue to ac-
celerate even past my house,
which is 100 meters from Eby
Street. More than once I have
witnessed near-accidents. There
are many people walking in this
area for various reasons, one of
which is the Church events hap-
pening day and evening.

If speed violations continue to
occur in this area, something
tragic will happen. A suggestion:
lower the speed limits near chur-
ches and post signs to this effect
as is done near school zones.

Please take a close look at this
problem before something tragic
happens.

John Heighington
Terrace, B.C.

Mothers March
tops goal —

To the Editor; ;
This letter is just to inform
you we have a final figure for
Mothers’ March for 1990 for
our area. The total figure to date
is $14,504.70, up $979.70 over
last year. I would like to thank
you again for your contribution

and look forward to working.

together in 1991.
Robert Finlayson,
Mothers’ March
Chairman 1990,
Terrace, B.C.

January 15 to 31

35 YEARS OF SERVICE

An open letter to:
Telephone Employees _
Community Fund

people suffering from schizo-
phrenia.
This summer, July 15-18, an

International Conference of

Dear Telephone Employees;
Your donation... of.$150,
received at our March meeting,
is deeply appreciated by all
members of the Terrace Friends

of Schizophrenics, and we thank’

you from the bottom of. our
hearts for your support of our
cause. ,

As you know, we are striving
to increase public understanding

of the tragic illness of schizo- .
phrenia, which strikes mainly .

young people in their late teens
and destroys their chances for a
productive and happy life. Until
recently our government con-
tributed very little to schizo-
phrenia research, even though

-one percent of the world’s

population is stricken by this ter-
tible disease and schizophrenics
accupy more hospital beds than
diabetics, heart disease patients,
cancer and arthritis sufferers
combined.

Through our advocacy the
provincial government’s aware-
ness of the devastating effects of
schizophrenia on the people of
this province, not just
healthwise, but also productive-
ly and economically, has greatly
increased. Last spring, when the
University of British Columbia
included in its fundraising cam-

paign an effort to raise money .

for a special Chair for schizo-
prenia research, the government

pledged to match every doliar

raised by us with a provincial
grant. UBC hoped‘ to raise
$250,000; the Friends of Schizo-
prenics pledged to raise, $50,000
per year for five years, totalling
$250,000; the government’s con-
tribution would then be
$500,000, to create the necessary
endowment fund of $1,000,000
in total. Due to fundraising ac-
tivities of our branches and sup-
port groups, which have grown
since 1987 from 13 to over 30 in
B.C., and some extra-large
private donations, the endow-
ment fund has been established
earlier than expected and the
research Chair is secure. Each
year the interest from the fund
will cover salaries and expenses
to support the research of the
professor holding the Chair.
We, the friends and families
of schizophrenics, are encourag-

ed by the fact that intense and

continued research into the
causes and treatments of

schizophrenia is now a reality.

But we all know that huge
amounts of money are needed,
in order to have a chance for a
cure. Many millions of dollars
were raised over the years for
cancer research, especially
through the heroic efforts of
Terry Fox, and a cure is still only
a hope. Therefore, fundraising

.-, for schizophrenia research has
' to go.on, and every donation is

warmly, appreciated. Another

- "one of your objectives is to ob-
’ “tain good, subsidized housing,

with home support services, for
our chronically ill. A third goal
is an Achievement or Drop-In
Centre, which is also badly need-
ed in Terrace. In some places in
the lower mainland these goals
have been realized and are con-
tributing significantly to. social

and vocational rehabilitation of

__ world class is going to be held in

Vancouver, B.C. It is called
‘Schizophrenia 1990: Poised For
Discovery’ and will be attended
by internationally known
psychiatrists, scientists and pro-
fessional people, to address the
major areas of schizophrenia

research and the applicability of —

its findings to treatment and

To the Editor;

I wish to compliment your
reporting staff on its accurate
and thorough articles. Recently
there have been unfounded com-
plaints toward a Clarence
Michiel Grade 6 teacher, mostly
from one parent and her friends.
This person has a history of
complaints against teachers in
other schools, also seemingly
without solid basis on facts.

As your article stated, there
are no Year 2000 experimental
classes at our school, group pro-
jects are as old as our present
school curriculum, and the em-

rehabilitation. We anticipateim-

portant results from this event

and hope that it will bring us —

another step closer to our
ultimate goal, a cure for schizo-
phrenia. ©

Again, many thanks to. you

. Public thanks to Telephone Employees

all! A tax deductible receipt will |

be forwarded to. you as soon as
possible. Oo
Elly Kardamylakis
Branch Representative

Terrace Friends of

Schizophrenics

_ Happy with son’s school

phasis is placed on individua
work in this class.

1 am not a whole-hearted sup-  *

porter of the new upcoming cur-
riculum, ‘either. So let’s not at-
tack the old system, let’s find
out what we can do with the new
one, We don’t need people mak-
ing up problems, there’s enough

trouble understanding the real

ones our children will be facing.
There is no wrongdoing in this
class. I am happy with my son’s
progress in Clarence Michiel,
and see no reason for this at-
tack.
Janice Smith
Terrace, B.C.

service.

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