-exceeds
supply

“ITERRACE — Organizers of a

_>received.. more business than
Jctthey bargained for last week
+: When more than 150 school
‘students showed up April 17.

. -The-Kitchen, run- through a
iSTerrace Anti-Poverty’ Group

Society cook’s training pro---

“gram, ran out of soup as a
“result, -
Society. spokesman Gerald
~ King, who worked in-a similar

:kitchen here-in the early 1980s,
"said. he. expected a response
from students but had no idea
-of the numbers.

-*There’s room for 60 people

“vere and they filled up the tables

: twice and there were kids stan-
-+ ding around,” he said,

“% Most of the students seemed

~. to come from E.T. Kenney and

-Clarence Michiel schools

~., located near the soup kitchen’s

“euerent home at-the carpenters’

“hall, King added.

He said the number reflects
* the economic situations of some
families i in the city. :

At the same time, King said

“some. of the students who did
“come might have done so out of
curiousity and not out of strict
- need of a hot lunch.

“T'think that after a while
“We "ll get an idea of the consis-
tent need for such a service," he

said.

ewly-opened soup kitchen’

DEMAND BY school students for lunch at the Terrace Anti-Poverty

Group Society’s soup kitchen was high last week. The Food for

Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 24, 1901

“Thought kitchen | isa byiprod uct of a a cook's training program being
‘run by the society,

The soup kitchen, called
Food For Thought, began with
lunch every Friday and last
week expanded to include Mon-
day and Wednesday. Organizers
are now looking for a new
home.

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Principals of E,T, Kenney

and Clarence Michiel schools

say they believe some students
do need lunches provided for
them but that numbers are hard
to come by,

‘‘There are families in this
area whose means is quite
limited," said E.T., Kenney
principal Al Shepherd. ‘

Clarence Michiel - principal
Rick Olson said providing lun-

ches for needy children was
discussed by teachers last fall as
part of its accreditation process,
He and Shepherd said infor-
mal arrangements of sharing do
exist to ensure that children get
a lunch who need one.
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The school district has had no
information from the provincial

government since Premier Rita
Johnston said last week she
wants a study of the idea of pro-
viding hot lunches in public
schools.

Superintendent Frank
Hamilton said the idea is attrac-
tive but doesn’t feel monies for
it should come from education
budgets.

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program
coming

TERRACE — The Kermode

Friendship Society will
operate a pilot hot lunch pro-
gram this fall in two schools,
says its executive director, |

Sadie Parnell said the pro-
gram at Clarence Michiel and
E.T. Kenney will test the de-
mand from students who
can’t have a lunch provided
for them.

The two schools contain a
significant portion of
students from families on
low-income,

“We've heard from a
number of teachers, from
home-school co-ordinators.
Mothers are saying that with
costs going up, it’s a real
struggle, ”’ said Parnell of
the idea.

‘There are a number of
social problems but this is a
start. Students can't concen-
trate on an empty stomach.
If they can have a hot lunch,
they won't be worrying
about an empty stomach, "
she added.

The delicate part is making
sure that students who take
advantage of the program
aren't singled out or feel dif-
ferent because they don't
have lunches of their own,.
said Parnell.

She estimates a 50 cent
cost to the student for a hot
lunch consisting of soup and.
a sandwich.

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“TERRACE — All four of the

school board’s committees have
eep their meetitigs
the = fublic. a

Board chairman Edna
Cooper in’ January had asked
each of the committees —
facilities, finance, negotiations,
and education/personnel — to
vote on whether they will open
their doors to the public, or re-
main incamera.

Trustees who oppose a more
open system argue that it would
be a constraint on free-flowing
discussion, and there’s a danger
committee recommendations
might be reported before the
board addresses them.

Trustee Wayne Braid said he
doesn’t have any problem open-
ing up committees, but noted
some trustees fear reporters at
the meetings — where most
debate takes place — might

-

report their gaffes,
: “The new trustees expressed _
‘Concern that they’ re new, they“
come, they’re going to say”
things, it’s going to get
reported, and they’re going to
look like goofs,’? Braid said.
“That's a concern for them.”
Trustee Terry Brown said he
favoured an open-door policy
as a general principle, although
that would depend on the com-
mittee and the type of issue on
the table. a
“Not much discussion hap-
pens at the board meetings
because it’s already happened in
committee,”’ he explained.
“Things have already been
thrashed out ahead of tinie,”’
.He said he. favours. : open,
meetings of the native advisory
committee, which he chairs,
because he said natives here
“face an uphill battle’ dealing

with the school board.

**] would like to see the media_
there,”’ Brown said.-“‘It’s.in the, -
committeds where the’ real”
debate happens, where. you see
all the pros and cons presented.
And you see the strong push

d committees stay

from administration and how
decisions are made.” ae
“Cooper adinittad Th Theiah beck
“unable to achieve*her‘goal of
creating a more open board
structure. ‘‘] guess you win
some, you lose some,”’ she said.

Volunteers sought

TERRACE — The city’s parks
and recreation department
néeds volunteers to help with a
provincial conference here May
9-11.
‘Approximately 275 people
connected with the B.C. Recrea-
tion and Parks Association are
expected in town, said organizer
Elaine Parmenter last week.
‘‘We estimate we'll need at
least 20 volunteers each day.

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