Last week the colors of the Order of the Royal Purple were o holsted in front of clty hall to
make iocal residents aware that May is Speech. and Hearing Month. The OORP and Elks
clubs ‘across Canada support a number of programs directed at early detection and treat-
“ment of hearing and speech impairments In children. Present at the flag-raising ceremony
were (left to right) Norah Foreman, Beatrice Parnell, George Haugland, Mayor Jack Taistra,

Pat Leclelr and Mary Dole.

Rossiter steps down from
health care society board

Mike Rossiter, chairman of
-the Terrace Health Care Society,
‘has ‘announced his resignation.

Rossiter says he has enjoyed —

serving on this and related
. boards for the past ‘six years,
describing them as a ‘‘growing
experience”, but
wants to spend more time. with
his family and-more time con-
_centrating on his. . business,
Totem Press.

: Over the past six’ years,
“Rossiter has served as an elected

member of the Terrace and.
. District:. Hospital Association

(Mills Memorial Hospital

Board), a-government appointee
on the Terraceview Lodge Socie-
ty, and most recently as chair-
man of the Terrace Health Care
Society.

Rossiter said his greatest im-
pression after serving on these

he said — he.

boards is the quality and dedica-

tion of the volunteers and staff

in our medical community.
“The thing that.amazes me is

that there are so many people

that sit on those boards — that
give so much of their free time

+ and it’s kind of nice to see
people like that putting
something into the: community.
It’s been a growing experience
for me.’ :

‘Rossiter also “described the

Terrace area as a leader in the
province in medical administra-

tion. He explained that Terrace |

will be the first community in
the province to. amalgamate

medical services and, effective

June 10, the Terrace Health

Care Society will absorb the Ter-

race and District Hospital
Association and the Terraceview

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Terrace Health Care Society
Friday, June 10, 1988 at 8 p.m.
Terrace Arena Banquet Room

Current members of either the Terrace & District Hospital
Association and/or the Terrace Health Care Society may -

renew their memberships on or before June 10, 1988.
New members who wish to have voting rights at the An- -
nual General Meeting must become a member of either the
| Terraceview Lodge Society or the Terrace & District Hospital
Association on or before MAY 10, 1988. ;
' Memberships may he purchased at Terraceview Lodge or

Mills Memorial Hospital.

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Lodge Society.

“T think the one thing that

I’m really looking forward to
with a merged society is the fact
that we're approaching. health
care in a new way,”’ he said. ‘‘I
think we’re on the right track in
terms of saving money and look-

ing at more services for the local .

people. ”

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Terrace Review — Wednesday, May 11, 1988 3

‘Education taxes up

“TERRACE — The owner of a

$65,000 home — the average
current value in Terrace — will
pay an additional $100 in prop-
erty taxes for schools this com-
ing year. ;

The increase comes despite the
fact that the local share of the
1988-89 School District 88
budget has gone down by
$479,000 compared to last year.
District secretary-treasurer
Barry Piersdorff attributes the
tax rise to the manner in which
the school district’s operating
year straddles both the calendar
and fiscal year. He said last
year’s budget increase would

_ have been assessed at a rate of 40

percent for last year and 60 per-

cent this year, describing it as ‘‘a

wave. that gets bigger as it ap-
proaches the shore’,

The school district’s annual
budget bylaw was given three
readings, passed and adopted by
the board of trustees at a
meeting April 28. Total expen-

ditures approved come to

$24,778,983. General elements
within the budget are $21.7
million operating costs, $2.6
million for debt servicing,
$320,400 in shareable capital
allowances and $128,000 in non-
shareable capital expenses.
Local taxes to be raised come
to $2,997,411. The new taxation
rate for residential property: is
9.06541 (dollars per $1,000
assessed value), compared to the

‘previous rate of 7.54535. The

average (median) residence in
the district, including rural
areas, has an assessed value of

about $38, 800. Taxation on a
house of that. value still falls
short of the $380 provincial

home-owner grant, but some- =

where in the area of $42,000
range taxpayers will go beyond
the grant and have to start pay-
ing real money,

The average house within the. .
municipality of Terrace is valued
in the order of $65,000. At the
current rate, the tax bill is
$110.45; the new tate will boost
that to $209.25.

Some of the new program ex-
penditures the board slotted into

the budget are: a liaison and : .

school coordinator for native
students at a cost -of $50,000; a
part-time work experience co-
ordinator at $27,000; renewal of
the Participaction incentive pro-
gram for district employees for
$12,000; construction of a new
adventure playground at E.T. |
Kenney School for $10,000; and -
an $80,000. allotment for com-
puters.

Proposals that were set aside
included the recruitment of two
psychologists for .the North
Coast Zone, hiring of a French
Immersion coordinator, devel-
opment of a forestry program
for Hazelton schools and a
library security system for
Skeena school. ;

Piersdorff said the board will
pursue other funding avenues
for the programs .that didn’t
make it into the budget this year.

The 1988-89 -budget is
$541,551 higher than the figure
for 1987-88, an increase of 2.23
percent.

_SKEENA FEDERAL

LIBERAL PARTY

| - Founding meeting — May 14, 1988.

y Luncheon speaker — former
Cabinet Minister, —
Honourable Warren Allmand

- Leadership question — A vote |
on resolutions for executive _

y Issues — Meech Lake and
other issues.

\- Election of Officers

vd Place — . Terrace Hotel at 11 a.m.
no host luncheon

For information, contact
_C. Wozney at 632-7669
or Odd Eidsvik at
1-800-772-0806