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Ad Terrace Review — Wednesday, June 20, 1990

' CAPTAINS JOHN AND GAIL HARKER of the Salvation Army are presented with a farewell.

_ memento of their six years In Terrace by mayor Jack Talstra, The Harkers are on thelr way to a”
-new Salvation Army posting in Kamloops. ,

The Canadian Union of Public |
‘Employees (CUPE) has signed a
‘two ‘year agreement on behalf of
“city employees. The new contract
vealls for a $1.02 across-thé-board
. “wage hike in 1991 and a further.
"(seven percent increase: in 1992.
- Based .on an average wage of
‘$15.76, the average increase in the
_ first year of the contract is 6.5

~ percent.

. Over the period of the contract,
then, the average city wage will
jump from $15.76 to $16:78 effec-

“WITHOUT HOSPITALITY, TERRACE WOULD HAVE BEAUTIFUL
SCENERY, GOOD FISHING AND A BUNCH OF PLACESTO EAT -
AND SLEEP! BUT THE FRIENDLINESS OF THE PEOPLE ADDS THE. -

* WARMTH THAT MAKES TERRACE A FIRST-RATE PLACE TO’

_VISITLKASHMIR MORE HAS BEEN WITH THE A & W RESTAURANT:

“{” FORTEN YEARS; AND A RESIDENT OF TERRACEFOR 15 YEARS!

“SHE LOVES THE STRESS-FREE’ LIFESTYLE...THE SCENERY AND
| THE WEATHER...AND HAS A CHEERFUL WELCOME FOR all
1 VISITORS!

FERRACE & DISTRICT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ~

tive Jan. 1, 1990, and to $17.96 on
Jan. 1, 1991; an overall average of

13.9 percent. There were no other
changes to the old contract, how-

ever. Ail employee benefits remain

the same.

The CUPE seltlement may be & a
‘surprise to some city aldermen.
Council approved a 5.2 percent.

indemnity increase for themselves
on Jan. 8 just.as the CUPE negoti-
ations were getting under way. At
the time, alderman Ruth Hallock
said, "In so doing. we preclude that

same increase will be ‘granted to

the district management group."

” WITH ASSISIANCE FROM THE CITY OF TERRACE

a CUPE signs contract ©

by Tod Strachan

Danny Sheridan, who ‘made’ the’

original. motion, disagreed by aay: .

ing, "I didn’t preclude anything. 1
noticed. last year, that, whatever
formula T came up with to. deter-:

mine the average in'the’ province, |

management and staff tended ‘to
use the same formula.”

Darry! Laurent and Bob Cooper

‘agreed. with this latter view. but

Hallock held’ fast, suggesting ‘that
settling their own raise before
CUPE "could have an inflationary.
tendency". “She did suggest,
though, that she might be willing
to accept a three percent hike;
presumably setting an example for .
city staff.

The vote to accept the indemnity
increase passed four to one with
Hallock voting against it. Mo
Takhar, who has traditionally voted
against an indemnity increase, was
out of town and didn’t vote on the
matter. The increase raised the
annual income of a city. alderman
from $7,162 to $7,538 and the
mayor's indemnity from 316,430
to $17,284.

AT aL,
THE SIGN OF A

GOOD BUSINESS
NEIGHBOR ...

THE SIGN OF
A MERCHANT
WHO CARES
ABOUT PEOPLE kee
This emblem identifies

_. the civic-minded .
businessmen who sponsor

Wetone igor.

in the community.

Erlinda — 635-6526
Brenda-Lee — 635-2605
Karen — 638-0707 :

| Katharin — 635-7504

Canada’s elderly -
42.5 percentof
population —

by Vicki Fowler
Did you know that Canada is

- going through an age boom

and it is believed the number of
‘elderly in Canada will more
than double over the next 30
years? In B.C, seniors make up
about 12.5 percent of the
population and services to
seniors account for nearly half
of the province’ s health care
costs.

June is Seniors’ Month and

~ the reason for this article is to.
- draw attention to the impor-

tance of our seniors in terms of —
their affect on future communi-

_ ty needs and resources.

In 1989 the provincial gov-
* ermment put out a discussion
paper ‘‘Toward a Better Age’’.
_ A-task force was put together -
* and held public meetings to -
hear concerns of seniors.
Smithers and Prince Rupert :
both hosted a meeting. .

‘This report summarizes the -

‘information gathered and gives

suggestions to government in -

terms: of future policies and- -

program development. The task.

force requests the government ©

to focus on:
-@ keeping seniors independent ~

_ @ promoting ‘‘helping’’ con- —

tacts for seniors

- @ choosing community-based

services for seniors

ke tate ee aay ed we “yf

Tetrace

@ respecting the: productive
abilities of seniors
@ making sure seniors can get
services they need easily .
e providing for the opportuni-
ty for seniors to, advise govern-
ment.
_ These. strategies are aimed at :
helping, the senior citizens.of ©
B.C. to reach their two ‘main ‘
goals, to remain independent
and to have the chance for .
social involvement and personal
growth .

As individuals, the require-
ment for achieving these goals

is having adequate health,

health being the degree to -
which an individual or group is

- able to reach goals, satisfy
_ Needs, and change or’ cope with
. their environments. .

Health is seen:as a resource

for everyday life, not the objec- —_

tive for living, Each of us -has

the responsibility as a member
'. of a community to choose a

- Jifestyle which allows us. to

" “achieve our goals. |

“What are your. questions or.
concerns about this or other
"issues?

’ Write. us at:- no

“Did You Know That...

Skeena Health Unit:

3412 Kalum Street

Terrace, B.C, V8G 4T?

seniors |

= an action plan—

by Tod Strachan

Working from a list of seniors’
needs, identified at an Apr. 30
meeting called "A Strong Com-
munity for Seniors", participants at

a recent workshop have narrowed’

the priorities to the top five. And
they have made recommendations
for their implementation. The
results from both these workshops
will be presented to the newly

formed Seniors Advisory Commis- .

sion once members have been
appointed.
The most pressing seniors’ needs,

’ according to the 30 participants at
the. most. recent workshop are

health care, mobility and transpor-

", tation, community based support
_ services, safety and security and
‘housing. Priorities left for some

future meeting included family and
social support, income, and com-
munication and attitudes.

_ The plan of action for addressing
seniors’ health care needs in our
area includes the development of a
profile package of our area, "career
days" style meetings at local

schools to creale an awareness of .

the type of professionals needed in
our area, and the formation of a
seniors’ committee who would

_ further identify health care needs

and lobby for improvements.

. On the topic of mobility and
transportation, the emphasis has
been placed on the development of
a volunteer car pool. This would

first require finding volunteers and

a volunteer coordinator, however.
- Community-based support: ser- -—
vices involve four sub-topics: adult

day care, a Wellness Clinic, palli-
ative care and a Gerontology
Week. The first, adult day care,
would focus on Terraceview and
their supportive housing project
and encourage a submission for
adult day care from Terrace and
District Community Services. The

"Wellness Clinic’ would involve

informational meetings through
Northwest Community College
using information provided by the
Public Health office.

Safety and security involves the

-¢reation and. maintenance of a safe

physical environment in Terrace.
The downtown core would be dealt
with first and then the project
would spread to the rest of the

"community. The. group has then

recommended that the Sentors

_ Advisory Commission set up a

sub-committee to deal generally
‘with the safely and. training of
seniors. An annual Safety Day for
seniors with & "Safety for Seniors"
workshop is also a consideration.
Housing needs. might call for
another facility similar to the Wil-
lows Apattments. For this it’s
suggested ‘that the commission
carry out a needs survey and talk
to B.C. Housing about - ‘possible
assistance. =. 7