Bret ae cot ety ath eh Sy Ree : . * Ee ee Rae nb pee ot wed yee uel TERRACE _ Chris Parsons, whose six-year-old son Joey drowned March 23 when he fell through the ice on a man-made pond off Orde Road last week promised council he would not let the issue die until something was done to remove the hazard. ' The pond was created when Samson's Poultry Farm owner ‘Stan .Kinkead dammed Heek Creek which flows through his property and was the subject of a 1986 complaint from an adja- cent property owner about the backed-up water flooding his land. . Pointing out council resolu- tion 449 (passed April 28, 1936) required Kinkead to fill in most of the pond and erect a fence around the remainder, Parsons accused aldermen of failing to fulfill their duties by not enforc- ing: that order, ‘Why did you guys wait and wait and not take any action?’’ he asked, adding he could not understand why now, even after the: ‘death of his son, nothing was being done. ‘‘What if this was your child, what if this was your: property...something -would have been done by now.”’ Emphasizing he was not seek- “ing an apology from or the sym- ‘pathy of council members, Par- ‘sons called on the city to follow ‘through on its 1986 decision ““before someone else's child dies.” - While council members did - not respond directly to Parson’s questions, they passed a motion to seek legal opinion on whether the. city had the power to take action to eliminate the hazard ‘and, if so, at what point it could invoke.that power, ‘While he recognizes the public’: “just want to see the. issue..rectified,” mayor Jack Talstra‘ says there is a process the city must follow before it can go any further in the Heek Creek pond controversy.. Having received a letter from Chris Parsons’ lawyer, council had followed normal procedure by immediately.,refg yng it.to their.,,own solicitor: | What 3 they” ‘want is ‘A comp te assess- ment of the situation before. anything is done,’ he said, ad- ding council was simply follow- ing that advice. fet fee gel fe BER i geet eee Mes pete ele tee ee nyt Mea a aS SEU pe eee ee ey ee RM ee -away!! THE. EVER‘POPULAR egg 3 drop as part of area schools’ science fair drew.a crowd Saturday at the: ~ .: Caledchia‘patking lot as students found out if their careful packing of two raw egesin.a milk car- ton prevented them from being broken. The Terrace fire department provided the ladder and Jim Stainton was the firefighter on top to do the testing honours. ‘ Vee a re er ee Ee Terrace. Standard, TERRACE A iocal registered nurse charged with unethical conduct because she had conversations with hospital patients about abortion says she did so because they weren't given complete information about the after effects of the procedure, “Women were not, are not, given enough information beforehand — the less said the better,’? said Isabel Brophy, Her hearing on the charges by the Registered Nurses Associa- tion of B.C. (RNABC) begins May 7, Brophy faces disciplinary ac- tion up to and including loss of her nursing licence which means : loss of her job if the charges are ‘ upheld by the RNABC inquiry. | “The initial response is relief , but it is only down the road, a | month or year later, that ‘women come into realizing the ; real knowledge of what they have done —- about what abor- : tion really is, The women begin to suffer,’’ she said. The psychological effects of abortion are known as the post- abortion syndrome but the pro- cedure may also have physical effects, Brophy added. Brophy was charged follow- ing an investigation by the RNAEC concerning several in- cidents during the £989 strike by nurses. Brophy told her union and Mills Memorial Hospital she and other nurses would picket the facility to protest an abor- tion scheduled to take place during the strike. The abortion, said Brophy, did not fall under guidelines of the hospital providing only essential medical services. The abortion was cancelled as a result of letters sent by Brophy to the hospital and her union. . When it did take place after the strike, the RNABC alleges the health of the woman was placed in danger because of the ad- vanced stage of the pregnancy. -A RNABC investigdtor look- ing into ‘that ‘situation’ also” received information that Brophy had conversations with patients five times between 1986 and 1989. Nurse defends abortion talks ee Pie kee A a ar ey eM ge yr ONE fe Neb beta dt aie iad be d Wednesday, May 2, 1990 — = Fo a Pays 4 Isobel Brophy ‘a Brophy does not deny she had . in conversations with patients, but 4 said she never forced herself on, the patients. *‘They (the conversations) — were always with women who were open (to talk),”’ she said. Brophy also denies the sug- gestion by the RNABC that the health risk to the woman scheduled to have an abortion during the 1989 strike was in- creased by her actions. “The union reps and the hospital were more concerned about a public backlash . ... if they believed it was in the best interests of the patient, they should have proceeded,’’ she said. Brophy said her defence of the charges will rest on inform- ed consent for a woman who is considering an abortion. “A nurse has an ethical responsbility to ascertain whether this (informed consent) has been done and whether the patient has all this knowledge.”’ **Physicians don't take the time, some don’t have an in- terest ... some are not aware of or educated in the side effects of abortion,” she'said.' Brophy added she would:-not. be facing the disciplinary hear- ing if her actions had been about any other medical situa- tion, Pores toe. ant —— TOP SIRLOIN THURSDAY, f 6) : FRES | y \s ; | STEAK MAY3 |. aaa TOMATOES * Boneless. Cut , 3 ~~ Medium Size. From Canada ONLY. : - ¢ a =F Product of Grade A Beef. FREE Carnations for the ist ' Fiorida. Limit In Effect. 50 ladies. ; _ : No. 1 Grade. 6.57/ko. oe LB.) FREE Coffee & Donuts. kh iJ \.1.08/kg. @ LB. | ‘a When You Buy 300g. of 6 _ Cs Cak Black Forest ep B.C. Ling SS Seman, cae Srl HAM g COD DONUTS | as or ,