The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 4,'2006 - A3

_ Food atten a maxed ¢ out”

By DUSTIN QUEZADA.

-THEKSAN House Society’s -

Men’s Emergency. Shelter

‘will offer its annual tradi- °

tional Thanksgiving Dinner
this coming. weekend’ at no
charge to those who would
otherwise go without.

It’s the sixth year the .

shelter will host a Thanks-
giving feast and it keeps.
getting bigger, says Blaine
Stensgaard, a worker at the |
southside shelier,

“The amount of people is’
quite large — we're. expect:
_ing another 250 people," ”
Stensgaard said.

In some’ cases. people
'e who will and have attended
> the dinner do not have loved

Ones to join for the holiday,

bo
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but the greater barrier is &

money.

“The poverty level i is re--

“ally great here,” said Stens-
‘gaard.

* And he should know.
"” Every. day the ‘shelter runs

at about. 140 per cent ca- °

pacity. That means with a

budget ($25 per.day) to feed

eight, the staff are often
feeding almost four times
that many hungry, needy
People.

The same is. true. at the

» society’ s. transition house,

which receives $35 a day to
feed eight people. The house
Staff has had to turn people
away of late as it is stretched
to its. capacity, physically

and financially. '
“It’s been that way for
years now,” : - Stensgaard
said.” vs

In fact, the grocery bud-

get. has ‘not ‘received any, -
increases for a decade now, -
_ says the executive director

' Carol Sabo. .

- The ‘community is forced

to pick: up the slack and
Stensgaard’ says it does an
admirable job.

"The community picks
up.a ot of that, (food gap),”’

shid‘Stelisgaard,. ‘mentioning ~

donations of leftovers, cellar

roots and canned goods.
Sabo emphasizes the

need has never been greater,

‘THOMAS SAMUELS, a worker at the Ksan House Society’ s emergency shelter, take s abit ofa ‘breather. But .
he’ll be busy this weekend helping to prepare the sheiter’s Thanksgiving dinner. The shelter and the society’s

‘transition house are having a difficult time Stretching food budgets. © DUSTIN QUEZADA PHOTO - .

however.

“What I’ d like to do is get -
~ across to people that they can

donate food, gift certificates,
canned. goods, a side of beef,
etc. and to agencies, busi-

‘nesses and service groups

that they could sponsor a

meal — that sort°of stuff,”

she said...
“It’s those little ‘things

that, when added up, would .

make a whole lot of differ-
ence to us.and a ton of dif-

ference to the people we see.

on a daily basis.”
‘Despite the shortcom-
ings, Stensgaard ‘ says’ the
' Thanksgiving dinner is too
important to cancel. _
“We've .never thought
not to have it — we’ll always

find funds,” he. said. “It’s |

very. important for the com-

“munity.”
"Each year, the shelter de-

cleaning, though no dona-
tions had come in as of early

"" last week:

. The shelter spends about

$500-$600 to host the dinner:
_ and would welcome any of

- the following:
; Pies, i ice cream, potatoes,

. pends on donations and vol- -
“. unteers for food serving and

turkeys, frozen } peas, cups, *.
" plates, forks, knives, spoons

and aluminium trays.

; All the emergency shelter |
Staff will help to put on the

Sunday meal, which:is open
to all ages and will be served
from 2 -6 p.m.

~ Along with a community.
meal served in the spring, is”
its biggest meal the shelter »

provides every year.

Donations allow food bank to re- open |

shelves.

“THE SALVATION Army re-opened its food bank this week .
after donations of. items and money came in to replenish the

~ ‘The Army closed the food bank two. weeks ago because
donations could not keep up with a demand that averages

_ 450 people amonth. _
“We really appreciate the response,”

‘David Moulton of the reaction to the food bank’s closure.

7 seen Very. good,” Said * Moulton of contributions °

which have included donations: from two schools ‘and the

“Ts be

Kitselas Dancers.

“Other people and groups have also been coming in 1 with

boxes [of foodstuffs].”

20 w000 and
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said Army Captain .

The Army has also been getting individual donations, and.

that list includes $4,000 from one person..

“He came in with the cheque and said to g 80. buy some.

food,” Moulton added. ©

The Captain is’also expecting some corporate and busi- .

ness donations.

The Army food bank operates year around and is separate
from the larger Terrace Churches Food Bank,which is open

year. -

on a solid footing.

. from October to November and front Ji anuary t to May of each

Moulton hopes donations will place the Army food bank

“We' Ii be open until the food runs out again,” he said.

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News In Brief.

Bike thief strikes

SOMEONE MADE off with three mountain bikes, from
a residence in the 3800 block of Eby St. Sept. 15.

Terrace RCMP report that between 2 p.m. and 4
p.m., one black Cannondale Prophet 800, one black
Cannondale Prophet MX] and one red and white Norco
VPS Fluid, all in new condition, were stolen.

Anyone with any information about this theft is asked
to call the local detachment at 638-7400 o or Crimestop-
pers at 635- 8477.

~ Sentenced for drugs |
A LOCAL man received at conditional ‘sentence of
house arrest in Terrace provincial court Sept. 25 for
production of a controlled substance. ;
Larry Gregorash was found guilty and sentenced to

six months, of house arrest followed: by six ‘months of
_ probation. - '

He must abide by a 10- “year firearms prohibition

One charge of possession for the purpose of traffick-..

ing was stayed by the court.

Cullen slams fed cuts

SKEENA-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen slammed |

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s move to slash $11.7
million from programs designed to battle the mountain
pine beetle.

“Tt is absolutely staggering the Conservatives would

> axe desperately needed federal money that was targeted: ,

‘to fight the pine beetle epidemic i in northwest and cen-

tral BC forest communities,” Cullen said.

“In the face of a crisis the magnitude of the pine bee-

tle, all resources need to be used to fight this epidemic.
It’s like saying ‘the:forésts are burning and we have ,
money to help, but v we'll pay down’ the national debt .
“instead.” -

“Jast week with the incredibly flawed softwood legisla-
- tion, and he delivered an $11.7 million punch this week.

The cut in money was among $i billion i in reduc-

ernment.
“Mr. Harper dealt British Columbians a harsh blow

tions made, last week by the federal Conservative gov- °

to the fight against mountain Pine beetles,” Cullen. ;

said.

insult to British Columbians for the government to call

“Wt is the height of financial Jiesponsibility and an

. pine beetle funding ineffective and poor value for: the ,

- Authority, continue to Took at ways to reduce, wehicle-

accidents. “ 1

: ~ Efforts: ‘include’ ways 8 avoid collisions. with wild-~
life and to encourage people to use seatbelts. Northern-

money.”

Man gets probation —

A LOCAL man received six months of probation Sept. :

26 after he plead guilty for possession of marijuana on-:

July 12, 2006. Patterson James Andres, 23, must com- J”
plete counselling as arranged by his probation officer.

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Crash reductions sought ;

A NUMBER of groups, including the Northern Health

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“ers s fall below the provincial average of seatbelt use.”

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