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THE PERSON appointed to chair the city’s new health care expectations group says his job is to keep the effort on track,

Dave Warner, a lawyer, says he has not participa- ted in the health care de- bate and so can come into the issues with an open mind,

“I have no connection [with the health care community],” Warner said after his appointment was made by mayor Jack Tal- stra.

Warner added that his role as chair will be to keep the process moving along of setting down the city’s health care expecta-

A2- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 3, 2001 But it needs a name

City appoints health bod

tions.

The tist will then be submitted to the provincial government.

Talsira announced the group’s formation late last year in response to grow- ing criticisms about local health care, particularly Mills Memorial Hospital.

Up until now, those cri- ticisms have been expres- sed through the local ad- vocacy group, Terrace Health Watch. It itself has been under fire from Skee- na NDP MLA Helmut Giesbrecht who has called ita partisan venture.

City councillor Val

George, named as one of two vice chairs, says War-

From front

Body goes” against advice

He acted to cut extra monies paid by the health coun- cil to physicians brought in for temporary coverage. And he brought in tight controls for over time and for

callbacks of workers.

“Both of these measures created immediate and posi- live results on the balance sheet,” Novak wrote,

Other cost saving measures organized by Navak inclu- ded cutting a pastoral care position, integrating food services between Mills and Terraceview Lodge, limit- ing medical staff recruiting costs to $25,000, control- ling wage expenses in acute care, pediatrics, in- tensive care and in the operating rooms and cutting one senior management po- Sition,

Novak also included a sug- gested method for an an- nual evaluation of the chief

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Tom Novak

health, council until recommend r any i . are made through, (he recently-completed regional health’

plan.

And he also said the health ministry shouldn’t consider any more money for the endations for any increases

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— Firearms forms FEDERAL FIREARMS registration forms aren't avail- able at the provincial government’s access centre here.

That may have been the impression in a Dec. 27 news article concerning the Jan. 1, 2001 deadline’ date to re-

gister. Application forms are available

at something

called a Service Canada Centre outlet, but there isn’t

one of these in Terrace.

Application forms are, however, available at the post office. You can also download one by going to www. cfe.ge.ca. But it will need to be mailed in.

You can also cail the Canada Firearms Centre at 1- 800-731-4000 and punch in extension 9501,

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GRIME STOPPERS

Terrace Crime Stoppers are assistance in solving a theft that occurred just off Cypress Rd. in Terrace, BC.

Sometime late afternoon or early evening on December 22, 2000, unknown culprit(s) attended to an area behind Cypress St., to a 40 acre lot where a 1979 snowmachine had been temporarily

The vehicle owner last saw the snowmachine there in the earlier half of the day, returning for it found It to have been stolen.

_ The snowmachine is described as: a black and green 1979 Arctic Cat Eltegra 440., short track, paint job. including a tiger on each side of the hood, and neon green paddles

lf you have any information about this or any other similar Incidents, ar if you know the identity of the person or persons responsible for this, (or any other), crime, Crime Stoppers wouid like to

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Crime Stoppers offers a cash raward of up to $1,000.00 for Information leading to an arrast-and charges belng tald agaltst an individual in this or other ungolved crime. It you hava any Information call Crime Stoppers at 635-TIPS that's 635-8477. Callers will not be required to reveal thalr identity nor teatlfy in court. Crime Stoppers does not subscribe to cail

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ner was chosen precisely because he has no prior participation in health care issues here and so could be neutral in his role. “This was done very consciously,” said George of Warner’s appointment, George has also partici- pated in Terrace Health Watch activities and esti- Mates at least half of the new city group is made up of health watch members. ~ Two of the more promi- nent Terrace and Area Health Watch Group members, [da Mohler and

Don Ritchie, are on the group.

Another health watch member on the group is Val Haugtand.

A second city council: lor on the group, Lynne Christensen, has also been involved in health watch activities,

The other vice chair is former Mills Memorial Hospital nursing director Joyce Krause,

Three doctors have been appointed to the committee: Bill Redpath, Greg Linton and internist

Michael Kenyon, who has stated he intends to move to Nanaimo.

All three have beer

* highly visible vocal advo-

‘cates for health care in the :city and region.

The other appointees are: Carol Sam, Terrace

and District Chamber of

Commerce president Justin Rigsby and nurses Lynn Carey and Robyn Bagg.

The group has its first meeting Jan. 10. It must ipick an official name and set down its terms of refer- ence.

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