A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 29, 1998

CHILDREN ON social assistance who might not otherwise receive dental care will now do so under a test project being tun by the provincial government.

Beginning this week a 8.8 metre long van outfitted with a dental chair, sink, wheel- chair ramp and enough equipment to per- form routine dentistry such as cleanings, fillings and minor surgical procedures is making the rounds of northem B.C.

IV Il be visiting communities where den- tists don’t now do work under a fee sched- ule set cut by the provincial government for those on social assistance.

The van will visit Prince George, Vanderhoof, Smithers, Houston, Hazelton, Burns Lake, Kitimat and Prince Rupert.

It might stop in Terrace but only if the one dentist here who does work under the provincial fee schedule has an overflow of bookings, says Skeena NDP MLA Helmut Giesbrecht.

“The idea is not to set up in competition

HAVE VAN, WILL TRAVEL: | MLA Bil Goodacre, far left, from mn Bulkley Valley- Stikine stands with Skeena MLA Helmut Giesbrehct, children and families minis- ter Lois Boone and human resources minister Jan Pullinger with a dental van now making the rounds of northern B.C.

Mobile dental van to roam the north

Social assistance children to get care

the weekend.

He said the idea for a dental van began several years ago with a letter from Darlene Westerman, a local official con- nected with variousf social services efforts.

The yan comes under the province’s Healthy Kids program to provide dental and optical services for children on social assistance.

“Effective, timely dental care can improve children’s general health and per- formance in school,” said children and families minister Lois Boone.

The van is staffed by Dr. Daryl Boag and assistant Christine Boag.

Although the concentration is on chil- dren, adults on B.C. Benefits will also be eligible for care.

Giesbrecht said the project will be evalu- ated after six months.

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Parents mobilize to block gutting of music program

MUSIC LOVERS across the area are being asked to fax let- ters and make phone calls in support of the schcol district’s threatened elementary level band and music programs.

The programs are on the list of items due for cutting to bal- ance the district’s budget for the next school year.

Parents and others gathered last night at Thornhill Junior Secondary to hear details and to be told fast action is required.

Thornhill Junior Secondary music teacher Michael Wen said letters sent to the school district office today and tomorrow will help school trustees when they visit education minister Paul Ramsey this Friday in Victoria.

“We have to reinforce the value of music to the minister,” Wen said.

As the situation now stands, the district could be left with only concert bands at Thomhill, Skeena and Caledonia, he said.

Gone will be elementary band and music programs, the sec- ondary level stage band and the choir at Caledonia.

In (otal, as many as 11 full time equivalent music, band and administrative jobs are to be cut to provide a savings of just over $660,000.

The result, said Wen, will be a much diminished secondary music and band program which depends upon students entering the secondary grades who have had prior experience and training.

“When I began here 10 years ago, there was no feeder pro- gram and we had 16 kids,” said Wen yesterday. “This year we're

expecting over 80.”

Also at risk is a decade-old network of parents, teachers and:

others who have gathered together to promote music in the ©

schools and community, said Wen. “Our students contribute to the community choirs and orches-

tra,” he added. Wen said the value of a music education also translates into

success in academic subjects.

“Music helps promote self- -discipline. Statistics show students

with music training do better in math and in science,” he continued.

Thormhill Primary music specialist Anne Hill said music | training also improves memory skills, the learning of foreign _

words and teaches students about team work,

More important to teachers than losing their jobs is the effect ~ on students, said Hill, who has 70 students in her choir out of a

school population of 250.

“How do I tell my students there is 10 choir next year, no ”

music festival, no concerts, no Christmas concert,” she said.

Hill said it’s important to send faxes to education minister ' Paul Ramsey, to Skeena NDP MLA Helmut Giesbrecht and to

Premier Glen Clark. Ironically, the possibility of losing a significant portion of the

district’s music and band progtam comes as bands from the “ three secondary schools prepare to go to national finals in two

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Man acquitted c of | rape

A MAN has been acquitted on charges that he raped and then imprisoned a woman in his Thornhill home for 24 hours in January, 1997.

Michael Damian Rochon, 37, was found not guilty last week by Justice PJ. Millward on one charge of sexual assault, two charges of forcible confinement and two charges of uttering threats.

The 23-year-old woman testified in court last week that after she had gone to visit Rochon, he raped her, hit her and then barricaded her and her two-year-old son in his mobile home on Jan. 15, 1997.

She said she and her son were confined until about 11 a.m. the following day, when they went with Rochon to get food at the Thornhill Chevron. The woman testified she then got staff there to phone the police.

But two bank machine receipts and a videotape from a variety store were entered as evidence showing that Rochon had been away from the home for portions of the alleged - confinement.

Defence lawyer Don Kennedy also pointed to evidence that other visitors had come to the trailer while they were both there and that te woman had made no effort to escape or seek help.

In the end, Justice Millward found that there was a reason- able doubt as to the woman's slory and acquitted Rochon on all charges. Prosecutor Brad Tomlin said the Crown has no plans to appeal the case.

Shotgun seized

POLICE HERE seized a sawed-off 12-pauge shotgun and thtee rounds of ammunition after making a vehicle check in the early morning hours Sunday.

RCMP seized the gun and three rounds of ammunition.

Officers found the shotgun wrapped in a blanket in the vehicle. They said the man had been drinking i in the vehicle.

A 31-year-old Houston man appears in court this week on weapons-related charges,

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