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TERRACE — Next to heart disease and cancer, blindness is the next most feared disease, stated Gerry Stolz, area repre- sentative for the central north with the Canadian National Institute for The

_ Blind (CNIB).

by Daniele Berquist

Stolz visited the area this month, meeting witha

number of service groups — and schools to help create

an awareness for blind- ness. In the Terrace area

approximately 27 percent

of the population are reg-

istered with the Institution

as being legally blind, said Stolz.

He also stated that on a 7,500 ‘people were. registered with CNIB of which ap-

proximately 500 were. -blind. Stolz said that the -

CNIB was growing at a

rate of 10 percent per ‘year, or two new people

per day, therefore show-

ing the. need for blindness education throughout the

province. Senior citizens cover 60

-percent of the statistics in British Columbia, said Stolz. He added that glau-

coma, diabetes and aging eye disease were major areas of concern among the elderly. Stolz also stated that many of the people who have recently

been diagnosed with glau- .. ‘coma would be fine today

had they seen a doctor over the years. Stolz said that along his journeys he encounters many people who have not seen a doc- tor in 20 years or more. The CNIB reaches out to people who are suffer-

-ing. from low vision ane -blindness and need per- sonal counselling.

_* When Stolz visits with a “newly blind person, he

knows that the person will usually be in a state of

‘shock. ‘A person finds it

hard to accept the fact they have lost their vision

“or are losing it’’, said

Stolz, who suffers from

“total blindness in one eye - and low vision in the other “eye.

The first step is to help

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the individual find a new direction to his or her life, said Stolz.

If we are dealing witha younger person, the CNIB representative will bring in a career counselling pro- gram. But things are not that simple since losing your sight can be a very

dramatic experience re-

gardless of age. Quite of- ten a whole new way of

- life has to be chosen by the ‘individual said Stolz.

Learning how to travel with a.cane independently plus reading and writing using Braille, are things that one must learn if they

are suffering from i impair- .

ed vision. .

Quite often, said Stolz, families have to be coun-

selled as well. The family. unit can feel very frus-

trated when placed in such an environment. Until it happens to someone close to you: or yourself, very few people understand blindness.

_ Stolz visits Terrace twice a year, accompanied by his. driver-guide Tom Riedy. During an approx-

imate 10. day..stay.in- the ... i

area, Stolz'seés many peo- ple with impaired vision.

. During this time, Stolz

also speaks to various or- ganizations on the pre- vention of blindness and the importance of eye

safety, Stolz said he

always tries to impress upon an individual the im- portance of eye check-ups. If there is a problem, said Stolz, it can be spotted at an early stage, and stop- ped before it becomes a major eye disease.

During his recent visit, Stolz also went to Skeena Junior Secondary School in Terrace. There, he met

with the students to in- form them on how blind.

people cope and also to create awareness on: blind-

‘ness, and the CNIB. Last

year alone, the organiza- tion put 600 people back in the job market. through-

out the province of British

‘Columbia.

Every year Stolz organ- izes door to door cam- paigns in over 30 com-

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: Saturday, March 14 — Terrace Gay Community is holding a board games night. For more Information call the Ter: : race Gay information Line; 638-1256, -

Al-Anon family groups. Meetings for friends and relatives of alcoholics. Meetings are held every Monday at 8 p.m. at Mills Memorial Hospital in the conference room in the

__-psychlatric. ward.

Terrace Association for Community Living needs ad- vocates for handicapped people living in Terrace. For more

-’ information please phone Janice at 635-9322 or Carol-Ann ~

_ at 635-3040.

.. Kermode Knit Wits, actub for all persons interested in fur- thering machine knitting. Regular monthly meetings will be held on the 2nd Tuesday at noon and the 4th Thursday at 7:30 p.m. For further information call Audrey 638-1335, Jan 635-7517 or Nancy 635-5319. Everyone welcome.

James Wold, manager of the Video Stop in Terrace, invites movie vans to visit the store's new location at 2-4627 Lakelse Ave. The new commercial space Is significantly larger and more accessible than the previous lacation.

_ Terrace Review — Wednesday, February 25, 1987 23:

Video Stop

changes | location .

made such a seecie

TERRACE — The Ter- race Video Stop has changed locations, ‘to the: building down the street from where the movie ren- tal business first opened its doors just over 3 years ago.

by Philip Musselman

“The Video Stop had been located at 4613 Lakelse for over three

years, but recently the

store moved over to 4627 Lakelse on the corner ‘of Lakelse and Emerson. Ac- cording to manager James

Wold the new. space is. brighter, more roomy and. — _ cameras, but for the time ‘being Wold is keeping an

it is situated in an ideal

“This location has

difference,”’ said Wold.:

Video Stop has: begun:

renting microwaves as well as movies, VCR’s, and televisions. According to Wold the store is. about 1,0Q0 square feet larger than the previous one, and the customer response to the move has been out- standing.

Video. Stop will be in-

creasing the selection :of

films it offers with a larger ordering system, but is not -

looking at any other ex-

pansions of any kind for . ~now. In the future it-is

possible that the business. may also rent . video.

Movies galore

The recent move of the Terrace Video Stop to the corner of Lakelse and Emerson has resulted In more space for a further selec: tion of films. The video renting outlet, which also has a store in Prince Fupert, will be ordering more heavily to better serve lis

gustomers, said store manager, James Wold.

eye on the camera market.

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SEN — Port Simpson.75, Kitimat 72 INT — Port Simpson 91, Haida Gawaii 83 SEN — Metlakatla 103, P. R. Express 100° INT — Bella Bella 107, New Aiyansh 60 . INT — Kitimat 74, Port: Simpson 57 SEN — Haida Gawaii 103, P.R. Trojans 97 - SEN — Metlakatla 110, Port Simpson 85

DAY FIVE

Intermediate semi-final — Kitimat 79, New Aiyansh 68 Senior semi-final — Metlakatla 102, P.R. Trojans 85 Intermediate final — Bella Bella 89, Kitimat 75

Senior Final — Haida Gawaii 101, Metlakatla 92

A Flea Market will be held at the Oddfallows Hall, 3222 Munroe, Terrace, on ihe 3rd Saturday of every month from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call 635-3995 for further information.

The Toastmasters Club mests on the first and third Tuas- day of every month at Caledonla Sr. Secondary School, room 3 at 7:30 p.m. Drop In and see what it's all about.

Do you need a break? Come to COFFEE BREAK, an in- terdenominational Bible study for women. FREE nursery for Infants and toddlers. Children ages 3 to 5 will love Storyhour. Every Wednesday, 9:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the Chiistlan Reformed Church, corner of Sparks and Straume. No previous knowledge expected. For more infor- miation or transportation call Hilda at 635-7871 or Ruth at 635-2621. We look forward to seeing you!

White Heather Club would like to invite you to join tham in an evening of Scottish dancin ng and soclailzing. For more information, call Tina at 638-1898 or Marilyn at 695-7623.

Terrace police report —

a ~ On Wednesday, Feb. 18 a 28-year-old Terrace man:

_was charged with impaired

wes : driving.

- RCMP: said the man

will appear in Terrace

‘Provincial Court. on March 27. * xk *

On Monday, Feb. 23 Terrace RCMP charged a juvenile male with theft of

_ @ motorcycle and Breach

of Probation. -

Police said the juvenile appeared in Terrace Pro- vincial Court on Monday, Feb. 23.

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