Saturday, February 6, 1993 CASTLEGAR SPORTS CENTRE has moved 2245-6th Avenue * 365-8288 @ Saturday, February 6, 1993 AroundT OWN KATS TROPHY & SIGNS 365-8289 B.C. redesigns health care pauses . . . : Castlegar David Ha and regional health councils to define what —— oe care is needed and where. He just wondered if [RQGZBAIRAAss t Arrow Building) Anew age in health care services has been such decentralization included the required 5 ea: ° funds. Ce ee Eee otek Call introduced a “In order to have all this autonomy, pra new health plan Tuesday which calls for a shift rete be Pot Leniae ron of funding and that from institutionalized services to community- * Thee th e88 Ak tow uh based care. The plan calls for a dramatic re- e costs 0 Cull Thi Pp i Social duction of acute care services, the dismantling been revealed by Cull. That prompted Socia © Credit leader Jack Weisgerber to charge that Siac jbl rr ro by region the new plan would result in increased prop- SAME QUALITY PRODUCTS SAME QUALITY SERVIC urPEOPLE ducational OPERATOR/ PROGRAMMER West Kootenay Power requi an Op i] for the Information Systems Department at our Head Office in Trail, B.C. Our person for Our People Corinne Jackson 365-7266 “I think the idea of a shift from acute care to community based care is a good one .” Castlegar and District Hospital administrator Ken Ta- larico said Thursday. “I think the shift, al- though I agreed with it in principle, will require a lot of supervision. It doesn’t make sense to have this happening, unless it happens inan orderly fashion.” According to the plan, the province wants to reduce the number of hospital beds by 3,000 in 1996. The would leave a provincial average of 2.7 beds per 1,000 in population. “In the West Kootenay, there is a surplus of acute care beds,” Talarico said. “And there is a surplus in Castlegar.” Talarico said he was encouraged with the government plan that will allow community Reformer dismisses poll — Scott David Harrison EDITOR er The Reform Party’s popularity is slipping. An Angus Reid poll revealed that only seven per cent of de- cided voters would support the Reform Party in a federal elec- tion. That compares to 46 per cent for the Liberals and 18 per cent for the Progressive Conservatives and 17 for the New De- mocrats. Twenty-nine per cent of the 1,500 voters polled were undecided. Kootenay West-Revelstoke Reform Party candidate Jim Gouk dismissed the poll, saying it comes at “a non-issue time. “The election hasn’t been called and we don’t know when it will, 80 consequently the media focuses primarily on the three major parties that are in,” Gouk said Thursday. “It’s only nat- . Up to $1500. ural that people hear about the Liberals, the Conservatives and the NDP that they make their choices based on the Liberals, the Conservatives and the NDP. “| think when an election is called, we'll see (the polls) change quite dramatically.” Gouk said, if anything, his support in Kootenay West-Rev- elstoke has grown. He guessed that the Reform Party has some 700 members in the federal riding. “The people I talk to are most supportive. In fact, the biggest challenge I face is getting out and talking to enough people.” erty taxes as the provincial government tries to down-load the financial responsibility of health care to communities and regions. “It offers no specifics about the powers and Computer Technology from a recog) Community College. 1ton IBM Applicants must have a 2-year di in Compute nized Institute of Technology or This position provides operation and technical supportto users as well as a variety of other duties. Experience in program responsibilities of local and regional boards, let alone how their revenue needs will be met by the provincial government,” Weisgerber stated in a news release. Talarico said communities like Castlegi-r will need time to adjust to the new health plan. He said it is critical that communities devel- op a care network in order provide adequate health care services. “It would be very disruptive if the plan was adopted immediately,” he said. “It will take time for everyone to fully understand exactly what this new shift entails.” Salary and benefit requires the ible PC's is or package is in accordance with the Collective Agreement. Current salary range is $2,863 to $3,400 and the position incumbent to work an “on-call” schedule. Interested parties should submit resumes by Fi riday, February 19, 1993 to: Mr. J.A. Ht he West K Power, Box 130, Trail, B.C. V1R 4L4.. West KOOTENAY POWER West Kootenay Power has a “Clean Air Policy” . ince-Wide Blanket B.C. 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NEWS STAFF Year 2000 is alive and well in 1993. ; As part of the province’s new education initiative, children at Castlegar Primary School undertook an integrated theme heightened sense of responsibility and even become protective of younger students. study. Regardless of their age and level, 114 students at the ‘These kids have contributed to their own history here at the school.’ — Vice-principal John Eggleton school worked to create a patchwork quilt. Following the theme “A Caring Community Cares for All,” the children examined the community they live in. Vice-principal John Eggleton says the experience gives the children a wider view of the world they live in. “They see the community is not one- dimensional,” he says. “The theme is a vehicle to develop reading and writing skills. It doesn’t take away but rather enhances the experience.” There were eight sub-themes that each class focused on. And each student was responsible for generating a patch of their own to add to the quilt. Eggleton says the combined effort gave students the best of all the resources the school had to offer through diversity. “Students can access the strengths of all the teachers throughout the year, ” he says. “We’re becoming more effective at what we're doing — _ sharing teacher and school resources — to achieve learning outcomes.” He says that sharing and integration is having some" interesting results. Eggleton says when students of different ages are combined, older children are helpful. He said they try to make projects fun for the younger ones, have a “With the school-wide theme study the school has a focus and a goal, and so do individual classrooms,” he says. “The uniqueness is that it establishes ownership for learning for all students and all teachers working together.” has. The theme study culminated with Christmas concerts at Castlegar’s extended care facilities, the outreach component of the theme study. And just two weeks ago all the loose strings were tied together when Gisela Hamm sewed all 114 squares together. But did the school reach its goal? Eggleton thinks that it “We believe we were successful in increasing the children’s awareness of how their community works, its support levels and how to work together,” Eggleton says. As well, the students have stitched their way to a little piece of history by working on the quilt. “These kids have contributed to their own history here at the school,” he says. “They have a _=§better understanding of the school.” News photo by Neil Rachynski The work of 114 students is represented with the unveiling of Castlegar Prima ; i | J i ) ry School's quilt. Based on the theme “A Caring Community for All,” the creation represents the end of one of the school’s thenie studies and the beginning of the student's understanding about their community.