ARNON ah ak Hay y= Page 6c The Castlegar Sun Christmas Greetings 1992 Wednesday, December 23, 1992 Non-alocoholic dvinks ‘Jor lhe Christmas Season HOT SPICY PUNCH > 2L cold water 50 mL peeled, . chopped fresh ginger 8 tea bags 4 sticks cinnamon, broken up 6 whole cloves 2 L boiling water 125 mL sugar 250 mL lemon juice 250 mL orange juice 1 L pineapple juice 1 L cranberry juice cocktail 2 L apple juice Thick slices orange - _ whole cloves Heat 2 L cold water in large kettle. Add ginger, bring to a boil, turn down heat, cover and simmer 15 min. Let stand until cool Swain, retuming liquid to pan and discarding ginger Put tea bags, cinnamon and 6 cloves in a bowl. Add 2 L boiling water. Stir cover bowl and let tea steep 10 min. Strain into ginger water. Add all remaining ingredients except orange slices and cloves. Heat well and pour into punch bowl. Stick a clove in the rind of each orange slice and float on top of punch. Ladle into punch cups to serve. (Makes about 60 servings.) TOMATO PICK-ME-UP Combine 250 mL tomato juice, 30 mL lemon juice, 3 mL Worcestershire sauce, 2 mL sugar, dash Tabasco, dash celery salt, dash salt and a grating of fresh pepper and stir to blend. Pour over ice cubes in a large glass. Add a cel- ery stick as a muddler. Christmas Thank You For Your Patronage. Happy New Year Management & Staff Blue Top 1521 Columbia Avenue HOT BUTTERED APPLE JUICE 2 cinnamon sticks 8 whole cloves sugar 4 thin 1-inch strips lemon rind Butter 1 L boiling apple juice Ground nutmeg Put 1/2 stick cinnamon, 2 cloves, 3 mL sugar, a strip of lemon rind and 3 mL butter in each of 4 large mugs. Add a little of the hot apple juice to each mug, stirring to blend well. Let steep 1 min. Fill mugs with remaining apple juice. Sprinkle with nutmeg and serve immediately. (Serves 4.) CRANBERRY NOG 3 egg yolks 125 mL cold milk 500 mL cold cranberry juice cocktail 3 mL vanilla 6 ice cubes 3 egg whites 50 mL sugar ground nutmeg Combine egg yolks, milk, cranberry juice cocktail, vanilla and ice cubes in the glass of the blender. Buzz until well blended. Beat egg whites until foamy. Add sugar gradually, beat- ing constantly, until egg whites are stiff and glossy Pour cranberry mixture into an attractive bowl. Fold in egg whites. Sprin- kle with nutmeg. Serve immediately in punch cups. (Serves 6.) MERRY CHRISTMAS to one and all from CASTLEGAR CHEVRON 1928 Columbia Ave. 365-3655 ji rede iaieettennesememememee set 1 egg 50 mL unsweetened pineapple juice 5 mL lemon juice 5 mL sugar Twist of lemon Put some crushed ice in a shaker. Add egg, pineapple juice, lemon juice and sugar. Shake well. Strain into cocktail glass. Add lemon twist. (Serves 1) PINK CHRISTMAS FRUIT PUNCH 2 bottles (about 750 mL each) white grape juice 1.5 L cranberry juice cocktail 2 cans (170 mL each) frozen pink lemonade, thawed 750 mL bottle soda water, ice ome True This Holiday Naso We sincerely appreciate your kind patronage. MIKE'S SERVICE 1745 Hwy. 3A, Thrums 399-4266 SNOW! Thanks for putting your trust In us. WEST KOOTENAY KABS 365-0666 SSSsseseseseeegeeseeee s ® ° WM. BerG "A Proud Supporter of the Goals and Aspirations of @ the Castlegar & District Wildlife @eseesssesesss UCTION Lip. = Association." Season's Greetings from all of us m4 General Contracting 4 All Work Guaranteed ® Site 30, Comp 7, R.R. #1, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3H7 © Phone: 365-3771 . Fax: 365-6463 ® * COCO OOOH E HE RR eH eM We've got a celebrate including your valued patronage. Our best holiday wishes to you PURNEL DISTRIBUTORS 4400 Minto Rd., Cast Merry Christmas from Management & Staff Combine grape juice, cran berry juice cocktail and lemonade (not reconstitut- ed). Refrigerate until need- ed. Put ice in punch bow! at serving time. Add juices and soda water. Ladle into Punch cups. (Serves about 35.) Note: White grape juice is available at many imported food stores and European delicatessens. STRAWBERRY- YOGURT WHIP 255 g carton frozen Strawberries, thawed 4 cartons natural yogurt (175 g each) 500 mL ice water Combine, ingredients in glass of blender and buzz until smooth. Put ice cubes in 6 tall glasses and pour yogurt mixture over. (Serves 6.) haf VIL 5R4 + 352-5391 * CRESTON + CRANBROOK 2 Thanks, friends, ~ I With Warm Regards hristmas Let this holiday be onc wort waiting for Wishing you and your children the jovs you deserv: BASRAN HOLDINGS 365-6092 “Thank You!" to our many friends who have relied upon our services. We truly appreciate that trust A joyous Holiday season to each of youl ww Sanitone rift Mee Dryer Sincerely Vito & his staff Sel-bex QUALITY DRY CLEANERS ALTERATIONS & TAILORING lot to legar * 365-3111 Castleaird Plaza ¢ Phone 365-5145 recovery Mental Health Care in the West Story and photos by Koo te na Y Arthur Joyce Ithough changes in attitude have come a long way in recent decades, there may still be a tendency to think of iomeless bag ladies when the term ‘mental illness’ is mentioned. Yet as many as seven out of 10 Patients who end up in hospital emergency wards may simply be in need of short- or long- term mental health care services. It is estimated that in the 1950s and 60s, 50 per cent of hospital beds were occupied by those suffer- ing from mental illness of various kinds. “There's a greater willing- ness for people to come forward and seek help,” says Nelson Mental Health Services director Myrna Top: Linda Woods, counsellor, shows the wide variety of helpful infor- mation available in brochure form. Middle: Pat McMaster, volunteer coordinator/crisis counsellor, fills in on receptionist duty. Left: An outside view of Nelson Community Services "a wide open door to help.” care,” says Martin. “It’s just not cost-efficient nor effective to have psych wards in every small town.” Trail's three resident psychia- trists visit Nelson two days a week to provide patients and their family doctors and Ss with and Homicidal or suicidal patients calling in for help are seen immedi- ately. im Nelson the increase in funding has made it possible to hire new staff, spreading the workload more evenly for formerly over- taxed counsellors both at the Mental Health Center and Community Sive partners as well as the Male Violence Intervention Program for men. “When we're dealing with violence it's an issue of power and control,” says Community Services director Lena Horswill. “Edu- cation needs to start with the young in school—they ‘re being bom- barded with media images of dominating relationships.” Although women still account for the majority in statistics on abuse, studies have shown that males may be more subject to repeated abuse, often due to continuous contact with coaches or Priests. Recent studies have also shown that children who witness violence at home experience the same kind of trauma as abuse victims. Martin, “and that is a benefit to society.” Seeking help can mean the differ- ence between a few months or many years of misery, not to mention significantly improved productivity and overall content- edness. In fact, it has only been within the last decade or so that mental health services have become a priority in governmental ‘We really need to focus on preventative work with kids —Hy the time they’re adolescents it’s too late.’ Community Services Director “We really need to focus on preventative work with kids—by the time they're adoles- cents it’s too late,” says Horswill. Martin Sees as another priority the continued devel- opment of prog for ly abused children. “I would suspect there is an increase in sexual abuse, although it's not clear for certain the problem is growing,” — LENA HORSWILL allotment of health care funding. “Compared to the late 60s, when we only had two counsellors working the entire Kootenays, we have far more resources than we used to,” says Trail Mental Health Services director Ron Cameron. “Just this year the provincial government made a 27 Per cent increase in overall funding.” Cameron's agency coordinates the Trail, Castlegar and Grand Forks area, providing services for approximately 44,000 people, while the Nelson Centre serves Nelson, Salmo, Slocan Valley, Nakusp and up to Kaslo. Programs include Child & Youth, Adult Short Term A and Tri , Adult C ity Support (for those with severe or long term mental illnesses), and Trail Hos- Pital’s 16-bed Daly Pavilion (for in-patient care). The Elderly Ser- vices program begun in September offers help for those over 65, a Services. It has also meant reducing waiting lists from four months to four weeks, and adding much-needed services. Nelson Commu- nity Services, which is funded by the Ministry of Social Services and Mental Health, has expanded its after-hours crisis phone line services to Salmo, New Denver, Nakusp and Kaslo. Crisis line counsellors are trained volunteers who provide the vital link between short-term crisis intervention and referral to follow up care through agencies and support groups such as ACCESS (for sub- stance abuse/addiction) or Mental Health Services. The youth pro- gram’s full-time street worker, Williams Omoniyi, works directly with Nelson teens on their own turf, lending a listening ear and referrals to counselling. for physically or sexually abused women will soon group that has tradi been overl d in the alk of mental health care. “The trend is toward more community-based be hired and there are volunteer safe homes for those escaping abu- she says. “What is clear is that there’s much more disclosure of it due to the education that children and parents are getting on the issue.” While much press is given to the American phenomenon of de- inst g the ly y ill and dumping them onto the streets, in B.C. a more humane solution is underway. “We've learned from the U.S. experience and we have a tradition in Canada of taking care of vulnerable people in our society,” says Martin. Through a combination of medication, group homes, work pro- grams, and ongoing counselling through Support groups such as Friends of Schizophrenia, those formerly marginalized by society are being helped to reintegrate. . “We have a tremendous edge over Europe and the U.S. but they're waking up to more humane solutions too,” says Cameron. “It's not a problem that just disappears, it’s not cheap and it needs ongoing services.”