- Weekl

Record, Au

ust 3, 1988

Mayor Mike Caisley sat in on the Peace
River-Liard Regional District Board Meeting
held in Tumbler Ridge on July 29. It was a

temporary

Pat Walsh, Mayor of Fort St. John and former first Mayor of
Tumbler Ridge, was busy munching on a donut while he sat
in on the Peace River-Liard Regional District Board
Meeting, held in Tumbler Ridge on July 27.

“hat”
Alderman Wayne Fox, could join the
meeting.

till

regular director,

| Robertson

responds to
questionnaire

by Nancy Perkins

On January 9, 1988, the
Honourable Tony Brum-
met, Minister of State for
the Northeast Region,
hosted the first Regional
Development Meeting in

Teen Job

Mart report

Well here it is...the
moment you’ve been wait-
ing for! It’s the weekly
report from the Teen Job

Mart and it’s a good one
indeed!

One hundred and eighty
-two job orders have been
received from you, the
local people of Tumbler
Ridge, and these requests
have created 363 job va-

Youth entrepreneurs

by Youth Administrator
Sharon Simmons

The Youth Entrepre-
neurs are established and
progressing at a steady
pace. Our summer office
has been set up, thanks to
Northern Lights College,
and the number of entre-
preneurs is increasing.

The first business off
the ground is the North
East Trader, which put
out its free introductory
issue on Wednesday, July
27. This local buy and sell
paper, owned by Denny
LeDuc and David Ward,
will be published every
Wednesday and is availa-
ble at Tags, Peoples Drug
Mart and the Tumbler

Ridge Inn.

Derek’s Stain Removal
will be ready for business
as of August 1. Derek
Stock is offering his ser-
vices to remove those
awful yellow stains from
your houses.

North East  Supple-
ments, owned by Kely
Fraser and Denny LeDuc,
will soon be open to
supply the residents of
Tumbler Ridge with Wei-
der weight-lifting equip-
ment, supplements and ‘a
new line of athletic cloth-
ing.

Jason Fisher and Steph-
an Frenette are progress-
ing on the research and
development of their busi-

A forest fire could hit you right
where you live...

ness idea. Our newest
group of entrepreneurs,
Kirby Lenart, Chris Neil-
-son, David Neraasen and
Mike Walker, are current-
ly working on their busi-
ness plan for a new and

used sporting goods out-
let.

Thank you to all those
who came out to our open
house on Friday, July 29,
the response was great.
Also special thanks to
Tags Food and Gas for
the donation of dough-
nuts for our open house.

The residents of Tum-
bler Ridge may very well
be seeing a lot more small
businesses run by youths.

cancies for the 137 teens
registered with the Job
Mart.

Whew! What an incred-
ible response rate from
everyone. Only 24 more
job orders are required to
double the number of job
requests from last year.
Let’s go for it. Tumbler
‘Ridge!

The feedback has also
been great! The local stu-
dents have been doing
some ‘‘awesome’’ work.
They are quick and more
than willing to work. So
it’s up to the community
to keep this spirit going!

The students have done
a variety of jobs. which
include helping people
move, house cleaning,
lawn mowing and babysit-
ting. These are only our
most popular job re-
quests, but don’t think
that this is all the teens can
do.

If you think you have
something that may re-
* quire the assistance of a
young man or young lady,
just call Kim at 242-4246
and she will find the right
student to help you out!
Don’t delay, because the
summer is running out

and Job Mart will be
closing on August 31.

7 STEPS TO HEALTH

. Choose to be a non-smoker.

. Eat a well-balanced diet, low
in fat and high in fibre that
helps you maintain your ideal
weight.

. Have regular medical and den-
tal check-ups.

. Find out about any lump or
sore that does not heal or any
change in your normal state
of health.

Protect yourself against too
much sunlight.

. Learn to avoid known cancer-
producing substances at work,
at home and in the
community.

. Have regular Pap tests and do
monthly breast self-examina-

BRITISH COLUMBIA AND YUKON DIVISION

this area. Designated rep-
resentatives in industry,
business and services were
invited to participate and
form task groups to ad-
dress specific areas of
concern.

In the services section, a
task group was established
to explore the need within
the Region for funded
preventive counselling ser-
vices for individuals, cou-
ples, and families. This
task group formulated a’
questionnaire to assess
what specific preventive
counselling services are
already available in each
community and to identi-
fy present gaps in services.

In March, $1,500 was
allocated to hire consult-
ants to write a final pro-
ject brief. The team hired
includes Brian Cristall, a
psychologist, Amrik Dua,
PhD Economics, | and
Debbie Hamilton, a sec-
ond year student in Social
Services.

The consultants will
have their project brief
ready for submission by
early September. Part of
the material gathered will

result from questionnaires
sent out to involved part-
ies within the region.

Bruce Robertson of the
Employee Assistance Pro-
gram in Tumbler Ridge
has also received and fill-
ed out a questionnaire. As
well as filling out the
questionnaire, Robertson
added a covering letter
pointing out some of the
problems and disparities
with regard to the services
available through the
funding of the provincial
government.

Robertson pointed out
three areas that goe be-
yond the local ARS man-
date. These include indi-
vidual and personal coun-
selling, family relation-
ships counselling and grief
-stress-psychosomatic _ ill-
mess counselling.

With the answers Rob-
ertson was able to pro-
vide, along with the cover
letter, he hopes that Tum-
bler Ridge can play a
positive part in reversing
the enabling role of sup-
porting the furtherance of
human misery and_ its
staggering cost to society.

Book Talk

by Sharon Bray

Tumbler Ridge Days is
coming up August 19-21,
and the Blue Ribbon Hor-
ticultural and Craft Fair is
just part of the fun. This
is the time of year for
Tumbler Ridge residents
of all ages to display their
handicrafts, needlework,
baking, art, photography,
and garden products.

Entry forms will be
available at the Public
Library as of August 10
and must be completed
and submitted by August
19.

Any person may place
as many entries as she/he
wishes, but may place
only one entry in one
specific section. For ex-
ample, enter the vegetable
category as many times as
you wish, but only one
entry in Class #1 Beets.

If you have an entry for
which there is no section,
one will be made for you.
There’s always room for
new ideas.

To be eligible for the
“Grand Aggregate
Prize,’’ an exhibitor must
have entries in three or
more classes. Children, 14
years of age and under,
may enter any category/

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class. Their entries will be
judged separately.

Some examples of the
Handicrafts section for
children are: model kits,
oil paint by number,
string art, ceramics, and
more. There is also a
children’s baking section
and horticulture section
where some classifications
are flower arrangement
and decorated mud pies.
A Grand Aggregate Prize
will be awarded in this age
class as well.

The Tumbler Ridge
Public Library is a good
source for ideas and
plans. We have books
covering all categories:
photography, pottery,
painting, wood working,
paper tole, quilting, cro-
cheting, embroidery, can-
ning, baking, gardening,
just to name a few.

Come to the library,
find a book on the cate-
gory of your interest, pick
‘up an entry form for the
Blue Ribbon Fair and on
.August 20 go home witha
blue ribbon. It’s that easy,
and it’s fun!

For more information,
contact the library at 242- —
4246.

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