- 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

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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.

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regular director,

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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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