Page A12 — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 17, 1992
‘Mote tutor training planned

TERRACE — What appeared to
be a uncertain future for local lit-
eracy efforts has changed.

Several government grants have

now been received to: fi nance.

Project Literacy Terrace...’

‘The group has signed a contract ;
with the social service ministry to: -

start a small newspaper for begin-

ning redders and to provide help”
for people filling out goverment

forms...

And just recently, the group an-.
nounced it had received. another: -
government grant ‘to continue its

tutor training program, -

‘That program has turned out ap. | :
proximately. : 20. tutors over the’
last year. and. will hold” another

training. session ‘this September, -
These people work individually.

with those learning: how: ‘to. read -

and wrile.

“Money. for this is. “provided by®.
Northwest. Community College

through a‘ grant from the ‘provin-
cial advanced education ministry:

‘“The college is: aware of. the:
néed for coriniunity-based. liter-
acy in this area and of the need
for ‘additional: _momcy,”” Project...
Literacy : Terrace - board. member .. |
Larry Bolingbroke said last week, i

classes. °
That’lt enable the group to con-

tinue ..to.:meet. a demand en- ¢

countered when it set ‘up ils pro-
grams last Nhe

“There's also a. possibility of ori
group receiving ; federal assistance’.
for. English as a second Jaguige

said: Bolingbroke.

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_ they'll be co-ordinated a with more
advanced |

intermediate © and advs
COURSES at the college, he said.

Another board member, Patti

- Barnes, said Project Literacy Ter-..
race will keep up efforts to pro- ..

mote literacy.

“We hope to reach people ¥ we
haven’t reached yet. The. plain
language - bulletin, will advertise
community events and local in-

formation. pertinent to the lives of -
2 people who live here,’ she said. |

» Bares. emphasized that literacy |.

programs work besi in small set

tings such as Project Literacy.

Terrace’s The Reading Place
drop-in centte,,

“The group is also. sharing a

" summer student with the North-

sociation,
That person will also work on
cataloguing. a sct of literacy

materials purchased last year and --
available at the college for -dis- ;

tribution throughout its coverage ,
~ the government was once located,
- on Lakelse Ave,

afea;’.
‘Project Literacy Terrace opened

west Development Education As-

“the doors to The Reading Place -

just over a year ago with the help
of a $51,000 federal and Previn
cial grant.

Similar efforts are “(nderway in. |

Houston and in Kitimat. Those

centres are also receiving moncy

this year from the college through

the advanced education ministry.
‘The Reading Centre here is lo-

cated on the second floor of the
Anglican church building, where

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