I LE in RS 0 A tT I NA a ~~ for local BAO LANH DIEP: Surprised and pleased. oS . Sixteen-year-old_ Bao ‘Lanh Diep of Terrace will leave. August 17.to fly to France, | where he will live for a year as an exchange student. The Terrace Rotary Club is sponsoring him - in this venture. by Pam Whitaker On arrival at Paris Airport, the Caledonia student will be " met by the first of his three host families. They will drive to the city of Lyon, the second largest city in. France situated near the Disabled student (fi geographic center of the country south of Paris. There the Rotary Club has arranged for himtodo some sightseeing as well as at-" tend school = = ssi Bao Lanh Diep has completed Grade 11 in Terrace, and his. year in a French school will be the equivalent in value to Grade 12 here. He has four years of French in high school and did very well in that subject. It:is his. aim to speak fluently in French - by the time he returns’ to Can- adaa Sa “I was surprised and pleased that I had ‘been choosen for this trip’? Diep said. He attended a conference in Vancouver. June 16-18 where he mixed with about | 80 exchange students, some out- bound, . others visiting from various countries, “It was in- teresting and informative hear- . ing them share their experienc- es, > he said. - mS Bao Lanh Diep is looking for- ward to his time as an exchange student and also to entering medical school at sometime in the future. - students qualify.for loans - Forgivable loans of up-to - $10,000 for severely disabled full _ and part-time post-secondary students are to be made ayail- able under the revised Forgiv- able Loans for Disabled Stu- dents Program, Stan Hagen, Minister for Advanced Educa- tion and Job Training announic- - ed recently, -“The program is designed to encourage disabled students to pursue an educational goal which might otherwise be unob- tainable. Goods and services such as special computer equip- ment, transportation, and resto- rative devices are covered by the funding,” said Hagen. The revised eligibility criteria now allows severely disabled university and college students carrying less than three courses during an academic year to app- ly for assistance. Students should submit ap- plications through their Special Needs Counsellor, or a Financial Aid Officer at the institution they attend. Safety rewarded _ At the final public meeting of the school year for the School District 88 board, four local people were given awards from the Insurance Corporation of B.C. for their contributions to traffic safety awareness in. schools. “Teachers Elizabeth Metz- This new contender from JONSERED with its stronger mid-section con really } take a beating. The gq ‘Super 670 pocks o- i powerful punch. . gf eon JJonsered Super 670 Takes onthe = Heavyweights! Ssered protine SEE THE JONSERED SUPER 676 AT YOUR DEALER fi RIVER INDUSTRIES (TERRACE) LTD. P.O, BOX 539 — TERRACE, 8.G. V8G 485 B120A HIGHWAY 10 WEST S3E7355 meier, Bliss Dodd and Mary Papais and RCMP Cst. Ewen Harvie received plaques for their efforts in establishing school- based CounterAttack student groups. _ The awards were presented by trustee Wayne Braid. It's Cool... It's Fast... It's Tough Will out cut anything in its class Ted Accept tha challe ond be ocucbos A CUT ABOVE THE REST se ; ‘ " wpa eden een: oy Laity (Pegg a ase oe sect ath ay ketene ae tt Ries EEE ge WLP AE acetal 8 Maa ee ae AE RR big tg Bes Bee Bee Ss ane Pa EO ER EES GE Pt ee Aj Welr of Kamloops (right) claimed his Terrace Kinsmen lottery prize from Kinsmen lottery project chalrman Dave Andrews last week. The prize, valued at $19,600, consists of an 18-foot aluminum riverboat built by Neld Enter-. prises of Terrace, a 90-horsepower Mariner Jet outboard motor and EZ Loader trailer from Ken's Marine, and . ' fishing gear and life Jacket from Northwest Sportsman. Money raised through the lottery will help support the Kinsmen Kiddies’ Kamp, the Kinsmen complex at North Sparks and Halliwell and the Kinsmen scholarship and bursary program. Welr, who Is retired, says he was just passing through Terrace on his way to a Douglas Channel . \ fishing trip when he purchased his ticket. Kiti K’Shan Primary School. has earned a cash award for their innovative traffic safety projects. The Insurance Cor- poration of B.C. invited all schools in the province to submit . an entry describing traffic safety projects undertaken to make the roads a safer place. _ ' All entries for the area were evalutated and judged at ICBC’s “head office in North Vancouver on May 24. ICBC Traffic Safety representatives will be presen- ting $500 cash award to the school. They will also receive an engraved plaque and/or an awards certificate to display in their school. The School Traffic Safety Traffic safety award for Kiti K’Shan . Awards Program is a province- wide annual program designed to encourage student participa- tion in school and community traffic safety activities. The pro- gram is co-ordinated by ICBC for the Government of British Columbia. Project Squeeze was made possible by grants and other invaluable assistance from: _ Skeena Union Board of Health Kaiser Substance Abuse Foundation - : Community Act Terrace Rotary Club ion Programs of the National Drug Strategy” - Health and Welfare Canada - B.C. Community Action Program B.C. Ministry of Labour and Consumer Services B.C. Youth Advisory Council, Youth Grants Program British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education and Job Training Alcan Smelters and Chemicals _ Bert’s Delicatessen Canada Safeway Dairyland Foods Dairy Queen Brazier Restaurant .; J & F Distributors Mark Kloske McDonalds’s Restaura Overwaitea Foods Grant Piffer Pizza Hut and Totem Furniture. - Richards Cleaners Savalas Steak House aaa School District #88 (Terrace) Sears Canada . Spee Dee Printers | + Terrace Builders Centre’ Terrace Co-operative Association nts The Donut Factory Williams Moving & Storage Wilkinson Business Machines | All-West Glass Totem Press Terrace Ltd., the Terrace Review newspaper, Northern Sentinel Press Ltd., the Terrace Standard newspaper, Okanagan Skeena Group Ltd., Lakelse Junior High, the Terrace Writers’ Guild, Tom Walker, Sight & Sound I would like to also thank the many individuals who gave time and offered moral support throughout the year. Special thanks to: Parents, staff of Skeena Junior Secondary School and Pete, the bus driver. Projuct Syuniza is 6 community development program of the Skoona Union Bos al toatl Project Co-ordinator Gail Murray