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Han aidicapped find work

creased al depen-
ened ial dee
stability and intellectual
skill,” Thomson said,
“Many =0f'the han-
dicapped people have
gone into the work force
and used the skills they
learned at the workshop
fo. earn ai living,”
Thomson said. °
The workshop solicits
contracts and jobs which
by their nature are
unattractive to local
ess or for which no
local service or facility

ts.
“The workshop is
fiivided into the wood-

such commodities as
tables, chairs, toys,
‘survey stakes, trailer
blocs, picture frames and
other forms of custom
work such as bookshelves
and stereo stands.

In the. handicrafts shop
sich skillg as macrame,
sewing, and the. con-
struction of other goods

2such as toys, doll houses
and clothes sre taught.

At present there are 24
trainces who attend the
workshop on a regular
basis. Nine of the
students attend the
workshop five days per
week. “taight of the
trainees hold part-time

jobs. in the community:

and. another eight are
senior students at Jack
Cook ‘school who attend
the workshop two days

per week when school is.

not in session.

Thomson says © 4a
trainees lep-
better worl :
behavior fi... -l'ag |
onanequal bi 2"... the
-pon-handicap,> |
“Unfortun .. the

services we provie nay
have to be per’ i a dby
onl ona" workers
and *..5 \. .«kshop may
have to function on the
money which is earned
from the sale of han-
dicrafts and from the

cabin

contracting we do for
such things a8 survey
stakes and ‘railer blocs,”
says Thomson.

Thomagon ead she

believes ..ne' ‘duality of’:

services provided, by the

workshop will decline in
the event that more
government money is not
available in the future.
This would be a loss tothe
community and to the
trainees. "

Twemen inj ured -

ara ee ff oveys

tae is Sete -

in ‘plane crash

.CRANBROOK, 8.C, (CP)
— Two unldentifie men
were in critical condition
Thursday in Cranbrook
Reglonal Hospital after a
fire-spotter plane crashed In
the Finley Cresk area of
spuensars “pBritish,.Co-

LBs 5 4 ahs of bobbes

A hospital spokesman said
the men suffered severe
burns and were to be tran-
sterred by helicopter to the
burns unit at Foothills
Hospital in Calgary,

The provinclal forest

Protection branch in Victoria
said the men were aboard a
Plane which was being used
in the East Kootenay to
check the dangerous forest

: fire situation. in the Canal

Flats district in the Rocky
Mountain trench.

Further details were not

’ immediately available.

Don Owen, director of the
branch, sald B.C. is on the
brink of a forest fire
disaster, with 442 fires
burning.

Gwen said there was no
sign ofa break in the hot, dry
weather and any increase in
wind would be disastrous.

He said it has cost his
department $9.5 miillon to
fight forest fires, 80 far this

x
ors ribengat te main

fight ia human stupidity.

As an example, he said
that of 10 new fires reported
in the Kamloops district
Wednesday, two were
caused by discarded
cigarettes, one by hot
briquets dumped from a
barbecue and two by
abandoned campfires in an
area where they are banned.

He said there have been
several instances where

people have been asked to
extinguish campfires and
refused.

Four charges have been
lald under the campfire ban
in the Penticton-area and
others are being con-
templated in the Princeton
area of southwestern B.C.

Perfume attracts bear

STEHEKiN, Wash. (AP
— It must have been the

perdume she wore to a dance '

that prompted her heart-
slopping, nose-to-nose brush

wit! 4 bear in the night, says ©

ra Stewart, 32, of

It happened early Sunday
morning, after Ms. Stewart
returned from a dance to her
thtee miles up
Stehekin Valley. It was hot,
so she hauled out a sleeping
bag and bedded down out-
side, about 100 yards from
her home,

She awoke about 2:30 a.m.
to feel ‘something breathing
very heavily” near her face,

“TI could see it waa a bear.
It was sniffing about and I

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could feet its nose touching:
ce, ms

“I laid there like I’ was

dead. I held my breath, The

bear kept walking around:

and around. I could see it in
the starlight.”

- newspaperwoman,

. she

A former _Terrace
Therese Tessler-
Brousseau, known. to
longtime Terrace

- residents ‘as Tess, is:
’ planning an Arctic ad-.

venture through some of
the most sepctacular
wilderness in Canada, but
more importantly, she ig

hoping to bring ‘“‘a couple.

of hundred”? of - women

along as part of the

“Exploration North”
motor vehicle caravan.

Brousseau, who is
currénily ‘living in a
Dodge van with 126,000
miles on it as she con-
ducts a ‘scouting
mission” for the trip, said
. Wants women,
especially middle-aged,

who are free to travel for |

two to three months to
join her on the initial
phase of the trip, a drive
through the . Northwest

Territories along the ,

Dempster Highway from
_ Dawson City to Inuvik.
-After this part of the
journey, Brousseau
- explained, the women are
free to choose a variety of
options which include a
flight to Tuktoyaktuk to
view the Beaufort Sea,
joining an excursion ©
along the Nahannl into
the “Headless Valley", or
participating in a canoe
trip down the Mackenzie
River to Fort Simpson
(motor vehicles. will
follow on a barge). Af-
terwards, she continued,
the ‘women can travel to

yellowknife and Fort .
Smith as part of the route —

home.

Brousseau said the only
restriction on the trip is
that women need either a
camper unit or camping
gear in their cars, but
suggested a few women
mechanics, electricians,

(ue -
plumbers, doctors >in?
nurses might be” of,
assistance.

There will be no charge;
to the women, aside from
their
she . added, . and
Brousseau said she would
be respensible for the

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Province of British Columbia
Ministry of Transportation,
- Caramunications & Highways
Dease Lake Highways District

PUBLIC NOTICE

faliowlng perlods;

Saturday, August 11, 1979
Sunday, August 12, 1979

. repairs.
. Dated: Aucust 3, 1979

At: Terrace
(08,9,10)

ROAD CLOSURE

Please be advised that Highway No. 37 will be closed at
Willow Creek, 135 km South of Dease Lake during the

These closures are necessary jo facliltate bridge

lt you are serious about improving your lifestyle by 1984, no

The Director of Student Services

The Gertiflad General Accountants’ Association of British Columbia
The C.G.A. Building
_ 1555 W. Bth Avenue
Vancouver .
Phone: 732-1211

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is tha time to make appropriate career plans. Men and wome:
with managemant potential should be considering the advantages
‘ of financial training.

The CGA program will provide you with the knowledga you need for 4
Career in financial management — accounting, finance, taxation, auditing
computer systems. itis a program that will atford a person (he opportunit
of becoming 4 tacognized professional whather employed in industry
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The program was developed in co-operation with the Faculty of Commerce
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Courses can be completed by lecture ar correspondence and students
should be emptoyed In relaied positions while enrolled in the program.

Ragistration is on until August 17th. 1 youneed more information or would
like to talk te someone about your prospects as a GGA, contact:

. "SEEKS COMPANIONS.
| Therese Tessier plans.

the tour will leave in

" August, 1980. She is also

currently filming the trip
and plans to return to
Terrace In November to
show the film and answer
any specific questions.

Women from all over

‘The Heratd, Friday, August 10, 1979, Page 3

t

ari’arctic adventure

North " America : have

already expressed their
interest, she added, and
Baid that women in this
area who are interested
in further information
can write to her-care of
Ruth Hallock: ‘at ‘CFTK,

“heh

who will forward mail to

ha ther thing,” said
ne other "ga

Brousseau, “I'd like to

say helloto all my friends
in Terrace. I'm afraid I
won't have a chance
before I leave,”

group and. “plans to co = SS a ee oe a af
ordinate the tour i ri
“P'm doing something I. lt i
want to do,” she sald. W - |:
“T'm not interested in if : Me
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things before they're 65 {|
and die.” - qf l
of he sening sion | i
she is ig Presently going . q I
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