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No; they’re not victims from a.
- welght-watchers class, theyre”
just the Terrace Rod and Gun.
.club’s “Happy Hikers” doing thelr

thing/at the Gang Show held In the

‘Tetrace, . beglon” on Wednesday

Not to be ‘outdone, the Terrace: °

Ladies Curling Club put on their
spoof on that popular TV program,
~“Love Corruption”. Here hosf,
‘Truck Thistle. Fly, extreme left,
introduces. ‘Dr. ‘Doolittle,’ right, to

pete reayrn OR LIR A atten pets rant kenrEenreta dren

evening. As that famous saying |
goes from that famous movie we
can’t ‘seem to remember, Kiss.
me you fool’. They went on fo win’
the show. »

tis lovely spring bride,. Halryet,

As you can plainly see it was love
at first sight, although most
agreed that the entire show was a
sight, and the judges. agreed...they:
set the gong. .

* Terrace

Terrace council complimented

At. the, Terrace and. - meeting held on Priday,
February 7,

Judith Jephson, president
of the Chamber: ‘made. the
. following comments: °“"The
and * District
Chamber of Commerce’ was
‘delighted with the number.
of people pertilvatiog fe
Tartece, *,

District “Chamber of
Commerce - executive
meeting ‘on March 1 the’
Counell ‘was -
compliinented aiid’ given _
credit’ for allowing the
public to speak to the Alcan -
representatives ‘for the’
Kemano Compietion
Project, ‘at! ‘the: ‘public the

‘Terrace

sponsored meeting with
Alcan. The. Skeena

‘opinions on_ the “proposed

of the community, ' showed

cern for the northivest area’

 BRUDAY, March 9.
7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. -

p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
ADMISSION FREE .

_ Speech Arta at REM Lee Theatre, 4920 + stam ;
 Ave.s9:30 a.m. to 11:30, ™m,; 1 p.m. to: Sip. m.; and -

Band at Mowat Elizabeth Theatre, 1491 Kingfisher, |
Kitimat: 9 a.m. to 10:30. m.; Ipm. to8 pam m.; + and?

Wai a positive one while

1 Te to be expressed.’ a
The chamber. has passed

1

support for the construction
of a smelter at or pear

area and the fish-will win.”

This is the trio the’ Gong Show acts had to get past,
without getting gonged. ln the process. Judges. Ruth
Hallock, left, Bill :Keenleyside, center, and Paul

Axelson, right, were looking for colassal goofiness

and nerves of steel, AS one judge put it, most of these
acts would need nerves of steel to. perform in an
empty room, let alone one with an audience.

+ "Thursday, March &; 1984

~ part-time basis,” he said.

. réquirements are,”

vantage,”

Protection Coalition and 7
interested people had ani’ ”
opportunity to hear other.

Kemano EE Completion:
project. The crowd, which- .
came from a cross section...

" “genuine* interest and .con. |
andit’s future, The meetiig- .
allowing different, opinions

8 resolution showing strong -

‘Terrace sind believes that.’
- “if we all work together, to

solve the problenis arising —

from this project, both the -

If you are, then chances ate. good that eyeut

‘thet’ Heaty Leong. ‘sometiine in: ‘the spring: or
summer,

Leong has been reappointed as ‘tipérv doe or.

_ the Student Employment Services Center at the.
Employment Canada office. He will-continue

his duties from 1983 iiito the. comifg apring and
summer sessions. .

His service area covers points é as far: east as:
Smithers and westwards to Prince Rupert. ‘He
will also be supervising. an office:-in Kitimat,

with the base of operations, here in Terrace.

“My. job, basically, is to match a6 tary
students with as. ‘many. jobs as I can,’’-he ex-
plained, adding that as the - “comrilinity .

‘becomes more famillar ‘with thé. ‘services. his
program offers, | mare’ debs will become :

available. _
“Most people don't realize how eney it ‘ig. to
hire a student to do work; even‘on a: casual or

picking up the. phone, calling the center), and
explaining. to’ us jowaetly. what: “your,

Similarly, he points dut. that students should
also utilize the service ‘to its fullest" extent ~
because it’s designed. to assist them in finding
jobs that are right,.more or less, for. their .
qualifications. -

Some of the services available to students are
creative job search techniques, how tohandle.
job interviews, writing resumes, basically,
marketing yourself, he says.

“Most students: are not familiar. with
techniques that enable the student to market or
sell themselves to the prospective employer,”
says Leong, “so we introduce them. to- the
different. aspects: of job interviews: and how
they can. present ‘themselves to their-best ad-

The employment center also. makes - in-

- formation available to students regarding work,”

“H's-as simple’ BS

stl t

25 cents Established 1908

“in cian throughout’ BC.
a alunteee wan, rogram. auch as
‘the Canada: oa ‘Fonth r Frogram and the”
Katimavik | program. -
These are: two options” available. to these.

“unemptoyed. students who would. like to get

work experience in different communities In

‘Canada,’ or even in another country.

The center also offers free services to. anyone

inthe businéss community who plans to hire a

‘aumimer student, or is thinking of hiring one.
. “We can save the employer time and money

by’ having all applicants for his‘ job vacancy —
'. come ‘through us,” says Leong, “instead of

having 20 of 30: people asking the employer. .
about his job and taking up his time, We do the

pre-screening to pick the best choices for the » a

job and these people are sent to the interview.
The employer can then make his selection from

"group of people that are already close to the

requirements of his job,”
The employment. center also offers free

. advertising for . jobs, and runs a student .

referral service.
Employers can aiso use the center as a

- source of information regarding availability’ of

federal and provincial'funding for student work
programs, data regarding workers com-

“ pensation board requirements, moinimum wage
- lawa- and details in connection with human. _

rights,
Leong said that the job situation has im-

proved dramatically over the past two years

and he. expects that the trend will continue in
1984, -
Statistics show thatin 1983, the number of job
vacancies increased by 105 per cent over the
number of vacancies available in 1982.

He sayd that 1984 should be much the same |

because funding forthe program, while not:

being increased, has remained at the same .

~ fevel: $200,000 for. the ‘Skeera region, with
. "Terrace getting the major portion..

1983 also saw an increase in the number of
applicants registered in the program. Leong

said that ‘ast. year, * 595 je had ape

weg ‘Blications i in the. office, ready to.g9. ta_work: «|:
» That's :
“ previous year,

incréige™ ot “43, per cent over the

‘He thinks’ ‘this Ineréans is is due to @ growing

7: awareness ., among.” -studenta that - the em-
’. ployment center does: provide a. ood, service
. for those students: seeking work. cet

Students in the employment. program are.

_ available for work on an hourly, daily, weekly,

or monthly basis and are ready to go to work on
short notice. .
He adds that although most students’ will not

be available until the .middle of Aptil; erm-

ployers should get their applications i in early to.
avoid the rush. .

While students can and will replace
vacationing staff and can help meet temporary.
summer peaks in production, the mioat ims
portant aspect of the program is that the:
students will also be the. future source of:
trained, full-time employees, in years to come.

Henry Leong graduated from the University
of Victoria in 1980 with a degree in Biology. His
eventual goal is to work in the field of nutrition, :

He has worked'in the ministry of the en:
vironment, the. ministry of forests, ‘and has
done volunteer work for the Western Institute.

' for ‘the Deaf,

He . recommends that "students who lack
job experience’ go out ‘and approach
business's and organizations and volunteer to:
do work for them to get the experience..-  <

Students who. .wish. to find employment:

. through the center should register now to avoid:

the spring rush when school gets out, wh
Employers who are planning to hire students:
this summier should also apply early go that the:
service can classify the different joba and begin:
preparing the incoming. bateh ‘of unemployed:

_ students.

Henry Leong can be reached at the Student:
Employment Center at 635-7134, extension 240.
between the hours of 8:30. to’ 4:30 Pm. on?
Mondays to Friday. Ce te,

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OTTAWA (CP). amendments will ensure and some provinces, . If approved, it would be . and guaranteed continuing:
Legislation will ‘be .in- that Indian - slatus can oo. the second constitutional constitutional conferences: .
- troduced to ‘end neither be gained nor lost _ But .. Premier  Hene a nendment since 1982 and - to work. out changes afi
digcrimination _ against through marriage. - ; Levesque, while endorsing youid require approval by . fecting aboriginal peoples::
Indlan: women who ‘marty That Would appear to thé ceoncept of self- Parliament and at least = . ;
non-natives, Prime Minister indicate that white women government, refused to gover provinces . Davis and Levesque, the
Trudeau said today, who marry Indians will no | 8dorse the amendment on representing 50 per cent of first premiers to speak
. Trudeau, opening the longer gain Indian status. grounds — that ebec the population. - ‘were followed by. Nova
second annual  con- Removal’ of - the con- Temains adamantly. op- ~ The first amendment, Scotia Premier John
‘atitullonal conference on troversial’ section of the .posed to the new  Con- approved last ear, Buchanan and New
_ aboriginal rights, gave no Indian Act has long been awe waebten 1982, resognized and afflened Brunswick Premier ::
details but said the urged — Grou ovides. the French aboriginal and treaty rights Richard Hattield, :
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