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COMMUNITY DAY
Festivities planned in WV

JOIN THE festivities as West
Vancouver celebrates its annual
Community Day on Saturday,
June 3.

The morning starts off at 9 a.m.
with a pancake breakfast at 18th
and Marine Drive sponsored by the
‘Rotaract Club, a young peopie’s
leadership group. :

Those participating in the
parade will assemble at 10 a.m. at

A DAY
In COURT

THE FOLLOWING people ap-
peared in North and West Van-
couver provincial courts recently to
face various charges laid against
them.

Before Judge J.B. Paradis in
North Vancourer. provincial court
on May 19:

Percy Aga received a conditional
discharge and was placed on pro-
bation for six months after the
41-year-old North Vancouver man
pleaded guilty to assaulting
another person in connection with
a March [0 incident.

ent

Elaine Kathleen Joseph received
a conditional discharge and was
placed on probation for six months
after the 23-year-old Vancouver
woman pleaded guilty to theft
under $1,000 in connection with a
theft of merchandise from Sears

Canada Inc.
aan

Ramin Motamedi was fined $100
and placed on probation for nine
. months after the 18-year-old North
Vancouver man was found guilty
of assaulting another male in con-
nection with a Feb. 26 incident.
Before Judge R.D. Grandizon in
West Vancouver provincial court
on May 18:
Gregory Stoltman was fined
More Court
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820. MARINE. DR,

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Ambleside Park, and the parade
sets off at 11 a.m. Following this
year’s theme of Capture a Dream,
parade marshall Peter Miller and
his ‘dreammakers’ will be present
at numerous points along the
route, running from Ambleside
Park along Marine Drive to the
West Vancouver Recreation Centre
at 780-22nd St.

Opening ceremonies will be held

at noon at the recreation complex
and will feature West Vancouver
Mayor Don Lanskai! and the Van-
couver Fire Fighters Band.

Maypole dancing and a perfor-
mance by the West Vancouver
Youth Band will take place at
12:15 p.m.

Additional entertainment in-
cludes dancers, singers, musicians,
puppet shows, and arts and crafts

EMPLOYMENT,
SSS PLUS pr yok Ze

IF YOU ARE AN EMPLOYER

e wanting to hire help now;
e able to train on the job; and

date skills on the job.

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Receive All of an Employee’s Wage

You can raceive 100% of an employee's wage,
up to $7.00 per hour, plus a supervisor's wage,
when you hire and train someone in a project
leaving a tourism legacy in your community.
If you can provide materials and can offer in-
come assistance recipients jobs that provide

Ask Us About Your Project!

{T'S GOOD FOR PEOPLE!

experience can be their first step to permanent employment and an indep

PCr ee eee ee oe 2 ee

© interested in wage assistance during
the training period,

ASK US ABOUT EMPLOYMENT PLUS!

OU HIRE AND
*LL HELP PAY.

IT’S GOOD FOR THE.EMPLOYER!

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM

FOR PRIVATE SECTOR BUSINESSES, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS .

Receive Half of an Employee’s Wage

You can help ease your workload, and raceive 50% of an
employee's wage, up to $3.50 per hour assistance, when
you hire and train someone now receiving income
assistance from the Ministry of Social Services and Hous-
ing. We'll help you, while you help someone develop or up-

COMMUNITY TOURISM EMPLOYMENT TRAINING PROGRAM

FOR REGISTERED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
work experience and develop skills, we'll pay

the wages.

Use This Program to:

The Employment Plus group of programs is part of a $25,7 million conti-
nuing commitment from your provincial government to help income
assistance recipients get back into the work force by assisting British Cot-
umbia emptoyers to hire and train.

Employment Plus gives people receiving income assistance the oppor-
tunity to develop or update skills while training on the job. This work

(£9 Province of British Columbia
Ministry of Socia! Services and Housing
Honourable Claude Richmond, Minister

¢ organize festivals and special events;
© create or upgrade tourist and recreation areas;
© construct or complete arts and sports facilities.

by local artists.

The whole family can participate
in games and there will be activities
for teens. Special events for
children include a carnival,
Maplewood Farm animal display

and face painting.

Those who get hungry or thirsty
can visit the concession stands,
baked goods tables or the beer
garden being run by the West
Vancouver Rotary Club.

This year’s Community Day has
a special focus on National Access
Awareness Week. There will be an
access awareness booth in the Ar-
butus gymnasium where the public

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can get hands-on experience with
simulated physical disabilities.

From noon to 1:45 p.m. in the
West Vancouver Seniors Activity
Centre parking lot, members of the
public can manoeuvre their way in
a wheelchair through a specially-
designed obstacle course.

At 2:15 p.m_ several local
dignitaries will race in wheelchairs
around an obstacle course.

At 3:15 p.m. at the east end of
the front lawn, Fred Fox will give
a 15-minute disabled field sport
demonstration.

For further information con—
tact Roy Smith at 922-3007.

job t'm offering.

To Qualify

As an employer, you must be able to:
* create an additional job for 30 to 40 hours per week for a

minimum of 2 months; and

* pay at least the provincial minimum wage; and
* provide a trainee with work experience and job skills.

“IT'S GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY!. -

endent and secure future.

Employment Plus is a major commitment under a federal/provincial agree-
ment to provide employment opportunities for income assistance

recipients.

FOR PROGRAM DETAILS AND APPLICATION FORMS, CONTACT YOUR NEAREST DISTRICT OFFICE.
In Vancouver and the

Telephone: 669-5888
(9:00 - 5:00 Monday - Friday)

- TOGETHER. A BETTER BRITISH COLUMBIA. |

Arce reentrant arr’ arti rie

eee:

“It's taken a lot of pressure off me. They've already
pre-screened the applicants and. .
has already expressed an aptitude for the type of

ENVIRONMENT YOUTH CORPS

A component of the Environment Youth Corps
provides work experiance and job skills to Income
assistance recipients between 17 and 24 years
through park improvement projects in both rural
and urban areas throughout British Columbia.
This is made possible through the co-operation
of the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of
Tourism and Provincial Secretary, and the
Ministry of Social Services and Housing.

. the applicant

Trevor Eastveld
Pets Pantry, Vancouver

Lower Mainland