THE YMCA has opened its doors
with a new program to help unem-
ployed men and women, age 17 to
30, current:y collecting welfare.
“Our success lies in the fact that
we can help a young person get
that first step into a job that he or
she would not likely be able to get
on his or her own,”’ said Benjamin
Griffin, director of the YMCA
Youth Employment Centre at 972
Marine Dr. in North Vancouver.

business
briefcase
Michael Becker

“Employers like our service and
come: back: to us’ when they. need

new: ‘applicants. We. work ’ with”

employers to provide good ‘solid
training so our participants don’t
end up. with dead-end jobs,”’ Grif-
fin said.

- During: ffi ive’ weeks of classroom
_time, ‘job. ‘seekers explore job fin-
ding. methods, interviewing tech-
niques, resume writing, career and
aptitude testing, and fitness and
lifestyles.

. have free access to YMCA facili-
ties.

Since starting at the beginning of
the year, the program has resulted
in an 80. per. cent job: placement
rate for. participants.

_. ‘The youth’employment centre is
jointly: funded by. Canada
Employment’ and ‘the provincial
government with the YMCA pro-
viding the training.-

The program works closely with
the Ministry of Social Services and
Housing to alleviate the financial

Tax tips
Q. I am an employee and I have to

travel 50 kilometres to and from
work every day. May I deduct the

cost,of transportation to and from -

work on my tax return?
A. No, you may not. However,
every employee~ is entitled to

deduct an employment expense |

deduction. The deduction is 20 per
cent.of employment income and
has a maximum of $500. You
should note, ‘though, that this
deduction - will no longer be
available ‘after the 1987 taxation
year.

Q. 1 am a salesman and am away
from my employer’s place of
business for approximately 20 per
cent of my working time. I do this

regularly — about one day 2 week. |

May I claim the expenses I incur-
red on my. tax return?

A. Yes. You must ordinarily be |

required to conduct duties away
from your. employer’s place of
business. Your travelling must be
done on a regular basis; occasional
absences from your place of
employment will not qualify.

Program participants: :

hardships often associated with job
hunting.

The centre will be holding an
open house April 8 between 2 p.m.
and 4 p.m. to give the public a
chance to find out more about the
project.

Call the centre at 985-2214.

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A VANCOUVER life insurance
agent recently took out a $10,000
policy on her life and named the
B.C. Heart Foundation as the
beneficiary.

Lynda Jackson, a member of the
Life Underwriters’ Association of
Vancouver, handed over a com-
pleted policy form to the Heart
Fund’s Peter Bogardus from North
Vancouver.

Jackson has issued a challenge
to all of the province's life in-
surance agents to follow her ex-
ample. Jackson will pay for the
policy through monthly payments
of $25.40,

“This is a painless and tax
deductable way of contributing to

’ the Heart Fund and should also

demonstrate the affordability of
life insurance to those who are not
aware of its low cost,’’ she said.

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NORTH VANCOUVER resident
. Richard Braithwaite, working on a
Masters. degree ‘in electrical
enginecring at UBC, is among a
group of 25 people to win the first
graduate scholarships awarded by
the province's new Advanced
Systems Institute.

The scholarship is worth $8,000
and will be added to a $12,000
scholarship previously received
from the Natural Sciences and
Engineering Research Council of
Canada.

The new institute’s mission is to
encourage excellence at the fron-
tiers..of modern knowledge and
research in fields including
microelectronics, artificial in-
telligence, robotics and computer

. Science.

The institute was established and
is funded under provisions of. an
Economic Regional Development
Agreement between the federal and
provincial governments.

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NEWS photo Terry Peters

New president

NEW PRESIDENT of the North Shore

Executives

Association Joanne Ward (left) is congratulated for her

past-president Gary
of North Shore

new appointment by
Ward is trainer/manager
Education. Johnstone is president of
pliances.

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Speak Up ... Join In

From April 17 to 23, 1988,
Canadians will participate in
National Citizenship Week — a
celebration of our citizenship and
what it means to be Canadian.

Although in law Canadian citizenship
7 has existed only since 1947, the
spirit that gives Canadians their
special identity
a 7 has lived since
the earliest
days of
Confederation.

Equality, diversity and community
are the essential ingredients of that
spirit, and basic principles of
Canadian society.

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During National Citizenship Week,
people in every corner of the
nation, of all ages, will be showing
what being Canadian means to
them. In schools, in community
centres, offices and neighbourhood
businesses across the country,
Canadians will be doing something
special for Canada.

So speak up! Join in! Be proud — to
be Canadian!

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