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Written by Citizen Staff
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Tuesday, 30 September 2008 |
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Prince George residents are invited to attend the following activities by AimHi.
- Oct. 10 from 8 to 10 a.m.-- AimHi's community living pancake breakfast at 950 Kerry St. Cost is $2.
- Oct. 23 from 1 to 7 p.m. -- AimHi's Healthy Living Fair at 950 Kerry St. by donation.
- Oct. 23 from 7 to 9 p.m.-- Fall Fashion Show at 950 Kerry St. features fashions from The Bay, Honey Tree and Value Village. Tickets are $5.
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The Child Development Centre has a goal to raise $30,000 during its 20th annual Dutch Auction being held Oct. 19 on Shaw TV.
The community can help raise funds to help meet the therapeutic needs of 700 children annually by donating cash, auction items, gift certificates or baskets, or a work of art. For more information call Mary Jarbek, CDC director of community relations, at 250-563-7168 or Email:
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A Dutch auction is a reverse of a regular auction with prices falling the longer it remains unsold. When it hits the price you want to pay, phone in and place your bid.
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Integris Credit Union hosts a free seminar regarding identity theft Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. the Coast Inn of the North. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Visit www.itcanhappentome.ca
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Two Rivers Gallery presents B.C. in a Box: Fingerplay, a B.C. Potters Guild exhibition that will run throughout October. An opening reception is Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
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Riding the wave of last year's victory, Prince George residents donated 142 units of blood during Week 1 of the Interior Drive for Life blood donor challenge against Kelowna, garnering a little more of its weekly blood collection target than its Okanagan counterpart. The local clinic is at 2277 Westwood Drive. Call 1-888-236-6283 to book an appointment.
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In honour of national Right to Know Week, Information and Privacy Commissioner David Loukidelis has announced a Right to Know contest for B.C. students to test their knowledge of information rights. The online contest runs until Friday. Visit www.oipc.bc.ca
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Ellen Zoellmer, a fashion consultant with Optionelle, is in town for an open house Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the meeting room at the Bon Voyage Motor Inn.
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The Canadian Executive Service Organization hosts an information session on volunteering opportunities in aboriginal communities at home and abroad, Tuesday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Civic Centre.
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Kathy Lewis, chair of ecosystem science and management at UNBC, is the speaker at Forestry - a dying profession or an opportunity for rebirth? at 7 p.m. Thursday in room 7-150 at UNBC, and 7 p.m. Friday at the Robson Valley Community Centre in McBride.
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CNC grads Nicholas Fuchs, Tiana Kelly and Tanner Shaw are among 85 B.C. college students who will receive a $5,000 Ike Barber Transfer Scholarship, awarded annually to students transferring to a degree-granting school.
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Faye Cyr, author of Don't Look Back - The Kluskus Trail, will be hosting a book-signing from 2-5 p.m. Oct. 18 at Coles Books at Pine Centre Mall.
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Organizations, First Nations and local governments are invited to apply to the Trees for Tomorrow program, a cost-sharing venture to plant millions of trees in public places around B.C. in the next five years. Check www.treesfortomorrow.gov.bc.ca for more information.
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The P.G. Construction Association invites members of the local Chamber of Commerce to attend its general membership meeting Monday at the Coast Inn of the North. Brent Hegger, project manager at Rio Tinto Alcan, will speak about the Kitimat Modernization Project. Call 250-563-1744 by 4:30 p.m. Thursday to confirm attendance.
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The new director of communications for Northern Health is Steve Raper, who began duties earlier this week.
He replaces Mark Karjaluoto, who left Prince George in April to join a hospital corporation in Ontario.
Raper comes from the College of New Caledonia, where he was manager of marketing and enrolment services and an instructor in the business program.
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Latest $50 winners in the Blackburn Community Association calendar lottery to Sept. 15 are Tammy Keller, Lisa Madore, Jody Borys and Joshua Cronk, Barbara Kayter, Larry Rochon, Kenny Armstrong, Lorne Mikuski, Kathy May, Barb Burke, Peter George, Aaron Dubois and Jason Hall. Larry Prazma and Susan Faye of Carstairs, Ab. won the $125 draws and Margaret Berg captured the $1,000 draw on Sept. 1.
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