Written by BERNICE TRICK
Citizen staff
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Tuesday, 18 November 2008 |
The Civic Centre is hosting its seventh annual Winter Wonderland Christmas Luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Dec. 5.
It's a time for friends and colleagues to celebrate the season together, said Scott Hunyadi, event co-ordinator. The Christmas luncheon menu includes five salads, honey ham and smoked turkey breast with assorted rolls, and a main entree of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and vegetables, capped off with desserts of plum pudding, pumpkin pie, mince meat tarts, eggnog mousse and more. Tickets, at $19, are on sale now and can be picked up at the Civic Centre after Nov. 24. Call 250-561-7723 for more information.
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Grade 12 students in B.C. are invited to create a video, up to three minutes long, representing What B.C. Means to Me. The top five videos entered into the BC 150 Youth Video Contest will be featured on the BC 150 website and winning students will receive $2,500 with an additional $2,000 going to their school, as well as, all participating schools will be entered into a random draw for five prizes worth $1,500 each. Deadline is Jan. 9. For more information visit www.BC150.ca, click on programs: Arts and Culture.
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Coast Mountain Sports in Parkwood Mall will be accepting used winter jackets, non-perishable food items and unwrapped children's toys from Nov. 24 to 30. Donated items will be distributed by St. Vincent de Paul's Society. Customers can enter a draw to win a $200 gift card with each donation.
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Northern B.C. Friends of Children will host a small and home-based business holiday party Dec. 13 at the Columbus Community Hall, 7201 Domano Blvd. Cocktails are at 6 p.m., dinner is at 7 p.m. Tickets are $50 per person or $450 for a table of 10. For more information call 250-564-2217 or e-mail
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Automaster Auto Body has been recognized with an international customer service award during the International Autobody Congress and Exposition. Automaster is one of 21 ICBC accredited repair shops to win the 2008 AutocheX Premier Achiever Awards. Automaster was selected out of 9,000 entries from across North America for achieving customer satisfaction scores in the top five per cent of shops measured in 2008.
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Kolbuc and Associates Human Resource Development Training and Consulting Inc. will host a two-day training session on how to build high performance teams. The workshop takes place Thursday and Friday at the Sheraton. For more information call 250-352-3301 or e-mail
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or visit www.humanresourcetraining.ca.
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The Rum Jungle will host an URBNET record tour, featuring Moka Only, D-Sisive, DJ Law and Manafest Nov. 25.
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The second annual Dan Heck memorial blood drive will take place Friday. Heck died in a logging accident north of Mackenzie Nov. 21, 2006 and the family is asking everyone to honour his memory and support the Dan Heck memorial blood drive by calling 1-888-2 DONATE to set up a time to give blood.
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Forty-five people attended the wine-and-cheese reception in the Prince George Playhouse Monday in connection with the official opening of landscape painter Rod Ferguson's latest exhibition, Mystic Mountains And Majestic Trees.
The paintings include scenes from Prince George; Jasper, Banff, Waterton Lakes and other mountain national parks; and wooded areas in and around Montreal.
The exhibition continues through Dec. 13. You can see it any time the playhouse is open for performances, or by special request by phoning the playhouse at 563-8401.
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Handy Circle Resource Society hosted a Loonie Auction recently. The money raised will go towards programs the society provides for people with disabilities and special needs. There are still unclaimed prizes and the winners have until Nov. 24 to call in at 250-563-1852. The ticket numbers are 4783451, 4783454 and 4784910.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 18 November 2008 )
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