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The Castlegar Sun

Wednesday, October 11, 1995

Women's health issues
discussed at forum

More than 100 women
attended a public seminar at
Selkirk College in Castle
gar last week, to hear
speakers discuss women's
health issues

The event was organized
by the Nelson and District
Women's Center and was
one of many recent seminars
offered to find out what con-
cerns the population. All
concerns collected are pre-
sented to the Regional
Health Board which will
decide programs and facili-
ties to be funded.

The keynote speaker was
Dr. Penny Ballum of B.C
Women's Hospital and
Health Center. ‘She encoury
aged womenrto have a voice
in health care changes and
address the polarization
between caregivers and con-
sumers. She discussed how
many things affect the abili-
ty of women to access health
care. Specifically, she dis-
cussed the shortage of gyne-
cological physicians in the
West Kootenay

Workshops throughout the
day dealt with a range of
issues, from personal health
to public health, youth and
seniors issues, traditional to
non-traditional options.

A

Something to talk about — Eight-year-old Kayla was a convincing communicator when talking to her dad Stacy
about the possibilities of a new Motorala Flip Phone in order to keep in touch. The two were shopping for cellular

telephones during the grand opening of CANTEL in Castlegar, Sept.30.

SUN STAFF PHOTO Sharlene Imhoff

Computer frenzy?
Selkirk can help

Submitted

Most personal computers,
whether purchased for business
or home use, come “fully load
ed” right from the dealer, Win
dows and now Windows 95 are
the preferred operating systems.

Windows supports a wide
array of software applications
that allow users to perform word
processing, create databases and
crunch numbers with easy and
popular accounting and book-
keeping functions. Add to this
array desk top publishing capa-
bilities, chart and tables graph-
ing, appointment scheduling,
and networked workgroup
access coupleg with electronic
mail, internet access, and com-
puter faxing and the chore of
learning to operate, to say noth-
ing of master, these programs
becomes overwhelming.

Selkirk College can help. For
years, college instructors have
been teaching the most popular
office applications to aspiring
office clerks, legal secretaries
and executive assistants. Recent
upgrading in college computer
labs at the Nelson, Trail and
Castlegar campuses have created
locally networked multi-station
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“We can custom- tailor training
for small business and professional
office staff,” said Vi Kalesnikoff,
department head of Selkirk’s
Office Administration program
“We can even send a College
instructor on-site to train staff on a
business’ or agency’s new comprt-
er system and software.”

The upgraded computer labs
have improved service to the tra-
ditional student who comes to
campus to attend classes, and
now allows improved communi-
ty service in the realm of com-
puter training.

“Probably the biggest demand
for training is on the MS office
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standard’ on most personal com-
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Employers or individuals in
need of specialized or group
training sessions are invited to
contact either the Continuing
Education office at the nearest
college campus, or contact Vi
Kalesnikoff, in Nelson at 352-
6601 or in Trail at 368-5236.

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Crescent Valley girl finds inspiration through CHAMP

Submitted

Thirteen-year-old Sonya
Pariniuk of Crescent Valley
travelled to Vancouver recently
to meet a special group of 90
children

All of them, like Sonya, are
child amputees—"Champs”"—
and they got together from
across British Columbia to
attend The War Amps B.C
CHAMP seminar.

At the seminar, Sonya had a
very special role model named
Chi-Chi Eni. Chi-Chi, 19, of
Vancouver, is a CHAMP Gradu-
ate. In a session called “Life as
an Amputee,” she described los-
ing her leg to cancer at the age
of eight, enroling in CHAMP
soon after, adapting to her
amputation and of her present-
day success as a University of
British Columbia student aiming
for a career in medicine. She

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also spoke of the profound effect
of attending her first CHAMP
seminar, where she realized that
she was not alone.

Chi-Chi's mother recently sent
a heartfelt letter to CHAMP on
the 10th anniversary of Chi-Chi's
amputation, conveying the pride
she and her husband felt at their
daughter's progress and maturity,
and credited CHAMP for being
part of this. This maturity was
shown in Chi-Chi's speech, and
many Champs and parents
approached her afterward to con-
vey how inspired they were by
her message and attitude

Like Chi-Chi before her,
Sonya is an enthusiastic Champ.
A left foot amputee due to an
accident, Sonya has been fitted
with an artificial limb. Asa
Champ, she receives assistance
with the costs associated with
wearing an artificial limb: the
cost of the limb itself and travel
expenses to and from her reha-

bilitation centre for fittings
CHAMP also encourages child
amputees to participate tin
extracurricular activities and so
covers the cost of recreational
limbs and adaptors, like water-
proof limbs for swimming. hi

During seminars, Champs and
their parents learn about the latest
developments in artificial limbs,
such as new lighter-weight limbs.
It is also a forum to exchange
questions and information with
other CHAMP families.

A valuable aspect of seminars
is counselling. Parent sessions
help ease concerns about raising
an amputee child. For Champs,
sessions like “What Bugs Me,”
allow them to discuss the diffi-
culties, both serious and light-
hearted, that they sometimes
encounter as amputees, and how
to solve them:

The impact of CHAMP semi
nurs, and sessions like the one
given by Chi-Chi, are enormous.

integrated Resource Packages

School may have started on
Sept. 5 for the students of
District No. 9, but the teaching
staff has been at it since early
August with the first of many
workshops on the new Integrated
Resource Package’s (IRP).

IRPs represent the
ongoing effort of the
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CHALK
TALK

ber 1996.

Valley Vista Elementary
School and business partner IGA
will be hosting a neighborhood
barbecue to celebrate the year of
business for owners Bill and
Lorna Barnes. Hot Dogs and
drinks will be
offered for sale
Thursday to Satur.
day from 11 a.m
to 4 p.m. with a

tance on high stan-
dards. Seven areas of “
education are cov-
ered, personal plan-
ning (k-grade seven);
career and personal
planning (grade eight to grade
12; science and technology grade
11; fine arts grade 11; science
(kindergarten to grade 12);
applied skills grade 11 and math-
ematics (kindergarten to grade
seven).

Each is a comprehensive pack-
age containing prescribed learn-
ing outcomes, instruction and
assessment strategies and recom-
mended learning resources that
are designed to help teachers
deliver the curriculum. Imple-
mentation will begin in Septem-

WuHAaT’s UP AT
SCHOOL DISTRICT three
No. 9

ong on Fri-
day at 10:45 by
the grade two and
students
Also, Valley Vista
will be offering an
Active Parenting
Today workshop every Tuesday
from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. starting
on October 4 for six weeks. Chil-
dren will receive training in lis-
tening and communication skills
during the workshop hours. Con-
tact Valley Vista Parent Advisory
Council for further information.
Kinnaird Middle School's
newly formed student council has
launched the new year with
Disco Days, to be held on Octo-
ber 13. The mood is the 70s and
the tone is Rock n’ Roll. Dress
up and join the fun.

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