. ooor Wednesday, December 2, 1992 @ FREE FRE FRE FRE FRE FRE Heather Hadley Classified Manager EMPLOYMENT-WANTED CLASSIFIEDS. Today your main concern is taking care of your family. Feeding them. Clothing them. Putting a roof over their heads. To do that, you need a job. And these days jobs can be a little hard to come by. So your friends at the Castlegar News want to give you a little help. Now you can run your own *employment-wanted' ads free. Because if we help you to get an even break, you'll. io the rest. That's the job of any community newspaper. So that's our job here at your community newspaper, the Castlegar News ... 365-7266 oe VI hd CASIMEGER STEP Ly AOE @ Wednesday, December 2, 1992 AroundTOWN Our person for Our People Corinne Jackson 365-7266 TEA ANDA TERRIFIC TIME The Legion Hall is gearing up for Christmas and will be hosting “Job's Daughters Christmas Tea.” A bake table and door prize will be awaiting you at the Dec. 5 event running from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Tickets are $1.50 and everyone is welcome. ‘TIS THAT TIME OF YEAR Timmy's Christmas Telethon is this weekend. Starting from 8 p.m. Saturday to 5 p.m. Sunday, you will be able to watch the 16th annual telethon at CBC—a major fundraising event for the B.C. Lions Society for Children with Disabilities. Viewers will be invited to phone in their pledges to 1-669-1992. ECLICTIC EXHIBIT Prints and paintings by Phyllis Weldon are currently being shown at Selkirk College’s Trail campus Visac Gallery. The show “Mass and Line” is open for viewing Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. until Dec. 12. urPEOPLE Home Sweet Home Kootenay Columbia Child Care Society kicks off new era with new building Editor’s Note: The Kootenay Columbia Child Care Society celebrates a special day this Saturday, the official opening of its new expansion project. In preparation for the opening of the Tender Care Variety Centre, The News has invited the KCCCS to brag about the many services it brings to Castlegar. The News would also like to take this opportunity to thank the KCCCS and everyone involved in this project for helping to make Castlegar and the West Kootenay a better place for us all. Thank you. ee astlegar has something very unique and special in its midst. The staff, board and members of the Kootenay Columbia Child Care Society are letting Castlegar and the West Kootenay know just what it’s all about and how it is to be able to offer such great programs under one umbrella. The Kootenay Columbia Child Care Society is a non-profit organization which was incorporated in 1971. The society’s mandate is to serve all children of us community. And over the years, the society has offered the following services: ¢ Day care, (limited for under threes), childcare workers at Open Road School, Nursery School, specialized day care, after school care, and the West Kootenay Infant Development Program. At this point in time, the society is proud to offer the following programs: ¢ Hobbit Hill Children’s Centre, a fully integrated program of day care for children aged three to 12, nursery school for children aged three to five with or without special needs and an after school program for children aged six to 12 years. ¢ West Kootenay Infant Development Program, a home-based program providing services for infants and their families. These infants are aged birth to three years and range from those at risk for or having developmental delays due to prematurity to those diagnosed with rare and challenging syndromes. ¢ Tender Care Infant Program, a fully integrated day care program for children aged six weeks to three years of age with or without special needs. The facility is totally accessible and very well equipped. ¢ Speech therapy, a fully qualified speech therapist is available to assess and provide therapy to children with speech delays or hearing impairment. The speech office and therapy room is located in the Tender Care Variety Centre and is accessed by Tender Care Infant Program, Hobbit Hill Children’s Centre and referrals from professionals in the Castlegar area. ¢ Physiotherapy, a fully qualified ’ News file photo The Kootenay Columbia Child Care Society continues to grow to meet the needs of the West Kootenay. physiotherapist is available to assess and provide therapy to children referred by West Kootenay Infant Development Program, Hobbit Hill Children’s Centre. * Stay in School Young Mother’s Project. This program allows teens and young moms to complete their education while their children are being cared for on-site at Tender Care or Hobbit Hill. This project was developed out of needs determined from a feasibility study that was conducted by the Kootenay Columbia Child Care Society. The study showed the lack of services available to young mothers and their children in the Castlegar and surrounding areas. This project is offered with the support of the School District No. 9 and Canada Employment and Immigration. A teacher works with the mothers, helping to co-ordinate their courses and liaison with the Kootenay Correspondence School. Other services and programs provided by the Kootenay Columbia Child Care Society are: ¢ Parents Helping Parents-Play Group, a West Kootenay support-information network for parents of children who are at risk for or have special needs. This network is run in conjunction with a weekly play group which meets every Monday morning and is facilitated by Brenda Howell, preschool supervisor. There is story time, play time and snack time (the snack is provided). As well as a social time for children, the parents have a chance to share information or concerns over a cup of coffee. * Community toy library, a variety of toys are available for borrowing to the residents of the community. * Car seat rentals, infant car seats are available to the public. eee In 1989, the Kootenay Columbia Child Care Society undertook a feasibility study to determine the need for under-three day care and out-of-school care for children with and without special needs with a grant from the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Child Care Initiatives Fund of approximately $40,000. please see KCCCS page 18 The following are individuals who have contributed to the KCCCS expansion project in 1991-92 Leo Bosse Dr. David & Sonia Bullock Robert and Norma Collier Ed Conroy, Sr. Ed and Katrine Conroy Atky and Lee Crossley Ted and Sandra Crossley Beverly and Dyana Doskoch Dr. Don and Margaret Ellis Frank and Kathie Hanham Jacquie Hamilton Ernest and Dorothy Hardy Poul Henriksen Dr. Phillip and May Kanigan J. F. Killough Elita Loverenow Valorie Lucas Phil Markin Marilyn and Stuart Mathieson Raymond and Nellie McCreight Joseph and Jean McDonald Dr. Keith and Jean Merritt ‘Merv and Margery Rush A. Minnich William and Audrey Moore Ryan Popoff “Butch” S. G. Quidding Hugo and Doreen Smecher Thomas and Sandy Thor-Larsen Ben and Ingeborg Thor-Larsen S.A. Williams Ken and Sandra Wyllie