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                                           courses through their Art        Submit your Press                         Spa oasis is                             WELCOME
                                           Programme,           Writing
                                           Programme and Children
                                                                            Release
                                                                               If you’re looking for
                                                                                                                      celebrating                                                 Jade Goulet
                                           and Youth Programme.                                                           Opened August 17, 2001
                                                                            media coverage, try sub-                                                                              Esthetician/Make-up artist
                                               Designed to inspire          mitting your press release                by Sharon and Micky
                                           both the novice and the          to the Express via the                    Tarasoff, owners of Mother                                  Jade is a graduate of the Paul
                                           more experienced artist,         internet. It’s fast, easy and             Nature’s in Castlegar, Spa                                  DaCosta Aveda School of
                                           The Art Programme offers         free! Go to: www.express-                 Oasis is hosting a first year                               Esthetics
                                           courses in painting, print-      n e w s . c a                             birthday celebration all day on
      Back to                              making, silkscreen, sculp-
                                           ture, drawing and collage.
                                                                            < h t t p : / / w w w. e x p r e s s -    August 20.
                                                                                                                          Sharon and Mickey have
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      business                             Evening courses and
                                           weekend workshops are
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                                                                            “Press Release”. Here                     lots of experience with health
                                                                                                                      and wellness, having worked
                                                                                                                                                                                    Summer Bliss
                                                                                                                                                                             Experience an AVEDA. purifying
          by Gina Camilleri                                                 you’ll find step-by-step
         Community Futures                 scheduled outside the reg-       instructions on how best to               in the natural food industry for                          BEAUTY FACIAL, along with
                                           ular workweek.                   write a press release and                 thirty years. Sharon says Spa                                a manicure and a pedicure:
     Looking to explore                        The              Writing     how to increase your                      Oasis is “just an extension of                                   our Summer Bliss!
                                           Programme accepts both                                                     that, another avenue of taking
     your creativity?                      full and part-time students
                                                                            chances of getting the cov-
                                                                                                                      care of one’s self with integri-
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        The Nelson Fine Arts                                                erage you want.
                                           into credit courses. This                                                  ty, love and respect.” She says    448 Baker Street, Nelson                        250-354-4487
     Centre (NFAC) provides
                                           practical programme will                                                   “we share a similar belief with
     you with the perfect                                                   Need Business
                                           produce writers who can                                                    the Aveda mission which is ‘to
     opportunity. The non-prof-                                             Training?                                 care for the world we live in,
                                           begin to make a living in                                                                                                     INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL
     it society was founded by             the field. Also available           Community Futures is                   from the products we make to
     fourteen former Kootenay              are informal weekly writ-        offering:      Intro     to               the way in which we give           Helping         PLANNING TECHNOLOGY
     School of the Arts’ (KSA)                                                                                                                                           Graduates will be immediately employ-
     instructors. When KSA
                                           ing sessions. Here’s your        Computers: Lose your fear                 back to society.’”                 People          able by government, industry, environ-
                                           chance to meet with other        of computers on August                        As Spa Oasis heads into its
     experienced a loss of fund-           writers for discussion and       18th with small classes                   second year they are also cel-
                                                                                                                                                         Achieve         mental consultants, who are seeking indi-
     ing, some programs were                                                                                                                                             viduals who understand the environment
                                           feedback.                        and a patient instructor!                 ebrating the move into being       Their           and the importance of its consideration in
     cancelled. This group of                  Children and Youth           HTML on August 19 & 20                    an Aveda Concept Spa, part of
     entrepreneurial        artists                                         will show you how to                      the Aveda concept network.
                                                                                                                                                         Potential       development land-use, reclamation and
                                           ages 6 – 18 can attend a                                                                                                      resource planning.
     decided to form an arts               series of art classes on         design & maintain your                    Spa Oasis is located               Through
     centre to fill the gap. “I                                             own web site. Give your                   at 448 Baker St. Visit
     think it’s amazing that we
                                           Saturdays.                 Art                                                                                Education       FORESTRY
                                           Explorations courses from        Head a Shake on August                    www.aveda.com.                                     Forestry in British Columbia is the
     had the audacity to create            the Children and Youth           23.       Join       other                                                                   province’s most important single industry
     this (art centre) at such tur-
     bulent times,” says Verna
                                           Programme range in com-          entrepreneurs for a cre-
                                                                            ative thinking session that
                                                                                                                        MAX THE JEWELLER                                 and requires a more scientific and com-
                                           plexity from clay and                                                                                                         plex approach. The objective of the pro-
     Relkoff, writing instructor,          paper mache experimenta-         will keep you competitive                                                                    gram is to graduate forest technologists
     “It’s not in times of afflu-          tion through to college          in today’s marketplace                                                                       who have the skills and competencies to
     ence that things like this            portfolio development.           Call Tammy or Monique at                                                                     be immediately employable in forest
     happen. Difficult times                   Join the grand opening       352-1933 for information                                                                     engineering, silviculture, forest inventory
     force us to creatively                festivities at 301-625           and registration.                                                                            and protection.
     change our situations”                Front Street on Friday the
        “We’re a real communi-
                                                                                                                         Custom designs &
                                           13th of September. Mark                                                        expert jewellery                               Give us a call today!
     ty based arts centre, class-          your calendar so you don’t          Community Futures is a                         repairs                                    Classes start September, 2002
     es are open to everyone               miss the chance to check         non-profit organization                                                                      Castlegar Campus - (250) 365-1297
                                                                                                                         507 Baker St. Suite 201
     whatever their artistic abil-         out the new facilities, meet     that assists new and exist-                                                                  Visit our web site: www.selkirk.bc.ca
     ity is,” explains Deb                                                  ing businesses or individu-
                                                                                                                              354-0242
                                           the instructors, and attend
     Peabody, art instructor,              some free workshops.             als thinking about self-
     “One of the really exciting               Stop by the Nelson Fine      employment as a career
     things its that we are all            Arts Centre’s bustling reg-      option. Visit the website at
                                                                                                                                                                                             Federal Electoral
     practicing artists and                istration office at Suite 203,   w w w. f u t u r e s . b c . c a .                                                                           Boundaries Commission for
     although each studio oper-            507 Baker Street to register     Contact         Gina           at
     ates as its own business we           for fall and winter courses.     352-1933                       or             FEDERAL REPRESENTATION                                           British Columbia
     are continually exchang-              Space is limited; register       gcamilleri@futures.bc.ca
     ing ideas and growing.”               early. Verna Relkoff is at       with your business news.
        Established to provide a           the office from 10 to 3
     community-based centre
     for art education, the
                                           Monday through Thursday,
                                           or call 352-6322 for more
                                                                                  Submit your business
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                                                                                                                                                     electoral boundaries
    Legal Aid office closes                                 munity,” says LSS Executive Director Mark
                                                            Benton. “There is no doubt that the closure
                                                                                                                                                     are changing
       The legal aid office in Nelson will be               of this office is a significant loss to the
    closed to the public effective August 21,               area.”
    2002.
       The office closure is a result of a major
    Legal Services Society (LSS) restructuring,
                                                               All offices currently operated or funded
                                                            solely by LSS will be shut down by August
                                                            30. Most will close to the public before
                                                                                                                               Get informed. Get involved.
    which became necessary after the provin-                then, to give staff time to wind down their
    cial government announced severe cuts to                operations. By September 2, seven regional
    legal aid funding over the next three years.            centres, the toll-free call centre, and local                      Find everything you need to know
       Nelson area residents who need to apply              agents in communities across the province
    for legal aid can now do so by calling (toll-           will provide legal aid services. At that time,                     about the process at
    free) the LSS Provincial Call Centre at 1-
    866-577-2525.
       The Nelson branch office has provided
                                                            Nelson area residents will be able to apply
                                                            for legal aid at the LSS Local Agent office
                                                            in Cranbrook, as well as through the
                                                                                                                               www.elections.ca. Just click
    legal aid information services since 1975.
       “The staff in Nelson have done a tremen-
                                                            Provincial Call Centre.
                                                               Details about regional centres, local
                                                                                                                               on Federal Representation 2004.
    dous job of helping low-income and other-               agents, and legal information services will
    wise disadvantaged members of their com-                be available at www.lss.bc.ca.                                     For more information you can also contact:
                                                                                                                                 the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission
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