VALLEY EAST TODAY
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
Tuesday, February 7, 2006
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"VALLEY
EAST - A PLACE TO GROW" - Greetings From the Publisher
Welcome
to the 11th Weekly Issue of the Valley East Today Electronic
Newsletter. I hope you enjoy the feature articles and stories that are
highlighted in this edition and I encourage you to forward this
newsletter to as many of your friends and acquaintances in your
"address book" as possible. With your help we expect the Valley
East Today Electronic Newsletter to reach over 20,000 people each week. For
more about the Valley East Today Community Web Site>>>
COMMENTS FROM
READERS
We want to thank all of
our readers who have taken time to send us feedback about the articles
that have appeared in previous editions of the Electronic Newsletter. The
Valley East Today Community Web Site has been created as a communication
tool to help people from local communities keep in touch and connected.
Please feel free to send us your comments after you have read this issue
of the newsletter. To
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EDITORIAL OF THE
WEEK by Robert Kirwan
There
Is No Such Thing As Failure As Long As You Have The Courage To Try…
On
January 24 I wrote about a marvelous lady named Gail Leroux. If you
recall, she is the person who has lived her life in pain since a dreadful
car accident when she was only 16 years old. Gail and her 80-year old
friend, Gerty Burnett, were spending time at the Hanmer Valley Shopping
Centre every afternoon, trying to sell tickets to a Valentine’s Day
Dance to raise money for the March of Dimes.
More>>>>
SPECIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT
New
Office Of Valley East Today Now Open At The Hanmer Valley Shopping Centre
I
am very happy to announce that our new office in the Hanmer Valley
Shopping Centre is now open. If you would like to stop in and provide me
with some comments or suggestions, please feel free to do so whenever you
are in the mall. Everyone associated with Valley East Today is very
excited about the future of this online publication as the community
heads into a very promising future. For
more>>>>
EMPLOYMENT
SECTION
Dozens
of Residents Now Registered On Employment Wanted List
The Valley East Today Employment Services list of people who are looking
for work is growing every week. Now employers can look over the list to
see who is available for work in the community. Hopefully, this will be a
way for residents to find meaningful employment close to home. For
more>>>
Minimum
Wage Rate At New Level Since February 1
Find out how the raising of the minimum wage rate may impact local
employment levels by encouraging seniors and retirees to get back into the
workforce. For
more>>>>
Job
Creation In Valley East & Capreol Remains A Top Priority
It is all very well and fine to help people prepare resumes and learn
how to use the computer and other resources to search out job postings,
but when over 85% of all job vacancies are never formally posted, even the
most skilled job hunting person will have difficulty finding out about
them. An aggressive economic development plan for the
communities of Valley East and Capreol are needed in order for us to keep
our residents employed. For
more>>>