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Starts this Saturday "VCouitt 'Kilby Ski Shop y<ic. 70 a Starts Saturday September 18th at 10:00 a.m. Sharp! NEW'94 BOOTS, SKIS & CLOTHING ARRIVING EVERY DAY! Tftoattt Kilby <->bi Shaft, 'lac. It's worth the drive.,. Gate §4,Oshawa Shi Club Durham Rd. §9, Kirby Sal. 1 Sun. 10:00-6:00 Tues, -Fri. 10-8 Closed Mondays 983-6227 / X Durham Bd, 19 / 3km.Q»T»«w« V Sti CM Taunton 401 The Independent, Canadian Statesman Weekender, Bowmanville, Saturday, September 18,1993 23 Program Assists Farm Families Charles Mayer, Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister and Minister for Small Communities and Rural Areas, has announced funding to encourage farm families to enhance family income income through off-farm employment or the start-up of small businesses. The Canadian Rural Opportunities Initiative provides $25 million over three years for counselling, training and business development to assist farm families to increase and diversify diversify their incomes. In the past, similar assistance was available only to producers producers leaving the farm to pursue new alternative job opportunities. The program will target families with below average incomes and farms not large enough - or not readily readily expandable - to provide a reasonable reasonable income from the farm alone. "The federal government is committed committed to assisting producers in adapting to changing conditions," said Mr. Mayer. "This initiative will enable family members to take advantage advantage of new opportunities that may exist in addition to the farming operation." "This program fits the real needs of farm families. It encourages people people to stay in rural communities while increasing their skills and opportunities," opportunities," the Minister added. "This is an innovative way to help producers and to strengthen the economic economic base in rural Canada." A GREEN THUMB \ / m -.>*> IS A HELPING HAND TO THE ENVIRONMENT COMPOST WORKSHOPS AND DISTRIBUTION DAYS * Information Workshops * Special Manufacturer Giveaways * Sale of Subsidized Composter Units ... $15. each DATE OF EVENT LOCATION HOLLAND BUILDING CENTRE 1277 Wilson Road North Oshawa 725-4709 OGS LANDSCAPE DO-IT CENTRE 5515 Thickson Road North Whitby 655-3304 REKKER GARDENS 2 km west of Bowmanville on Hwy. #2 623-2300 VIEVEEN'S NURSERY 468 Mara Road Beaverton 426-7067 NEWCASTLE LUMBER LIMITED Hwy. #2, east of Mill Street Newcastle Village 987-4713 SHERIDAN NURSERIES LIMITED The Home and Design Centre 1755 Pickering Parkway Pickering 428-6316 Saturday, September 18th, 1993 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, September 18th, 1993 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, September 25th, 1993 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, October 16th, 1993 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, October 23rd, 1993 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Sale of Composter Units and Information Workshops Only) Saturday, October 23rd, 1993 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Residents can pick up the composter of their choice for just $15 during regular hours at all of the locations listed above as well as Beaverton Municipal Office, Cannington Municipal Office, and Sunderland Municipal Office. Questions about Durham Region Waste Reduction Programs? Call 668-7721. NEW STYLES NOW AVAILABLE DURHAM REGION This program is subsidized by the Ministry of the Environment and Energy 2K : DURHAM: