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Turning Dreams into Reality

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Chris Hibbard
Photography: Shutterbug Photograhpy

“OUR MAIN GOAL is to see that entrepreneurs and small businesses in our region are successful,” says Desiree Unvoas, the Community Futures Lethbridge Region Project Co-ordinator for this year’s Chinook Entrepreneur Challenge (CEC). “The CEC is meant to assist those inspired dreamers who are hoping to start a new business or who have recently done so, to help mitigate some of the problems that often arise during the first year of a business being open.”

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Office Maestros

office_maestrosDiane Boyle
Photography: Mueller Photography

CHANCES ARE GOOD you know one, you’ve dealt with possibly hundreds, and one may work with you or for you.

These are the front line people in government, medical offices, post-secondary institutions, corporations, small businesses, and not-for-profit organizations. They may answer the phone, book meetings, take minutes, direct, organize, create spreadsheets and graphs, liaise, investigate, research, and manage other people’s lives.They are the maestros, the forecasters, and the wizards–they are the nuclei in offices that hum, vibrate, lurch and spin. Without them, the workplace could be chaotic, even frenzied. They are the administrative assistants that work hard to ensure an office rotates smoothly on its axis and all components are working in harmony.

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Opening the Door

doorKathy Knowles
Photography: Unique Images Photography

THE STORE FRONT DOOR is like many of the others along 13th St. N. And yet, a thousand people courageously walk through it each month and thousands more will enter in the future. It opens to the home of the Chinook Society for Recovering Addicts (CSRA).

The CSRA is a non-profit charitable organization whose mandate is to provide meeting space for numerous 12-step groups from the area. Alcoholics Anonymous, Gamblers Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous and Cocaine Anonymous are just some of the groups who benefit.

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It's time to Pitch-In!

pitch_inJane Harris Zsovan
Illustration: Maya Ichikawa

IS YOUR FENCE LINED WITH LITTER? Your office parking lot landscaped with paper cups and burger wrappings? Do you navigate around pop cans and chocolate bar wrappers when you walk through your neighbourhood park?

The solution: Give your corner of the city a 20 Minute Makeover during Lethbridge’s sixth annual Pitch-In Week, April 19 through 25. “It just takes 20 minutes of your time to hit the streets and pick up litter,” says Andrea Vaxvick, City of Lethbridge Waste and Recycling Co-ordinator; adding that you or your group can decide where you will pick up litter.

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