ISSUE
4
1996
There
is
now
scholarships
out
for
dependents
of
small
business
owners
in
the
Prince
George
area.
At
Padgett
Business
Services,
they
are
proud
of
the
entrepreneurs
who
mean
so
much
to
the
community
now
a
days.
Padgett
Business
Services
want
to
help
those
people
who
are
financially
unable
to
help
their
children
Janice
Gordon
As
many
of
you
are
probably
aware
of,
there
are
many
elementary
school
that
are
about
to
be
torn
down.
Due
to
the
fact
that
they
are
in
desperate
need
of
repair.
Which
is
understandable;
However,
one
of
those
schools
is
mine
(so
to
speak).
I
went
to
Ron
Brent
Elementary
School
from
grade
four
until
I
"graduated"
in
grade
seven.
I
am
going
to
be
extremely
sad
to
see
the
school
go.
On
occasions
I
have
gone
back
to
the
school
to
look
around
and
remember
the
"good
old
days".
The
laughter
at
recess
and
lunch
and
those
times
when
we
would
try
to
stay
in
the
school
to
with
the
cost
of
post
secondary
education.
Padgett
Business
Services
is
part
of
an
international
program
in
which
Padgett
will
award
more
than
$25,000
in
scholarship
monies
throughout
the
United
States
and
Canada.
The
local
winner
of
this
new
scholarship
will
be
the
recipient
of
a
$500
scholarship
and
become
eligible
for
a
grand
prize
scholarship
of
$4,000.
This
scholarship
is
for
high-school
seniors
who
are
the
children
of
independent
business
owners
in
this
area,
and
those
that
are
planning
on
attending
a
post-secondary
accredited
institution.
"This
year's
economy
has
created
many
concerns
for
small
business
owners,"
remarked
Douglas
Stromgren
of
the
local
Padgett
office,
"Among
them
is
adequate
funding
for
their
children's
education."
The
application
deadline
is
March
1
;
for
an
application
and
further
information
about
the
Padgett
Scholar-
,
ship
Program,
phone
the
lo-
?
cal
Padgett
office
at
(604)
561-7262.
wm
am
m
mmumoD
keep
warm
in
the
winter.
Or
the
first
day
of
school,
running
to
see
if
my
friends
and
I
would
be
in
the
same
class
or
playing
on
the
sports
team.
Maybe
just
to
see
the
pictures
in
the
halls
that
have
been
there
for
as
long
as
I
can
remember,
and
of
course
to
see
my
old
teachers.
I
am
sure
that
there
are
a
lot
of
people
out
there
that
do
this
once
in
a
while,
those
who
not
only
went
to
Ron
Brent,
but
also
to
the
other
schools
that
are
in
the
process
of
being
decided
upon.
Sure,
the
schools
are
old
and
need
to
be
fixed
up,
but
what
is
go
ing
to
happen
to
the
students,
teachers,
and
memories
once
this
all
happens?
I
don't
see
what
the
problem
is
to
wait
until
summer
and
do
the
renovations
then.
When
people
are
on
summer
vacation
and
the
kids
(and
teachers
I
suppose)
would
enjoy
to
see
their
school
get
"fixed
up".
I
remember
being
at
the
school
when
the
summer
games
were
here
in
Prince
George
and
Ron
Brent
was
the
host
of
the
Rugby
games.
Which
brought
on
many
renovations
then.
The
sand
pits
were
uprooted
to
make
a
larger,
more
professional
size
rugby
field.
Which
is
now
one
of
the
most
popular
fields
in
town
for
rugby
players.
In
a
way,
I
guess
that
in
all
bad
there
must
be
some
good.
The
renovations
to
the
schools,
however,
will
more
than
likely
be
for
the
better.
But
as
they
say,
no
one
is
really
all
that
comfortable
with
change.
And
I
sure
don't
like
to
see
the
old
things
change,
unless
I
guess
it's
going
to
be
for
the
better.
Well,
to
all
those
of
you
out
there
that
feel
this
same
way,
it's
now
time
for
the
next
generation
of
elementary
students
to
make
their
own
memories.