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PAGE 18 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1983 The best and the brightest are out to shine for you! LOCAL PROCEEDS GO TO Ontario‘s > for Cerebral Palsy JANUARY 22â€"23, 1983 PARTICIPATION HOUSE WATERLOO REGION The economic cliâ€" mate had an impact on the raising of funds last year, leaving JA in a deficit position. (JA is funded entirely by the Kâ€"W Business Commuâ€" nity). This week has offiâ€" cially been prociaimed Junior Achievement Week by Kitchener and Waterloo city councils and Kâ€"W Junior Achievement officially launched their 1983â€"84 Fund Drive campaign with a kickâ€"off breakâ€" fast at Dominion Life Monday. Junior Achievement needs drive support The Junior Achieveâ€" ment program has been operating in Kitâ€" chenerâ€"Waterloo for 13 years. JA is a nonâ€" profit, educational orâ€" ganization devoted to promoting an underâ€" standing of and an apâ€" preciation for, the free enterprise system among our local high school students. The young people are involved in operating miniature corporations from October through May and thus gaining a ‘"handsâ€"on"‘ education about the reality of 9: 30 p.m., 69 King St. W., Kitchener. operating a business. John Acheson, Presiâ€" dent of Dominion Life, appealed to the busiâ€" ness community to put their full financial supâ€" port behind Junior Achievement this year to help them reach their target of $55,000 continued existence of For more informaâ€" tion, call the JA Busiâ€" ness Centre at 576â€"6610 or visit during Open House tonight through Wednesday from 7: 30 â€" Symphony Skiâ€"Aâ€"Thon . _ gearing up At the monthly meetâ€" ing of the Kâ€"W School of Horticulture Tom Paâ€" tience, director of the school announced seven individuals who have been appointed to serve on the Board of Reference for the school. The seven individuâ€" als are: Rick Alischer, president of Courtesy Landscape Mainteâ€" nance, Paul Grobe, Several celebrities will be on hand to particiâ€" pate in the sixâ€"kilometre event, including Mayor Marjorie Carroll of Waterloo, Mayor Dom Cardillo of Kitchener, KWSO music director Raffi Armenian and Commonwealth Games swimming gold medalist Mike West. Taking aim at surpassing the $10,000 reached last year, the Women‘s Committee of the Kâ€"W Symphony is organizing the sixth annual Crossâ€"Country Skiâ€"Aâ€"Thon. The popular event will take place Saturday, Feb. 12 at 10 a.m. with the traditional warmâ€"up party at 9: 30 a.m. at Rink in the Park. Prizes will be awarded to those skiers with the largest sum in financial pledges collected by February 28, and the prizes include a weekend package for two at Pillar and Post Inn in Niagaraâ€"onâ€"theâ€"Lake, memberships to Waterloo Family or A.R. Kaufman Y, Houligans dinner vouchers, KWSO concert tickets and student (13â€"19) riding lessons courtesy Sara Banbury of North Ridge Farm. The final note â€" the event will proceed regardless of the weather conditions. Sponsorship forms are available throughout the area and further information may be obtained by phoning 886â€"4335. as \2 your child changes Horticultural appointments Sears studios specialize in photographic portraits of babies. children, adutts and family groups No appointment is necessary . There is a 95¢ charge for each additional subject in a portrait package, but no limit to the number of packages you may purchase We present only finished portraits of the best poses Studios in most larger Sears retail stores. 2â€"8x 10 C 3â€"5x7 * 15â€"wallet size t includes 95¢ deposit Make a special tradition of keeping the memories with professional portraits taken at Sears. Ofier good for portraits taken through Saturday, January 22 BABIES + CHILDREN + ADULTS + FAMILY GROUPS Portrait Studio your money‘s worth . . . and more 1292 Barry Kolb, Kolb‘s Green Thumb Nursery, Peter Tillich, president Tillich‘s Nursery, John Wright, president Wright‘s Lawn Spray fService. â€" secretaryâ€"treasurer of Grobe Nursery and Garden Centre, Barry Hordyk, proprietor of Shademaster Landâ€" scaping, Hugh Kirkpatâ€" rick, Course Superinâ€" tendent at Westmount Golf and Country Club,