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Ihe meeting will begin at 7 30 p m. at the centre located at 1405 King Street Fast For more information about the meeting, call chapter chairman John Dinkel at 896â€"1 773 The Golden Triangle chapâ€" ter of the Canadian Associa on of Retired Persons will he holding its annual general meeting June 25 at the Rockâ€" way Sentor Centre in Kitchâ€" ener Retired Persons general meeting The food bank has also offiâ€" cially launched its Second Helping Program to recover perishable food for Waterloo Region. A new refrigerated truck, from an anonymous donor, allows them to pick up perishable foods from four area supermarkets and deliver the baked good, fresh produce, meat and deli products to three member agencies To address the problem, the food bank has increased the number of community garâ€" dens, sponsored more collecâ€" tive kitchens and supported a number of breakfast programs In the last year the food bank has distributed 22 milâ€" lion tb. of food to 31 member agencies, had 99,000 people make use of its emergency food programs, distributed 275,000 emergency meals, a seven per cent increase over 1996. The working poor have also accessed the service 3,600 times in the last year, an increase of 90 per cent since 1993. Strickland said that unemâ€" ployment in the area might be down but many still don‘t have the skills for the jobs that are available Sean Strickland. executive director of the Food Bank of Waterloo Region, said that hunger is still a serious probâ€" lem in the area at the 14th annual general meeting of the food bank Hunger still a problem in Waterloo Region Emily Squirtell (left), Julie Norcott, Nicole Hunt and Amy Proudfoot stand beside the flag they helped create for Holy Rosary Catholic School that was officially raised at the school this past Thursday. The four Grade 8 students were four out of approximately 34 Grade 8 students who subâ€" mitted designs for the flag, said retirigg Grade 8 teacher, Joe Sicber, last Friday. Sicber said it was his idea for the students to design a flag. It‘s traditional for the Grade 8 graduating class to bestow a gift to the school just before they graduate. Sicber said to the best of his knowledge, Holy Rosary is now the first Catholic elementary school in the Region of Waterloo to have its own flag. He also said the winning design, which was a combination of two flags originally presented for the competition by the team of Emily and Julie and the team of Nicole and Amy, reflects the peace of the Holy Rosary community. The dove, the cirâ€" cle of students and the rainbow in the centre of the flag all represent peace, Sieber said. â€" 2o Flag Waving Tim Gardner photo Maytag IntelliClean® NEW! Sani Clean Option with Exclusive 21