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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1977, PAGE 5 Student employment centre is now open for jobs Summer mnay seeni a long way away, but now is the time for students to start looking for sumnmer jobs, says Margy Ross, skudent employ- nient co.ordinator for the Canada Manpower Office in Whitby. On Feb. 23 the Manpower office opened its student employment centre in the basemnent of the old library building at 132 Dundas St. W.. Until May 2, the office will be open from 8:15 a.in. to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesdays only. After that time it will be open Monday through Friday. Th e phone number is 668-5233. Miss Ross says there is a 10 per cent increase in students looking for work this sumimer, cornpared- to last year at this time. Job orders are already corning in at the rate of about two a week, mostly for part-time clerks and stock people in the retail- sales trade, but there are possible summier jobs being posted too she said. Until May, Miss Ross will be going throughout the Whitby.area îalking 10 indus- tries and service groups to gel employers interested 'in hiring students for the summer. Already she has built up a file of students who are looking for summer employ- ment. Two dozen students registered on March 12. Miss Ross predicts there will be an increase in casual employment because of the manv new houses in towr this year. She; encouîrages students to consider a series of casual jobs such as house or fence painting, grass cutting and o-ther odd jobs associated witk. the establish- pj ment of new -homnes in the area. Students should also see if they can turn their hobbies and interests into summer jobs such as raising and selling plants, repairing lawn mowe rs, or changing oil in cars, she says. Miss Ross i'ç optimistic about the piuspects for student errnployrnent this summer, iind warns students flot to becorne discouraged if at first they are nef successful. A resume of one's background should be provi de o employers, she says. Miss Ross encot 4es students to contact the nian- power office early, so they can get on the waiting list, because job orders are comning in now. Downtown traffie study requested The Town of Whitby has reqiiested the Region of Durhani to carry oùI a traffic study for the dowuitown arca in 1977 to enahie thc town 1() improve existing traffic ignais and traffic flow. The area uinder study wilI be Brock Street fr ()n Victoria Street te Rossland Road. and Dlurdas Street fro i Garrard Re(ad t 0 Cochranie Street. Thc t owu's public wurks departnment is conceruîcd about traffic prohlenms encouintered at side strecîs intersecting .with Brock and Dundas Streets with thc Fouir Corners, and. lias asked for a proper trafl'ic count study. If' they can't get a job that votunteer work as a means of ays, stuctents shoutct 1o0k at gettigu ;iiucIilt- NOW empIoyment, she says. This vear'. n-tinal sogan 19 lur summier employmnent is: "Hire a Student--the ti me ". of a sumnmer CHANNELS TO SERVE YOU BETTER, (INCLUDING CHANNELS 8. 10 and 13 ROCHESTER) WITH A CHANNEL CONVERTER FROM PINE RIDGE CABLE TV- For a Free in.Home'Demonstration of our Remote Control Channel Converter which wiII give. you our fuil service package of 19.-CHANNELS ,2- 0«M« pine idgecabletv whitby 668-9331 I hp