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Whitby Free Press, 9 Mar 1983, p. 17

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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAy, MARCH 9, 1983, PAGE17 The Town of Whitby plans to use its $57,976 employment grant to help promote Whitby's many industries.j Above (from left) Mayor Bob Attersley, MP Scott Fenneil, town administrator Bull Wallace welcome Ann Savarino and Lucy Rondeau who will be among five people hired on the grant. -IrePes tf ht Grant will help promote town 's industries Five local residents will gain employment as a resuit of a $57,976 em- ployment grant receiv- ed recently by the Town of Whitby. The grant wiil be used for a one-year project designed to help revital- ize Whitby's industrial sector. The five employ- ees will work in the areas of marketing development, industrial liaison projects, busi- ness and professional evaluation and tourism consulting. Mayor Bob Attersley and MWP Scott Fenneli met with two of the new employees last Satur- day at the town's Tourist Information Centre. "The grant wiIl be used strictly to create employment in the com- munity, " Fenneil said. Mayor Attersley said he is pleased the town is able to provide an op- portunity for the new employees to develop their skiils and at the saine time boost the town's industrial pro- grams. Pitch.iii and'pi*tch out Ontario's second an- nual "Pitch-In" cam- paign bas been scheduled for the week of May 9-15> by the Ont- ario Federation of Anglers and Hunters. Organîzers hope the spirit of the dlean-up campaign will catch on across the province in schools, community organizations and youth groups. Free garbage bags will be available through Sheil Canada to ail organizatios who want to lend a hand. In 1982, more than 1,200 organizations partici- pated in the first province-wide "Pitch- Big F Brothers annual meeting The Oshawa-Whitby Big Brothers agency will hold their annual meeting on Tuesday, March 15 at Kingsview United Church. The evening wil commence with a social hour start- ing at 6p.m, dinner at 7 p.m.,, followed by the meeting itself. Tickets are $7.50 per person and advance reservations are required no later than Wednesday, March 9. Further information can be obtained by con- tacting the Big Brother office, 44 William St. W., Oshawa, telephone 579- 2551, between 9 a.m. and 4 pm. Monday to Fni- day. In" campaign. During previous'cam- paigns a.wide range of voluntary groups picked up, cleaned up, and fixed up back alleys in inner cities, vacant lots, rural lanes, wilderness parks, school grounds and wilderness trails. Participants have in- cluded youth groups, service and recreation clubs, members of the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, the armed forces, trade unions, senior groups and municipal employ- ees. "Keeping our pro- vince beautiful is a responsibility al of us share,"l says Doug Ogston, president of the camhpaign. Isome communities, school students dlean up their neighbourhood as a goodwill gesture. Teenagers paint, repair and garden for seniors and handicapped and service clubs dlean up and restore parks and playgrounds. Whitby organizations who would like to parti- cipate in this year's Pit- ch-In campaign can write to Pitch-In '83, Second Floor, 245 Davenport Road, Toron- to, Ontario, M5R mK. F healthy, beautiful lawn? Cali now for a FREE lawn analysis. And let us teil you about our $39.95 GET ACQUAINTED OFFER. TREE CONSULTING AVAILABLE Cali 723-2621 35 Division St., Oshawa byment Up in region Related; Sales; Ser- retail trade. vice; Product Fabricat- At the end 0f Fe Repairing; Construc- tion Trades; Materlal- Hlandling and Related. During February, the greatest employment opportunities existed in Durhamn Reglon's un- employment lines swell- ed in February with Il another 500 people reglsterlng for work at the region's three em- ployment centres. The number of clients unemployed and regist- ered for work at the Canada Employment Centres in Ajax, Whitby and Oshawa for the month of riebruary totalled 17,477, consist- ing of 7,129,female and 10,349 maie clients. This compares to 16,926 in January, and 14,830 in December 1982.' Placements in the three offices totalled 244 for the month, which compares to a total of 271 placements during January. The majority of clients were register- ed in Clerical and EInt ruary, there were 237 students in the sicili courses sponsored by the Canada Employ- ment Centre and 42 peo- ple receiving academnic upgrading at 'Durham Diet Center is iooking for enthusiastic, ambltious people who want to help people help themselves. We are North Americas No. 1 -Franchise Weight .Loss pro- gram. There are 1650 Diet Centers across the U.S. and Canada with 28 presentiy open ln Ontario. Our Out- standing Franchise pro. gram offers Immediate cash flow, excellent profit and a good return on Investment. 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