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4 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, May 8,1985 Section Two Spotlight on Aura Hills Van Belle On Gardening Great Opportunities for Employment at Youth Start Centre by Catherine Denny To say that there's been a lot of changes in the nursing profession would be an understatement understatement according to Aura Hills, one of the first graduates of Bowmanville Hospital. "We had a lot of responsibility responsibility when I was a nurse," explained, Mrs. Hills. "We were expected to look after everything from preparing a patient's medicine to making making sure the furnace was functioning properly." Of course, when Aura Hills took her first nursing job at the hospital (now called Memorial Hospital, Bowmanville) it was 1923. In those days, nurses were trained to supervise, administer drugs, and keep track of hospital equipment -- and that was just a side note to attending their regular regular rounds. Aside from catering to their patients' needs, the women in white actually worked to make thier own sterilized dressings which they packaged and kept for immediate use. Not like today where the hospital's purchase all their bandages and gauze. "Our duties at the hospital hospital also involved a lot more than is expected of nurses today," said Aura, adding that "In those days one nurse was expected to look after the entire hospital and was responsible for everything everything that happened in it." At that time the local medical building was a mere house-like structure consisting of two four-bed wards and three private rooms on the second floor, : and one semi-private and seven private rooms on the first. "There weren't any elevators like there are today," laughed the retired nurse. "We had to carry patients patients up and down the stairs." The hustle and bustle of an emergency ward was also non-existent during the hospital's earlier years, when a patient was actually required to knock on the hospital door before entering entering to be admitted. There was none of this business of people coming in and out freely. Aura spent most of her 12 years at Bowmanville Hospital Hospital working as an operating operating room supervisor, one of the more demanding positions positions in the nursing field. "I was always on call," said Aura, adding that, "some nights I would just get home and have to come back to the hospital again to assist with an emergency operation." Of course, things are much different at the hospital hospital today which has grown considerably in the past few decades, with the addition of new wings and staff members. members. "I'm still amazed at all the progress that's been made at B.H. since I left," explained Aura, who graduated over 35 years ago. "Things are a lot more advanced now." Aura admits that the hospital hospital was a lot less technologically efficient during her years as a nurse, but she enjoyed the old- fashioned methods and believes believes that in some ways they were superior. However, overlooking changes in the profession, nurses still serve the same purpose at the hospital. "Whether we're talking about nurses today or yesterday, yesterday, our job was -- and always will be -- to help people recover," explained Mrs. Hills. "You have to be a certain type of person to be a nurse," she added. "You have to be patient, understanding, understanding, and dedicated. As for me -- I wouldn't have traded my job for anything." NOW EVERY GARBAGE DAY IS NEWSPAPER RECYCLING DAY IN BOWMANVILLE It's easy. Here's all you do: 03 1. What to save. Everything that comes with your daily, weekend, or weekly newspaper is OK ■ news sections, comics, inserts. But no magazines or phone books please. 2. How to prepare papers. Sort out unwanted materials, bundle the newspapers and tie them with strong cord or place In plastic shopping bags. 3. Curbside pickup. Place bundles at curbside lor pickup before 7:00 a.m. on your regular garbage day. Rainy days and holidays, please save your newspapers lor the next pickup day. You can also drop off glass and tins at the Town of Newcastle's Public Works Yard, Monday to Friday 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 1. Tin Cans - clean, remove label, both ends and flatten 2. Pop Cans-as is. 3. Bottles and Jars - clear, green, amber - clean bottle and remove metal caps, rings, foil and lead. Durham Recycling Centre 717 Wilson Road South, Unit 4 Oshawa KEEP BIRCH TREES. HEALTHY THIS YEAR Don't let the leaf miner kill your birch trees! ! For the past few years we have been having a tremendous problem with a small insect which is called the Leaf Miner. Just like the name says, it mines into the leaf. If you take a leaf it will have two sides to it with the cells filled with chlorofill in the centre, which gives it the green look. This leaf miner will burrow itself into the centre of the leaf and suck out all the sap from the cells and leave the leaf looking like a shell. Of course this will harm the tree to the extent that it becomes weak and cannot grow and after a few years the tree dies from lack of growth. Two things must be done to prevent this from happening. The first thing is to keep the tree growing, so a yearly feeding is a must. You can use a tree and hedge food if the tree is in the lawn, or if it is in a garden then a generous amount of manure will keep it healthy. The next step is to keep that leaf sucking miner out of your trees. Since the insect does the damage inside of the leaf, a normal spray will not do the job, since it will stay on the outside of the leaf. You need a spray that will penetrate penetrate right into the leaf cells. For a number of years we have used a product called Cygon for this purpose, and by painting it on the bark early in the spring, this Cygon would penetrate into the sap stream of the tree and the sap would carry it up into the leaf area. For the past two years the results of this method have been rather poor for several reasons, the birches are becoming immune to this treatment and also the amount of leaf miners appears to be on the increase. So, now we have devised a new method, that works much better. You apply the Cygon directly to the soil where the feeder roots are and they will take it up much faster. The timing is very important, it must be done right away, before the tree is fully leafed out. So do it now!!! For every inch of trunk, you apply an ounce of Cygon, so if your tree is six inches across the trunk a foot above the ground, you apply six ounces of this material. This must be applied where the fibrous roots are located which is always at the drip line where the rain would fall off the tree. Then for every ounce you use punch two holes about four to six inches deep and apply the material directly from the bottle. Make sure that the holes are covered over, since the material is very poisonous. poisonous. To activate this Cygon even faster, water it in thoroughly, especially if the weather is dry. If the tree is starting to get leggy on the top which often happens with, birches, give it a severe pruning, which will induce the tree to produce more new growth and with the two methods of feeding and the Cygon it should give you a healthy tree this year. Once again I must stress, it must be done now. Roses can now be uncovered, uncovered, take the soil very carefully, carefully, so you don't damage the new growth. Prune back to five to six inches all the Hybrid Tea and Floribunda roses. The climbing should be thinned out and some of the long shoots pruned back to keep them in shape. Give them a generous amount of rose food or composted manure, and thoroughly work into the soil around the bush. If you had a problem with black spot or mildew last year, apply a fungicide around the bush right on the ground. This will clean up any overwintering overwintering fungus spores and help to keep them healthy this year. Until next week, happy gardening. Local Trustees Attend Ontario Library Seminar Don Hargest, (Chairman), Bill Lover, (Vice Chairman), ,Nancy Charland and Evlyn Stroud of the Town of Newcastle Library Board, were a few of the more than 80" Public Library Trustees who attended the Workshop in Library Leadership ("WILL") April 27th, 1985 in Lindsay. The one-day workshop was planned and implemented by a committee of Trustees of the Ontario Library Service - Trent Board, in co-operation with the Ontario Library Trustees' Association. Mrs. Connie Blascoe, Lindsay Library Board Trustee was Chairman of the Committee. Substantial funding assistance was provided by the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture through the Wintario Grant Program. The "WILL," trustees, heard speakers, and participated in workshops, small group idea exchanges and information sessions to enable library trustees to more responsibly and effectively carry out the responsibilities of their mandated role. Public awareness, policy-making and planning and budgeting were program topics. Ontario is the first province in Canada to provide this education and training opportunity opportunity for public library trustees using the "WILL" model, originally developed by the American Library Trustees' Association. It was first presented in Canada at the OLA Conference held October 28 and 29, 1983 in Toronto. Providing fresh opportunities for unemployed youths is the main focus behind Durham College's new Youth Start Centre which recently opened by Catherine Denny While getting an education education is usually the key to success, some youths simply simply can't cope with school. They drop out, disillusioned disillusioned and discouraged and many head for deadend deadend jobs or welfare. In an effort to combat this downward slide and provide provide fresh opportunities for youngsters, Durham College College recently opened a new Ontario Youth Start Centre geared toward assisting unemployed unemployed young people between between the ages of 15 and 24. The centre, located at 40 King Street West, Oshawa, offers training and on-the- job experience for youths who have found it difficult to enter the workforce. "Most of us involved in the program haven't been able to find a job because of our lack of education and experience," experience," explained group member Lynda May. "In order to join you have to have been unemployed and out of school for at least six months," she added. The ten-month program combines intensive counselling counselling in various areas including including appearance and attitude, attitude, skills training, and work experience to meet the individual needs of each young person. The goal here is to create an environment different from the regular classroom setting. It is set up to offer a relaxed friendly atmosphere atmosphere where staff can work closely with young people as individuals with unique on King Street in Oshawa. A few of the Youth Start ; members are pictured here working on one of the ; centre's computer terminals. needs and potential. Youth Start is part of the Youth Employment incentives incentives of the Provincial Government. Government. Its benefits include include a training allowance of $100 weekly for up to 42 weeks, plus free tuition. The first phase of Youth Start concentrates on preparing preparing young people for work. In the second phase employers are called upon to provide on-the-job training training opportunities so young people can test and develop their skills in the real world. By the time they are placed, trainees are strongly motivated and anxious anxious to succeed. And the counsellors know exactly where each young person can make the greatest contribution contribution to a business. To participate, an employer employer simply contacts the Youth Start Centre and describes describes the job opening. A training plan is then outlined, outlined, and the centre matches the employer with a trainee. This ensures that the youth's abilities fit the requirements of the position. position. By the end of the training period, the temporary job may well have become permanent. permanent. But even if it doesn't, the young person will have acquired the personal personal and occupational skills needed to survive and advance in the job market. The program concludes with a short counselling period following the completion completion of training to provide provide further support needed. If the employer is unable to offer a permanent position, the counsellor will help the youth find other work or arrange for more advanced training oi" instruction. The Youth Start Program 1 will definitely benefit those' young people who lack basic job skills and need to 1 improve their motivation, and self-esteem. They also need to be able to relate to J others, and to know what is ; expected of them in the ' workforce. , Young people and busk nesses interested in Youth', Start should contact, Durham College's Indus-- trial Liaison Departmental' 576-0210, ext. 352, or call the * Ontario Youth Start Centre, 40 King Street West,' Oshawa, at 434-8006. 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