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8- PORT PERRY STAR - Wednesday, October 11, 1995 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" _/ Program now recruiting World Youth group offering adventure Canada World Youth is now recruiting Canadian citizens and landed immigrants between the ages of 17 and 20 years as of Dec. 31, 1995 to apply for a unique international exchange program. The appli- cation deadline for programs beginning in the sum- mer of 19961s Nov. 10, 1995. Since its beginning in 1971, more than 18,000 young people have participated in the exchange pro- gram in hundreds of communities across Canada and In Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean or Eastern Europe. These programs offer youth the op- portunity to develop leadership skills, gain valuable work experience, and broaden their perspectives of social justice issues. Participants spend three months in a community in Canada and three months in a community in the exchange country. During the program, Canadian participants are paired with another youth from the exchange country, live with local families in each community and gain new skills and knowledge through volunteer work in health and social services, small business or agriculture. Volunteer work allows youth to gain practical work experience and skills, deepen their understanding of other communities and cultures and obtain first hand exposure to international and community de- velopment issues. : For more information, contact the Ontario Region- al Office of Canada World Youth at 386 Bloor St. W., 2nd Floor, Toronto M5S 1X4. Tel: (416) 922-0776; Fax:(416)922-3721. Forder-Parks Insurance Brokers Inc. Personal attention to all of 34 Water St., Port Perry, Ontario L9L1]J2 985-8471 1.35% our best rate Subject to change without notice Then Hedgehogs are for you. Suitable for children with allergies, they live in hamster cages and eat dry cat food. Males $125.00 Female $200.00 Breeding stock also available. Call (905) 852-9554 JAMESDALE HEDGEHOGS Polonsky trying again Durham College chief pitches university plan; MPP says 'time has not yet come' By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star Durham College president Gary Polonsky is pushing ahead with a "leaner, meaner" proposal to establish a university centre here, after a plan requiring $1.8 million in provincial funding was rejected by the former government. But the new Progressive Conservative MPP for Durham East says the climate is still not right for his government to back the ambitious project. "Great idea; but its time has not yet come," John O'Toole said last week. Last June Mr. Polonsky was sent back to the drawing board when the NDP government rejected his plan to establish an integrated education centre at Durham's Oshawa campus that would allow stu- dents to obtain university credits toward degrees. Earlier he had unveiled an ambitious plan for a study centre that would combine technology and private sector backing to help students achieve their goals. This spring he was highly optimistic that the province would go for the pitch. It was rejected by the NDP prior to the June election. Undaunted, Mr. Polonsky started redrawing plans in an attempt to give the promise more bang for fewer bucks. He said he'd be requesting funding "in the hundred-thousands"" as opposed to the earlier request for $1.8 million. "Today $1.8 million is not feasible because of the orientation of the new government," Mr. Polonsky said last week. "We are planning a lean and mean place... Our main aim is to demonstrate how post-secondary education can be delivered for less by means of technology and collaboration." o that end, Mr. Polonsky has enlisted the support of existing universities and industry, suc h as General Motors. He hopes to pro- vide capital for the project "through partnership with the private sector, and not government funding." But Mr. O'Toole is not convinced the education ministry will be per- Bo suaded to part with dollars for a -- new centre at a time when existing O'TOOLE universities are under the gun as part of the Tory government's fiscal restraint mea- sures. "Of course I'd like to see a university in Durham," he said. "(But) the post secondary funding that's there will see a cap at least, or possibly a cut." The MPP added that as funding falls and tuitions inevitably rise, some small universities may in fact be phased out. In the future students will be looking for institutions that can offer opportunities for more advancement in less time, said Mr. O'Toole. That could be when a plan like Mr. Polonsky's could flourish. "I believe he should not give up the fight and focus on quality and service, and the clientele will come," said Mr. O'Toole. Mr. Polonsky, though, is pressing ahead, and will submit a business plan to the provincial ministry of education by Oct. 31. He feels his project is just the kind of efficient and quality institution the government will be looking for as fewer dollars for post-secondary education are available. "I'm allowing myself to be cautiously hopeful," he said. "We have to be brutally lean, and we can provide value for a minimal amount." PHOTOCOPIES WX Role Kel. at the PORT PERRY STAR The Arthritis Society is launching a new session of the Arthritis Self Manage- ment Program (ASMP) on Oct. 26. ASMP is specially de- signed to help people con- trol their arthritis through proven pain man- agement techniques and Arthritis Society announces program coping strategies. While the program doesn't re- place a physician's care, it does promote a sense of well-being and control over one's physical condi- tion. 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