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10 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, June 21, 1978 Senior Public School Fashion Section Two and Crafts Show depressed and discouraged and stop trying to help themselves. Actually in respect to job hunting several factors become important in coping with the situation. The skills of applying for a job become something everyone must learn. Huge numbers of people do not even get a job interview because their application is so poor or so incomplete. The skills of presenting oneself positively in an interview are even more important today than ever before. With fewer jobs around today the job hunting skills must be polished. It used to be that you just had to train yourself for a job. Today you must not only do that but you must also train yourself to get the job interview. The writing of a job applica- tion, techniques of interview- ing, gettiig background on a company, and generally knowing how to put one's best foot forward are skills which can be learned. One of the hardest aspects of this process is realizing that it is necessary to learn these skills and to do the homework necessary to polish them. This is another life coping skill which all young people must learn. It is best that they recognize it and take action because it's just one of the many coping skills that will be necessary as they face the changing world ahead of them. Newcastle May Become a Guinea Pig For Topsoil Preservation Legislation A meeting between the Federation of Agriculture, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Town of Newcastle's planning director will determine whether or not the town continues down the road to becoming a guinea pig for a topsoil preservation by-law. On May 29, the planning and development committee expressed concerns over the removal of topsoil in the area and the lack of adequate controls governing that removal. Upon investigation, it was revealed that a bylaw could be passed restricting topsoil stripping under the Topsoil Preservation Act. George Howden, town planner, further investigated the matter and reported to the committee Monday. According to Mr. Howden, no municipality, in the province has passed such a by-law and that if Newcastle was to proceed on its present course of action, it would be acting as a 'guinea pig for all other mumicipalities in Ontario," The planner suggested that if the town wanted to pioneer in this field, it should have the benefit f outside expert advice. He recommended that the planning department be authorized to obtain the services of the town solicitor or other legal counsel, if the town solicitor had insufficient time to deal with the matter and also that the services of a consultant agronomist be procured. Members of the planning committee agreed with these recommendations and asked for the meeting between Leslie Kristof, planning director, the ministry and the federation. The major concern of the committee and area agronomists, is that New- castle's farmland and prime topsoil is in danger. It is the upper level of soil that is the principal feeding zone of plants which provide food for human or livestock consump- tion and fibre for clothing and timber. More than 300 years are required under favorable conditions to build a single inch of topsoil by natural processes, although this formation can be speeded up by man. The ministry believes that before any site is stripped of topsoil the repercussions must be carefully considered and a plan of action determined to rehabilitate the soil for the growth of plants. Topsoil is stripped when subdivision builders level the land to excavate for houses. If the soil removed is not the best for lawns and gardens, when the houses are finished the developer tries to put in topsoil from more fertile areas. Subdivisions in and around major urban centres are suffering more and more from these problems and the need to supply them with fertile soil has led to the stripping of fine farm land. In a ministry report three major problems were associated with the stripping of topsoil: erosion, reduced soil fertility, and soil compaction. While the problems of erosion are evident to everyone, the other problem associated with the removal are not. Topsoil is largely respons- ible for producing most crops. Removal of this exposes dense subsoils, which are infertile and porly suited physically for growing. Soil productivity may drop in excess of 80 per cent when top soil is removed and yields on fertilized subsoil may be 40 to 50 per cent lower than on unfertilized topsoil. When subsoil is subjected to the weight of heavy earthmoving equipment used in stripping the topsoil, soil compaction can occur. Compaction of the soil reduces the amount of air and water in it. In addition, compacted subsoils frequently develop a hard layer upon drying that results in the reduction of the plant growth rate. The problems expressed by the ministry, and which are the concern of the Newcastle planning committee, are numerous and complex. What shape a by-law regulating topsoil removal will take is still unknown, but the committee appears intent on drawing one up. Councillor Bruce Taylor, himself a farmer, is extremely concerned with the matter and wants something done about it before it's too late. Mr. Kristof will be producing a report after reviewing the situation and contacting the ministry and federation. That report will be made to the planning committee. Police Seek Man In Connection With Robberies The Durham Regional Police are seeking a white caucasion male, between the ages of 20 and 25, with long brown hair in connection with two apparently related robberies which occurred on Wednesday and Thursday night in Bowmanville and Maple Grove. The man held up the Becker's Milk Store, at 240 King Street East, Wednesday night at 10:35. He entered the store and pointed a sawed off shotgun or rifle at the female clerk, who then handed over $145 in cash. The man escaped on foot, leaving the clerk shaken, but unharmed. On Thursday night, a similarly described man, carrying the same type of weapon, entered Webber's Fina Station on Highway 2 and - demanded cash from the teller. He escaped with about $100. Police said that the investigation is continuing. The talents of the students of Bowmanville Senior Public School were shown to parents and friends when the school held their Fashion and Crafts Show on June 6th. The program in the gymnasium included musical selections by the B.S.PS. band and a fashion show, where the girls of the grade seven and eight home economies classes modelled the clothes that they have made during the school year. A ceramics and an industrial arts and crafts display was also on view in the gym. Education with Terry Hawkins I read a newspaper article recently wherein a speaker had stated that Community Colleges in the future will teach students to cope with the likelihood of being unemploy- ed when they graduate. The speaker was James Colvin, president of Fanshaw College in London, Ontario and he went on to say, "We're going to have to train people to be unemployed. We won't have a mass requirement for labour and we are going to have to change our values to accept the many people who just won't be productive members of our soéiety." 1 That's a pretty heavy state- ment and a very startling one as well. The very thought of training someone to be unemployed goes against every tradition and belief generally held in our society. True there are people who don't believe in work, but the work ethic is still strongly entrenched in a large portion of our society. I don't really know if Mr. Colvin is right in his prediction. Possibly he is correct but many things change and many a prediction does not come true. He has; however drawn our attention to one very clear situation. It is very necessary to train graduates to cope with the world they live in. If it is a world of unemployment they must learn some skills to deal with it. These skills need not just be the skills of living as an unemployed person but skills to help one find a job, create a job or to remain sane until opportunities become available. Upon graduation somepeople become 50 upset when 'othey do not quickly obtain a job that they become COLOUR BLA CK and WHITE SERVICE CALL SPECIA L ALL SERVICE ONLY CALLS WITH THIS AD Guarantee on aIl Parts and Service ve 426 Simcoe St. S. Oshawa 723-0011 WE SERVICE WHAT WE SELL OURSELVES