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Clarke High Scehool Jazz Festival May c hange some high school class hours, SChIools from ail around the, anid the afternoon was reserved for held at Clarke. board participated, in "Ail That theic Jazz Bands. Photo: Courtice High School Jazz", a day-long Jazz Festival Dan Kapp, of the Clarke High Jazz Band had the Clarke High held at Clarke High School on School Music Departmnent was School gymnasium swinging at Fniday. The Clarke High School responsible for the event. "Ahl that Jazz, a' day long event Jazz Choir started the The event has been held that featured the jazz choirs and performances off. Ail of the jazz annually for the last four years. bands from around the Board. choirs performed in the morning This is the first year it has been Report f rom Ottawa by Ross Stevenson, M.P. for Durham A few weeks ago 1 had an opportunity to wîtness one of those modemn techniological marvels that must be immensely, helpful in our community and for ,most otiier Canadians. The Canada Employment Centre in Oshawa officially launched ita new computerized Job Bank service. This provides job seekers with much faster and more acuaeinformation about employment opportunities, locally as well as in the surrounding area and across Canada. And it's a quantumn leap ahead of the oid system, under which those seeking work would go to the Empioyment Centre, scrutnize bulletin boards on which indîvidual cards were posted listing available jobs, and then go ask for further information. Anyone who used that system will knoW that the bulletin boards could get out of date ver quickly, especially -when jobs were scarce. Job Bank is a user-friendly computer,, using technology virtually anyone can understand. Inside kiosks, there's a lO-digit keypad with which people can scan over job openings and select those in which they're interested. Listings are up-dated at frequent ý--intervals throughout the day. A printer then provides a slip of paper with information and instructions about how and where to apply. Many employers prefer te' have interested job seekers contact themn directly. Or, aiternatively, a referraI can. be provided through the Employment Centre. So Job'Bank provides speedier service, while also reducing the line-ups. 'Mat allows Employment Centre staff to spend more tiine on those who require other forms of assistance or information. The prograru wasn't designed te reduce staff. Its aim is to help people, faster and more efficiently. Oshiawa*s is the first of a number of Job Banks that will bc in operation by the end of next month at Canada Employment Centres in Pickering, Whitby, Port Hope, and Cobourg. As well there are three local satellite operations - - in the Agricultural Employment Service offices at Port Perry and Bowmianville, and in the Harwood Mal at Ajax. For those who claim that public servants aren't capable of original thought, it should be noted that. Job Bank w as an original brain, chld 1of staff at the Employment Centre in St. Catharines, Ontario. When first tried out there, it proved so successful that it's now being installed throughout the country. l'm told employers like the program, because it's quite flexible, and allows them to offer a detailed description of a job and their requirements, so applîcants cani match these with their own personal qualifications and experience. It also saves a lot of ime for job seekers. They can zero right in on the specific occupations they're seeking and for which they're qualified and the geographic areas where; theyd prefer to work. As the recession eases, these are factors that will make Job Bank increasingly valuable. Seeing this in operation, one has to be impressed that it's a large step forward in modernizing an important governiment service, making it mucli more helpful and accessible. Which translates into better value for our tax dollars. Use the Want Ads in the Orono Tirnes Just a phone oeil away 983-5301 RC teachers rej ect deal Catholic High School teachers have rejected the latest contract offer. The contmat was rejected by 72 percent of those voting. The teachers' spokesman states that the greatesi concern of the teachers involves the size of destreamed Grade 9 classes which have been mandated to bc in place by September this year by the province. The teachers have a concemn for the needs of the special need studelnts who will be included in the destreamed classes. Clarke High School is flot included in plans as to busin g and, school hours as may be at the Bowmanville and Courtice High Schools. Two committees of the Board' of Education will be considering plans for somne'adjustments to busing and school hours before it is finally considered by the board. Over the -past year a. pilot projcct has been undertaken at the Port Hope High School as well'as at Brighton that has saved the board some $ 180,000 in busing costs and are now being considered for other schoois in Book Review from Crystal Pages SEPTEMBER by Rosamunde Pilcher - This is a story of families, love, betrayal, and homecomings, but mostly of enduring love. Ail the facets of personality which go to make up long-lived families and their friends are represented in this most engaging saga. One feels that one is right in the hbis of Scotland and righit up against the most stalwart characters of that magnificent race. One can smell the heather, enjoy the birthday bail, roarn the picnic fields, and trust that things wiii sort themselves out, ail in due time, in a story told with great feeling and absolute knowledge of the subject at hand. St. Martin's Paperbacks- Recycled the ae including Bowmanville and Courtice. The Bowmanville and Courtice High School could open as early at 8:30 and close out classes as earyl as 2:30 p.m. It has been stated the staggervd classes would allow the board to use the same buses for both high school, and public school-students. The principal at the Port H~ope High school bas stated that the' system has worked weli at the school and that students do agree with the eariier closing of classes. It ailows for extracurricular programs, assistance and even time to prepare for a job outside of school. Clarke High Scbool bas not been incorporated in the plan due to the fact that a lot of their buses pick up both high school and public school students at the samne time. It is stated the system is aiready economical The Newcastle Community Liaison Group invites you to a PUBICMEETîING FImat conitact L'ana K~err of the Newcastle Community Liaison G.roup at 987-786. The Topic: The Port Granby Low Level Nuclear Waste Site YOUR PARTICIPATION IS VITALLY IMPORTANT. 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