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Page 14 The Canadian Statesman. Bowmnnville, June 18. 1997 Drumming Up Jobs by Lorraine Manfredo Staff Writer Jesse Stewart spent six hours Monday drumming lip jobs for youth -- literally. The Summer Employment Officer with Bowmanville's Human Resource Centre for Students set up his drums at the town hall square at 10 a.m. and vowed to keep playing playing until 4 p.m or until the student centre received 15 student job vacancies. "1 was getting a little sore by the end of the day," Jesse Stewart said. "But we ended up meeting our target and surpassing surpassing it by two." Stewart said his day-long drumming marathon was not a last-ditch resort to solve an unemployment crisis. Instead, the drumming was part of national Hire a Student Week running June 10 to 19. "The idea was to promote student hiring in general and promote the services services of the HRCC to students." students." Since the employment office opened in May there have been about 100 successful successful placements and that figure will likely triple by the end of the summer. However, students without work at this point in tire season season are getting a little concerned, concerned, Stewart admits. There seem to be more students looking than there are opportunities. opportunities. Talking to business owners, owners, many get the the standard response that summer is typically typically a slow time and extra help is not needed. Other businesses are family-run and tend to hire relatives. The message Jesse Stewart was trying to bang out to local businesses is that they can benefit by hiring a student student for a week; a day or even an hour at a time. And home-owners can call the student centre for help completing those odd jobs around their property, such as painting, yard work and cleaning garages. "We have a large pool of students who are more than willing to do that kind of work." And, if a steady summer job isn't in the cards, students can take initiative on their own, he adds. "They can start their own business lawn mowing, for example. There are opportunities if they don't get the standard 9 to 5 job." As examples, he suggests teens with lifeguard skills can offer swimming lessons to local kids in their backyard pools. Or, teens can go around and ask if people want Fabulous Fifties Festival Hits Bowmanville Dust off those bobby socks and poodle skirts. Start working working on your ducktail hairdos. Because downtown Bowmanville is going-back to the 50's tomorrow.' The annual Fabulous Fifties Festival runs June 19th, 20th and 21st. Attractions include the sidewalk sale, auctions, beach volleyball, classic cars, a bubble bubble gum blowing contest, a hula hoop competition, and much more. On Thursday and Friday, there will be auctions at noon and 7 p.m.. The auction takes place in front of the law offices of Strike, Salmers and Furlong. On Saturday, the entire main street will be closed to traffic. Some of the highlights from Saturday, June 21, include the Co-ed Beach Volleyball Tournament using real beach sand transported to the downtown just for the occasion. At 8 a.m. Saturday, the Alert Fire Company will present present its "Little Richard Pancake Breakfast." And from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Bowmanville library branch will host its book sale. At 10 a.m., the Oshawa Sunday Cruisers Car Club will present present their show and shine, complete with awards for individual cars. At the east end of town, you won't want to miss a kids' play area called "Winston the Wonder Whale;" the Oshawa Green Gaels' dunk tank or the display display by the Clarington Museums. A well-stocked "fish pond" will also delight the children. Also on Saturdaya d Bubble Gum Blowing Contest will be held. their fences painted or lawns mowed. Sharon Little, co-ordinator for student employment centres centres in Durham, said: "The intent of Hire a Student Week is to increase awareness in the community for both employers employers and for students. For instance, if they are having difficulty with their job search and need suggestions." She said the Bowmanville office is seeing a lot of student student traffic, with as many as 30 students coming through on a busy day to look at job notices or seek one-on-one assistance for their job search. Little also noted that there has been an increase in the number of job vacancies posted at the HRCC in Clarington over last year. To hire a student, call the Human Resource Centre for Students at 623-9221 or visit the office at 200 King Street E., suite 200, in Bowmanville. THE JOB BEAT -- Six hours spent drumming up jobs at the Town Hall square on Monday left Bowmanville's student employment officer, Jesse Stewart, pretty "beat." But the drumming marathon paid off, he says. By the end of the day, the Human Resource Centre for Students had 17 new positions for students. Jesse's unique drumming idea was part of Hire a Student Week activities miming June 10 to 19 around Durham. Clarington Briefs Hey! That's Our Elephant! Yup, that 9,000-pound celebrity gracing those Sears newspaper ads in big Toronto dailies is none other than the Bowmanville Zoo's famous elephant, Sheba. A Sears spokesperson said the heavy-set model was "very photogenic" and had the perfect image for the chain's summer promotion which boasts "unherd of prices" and "big changes afoot" at stores from Hamilton to Oshawa due to undergo $60 million of renovations. The ad campaign starring Sheba will run from July to late fall. Cal Beheaded The person (or persons) who decapitated a cat and left its headless body near the Bowmanville Creek is still at large. Animal Control authorities picked up the remains of the animal which was found on June 7th by a man walking his dog near the creek. The cat was subsequently subsequently identified when a woman came forward with a photo of her missing pel. Although the case is still a mystery, a municipal spokesperson said it was a likely case of cruelty because the cut was "too clean" to have been the result of an accident. Blind Bella Finds A Home A four-year-old German Shepherd with failing vision has found a permanent home with David and Eleanor McKay of Newcastle. After seeing a newspaper article about Bella, the couple couple decided to make room in their home for the dog who needs twice daily applications of eye cream to save her sight. Belle, as she is now called, is fitting in well in her new digs and has her choice of playmates with three small children and the family's nine-year-old German Shepherd. The eye treatment donated by a Quebec pharmaceutical company has worked wonders, wonders, says Eleanor, to the point where "she can now see squirrels jumping from tree to tree in the backyard." 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