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28 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, September 22, 1987 Virtual paradise for job hunters in Scugog changing careers, now is an ex- cellent time to do it. If you've been thinking about THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF DURHAM PUBLIC NOTICE Take notice that the Regional Municipality of Durham is considering AN APPLICATION TO AMEND THE DURHAM REGIONAL OFFICIAL PLAN The amendment, as submitted by the applicant, proposes a new elementary school on full municipal services within the site indicated on the map below. Township of Scugog Regional Rd (No.8 PORT PERRY In order to assist in the evaluation of the amendment application, the public is invited to provide input by way of submissions to the Region's Planning Department. Information related to the amendment application is available in the offices of the Planning Department, 105 Consumers Drive, Whit- by, Ontario LIN 6A3 or by calling Mr. Michael Cook, Planning Department, (416) 668-7731. Submissions concerning the amendment application must be for- warded to the Commissioner of Planning, at the above-noted ad- dress, and must be received no later than Friday, October 23, 1987. Please include your address and telephone number in any submis- sions made. File Number 87-60/D . Marie Hubbard Chairman, Planning Committee Dr. M. Michael, M.C.I.P. Commissioner of Planning THE COMPLETE WINDOW SYSTEM that Saves you Time, Energy and Money «Sauls hung The Timeless Beauty of tint window Bay & Bow Windows Picture Window | i -- [STANLEY RTT ste RepLACEMENT Soon S 1 i (1) Never in the past few years has job-hunting been so easy in SCugog Township. In last week's classified section of the Port Perry Star, 33 jobs were up for grabs For the first time in a while, employers are actually having dif- ficulty filling vacancies, while peo- ple looking for work are taking their time, picking and choosing, instead of grabbing the first job that comes available. The situation isn't limited to Scugog, either. Bob Lothian, manager of Canada Employment Centre in Oshawa, says it's the same all over southern Ontario. The economy is good, the Durham area is expanding rapidly, and there aren't enough skilled workers to go around. "The whole area is very, very tight on many skilled jobs and ser- vice industries," he said. 'We do not have the people to fill the positions." Businesses may be able to ex- pand, but as Mr. Lothian says, "We can't manufacture people." As a result, the centre is en- couraging people who haven't work- ed in a while, to return to the workplace. "There's some good prospects out there," he said, "Particularly for females." The job market has picked up | significantly in the last year and a half, and, as Mr. Lothian pointed out, Durham never went through a real recession or downturn that other areas experienced a couple of years ago. And as a result, not surprisingly, job-hunters are being more selective. "They can afford to be," he said. "It's a shopper's market," Susan Law is general manager at a Port Perry area firm Chasson Pallets, Oshawa Ltd. She had plac- ed two ads in last week's Star, and she said the response (in terms of number of calls) was only 50 per cent of what it has been in the past. "Before, the morning after an ad was printed, there'd be 25 messages on the answering machine. But not now," she said. And although Community Memorial Hospital has never had trouble filling a vacancy, personnel director Connie Jamieson admits the number of replies to ads has been down. "Certainly not as many responses as two years ago," she said. "It's about half." What's more, the situation is ex- pected to continue for some time, Bob Lothian said, *'I think we're in for continuous long-term growth." Regional councillors lose bid to change date of meetings Two regional councillors have lost in their bid to have the dates of Durham's council meetings changed. 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The acquisition of this company in the Province of Newfoundland is another step in our - progressive growth in the Atlantic provinces. Mr. David J. PAGE, General Manager, PROVINCIAL Traffic Signs (N.S.) Ltd., DARTMOUTH, N.S. has been given the additional respon- sibilities for the growth of this new company in Newfoundland, and Is promoted to the position of General Manager of A.C. HALLIDAY Ltd., St. JOHN'S, Newfoundland. This promotion is yet another up- ward step in Mr. Page's career with this chain of traffic sign com- panies. We wish him well. | Guaranteed Higher Interest Investment on Your Investments Certificates - 101/2% 5 YEAR TERM RRSP Minimum Deposit $500. 101/4% 5 YEAR TERM Minimum Deposit $500. | 5 YEAR TERM Min. Deposit $500. RATES SHOWN -- PER ANNUM Special rates also available on other amounts All rates subject to change without notice STANDARD TRUST | Momber ot Canada ye 165 Queen St. Port Perry Tel 985-8435 Open Monday to Thursday 9am to 5 pm; Friday 9am to 6 pm; Saturday 9am to 1 pm In his address to council, Kolod- zie said, "What I am trying to do is get a more systematic way of doing things." He said it was unfair to regional councillors, who also sit on council at their municipal level, to be ex- pected to digest the information in two large agendas when both were received at the same time. He add- ed, that apart from being unfair to the councillors, it was particularly unfair to constituents who were not being represented properly because of the "work overload," a comment that sparked hoots and snickers from his peers. A Regional clerk, Cec Lundy, in- dicated he had contacted the eight area municipal clerks and obtained their council and committee meeting for the balance of the year. After quoting the findings to those gathered, he indicated, "It is. ob- vious from the information that changing the regional schedule of meetings will not resolve the pro- blem of some members receiving two council agendas on the same weekend." In a written report, Lundy said there were several options which council could consider if it felt that a change of venue was necessary. The first, he said, would be to re- quest all area municipalities to hold their council meetings on the first and third Mondays of the month, a move which would require the region to hold their meetings on the third and fifth Wednesdays whenever there are five Wednesdays in the month in order to maintain syncronization. He in- dicated the more logical alternative would be for the region to continue to meet every second Wednesday and suggest to the area municipalities they change their meeting schedule if they felt it created a problem. Kolodzie and Mason received no support from fellow councillors, be- ing the only two to vote for the recommendation. Oshawa's John Aker was the first to speak in opposition saying the present schedule was a definite one, not confusing to the public, and to change it would create havoc. Whit- by councillor Tom Edwards echoed his feelings saying the present system, although simple, was the best method of operating. Jim Witty, chairman of the finance, concluded the idea of changing the date of council meetings first came up because of the volume of paperwork sometimes received. But he said he felt this would always be a problem no mat- ter how the dates of meetings were changed. "We (councillors) will have a large volume of paper to contend with anyway, sO I don't see where the problem is," said Witty.