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2 - PORT PERRY STAR - - Tuesday, August 17, 1993 From pag Wed the next five care he said. But Mr. Stevenson said he * was not confident he could get funding for more than a six- * month eriod. "I'm hoping for good news in the short-term, but Ican' t prom- ise along-term office." Mr. Stevenson's request for From page 1 ments by only one per cent. The recent Social Contract talks have also affected the deci- sion, Mr. Deshane said. To further complicate the matter, the ambulance officers only recently signed a new con- tract after the old one expired last year. Under the new agreement, the officers saw their pay jump 985-8448 .. SIT = » PIZZA & SUBS _ "80 Water Street, Port Perry. * fre Delivety os ; in a Limited ( ---_ funding was recently denied by the regional office of Employ- ment and Immigration. But he has vowed not to give up and "will appeal directly to Employ- ment Minister Bernard, Val- court. Although short-term funding is possible, Mr.' Stevenson en- coubaged the group to work at 'Ambulance cuts from $16.75 to $18.38 per hour. Mr. 'Deshane says he must now calculate where the extra - money will be found. Admitting that the "whole ambulance issue is complex," he was unable to speculate when the entire situation would be re- solved. In the meantime, the ambu- lance service keeps, rolling along, unch anged. : lL Find us fast if | the "Yellow Pages" ™ ® o LJ J J ® ® e [J alk for otal | Boy's arriving daily - choose from Fit Knit, Krickets, Sugar Kaine, Pickles & Levis & ~ RECEIVE 10% OFF Back To School Shoes: Western styles, Doc Martin style, dress & running Togs ALL AT 10% OFF New Ladies Coordinates from Kates, Mr. Leonard, Conrad C, Garey Petite & more! ALL AT 10% OFF seekin new and fiinovative ide- - as forthe centre to make it more attractive. "We are going to have to Hale jorpe innovative ideas. It can't just another governmental office. It must ave anew approach,"he said, "With innovative ideas, hope- fully we'll get some support." He called on the various lev- els of government to become i in- volved in'the centre. It was suggested during the meeting that a user fee be im- plemented for services rendered 'at the centre, thus defraying the costs. A scorecard system was also proposed in which a tally is kept of the services which are - 'at local job bank service provided. Despite the setback, 'many argue the office is needed and should continue. -No one knows more about the need for the service than Peter Jackson, who' utilized the ser- for Girl's & 'in the Port Perry quasi- BOE cro i EE o,[0][ cf] SAT "mn, on TAS A vice earlier this year. Ser After reading about the office' Star, the 22- year-old met with 'Ms. Haigh who convinced him to return to high school ' to complete his Grade 12in the fall, "There is a need for the cen- tre. | know: thére is a need," he. said Rowing the 219 signatures i on the petition which he pre- sented to Mr. Stevenson. "The kind of response we got (from the petition) was incredi- 'ble." Stevenson Conant of short-term fu und Mr, Jdekbon said there wasa 'noed for more businesses to 0 get involved in the program. O 'this happens, he sai a mowbal effect would occur: Despite' not receiving quite 'the news she wag hop ng for, Mag: Haig h sdid she was "opti- ohie said "of the centre. "Ten jobs since " mistic" roedhclons. "This thing works," 8 June 28. Don't ask me how, don't ask me why. Itjust works." Hundreds of jobs listed A computerized jobs listing contains hundreds of jobs for lo- 80 * cal job seekers, says an official - Agricultural Employment Ser- at the 'Agricultural Employ- Perry Rolly Coy, manager of the of- fice, introduced Job Bank, a computerized jobs listing to the Water Street office in. the spring. Since that time hun- "dreds of people have utilized the service. More than 1,000 jobs from "across the. country are listed on - the computer, including anum- ber of jobs in the Durham Re- gion. The jobs are updated on a guln.t basis 'throughout: the a ) 1 think it's a good sourge for anybody looking for a job, " Mr. Coy said. "Its at least one place ment Services office in Port a person looking for job should Although it is located in the vices office, it is not just for agri- culturally-related jobs, Mr. Coy stresses. There is a variety of Jobs, The user-friendly kiosk pro- vides English or French servic- es.and allows the user quick ac- cess to the information. 'A computer print-out can n also be obtained, = The Job Bank service is an in- itiative of Employment and Im- 'migration Canada. There. are 'similar, . kiosks, available in . Oshawa, Whitby, Bowmanville, Port Hope and Cobourg The jh ie iy 'Employ- ment Services office. is located. on Water Street. BE hE Learn to Drive... aim and Survive » Driver training for all ages » = Private incor instucton Delorsive dur pelea i «For infornation, brochures edmminbgh ©0004 0000006000000 0000060006000000C0650060800000. BPPOrS. Fk 4PoP | Expires Aon dima, JE BOOS LULBOENOUGUGG IGLOS OS GTO LOGOS SSSSOCSEO GDS S i dn me - - a -- Ara ry