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Course for racing officials set up at Humber ‘‘We believe we have the most significant summer youth program in the province, if not in the whole country‘‘, K e n MacKeracher, the Humber Staff member in charge of the program said in acknowledging the grant. He said the money would be used to hire students and finance programs "which Announcement of the grant was made recently at a press conference attended by federal Cabinet Minister Gerard Pelletier, who heads the program, _ Alistair Gillespie, federal MP for Etobicoke, and various Humber officials. The grant is the largest single one allocated to an Ontario organization under the government‘s Opporâ€" tunities for Youth program. Ontario‘s share of the 24.7 million dollar OFY program is roughly $120,000. Humber College has been awarded $60,000 by the federal government to operate a program for unemployed students this summer. Humber College and the National Association of Canadian Race Tracks have combined on a course for track officials. The course will be inâ€" stituted in the fall at the College‘s new north campus in Rexdale, Ontario, a stone‘s throw from Woodâ€" bine, one of the country‘s largest race tracks. It was approved at the last College, the Jockey Club, NACRT meeting in and the NACRT. It will be Edmonton in May. The presented for approval to the NACRT, the official voice of next directors meeting of the the Canadian horse racing NACRT in September. industry, has agreed to NACRT president encourage member tracks to Raymond Lemay of Monâ€" send officials to the course, treal, general manager of and to certify course Blue Bonnets Race Track, graduates, provide inâ€" hailed the development of structors, and establish the course as a great boon to prizes and bursaries for the racing industry. racing students at Humber. The course will eventually. CcOMMUNITY ACTIVITIES Mobile Information Service 1. A special Humber bus will inform community residents of the programs being offered by Summer at Humber. It will also be used to transport some community children to the day camp and other activities. Touring Art Program 2. Art activities will be provided for over 250 children a week in the boroughs of York and Etobicoke. Humber students will instruct in puppetry, drawing, pottery, painting, and other art subjects. Youth Orchestra 3. A specially assembled group, the 2 1st Century Stage Band, will play 10 public concerts at various community locations. Conservation Project Students hired by Summer at Humber will ctean up a section of _ 4. the Humber Valley near the College. This will involve selected tree removal and trail and path development. Recreation Activities Camp Between July 5 and August 13, Humber College will be the site of a camp for 50 youngsters a week, ages 8 to 12. Both 5. College and community facilities will be used. Community Theatre Summer at Humber will try to develop theatrical abilities in the community through participation theatre workshops for, weekly groups of young people. A touring theatre group will also perform at selected community sites. Open Inquiry An openâ€"ended, unstructured part of the program along the lines of the Metro SEED program to allow for studentâ€"directed activities that arise spontaneously through participation in Summer at Humber. Humber College awarded federal grant These include a conâ€" servation project to clean up a section of the Humber Valley Rear the College; a camp on College grounds for more than 300 children; a touring student theatre troupe, a touring art program, and a youth orâ€" chestra, the 21st Century Concert Band, which will perform 100 public concerts around the College area. Organizers of the program, which the College terms ‘‘Summer at Humber‘‘, say a special Humber bus will be used to transport some community children to the day camp and to other acâ€" tivities. The grant will also be used to finance a series of studentâ€" conducted _ surveys _ in Etobicoke _ and _ York, MacKeracher said. Some 50 students will fan out through the communities during the summer to exâ€" plore citizen attitudes to various issues like landlordâ€" tenant relationships, comâ€" are not mere makeâ€"work activities, but of real service to the community". Fred Manson, dean of the College‘s Applied and Liberal Arts Division, said the course would likely last eight weeks. A curriculum is currently being drafted by representatives of Humber College, the Jockey Club, and the NACRT. It will be presented for approval to the next directors meeting of the NACRT in September. Benevolent Association e college already trains ms for the Horsemen‘s volent and Protective munity welfare services, and citizen‘s rights; the education and employment opportunities _ open _ to community women; the extent and nature of pollution in the area; the concerns of senior citizens, and the ethnic composition of the two boroughs. In all, some 150 students are being hired by the College to operate the various programs and to conduct the surveys. Many of them are drawn from unemployed _ youth _ in Etobicoke and York. In making the anâ€" nouncement, Pelletier said that the federal government had approved slightly more than 20 per cent of all projects submitted to it. "Our criteria for funding projects are very difficult", he said. Humber President Gordon Wragg said the College was "delighted" by the news. "Our primary purpose is to become an essential part of the life and work of the communities we serve", he said, ‘"and this contributes to our doing just that." The course will comâ€" plement the College‘s threeâ€" year horsemanship program which, although only a year old, enjoys a national reputation. it is hoped, draw students to train for positions as racing secretaries, judges, stewards, starters, horse identifiers, and hanâ€" dicappers. But, for the present, course organizers say the aim is to attract men and women with some exâ€" perience cr confirmed potential as track officials. ‘"‘The course will be designed to add substantially to the knowledge of the ofâ€" ficials already working," Lemay said. ‘"We feel confident that we have something that will greatly benefit the racing industry." Wilfred Pelletier (centre), Secretary of State in the federal cabinet, is flanked by Mrs. Florence Gell (left), of the Humber College Board of Governors, and Ted Jarvis (right), chairman of the Humber College Board, at a reception last week to announce a $60,000 federal government grant to the College‘s summer youth program. It was the largest single grant in Ontario under the federal government‘s Opportunities for Youth program. Timber! And another tree is felled by Humber students in their latest conservation effort in the Humber Valley. The students began clearing up the Valley on Monday (June 14), and will continue at it for another two weeks as part of the College‘s Summer at Humber program. Photo by Hutton Make your SUMMER at HUMBER Between now and September, Humber College is operating a manyâ€"faceted and ambitious summer program for young people in our community. Last week, the College was awarded $60,000 under the federal government‘s Opportunities for Youth program â€" the largest single grant awarded in Ontario. We were proud and delighted by the news, because it gives us further opportunity to contribute to the life of the communities we serve, and we look forward to seeing you and your children at our activities this summer. COMMUNITY SURVEYS Urban Living Issues Students will poll citizen attitudes about urban issues like community planning, landlordâ€"tenant relationships, citizens‘ rights and health and welfare concerns. Seminars involving interested citizens will be held in community settings. Opportunities for Women Students will examine the nature and extent of the education and employment opportunities available to women in Etobicoke and York. They will seek to determine the employment and education needs of the women of the boroughs. Pollution Students will explore the nature and extent of pollution in the College area, and obtain information on recycling, waste disposal, and antiâ€"pollution programs. Senior Citizens‘ Needs Issues of concern to senior citizens will be investigated. These include recreation opportunities, medical care, transportation, and legal rights. Education activities in conjunction with citizens‘ groups will also be undertaken. Ethnic Survey Students will develop an ethnic profile of the College area. They will also examine problems of ethnic cultural preservation within the larger Canadian community. North Board of Ed York‘s Festival: Comâ€" mittee tied up a few more of the loose strings around the July 1. York Festival package. The committee heard their beauty contest was going to be a success after all. There have been 10 applicants thus far for the cantest featuring a first prize of a trip to York England. More than 300 professional and amateur artists parâ€" ticipated in the Tenth Annual Toronto _ Outdoor _ Art It was also announced at the meeting that Pioneer Residents of the Borough of York are utilizing the facilities of the Centennial Building and grounds to a great extent. Some 1,200 permits have been issued to various groups and for a myriad of activities during the past six months. Weston exhibitors at art showing Ten citizens are in the running for the position of Trustee for Ward 12 of North York‘s Board of Education. This post was left vacant by Dr. Kechin Wang who was named a judge. Slated for their interviews with the North York trustees this week and for the final decision to be announced June 28 are: Rev. Beverley G. Brightling, 25 Cobham Crese. George R. Burns, 5 Denver Crese. Well used TELEPHONE NAME ADDRESS Yes, 1 am interested in participating in Summer at Humber and would like further information about the following: Phone: Summer at Humber Hot Line â€" 677â€"9540 Or Visit: (Note: Registration is required for the Recreation Activities Camp on a first come basis, for 50 children, aged 8â€"12) COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES Recreation Activities Camp Community Theatre Open Inquiry Touring Art Program Conservation Project Youth Orchestra Mobile Information Service No tug of war only beauty contest Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology Humber College Boulevard ‘ (Hwy. 27 north of Rexdale Boulevard) Rexdale, Ontario Village will be putting on displays of cxu'n‘lEl mina. butter making, spinning and broom making at the festival. The committee decided not to accept the Metro Police Force‘s challenge to a tugâ€"ofâ€" war upon being informed by Parks and Recreation coâ€" ordinator Tug Wilson that the boys in blue were just too professional and too good. Although _ Committee Exhibitors from Weston included: Mr. Ken Hanson, 42 Waterford Dr.; Mrs. Alice E. Davis, 41 LaRush Drive; Mr. & Mrs. E. Gadsby, 64 Branwin Dr.; Mrs. Renee Gress, 23 Laurelwood Cr.; Mrs. K. Kiczek, 90 Renault Cr.; Mr. M. Magus, 31 Hamptonbrook Dr.; Mr. Michael Haworski, 213 The Westway. Executive director Berâ€" nard Taylor credits the inâ€" terest shown in the exhibition to earlier sucâ€" cessful shows including last year‘s record 300 exhibitors. Mrs. Althea Poulos, 46 Caronport Cresc. Mrs. D.M. MacLeod, 16 Alderham Crese. T.R. Patterson, 135 Cumbermere. Mrs. Walter Penner, 54 Heskith Crt. Kenneth E. Crowley, 7 Brushwood Crt. Exhibition held June 18â€"19â€"20 at Nathan Phillips Square. Arnhold _ Hauk, 577 Deloraine Ave. A.M. Ingleson, 5 Lichen Place. Ernest Jones, 40 Marâ€" thclair. York‘s candidates 0 C 3 COMMUNITY SURVEYS Urban Living Issues Opportunities for Women Pollution Senior Citizens‘ Needs Ethnic Survey Keep your car locked, even on your own driveway, the Ontario â€" Safety â€" League recommends. That way you are certain that no children will get in to play. Kids playing tag in and out of a car are liable to muss it up quite a bit. But what is far worse, they can injure their hands in closing doors. Or even set the car in motion, inadvertently. If you are involved in a crash at a speed of from 41 to 50 miles an hour, your chances of dying are one in 88. Add ten miles per hour to the speed and the chances jump to one in 31, says the Ontario Safety League. In the 71 â€" 80 m.p.h. range you have only an even chance of survival. talk their way through this situation, members of the Mr. Wilson when he declared ‘"We‘ve given up Actually, they‘re bits of wire, sticks or pebbles that get caught up in the spinâ€" ning blades and shoot out, striking anyone or anything in their path. Do you ever think when you‘re power mowing, that your lawn might be full of bullets ... . bullets that could zing out and hit you ... or your children. They‘re not real bullets, but they might as well be. Don‘t become one of the victims. Bar any and all ammunition from your lawn. According to the Ontario Safety League, all it takes is a preliminary check for sticks, stones and bits of glass and metal each time you mow your lawn. Your lawn is dangerous Speed kills Car lock lared 10