WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESPAY. MAY 2,1979, PAGE 5 Corridor w. Capers SECOND MARSH - OSHAWA HELP US! There is great concern about the Second Marsh. Will we alloW it to be lost for all time or can we gather together great numbers of people and save it? There are many newcomers to the Whitby area who may be very knowledgeable about such things. Help us--we need your support. Come to meetings and give us any thoughts or information you may have. What we need now dre people, as many as possible to help us convince the powers that be to listen to reason. This is the largest marsh between Kingston and Toronto and a haven for migratory birds. Each marsh is different and each has it's own type of wildlife. When we disturb the balance of nature we do dreadful things to our environment. Each marsh has it's own purpose, no two are the same. Migratory birds return year after year to their own type of marsh which fulfills their needs. The location, the depth of water and the type of vegetation varies with each marsh. One example of trouble is algae--it seeks water when a marsh is drained and goes into the lakes; this we all know about, a problem and sometimes a costly one. For lack of space we will say no more. It's all on record. For the future and generations to come please help us. Be curious and ask questions, seek out information. Be vocal, call your MPP, your Mayor or other concerned people. Tell them how you feel. Just care enough, time is short, now is the time. Let's not waste it with thoughtlessness and indifference. If you want to add your voice to ours please call Ernest Van der Zyl, 723-0852 or 728-2103. We all realize that progress must or has to go on and that the need to build or expand a harbor is sometimes important. Why can't we have both? More money probably--now but in relation to the quality of life cheaper in the long run. Because I live by a marsh I see the magic and wonder of it all. OUR NATIONAL DEBT We pay huge'amounts of interest on our debts and this applies to most Governments. Money is often borrowed from other countries such as Germany say at 5 per cent and reinvested here in our country at 10 1/4 per cent or 10 1/2 per cent. At the moment 5 per cent may not be available but it has been and it is invested here. This money is used to store up the Canadian dollar, for-~resource developments and Canadian pension plans, plus many other things. This information -is readily available but few people are interested enough to find out. Individuals do this too, borrow at a set interest rate and reinvest to get a higher yield. Not all bad--just good business- sense and good logic. NOTICE TO ALL SCHOOLS OF WHITBY AND DISTRICT The WHITBY HISTORICAL SOCIETY is celebrating the YEAR OF THE CHILD by holding a toy-making contest to begin on receipt of this notice and to be handed in to Lynde House any weekend not later than JUNE 16, 1979. Lynde House opens on May 21st weekend. CATEGORIES: (1) Class projects Suggest - peep show, model home, model village, your own idea; (2) Children up to 16 years; (3) Child with help of a grandma or a grandpa. TYPES OF EXHIBITS: (a) stuffed toys; (b) moveable toys; (c) pull toys; (d) flqating toys; (e) flying toys. ACCEPTABLE MATERIALS: Wood, cloth, paper, tin, clay, yarn, nails, natural materials, leather. ABSOLUTELY NO PLASTIC. No kits to be used. The Whitby'Historical Society requests that prize-winning exhibits be left on display during months of July & Augtist. For further information call K.M. Hutchings 668-3460, Programme Convenor. FLEA MARKET - WHITBY Whitby Senior Citizens are holding a Flea Market on Saturday, May 12 at the Centre, 801 Brock St. S. starting at il a.m. Lunch will be available in the lounge at a nominal cost. Rememnber the Flea Market when you are house cleaning. Your trash maybe someone elses treasure. If you live in the Corridor Area and have a donation call Bob Gow 725-4319 and it will be picked up or drop it off at the Centre or 1719 Rossland Rd. E. This event is well worth attending so corne early. Until next week, Ruth Chambers 728-2103. Children get kits In celebration of the Inter- national Year of the Child, the Whitby Public Library is giving out a Welcoming Kit to al pre-school and Kinder- garten children, registering for the first time with the Whitby Library. The kit, in a colourful net' bag, consists of a colouring book on a library theme, crayons, a letter of.welcome, a balloon, a button, colourful bookmark, T-shirt transfer and a booklist of recom- mended story books with a message to the parents. Ladies ride bikes for cancer The Whitby Kiwanis Club is once again planning for The Ladies' Great Ride for Cancer. Last year's endeavour, the club's first experience with the Ride, turned over $6,000 toward the April Campaign. The Kiwanians are aiming for $10,000 this year with twice as many riders as last year. This year the ride will be held on Saturday, May 5, a month earlier than in 1978. However, just as the Daffodil Festival kicked off the April Campaign, so too will the Ride provide a resounding and rollicking wind-up to the month's fund raising. The Ride is open to any ladies, young or old,· and those resembling ladies. Many will remember the several questionable looking females who participated last year. The route will be the same as a year ago, and it is emphasized that the Ride is just that--a leisurely jaunt around town and not a race. Bob Brodie, the Ride Com- mittee Chairman, can be reached at 668-2996 for further information, and In sponsor sheets are now available at the following locations: Pat's Place, Jury and Lovell, Dearborn Shell, Baskin-Robbins, Koke's Shell, and the three branches of the Toronto-Dominion Bank. Cancer campaign co- chairman Mrs. Marion Irwin would like to see local businesses or groups provid- ing riders. In several other communi- ties riders wear specially made T-shirts advertising the business whom they are representing. Often one group will chal- lenge another to ride and see which one can raise the most money. Neighbourhood ladies will often times form a .small riding group. Mrs. Irwin sees the Ride as an opportunity to collect monies from sources not 668-6446 Ai Oven Baked AUTO BODY ' Collision Specialists and Spray Paint ALL WORK GUARANTEED IN WRITING Free Courtesy Car Available Specialists in : ACRYLICS, ENAMEL, and ACRYLIC ENAMEL Expert service on ali.makes - Domestic and Foreign 405 Mary St. E. Whitby, Ont. L1N 2P9 you can provide newiobslor Hiring of Employees: Before you hire an employee under the program you must first receive written approval from the Province. Last year the program approved 40,000 new jobs for young people throughout the province. 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Eligible Ernployers are those who have been actively engaged in business or farming for at least one year prior to April 30, 1979 at each Ontario business location for which grant application is made. Eligible Employees must be at least 15 but not yet 25 yeais old on April 30, 1979. They must reside and be eligible to work in Ontario. They must not be related to the employer as defincd in the Ontario Youth Employment Act. Program Duration: The program is in effect for 25 weeks from April 30 through October 21, 1979. An employer is not required to hire a youth for the full 25-week period. Terns of Employment: To be eligible for funding, a position created must be in addition to regular and seasonal employment normally provided duringthe program period. It must provide a minimum of 25 hours of supervised employment per week for at least six weeks. Grants: Employers may qualify for grants for up to 150 manweeks of employment at each eligible business location. For example, if you wished to make use of the maximum grant available you could hire 10 young people for 15 weeks each, or 6 for 25 weeks each, or 15 for 10 weeks each. Approved employers will receive a grant of $1.25 an hour up to a maximum of $50 a week (40 hours) for each young person hired under the program. OYEPworks for aofus. William Davis, Premier Province of Ontario OntanodsYouth, Ontarlolllhelp pay their salares. If you operate a business or farm and create new jobs between April30 and October 21,1979, you may apply to the Ontario Youth Employment Program for a grant of $125 an hour (up to a maximum of$5.0 aiweek)towards the wages of each eligible youth you hire for those jobs. Saturday already involved as well as a chance for, local enterprises to advertise themselves and the fight against cancer. This year she and her companion will be taking turns riding a modern ver- sion of a penny farthing bicycle. She appeals to all ladies to join her on Saturday, May 5.