The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

PAGE 12, WHflMY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1988 Letter:, only the rich and famous can live iin Whitby To the editon <Weill, it may be not yet,, but vey sn it will be. Only the rich and famous will be able toE lve in Whitby. Look at our property tax increases. This year a whopping 7.9 per cent increese! From 1986 to 1987 it was 8.4 per cent and from 1985 to 1986 it was 7.9 per cent. Just add it ail up: a 26 per cent increase (compounded) in a three year period. n h question is, f courseê,-ïwlTo Tiai had a 26 per centpa increase over the lest thee years? Obviously only the ich and famnous. And that is no ail. Look at my water bis. Ini the lest 12 months I consumed $94.41 of water. And guess what my water bill is? Yes you guessed it: $328.80. Yes again another $234 worth of taxes. This time sewer taxes. But thiànk about it. For $234 a year in peretuit you could purchase and malntain a very nice septic' system. At that rate of taxing who wants to be cormected to the sewers? But, someone would ask, what do you get for ail these taxes? YMCA offers summer tutoring pro gram The Durhanm Region YMCA is offering a summer tutoring program for children in Grades 1-8 in mathematics, language arts, and French immersion. The progrem is designed te provide extra help through the summer for students experiencing difficulties in those subject areas. Cless sizes are very small, ranging from four te six chIdren. Curriculum is set based on expectations of the Durham boards of education and the' individual needs of the child. Experienced tutors will design individualized programs for the students based upon an assessment form previously submitrted to the YMCA by the classroom teacher. Tutoring locations extend from Oshawa to Pickering. rvt tutoring is also availablIe to those students who need extra help or who require . tutoring in Core French. Classes run twvice a week for a duration of three weeks, one. hour each for Grades 1-3 and. 1-1/2 hours each for Grades 4-8. The first three-week session runs from July 6 to July 21 and the second session runs from July 24 to Aug. 11. For more information or to register cali the YMCA office at 668-6868. "I couldn't-sou My skiIIls- so I- upgraded theni? Gloria Phair's small business was hurt dramatically by changes in the .. oul industry. With three children at home, she needed another job. For months on end she knocked on doors. Finally, she looked to her Canada Employment Centre for help. Gloria was thrilled to f ind a Canadian Jobs Strategy program designed specifically to meet the needs of women like her-to help her upgrade her skills and. make her more marketable. Betty Screpnek, Gloria's counsellor, set her Up in an intense training program with classroom training in life skills and office management. Then she was placed with an Edmonton engineering Bett Scepnk, raiing f irm, The Blero Group cf Companies, for on-site training. Betty Sctrep, Trecanin Twelve weeks later, she was due te return for more helping women find jobs. classroom training. But didn't. lnstead, Gloria stayed on at the company as Personnel Manager. At Canada Employment Centres, we don't dlaim to be miracle workers -but we'll do everything we can to help people who want to help themselves. We have the skilled people, the programs, and the will to help people like Gloria Phair. l had no idea they could help me so much!"-Gloria Phair. Our programs are working! e We have a group of indepth programs called the canadian Jobs Strategy. It helps people who have lost their jobs, and people whose jobs are threatened by change. It also helps women, young people and others who have diff iculty f inding work. e We help businesses hure, train new workers, and upgrade the skills of current workers. From entry level ta managerial positions. " Last year, in more than 650 locations, we helped more than 5 million Canadians. " More than 400,000 Canadians participate in our employment and training programs each year. e Three months later, 88% of these people say they benefitted. If you need help, contact youî Canada Employment Centre. We want ta help. We're ready ta help. And we care. Canada Eimployment Centres .*+U Empi Centanda IwmImmigration Canda Emploi et Immigration Canada Cariadàt Preojous littie. Here, are a few examples. A library system that i s far behind neighboring municipalities; sport' and recreation facilities that are inconveniently located, ina- dequate and expensive to use; a school system that many complain about; a bus system that is inefficient. But such things won't bother the rich and 'famous. They ce." look after themselves. But I cannot, because rm neither rich nor famous. The only weapon I have is my vote in the next elections (feI of this year). Out with the present council, and in with some new common sense. We carinot ail go bankrupt because of a few powerhungry politicians. Let us unite and let our voice be heard. D. La Fleur Whitby