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PAC34#e, WIUT4Y ?REEfflESP, NDAJAR~2 ~ o e s P'rovinlce: -Durham board a 'leader' in integrated apprenticeships ByMar7kteesor Henry Street Higbhoo tdn Marc Lane is starting his aprnioeshipa mecbanic while still in high achool. aesida four-ear contract with Nurse -Chev Olda last week and will begin his app rentioship in June He will ho p aid a wage while earning credits towards both his high achool diploma and apprenticeship, allowing him to«earn while he learns.» Liane will spend 25 per cent of his tirne at the dealership ingrade 11, and 50 per cent in grade 12, on a training schedule worke out jointly between the board and the dealership. In the final two years, Lane will send three months eacb witb four Nurse specialist mechanics, earning about the complex electronies and other parts that make up today's high-tech vehicles. He will also attend a community colle&e after which he'll ho qualified te write the journeyn an motor vehMce mechanic exam. Dealership president Bill Nurse is'one of the strongest supporters of the apprentioeship programn. He says its «a great service te the induty. "MTefuture indicates there's going te hoe a great shortage of mechanics.» Nurse says bis dealersbip bas bad as many as 20 apprentioes in a year, with three or four at a tixne. Sean Hale of the Ontario Ministry of Skills Development says there's been "an incredible interest" amnong students ad arents in the program. Hale says tbe Durbami Board of Education is one of the leaders in tbe integae a prentioeship program, uway abead of otber boards,»" and tbe lfirst in te province to iniplement it. Sarkis Kay of tbe Durham board says the prograni is based on tbe European "dual system» and «gives a kid a p urpose te go to scbool." Kay ays 60 Per cent of students in Ontario go straigbt inte tbe labour market from grade 12., Twenty-six students are currently in the apprentioesbip program in Durbam Region, learning te be everytbing from machinists and tool-and-die makers Ûe cooks and bakers. ne program started in 1989. Their average age is between 19 and 21, wbich compares te tbe Ontario average age, 26, for an apprentice. A NURSE CHEV OLDS assistant service manager Dave Cook (right) gives new apprentice mechanie Marc Lane a few tips. Lane, a student at Henry Street High Sehool is part of the SSWAP programt allowing him to start his apprentioeship wbile still attending high sehooL Pheto byMrk «oor, Whltby Fr.. Pr.m .. . . . . . . . . . . .................. The Durham Region 'Action Committee for Training (ACT) is offering four courses starting in February. 'Finance for 'Non-financial Per- sonnel & Managers' will ho held on Wednesdays, 3 te 9:30 p.xn., Feb. 12 te Marcb 18. With instructer John Alton, the course is for managers, su- pervisors multi-skilled workers and smali business owners. Participants will ho given gides or understanding the concepts and techniques of finan- cial management. * 'Custemer Service Excellence' is on Thursdays, 3 te 9:30 ., Feb. 20 te March 19. ThÉe course, with instructers Francis Gunn and John Long, takes a management perspective in dealing witb custemer service as a necessary part of doing business in- teday's environment. 'Total Quahity Management' will bo held on Mondays, 3 te 7 p.m. and Saturdays, 9 a.m. te 1 p.m Feb. 17 toMarcb 20. John Long and Donna Snow- don are instructers for the course that introduces the student te, the basics of quality manage- ment. 'Self-directed Workers' is the introduction te, the Multi-skilled Four Bskt, eSySetem QuANTriTIES xAAiLABLE Worker Certificate. The course, under instructers Steve Reilly and Norm Nopor, is on Tuesdays. and Thursdiays 5:30 te 9:30 p.m., Feb. 25 te April 21. All programs, are funded by Durham Region ACT and are available te employees of com- panies oporating in the region. Cost of aprogram is $53.50 for znemhors, $69.55 for non-meni- hors. Caîl 430-8511 for information or registration. ODRER eleets board, members The Oshawa District Real Estate'Board (ODREB) recently completed elections to its board of directors. Christine Kendall salesperson at Royal Lepage, ÏeaI Estate Services Ltd., was elected first vice president. The three newest directors are Marlene Kerr, Dean West and Patti Simpkiss. Kerr, a salesnerson at Home- life/Belect Reai mIc., was pro- aident of Marigold Co-op's found- Candidate Gordon Mills, MPP Kirk Kemp Marilyn Pearce Timothy Crookail Henry Tunbridge ing board of directers. Simpk.iss is a broker at Patti Simpkiss real' Estate Ltd., and' West is a salesperson at Family T7rust Corp. Board president is Mark' Smith, second, vice president is Anita Witty, past president is Anne Briscoe and past pro- sidents council representative is, Cliff Crowell. Other directers are Ken Collis Joe Hawco, Gary Laroy ana George Vani Dyk. Commission on Election Finances Commission sur le financement des élections Summary of incarne and campaign expenses published pursuant ta clause 4(l) (k> of the Election Finances Act, 1986 POWNG DAY - September 6,1990 ELECTORAL DISTRICT 0F DURHAM EAST Income Before Aff Iliation SubsIdy NDP Pop LIB FCP COR $ 7,219.99 $29,356.80 $36,737.91 $ 7,288.00 $-1,865.43 SubsIdy Campalgn Pa Id To Expenses Candidate $ 14,216.16 $32,964.68 $42,528.35 $ 5,617.86 $ 1,810.13 $9.423.95 $9,423,95 $9,423.95 $ 0.00 $1 0.00 The information shown above has been taken f rom'financial statements filed with the Commission by chief financial offioers of candidates, and where applicable, combined with that of the endorsing constituency association. Income before subsidy does flot include transfers from provincial party organizations. Campaign expenses do not include transfers paid out. Copies of the fuit financial statements may be obtained from the Commission upon payment of the applicable fees. Donald C. MacDonald Chairman ...... ...... By Mark PReesor ,Sklar.Peýppler is planrning te, recli 0 lid-ffworkers at its Whitby upholstery plant over the next six xnonths "as sales imi- prove.» Vic"e-rsident of operations Mike Garvey'.says the recaîl is due te improvig sales "in the last month or so.' Sklar-Peppler currently . bas 375 employees at the plant, and znay add more if sales warrant. Gzarvey says tbe company would evontually ike -te intro- duce a partnership systeni at its Whitby operation, similar te, that in place at its wooden furniture plant in Hanover. There employees own 10 per cent of the plant, tbe Ontario Dovelopment Corporation owns 70 per cent, and Sklar-Peppler 20percent. '"e'd like te do that -in Whitby, but I think that's some timo away yet,». says Garvey. 47% mo re homes s'old- in 1991 in region--,. Forty-seven per cent more homes were sold in 1991 than 1990 in Durhanm Region by local Tealtors,' reports the Oshawa & District Real, Estate Board (ODREB). 1 Inb 1991; there ýwere 5,627 residential sales, compared te 3,837 the year before., Th ' eaverage 1price ..for -the homes - sold by m-;emibers of ODIRB in.- 1991 was. $153,119 compared to $165,375 for 1990, a docreaso of 7.4 per cent. 'T feel that the roason for the drop in averago price'is that-'43 per cent of the. homjes sobld went for botween -*$100,000 and $149,000, compared t&- 30 per cent in 1990, says Mark Snmith, ODREB president.. 'We are encouraged b4y-the federal, governxnent's proposd five'per cent downpayment plan, yet hope that they will consider the RRSP propé1a from ,tle Canïadian Real Ett Ascatio"n as another lIongterm initiative towards fodle housingfor Canadians. The Oshawa & District Real Estate Board- is a trade association that represents about 1,000> realtors -in ýNowcastle, Bowinanville, Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering and Port Perry. WASTE SYSTEÙSJ Cai Derrick 427-325ýj offl