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_ Serving Terrace and Area.

Opportunities for Youth Program

The 1974 Opportunities for
Youth "Programs {a be: ad-

ministered by the Department =

‘of Manpower and Immigration,
ig an important component of
the federal government's over:

_ all Student Summer 774
Program.” and’. has,” been
- allocated $20.5 million:

The objective of he 1974 OFY
Program-is essentially. similar
* toihat ofpasl years:. to develop
“summer employment for-youth

that is “socially” useful and

"represents a’ responsible “ap-...

; proach lo. community, needs.
However, the program has been
-broadened by the inclusion of a
new: element
‘Mobility Program. ae

“It is: estimated that the new

-  OFY Program will create some

- - 24,000 jobs of an average of 13.40 .
ad weeks‘duration, 2 .

-Delails.of the OF Y ’ Program,
are as follows: ..

Opportunities’ for” “Youth: will,

“be available i in: all areas.“ of

Canada, bul in the allocation of .

funds, priority will be given ta

a those areas, where. severe -
_ shorlage of jobs for students are’
- anticipaled“and where, the _

i private sector. cannot “meet

student employment: needs... * -

The allocation will be based

ow an index reflecting in each
aan anticipated ©
_ availabilily af jobs suitable tor

‘areas. the

“students. ‘in. ‘relalion qa

BY Teachers
. President.

[yp important step tt

; provineial. flectian -sapppaige.”

suid MieFia

pupil-professiont

~ pravineial :
“ratio from 213 iw Vs: tu 7 W 4 in,

three -SUUISUS
“The (pupils protes
ligures Mis. La

“the” Sludent |

"problems."

Seplember Le

dim Maetarlun.. brariais and
“cD mimastradive’ and: suppirt staif-
avho. muy, nalbe. directly®
wolved in: classroom: ‘leach on.’

. ery

4 givernment hus: taken: this

. WG a
* promise made during: (he: 1972°

Fin: Shes
“edueation | possible, “ he. sai

. Cus
Legislacure: “include pr ryan
. teacher

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1974

sludent population for that

er Particlpation in OF projects
should favourably affect the
personal, social and skill
development of participants, as

well. as assist them in gelf-

support and in financing: their

‘continuing education. “.

OF'Y. will be open to secon-

-dary and. post-secondary
students, particularly, non-
universily “post-secondary

students between the ages of 16
and 25.°

“Project. submissions. should
present new approaches and
responses © ,_identifiable
community - needs and «offer
realistic answers Lor local

ministration costs will not-
normally exceed 10 per cent of

. the tolal salary budget - ‘ap-

plicants are encouraged to scek
additional support for expenses
from other § sources...

Applications are available al
OFY offices, Canada Manpovver

- Centres and Canada Manpower

Job. Creation - Branch offices,

“university placement offices

_and certain high schoois. Final

date for receipt af completed

applications | at Opportunitles

“for Youth provincial - offices i is

“March 15, 1974.

‘Student " Mobility. Program: ;
This program.. has .. been

“developed to improve the ac-

Applicants must _
‘ensure that proposals .do nol:

‘duplicale: or. conflict -with ;
existing local programs. he a

The:.. criteria. for

include:

feasibility; and project custs.
Project: participants ©: will

the
/ assessment: and- selection’ of, :
“suitable”. projects fcr funding”
- community benefit; ”
youth invalvernent ; benefits lo
participants;

innovation; -

receive maxipium salaries of:

post- -secondary students. and

“Si per: week: for “secondary. :,
siudents ‘and $80 per week for -

olher Yuuth.* Projects ‘may be: -:
funded up le a maximum of 16 + +

weeks" between. May. 1S ‘and .

1.

other

“There will ‘be an

years:
large classes will be eliminated,

~Muny classes will reach a. size.

whieh: will: make: qualit

There will “be. a

es about 30 pelrtiet st
_MacFarlan “said the effect of.
the, Minister's plan: apparently
: iM be to"reduce’ the average
_ class size to 28,5 next fall and io
-sitnut 24 at- the end-af her three
+H ur program... :
“Bileeh pete “Tad satu:
1eM “will reduce the

Ade.

i inpts, counsellors. |
ad-..

im-
provemenizaf approximately 20
percent: over lhe: next: “(hred .”
The: vasl’ majority of

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MAR AND: Jon RAMIER

“PRINCE GEORGE, as.

oc vahtages.

‘cess of students to. hard-to-fill
‘and. short-term jobs: in com-

munities other’ than those in.
which they:.live or sludy. ©

‘For this purpose, the Canada
Manpower ° Mobility. Program

will be modified to subsidize the

iravel costs of students, age 18
‘or ayer s:-lo take -jobs: that

* Canada’ Manpower Centres

cannot fill: with local labour.
The: pian will work as follows:

+ When a Canada Manpower
Cenire (CMC) has a job that
cannot be filled, the employer

WHT be asked if, he is willing to

hire a student, sight unseen, for
two or (hree months. °
«Ifthe employer agrees, the job. °

order goes. into a “clearance” a
students and. with a national

* siniriage. next: fate Mat
said. and: he ‘Indieated ’ that “a
modest’ reeruiling «program

-wcrugs Canada -shauld © be.

started; pardcularly. Ni

“will alsourgethe Dep
Education: and. the:
-Trustees * Association. “la en:
“courage part-time. ‘teaching by.
: granfing perment appointment

“und pro rating sick leave; and ©

other, benefits.

“A BOTF ‘Task Force on Parl:
ime Teaching, established in’

June 1973, believes thal more |
x extensive use’of: part-Lime.+ iP
~ teaching : assignments offers:

., More advantages than. disad-

‘find workers willing to travel to

‘the job-and slay in il for a
specified period (e.g. 6 weeks, 8°
weeks) on the understanding

lan:

For ,example,. ‘Lhe
task fore: says, (part-time <:
~ teaching ulilizes the ‘(alents: of”:

system. The Canada Manpower
Centre will chetk first within
the labour market area, then
the region, then nationally. to

the place where the Job is
available. -

‘CMC's recruting students for
auch openings in other areas
will do so on a first-come, first-
served basis. .°:

- The student must be 18 years
of age or over and-living in the
area of his home or school. He
must sign an agreement to take

that. if he does not.do so, the
wravel advance must be repaid
and his return travel will not be
reimbursed. -

“If the student. fulfills his un-
dertaking the department -

“will pay his way back home.
is a-selective® and.
“-garefully. controlled mobilily -

: This

plan designed to challenge
youth lo combine: travel, with
work opportunily .

thal .aré very. important: to
Canadian development.
In addition, there will be a

‘chain uf © approximately’. 100 -

youth hostels. sponsored by the

‘Department of the Secretary of
‘State which will have links with ‘

Canada Manpower Centres for

nolification ; syslem : for

‘publicizing shorl-term “jobs that’

“2 vane. available through the local:
- Manpower .
“+ Students.”

Centre

peuple staying al youth hostels
were a main: source of-labour

~ Eu Dor “crop - harvesting in: ‘some ‘
. “Parts 9 of Canada.”

“UL will ine -
clude some of the tougher jobs”
Uhal areoften hardest to fill but.

for;
Last year young,

. “The Skoéna-Cassiar School District No. 88, took possession of ten

school busses late last week, bringing to an end a crisis evoked

* broke down lale last month. :

A tinal offer of $i4 an hour for
repair work under. Auloplan is

being widély accepted by body -

: shops throughout the. province,

‘ the Insurance Corporation of

B.C.a announced today.
“About” 60 percent of body

shups contacted by ICBC to date.

shave ugreed to provide vehicle
repairs at the rale- proposed by

the pravincial auto insurance

company. 2:
Doug Srivener; ICBC’ 's senior,
executive” for. claims service,”

“said ‘today that192 of ‘the: 355°
operators contacted.

hit Ber: ships,

200pdd body:

‘We vexpect-.to “gontact “the:

BODY SHOP SURVEY

inis week," he said. “We're
confident we will be able to sign
up (wo-thirds of the operating
shops in the province when our
canvass is complete.”

ICBC, -whose - universal
Autoplan. insuranee program
“will cover all licensed vehicles
in B.C. effective March 1, has
proposed a basic body: repair
‘rate of $14 an hour. -

‘The Automobile: Relailers -
“Association, which has been-.;

> negotiating with ICBC on behalf

of abut 325 of the body shops,

hus .been“ demanding a basic
Ale uF $15.24 per hour, -

cross-section of the industry
through: the province,

“The 192 operators who have -_”
agréed 10 uur rales represent a °

Scrivener sald. “Ina number of
cases, the operators called us
and.” voliltiteered to accept
ICBC rales before we could cali
them.”

“We think: that reflects the
fact Uhal the $14 rale we are

: offering is among the highest in
- the inudstry of Norlh America..

_And:it confirms our belief: that
“he most repair people feel they

in the interim the Board has been using busses from Kitimat’s
Coastal bus lines and from various School District's west of here.
_ when an agreement between the Board and P &C Transportation Those busses left as scon as the new ones arrived, L-

_ can provide quality wor at our j

‘ procedures

proposed rates.”"..

He said: letters ‘will be going: :
oul within a week (o those shops: *

which have agreed to the rales.
The © letters 4 will
or:

give each operalor: a: vendor,

number. to tised ‘in’ compuler- -
‘eontralled: payment sysiems.

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_ing images into the river.

I ag

Cn

The Ramans thought they “could ld end a | drought by cast:

aulline- .-
handling:
~eslimates’ and. billing, and-will *

teachers, who,.for-personal.or 0

other reasons, cannot assume a.

tull-lime. posilion; . provides:
\eachers nearing relirement.

age with an allernative to full
“ume. retirement ;

specialist: subjects.

--“Bersuns “whe. have elt:
*“‘Jeaching: ‘should be urged 10 *

return.” he-said, “and efforts

sliauld be. made to encourage *
“now have.

persons . who
~university “degrees to enrol -in
-one-year © teacher © training
programs so more teachers Will

be available by. September.

4
EI ee

District of Terrace.

1974 LOCAL. COU RT.
OF REVISION.

Rogsrdng amendments to:

. Take notice that ihe first sitting of the: ‘Court + will be held: at: the
- Municipal Building, at 10: 00 a.m. Friday, March 15th, W974. oe

175

D. K. Lane
Municipal Assessor

‘and “makes. .
better use af teachers who have _.
tare. taleins “ar . expertise "in."

“Fil Direct

way.

‘Pacillc Westeri’s. jet-prop ‘reduces travel time -
* by 3 hours, dally except Saturday. $46.00 one

Fly Via Saindapi and Prince Me

Enjoy Pacific Western Airlines: 737: jet sérvice,

between Vancouver. and, -Sandspit-and Trans."
Provincial Airlines F-27 jet-prop’ belween
_Sandspit and Terrace. $46.00 one.way.-.:

“FLAT bet.. see bebeanetensas ‘eates Vanesuver ato: 00 am,

arrives in Terrace At 1510, sll

: "LENE VANCOUVER

sesedaatensensecerenegs cess BET Spm,

- arrive in Terraca al 5:00 pm. -

‘LEAVE TERNADE one 20 pms

arrive in Vancouver at 5150 pm.

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