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WH ITB Y F R E E Pq ESS, WEDPN gSDAY AUUSTIl 1983, PAGE 3 Student Employ ment'Centre announces more placements The Whltby/Ajax Student Employee Cen- tre announced last week it has to date recorded a significant increaàe of 1099 total place ments this year, as opposed to 822 last season. This 34 per cent increase places the local office in second placeý in the Belleville district. The Whitby/Ajax of- fice has also recorded 305 odd job placements, an increase of 154 per cent over last year Up to this date. This figure was hlghest ln Belleville district. the It is because of figures such as- these, the Student E mployment Centre honoured certain individuals from the Whitby, Ajax and Pickering areas for their, support over the. surnmer. Bob Smith, manager of the Whitby Mc- Donalds store, and Mr. Wonfolk, a B rooklin farmer, were singled out fromn the Whitby area as necipients of an awand of menit. Gemma Plastics, from Ajax, and Mason Windows, from Pickering were others receiving the award. Four local media representatives, in- cluding the Whitby Free Press, were also singled out for their'efforts in publicizing and suppor- ting the, Student. Em- ployment Centre. The Whitby and Ajax offices will close for the season on August'31. Employment Centre Bob Smith (left), manager of the Whitby McDonalds store, is presented with an award of menit by Maria Volpe (second from right), supervisor for CanadaEmployment C'entre for students. Whitby Mayor Bob At- tersley and Barry O'Neil, Whitby manager of programs and community services were also on hand for the presentation. McDonalds hired many summer students while the Town of Whitby also employed 14 studen- ts. Free Press Staff Photo Marigold Festival, features ev erythingï fro m balloon rides to Casino The Whitby- Marigold, Festival, September 8 to il, will feature everythig from balloonl rides to a casino., The festival1 starts with a variety show Sep- tember- 8 at the Whitby Centennial Building. A multi-cultural show 'will be held .the sa'me night, at Iroquois Park Arena. September9 will be> the day, map y local gar- deners .have »been waîting,,for .as the Cha mber of Commerce will hold a special din- ner. for alI marigold garden'contest winners. That night, a dance will be held at the Lýegion hall, along with the con- tinuing variety show. S A parade will " be. featured on Saturday September 10. Music, balloon rides >and an an- tique car show wlll be, held at Cullen Gardens later that day. There wil also be a bus tour of the winnilng marigold gardens. A casino. will be featured at Iroquois Park Arena that night. Alpancak e breakfast, spon sore4 bythe Rotary Club, will ,be held $ep- tember 1IL Other events that day include »a'-soap box derby at the, Whitby courthouse, ',a, 110" kilometre ,run,, spon- sored, by the Whitby Tigers. running club, and the lSth' anniver'- sayof St. Andrew Presbyterian Church will be celebrated with a churcli service at 3 p.m. Ongoing' activities at the Whitby. harbor in- clude bathtub races and field games. A senies of brass coins for admission are, being made available at $3 apiece. They, give free or reduced*admission to the events. Sound barrlielrs Sound banniera along Highway 401 could make life a little quieter for residents of Whitby's .West Lyndgarea. Construction has begun on. more, than 5W' feet of sounid barriers on the north side of. the highway, west from An- na Street. The 13-foot-high banriers, due to be com- pleted -some time next month, should reduce noise levels by 25 to 50 per'cent according to a spokesman for' the- Ministry- of Transpor- tation..* The price tag of over $100,000 for the baÉrnera is being picked up by the transportation ministry. The eministry ha s recently identified -106 aras, along highways in Ontario, as being in need of barriers. The number of clients unempoyed and registered for work at the Canada . Em- ployment Centres in Ajax, Whitby and Oshawa for the month of July totalled 18,275, con- sisting of 8,354 female and 9,921 clients. 1Placements in the three offices totalled 878 for the month, which compares to' a total of 400 placements during June. The majority of clients were registered i Material Handling and related; Construc- tion Trades;. Product Fabricating, Assem- bling' and Repairing; Sales, Service, Clerical and related. During JuIy, the greatest 'employment opportunities existed in Manufacturing of Tra 'n- sportation Equipment; construction trades-;- retail trade. wee1 In July, thiereweé1 agreements signed un- der the General- In- dustrial Training Program. As a result, 17 people will benefit fr om both training and, em- ployment in the Region of Durham. At the end of July, there were 180 students in the skill courses sponsored, by the Canada Employmnent Centre and .25, people recelving academlc upgrading. at Durhami College. PO lice ,lreëports BROOKLIN ROBBERY,. Shorts' Phanmacy, in Brooklin, was vic- timized by two masked robbers -early, ,last Saturday afternoon. Durham Regional Police say two males, wearnmg nylon' masks, entened tbe store at about 2:20 p.m. Satur- day, one armed with what appeared to be a handgun and the other holding what appeared to, be a knife. They demanded the clerk hi hand over "the stuff" When the clerk opened the cash drawer, one of the robbers said, "We' don't want that stuff, we want tbe other stuff. The clerk opened the drug cabinet and the men made off wlth about $60 i cash and a large quantity of nar- cotdcs. Polie descnibe. the men as being maie, white, both in mide 20's, about five-and-a-half feet tali and weigbing 140 po"d. MAN DEAD A 33-year-old Brooklin man is dead following a single car accident, non- th west of Whitby, late Friday night. Police say- William Lee, of RR1 Bnooklin, was driving a 1979 Dodge pickup truck non- th bound on Duff's Rd., between the eighth and ninth concessions, when bis vehicle left the noad and nolled several times, at about M130 p.m. Friday. Lee was pronounced dead on arrivaI at Dr. J.O. Ruddy Hospital while passengen in the vehicle, George Hill, 29, of Locust Hill, was treated for m~inor in-_ juries and released. FOOT STUCK An Ajax man was neponted in stable con- dition at Oshawa General Hospital following an openation to remove part of bis left big toe after lie had bis foot stuck in a concrete hopper. Byron Tuck, 25, of Harwood Avenue, was cleaning the inside of the machine at Brooki Concrete Products Ltd. when- he got his foot stuck. The accident occurred about 72:20 p.m. laâst Tuesday. BICYCLE ACCIDENT A 16-yean-old Whitby youth was tneéated and neleased from hospital aften he was struck by a car while riding his bicycle last Wednesday afternoon. Durham Regional Police say Robert McGrath, of 1011 Wan- dman, Crescent, was westbound, on -the Dun- das Street East sidewalk, just outside the Brewen's Retail store, when a car driven by Nelson Collins, of Scanbonough collided with his 10-speed bicycle. Colins was in the eastbound curb land and attempted to tunn into the been store lot. McGrath swerved to avoid the car but they stUll collided. The front fonks on the bicycle were broken on impact and the front wheel rolled under the car. Damage is estimated at about $75. Collins lias been charged with, faiing to report an accident. TOOL THEFT Thieves escaped wîth an estimated $300 ý-in tools from Continental Aluminum, 112 Warren Rd., sometime between 9 p.m. on Julyl10and il a.m. on Julyl.. Durham Regional Police say a rivet gun, belt sander, vibrator, sander and an acetylene, torch wene taken from the building, which is not being used at the moment. Police say the means of entry is unknown._ BREAK-INS Two 16-yean-old Whit- by youths hav e been changed in connection with seven break-mns in the Ottet Cneek sub- division oven the past thnee weeks. Durham Regional Police say the anrests wene made after a Guthnie Crescent man spotted one of the youtbs leavmng lis driveway and became suspicious. Police seized 50 cents from the youth and fur- then investigation led to six funther charges being laid. 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