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PAGE 4, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 17, 1983, WHITBY FREE PRESS whitb} Voice of the County Town The only Whltby newspaper independently owi, Pul r-u Michael Ian Burgess, Publisher - Managing Edi tor wruanuupeaii.u uy vvuuuy residents for Wfhtby residents. iblished every Wednesday by M.B.M. Publishing and Photography mnc. Phone 668-611il The Free Press Building. 13 1 Brock Street North, P.O Bx 06 Witb, nt Rgitrato Na35 TIMOTHY BAINES Communlty EdItor ANDY THOMSON Advertising Manager Seq6nd Class Mail Hats off to'Student Employ ment staff Wlth the Whitby/Ajax branch, of the Canada Em- pioyment Centre for Students preparlng to shut down its summer operations, it is time to ýpass -on a much deserved pat on the back to Its staff. Maria Volpe, supervisor, and her staff, Wally Beaton, Dave Blair, Richard Martin and Sharon ýSantos, have put a lot of timne and e ffort Into making the Whitby/Ajax branch one of the'most successfui ln the.district. A 34 per cent increase ln total placements is ln- deed signîficant over 1982. This figure ranked Whitby/AJax second ln the Belleville district, of which, it Is part. The increase in casual or odd job placements is astoundlng. The local -office has recorded an amazlng 154 per cent increase over iast year in this categ-ory., This1 places It flrst in the Belleville, District. An increase ln student placements Is being reflected on a whoie across the province as the economy begins a slow ûpturn. Optimisticaiiy,',this increase wiii mean the jobs wili be availabie for the students when' they graduate. It Is' these students who wlli s'omeday, governi the direction of our country. The local 'Student Employment Centre has You'd think that anyone who finally bought a boat after years of swithering would be able to stop reading the boat-ads in the daily classified. Not me. 1 hadn't reaiized that the years of indecision had made me an addict, flot so much to boats themselves, but to dreams. Astonishing what a power of suggestion there is in a few carefully chosen words set in tiny type in the local paper. Somne ads manage to suggest the wrong thing. To a practical man, the words "needs some work', especially when applied to wooden boats, is like a danger sign at the side of the road. Not to me, wood and ciassic are words that tingle. To another guy, added to "needs some work" they speil dry rot in large fiaking letters. The cutesy ads wake me up with a joit and 1 start another one almost immediately. There was one in the paper the ot her day which began "Footitis strikes." If you've been around boats long, you'll know what ""Footitis" is. In my experience it's usually an ilI- ness known as ""two-footitis." What that means is that you have a 27-foot boat, you begin to long for a littie more dispiacement, the kind you'd get if your boat were two feet longer, say 29 feet. The guy in the paper had ""five-footitis." He wanted to go from 27 feet to 32 feet. That's no ordinary "'footitis." The man is really ili, and the Iast person you want to buy a boat from, with or without a survey, is someond who's sick. So on to the next dream, quickly. There was another ad in the paper which caught-my attention, if flot fancy, and which ran this way. "1976 Contessa 26 feet, par- ting company with 1946 bank manager, five and a haîf feet. Both immaculate and fully equipped. Asking $ 26,500 (for the boat)" and it was signed a woman's name. Very amusing. But it won't seli the boat. No one in his right mind would get into that kind of a triangle - man, boat and woman. And the author's of both ads have either forgotten or don't know that boating is at once a very sombre and a highly romantic business. You don't make jokes about boats, wives or husbands, whether you hope to pass them on to someone else or keep themn. So, if you want to selI the boat, or mere- ly trigger dreams, keep it tender and respectfui., worked hard to flot oniy provilded students with some spare spendlng money,.but In many cases, has provided the roots for a h igher education. High school graduates- rely heaviiy on these jobs to provide the necessary f unding to attend a higher education Institute.' Tultion, room and board and basic living necessities do not corne cheapiy and the Ontario Student Assistance Program, although It Is -often generous and deflniteiy worthy, is stili. not enough to'cover ail costs. Many students do not> receive any OSAP funding and must rely heavily on their own ear- nîngs. The Student Employment Centre staff has often gone beyond the call0f duty to ensure that jobs do become aval labie. This inc!udes working weekends and endless nours. canvassing local businessmen and homeowners ln hopes of creating new jobs. The staff heid an'odd Job squad giveaway con- test, ln which the prize was, the slave labour of the f ive willing members for thre9 hours. They stood ln the biistering sun and'scraped paint for the lucky homeowner wi'nner. Promotions such' as that have proved the staff s not onfly genulnely dedicated but sIncere ln Its efforts to help local students. At.a recent -open hou se, the Student Employm- ent Centre presented certain individuais1 and companies wlthin the communlty wlth menit awards, thanking themn for support durIng the summer. We, at the Whitby Free Press,.,were one of the media members to be thanked, but it s now our turn to return the favor.. On behaif of' the community, thank you for a job exceptionaîîy weil done. Reader's views, on our auto industry Editors Note: The followlng is a reader's submlsslon to a marketing research survey he was sent ap- parently after pur- chaslng an lmported vehicle. Dear Mr. Schaaf: 1 arn writing to add a few comments to your national consumer automobile survey. I worked for BMW in Munich, West Germany for il1years (research section and training school). During. this time, there was no com- parable model of the competition which was not tested under the harshest conditions and then taken apart boit by boit and analyzed for their strengths and weaknesses (Japenese manufacturers also follow this practice). .Over the il-year period that I was' with BMW 1 can remember onily two strikes, one, lasting for three, days, the other for two hours., This says a lot about the relationship 'between management and labour. The main objective at BMW was to look at Ieast five years towards the future, to be ready for any possible changes in safety standards,. emission control stan- dards, and ecomony requirements. Each manufacturer has te, be aware th at times bring -changesý that affect the con- sumer 's views and needs. If a coin1pany. is not prepared for things such as energy criais, etc., there competitors that are prepared will obviously take. an,,evyer increasing share o their market. I looked at ail kinds' of domestic cars in the $10,000 to $4.3,OO range and was disappointed in their overail workinan- ship (paint, trim, car- peting, etc.)' and even a $13,000O'car could not match the Accord that I bought' for less than $1o0ooo. I believe that unfair practices such as im- port restrictions only magnify the domestic carmakers' inability to, compete with manufac- turers who had the foresightto produce a quality product at a reasonable that- is right for theétâmes.'I.>also believe that restrictions wil ultimately result .in consumera 'ýhavigfo' pay more for cars. What is badly needed in the Canaclian auto in- dustry is a greater degree of participation at ail levels and more realistic demands from organizations like the U.A.W. Only then will the domestic car in- dustry have some, chan- ce of co.mpeting with the Japanese and European companies. N. Goral Whitby m à- -