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PAGE 12, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1988 . SUPPER A strawberry supper 'will be held on Tuesday, June 28, at 4:45 and 6 p.m., at the Masonic Hall by the Whitby chapter (#248) of the Order of the Eastern Star. Adults $6,' children under 12,$3 For tickets calI 728-0605. AA MEETING Alcoholics Anonymous l6th annual lakeshore conference will be held at the Oshawa Civic Auditorium July 15, 16 and 17. For more information, write: Lakeshore Conference, Box 2003, Station A, Oshawa, Ont. LRH 7VA. ANNUAL MEETING The Ajax-Pickerinig and Whit- by Association for Community Living (formerly Association for the Mentally Retarded) will hold their annual general meeting on Wednesday, June 22, 8 p.m., at St. Bernadette's Church- hall, Harwood Ave. S. and Bayly St., Ajx.BETIREMENT TEA E.A. Fairman public school uAl 1-la 1ldine a retirement tea for Regina Scott, a secretary at the sehool on June 23 from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.. Ail parents are invited to attend the tea. CAPLAN IS GUEST Ontario Minister of Health Elinor Caplan will be guest speaker at the llth annual meeting of the Durham Region District Health. Council on Friday, June, 24, noon to 2 p.m. at the Holiday Inn, Oshawa. BIG SISTERS Any woman 18-years of age or older interested in becoming a Big Sister is invited to attend an orientation at the Settiement House, 387 Simcoe St. S., Osh- awa, beginning at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28. For more information caîl 436-0951. LECTURE Artist Aima Duncan will be the gust lecturer- at the Robert Mcaghlin Gallery on Tuesday, Aug. 9 beginning at 9 p.m. Duncan will discuss'her works at the gley Admission is free. The =alr is located at the Civic centre in Oshawa. COngevgevets BIBLE SCHOOL Vacation Bible Sschool will be held vit Emmanuel Reformed church, 401 Rossland Rd. E., Whitby, July 5 to 14, 9 to 11:30 a.m., for kindergarten to Gr. 8 students. Bible stories, songs, crafts, games, nagic and ventriloquism are included. Cali 668-2850. Cullen Gardens will hold a photographic exhibit by members of the Whitby Photographic Club July 1 to 4. Judging will be býy Kodak Canada, with a trophy for best print. HIELP FOR VETERANS Veterans or niembers of veteran's families can obtain information about pensions, allowances or mredical assistance on Tuesday, June 28, 9:30 a.m. to noon, at the Witby Legion. For more information caîl Denis (Miles) Delaney at 668-2730.' YMCA The Durhamn Region YMCA is offering a month-long counsellor training programn for 15-to 16-year-olds. For further infor- mation or to register caîll the YMCA at 668-6868. The Whitby Youth Concert Band will be joined by the Whitby' Seniors Choir and dancers from the Studio of Dance and Perfornîing Arts in a concert at' Rotary Park on Sunday, June 26. The concert begins at 3 p.m. Members will be traveling to, England on Tuesday, June 28 and the band will disband upon their return to Canada.' YARD SALE Emmanuel Christian School will. hold a huge yard sale on Saturday, June 25 frorn 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. he yard sale will be held at the school located at 840 Rossland Rd. W.,- SENIOR'S BARBEQUE In celebration of Senior's Month, the Whitby Seniors' Activity Centre's Challenge '88 staff will host a picnic and barbecue for the Boý]n Seniors on June 29 at 11:30 a.m. Tie event wilI be held at Kinsmen Park in Brooklin. Tickets are being sold at the Broolin bakery for $3.25 until June 24. Bring your own lawn chairs. Blood donor clinié on July 5. A blood donor ciic will be held on Tuesday, July 5, from 1 to 8 p-.m. at the Whitby Legion hall. This summer clinic hopes to collect 350 units of blood with the addition of three more combin- ation beds to make a total of 21 Healthy people between the ages of 17 and 65 are eligible to donate blood. The procesa takes 45 minutes and includes registration, blood test, donation, rest and snack. "lWe had to retrain our workers- or we'd ail lose out." Manitoba Rolling Milîs îs a steelworks near Winnipeg. Two years ago,they badly needed to expand and modernize. Many of their 700 workers needed to upgrade their skills- to keep Up with rapidly- changing technology. Rod Leduc, Manager of Employee Relations at Manitoba Rolling- Milis, turned to their Canada Employmeflt Centre for help. With funds supplied by both the company and the federal government, the Canada Employment Centre f irst set up a training trust f und. Then, working closely with the company, they set Up skills development courses for both on-site training and workshops at local technical colleges. Today, the much-needed modernization program is Jerry Phamin, SUiIl nvestmnent rolling along Consutant, headed Up the smoothly. prooaro.The product is better; the company is stronger; th bs ar§e more secure. -At Canada Employ- ment Centres, we have highly skilled people and innovative programs. We lThanks ta the help, help companies like Mani- * ail aur warkers are toba Rolling M ilîs secure keeping Up Vith jobs for the future. -oa Leduc 's Our programis are working! e We have a graup ai in-depth programs called the canadian Jobs Strategy. It helps peaple wha have last their jobs, and people whose jobs are threatened by change. It also helps wamen, yaung peapie and others who have difficutty iinding'wa[k. e We help businesses hire, train new warkers n prd h klsa urn warkers. Fram entry leve1 ta managerial positions. 0 Last year, in more than 650 locations, we helped more than 5 million Canadians.. *Mare than 400,000 Canadians participate in aur employment and training programs'» each year. 0 Three months later, 88% ai these peaple say they benef itted. If yau need help, contact your Canada Empîayment Contre. We want ta help. We're ready ta help. And we care. V6<anadaEmploymoil Cntres EUmploymeflt and Emploi et I ~ mmigration Canada, Immigration Canada 1 IV%