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Guidance counsellors for both Waterloo regâ€" ion school boards will meet with area employâ€" ers April 12. The career awareness day will be the third such meeting, and is intended to inform the counsellors of the opportunites for people with skilled trades. The April 12 program will concentrate on the hospitality industry, and will feature a panel representing hotels, reâ€" staurants, and travel industries. Alvin Curlâ€" ing, the provincial minister of skills developâ€" ment may addréss the group. Approximately 120 guidance counsellors are Even cottages and country lot prices are skyrocketing as housing costs continue to climb in the white hot market of Ontario. Career Awareness Day for guidance counseliors expected to attend. The day is sponsored by the Kitchener Waterloo Guéiph Training Advisory Cottage costs rise in overheated housing market WM\M““‘wmu climbed anywhere from 10 to 100 per cent since our last survey, released in September 1988," said Sue Cumberland, manager of Town and Country Properties, a l}:‘lvuuon of Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd. In a media release, Cumberland is quoted as saying, "Although waterfront and recreational properties have shown the largest increase, country lots, farms, and urban and rural large lake systems are resulting in purchasers looking at other properties which then drives up the price of those properties, Cumberland residential (properties) have all experienced stable activity in the last six months." ‘"A shortage of allâ€"season recreational properâ€" ties in Collingwood has had a spillâ€"over effect on the residential resale housing market," said Gerry Rawn, Royal LePage branch manager in Collingwood. "Values in some areas in Onfifio have The high prices demanded for properties on Chamber With a tourism strategy that emphasizes the destinatioris and events of the entire region, Waâ€" terloo can capture a part of the Another area of emphasis for the chamber in the next year will be considering shortening the term of office of the president to one year from the current twoâ€" year term. ‘‘There are only two chambers left in Ontario with a twoâ€"year term of office." The twoâ€"year term offers more continuity and can result in a more comfortable and effective president for the second year, said Burns. On the other hand, it can serve to limit participation by local businesses in the chamber. "We feel we can get more small busiâ€" ness peole involved if we limit the term. I spend a day a week, if not WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY MARCH 29, 1989 â€" PAGE 29 (Continued from page 28) more, doing the job." Next year will be the Waterloo chamber‘s centennial, and a large celebration as well as a commeâ€" morative book is planned. Not coincidentally, 1990 is also the centenary of Waterloo Park. ‘‘The Waterloo chamber in its first year of operation was a very strong lobby group in getting the park started." In celebration, the chamber will "do something" to mark the occasion, said Burns. City politicians should consult the organization on major busiâ€" nessâ€"related projects, said Burns. We really want the city to use us as a sounding board when makâ€" ing businessâ€"oriented decisions. They should use other groups too, like the (Uptown) Business Imâ€" provement Area and the (Waterâ€" loo Regional) Labor Council."