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I E BROS. . l WESTON LIMITED? I "lfill' 'Ort,;:.::]:,:.:,::.::::::""""'"""", 3 2209 Weston Rd w" (el _--iiiriilllrli' P'N'Nr _ A A rm _ VOLUME 9, No.17 Manned entirely by volunteers, the Weston Branch of the Red Cross is holding a residential and school blood donor's clinic on April 30 at Weston Collegiate. It doesn’t take much time to donate a pint of blood - but it can mean time for living for someone else. Drop in next Thursday between 3:15 and 5:00, 6:30 and 9:00 pan. The collegiate is located at 111 William St., Opportunity knocks Weston. Operation placement - Starting May 4, all students in Etobicoke and York will have an op- portunity to find summer employment through Humber College's new Operation Placement Office. This new Placement 0f- fice, located at the Co11ege's southern campus 3495 Lakeshore Blvd..West, will offer students at'secondary schools, community colleges, and university levels, an opportunity to register for summer jobs. The staff at the Operation Placement center will match students abilities and in- terest with job openings available in industry in the local area. The Operation Placement Center is one of eight student centers located throughout Metro Toronto and is part of the Federal program designed to provide a maximum number of summer jobs for young people. Through this program a great number of students will be able to find em- ployment which will allow them to continue their studies in post-secondary education. The program also benefits companies by providing staff during the time of year when employees are generally taking holidays. Another advantage is that a student that learns the ins and outs of a compapy's operation may return when he graduates and be the best investment the firm ever The Operation Placement Office atHumber Coilege's southern campus will be open from 3:30 am. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, in room M1 and students are advised to register early for job opportunities. More than 400 Black Creek scouts, venturers and cubs raised $564 doing odd jobs in their homes and neighbourhood to buy equipment for number Memorial and Northwestern _ Hospitals. Representing the boys at a presentation of a wheelchair and two infra-red lamps to number are l. to r: Scout Ted Kolanko, Cub Steven Caretta and Venturer Dave Weston. Standing behind them are District Commissioner J. Hazel]; [lumber Chairman B. Rush- brook; W. O’Neil, Northwestern’s Associate Administrator; Mrs. Gail. Miller, A,D.C. Cubs; and C. France, A.D.C. Scouts. The 'good ttms', which began in December, is thelast the group does " the Rack Creek Scouts Association. A regtmftie in the scouts at the end of June changes them to the West End Area. D q t . . fl . h How important is driver education? Some people think it deserves a high priority among skills taught in On- tario schools. Their reasoning: "of all the sub. jects taught by our high schools, driver education is one that can possibly save lives." It's this philosophy which has led York Board of Education to institute an ambitious and constantly expanding program of driver education which is offered not only to all its high school students but the general public as well. Weston Collegiate was the first high school in Metro to introduce a driver education program in 1955. They took their example from the Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School, where a driver education program had been flourishing since 1948. Weston suffered through its own experimental stage...including trainer cars not equipped with dual brakes, which often took driver instructors and students on unscheduled trips across front lawns and driveways...but the 'tran- splant' survived and grew. William W. Fraser, superintendent of program for the Board of Education, now points with pride to an educational program which gives driver instruction strong emphasis. All six secondary schools in the borough offer driver in- struction. It's not just high school students who benefit from this program. Driver training has been fully in- corporated into nighbschool courses. The public can take advantage of a learner's course, or an advanced defensive driving course offered at York Humber high school twice during the school year. A beginner's course is also offered in a summer school program. A special kind of driver instruction course has at- tracted many participants during the past four years. This is an advanced tractor- trailer commercial vehicle driving course, which was started by Bill Fraser. 0f- fered to straight-toch THURSDAY, _APRIL 28, 1970 - _.....'" son ALL my ' more " V _ . 241-695: or 24l-5261 - ' Send Flower- “A... _ I. TU mm 3, Win drivers who want to upgrade their skills, it features _ in- class instruction, taught by Board of Education teachers and behind-the-wheel practice sessions, taught by the Automotive Transport Association of Ontario. It took a lot of time, energy and enthusiasm to set up this extensive driver education program. The Board of Education considers it time well invested. Their reasoning: "if we can save one life, prevent one ac- cident. this program has done its Job." A new member of Ontario Hydro’s Central Region accounting department Earl Reid has taken over the position of cost clerk-reports which was vacated by Glen Hydro man Earl Reid was transferred to Central Region from the Belleville Region office, where he was a junior coat clerk. Earl is single. He lives d 104 Plunkett Street in Weston. Committee system gags taxpayers by Rosemary Brew than one committee and this Under attack from several overlapping wastes valuable quarters, the North York time, defeating one reason School Board has finally f9r using the system in the decided to do something first place." Mrs. Grant will about its committee system. suggest one possible The system is being re- alternative at this week's evaluated by the ultimate - special meeting on Com- acommittee on committees. mittees. She wants the Don Brill, Liberal can- present system abolished didate for Board of Control in and replaced with four full the last election calls the Pom meetings a mtnth Committee System "a instead of the present two. hoax". 'Tm a citizen with at Several Trustees _ are least some credibility"'he lobbying, to have the said. “I gathered 28,000 votes Property and Finance in the last election - yet I Mimi; amalgamated was denied the right to ad- --ereating a dual committee dress the board on a topic system instead. Other that vitally concerns. me." ms also have their pet Brillrequested permissionto 99-??bmti? ,7 tl1ch they speak through the usual channels the required three days before the meeting. Then began a series of back- and-forth letters between himself and the committee who finally decided that his topic - "did not concern an action or policy of the board as a whole." Brills request dealt with Trusted Val Scotts recent experimentation with hashish and what Brill termed "flaunting of the Criminal Code by an elected representative in the, full realization that it might undermine the boards current involvment in the drug concern in schools." m a letter to Brill, Trustee Lynn Trainor explained the Committee system and called it “a more efficient method". Brill says "rt's also a handy method of sweeping unpleasantries under under the rug". Barry Weisleder, President of Sir . Sanford Fleming Secondary Schoolis also disenchanted with the Board’s system. Ac- companied by about two dozen youthful supporters, Weisleder attended the conducted a sit-in, protesting his request to speak that had been denied. The students, campaigning for the right to hold Viet Nam Moratorium, in North York Schools called the system “dictatorial and undemocratic." Several Trustees are also urging some reforms. Trustee Mrs. Peg Grant needsehnngea.Saneihings must be discussed at more SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS mittees. She wants the present system abolished and replaced with four full board meetings a month instead of the present two. Several Trustees -are lobbying, to have the Property and Finance Committees amalgamated --ereatingadual committee system instead. Other trustees also have their pet possibilities - which they will submit for con- sideration. C When asked about the two recent requests to address the board that were refused, Trustee Grant said, "The board as a whole should treat each request individually and decide whether we would benefit. I wouldn't object if our chairman granted permission for someone to speak without our approval - but I feel that we as Trustees should be the only ones able to refuse a requests as a body - not as individuals." York Mayor Philip White stood alone against a $9,500 grant to the Grey Cup festival which was approved last week by Metro Executive. "We’ve got to set a limit on all these festivals and what have you," he said, mm for more attention to "then things that are gnawing away at our society." The committee on Com- mittees is composed of the Chairman, Lynn Trainor, Vice chairman, Val Scott and the chairman of each standing committee, Management and Academic, Property,and Finance. White loses economy bid Em York Mayor True Ihtvidsatrep1ied,"rthinka lotdpeopleneedfun." 'Net1rerthqthastiva1,oet Ntrv.t8thurar,isqtitt- soredbrttte'rorrntoatrtior Boardef'lhde. FOR ALL occasions 2w f'ii)