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AE 4 5a A ! fm ible : AAAS bid di aio bin sn Mad wsabindn io. sid Kin 20 President Heather Preston Region welfare office to locate at Oshawa City Hall The Regional welfare office - will -be located in Oshawa City Hall at least for alittle while, council decided - December 5. The. space will cost the region $7. a square foot. Mayor Lawrence Malcolm wanted to know if any of that money could be covered by provincial ~~ grants, but council decided it could not. A number of councillors Hospital Report Week Ending Dec.5 Admissions .............. 33 Discharges .............. 39 Deaths .cocoouviiinnenvin 1 BIFBS couvveiiiciimnnaias 4 Emergencies ............ 100 Operations ................ 8 Remaining .............. 43 James Van Camp, Admin- istrator of Port Perry's Com- munity Memorial Hospital confirmed Monday that he has accepted a post with a Toronto hospital, beginning 'in January. Grant C. MacDonald has been apointed to the board of Community Memorial Hospital. Mr. MacDonald, a retired principal off Port Perry High School, was appointed by council to re- place Mr. Jerry Jackman who recently resigned for "personal" reasons. were concerned about the fact that there is empty office space in the county building that might house the welfare headquarters. Council decided November 28 to use the building as the general headquarters for the region. The building is debt free and will be owned by the region as of January 1. WHERE THE ACTION IS It was pointed out that most of the welfare people live in Oshawa and that the Administrator would prefer to be, "where the action is." Councillor Reg Rose, a Social Services Committee member, pointed out that the space being rented is al- ready used by the Oshawa Welfare Department, and that by continuing to use the space there will be no inter- ruption in services or the office routine. "The logical thing todo," said Rose, "is to use what is already avail- able." In addition to housing the present welfare offices Oshawa City Hall has the computors and cheque sign- ing machines which the re- gion had previously decided to use. TEMPORARY DECISION Chairman Walter Beath Another LIP grant for Reach Norman Cafik, M.P., has announced approval of a Local Initiatives Program grant to the Township of Reach. The $9,360 grant will provide winter work for people who will be kept busy painting and cleaning up municipal yards and buildings in the Town- ship, Mr. Cafik said. pointed out that he knows of space which could be used for less rent, and which would be easier for people in the region to get ta, but Mr. Beath said he could not identify the location until he presents a report on avail- able space within the region. That report is expected today. The decision to use the Oshawa office is just tem- porary." ('I wonder where I have heard that word be- fore," said Whitby's John Goodwin) until Mr. Beath's property report is presented and time to consider a, "permanent," decision is allowed. o 15¢ per copy 24 Pages Volume 108 -- PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 1973 -- No 8 "Kin 20 Club organized Heather Preston pres. "And may the best ma', uh, person win," concluded Heather Preston in her "campaign," speach to seventeen members of Port Perry's brand new Kin 20 Club at the Conway Gardens, December 5. Heather, 16, beat out a person of the male persuation to become the club's first president. She heads an executive of four teenaged women and one young man. But, she insists, the fact that Kin 20 chose an execu- tive that is 80 percent female has nothing to do with women's lib. "Most of the guys in town are a little shy." she explains. "The girls are more aggressive. That is why we have taken the lead here." Kin 20 is a youth auxilliary of the Kinsmen Club. The members are between 15 and 20 years of age. They will take part in the activities of older Kinsmen and Kinnettes which include putting on entertainment programs for residents of the nursing home, organizing semi annual blood donor clinics in town and taking part in fund raising drives for Cystic IFibrosis. However, the youth branch will involve itself in projects of special interest to teen- agers. The most obvious, says Heather, will be the organization of teen dances. Another project she expects will come up at a future meeting will involve starting FIRE completely destroyed this home on the Sixth Line, Reach, December 6." Firemen were called overheated wood stove. It destroyed the contents of shortly after noon and spent four hours battling the blaze. a drive lo raise funds for a drop in centre. Heather has no idea what will become of the idea, but she thinks it-will comé up. If the young people are have the right to veto any Kin-20 project, but Mr. Scanlon does not expect that the adults will have to use that authority. "They seem to be a great bunch of kids," : club. he told the STAR," I think they will do a great job in the area." Mr. Scanlon says the Kin-20 club should accom- plish two things for Port Perry. First of all, he says, it gives the vouth of the com- munity a chance to get invol- ved in the community and secondly. according to Mr. Scanlon, "It shows the adults that we have responsible able to successfully carry® out a drop in centre program they will be encouraged by adult Kinsmen, says Lorn Scanlon, who helped the teenagers organize their Mr. Scanlon said that Kin by-laws state that the adults must make sure that any project undertaken by Kin 20 will not be a loss financially, and an adult chaperone must attend all functions. Officially the Kinsmen Important announcement Due to Christmas falling on Tuesday and Boxing Day on Wednesday, it will be impossible to publish the Star between Christmas and the New Year. Consequeiitly, the last issue of the Star before Christmas will be published on Wednes- day, December 19. Included in this issue will be the regular edition featuring stories, pictures and Christmas greetings. The next issue of the Star then, will be : published on Thursday morning, January 3. As much as we regret to miss the issue between Christmas and New Year, it would not be fair to the staff members to be asked to work Boxing Day. Particularly following a very busy schedule of work during the last couple of months. We urgently request that advertisers, sub- scribers and persons contributing to the Star to keep this in mind and co-operate in the best way possible. 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