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fm Spring has arrived, the ice is off the lake and now it's time to get down to some serious fishing. These two young lads spent Sunday afternoon at Port Perry's lakefront basking in the sun and doing a little eT AY. fo some excellent weather. PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, April 25, 1979 -- 17 i fishing. Dozens of fisherman lined the shores of Lake Scugog over the weekend as Mother Nature treated us Summer jobs for students on Looking for summer work? If you're a high school student and not afraid of a few aching muscles and blistered hands, the chances of getting work this summer on a farm in Scugog Town- ship are pretty good. growing. This year, for the first time, Hilda Balling, an agriculture student at the University of Guelph, has been hired to co-ordinate the student summer employ- ment program. She started work on Monday. Mr. Coy told the Star last student has developed a real interest in farming and is capable of almost any job on a modern farm. For students without a farm background or any farm working experience, Mr. Coy says that attitude and willingness to work hard Suggest hiring teens to curb - park vandalism Municipalities could substantially reduce van- dalism against public property by hiring teenagers to carry out regular patrols ~ of parks and recreational facilities. That was the opinion expressed by Sgt. Roy Hobbs, co-ordinator of the Durham Region Police Crime Prevention Bureau, during a speech he gave April 17 in Port Perry at the annual meeting of the Scugog Social Planning council. Sgt. Hobbs was instrumen- tal in organizing a "Teens on Patrol" program last summer using federal grant funds where six students carried out regular patrols of public park areas in the southern municipalities of Durham Region. The results were very positive, according to Sgt. Hobbs, who said in the areas that were patrolled, there were no incidents of van- dalism reported, while in areas not patrolled, there was actually an increase in incidents. A similar program is underway for this umm. and Sgt. Hobbs told the Social Planning meeting that there is a chance that some of the students may get into the northern municipalities of Durham. However, he stressed that the federal grants for this program will eventually be cut off, and said that in- dividual municipalities should carry on. "It would save them money," he said. Not . only does it cost municipality money to replace damaged facilities, but there is the added cost of wages for employees having to do these repairs. Last year, the budget for '"Teens on Patrol" was $15,00, and that paid for a project leader and six students working a 40-hour week at minimum wage over 10 weeks. The number of students this year has been increased to nine and the program will start May 22. The students, he said, were not working for the police. They would simply report potential vandalism prob- lems to the various recrea- tion department staff members. A big part of the students work, said Sgt. Hobbs, was to talk to other teenagers about the problem, and attempt to prevent vandalism. Sgt. Hobbs said that vandalism, especially against public property such as parks and schools is becoming a serious problem, and is almost to the point where it is out of hand. He cited the recent fire at an Ajax school where damage is estimated at $750,000 and noted that the Durham Board of Education has budgeted $150,000 this year (Turn to Page 22) a RNP i. Ce -- ho x t J om as ROA ar i SA ar Pe) ~¢. DREN ht Rolly Coy, manager of the week that the student are the most important vi Canada Farm Labour Pool program is broken down into qualifications. 5 office in Port Perry, says three segments. The first Students registered for the ge that already applications year, students are hired for day work will be called by ; from students are coming in to the office. He urges students interested in farm work this summer to get in touch with the Labour Pool office on Queen Street. The summer student placement program has been in existance for the past three years, and the number of students involved and the number of placements is day work during the busy haying season. : If a student enjoys that kind of exposure to farm work, the Labour Pool will attempt to place the student the next year on a farm for a full summer's work with added job responsibility. That can lead to a third summer's work where the Pin Ball Wizards Two Port Perry teen-agers have got their sights set on a new world record. Rob Franssen and Todd Healey are out to break the current record of 148 hours of consecutive pin-ball. That's alot of hours with a finger on the Flipper button, but Rob and Todd are attempting it for a good cause. They have sponsor forms from muscular dystrophy officials and are taking pledges for every hour they spend behind the pin-ball machine. The pair will begin their quest for the new record and muscular dystrophy research this Friday, April 27 at the Big Casino on Water Street. The Casino has agreed to allow the two to play free of charge for as long as they last. the Labour Pool as needed by area farmers for such things as haying, picking stones, cleaning animal stalls, and painting and mending fences. On the average, students doing this kind of work can expect about $3 per hour, but Mr. Coy says there have' been cases where farmers who are pleased with the work done by a student will pay as much as $4.00 per hour. Students who register now can get work on Saturdays, (if it is available) until they get out of school late in June. Last year, there were about 25 students registered for the summer and the Labour office secured about 100 casual jobs for them. As usual this year, summer jobs for all students are going to be at a premium and tough to find, but Mr. Coy says that any student with a good attitude and willing to work should be OL Co A or Ny SoA Hilda Balling started work this week with the Canada Farm Labour Pool office in Port Perry as co-ordinator of the student summer placement program. Students interested in farm work this summer should get in touch with the Farm Labour office as soon as possible. i F) : Anyone interested in backing Rob and Todd by making a pledge for muscular dystrophy can call 985-3488. able to get some work on area farms this summer. The Farm Labour Pool office number is 985-3831.