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= a -- ota a A Ne a gy OBS program helps the area's illiterates Do you know someone without a job because of an inability to read and count? Georgian College has a pro- gram to help. The Georgian College- run Ontario Basic Skills Program has attracted 52 students in Midland. New students arebeing added at an almost daily rate. The Ontario Basic Skills (OBS) Program is an academic upgrading pro- Demolition gram for people age 19 and older, some of whom might have less than a Grade 8° education. Moving people from the level of literacy to the equivalent of Grade 12 is the OBS Program's purpose. The OBS Program started in Midland on Oct. 1. Last Thursday represen- tatives of local social agen- cies and of the Town of Workers at the Port McNicoll Tavern have almost completely demolished the remains of the hotel that was destroyed by fire earlier this year. The sight of Postal deadlines Deadlines to ensure Christmas delivery. for cards and parcels are com- ing and going. According Penetanguishene Postmaster John Arbour, Thursday is the deadline for letters heading to Great Britain, France, Germany and other European coun- tries. The deadline for cards heading for Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and South American coun- tires was yesterday. Yesterday was also the deadline to send parcels to Europe. Mailing packages to countries in the southern hemisphere would have been ensured Christmas delivery if they had been mailed before last Thursday. For parcels heading anywhere in Canada or the United States, Dec. 8 is the deadline. For letters, it's to the 12. Friends in-town won't receive their cards late if they are mailed by Dec. 12. Christmas stamps can be bought in packages of 10, for $2.90. But, Arbour adds, these stamps can on- ly be used on Greetmore envelopes. Arbour says the postal code must be pencil- ed in on the special matrix to make the mail machine readable and therefore cost less to process. If you got a deal on Christmas cards last year, you won't get a deal on stamps this year Midland were told about the program. The OBS Program replaces the Technical Upgrading Program (TUP). The thrust of OBS is to of- fer help to a wider range of . gathering was told. The OBS program in Midland has a budget of $229,000 for the next four months to assist students who can't afford to pay for child care, transportation EAR PIERCING SPECIAL Good until Jan. 1st THE BEAUTY STOP HAIRSTYLISTS KING ST., MIDLAND TOWN CENTRE people than did TUP. TUP was designed to give to people with a Grade 8, 9 or 10 education, a Grade 12 education. The OBS Pro- gram is designed for harder to serve clients, the to class, or, in certain cases, room and board. OBS classes are held dur- ing the day. Students can attend on a part-time or full-time basis. OBS classes are pure academics, the construction workers is a joy to many village residents. It took the village council almost five months to get the building torn down. Due Lights Georgian College School of Career Development, Orillia, chairman Maureen Watt, told the meeting. TUP was for people who had dropped out of high school. OBS extends its coverage to people who did not complete elementary school. OBS Program classes are free, a program of the pro- vincial Ministry of Skills Development. OBS is a part of the Ontario Train- ing Strategy Program. OBS is recognition by the ministry that the problem of illiteracy is an area neglected by government programs, and an area of great concern to the ministry, Watt said. Fifty-two weeks was the maximum number of weeks a student could be in TUP. There is no such limit on the OBS Program. A person with a Grade 4 education would take a year to advance the equivalent of three school grades, while a person with a Grade 10 or 11 education would take a much shorter time to ad- vance to the same degree, Watt said. Child care will be a part of the local Georgian Col- lege service when the local programs are gathered in one place. A section of the former Bay Street Cana- dian Tire building is being modified to become the Midland campus of Georgian College. Mid- February, 1987, is the earliest time that Georgian We Have e Fruit Baskets e Cheese Baskets e Sonnet Beskels: Gianstto 290 King St., Vey C F v Wee a" = eS ine y iy ae "GOLD Sou WEIGHT All Estate Jewellery 20% Appraised Diamond and Gemstone Jewellery 66" ott appraised value Cigarettes = Special Brands Peter Jackson (some brands) Bensen Hedges Special Advanti Large Yarn Tote - Multiple Uses Reg. 29.95 $995 OPEN SUNDAY A Gift to Share With Family & Friends A Gift for that "Hard to Buy For" person 4 of Midland Midland 526-2761 Selected 1928 Jewellery 50% ott $1371 WES. S YP <e ee Y} carton Bic Lighters Ep. a ATHE CROW'S NEST Z 263 KING ST., MIDLAND Wa) 526-6131 Mik "SS i "LY 2 \> SiN A College will be able to move into that building. Two features not transferred from TUP to the OBS Program are career planning, and the job finding club. One group of people for whom the TUP program is not designed is the mental- ly handicapped. Watt said that the College is interested in working with local literacy groups which teach people to read on a one teacher-one- student basis. 3 People who want to take . ' . % . Maureen Wa Georgian College School of Career Development thair- man Maureen Watt described a new provincial government education program aimed at helping the he Highland Inn last week. illiterate, to an audience in t the OBS Program who are receiving unemployment insurance can "pply for permission to go to school and continue to receive unemployment cheques. Women receiving Mother's Allowances and other government assistance likewise do not lose finan- cially by enrolling in the OBS Program. 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