Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 12 Apr 1976, p. 3

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ed Swammw nun flaw Ms Up to person Your Canada Manpower Cen tre is good place to start looking for job but not good place to stop says George Wood public relations officer for the Barrie centre We dont want people to feel that they can completely depend on Canada Manpower to find job for them he says No one can get job except the person himself To help clients find work by looking beyond the job cards at the centre Manpower officials dfer weekly technique in creative job search technique designed to teach applicants how to find the four per cent of jobs in the community which are vacant at any given time Mr Wood says graduates of the course experience con siderably higher rate of job hunting success than other clients The 90minute course is held each Tuesday at pm An op tional reinforcement session is held week later but not every student shows uppartly because some have found jobs in the meantime One girl went out and ap plied for job about an hour and half after the course and she got it right off the bat says counsellor Rob Alexander who has been administering the course Counsellor Suzanne Brunnelle is to take over the course next week SEMINAR SETTING Jobseeking techniques are to get ajob discussed in seminar setting during the course Its not passive thing where they just sit and watch says Mr Wood They par ticipate actively Methods of finding job openings are stressed during the course Clients are urged to compile lists of companies which might offer the sort of work they want and find out such information as where each company is located who the personnel manager is and how to get past the recep tionist We go over the various sour ces that employers will use to find employees Mr Alexan der says The best thing weve found is the personal walk indont be afraid to go out and bang on doors simply because they dont have an ad in the window Clients are also instructed in the best ways of selling them selves to prospective em ployers key point here is the preparation of resume of ex perience and qualifications and those who have difficulty preparing such document are given added help with it at the second session Attendance so far has been relatively poor Mr Alexander says Some sessions have had to be cancelled and fewer than half dozen is usual The cour se can comfortably ac commodate 10 to 12 students at atime Let George do it Manpower office says George Wood counsellor at the Canada Manpower Centre in Barrie since 1972 has been appointed public relations of ficer for the office In making the appointment Ernie Stuart manager of the centre said that Mr Wood will be responsible for the coordination of an effective employer services program among other duties Many employers do not realize the full range of ser vices which Canada Manpower offers said Mr Stuart It will be Mr Woods job to in troduce and explain these ser vices to employers in the area In adopting Let George Do It for my slogan Mr Wood ex plained hope to make it ap parent to employers that the full resources of the Canada Manpower Centre are theirs to utilize All it takes is phone call or visit to permit me to meet the employer and to discuss the ap propriate service or services which can lighten the ad ministrative workload and of ten the financial burden facing employers when hiring or training their staff Mr Wood will be seeking op portunities to address employer groups service clubs etc to explain the scope of services of fered by the Canada Manpower Centre His duties will also include those of training liaison coun sellor for trainees attending courses sponsored under the Canada Manpower Training Plan coordinator and liaison counsellor for the Student Sum mer Employment and Ac tivities Program as well as production and coordination of audiovisual programs and other public information projects Mr Wood George may be reached by phoning 7282468 at the Canada Manpower Cen tre 136 Bayfield St Barrie If boundaries change Arnold says hell run Bruce Arnold 1974 can didate in the Simcoe North federal riding says he will seek election in the new Sim coe South riding if proposed boundary changes are made for the next federal election The proposed Simcoe South riding includes Barrie along with Flos Vespra Essa In nisfil Tecumseth and West Gwillimbury townships Bradford Beeton Tot tenham and Elmvale Mr Arnold 38 journalist who is president of his par tys Ontario branch and member of its national executive said the Liberal candidate will be his chief Grade students at St Monicas School Barrie spent last week finishing study of Japanese geography way of life customs education and religion Special guests at TEA rival if the new riding is treated as planned He said the areas of heaviest Progressive Con servative support in the Sim coe North riding Orillia and Midland have been excluded from the proposed Simcoe South new Conservative leader Joe Clark will prove liability at the polls and the New Democratic Party is too similar to the Liberals to draw extensive support He charged that riding changes are designed to im prove Liberal chances of winning seat in traditionally Conservative Simcoe County Japanesestyle tea art were Mrs Hufnage le centre who spent 12 years in Japan as Christian mis sionary and Mrs Niwa Students at the tea party ar ranged by teacher Mrs hm ABOUT 20 PEOPLE from Barrie Midland and Vic toria Harbour meet once month at Steele Street School to enjoy an evening of folk dances of other lands ln structor Cecille Ratney teaches the basic steps of the dances and gives some history Examiner Photo Annual edition of yearbook through dance held to cut production costs By TERESA HAMILTON Hello there This weeks column will be comparatively brief for reasons Ill give later Suffice it to say that things are really humming here at Eastview this term with wide and varied assortment of activities in full swing Some like the Yearbook and Outward Bound have been going since last fall while others like Track and Field and Rugby arejust gearing up now Field trips that were planned several months ago are finally taking place and though were still being inundated with lot of homework theres great deal of fun this term too The yearbook successfully met all its deadlines and was sent to the publisher several weeks ago Youll probably get your hands on copy sometime in June in plenty of time to get autographs from all your frien ds The great big ThankYou should go out to the Editors of this bookInderjit Gill Marianne Yakichuk and Carol Paris for all the long hours and hard work theyve put into this years edition But even with their work the book wouldnt have even got off the ground without the guidance and supervision of Mr Mike Man sour the yearbooks staff of the book know the work he lid and Im sure theyd be the first ones to agree with me that Mr Man sour has once again done marvellous job On second thought maybe we should reserve judgement until AF TER weve seen the bookY All year long the yearbook staff has been holding fund raising activities to reduce the price of the book to $4 Their latest and greatest en deavor was the dance held Friday evening at pm in the Eastview Cafetorium The featured band was Hellfire LOCAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT The Barrie public utilities commission and Ontario Ilydro are cosponsoring special seminar in Barrie for most of the citys industries The seminar scheduled May from am to 330 pm at the Ion tinental Inn is to educate in dustries on conservation of energy The cost is $10 person PTY ENDS STUDY OF JAPAN Mary Jo McKinney prepared and arranged Japanese meal of chicken rice shrimp and tea Jan panese costumes were worn the students who compos ed Haiku poetry stylized real red hot group if youll par don the pun It was sure to be an unforgettable evening so hope you got your tickets early SETTING PLANS Eastviews Outward Bound Club is presently laying plans for an exciting Spring Program so keep your ears and eyes open for further in formation Ive heard some folks say the first event is sure to be splash But then again with Miss Humphries leading the way ANYTHING can be fun except perhaps Func tions Test It sounds like plans for this years Prom are underway as well Its to be held on Satur day May 29 this year so theres lots of time left to ask your favorite girl if shes busy that evening The Student ouncil Elec tion is also upcoming at the end of this month Election Day will be Friday April 30 with pre election assembly to take place on the 29th Nominations opened Friday April and are to run for week Qualifications for nominees are posted on the office window so if you or anyone you know is hungry for power check it out Further details will be available in next weeks edition of the school newspaper Itcd Blue and BOLD Spring is the season for out door sports and couple of them have just recently begun The Junior and Senior Rugby Teams can be seen out in the back field amost every day now going through their drills and practice scrimmages With two such enthusiastic groups were sure to add another IBSSA vicr tory to our already long list The Track and Field Team has also just commenced in tensive training though there is small core of dedicated athletes who began training shortly after hristmas With GENERAL EASTVIEW OPEN OISE Eastview Secondary School is opening its doors to everyone Wednesday April 11 between 730 pm and 930 pm for the annual open house All depart ments in the school will be represented with examples of classroom activities exhibits and demonstrations on display Japanese verse form for the party Judged by Mrs Huf nagel and Mrs Niwa to have the most authentic Japanese costumes were Robbie McAler left and Valerie Veobey Examiner Photo the advent of the sunny weather those who used to train by jogging through the halls after pm have moved outside to enjoy the fresh spring air It certainly is relief to the rest of us to know that were no longer taking our lives into our hands everytime we venture into the halls after school We have many promising newcomers well as several hardy veterans so were sure to do well this year Just wait til everyone gets in shape then its IBSSA here we come In the midst of all these out door activities the Badminton Team is still going strong They met with the team from Penetang on Thursday April 81h PONDEBDSA STEAK HOUSE promised at the beginning this column to tell you why this column wouldnt be as long as it normally is although its already longer than Id thought it would be Two Grade 11 French classes 40 students in all of which am part left Thursday on an exchange trip with school in Quebec The community we are paired with is that of St Foy near Quebec City Well be spending five days visiting our new friends there and theyll return the visit during the first part of May And on that note must draw to close for this week Ill leave you with these words Au revoir Ala prochaine Canadas Largest Famity Steamtornado 319 Bayfield Street Barrie Flll OUT THE COUPON ON THE right and send to Circulation Manager Barrie Examiner I6 Bayfield Street Barrie Ontar Draw Will Be Held For The Winner Folk dancing popular here Folk dances of other lands ap parently ap al to Barrie The Town an Country Folk Dancers have been going strong for 16 years Jean Wass Barrie woman vwho has belonged to the club since it started says members have learned over 250 folk dances of other lands Its all for the fun of it said Mrs Wass during meeting Friday night Members meet once month with instructor Cecille Ran Ratney of the TorontoNorth YMYWHA Versaility has kept the in terest she said Members learn everything from the All American Prom the Bossa Nova the Erev Ba Greensleeves the Tennessee WigWalk Never on Sunday and Texas Schottische CITY NE WS The Barrie Examiner Monday April 12 W764 mm on WRIGHT CLEANERS BARRIE lTD l03 Bayfield St 7285531 With summer on its way and winter moving on it will soon be time to store those winter furs When you take your furs to Wright Cleaners ou can take with you con fidence that only our large refrigerated modern vault can give Barrie Examiner Subscribers Nominate Your Carrier As CARRIER OF THE WEEK 45 AND WIN PONDEROSA STEAK DNNERS For Your Currier And His Or Her Parents And For You And Your Wife 0r Husband As Carrier 01 The Week io och Friday My Name Is LASTWEEKS CARRIER OF THE WEEK WAS NOMINATED BY MRS SILLS DON JOHNSON noun 538 an

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