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the tribune thursday december 13 1979 el wood foskett finance expert stouffville experience is the best teacher elwood foskett learned bis lesson well uell enough to take over the position of deputy clerk- treasurer and tax collector when the town of whitchurch- stouffville became a single municipality within the confines of regional government that was nine years ago at the end of this year elwood will close the door on a challenging career one that began in the twp of uxbridge when the municipality was mostly rural in its makeup and the position of clerk- treasurer was only parttime i went in blind- trial and error he commented modestly remembering his very first pay cheque of 16666 a month in a salary of 2000 the townships municipal office was located above taylors store at the four corners of goodwood the council held its com mittee meetings there members includedearl dowswell reeve bob nesbitt deputyreeve and councillors alvin redshaw charlie forsyth and norman hogg back in those days the tax bills were all typed by hand an onerous task on oc casions hed take some of the work home where wife effie would lend a hand she was a teacher on the staff at goodwood public school elwoods know ledge of the muni- c i p a 1 i t y was amazing he could describe the location of every resident even down to the lot and concession such in formation proved a benefit not only in his work but in assisting the general public elwood grew up in goodwood attending public school there am uxbridge high to get to uxbridge two parents took turns in providing trans portation between christmas and easter theyd take the train from goodwood station as a lad elwood assisted his father in the local blacksmith shop treasurer to retire elwood foskett treasurer for the town of whitchurchstouffville for almost nine years retires at the end of this month concluding a successful career that began with the twp of uxbridge where he held the position of deputy clerktreasurer and tax collector elwood came to whitchurch- stouffville with the advent of regional government his successor appointed tuesday is edward blackburn and later took over the cockshutt tractor and implement agency he credits don kennedy now of markham with showing him the ropes he remembers spending many a night at dons home learning the dos and donts of municipal rules and regulations he don kennedy taught me all i know be said i council meetings were held once a month way back then in the old township hall near the railroad track on the 3rd concession during the warmweather periods members sat around a table on an elevated stage in the winter they moved closer to an old box stove your back would burn and your front would freeze he remembers with the advent of regional government in whitchurch- stouffville elwood applied for the deputy clerk treasur ers position here and was accepted he and his wife were already living in town so the job move worked out well being of the old school he nevet minded working extra hours at tax time he often came in at 7 am to keep things caught up ive been used well he agrees telling how he was allowed time off in lieu of extra hours required during rush periods elwood and effie have no definite retirement plans ex cept to maybe travel a little i just intend to take things easy at least for a while he said hell be missed jobless rate high by sinclair stevens undoubtedly one of the immediate challenges facing the government involves creating jobs for young canadians it is no secret that upon taking office last june we inherited a problem of high unemployment and that among the hardest hit by this unemployment have been canadians between the ages of 15 and 24 at the end of october of this year the unem ployment rate among the 15 to 24 age group was 13 per cent almost three times the rate for adult males in absolute terms there were over 402000 young canadians looking for work and at last report unable to find work the costs associated with such massive youth unemployment are enormous unem ployment insurance payments for youth alone were over 15 billion in 1978 while welfare payments were estimated at 360 million there is also a cost associated with idle productive resources but the problem is not just economic there is a social and human element which cannot be ignored when young people are unable for a prolonged period of time to take an active place in society their values and their attitudes about themselves and society itself are profoundly affected if we want our young people to grow up with a confidence in their ability to contribute to society in a meaningful parade coverage dear mr thomas just a word of thanks for your papers excellent pictorial coverage of this years santa claus parade our family was able to relive the event as we thumbed through the pages of the dec 6 issue the tribune is to be complimented on the way it supports all community events the santra claus parade being only one kep up the good- work we look forward to it every thursday clifford young rrisuxjfirin way then we must ensure they are gainfully em ployed as soon as possible thus job creation for young people has been given a high priority by the government the minister of employment and immigration mr atkey recently an nounced several initiatives that the government plans to take with respect to this pressing problem the government will establish a secretariat with the responsibility of developing a com prehensive youth em ployment strategy the youth employment secretariat working in cooperation with business and industry will con centrate on creating jobs of a longterm nature as part of the overall strategy new legislation will be introduced to provide tax credits as an incentive for employers in the private sector to hire young people for further details of this program you should enquire at your local employment centre the government also has plans for a national youth service corps which will involve young people in projects of a vital community service these will not be make- work projects but real jobs designed to have a lasting community and environmental benefit the youth service corps while providing a useful service to society will at the same time provide a challenging and rewarding work ex perience for young people further the government has in troduced a bill in the house of commons to amend the adult oc cupational training act bill c8 will increase assistance to training and apprenticeship programs and will make federal training programs more responsive to the needs of the labour market a revitalized training program focusing on the new skills demanded by industry will undoubtedly assist young people in finding employment in total the govern ment hopes to create 119000 new jobs for young canadians by march 1981 that should ensure we will not be living with 13 per cent youth unem ployment- in 1981 as we have been in the past from the homestead having a party go broasted foods chicken shrimp scallops rsh sribs salads also available large orders could be cooked on the spot homestead broasted chicken 8875240 open 11 am 8 dally i- j pjn sj 1 marilyn botmanj k t whhwormation vsupphed by the 4for the region wflfsnot always tvipleasiit but what va w affects us alt fiivf gkvr total naw yfpa york county board of education fzz itewiiijwriige rj progress in 1979 remarks of im mediate past chairman for 1979 w donald cousens what will 1979 be remembered for in the york county board of education program this board has in the international year of the child done much to improve the quality of education that our young people will receive in the 1980s the curriculum councils and task forces have continued their efforts to write and im plement the new course guidelines for the entire system the resultant improvements in the classrooms will impact every child in york county in the 80s through the task force on technical and vocational education by cooperative programs in secondary schools through the community industrial training committee york county has recognized the need to make technical programs in secondary schools more relevant to the students future in industry business and post- secondary education the family life and sex education program will assist in the development of mature responsible individuals capable of making in formed decisions who can enjoy and be fulfilled by exercising their various capacities in the context of respect and appreciation for the rights and need of others the special education placement and review committees will become involved in the placement of exceptional pupils and review of such placements an early iden tification program will be introduced in september 1980 to diagnose the special needs of children in time to plan and im plement specialized programs reducing class size in the elementary panel was the objective of hiring 27 additional classroom teachers these and the many other refinements to program have been supported so that york county can provide the highest quality of education this board will be remembered for its decisions on program communications- this board will be remem- 1 bered as the board that communicated the directors report and the annual reports from the divisional superin tendents provided an in depth insight to the system with the hiring of the information officer we now have a public relations program to be proud of through meeting with ministers and of ficials of the government of ontario we have presented york countys need and have received satisfaction from the governments hearings ie approvals for riseborough and wulowbrook we have worked closely in a number of ways with the york county roman catholic separate school system i met with the student council presidents and was able to share with them our knowing bow critical it is that there be co operation within the system through many meetings both formal and otherwise this board has endeavoured to promote a high level of trust within the system we have made a deliberate effort to be open in our dicision making process and to keep employees and the public informed negotiations- the greatest single source of conflict and resultant lack of mutual faith is the process of coming to a collective agreement between teachers and ths board negotiations are a great distraction and the most time consuming activity of the board through the board committee just established to assess and evaluate negotiations i hope we will find new ways to carry on negotiations with our teachers and employee groups through the presentation to the ministry f of education that is in the final stages of preparation let us hope that bill 100 will be amened to remove the conflict that is so prevalent in the present process this- this board has taken its responsibilities seriously and has made a number of decisions that will srt the tome for the future the budget of 865 million dollars was kept to an increase of 7 per cent about 2 per cent below the 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