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will aid 300 in 98 the jrj8une thursday december 18t937p 3 three local companies two public and one private have signed on to put york region wel fare recipients into paying jobs a consortium combining social services agencies costiilas and georgina job skills with the private sector first interactive computer college is aiming at 300 placements in 1998 thats about one placement for every 10 people who had signed up for the regions workfare program by last month the others are sup posed to get training or volunteer posts the college will be matching people on welfare to appropriate jobs most of them fulltime while costiilas and georgina job skills provide counselling to the clients the longer theyve been out of workforce the more critical that counselling is said mario calla costis executive director the chance to practice for the social services interview and work on their pre sentation skills will help clients go to a job interview with a posi tive attitude calla said last week a lot of our selfworth is tied into what we do for a living being productive in our lives he said its a question of feeling less than whole the placement target was set under provincial guidelines the region expects to pay an average 1200 for each placement with the province picking up four fifths of the cost costis locations in markham vaughan and richmond hill will be available to serve workfare clients when the operation starts jan 2 the georgina group will see clients in keswick and new- market calla said mikeadler three times the entertainment the golden mile gospel singers were the featured performers at the stouffviiiegoodwood christian womens club christmas coffee at the stouffville blind mission on wed dec 10 from left are lauretta luff caro wiles and ruth fockler piat by sjoerd w1tteveen staff council under fire after group nearly dumped reg matthews shows part of his vandalized christmas reindeer display yes terday senseless vandalism destroys santa display 63 from page 1 this far so staff wants the committee gone well who cares the committee is a volunteer group of dedi cated responsible and caring individuals said cundari we come from all walks of life and basically do not have a background in municipal procedures cundari then suggested town com mittees be given an orientation session to help members better understand the workings of the town council had one for 13 hours why not the committees asked cundari pat tompson a professional arborist reminded council that one of the committees concerns is trees as an arborist i can tell you that the trees along your main street are hazardous its a hazard waiting to happen people are going to get hit with falling limbs warned tompson the kettle lakes including the health of mus- selmans lake also concerned this committee added tompson this is not the time to get rid of the committee you need this committee youve got a problem but it is not with the committee she said sophie angelis defeated ward 3 candidate pointed out that during the recent election candi dates listed the environment as an important issue i hope you follow up on your campaign promises said angelis the committee needs a clear mandate some councillors suggested maybe it didnt have mandate noted ward 3 councillor peter dobrich the environmental committees projects included lake testing programs for local lakes as well as musselmans lake initiating mapping of areas within the town reviewing the waste man agement programs and recycling programs hold ing earth day celebrations included tree planti ngs at schools giving away tree saplings to the public and having green space articles published in newspapers in total the environmental committee spent 150 we arent exactly a drain on taxes said cundari committee member and former councillor ivanka bradley said the move to dump the com mittee was regressive considering whats being done all over the world this is backwards she said allegations disturbing in police chief investigation vandals put a damper on reg matthews christmas in the spirit of the season the stouffville resident worked for days making a santa display for his front lawn matthews put the display up stood back and admired his work the next morning to his dismay he found his labour had been vandalized during the night i just dont get it why on earth do people do this its christ mas its senseless and its sad to think that we have this in our com munity matthews wouldnt let the vandals get him down for long he fetched his tool kit and carried out the nec essary repairs lets hope all is well now said matthews joan ransberry from page 1 board member and newlyelected markham councillor tony wong said he could not recall any specific policy requiring the chief to inform the board about such a deal but added person ally i think it would have been prudent of the chief or any senior officer to at least advise the board about such transactions even in the absence of a policy york regional police association president paul bailey said the recent allegations arc dis turbing but his members still believe in the presumption of innocence it has raised some hue and cry among the officers he said anything the chief does dur ing his term of office should have been approved by the police services board and i have no idea why it wasnt bailey added the crowns office could take up to a month to review the opps case i think the opp has taken so long because they want to do it right the first time bailey said now the crowns office will have to review the case law the charter and the impact and ramifications of which way to proceed if the allegations have merit they will have decide if its a police act matter or a criminal code matter this is a very highprofile case and they will be taking a very careful look he added