HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1979-03-07, Page 27READY FOR SAUSAGES — Jane Sims serves sausages to Dianne and Sharon Rundle at Tuesday's pancake supper at Trivitt
Anglican Church. T-A photo
But placement officer optimistic Times-Advocate, March 7, 1979 Page 27
Student job situation tight
Researchers claim
belts wouldn't help
Installing seat belts in
school buses wouldn’t
reduce injuries to children
in a majority of bus ac
cidents, according to
research findings of the
Multi-disciplinary Accident
Research Team at The
University of Western On
tario.
The team is collecting
data which is fed to
Transport Canada and will
be used to create legislated
safety standards for all
Canadian school buses.
Transport Canada put
together a package of
proposals two years ago
which called for improved
seat design and occupant
crash protection.
The recommendation that
seat belts be installed in
buses was one of a number
of proposed improvements
including better access to
the rear emergency exit,
roof and joint structural
changes, protection of fuel
tanks and systems and
stronger seats.
The UWO team is under
contract to Transport
Canada to investigate school
bus accidents in
Southwestern Ontario and
provide data and reports on
their findings. In the last
year the team has studied
three major accidents in
volving five buses and over
200 children.
Dr. Alan German, a
physicist working with the
team, says that in the ac
cidents the Western team
has examined seat belts
wouldn’t have made any
difference to the children
riding in the buses.
"In the collisions we’ve
looked at occupant ejection
hasn’t been a factor. In
juries were due to occupants
bouncing around.”
"The only seat belt that
could be installed is a lap
belt, which still permits a
child to bang its head, which
is what happens now without
a belt. If there were a major
collision where occupants
could be ejected or if the bus
rolls over, then seat belts
would be beneficial. But that
type of accident occurs very
rarely. The number of
fatalities resulting from
school bus accidents is very
small in Canada.”
Head injuries, con
cussions, deep face
lacerations and broken teeth
are the most common types
of serious injuries sustained
by children in bus accidents.
Approximately 750 children
are hurt each year and
Transport Canada estimates
this number will be reduced
by half when the im
provements are made.
The recommendations
apply to both large buses,
seating between 66 and 72
students, and to smaller
buses weighing under 10,000
lbs, seating about 10 or 12.
The smaller buses should
have seats, both Transport
Canada and the UWO team
agree. In the smaller buses
the shock of impact is two to
four times greater.
School bus operators and
school officials don’t want
the new standards to include
‘Seat belts for large or small
buses. They feel that
problems of making the
children wear the belts
properly render the seat belt
requirement impractical.
Dr. German says that in
the three school bus ac
cidents the UWO Multi
disciplinary team has in
vestigated, higher seat
backs and additional pad
ding would have reduced the
severity of the childrens’ in
juries.
Cost-effectiveness of in
stalling seat belts in large
buses is also an issue, Dr.
German says. It would like
ly cost several hundred
dollars per bus to add seat
belts and only one half of one
percent of the injuries
sustained would likely be
eliminated as a result of
belts.
Another factor to be con
sidered is that children
wearing the belts improper
ly — too high on their bodies,
for example — could actual
ly increase the injury rate,
Dr. German says.
READY FOR GRIDDLE — Lrene Harness prepares to pour the
batter for a pancake at Tuesday's supper at Trinity Anglican
Church. T-A photo
By JOANNE BUCHANAN
There’s no doubt about it.
The job siuation is tight. But
Susan Freeman, student
placement counsellor and
manager of the student
placement program at the
Canada Employment Centre
for Students located on East
Street in Goderich, is not
discouraged.
In fact she is optimistic
that most students in the
area can find jobs this
summer if they follow a few
simple rules. These rules
include visiting her as soon
as possible at the
Employment Centre and
registering for a job.
Her job then involves
counselling students and
helping them to narrow down
what kind of work they are
looking for. She also gives
tips on how to apply for a job.
Susan gives the following
advice to students dr anyone
looking for a job, for that
matter: tell everyone you’re
looking for a job (word of
mouth is important); make a
list of all possible em
ployers; visit all of these
employers; fill in ap
plications early; keep
looking at the want ads in
your local newspaper; and
keep your ears open.
Susan admits that it’s a job
in itself to find a job these
days. It takes hard work and
determination but it can be
done.
One of the reasons why it is
important to visit the
Employment Centre early, is
to fill in applications for
government programs like
Ontario Experience ’79,
Young Canada Works,
Junior Agriculturalist,
Junior Ranger, etc.
Deadlines for these ap
plications come very soon,
warns Susan.
Many government
programs allow students to
invent their own summer
jobs. Susan can supply
students with a list of all
these programs, application
forms and addresses.
Some students can become
self-employed if they are
ingenious enough, There are
all kinds of self-employment
opportunities, especially in a
tourist town like Goderich,
says Susan. Students can cut
grass, walk dogs, paint
houses, wash cars, babysit
and even organize groups of
students to perform various
services.
If worse comes to worse
and a student can’t find a
summer job that pays
money, the Student
Employment Centre can
help students get into other
meaningful activities like
volunteer work. There is
even volunteer work which
can be done abroad and
many programs like CUSO
which Susan can inform
students about. If you can’t
make any money at them,
you can at least gain in
valuable experience, she
explains.
Contrary to what many
people think, says Susan,
most students really want to
work and are really sincere
in their job searches. A lot of
students are very talented
too and Susan encourages
them to fill out the hobbies
part on their application
forms.
Susan says the Centre
always has enough students
to fill jobs but not enough job
orders from employers. She
has been busy writing to all
employers who used the
Centre last year to en
courage them to use it again.
She will also be visiting as
many employers as she can
in person. She would like to
explain too that anyone can
phone into the Centre and
hire a student for even an
hour or two. There is no red
tape involved, she stresses.
Orders can be filled the same
day.
Susan does not want the
rest of Huron County to feel
left out because the Student
Employment Centre is
located in Goderich. It is for
all students in the county and
covers villages as well as
towns.
An office will be set up in
Exeter as well as Goderich
and two student placement
officers,one for each office,
will be hired in May to man
these offices while Susan
acts as overall co-ordinator.
Susan started her job at
the Employment Centre on
February 5. Already a large
number of secondary and
post-secondary students
have visited the Centre to
apply for part-time jobs now
and full-time jobs in the
summer, she says.
These students are eager
for any type of work and can
be hired for any length of
time.
Susan has taken a three
day course in London for her
job at the Centre. The course
taught her communication,
promotion and management
skills and basically she
learned how the Centre
works. She will be taking
more courses throughout her
term at the Centre which
ends in September.
Right now she is busy
familiarizing herself with
the Centre and various
programs. She has been
reading up on what others
have done at the Centre,
planning ads and setting up
schedules for speaking to
employers and students in
the area high schools.
She wants to reach as
many students and em
ployers as possible to let
them know that the Centre
CAN help them.
"I want to be really
organized. I want more
people becoming aware of
the Centre,” she says.
There are 128 Centres
across Ontario she says and
last year’s statistics for the
Centres show that the
London district (in which
Huron County is included)
did very well as far as the
number of students placed in
jobs.
Susan is not nervous about
speaking in front of groups of
students or employers. She
has always enjoyed working
with people and she knows
most of the people in
Goderich already.
She is the daughter of Mart
and Stan Freeman of R. R. 2
Goderich. She likes
organizing and is very en
thused about her present job.
She pledges to help everyone
to the best of her ability.
Her own experience
If Susan’s ability to help
students can be measured in
terms of her own expriences,
she rates high and should be
very successful at her latest
job.
She is a graduate of
G.D.C.I. and a graduate of
the University of Western
Ontario (Huron College)
where she received an
Honors Bachelor of Arts in
English with an Area of
Concentration in Honors
French.
She worked for one
summer as the superin
tendent of Judith
Gooderham pool being
responsible fo the entire
organization of the pool and
the Water Safety program.
Her swimming
qualifications enable her to
Ro/e of health unit
outlined by staffers
READY FOR PANCAKES — Shawn McFalls gets help from his father Peter in removing his
jacket for Tuesday's pancake supper at Trivitt Anglican Church. At the left is cashier Charlie
Smith and in the background is waitress Jane Russell. T-A photo
tea WITH PANCAKES —• Jane Russell and Dorothy Knight pour tea for visitors at Tuesday's
pancake supper at Trivitt Anglican Church. T-A photo
By HURON COUNTY HEALTH
UNIT STAFF
Huron County Health Unit
. . . what does it do .. . how .
. . why? Would you like to
look inside your Health Unit
. . . after all, you (and,I) are
paying for it?
Public Health Agencies
(Units) are established un
der the Public Health Act,
Statutes of Ontario. Under
the Act there are two princi
ple bodies who are responsi
ble for "the public health”.
These are the Provincial
Ministry of Health and the
local Board of Health.
The Provincial Ministry of
Health has various
departments which deal
with general medical ser
vices, hospital services,
community health services,
mental health services, etc.
That branch dealing with
community health services
acts as director of the
overall provincial public
health programmes, sets
financing goals, and acts as
a consultant to the local
Health Unit in case of dif
ficulties. For example, if I
need advice on how to deal
with a difficult or unusual
situation, there are
specialists in the fields of in
fectious disease, child care,
school health services, and
many others, with whom I
can get and share opinion.
The local Board of Health
directs the Health Unit, tak
ing into consideration the
Ministry of Health’s
programmes and plans
throughout the province
generally and its own view
of the needs in the county.
The members of the Board
of Health are drawn from
the Huron County Council,
with the exception of one
representative appointed by
the provincial Ministry of
Health. The members from
County Council, and es
pecially the warden, are
familiar with many other
aspects of Huron County
planning and services, for
example, Social Services,
Family and Children’s Ser
vices, and County Planning
and Development. This
gives some measure of con
tinuity and integration in the
overall development of
Huron county social and
health planning. County
Council has members sitting
on the hospital boards
throughout the county and
this further improves input
into health service develop
ment. These two bodies, the
provincial Ministry of
Health and the Huron Coun
ty Board of Health, largely
shape the direction of the
Health Unit’s programmes
and services. Direction is
given to them through the
Health Unit staff, par
ticularly the Director of
Nursing and Inspection and
the Medical Officer of
Health. The three of us
direct the services given by
the Health Unit and can
assess what services are
adequate, which need im
provement, and which are
redundant. The county
physicians, county hospitals,
social service agencies,
volunteer groups, separate
and public schools, and
many other bodies, are in
regular contact with us and
provide the Health Unit staff
with an idea of the services
we should provide to both
those organizations and the
people of the county. These
service directions are then
brought, through the
Medical Officer of Health,
to the attention of the Board
of Health, and through
them, County Council, so
that improvements or
change^ may be made in the
services given to Huron
County.
This may at first seem
like an awkward system. I
sometimes see myself as be
ing an arbitrator between
the service requirements
and political direction, but
in this type of a system
there exists an automatic
set of cheques and balances
so that, hopefully, few of the
services given are un
necessary or inappropriate
and those services that are
necessary can be identified.
What is commendable is
that the Ministry of Health
and the elected represen
tatives of Huron County
have a genuine interest in
the well-being of the people
of the county and have an op
portunity to partake in the
development of health ser
vices here.
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STRETCHING THOSE MUSCLES — Prior to engaging in a
gymnastics display at South Huron District High School on
Saturday, members of the South Huron Rec Board sponsored
class engaged in some stretching exercises. Helping Carol
Morrissey to loosen those muscles is Michelle Slenin. T-A photo
teach and examine most
levels of water safety in
struction. She is also an
ACUC suba diver.
She worked for one
summer at Point Farms
Provincial Park as a gate
attendent, welcoming and
registering park visitors.
She worked for a summer
as the assistant to the park
personnel officer at Mont
Tremblant Park in Quebec.
She fulfilled this job as a
participant in the Ontario-
Quebec Student Exchange
Program of the Public
Service Commission.
Next she worked for the
Ontario Ministry of Natural
Resources, Carillon
Provincial Park, the
province’s only bilingual
park, as visitors services
technician. She was entirely
responsible for the
organization of activities,
staff and publicity.
While at Huron College,
she worked for the cor
poration of Huron College as
Don of Brough Hall
(Women’s Residence). She
was responsible for 20 girls
ranging in age from 17 to 22
and she was selected to be a
member of the Don’s
Selection Committee for
incoming Dons.
She worked for Parks
Canada, Georgian Bay
Islands National Park as an
intreptive naturalist
presenting programs to
groups of 10 to 200 park
isitors. She was the bilingual
naturalist on staff. She was
also employed by Parks
Canada as a planner. She
designed an interpretive
Unit Plan for Parks
Canada’s Flowerpot Island.
Susan has received
academic awards, a music
award, an executive award,
a public speaking award, a
leadership trophy and a gold
cord for Girl Guides of
Canada.
Susan was chosen to
represent Huron County as a
Young Voyageur of Canada
in 1972. In high school she
was vice-president of the
Studentcouncil, president of
the school band, president of
the Spirit Club, editor of the
school newspaper, instigator
and implementor of the
House System and student
delegate on the student-staff
liaison committee.
At University Susan was
Educational Affairs Com
missioner of the Unviersity
Students’ Council adn
Acting Cultural Affairs
Commissioner. She was one
of eight elected members of
the Board of Directors of the
Students’ Council and was
chosen to represent UWO at
Ontario Federation of
Students and National Union
of Students conferences held
nationwide. The list of her
accomplishments seems
endless.
As well she is an outdoor
enthusiast with interests in
photography, swimming,
cross-country and downhill
skiing, snowshoeing,
bicycling, camping,
canoeing and hiking.
She has a lot to offer the
Employment Centre for
Students and she takes her
responsibilities there
seriously. Sure, it’s tough to
find a job these days but it
CAN be done. Help is
available at the Centre. Why
not visit Susan soon and give
it a try?
HOT DOG DELIVERERS — Michael Grubb and Eva Takacs were in charge of delivering hot
dogs to the various class rooms at Usborne Central School during the noon hour, Thursday.