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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2000-07-26, Page 20PAGE 20. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUfeY 26, 2000. HRCC-S hosts tree event Human Resource Centres of Canada for Students (HRCC- S) all across Canada will par­ ticipate in a National Hire-A- Student Tree Planting Event, which will be held on Friday, July 28. (Rain date: Monday, July 31). The HRCC-S has been matching employers and students for over 30 years. During the National Hire- A-Student Tree Planting Event, the HRCC-S in Listowel will plant a tree in recognition to the community for supporting the Hire-A- Student initiative, ft is antici­ pated that the office will plant a maple tree, as it is one of the well-known Canadian sym­ bols. This event will create a strong message to all Canadians regarding the importance of student employment and the promo­ tion of students' strengths and abilities. “Since the Listowel service area is primarily rural, we feel it is important for us to partic­ ipate and be recognized in a National event," said Listowel HRCC-S Student Employment Officer (SEO), Tricia-Lee Keller. “This event will emphasize the value of employers who give students the opportunity to work, as well as contribute to the beau­ tification of our local area. It exemplifies the spirit of Canadians supporting a com­ mon goal of ongoing opportu­ nities for youth.” The National Hire-A- Student Tree Planting Event will be taking place at 330 Wallace Av. N., the municipal building at 1 p.m. Mayor Vince Judge and Perth- Middlesex MP John Richardson will be in atten­ dance. In conjunction with the tree planting ceremony, there will be a “carjacking” promotion, in which one Listowel SEO along with local personalities will be confined in a car until a certain number of job orders has been reached. This particular event will begin at 10 a.m. and last until enough job orders have been made through the centre. “Our goal is 15 job orders,” said SEO, Sherry Ropp. “Many students are looking for employment opportunities to last throughout the school year, and we are hoping to help them with their job search!” In addition, there will be a Kids Fun Day to be held also at the North Perth municipal building starting at 1 p.m. Scheduled events for this day include a water balloon toss, face painting, crafts and kid's bingo, among other planned activities. A number of stu­ dent volunteers will be help­ ing to run the day's festivities. “By having students volunteer their time, they demonstrate their dedication and flexibili­ ty, as well as their willingness to work”, said Keller. Business owners, parents, students, children and general public are invited to attend in this celebration of youth employment. This event is the Listowel HRCC-S way of thanking the community for their support in their Hire-A- Student campaign. OFA not happy with feds, prov. The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) is not sat­ isfied with the disaster assis­ tance proposals coming out of the most recent meeting of federal and provincial agricul­ ture officials, and a plan of action is being prepared to deliver that message to politi­ cians. Jack Wilkinson, OFA presi­ dent, said the agreement’s pri­ mary objective appears to be a reduction of disaster assis­ tance funding available to farmers. “For Ontario farm­ ers, that's totally unaccept­ able,” Wilkinson says, espe­ cially in a year, with so much devastation to our crops by heavy and continuing rains and other weather-related conditions. The agreement coming from the meeting in New Brunswick earlier this month excludes the coverage of neg­ ative margins, implements a link between the disaster assistance program (CFIP - Canadian Farm Income Program - formerly AIDA - Agricultural Income Disaster Assistance) and the NISA (Net Income Stabilization Account) program, and changes the treatment of inventory values from the pre­ vious AIDA program. “The total of all these changes substantially weak­ ens the benefit of the new AIDA (CFIP) program for farmers,” Wilkinson said, and “Ontario’s farmers can’t live with this.” Bill McCutcheon, president of the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association, says he is “alarmed at the review of the NISA. One of the few safety net programs that seems to work is being reviewed and is sus­ pect. At a time when more dollars should be going into safety nets, it seems the reviews are trying to cut costs. The New Brunswick meet­ ing accomplished an agree­ ment between the federal and provincial governments which will bring about $30 million more in assistance in money to Ontario farmers, based on the relative size of each province’s agricultural production, Wilkinson ackn­ owledges. However, the dis­ aster assistance reductions created by the other changes represent a much larger fig­ ure, he said. Singing out loud The Troupe led children and parents in a group sing-a-long on the final day of the summer Bible program held at Brussels Mennonite Fellowship. The week­ long program was organized by all five Brussels churches and run by many volunteers. 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