HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-06-22, Page 34Hire-A®Student Week observed
Town takes lead
BY
JOANNE WALTERS
Hire -A -Student Week .
began on Monday in
Huron County and
perhaps unwittingly, the
Town of Goderich has
taken the lead in this
worthwhile observance.
Paul Robinson, a
student going into his
second year at Fanshawe
College, has been hired to
work at Goderich's Town
Hall for the summer. As a
basic business student
going into data
processing, he is finding
the job experience quite
valuable.
Basically, Paul's job
helps to lighten the load
for the other employees
at Town Hall so that they
can all accomplish more
work. Paul works five
days a week from 8:30 to
4:30 and says he does a
little bit of everything
including making up the
pay roll, recording
revenues, writing
cheques for expenditures
and receipts for taxes,
making deposits and
helping to balance the
books. .When he first
started in May, he says,
he was ,t bit nervous
working with all that
money but the people he
works with are helpful
and if he makes a
mistake, they aid him to
straighten things out.
Meanwhile, his ac-
counting training is being
put to the test and that is
most beneficial to him.
Paul also hunts up
copies of agreements and
bylaws required by Town
Clerk Larry McCabe, in
order to have them
copied. He copies
agendas for council
meetings, too. Paul has
attended several of these
council meetings just out
of curiosity. He says he
becomes interested in
them after hearing talk
around Town Hall and
goes to find out what
they're all about. He had
a short session at' school
on how a proper meeting
should be run so he likes
to compare what he is
witnessing with what he
has been taught. •
'Paul says he especially
enjoys working with the
public. He likes to wait on
those who come to Town
Hall with inquiries.
Previously, he has
worked for two summers
in a clothing store and for
two summers in a
grocery store so he has
dealt with the public quite
a bit.
Paul heard through
word of mouth that a
slimmer student might be
needed at Goderich Town
Hall and so he sent in a
resume. He is originally
from Strathroy but
moved to Goderich with
his parents in the sum-
mer of 1975. His course at
Fanshawe is a co-
operative course in which
the college helps the
student to find a job for a
four month period related
to what he is studying.
But this year, a job
couldn't be found for Paul
so he decided to return to
his parents' home in
Goderich to save money
and then he was fortunate
enough to get the job at
Town Hall.
When Paul receives his
diploma in data
processing next year, he
says -he would like to get a
full-time job at London
Life or some other such
company in computer
programming after that.
Fanshawe has a good
course for what he's
interested in, he says.
This is the first year
that Town Hall has hired
a summer student and it
certainly helps to
promote Hire -A -Student
Week, unintentionally or
otherwise.
REC OFFICE
MIRES STUDENT TOO
Sally Leitch is another
post secondary student
who has found herself a
job ' through ..the town:
Sally is working under an
Ekperience '78 grant
sponsored by the
Goderich Recreation and
Community Centre Board
and funded by the
Ministry of Culture and
Recreation. She will be
working by herself for 14
weeks in the capacity of a
community development
worker. Over this 14 week
period, she will be con-
tacting all of the clubs
and organizations in town
in order to learn more
about them and making it
possible in turn to
promote The Goderich
Recreation and Com-
munity Centre Board's
facilities to them as well
as promoting them to
other people through the
Board. Sally wants to
keep open the lines of
communication between
the Recreation Office and
the various groups and,,
indiv'duals. The
Recre tion Office has a
lot of acilities, she says,
that t ----deer even
know about.'
At the end of her job,
Sally hopes to be able to
produce a directory of
clubs and organizations
listing them under dif-
ferent headings such as
resource club, fraternity,
service club, etc. and
containing vital in-
formation about each one
such as their types of
activities, the age of the
members, their methods
of funding, when and how
often their meetings are
held, etc. This directory
would be especially
helpful for a new person
coming to town and
wondering how to meet
other persons with the
same interests, thinks
Sally.
Sally says she has
learned so far that
Goderich has a real
diversity, of clubs and a
lot of enthusiasm in this
area. She finds the whole
idea of community
development exciting as
she feels Goderich has a
lot of potential. It is just
the right size, she says, to
combine the enthusiasm
of a small town with the
facilities of a larger
community.
Sally hopes that some
other ideas for com-
munity awareness and
development will surface
from her job. She has a
few ideas which she will
play by ear, including
publishing a calendar of
events each week or
month. This would
require the co-operation
of the various clubs and
organizations who would
be requested to hand in
their coming events. Such
a calendar would be very
helpful, says Sally. She
would like people to
realize too that the
Recreation Office is very
approachable, if anyone
wants to drop in with
questions or suggestions.
Mike Dymond,
Recreation Director, felt
there was a need for some
kind of liaison between
the Recreation Depar-
tment and the community
or a way to pull the
community together, so
he applied for the
Experience '78 grant to
hire a community
development worker.,
Sally read about the job
offer in the Signal -Star,
applied and was for-
tunate 'enough to be
chosen. The fact that she
knows this area and has a
few years of university
behind her,'helped in her
application she thinks.
Sally lived in Goderich
up until about six years
ago at which time she
moved to Toronto with
her parents. She com-
pleted Grade 11 at
and then con-
tinued on to Graee 13 at
Lawrence Park
Collegiate. After Grade
13, she travelled in
Europe for a year.
She has 'had many jobs
in the past. In Goderich,
she worked with a group
called Folks under and
Opportunities for Youth
grant. Folks entertained
at nursing homes and
psychiatric hospitals' in
thr:e counties.
She has also worked at
the Little Inn in Bayfield
for three summers as
well as the Red .Pump in
Bayfield and Robert
Westlake Insurance . in
Bayfileldg.
In Toronto, she has
worked in insurance
offices, for stockbrokers,
in restaurants and tyven
movie theatres.
She recently completed
her second year of
journflism at Ryerson
Polytechnical Institute.
In the area of writing she
is mainly interested in
non-fiction and children's
stories.
Sally has returned to
this area every summer
since moving to Toronto.
She likes the area, she
says and can't imagine
not being near the lake in
the summertime.
She is working out 'of
the Recreation Office five
days a week from 8:30 to
4:30. She also attends
meetings after hours in
order to find out what the
various clubs and
organizations do in the
process of a meeting. One
problem she is en-
countering though is that
many clubs end their
meetings for the summer
months. So she is also
sending out letters and
contacting individuals
personally about their
clubs.
Sally is really enjoying
her work. It's her first
time at such a job and she
says she is anxious to put
forth her very best effort.
Hire -A -Student Week is
organized each year by
the Canada' Manpower
Centre for. Students in
order to bring -to the
attention of the local
business community and
homeowners the needs of
many students for em-
ployment. For further
information contact
Jeannette Finnigan,
Student Placement
Counsellor at 524-2744.
High school students as
well as post secondary
students are now
available and eager for
work. By hiring one, you
could be pleasantly
• surprised. What, they
often lack in experience,
they more than make up
for in willingness and
enthusiasm to learn.
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GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1978 --PAGE 13A
Sally Leitch is a post secondary student who has found herself a job through
the town's recreation office. Sally is working under an Experience '78 grant,
funded by the Ministry of Culture and Recreation, in the capacity of a
community development worker. Right now she is busy contacting all the
clubs and organizations in town in' order to promote them both to and
through the recreation office. (Photo by Joanne Walters)
Hire -A -Student Week began on Monday in Huron County and perhaps un-
wittingly the Town of Goderich has taken the lead here in this worthwhile
observance. Paul Robinson, a student going into his 'i;econd year at Fan-
shawe College, has been hired to work at the Town Hall for the summer. He
,does a little bit of everything, he says and finds the experience valuable.
(Photo by Joanne Walters)
Open houseSunday at Playhouse near Grand Bend
The Huron Country
Playhouse in Grand Bend
will hold an Open House
on Sunday afternoon,
June 24 between the
hours of 2 and 4 p.m. The
general public can have a
tour of the Playhouse,
through the workshops,
rehearsal halls, grounds,
lounge quarters, offices
and of course back stage.
Instant
Friendship
The warm greeting of
your Welcome Wagon
hostess with "The Most
Famous Basket in the
World" will introduce
you to ourcommunity
and start you on the
way toward new and
lasting friendships.
If you are new in town,
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Phone _ 524-6654 and
524-9676
Members of the 1978
Company, the Board ,and
staff will he on hand to
guide the visitors from
point to point, answer
questions and serve light
refreshments at the
conclusion of the tour.
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THE BEE
A bee is such a busy soul,
She has no time for birth
control,
Perhaps that's why in
times like these,
You meet so many sons of
bees.
The public is entitled to
attend the Open House for
which there is no charge.
A Gala Dance and
Monte Carlo night will
kick off the Huron
Country Playhouse
season. on Saturday, June
24. Hundreds are ex-
pected to attend the event
which is given each year
for season ticket holders.
This year regular ad-
mission to the dance,
which features music by
Joe Fieder, will also be
available.
Monte Carlo Casino
night is being added to
the night of festivities.
Food and drink will be
availabale at the 'event
which begins at 9 p.rn.
Fireworks will
augment the Huron
Country Playhouse
opening on Tuesday, July
4. Directly following the
performance of Neil
Simon's,The Odd Couple,
the show's stars Jack
Duffy and Les Carlson,
will cut a huge cake
which will be served to
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Goderich Town
Council Briefs
BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
Goderich town council has accepted a
recommendation from the Goderich Economic
Development 'Committee that the Commissioner
of Works, Ken Hunter, proceed with the ser-
vicing of 200 feet of Huckings Street utilizing the
public works crew.
Construction cost is not to exceed $25,000.
Hunter told c?,1ncil the extended road is
necessary for the new plantbeing built there by
Champion.
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Council received word that the Canadian
National Railway has plans to close the station
here and withdraw the station agent.
"Adjustments can be made at Goderich which
will help to reduce our operating costs and not
affect the general level of service," the letter
stated.
The letter also notedit was CN's intention to
discuss with council any possible alternate uses
for the station.
The matter is to be fully discussed with a
representative of CN on Tuesday, June 27 at 3:30
in the town hall. Everyone is welcome to attend
this special meeting.
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