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Projects must be non- profit in nature and hope- fully provide the employee with job training relative to his career aims. Al- though aimed primarily at service organizations, Mr. Cullen said it is possible that industry and business could use the program to develop community pro- jects. He cited the case of a Barrie brewery that is us- ing Canada Works grants to develop its land for a community cross-country course. The land has been donated to the community for 10 years. Local groups are invited to send applications for Canada Works grants to the job creation branch office prior to Feb. 4. Projects must employ a minimum of five people and organiza- tions are being urged to join together in community projects to meet this re- quirement. Canada Works programs will begin in April and "hopefully continue for a "Basically, irs to give people who have skills right now a chance to keep their skills up to, date. ._ Canada Works will be aimed primarily at people looking for full-time jobs. Community service clubs or organizations will be en- couraged to hire people cur- rently unemployed to carry out tasks of benefit to the community Mr. Cullen said. . They are planned to "encourage established or- ganizations and groups to propose projects where they will hire people currently unemployed," said Kitch- ener project officer, John Cullen. These two programs are designed to replace the phased-out Opportunities for Youth program and the Local Initiatives Program which will end July 2. The federal department of manpower and immigration has opened a job creation branch office at 151 Freder- ick St., Kitchener to ad- minister two new job crea- tion programs. Canada Works and Young Canada Works. Canada Works (i,, deadline is set ",__,i'sr, for F ebruary4 i,iii, Page 16 - Waterloo Chronicle, Wednesday, January 12, 1977 Effective with all billings after March 1, 1977, the water rate will be increased from 43.4‘ to " per 1,000 Imperial Gallons. This in- crease will provide the Regional Municipality of Waterloo with an additional pe for capital purposes and the City with an additional 2.6e to cover inflationary costs. The last increase took place on April l, 1975. To the average residential consumer, the increase will amount to approximately $7.20 annually. K i INCREASE IN WATER RATES CITY OF WATERLOO Her recital will consist of music composed by Bruce Mather. Claude Debussy. and Oliyer Messiaen. The concert begins at 12:30 pm. in the WLU theatre- auditorium. Admission is free and everyone is wel- come. Canadian - born pianist Christina Petrowska. who has performed throughout North America and Europe, is featured at the Wilfrid Laurier University Music at Noon Concert on Jan. 13. 1977. Noon concert The Kitchener job crea- tion branch office, which opened in October, serves an area which includes the federal ridings of Kitch- ener, Waterloo, Wellington. Grey, Dufferin and Bruce. It is located on the fifth floor at 151 Frederick St., Kitchener. Students in the program will be paid a minimum of $106 a week, through gov- ernment grants. However. this salary could be supple- mented by the sponsoring organization. Deadline for submission of applications for the Young Canada Works pro- gram is Feb. 4. The Young Canada Works program is designed spe- cifically to alleviate the summer job situation for students. Programs will begin May 2 and continue 14 weeks until Sept. 2. Pro- jects approved must follow the same guidelines as Canada Works programs. The minimum number of students to a group will bethree. People employed in Can- ada Works projects will be paid a minimum of $122 per week. The government picks up this salary tab but the organization employing the workers is permitted to supplement this salary with its own funds. The govern- ment' also pays administra- tive costs of $30 per worker to the sponsoring organiza- tion. year" Mr. Cullen said In a ceremony recently at Queen's Park, Lieutenant Governor Pauline McGib- bon presented David Fries of 11 Vicmount Drive, Kitchener with the Royal Life Saving Society's Cer- tificate Of Thanks. Mr. Fries, one of 19 peo- ple honoured received his award for his efforts in bringing knowledge of life saving techniques to hun- dreds of people in the Kitch- ener-Waterloo area. Those attending the cere- monies were told. "David is Frank Brookfield, University of Waterloo biology museum curator. is seen above with part of a collection of almost 300 stuffed birds and other wild life which recently arrived on campus. The collection was given to the University by Dorothy Bowden, of Simcoe, following the death of her father, Harry Charlton Bowden, last year (1975). Mr. Brookfield says most of the specimens are in excellent condition. Until now the UW museum has had very few such specimens. The collection will be useful to biology students in their lab work; specimens will also be displayed in the university's museum which is open to the public. fllif2-IEtlffri. FUNERAL HOME ll, CHAPEL 621 KING WEST, KITCHENER - 745-9495 Convenient Parking, entering Wellington or King Street Local man received award "Dave has participated in many inter-aquatic agen- cy meetings in this field and reached a core of both regular instructors and a member of the RLSS Na- tional Medical Advisory Committee and is the First Aid Chairman of the Nation- al Branch. As such he has tr a v e l I e d extensively throughout Ontario and Canada in attempting to further develop the role of First Aid as an integral part of the Society's Life Saving Training Program. ,. National Lifeguard Service Course Conducts.,. 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