Page 8. Whitby Free Press, Wednesday, July 21, 1993 Regotoeabshntgadhmenkeprgm Durham Region will receive $931,000 from the provincial çovernment this year te establ- xsh an integrated homemaker prograni. Funds go te home care spon- soring agencies that ensure in- tegrated homemaker services are provided te those who need them. Local bome~ care programs pro- vide servioed directly with paid staff, or purchase nursing, therapy, bomemaking and rela- ted services fromn non-profit agencies sucb as the Victorian Order of Nurses, Saint Elizabeth Visiting Nurses' Association and Canadian Red Cross Society, and commercial agencies such as Paramed or Comcare. The Minisr of Health alloca- ted a total of $19.5 million te establish 18 new integrated homemaker prograi sites in Ontario. Up te now, several different provincial programs provided, services to people in their homes, -- the ministry says prorarns have different eligibility criteria, and those differences are confus- ingtomn thaving one point of acoess - temulti-servce agency -- will reduce the confusion, says the ministry. The $19.5 million is part of the previously anneunced $133.5 million l'or expansion of integra- ted homemiaker programes. Durham Centre MPP Druni- mond White sat on the legisla- tive committee dealing *ith long- terni care and says rhe lobbied hard for commuity services fund- infesaid jobs would aise be created fromn the program. Williamon to stan&.d trial on fraudchares By Mike Kowalski A former Whitby woman accused of swindling millions of dollars will stand trial on fraud charges. Pia Fox (formerly Williamson) elected trial by judge alone fol- lowing bier appearance in Ontario court provincial division in Oshawa on Monday. Fox, 37, was remanded in cus- tody te Ontario court general division in Whitby on July 30 for a pro-trial bearing on four counts of fraud. Defence counsel Oscar Muller- beck waived bis client's rigbt to a preliminary hearing on the charges, laid in connection with Fox's role as owner of the now defunct Consortium Group of Compnieswhicb was .based in More than 800 people, most of whom live in Durhamn Region, invested millions in real estate deals Fox's company claimed te have bad in Oshiawa, Muskoka and the Caribbean. The four fraud charges, laid by the RCMP last year, involve more than $7 million invested in projects ini the Bahamas and Trsand Caicos Islands. Fox, who was extradited te Canada from England last month, founded Consortium with her late husband Lacblan Wil- lianison in 1990. The following year the comn- pany was placed in receivership. Fox, who has since remarried, had a lifetime trading ban im- p osed on ber by the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) earlier this year. Evidence from ber OSC bear- ing, which Fox neyer attended., stated that Consortium investors were not paid off with money fremn the real estate transactions but from new people investing in the company. About $15 million was invos- ted in various schemes, the hear- ing was told. Earlier this year, 21 former Consortium sales represontatives were also banned froni trading securities for periods of up to two years. In addition, Fox, wbo bad eva- ded authorities until her arrest in London, England in March, was fined $350,000 and sonten- ced to 21 montbs in jail for illegaly selling securities. he nover appeared for that June 1992 Ontario court trial and was living in Florida prior to ber fleeing te England. Cha.rqes of tbeft over $1,000 and criminal breacb of trust, wbich were also laid by RCMP, were witbdrawn by crown attor- neySeott Hutchisen on Monday. Hutchison informed the court that these two chargeos sbould not have been part of~ the extra- dition proceedings. STUDENT PLACEMENT officers from Whitby and other Canada Employment Centres in Durham use this six-foot-long sub to show how they're "taking a bite out of' unemployment." The Pickering office won the giant sandwich in a weekly contest put on b y a local radio station, and invited other staffers to join i n the feast. Photo by Mark Reesor, Whltby Free Press Student job prospects i'mprove You Or it to yoursdlf to read this! VES NO If you 10st your job today5gt nthr do you have the SKILLS ogtathr Havey ou UPDATED your job skI<l ately? Are you capable of OPERAIING a mcrocompul'er? Are you famillar \wth the Iatest versions of: Lotus 1-2-3, WordPerfect, DOS, Wndows, Word. Excel, AccPac Slmply/Bedford Accountlng, Harvard GrapNcs or Deskl'op PuUlshlng? LIIEZ EZEZ LIIEZ EZEZ Uf you answered NO to any of th«e questions... K',s flme to take control of your III. and core..I '668-9713 FinauclilAssistancc mav bc available COMPUTER L (earning centre k.egistered with the Mristry of Co4lege and Univers)lbo snce 1984 There bas been an increase in the number of job placements for students in Whitby this summer over last. The number of students get- ting jobs in June was 37 per cent higbor tban in June last year. And the number of job vacancies ulaced by employers bas gene up In Durbami Region as a wbhole, the number of students placod in jobs bas gene up by 13 per cent, while job vacan,:ies bave gene up almost 19 pevý cent, according te the Canada Employment Centre for Students. «W're really optimistic,» says Carnie Fleury, superviser of tMe centre whic hbas offlices in Whitby Oshawa, Ajax and Bow- manville. w wO Trent University at Durham College FaI-Winter Session More than 35 courses are offered weekday evenîngs or Saturday morning. Registratien di e 13 August ladline: For information or a brochure catI (416) 723-9747 or (705) 74.8-1229. Fleury adds that uThfe quality of jobs is very improved this year" over last when there were many casuel labour or odd jobs. "This summer most oprtuni- ties are regular full-time and part-time jobs, with only a very smaîl percentage of positions being casuel.» The centre opened May 3 and will close in mid-August. Students and employers cen contact the Wbitby office at 668- 5233. Uome sale--d-------- A mid-year review of new home sales in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) revealed that, despite a buyer's market, there bas been ne imprevemont over the first six montbs of 1992, says the president of tbe Greater Torento Home Builders' Association (GTHBA). Murray Koobel says year-to-date sales total 5,447 in 1993, down marginally from the 5,492 sales reported during the first six menths of 1992. Its been a rellor-coaster ride ail year. Although we are disappointed witb the sales dip in June, we are net surprisod, given the hesitancy of consumers te commit te major purchases, particularly homos," says Keebel. There were 36 new homes sold in Whitby in June. Eigbt of those were conde units. MeCalluin on CGA board J. Thomas McCallum of Wbitby was oeeof seven people elected in June te, a tbree-yoar terni on the board of geveruors of the Certified Generel Accoun- tants Association of Onterio. McCallum is a business valua- tien aud tax consultant. ADVERTISING POLICY The Whitby Free Pressa s a business whlch derives almost ail its revenue from advertising ln one form or another. For obvious self-interest. we want aur clients' advertising to work. Our policy ls to reach as many homes in VWhitby as possible (usually more than 99%) and to provide local hlgh-lnterest content that ensuros that people read the paper and hence the advertising as well. 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