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i l 8 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, July 25, 1984 Section Two A guide to fine dining and entertainment. Local Pentathlete Has Her Eyes on World Championship v< - "" ■ - ;uf$- aTtW*'", Students Benefit from Venture Capital Program Fifteen-year-old Mark Rypstra is shown here with his field of oats which was planted through a loan arranged by Student Venture Capital. This program, organized through the Ontario Youth Secretariat, gives students funds towards establishing their own summer business. A number of students, students, like Mark, have used Student Venture Capital to start a small-scale farming operation. But summer business ideas have also included painting, lawn maintenance, and driveway sealing to name just a few. 'Mmk* *40 MW . >ïrVW>" : ï ,v '.;;K i'J A ^ .VWL'Vtk'Ar Fifteen-year-old Mark Rypstra went into business for himself this summer, with the help of a $2,000 loan from the Student Venture Venture Capital program. The Orono area resident used his loan to buy two cattle cattle and enough seed for nine acres of oats which will be sold as a cash crop. Mark Rypstra is a grade 11 student at Clarke High School. He hopes to own a farm of his own some day and adds that the venture capital program helps young people explore a possible possible career. "It gives a person a chance to find out what they like to do," says Mark. In describing his experience experience so far, he adds that the project was not without a setback. The cow and calf he purchased with part of the loan both died. But the young entrepreneur recently recently bought a second calf OPEN AT 7:00 a.m. Serving delicious food of the highest quality at reasonable prices. Take-out orders a specialty. 9 King St.W. 623-5412 and is hoping for a good harvest harvest of oats to make up for his earlier disappointment. Mark is one of 900 Ontario students who are self-employed self-employed in their own businesses businesses this summer through a program offered by the Ontario Youth Secretariat. The business ventures funded in this manner are as unique as the young people behind them. Some, like Mark, are raising crops or cattle. Others are painting painting houses, cutting lawns, renting paddleboats, teaching teaching windsurfing, or sealing driveways. One enterprising enterprising young businessman has even created a floating store which will sell fruit, vegetables, and snacks to cottagers and fishermen in the Rice Lake area. There are 70 student venture venture capital projects operating in the Central Eastern Ontario Region alone. "It provides students with a unique opportunity to establish establish and operate their own small business," said John Klotz, information officer officer with the Ontario Youth Secretariat. The program is open to any full time student aged 15 or over. Assisting the student student entrepreneurs are the Royal Bank and the Ontario Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Klotz explained that students who wish to apply for a program must prove that their idea is likely to succeed. They must present then- plans to either the local Royal Bank official or to representatives of the Chamber of 1 Commerce. Such a presentation includes includes a budget for expenses, expenses, and an analysis of where the profits will come from. Only if the business officials approve the plan , ,,VV. v '{• y . I V- ' y ' tki ?V»0~:thnViLr * Kim Haagmans, of Hampton,, placed first in the Ontario Pentathlon Championships held in Oakville Oakville last May. The 18-year-old athlete also finished second in Canada lastyear which is quite an accomplishment considering that Kim has only been competing in the event for two years. by Catherine Denny A few weeks in Denmark is how pentathlon champion, champion, Kim Haagmans, is going to spend her birthday this year. The young athlete leaves will the student's application application be approved. The loan is definitely not a grant, Mr. Klotz said. "We're not looking for people to make a million dollars in a summmer. If they can make some profit, that's great." The student venture programs programs began in April and will operate until October. By that time, the student is expected to have repaid the loan and earned a profit which will help him fund his or her education. Most important of all, the student will have learned something something about the business world. The rate of defaults on loans is actually better than that of regular bank customers. customers. Only 14 per cent of student student small businesses fail to repay their debt, according according to the spokesman for the Ontario Youth Secretariat. "Students are doing a lot with a little," Mr. Klotz said. for Copenhagen . August 24th where she will celebrate celebrate her 19th birthday with non-stop training sessions and a quick call home. This is not the first time Kim will have spent her birthday away from home due to training camps and competitions, nor will it be the last. Kim is an ideal pentathlon pentathlon competitor because she does not excel in one particular event. She does well in all of them. That's what counts in this game. The Hampton resident, only in her second year of pentathlon competitions, has already been named Canada's second best female pentathlete. The five-event pentathlon consists of shooting with a .22 calibre pistol, riding, which includes stadium and cross country jumps; swimming a 200 metre race, running a 2,000 metre track, and fencing. Specialists who excel in only one or two of these events quickly find themselves themselves loosing out to the allround allround contenders who eventually take the top positions. positions. "I can't really say which sport I prefer. One day I do well in swimming and another day I do best in shooting or riding," explained Kim. "You have to be good in everything so if you blow it in one event you can make up for it in another," she added. Kim's natural ability for sports has led her to a second second place finish in the Canadian Nationals in Toronto Toronto last summer and a first place standing in the Ontario Championships which took place in May. This is truly an ac-. complishment when one considers that Kim has only been competing in the event for less than two years, in a sport that takes most people a couple of years just to learn the basics. basics. She began as a competitor in the tetrathalon, much the same as pentathalon without without the fencing. She finished third in the world in tetrathlon and second in the British Nationals in England England two years ago. "When I was at the Nationals Nationals in England someone recommended to me that I should get involved in the modern pentathlon and that's how it all started," Kim explained. Getting "started" was easy. Being a champion is the hard part. It takes long hours of sweat and dedication dedication to stay on the topi Most of Kim's time is spent either perfecting her shot, knocking a second off her running or swimming time, or working on her riding riding or fencing skills; a dedication dedication that shouldn't be over-looked. When away at camp, Kim begins her training sessions at six in the morning and doesn't finish until almost 10 p.m. Most people wouldn't know where to find the energy to even write such a schedule let alone follow it, but Kim isn't like most people. The best way to describe her would be a ball of energy. She's a healthy, happy, pretty girl who's always always on the move. For her shooting lessons, Kim travels to Aurora, for fencing she goes to Oakville, Oakville, she practises riding at Leitchcroft Farms in Toronto, Toronto, her swimming at Donevan High and her running running in Oshawa. Kim's agenda for the rest of the summer is just as hectic hectic as her fall and winter schedules. She left for Vancouver Vancouver last week where she will train until the 24th when she will board the plane for Denmark. She will be leaving Denmark on the 4th of Septmeber just in time to start classes on the 5th. Kim will be starting university university in the fall at Concordia Concordia University in Montreal which is the main training centre for modern pen- tathletes. Right now Kim is aiming for the world championships championships and possibly the next Olympics. Although the women's pentathlon is not yet an Olympic sport, men are now competing in the event at the Olympic level and Kim is hopeful that female pentathlon pentathlon competitors will be included in the '88 games. Grant to be Divided Across Municipalities Durham's regional council council has agreed to divide a grant of $25,000 for rescue equipment among the region's region's eight municipalities. The funds are provided under Ontario's auto extrication extrication program. The emergency equipment equipment includes items such as metal shears, heavy cutting equipment, saws, bolt-cutters, bolt-cutters, and air chisels. Councillor Tom Edwards was the only Durham Region Region representative to object to the distribution of funds. He argued that the money should be invested in a single piece of equipment which could be shared throughout the Durham Region. Region. 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