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EXTRA Friday ltd Councillor followin tradition into insurance business Australian exchange student Mike makes a career switch sees subtle differences here rlimtrv and Like businessman and Whiting last year regional councillor Mike Arm strong has a challenging mid life career injur himself a In another field fall Mr Armstrong who has represented George- towns Ward or ten years Hill serving as the town planning board chairman left Pete Motors where hed worked for 15 As reported In an earlier Issue of The Herald Willing left Associates International to tell real estate for More recently Arm strong passed his life injur exams and is now generating business In the Hills area Tor Sun Life Insurance Canadas largest Insurer the Twenty ago Mike left the North American auto Industry like everyone else the continents strength and lnltlathr Thing have changed though town and regional councillor Is switching careers lies left local car dealership to enter the life Insurance Held and sharing office headquarters on Main Georgetown with his brother Paul Paul 1 mum nee though sticks to general Insurance the two brothers wont be In competition a lac kit the In try In which heir lather John made fats name before becoming major of Georgetown Herald lite photos Armstrong healthy so I went through an extensive retraining program family has been traditionally vol led with the insurance business since he lMOs when the late John Armstrong mayor of Georgetown and Mikes father began tending genera insurance The old Armstrong home stead on Main Street houses Paul Armstrongs Armstrong twin brother general Insurance business and Mike is renting office space In the building How he stresses renting space is where affiliation with his brother business ends hes strictly an agent for Sun Life dealing solely In life Two AHS students set for overseas trips Herald Special Last year Acton Rotary sent one high school girl to Japan on a Rotary exchange This year they plan to send Acton students overseas Rotary president Ken said A liana Etowen daughter of Mr and Mrs Allan Bow en of Wynford Place and Stephen Sojka son of Mr and Mr George Sojka of Elmore Drive were so close In heir qualification for exchange that the club t choose between Since the Acton club has already accepted their third overseas visitor they have been allowed o apply to send out two and even up their numbers Mr said regio nal office is alii I going applications from the van ousclubs in the region and no final decision on who goes Is expected until the end of February The students place arent know because a host club must be found before he travelling teen is certain of which country they be visiting Allans Bo wen 10 has list Holland Sweden and New Zealand as her destinations in order of preference She had originally put South Air ica instead New Zealand as her third choice but to her mothers concerns political Instability In the area and changed her She has a yen to travel Miss said both from the experience and he benefits it can pro vide but considers herself too young to go off on her sends its congratulations By DIANE correspondent Every year at Acton High School there a Club exchange program where a student goes to another Iry for a year and hen a student from thai country here for a year The Rotary exchange prefers to have students from age IS to IB with good school This year Ac on is proud to hate two students going to other countries A a mi Bowen 16 is a Grade Continued on Page own She finishes her grade this ear and sees her year overseas as a chance to learn a bit before making a decis ion on her future When she returns she may go back for her Grade 13 and possible university training for teaching in journalism On the other hand she may develop itchy feet and go to work instead to finance furl her travelling she said Miss has a girl friend of Dutch origin and will be doing some language study before she leaves if lucky enough to get Holland as her destination Her hosts will expect her speak Dutch fluently In three months she said Stephen Sojka has listed Denmark Holland and West Germany as his The son of German immigrant parents Mr So ka already speaks and is familiar with the German culture He still has relatives In West Germany he said After a year of travel and its educational experiences Mr Sojka plans to complete Grade and head for Royal Military College in Kingston to study mechanical engi neering or aeronautical eng ineering His eventual aim Is to become a pilot The pair will leave for Europe In August Mr said Insurance is a very Innova live business today Armstrong told The Herald laslvcek Things have really changed since my fathers Through Sun Lifes ex tens liecomputer files Coun Arm si rang can offer clients sound advice on registered retire ment savings plans group Wild rice not a true rice but the seed of a ami hit grows wild in shallow lakes and mushes and personal estate planning Individuals he said are regarding their life insurance the same way investors look at slocks and bonds life Insur ante can be an Invealmcnt for the future and planned well can provide a sizeable supp lement to old age pensions Reflecting current trends there ore even reduced life insurance packages for smokers which over a period of lime can reduce premiums as much as per cent compared to rales for amok Coun Armstrong said Most people these days Armstrong explained are purchasing permanent life insurance which depending on the buyers choice can provide annual Income upon retirement or look after the beneficiaries While less ex pensive term Insurance down provide he dividends permanent insurance pays to wards setting up a pension supplement But buying the policy is only the first step towards a long and healthy relationship with one agent Armstrong points out A great deal of his job will be spent reviewing the policy making sure that It stays out of the maw of inflation and guaranteeing that beneficiaries and retirees can Lake full advantage of policies purchased some time Herald Special Jodie Met her birthday by arriving in Acton to start her year as the towns third visiting Rotary exchange student A native of Edith vale Australia a suburb of Mel bourne Jodie said she didn try shop for winter clothes before she left borne She said winter back home any thing like Canadians know it It gets vet and windy but shed never find appropriate boots and parkas in Melbourne Right now Jodie is staying with the John Arnold family on Tyler Street Shell be Rotary families before her year is complete and hopes shell also get a chance o travel Although shes at a loos to explain Ihc difference she said she notices ijuite a distinct difference In Cans da geography from what she used lo School Is quite a different matter She had been a It ending an allgirls private school where students wear uniforms Jodie couldnt make any comparisons in course yet since she only arrived last Monday and Acton High School is In Its semester turn SWEETHEART OF A DEAL from 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