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Orono Weekly Times. Wednesday, October 9,1996 - 3 Student of the Month .. S LanImportant Issues with Rachael Jackson Who's Behind The Mask So everyones probably wondering by now who is this Rachael who keeps shoving her opinions in our face. Well I am the Orono Weekly Times new Co-op student. I will be continuing to write an article every week to keep myself busy. I'm sixteen and I attend Clarke High school during the afternoons. A schedule that keeps me pretty busy at times. Anyways so far I really enjoy this placement. It is my goal to learn the journalism business and with that comes various trades. I've found the Orono Times a fun filled expe- rience that will come in extremely handy as I get older. Although I don't plan to be in joumalism forever I hope to touch base there after my schooling is through. My real career dream is the act- ing business. I've never been the type of person to settle for a boring old paperwork job. I plan to get into the arts and hopeful- ly all the skills and tech- niques I'm learning as ajour- nalist will back me up through any rough stages. Now I've just got to hope it works out that way. I hope to eventually write a book on my life (if it's exciting enough) and maybe do a little painting on the side, art is one of my favourite subjects. Well now that you know a little bit about who I am maybe you'll tune in every week and see what I'm com- plaining about. Pines Senior Public School celebrates a new initiative this year, The Student of the Month. Several students will be nominated each month by the staff for the various contributions made in the school environment, inside and outside of the classroom. The following students were hon- oured at an assembly on Friday October 4th. The students are listed left to right - Shawn Knox, Matt Brown, Carolyn Barber, Adam Townley, Geoff Rivers, Tim Rypstra (first row). Josh Trace, Ashley Bickell, Mike Sellers, Adam Rypstra, Tricia Rylance and Ashlynn Ostrander (back row). Congratulations to theses students and enjoy your free lunch. The world is becoming smaller. If you don't agree then take a few minutes to think about it. Remember how it was twenty years ago? It seemed like everywhere you wanted to call was long distance. Twenty years ago I lived in the town of Bolton and com- muted daily to work in Scarborough. My parents had an apartment in Scarborough. So I had to call long distance from home. Monthly phone rates were a lot less then, but the long distance charges sure added up quickly. Often I would hide the phone bill so hubby wouldn't know I had accu- mulated forty or fifty dollars of long distance charges just talking to mom. You know how some men are! Hejust could not under- stand why I felt the need to talk to mom and dad so often, especially since mom was my daily babysitter. I saw her every morning and again after work when I picked up the kids. A few years later my par- ents moved to Sarnia for a year. During that time Bell Canada made a small fortune off me. Both of my parents were ill that entire year. I wanted to be there for them. The telephone calls were a great comfort to all of us. Today I have a brother and sisterliving in Sarnia, a sister in Woodstock, a sister in Vancouver and an aunt in Kingston. I have one of those flat rate long distance plans that allows me to keep in touch with aIl of my family without fear of huge unex- pected monthly phone bills. I also have business asso- ciates in Belleville, Pickering and London. They can call me using the reverse calling on my phone plan at no extra cost to me or them. My customers in Whitby, Pickering and Blackstock can receive regular service calls without increasing my bill. Not once have I gone over my hours limit'. If you pick up a newspa- per and glance through it you will often find advertisements for different long distance phone companies. Some offer larger areas. Some guarantee to be 'num- ber one in service and cus- tomer satisfaction'. A wide variety of long dis- tance plans are available to suit the individual's needs. Sometimes it pays off to check out the competition. This is one of those times. The internet is another wonder making the world smaller. Communication through computers is becom- ing increasingly popular. Computers are great for so many things. They are not high though on my list of per- sonal favorites. Everytime I walked into my bank to make a deposit, pay a bill or update my bank book the tellers would make a point of explaining that I could do this transaction at the teller machine. They even gave me a card and I selected a pass code. I had no intention to use it but I humoured them anyways. They stopped trying to con- vert me to computerized banking. Their subtle hints and brainwashing techniques were useless. I applaud the advances made in the field of commu- nication. The world is on our doorstep for the asking. The personal touch of one on one communication, how- ever, should not be underval- ued. Just ask anyone who has called a government number and been asked 'If your ques- tions concern any of the fol- lowing press 2. If you wish to make a payment press 3 etc. Yes, the world has become smaller. But, it has cost us a great deal in lost personal ser- vice. De Of 01 §nui/a!ions ! ge/ /Qem /ere a/ /fe 7Ymes./ Choose From Our Book By Rainbow Invitations Or Have Us Design One Unique For You! Bowmanville Toastmasters The satisfaction gained from the challenge of compe- tition marked contest night at Bowmanville Toastmasters on Tuesday October 1. Denise Marek admonished us with a tongue-in-cheek humorous presentation entitled "Stop And Smell The Roses". For her efforts Toastmaster Marek earned the right to rep- resent the Bowmanville Club in the humorous competition, at the Area 26 Contest in Lindsay. The impromptu contest resulted in Toastmaster Irene Konzelmann being selected to go on to the Area 26 competi- tion. Toastmaster Mike Sullivan was runner up. To ensure that no bias crept into the judging there were two Oshawa Toastmasters T.M. Tony Kowal and T.M. Alan Martin from the Oshawa Club. Contest chairman Toastmaster Connie Nelson warmly thanked the Toastmasters from Oshawa for their assistance as well as chief Judge Toastmaster Marilynn Dow. After a stress filled day the fun and comraderie of a Toastmaster meeting is truly uplifting. Come and visit us any Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m. at "The Information Centre of Darlington Hydro". For more information please call Irene Konzelmann, Orono at 983-4797. SHO11P AROUND-ý, GET YOUR BEST PRC THEN CALL US FOR YOUR BETTER PRICE We give you the maximum $$$ for your Trade-In. 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