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4- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, October 3, 1995 "Scugog"s Cammunity Newspaper of Choice" JO) EY BY SI DIEIES SY PAVE COMMUNITY JEFF MITCHELL/PORT PERRY STAR OFF AND RUNNING: Kids at Cartwright Central Public School in Blackstock hit the track last week as they attempted once more this year to raise funds for their Terry Fox Run effort. The kids ran two kilometres a day for a total of 10 km after collecting pledges to contribute to the fundraiser for cancer research. They hope to meet and even surpass last year's total of $6,000 with their effort. 12-week course begins Oct. 16 New computer training at Durham College announced By Julie Slater Durham College North Campus in Uxbridge continues to grow and keep pace with the educa- tional demands of the 90s. The Uxbridge campus saw 1,700 students graduate last year and the professional staff ac- tively research within the large feeder commu- nity to be able to provide the "hottest" courses. "Computers are the back-bone of todays soci- ety and computer skills are definitely the num- ber one skill employers are demanding. This course is not geared for only the traditional of- fice computer job, but will provide a better com- puter understanding for every day life," said College Director Melody Brewer-Mailer. The newest addition to their wide range of general interest and continuing education courses is the Micro Computer Applications Program. This brand new computer literacy course will take the totally inexperienced computer stu- dent through not only introduction to Micro- computers and the programs used in today's work settings, but also valuable job search skills will be included. This course will better prepare the student for either employment or further training. The computer literacy program will include an introduction to Windows; MS DOS, Ver 6.2; Keyboarding; LOTUS 1-2-3, WordPerfect for DOS; dBase IV plus resume writing and those everimportantinterview skills. Durham College Uxbridge boasts it provides "the Durham Advantage" - educating you for the real world. This "hot" new course should open many new doors for the residents in North Durham. This 12 week course begins on Oct. 16 and runs every day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m with no ex- perience necessary. Tuition is reasonable with positions also available to Ul recipients. "Basic computer knowledge 1s now consid- ered a basic skill required by employers and, in fact, almost a life-skill," Mrs. Brewer-Mailer said. [For more information call Donna Hull at Dur- ham College North Campus, Uxbridge 905-852- 7848. World-class harp player's up next in Greenbank The blues of Carlos del Junco will be featured at the next Greenbank Folk Society show Oct. 14. Carlos del Junco is the 1993/ 1994 World Harmonica Cham- pion having won two gold med- als at the international compe- tition held inh /Trossingen, Germany. He was judged world's best in both the diatonic blues category and the diatonic jazz category. Born in Havana, Cuba, del Junco immigrated with his fam- ily to Canada at the age of one. He bent his first note on a Hoh- ner Blues Harp when he was 14, and played his first gig while still in high school, with his math teacher at a student tal- ent night. At the same time del Junco was immersing himselfin a vis- ual arts career. He studied sculpture for four years at the Ontario College of Art, received a bursary for excelling in sculp- ture and went on to Italy for a fifth year of independent study in stone carving technique. Sculpture has definitely had an influence on his outlook on mu- "Music is just a different way of creating textures and shapes". Playing a 10-hole diatonic Harmonica master Carlos del Junco plays Greenbank Hall next Saturday night as part of the Greenbank Folk Music Society series. harmonica, del Junco has devel- oped the unique ability to play chromatically by using an "overblow" approach. This tech- nique taught to him by jazz vir- tuoso Howard Levy has contrib- uted greatly to his style. The sophisticated sound produced by del Junco is at once sensitive, soulful and sexy while never forgetting the rawness inherent in blues music. With the late Bill Kinnear, Carlos del Junco released his first CD, "Blues" on indepen- dent label, Big Reed Records in November 1993. The rich collec- tion of blues classics was a col- laborative effort with Kinnear playing acoustic and dobro gui- tars and handling lead vocals. Five out of six reviewers in the Toronto Blues Society, selected "Blues" for their top ten releas- es 0f 1993. The show is next Sat., Oct. 14 at the Greenbank Hall. Tickets are $15 and are available at these locations: Uxbridge - Blue Heron Books; Port Perry - Cir- cular Sounds, Jayson Callan Music; Greenbank - Chicken Coop Bakery, Bowmanville - The Hands on Music Company. Call 985-8351 or 852-7578 for more information.