WHITBY FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, MAY 21,1986 PAGE 19 Student owned, busiiness, off and runn ing. A group of ambittous area students bit the streets4ast week ln one of the oldest quests there la- money. Always dear to a student's heart, these young people have determined to start raklng i the preclous green stuff while most of their feilow classimates are stiil pre- occupied witb the ominous spectre of final exams. The teenagers are, employees of Ontario Student Services, -a busiess entirely owned and operated by studen- ta, and several evenings a week they are poun- ding the pavement aelling: coupon booklets door to, door. The $3 bookiets contain $50 worth of discount coupons for everytbing -from hamburgers and Mexican food to bowling and halrstyling. Accor- ding to O.S.S. -ares manager Les Birta, the bookieta represent a pretty good bargain. *"These are ail con- venlence items so you don't have to spend. a lot hi get your money's worth out of* the bookiets," said Birta last week atter convin- clng the Free Press to. give he and bis hlgb school sales reps a little free advertislng. A second year business student, at Ryerson, Birta ob- vlously learna quickly and bas bis-pitch down to a tee. "We try to promote the entrepreneurial spirit as mucb as possible. The managers are encouraged to ha in- dependent ... and I ban- die ail the books, sales training and motivation s0 it helps me acquire important business skills. And it's a good experience for tbe sales reps too. Tbey. learn sales, motivation, how to conimunicate and ef- fectively express tbem- selves 50 it builds their confidence as well," said Birta.- His sales reps can range in age from 14 to 20 and older and most will ha seiling coupons to augment a second job during the summer or as a convenient means of picking up some extra cash after school. Seling in the evenings when most.people are at home, the students receive $6 an bour and a bonus of $5 for every five booklets thev sel after the flrst 15 of, the evenlng. That can add up to a nice profit in just a few hours, especially for someoe like Phfilip Stone, a 15 year old student at Henry Street High School wbo started working for Birta Iast week. -Phlilip maintains tbat he can finish off al bis bomework during the day at school and so he's planning to put in five tbree bour sbifts a week working for Birta during the early evenings after scbool and this summer he ex- pects to pull down a second job and really sock away the cash. Donna Crooks, a student at Pickering High School, is 17 and sold 21 bookets ber first night on the job. Donna finds there's plenty of time after school to finish off ber homework and still get out i the evenings with Birta and the rest of the sales reps to push the small blue bookiets witb the Help a Student log on the cover. Most of tbe coupons are for restaurants and other services loca ted in south Durbarn but Birta said a couple of the coupons are for businesses in Scar- These young people are getting the jump on' Wolleert, Les Birta, Donna Crooks, and the rush for sumnier jobs by selling discount Phillip Stone. coupon booklets door to, door. They are Tanja Free Press Staff Photo borough. He suggests bis customers carry the bookiets witb tbem in their purse or the glove compartment of their car and that way theyll ha bandy if they bappen to make. a trip into the city. The coupons are Country Town Singers score big Whitby'sý, County Town S ingers 'once again demonstrated the sound and'style that bave proved a winning combination wherever tbey perfoym. This time, under the direction of ý Lorie Easton-Flynn, the choir won three, firsts in the Oshawa Kiwanis. Music Festival. The choir's selections for the com- petition were "Early One Morning" by, Er- nest -A. Dicks; "Rise Up, My Love, My Fair- Cne- by Healey William; 'Bound for Jubilee" a spiritual by Joyce Elaine Ellers (the men's selection) and "Ail Things Brigbt and Beautiful" whicb 'was chosen by the women. You can see the Coun- ty Town Singers on May 21 Mand 22 performing at the Oshawa . Little Theatre. Showtime is 8:15 p.m. and tickets are $5. for adults and $2.50 for seniors and students. Soon af ter their Oshawa concerts the singers will be winging their way to Vancouver where they will be per- forming at Expo ln the Canadian'Pavilion July 1. The group will do a second Expo perfor- mance July 10 at the On- tario Pavillon. Site pilfered More than $1,000 in was stolen. Police are building materials were investigating the theft. stolen froni a Whitby construction site last weekend. Costain Con- ÇRennies 4 struction reported that lwr& G $1.178 wortb of wood IF o G f SPEIAL G LOE. The:Famn Now OWTUE MN TINS TO DECORATE TOUR HOME, OFFICE OR COMMERCIAL BUILDING WITH AMY ON[ OF OUR FINE FRANIO AND MON- FRAMID PRINTS DECORATOR FRAMED PRINTS good until Decenihar 31 of this year. 25% 0FFI CUSTOM FRAMING 30% OFF FRAMES GLASS 20%/cOFF1 20% OFFI mAT BOARDS 30% OFF EXPIRES MAY 3 1186 1 s .è 1 Y 75,000 ROILI. I5OCK ALL AT-. OFiuEs 1121 DUNDAS ST. E., UNIT 9 WH iTBY 430-1389 HOURS: I f~Ibyi MON.-WED. & SAT. 9À .M. -6 P.M. i *iSi 9AM.-P.M. WALLPAPER IIurlingfnnSIIlamilfrnenBlfnU,,&iîîis¶affjga 21SI. 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