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211,
1997
Ambulance and emernt^nnu narti -
changes
reflects training By Ross Bragg Conestoga’s Ambulance and Emergency Care Program will have a new name this September
support program is a five-month extension of the paramedicone program.
He
said the paramedic-two stu-
training
dents will also be trained in the use of intravenous insertions, intuba-
requirements in the industry, said
tion tubes (breathing tubes), chest
to
changing
reflect
Bob Mahood.
receive training in the use of defibrillators.
Sometimes called paddles,
defib-
use a direct electric shock to stop very rapid contractions
rillators
(fibrillations)
of
Ae
heart and can
resuscitate a patient
from cardiac
arrest. It
some emergency medi-
tubes and
Mahood, an instructor in the newly-named paramedic program, said the most significant addition to the program is that students will
was decided by the Ontario
Ministry of Health
(MOH)
to call
cations.
The decision
to train students
the use of defibrillators
five-to-seven-year study into their
by the MOH, said Mahood. “They want to see how effectiveness
the use of defibrillators affects patient mortality as well as the cost to taxpayers.”
Mahood
said there
is
a lot
“It’s like
learning
how
Mahood. He
how
a diploma in paramedic-one (basic support), and paramedic-two (advanced life support). life
Mahood
said the advanced life
how the
than just teaching students machine works.
takes an hour to teach
said the school of health sciences will offer students
more
to teaching the use of defibrillators
programs for emergency workers by the same name, said all
on
part of a
is
a splint,” said to put
However,
Mahood.
Lab
program
“It
instuctor in the newly-named paramedic program, spends time the learning resource centre June 16
in
will
continue
is
in its
most
lar
Mahood
800-900 applications for 30, posimaking it one of the most popular programs offered at
leg.
it
said these courses help to
equip students with a thorough understanding of the many factors involved in an emergency situa-
hectic stages, said the chair of the
convocation committee.
“There are some things that start to happen as early as March,” said John Sawicki, “but the busiest time is four to six weeks before the ceremony, especially the last two weeks.” He said more than 2,500 students are eligible to graduate at convocation on June 24-25. “But right now, all we’re concerned about is how many are coming, not the number that is eli-
Materials By Ian
S.
275
to
beginning at 4 p.m., for engineering technology, trades and tion,
apprenticeship,
college
access,
and development, and academic assessment and special training
projects.
They expect 350
to 400,
June 24,
begirming at 7:30 p.m. for health sciences and community services convocation and 400 to 450 for June 25, beginning at 7:30 p.m., for applied arts, business and continuing education convocation.
Because so many students are
management
dean of health
Bill Jeffrey,
their
third-year studies at the college.
From Don
Mills to Botswana,
Cone.stoga’s materials
ment students knowledge to
manage-
are putting their
Knight said it is the first time Conestoga has sent students to Celestica, in what he hopes will
practical use.
Paul Knight, co-onJinator of die
program, said three second^year
employed of Don Mills, on a
become a
sci-
for
kick in to limit the number of guests who accompany each graduate,
Sawicki
“We
said.
hate to be restrictive about
he said. “Because of seating capacity limitations, we suggest that people limit it to two guests.” Peter Schlei, lead hand for physit,”
ical
resources
at
the
college’s
recreation centre, said the
gymna-
He
said besides the chairs, the
lasting relation-
said the process
repeated in October or
ship. “It is a great opportunity for the
work experience.
be
will
November
He
their foot in the
door.”
Sony
First-and second-year students
student program runs from until August. 1998, and they
were encouraged to attend a presentation by Celestica after the jobs were announced, said Knight
month
to
resume
their studies.
said part of the agreement with Celestica is the students
Interested
resumes
students then
sent
to the college’s place-
ment department which
sophisticated
way
hang from the light posts. Schlei said the two weeks leading up to the event are for the prewill
liminary “cleaning ritual.”
Signs are dusted
made and
are
off, seat repairs
gymnasium
the
is
cleaned.
“We
get things out of the
balls, so to speak,
from
moth
last year,”
Schlei said.
He 25
said the the days of June 24-
are
left
for
Incidentals are also included in
“It’s
llth-hour
a big event,” said Sawicki.
“It’s really the
that, in
only event
set
up
Knight said the students must find
their
own accommodation
and transportation but they arc over
$.30,000
a
year
ship.
and a second group of students will begin their internship in May, 1998. “’IMiat’s interesting
the
including electronics engineering
will
technicians, electronics engineer-
we have
a sense, brings the whole
college together because so
many
people are so willing to help out."
go back in the summer to work on diamond mine sites in an
'ITicy
adm inistrative capacity.” He said the students work for De Beers Diamond Co. and commit to stay with them for at least three years as De Beers pays for their tuition, travel and accommodation.
is
ing technology-computer systems
an overlap of three or four months.” Knight said he and Mary Wright, manager of student employment, co-op education and alumni services, will visit the stuevery five dents about check on months to
and mechanical engineering technology-automated manufactur-
“We heard since (President Nelson) Mandela took over in South Africa the students would have an opportunity to study materials management there and
ing-
would cease coming
who
their progress.
are there
is
now
Conestoga’s materials manage-
ment program also has close
ties
in Botswana, Africa, said Knight.
“For 14 years, students have been coming here from Botswana to take the three-year program.
here.
“But, surprisingly, the program isn’t offered there
so
it
looks like
our link with keep Botswana. Conestoga is a wellknown name in materials mmi-agement circles over there.” j we’ll
a
to deliver
services.”
fine tuning.
Wright said there are 12 other students working at the plant from various Conestoga programs
help train the next set as there
-
more
emergency
it
convocation
be equipped with a 5.4by- 12-metre stage, about 170 metres of 1.8-metre wide carpet, a draped wall of tapestries and flags and a sound system. The weight room will be cleared to one side to make room for the board of governors, speakers and VIPs to gather, and the arena ice will be covered with plywood to hold tables, chairs, coat racks and a sound system in preparation for will
by Celestica while on the intern-
He
chance to get
May
summer gym
management students.
students
return to Conestoga the following
are offering to train students
as paramedics,” said Jeffrey, “but
paid
They’re not guaranteed jobs at the end of it, but this is a good
The
the college.
interviews between them and the company. Knight said about 10 resumes were received from materials
with CelcStica,
and Motorola.
to the
paramedic program suggests the province may be shifting towards a
For example, inside the recreation centre, stands will be in place from which to sell flowers, and outside, convocation banners
said.
more
is
paramedic program than a new name. “I find the title change significant,” said Jeffrey. “Calling
the setup.
a fairly large setup,” he
what they see
tions
the occasion.
students to gain
parts for such businesses as
program gets
gathering students.
students are presently
16-month internship program, Celestica is a former IBM company that produces computer
Jeffrey said there
said the
sium at the recreation centre will have 1,500 chairs on its floor for “It’s
are not offering television.”
students put their knowledge to practical use
must return to'.bompletc
Palmer
300
graduates for the June 24 convoca-
program.
Jeffrey
“We
tion.
graduating, fire code restrictions
said organizers are preparing
approximately
on
cal courses including anatomy, pathology and crisis intervention.
He said students in the paramedic
for
we
only
someone
gible to come,” Sawicki said.
Preparation for convocation at
Conestoga College
may draw
students to an already popu-
ences, said the upgrade
more
takes a lot of advanced training to know when to put it on, how the leg was broken and how to assess the injury.”
He
be
to
required to take intensive theoreti-
Conestoga committee prepares By Rebecca Eby
in the Anatomy ^ (Photo by Craig Vallbacka)
.
on
to put
on someone’s
it
Skills
Lights out Time runs out
“We’re
By Tony Kobilnyk
car
for solar
going to complete
still
We plan to have finished by fall. We want the car to be functhe car.
Three years of preparation and promise turned to disappointment for Conestoga’s solar car team as they were forced to withdraw their entry from Sunrayce ’97. electronics Clements, Brent
manager
tional to
we want
Clements said the team kept
The
of the solar hard
“They knew how
struggling.”
displayed on the car and promotional material will still be provid-
ed to them. Corporate sponsors of the solar car are Conex Freight Forwarding Inc., Delco Remy America, Boon
week along with
observing the race. The state-ofthe-art $60,000 solar car is still at Conestoga, its 774-solar panel array unable to generate even a
Festo,
G.N.
Equipment Co.
Ltd.,
Controls,
Electric
Johnston
Student College Conestoga Branch of the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers, Leetronics Micro Works, Noahs,
the car.
Clements said he was disappointed the car wasn’t ready for Sunrayce ’97, because of the number of years of work he has dedicated to the project. He said he has
Noritake Canada Inc., Ontario Public Service Employees Union
Auto Parkway Local 237, Wreckers, Reference Tool and Gauge Inc., Rod -Ends Mechanical and S.S. Technologies Inc.
been working with Huang since the solar car project’s inception in
June 1994.
CD-ROM
training
your first day of class and one of your courses is welding It’s
theory. Traditionally, this class is
CD-ROM
said the
will
allow students to work at their own pace. In traditional classroom environments, students work at the pace of the class, which could be
some and too
fast for
a year will use the
January 1998, the welding theory courses at the college’s Guelph campus will be
save the college money. “To have
taught using alternative delivery. What’s unique about this is the
other
CD-ROM being
developed by Karsten Madsen, an instructor in the welding engineer-
also
classes
self-directed
a teacher in front of a classroom fairly expensive,”
he
alternative
said.
is
classroom while trying to describe or articulate some sort of process application,” he said. “Now, with the tools we’re using to develop
going to be easy to use interactive animation or a digital video clip from the this
courseware,
industry.
I
think
it’s
it
message across much
will get the clearer.”
that
I’ve
worked with have been really
For students
who
are not as
could generate
its
of us."
rev-
an Internet-based course. Madsen said if the Internet evolves to a higher band width, which would allow it to transfer more information at a higher speed, the college
send the information to where the student lives, something which Madsen said might be pos-
could
sible in five to 10 years.
a lot of pride. When she was 19, her fastball team, the K-W
said Boertien.
Civitans,
“I’ve been fairly fortunate that
director of student
for the
worked
the presidents I’ve
all
have been really good and we’ve always had good communications between the two of with
us.”
According to Boertien, what makes her job enjoyable is also what makes it challenging “It’s something different every year,” she said. “Because of the changeover, there are different ideas and different issues every year with each new group. In one sense it’s good, and in the other sense it’s frustrating at times because every is that
life
DSA
dent
As
tern secondary school, she said
was
she
with the playing program,
involved
intramural
and bas-
sports such as volleyball
As
of student life, Boertien said she oversees the student life program; advises the director
executive
on any issues
it
is
unsure of; puts together the annual survival guide which is handed out to students in September; ensures events such as concerts, nooners and awareness
week
are organized; edits
DSA Web page and oversees promotions for the DSA. She said her salary, which comes out of student activities fees, is below the $34,000 salary cap placed on the position for the
this year.
Perhaps the most unusual part of Boertien ’s job is that she has a the new supervisor each year president of the DSA.
—
“I don’t find
some
it
instances
that difficult. In
it’s
a
little
unique
a stu-
Northwes-
Stratford’s
at
won
takes
Junior
the
Canadian Championship, and she said being a part of that is something she’ll always remember. Today, Boertien said she continues to be involved in community sports in Milvenon, the town in which she was raised and currently resides. She plays
women’s
slo-pitch,
is
the vice-
president of minor softball and sits
on
the recreation committee.
Although Boertien’s life is full and happy, she said she does
“Life is
so unpredictable.”
change.
ori-ginal career goal.
Becky Boertien,
com-
own
which Boertien said she
adapt to change,” she said. Working as director of stuwasn’t Boertien’s dent life
puter literate as others, peer tutors
ROM
because, obviously, they don’t
Becky Boertien,
“You just get used to one executive and then there’s another executive with new ideas. But I guess it’s good to be able to
communications
between the two
challenging
have the experience in working in this type of an atmosphere,”
year there
good, and we’ve
available to the students.
enue though. “Possibly, we see that our work is going to have a market outside the college, such as at other colleges and for people working in industry that require professional certification,” he said. Another possibility for courseware development is its transfer to
and students. “As a teacher, quite often I’ve been frustrated in front of the
the presidents
grams, teacher facilitation will be
this is the first project within the
the college
ail
been fortunate
pro-
being looked to for some help. The development of the CD-
He said the CD-ROM will provide many advantages to both
“I’ve
As with
delivery
was in 1992, he proposed approved last June by college council. Madsen said he thinks
ware.”
different peo-
always had good
CD-ROM.
been financed within the regular college budget but industry is
college “to develop some serious computer-based training course-
(DSA), to be exact. Whereas the majority of the Other positions on the DSA are
said about 100 students
which Madsen said
said, “but
members
a part of this project as well.” project,
The
He
are
“I’m the developer,” he the other department
The
others.
and faculty will assist in teaching them how to use the CD-ROM. Madsen said the program has
ing technician program.
Conestoga’s Association
Students
been hers since 1991.
of your program time. However, traditions are meant to change.
incorporation of a
Boon
as director of student life has
too slow for
in
—
dents’ council
which are held by
taught in a classroom environment and accounts for about 25 per cent
Starting
Becky Boertien has a job which some may seem a little unusual. She works full-time on a smto
ple every year, Bortien’s position
Madsen
By Craig Vallbacka
By Lynne Thompson
DSA
on
Full-time job
either elected or hired positions,
January
starts in
DSA profile: director of student life
Engineering
EasyNet,
Printing,
Becky Boertien has been the director of student life on the DSA for the past six years. She said (Photo by Lynne Thompson) what makes her job enjoyable is also what makes it challenging.
Eastwood
Association,
Student
estimated 1,000-
power
car.
we were
He said once the assembly is completed, sponsor logos will be
Steve Denham, solar-car driver, and Jeff Stephens, mechanical team member, but the trio are only
watt potential to
in
close contact with most of the sponsors during the construction
in Indianapolis for
its
consider entering
the car in one of those races.
Shin Huang, project manager of
single watt of
com-
still
may
pleted they
system and the solar panel array still needed too much work to allow the team to depart for Indianapolis on June 13.
this
that
to give our sponsors the
petitions are
steering-control
Sunrayce
community
upcoming; however, they are of a lower profile than Sunrayce. Clements said depending on when the car is com-
team was unable to complete the assembly of key systems of the car in order to have it ready for the 10-day race from Indianapolis, Ind. to Colorado Springs, Colo, starting June 19. “There wasn’t enough time to test the car and ensure that it was
is
the
recognition they deserve.” Several solar-powered car
for Spectre, the solar car
the solar car,
show
the students of this college can build a functioning solar car, and
project, said the
functional and safe,” he said.
it
director of student
life
for the DSA.
have regrets. “I wish I would have originally went further with my education,” she said. “I see now how important that
school
is.
—
High school was high I
just did
have.
I
wish
I
it.
1
never
and I could would have done
tried to excel in
it,
better there,” she said. “I wi.sh
ketball.
Upon
graduation she went to
Fanshawe College
in
London and
studied recreation leadership.
now more
that
would have taken
I
business and marketing. I find right now that marketing is
When she completed her diploma in 1987, she took a part-
everything.”
time job as an athletic assistant at Conestoga’s recreation
action to change her regrets. She said she is enrolled in courses,
centre.
Two
years later the job of
director of student life up, and the rest
Boertien’s
is
She has been married to her husband Mike for almost five anniversary
is
in
July) and her children, three-
year-old Mitchell and
i
8-month-
old Denver, are the pride and joy
of her
life,
Sports
another
Basically, anything could hap-
pen. “Life
she said. is
practi-
Her future remains undecided. She enjoys her job and is in no hurry to go anywhere. She and Mike had considered moving to Kitchener, but decided they wanted to raise their children in the same small-town atmosphere in which they both grew up.
her days-off with activities
(their
such as the fundraising
outside
she enjoys.
years
however, taking
tioner course, in order to keep herself marketable for the future.
Conestoga keeps her busy as she fills
is,
opened
history.
life
Boertien
area
in
is
said Boertien.
so unpredictable,”
.
SPOKE, June 23,
1997
— Page 3
DSA profile: promotions assistant
Bambrick moonlights as camp tripper By Lynne Thompson
he is looking forward two months.
Bryan Bambrick said one of the
member
perks of being a
Camping is not the only hobby Bambrick enjoys. For the past two years he has been taking karate
of the
Doon
Student Association (DSA) having his own desk. There are, of course, other reasons Bambrick decided to apply for the hired position of promois
lessons four times a week, and has received his green belt. He has also entered several competitions and obtained two, thirdplace awards in the most recent
tions assistant.
liked
“I
of getting
idea
the
one.
involved and helping out with stu-
dent
main to
thing;
it’s
a good
know people and
tacts,”
he
As
think the people are the
life. I
way
to get
promo-
pubs, he is responsible for helping the direcfor
events and introduce entertainers.
the college.
Bryan Bambrick, promotions assistant for the DSA, sees his decision to positive move. Bambrick is a second-year management studies student. absence June
Bambrick
Although
said
began
a
two-month
he
DSA, he
enjoys his position on the
leave
of
Wahanowin
13.
The reason, he
said.
I
The one thing Bambrick said he was certain about, however, was his decision to become a student at
come
to
Conestoga as a
(photo by Lynne Thompson)
I
do some advertising as well,” he
said
family’s comfortable.”
tor of student life, the entertain-
ment manager and the president. “I’ll do any leg- work that they want me to do like sell tickets, set up for nooners, and doing the stage and making sure it’s all set up. I may be asked to emcee
Bambrick
yet carved in stone.
know what I want can see myself owning some sort of business,” he said. “We all want money; I’d like to be wealthy. I’d like to have the money to do things and to make sure my to do.
said.
assistant
is
“I really don’t
to get con-
studies student said that as
for the future,
nothing
The second-year management tions
to the next
in Orillia.
he has
Bambrick spoke with enthusiasm
been involved with camp all his life and is continuing that involve-
will entail taking groups of 15
ment
this
said, is that
summer
at
Camp
about his job as a
tripper.
children on overnight
DSA profile: education and communication
His job
camp
trips
which will include canoeing, portaging and sleeping in tents.
Bambrick enjoys
said that since he truly
both
children
and
the
“roughing-it” style of camping.
“I’m glad I came to Conestoga. was one of the best moves I’ve ever made. I was clueless as to what I was going to do after high school and you always need something to keep you going,” Bambrick said. “This was It
totally last-minute, but
really
good
it
was a
decision.”
co-ordinator
Muller encourages students to volunteer By Tim
Kylie
The Canadian Organization of
Campus
(COCA)
Activities’
annual conference, this year held June 5-10 in London, Ont., is not the type of event
Thomas Muller
Pitching in and volunteering is something all students should try, he said, because it instills in them greater pride in their school and
makes “coming to school a more interesting.”
He
little
said he got involved with the
DSA
attending, he said in an interview
his first day of college September when he met
June 11.
year’s
would normally be responsible
Muller,
the
Association’s
Doon
for
Student
(DSA) education
and communication coordinator,
last
DSA president April Dawn
Blackwell and Harris tation week barbecue.
He
last
also talked to
at
an orien-
Debbie Santos,
said his position deals with stu-
a promotions assistant last year
dent and educational issues, as well as soliciting advertisements
whom
DSA’s student handbook. However, because the DSA lacks an entertainment assistant and because “everyone else was busy,” he volunteered to accompany DSA entertainment manager
to sign
Steve Harris to the conference.
tion.
for the
While describing as being
the conference
similar to
Woodstock
he had known in high who encouraged him
school, and
up
to participate in the
annual Shinerama fundraiser for multiple sclerosis, Later, he said, he became a promotions assistant when Santos got too busy to continue in her posi-
He the
said he has a lot of ideas for
upcoming school
One
year.
DSA
in particular is to continue
with concerts by a variety of popular bands eaqh evening, Muller is about more than said
president John Tibbits which were
entertainment and music.
initiated in 1996-97, but to
COCA
He
said seminars
were given on
everything from dealing with volunteers to making contracts to
booking bands. Although entertainment is not one of his regular DSA priorities, he said the COCA conference was a learning experience that should prove useful to the DSA, he said. With two fewer promotions assistants than normal, he added, the 1997-98 DSA will have to pull together and work as a team. “Once my work is done, I go over, and I might help advertise or I might help with entertainment stuff,” he said. “I’m always there to help, and sometimes I maybe help too often, some people say, but I love doing it.”
education and communication co-ordinator Thomas Muller (right) listens to Wacky Prozacy with member Bill Goldfinch on his car stereo outside the Doon cafeteria June 1 1
former' faculty
the student forums with college
one
He added
that
if
a “massive
comes up, such
as one surrounding tuition costs, he would try to set up an impromptu forum. Otherwise the dates will be scheduled ahead of time, he said.
The
said the
DSA
is
start” in
him signing a contract with Domino’s Pizza to become the sponsor of Doon campus’s
welcome week.
Fridays 7
this goal,
led to
official
Monday - Thursday
off to a
meeting colrecent a noting that laboration with Ian James, manager of athletics and recreation,
“good
Sanctuary Summer Hours
Another goal for the DSA in 1997-98 is to work more closely Athletic Student the with Committee, he said.
He
Kylie)
have
earlier in the school year.
issue”
(Photo by Tim
am
7 -
5
am
-
7
pm
pm
Closed on Weekends Stop by for a game of pool or watch If you
TV during your, lunch break activities for the summer
have any suggestions for students stop by the DSA Office and let us know!
.
SPOKE. June 23,
Page 4
1997
Sad state caused by home-style rehab K
Ruling signals end of an era ri'
a different era,
ICanadians
made
laws
morality
Homolka
arla
to
no
is
lock
under
longer
uphold standards of acceptable behavior
and key.
The 27-year-old former wife of Paul Bernardo, con-
so the nation’s citizenry would stay on
and nar-
victed as his accomplice in the sex-slayings of Kristen
There was a strong consensus as to what
French and Leslie Mahaffy,
the straight
row.
will serve out the rest of her
those standards were. In fact, the consen-
12-year term in the cosy con-
sus
was so strong that free thinkers would seldom speak up for fear of social
fines of a cottage-style prison.
ostracism.
describes the prison as having “cottage-style units some where groups of about eight women
An
Today, Canadians are more apt to agree that it is wrong to enforce a morai stan-
with children
Montreal,
I
majority.
The recent Ontario Court of Appeal women to remove their shirts in public is a good example. One of the more common responses
focuses
see anything
wrong with
women
topless
right
particularly
anything-
shouldn’t decide what “right” another person.
Our understanding of
virtue
meant
one
welfare and respecting one another’s sen-
in public, just that is
is
for
Without a consensus on the matter, perhaps it was time to let an outdated law
requirement
—
—
sibilities.
Just 15 years ago, a provision for overriding individual rights in the interest of
communal well-being was included
in
the first section of the Canadian Charter
die. Still, I lament the loss of what that law meant to our society. While we never quite lived up to the promise, Canadians used to believe we could forge a good society from reasoned argument and noble principles.
cook
their
own meals
and
on
is
a minimum-security facility that
the rehabilitation, radier than the pun-
one of five new prisons built Canada to replace the out-dat^ prison for Women in Kingston which will soon close its
The
about
Such an opinion doesn’t say there
will
facility is
across
going beyond the minimum not inflicting hurt on for a just society the personhood or property of another to t^ing responsibility for one another’s
it.”
—
—
ishment, of its inmates.
decision allowing
Ontarians have expressed through the is summed up in the statement, “Well, I wouldn’t do it myself, but I don’t
Toronto Sun on June 11
cany their own keys.” The Joilette prison for women, located near
dard or to say an individual’s rights should be curtailed by the biases of the
media
article in the
of Rights and Freedoms.
According to the Charter, to do so has to be “demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.” Under this provision, the courts could have decided
that a
woman’s
right to
equal treatment under the law with regard to upper body attire should be suspended
doors.
The jdea behind the creation of the new prisons came“^from the Solicitor General of Canada in 1990, in response to recommendations in a report from the Task Force on Federally Sentenced
and anatombetween men and
in light of cultural, historical
differences
ical
women. Further, they could have decided that the old-fashioned notions of modesty, feminine honor and community standards are worth preserving in Canada, if for no other reason than to distinguish us from the French Riveria. But the courts did not
Women. The five new minimum-security
^
—
Nekaneet, Sask, -^have no armed guards and no ®
make such a
periiheter barriers.
A Women in Prison document from January 1994 says the new prisons* goal is to be “commu-
would have enraged a growing number of Canadians who won’t accept any limitations upon individual autonomy in the interest
decision because
facilities
located in Truro, N.S.; Joilette, C^e.; Kitchener, «OnL; Edmonton, Alberta; Maple Creek-
it
nity-oriented, holistic, woman-centred, culturally sensitive, supportive of autonomy and self
esteem, and oriented toward release.”
of society.
The document also states that the “objective (of new prisons) will be to have the women’s
the
daily living experiences miiror, as closely as pos-
Pride celebrates social struggle gregate peacefully and for the right to live
O
n Sunday, thousands of people from across Ontario on converge will Toronto for the annual
Day
Pride
and love on
year
is held to honor and celebrate the 1969
New
York marked the beginning of the modern-day gay rights movement. As well-versed as I am in gay culture it was really only this that definitively
The
I
is
—
parade
year that
terms, free from
sometimes described in terms that make it out to be some peculiar aberration in our evolutionary time line. It has, in fact, been naturally occurHomosexuality
the
Stonewall riots in
own
social oppression.
parade.
Every
their
learned about Stonewall.
occurred over a five-day period outside the Stonewall Inn in the Village area of New York. On the night of riots
June 28, 1969 the bar patrons refused to be quietly arrested, choosing instead to
probably ring for thousands of years more. In 1951 an anthropological study. Patterns of Sexual Minorities by Yale professors Clellan S. Ford and Frank A.
Beach, “found that in 49 of the 76 societies (64 per cent) other than our own for
which information is available, homosexual activities of one sort or another are considered normal and socially acceptable for certain
members of
the
commu-
Such an unexpected turn of events must really have taken the arresting officers by surprise considering patrons had gone along quietly almost every night for over not to mention for years two weeks
—
leading up to the event.
But fight they did. For their right to con-
John Boswell has same-sex unions were present, and even accepted, in medieval 12th the until Europe Christian “Yale argued
Gary Ross writes
in his
1
995
article
The
Rights of Sexual Minoriiies, “. same sex unions existed in ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, classical Greece, pre.
Rome, indigenous South and North American cultures and African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Burmese, Vietnamese, Napalese, Korean, PaleoSiberian and Melanesian cultures. Christian
historian that
being quietly and gently rehabilitated to someday return to our community? . Even Debbie Mahaffy, mother of the slain Leslie Mahaffy, one of Bernardo’s victims, was
century.”
Sunday, the heterosexual communiview the parade with a myriad of reactions. Participants will induce for observers feelings that range from
On
quoted in the Toronto Sun
ty will
We
than
revulsion.
This isn’t an armed robber or a fraudulent this is a coldinvestor we’re talking about blooded, violent offender. This is a person who took turns, along with Bernardo, beating and sexually assaulting the 14-year-old Mahaffy and the
most flamboyant images of the march flash across our television screens Sunday night. No matter what the
your own reaction is gay solidarity, there remember.
of something to
to this display is
gay, homosexuals
is openly and lesbians have,
for decades, risked losing their jobs, their families
and
in
extreme cases,
their
NOBODY
Kristin French. This is also a person who videotaped the beatings, sex assaults and strangulations of the two, young girls and .helped dump the cement1 5-year-old
.
,
encased, dismembered pieces of Mahaffy ’s body in
would make a conscious
NOBODY
choice to take such risks and would engage in a decades-long battle to
a sad state of affairs when the justice sysCanada allows a brutally sadistic offender like Homolka to serve her time with the comforts of home, preparing her to re-enter a community that she gave up every right to ever belong to.
address
is
299 Doon Valley
Dr.,
absolute conviction of their belief.
mainly funded from S^tember to May by Association (DSA). The views and opinions expressed in this newspaper do not necessarily reflect the views of Conestoga College or the DSA. A.dvertisers in SPOKE are not endorsed by the DSA
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student board members and to Kenneth Hunter, who was Conestoga’s
“I’ve been driving past that thing on the 401 for years now,” said third-year tool and die student Erik Woemer, “and I have no idea why
president at the time.
it’s
referring
She said everyone was supportand they were “surprised and pleased that an artist of Etrog ’s stature would allow Conestoga to borrow his work.” Kerr said she believes the Walker is an appropriate sculpture to have on display at the college because it
the
to
three-metre-high brass sculpture
which stands next to Highway 401 on the far side of the pond overlooking
Doon
Conestoga’s
campus.
The
which has been on loan to Conestoga since 1979, was created by world-renowned Canadian artist Sorel Etrog.
The name of the sculpture which means Walker
French. Etrog said he
named
it
the “I
when an(j It’s
was
instrumental
in
bringing
the
an
Stratford
had
I
to
do
with.”
When the
said
Moos asked
Gallery
Kerr,
that the college take
money on
art,
believes
was worth
it
but she said she it.
now what we had
you
“If
pay
to
to
Walker by the number of years we have had it, it has
for
Etrog,
who now
resides
in
“This the .
‘
is
to ask questions
get feedback,” she said. opportunity <0 netwdrk.”
and
*
‘
to
an
“It’s '
.Strhtford
.
deals exclusively with clients
who
24-year-olds, Ontario basic skills,
insurance.
academic upgrading and literacy. incorporate programs The assessment of skills; planning of goals; survival skills, such as interpersonal communication.
puter training and job search and
of the
something to
come
be
there.”
visible. I this
hope for years
figure
28
-
'
>
ser-
vice agency. She said she was attending the open house to find out more about CEPP and how it
works.
are
and
unemployment specializes in com-
receiving It
employment skills. She said their clients must be academically the course
is
prepared
off
Dates
Drop off your textbooks to the DSA Office April 28 to August 15 No
books
will be accepted after
August 15
because
“If a client isn’t ready for our “we might refer
them to Conestoga. I’m here today so I can refer them properly, cuts
frustration.”
Textbook Drop
short and fast-paced.
course,” she said,
which
skills.
it to Kitchener. On his next trip to Stratford, he said, he plans on coming to Conestoga. As for Kerr, she said she is
didn’t make
DSA Used Textbook Sale
'
works for the and Training'
said,
also focus on job such as workplace safety; lifelong learning skills, such as study techniques; and academic
in
Virginia, Cambdin
The Stratford Training Employment Program, she
The programs
up a sculpture
Do you have textbooks to sell? You could have them sold at the
a chance to put a face to
name,
open house. These programs include the career and employment preparation program (CEPP) for 16- to
skills,
Stratford to put
front of the Festival Theatre, but
pleased with what she did for Conestoga. “I get a warm feeling when I’m at the college and I see the Walker. It’s a little spot of permanency that I had something to do with. TTiis is
Exetor.
programs for out-of-school youth and adults who want to upgrade their life skills or academic skills, according to a letter from Leis to the people attending the
Toronto, also said he has never to the college to view his work. He said he was recently in
been
August 25
cam-
Leis said that most of the people attending the open house would have dealt with Conestoga in the past, perhaps over the phone.
and
in
Erik Woener, a third-year tool and die student, tries to figure out what the statue is and why it’s there. (Photo by Lynne Thompson)
will
still
DSA Used Textbook Sale
Employment Program, a local
branch
for purchasing the sculpture,
Brussels,
Listowel,
Wingham, Clinton and
open house at the campus for members of
not a
back.”
employers
puses
it’s
holds
counties. There are satellite
ety of
but
priority.”
school of access and preparatory studies serves Huron and Perth
Douglas
Stratford
moved
out of the question, said Mullan. According to Walter Moos, the owner of Gallery Moos, the Walker is now worth about $125,000. Mullan said the college has more important things to spend money on, such as instructors and programs. Etrog, however, said Conestoga cannot keep the Walker indefinitely. “I may need it for an exhibition or to sell. If the college doesn’t find a donor, I will have to take it
proper care of the sculpture and
potential employers.
The
As
install the
the school offers is a.vdri^
a
it’s
agreement for the loan
was made,
divide
*
was
a huge concrete base,”
condition of the college,
high
construct a special pedestal which cost $1,500. At the time, said Kerr, there was some concern about spending such a large sum of
According to Andrea Leis, the Huron-Perth project-coordinator of the school of access and preparatory studies, the purpose of the open house, was to show people' what the sdioolhasto offer.
services
would be very expensive because we’d have to create a new concrete base. Given the financial
former chairwoman of
campus
local social service groups
What
“It’s in
said Mullan. “It can be
Conestoga’s board of governors
Recently Conestoga’s school of access and preparatory studies held
feeling
that
student/client
concern about the sculpture being too secluded and thus vulnerable to vandalism. Kevin Mullan, Conestoga’s vicepresident of finance, said that regardless of whether or not people are happy with the Walker’s location, it will have to remain where it is for the time being.
Veronica Kerr,
work. After contacting the gallery, Kerr said she presented the idea of borrowing the sculpture to her fellow
open house
and the
spot of
little
wooded
building, Kerr said there
see the Walker.
something
Already familiar with the art of Etrog, Kerr said she decided to Moos in Gallery approach Toronto, which handles Etrog ’s
Ellen
a
several people suggested
it
them.
By
I
not
area between the main building
I’m at the college
permanency
Walker to the college. “The campus was devoid of artwork,” said Kerr. “There were many times I was at Conestoga and I’d look out from the cafeteria and think it would be nice if we had something there.” Kerr said she had also done some travelling to other college campuses where she learned about works of art which had been loaned to
Stratforcj
warm
get a
would be
placing the Walker in the
in
’80s,
and early
Though
she said,
beginning, going forth.”
is
it
come and
be affected by any expansions which occurred at the college. Another consideration was safety.
—
of governors for four years in the ’70s
secure for years to
“I
Walker because “it symbolizes a walking man; it’s like movement from one side to the other.” Veronica Kerr, who was the chairwoman of Conestoga’s board late
this piece,”
saw
I
Walker in a spot where
saw it as a person as opposed to a man. It was walking like it was going someplace. It was the way young people really were just
sculpture,
Pieton,
a
“\^en
distance
another point of disagreement over the years. The board of governors, she said, wanted to place the
metamorphosis.
represents
— Page 5
worked out to be an extremely good investment.” The location, said Kerr, has been
ive of the idea
there.”
Woemer was
SPOKE, June 23, 1997
come a
College ‘Walker’ has By Lynne Thompson
life
down
on
the
More information available the
at
DSA Office or call 748-5131
—— Student life competition film enters student Broadcasting
Page 6
— SPOKE, June
23, 1997
—
dated,"
His film didn't win Conestoga's Mastercraft Award, but Pemr loss get
Hodgson didn't let the
Currently,
Hodpon
know
linear editing,
it's
Hodgson, with the assistance of
archaeology because it's a subject that interests him. He said the archaeology department at Laurier was excited about
and
faculty at Wilfrid
a
about two
film
digs the
WLU
his proposal, because there hadn't been a film made about the depart-
made
Laurier University,
mentary filmmaker. Hodgson said he wouldn't mind working in television, but because he doesn't know how to do non-
ment since the mid- 1970s. One of the digs that he filmed
local
students
is
is occurring at the senior public school sports field, on Central Street, about a block from the university.
The other MacGregor
part
balances out
"But," he said, "it with lower tuition fees." As one of his college assign-
of the new technology, but it is not yet taught at Conestoga. "That was the biggest problem
The noises coming from the radio rooms of the broadcasting-
to the
has
The broadcast newsroom
—
——
May. flie
seven
stations in the
—
qq through
room were used by The every year. 16 students. more room
We try
to
work tO
dO a Clean-Up.
The remedy to the atmocrowded sphere w£is the decision to
"make more
efficient
use
of
television
—
space," said program co-ordinator Mike Thumell. In order to achieve this, a glass-
paned partial-brick removed.
wall
was
Once the wall separating the newsroom and an unused equipment room was removed, rewiring and painting remained. Ben Hribal, a second-year
stu-
dent in the electronic technician program, volunteered his time to help with the rewiring. He spent
some time in the moving cables
rafters of the hall
cast.
ovations were done by Conestoga general
ology students at Laurier, and it will be put in the Laurier archives. Hodgson said because the visual
students to
was
fit
Alumni Association By Shawn Leonard The alumni
into the
association
offering
is
This renovation is the most extensive one to date on the broadcast floor.
Aside from a carpet replacement, no other renovaare there
Thumell.
...
-
job
alumni have had a good experience good become they Conestoga, at ambassadors for the college in the community," says the manager of student employalumni and education co-op ment,
helps build the reputation
services.
their
said that alumni accomplish this role also by contributing the skills they learned at the college to their
will then continue to hire
alumni are very important in the role of being an ambassador because they are the product of the college. Whatever they contribute to their job that
reflects directly
Wright
said
a
student
offer
the
in
shows
a
strong work ethic in the workforce it shows that the college has done a good
a
________ tniriK
the other
money
raised
graduate plays
the
anH and
students .
.
.
7
work com-
think the college appreciates the ambassador role the graduate plays in promoting
tn to
their
nffe.r offer
own
personal DCrsor
an
involved
support
to
institu-
goals.
in the col-
alumnus
way
is
or
.
another.
said that the faculty
their alumni back to speak on a particular topic in a course invite
alumni also help
that the
financial
is set
that in almost
some
with
make
program
the
said
lege,
She will usually
programs.
programs which ensure current students have what they need to achieve their academic
accurately.
education and alumni services
their
Wright said out te
manager of every program •
then goes to assisting students with their financial needs for
projects.
for
advisory committee up so the alumni can
student employment, co-op
is a bursary which matched by the government and
The OSOTF is
members
Wright said Wright,
(OSOTF).
college relies
the
sure that the programs run
Mary
last
association
experience on the subject. They also offer advice to the students on certain class
She
promoting Conestoga.”
such as
the
Conestoga College
run.
in
into
donated $5,000 to the Ontario Student Opportunity Trust Fund
group buying ability so the
on alumni advice on how the programs they graduated from are being
colleae me college
when
fall
She said it is just a service to the alumni and the college doesn't gain anything from the sales. Wright said the service can be offered because the alumni has
II
munity. "I
some of
have
various purposes,
continue to get tickets for the various events through the alumni
j Conestoga," said Wright. In the role of an ambassador,
.
'
the
for
is
promoting them-
that
initiatives
or their friends. The discount packages offer a 30 to 40 per cent discount on the nor-
field placements to help
them
rate.
She said
association offices.
program have the appreciates the to meet the needs for organization, they ambassador role the
selves to the
on Conestoga. if
'to
discount
association's budget and in turn for is donated by the college
certain
sador for the college
increase in sales.
offer
that
services
repeat users Wright said know the college offers these programs on an annual basis, so they
employ-
Conestoga students. She said that another part of being an ambas-
alumni
because of many repeat users.
at
of the college. If ers know graduates of a
at looks a group
association
mately $10,000-worth of tickets." Wright said that represented an
Wonderland, African Lion Safari, Pioneer SportsWorld and Doon Heritage Crossroads. Mary Wright said that the tickets can be purchased at the alumni association office by either alumni
preparing the individual. Wright said a strong work ethic also
By Shawn Leonard
selling discount tickets
which was put back
Alumni become ambassadors
She said
like
mal prices offered at the events. "The overall sale last year was approximately 400 tickets," she said, "which came to approxi-
tions planned for the broadcastradio floor this summer, said
workplace.
know when
doesn't
judging will take place, but he did say he will know which is the winning film in October, at the broadcasting awards banquet.
She said ticket activities tend to have a good success rate, mainly
Canada's
through this every year. to do a clean-up," he said.
Mary Wright
cur-
group discount
number of places
passes to a
number of
"We go
skills
Hodgson
said
a
rently
the
competition.
he sent a copy of the film to Rogers Cable, but because of format changes to the programming there, he doesn't expect it will be shown there either.
He
film
annual
station’s
the
into
be broad-
the
said
computer stations they recieve, the seven stations should hopefully increase to 12, said Thumell.
"If
stations, his
time, he said. He said the film will be used as a learning tool for first-year archae-
Depending on
try
by most television
will
glass
room.
We
that dig
home,
president's
necessity
program
(Photo by
However, he said, because he did send a copy of his film to Rogers Cable, it has been entered
quality of film he used is not on par with the tyf» that's being used
Because the university owns the
,
.
jr
said.
because always a was there co-ordinator problem getting the ,. broadcastmg-radio and growing numbers of ,
television
Wilfrid Laurier University. archaeology a students from ^ , Colleen Cassidy)
probably be going on for some
Thumell
Mike Thumell,
and
site.
project will probably not
renovation in.
future as a documentary Peter Hodgson rehearses for his the broadcasting- radio filmmaker. Hodgson, a recent graduate of in conjunction with film his produced program,
initi-
Both digs are ongoing, Hodgson
are all that
maintenance.
needed
students
the
the pane, remainder of the ren-
this
MacGregor was
at
to find remnants of two schools that previously stood on
With the exception of hiring a moving company to remove the
been undergoing renovations since
Hodgson.
ated
remain to be done. The week of June 9, the floors of the room will be retiled.
ears.
said
WLU
before
1950s,
the
owned it, The dig
He said the cosmetic renovations
radio and television program this spring are far from music to one's
to trace the history of the
in
ly
it is all
bigger newsroom
is
house from it's original owners, the Hallman's who built it in the mid- 19th century, to the Hill fami-
done now, and by the middle of June it should be all finished," said Thumell. 'Most of
By Lisa Kloepfer
the Albert Street
The purpose of dig
Broadcast newsroom undergoes renovations
work
the
university.
said non-linear editing
Originally,
from
street
the
across
are working on.
difficult to find
is
being conducted at the Albert Street home of Laurier's president,
a job.
He
WLU
students are working on. He wanted to make a film about
archaeology students
freelance industrial films, but he says eventually he will be a docu-
(WLU), made a
local digs the
film about two
making
is
said.
him
The recent graduate of the broadcasting-radio and television proto
Hodgson
Hodgson, with
in final year,
stuthe assistance of archaeology Wilfrid at faculty and dents
Laurier University
down.
gram is a man who seems what he wants.
ments
with the college's broadcasting the equipment is outprogram
By Colleen Cassidy
some
of
Wright said
the
special
that there
have been times
when the college has sent out a panel of alumni to speak at a particular high school to inform the potential students what they can expect if they come to Conestoga.
She
said
there
are
up
to
18,500
alumni and that the amount grows by about 2,000 each year after
active
convocation.
;
SPOKE, June 23,
1997
— Page 7
More students opening small businesses employment as a career option.” Matthew said when the small business program started five
manufacturing to trucking. He says the most popular ques-
years ago, four of the 25 students in the class went into business for
should
themselves.
in society
By H^l^ne Beaulieu
—
When Fred
and Barney did it of art imitating
in the great spirit
on the Flintstones in the ’60s it was called moonlighting.
life
—
their jobs Today having a sec-
They
almost
lost
because of it. ond job is becoming more the norm than the exception and many times, second jobs take the form of self-employment. Tim Williams, instructor in the electronics engineering technolo-
gy program
— computer
option,
Now
/
.V
a Ian Matthew discusses trends in small business after his Starting Beaulieu) H6l6ne (Photo by Small Business Seminar June 6.
Safety
workplace
in
Students have legal rights at work the matter is not resolved, the next step is to explain the situation to the health and safety If
Many college students agcec to sometimes perform life-threateo^ 'taslK daring work terms and sumra^gjobs because they don’t underetand their legal rights and responsibilities.
According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, which governs workers in the workplace, students have the right to participate in resolving health
and safety concerns, to know -'aabout potential hazards -and to refuse worit tiiey think is dan-
Kim Radigate, coordinator of health, safety and gerous, said
committee or representative work.
safety representative. If the
committee or representa-
tive fails to resolve the
send a representative to
may
evaluate the situation. Radigan said students enrolled in Conestoga's co-op programs,
including robotics, ing,
and food and beverage take
The Ministry of Labor’s Guide to the Occiqiational Health and Safety Act contains all the information, but is difficult to read,
these duties.”
( ConvictioD can result in a fine
“But
how many
people are
going to be in die same summer job after you?” Radigan said. Students who take action against unsafe work are protectlegal repercussions,
smd
ed from Radigan. Employers cannot discipline or fire the woricer, she said.
The
first
step students should
take if they think a situation, is dangerous is to Speak to their
on work safely
It is
di<^ meet
not be hurt.
woodwork-
important for students to find out about their rights before they start woiking, she said.
a cntical mjory or death in the workplace and it comes to the Ministry of Labor laying charges, workcas can
because you may be scared to say anything and you may get along okay in a summer job and
com-
worker should follow to refuse work procedure the under the Healfli and Safety Act, she said. The Ministry of Labor
plaint, the
do
of up to $25 .(XK) and up to a year in prison, she said. ' “Students should be aware'bf their rights, be aware of what they can do,” she said. “Don’t be scared to use them,
he
“You have to be different
said.
entitled seminar Education Starting a Small Business. Tan Matthew, co-ordinator of Conestoga’s small business program who has been hosting the
seminar for three years, said the number of students starting small businesses has been growing exponentially. According to a handout provided by Matthew for the seminar, 97 per cent of all
and
be
to
have
to
you
different
be
Matthew
creative.”
Ian Matthew, co-ordinator small business program
to
The main reasons most businesses
fail,
according to Matthew, are
lack of capital
when
poor management planning.
of
starting out,
skills
and lack principly
“That’s
up
to do,
to plan.
When
they finish our course they walk away with what we call a compre-
come out of
hensive business plan.” chartered accounteint by trade and a self-proclaimed entrepreneur Matthew has owned and operated over 10 businesses in the past 10
A lot of them are self-
set
is
A
years, ranging
from
the
spend on things they didn’t have
when they were
“Now it’s becoming very prevalent for younger people to go into
to.
demo-
With baby boomers reaching
small businesses.
used
specific
a
top end of their earning potential they have more disposable income
what our course teach them how
being forced to consider
workers must have a health and
“If there IS
proven that they
my
targeting
like they
more workers must have a
it is a world-wide econonow. The competition’s fierce, so to be competitive you have to be distinctive. You have to be different and to be different you have to be creative. “The people who are creative can do things ditferently than other people and will attract the consumer, the buying public,”
phrase,
cosmetics to
younger.
They are demanding services that will help provide them with more free time. Matthew said the best advice for anyone thinking of starting a small is to research the market to know who potential customers
business are.
“You don’t need financing, accountants lawyers, bankers, unless you’ve got something to If
sell.
you know your market it is people want to buy
and what
you’re a long
way down
the road
to success.”
health and safety committee, said Radigffli. One with six to 19
classes
it’s
-
“When you’re in a small business much as it’s a beat-up
graphic need.
colleges and universities and recognize that the big companies aren’t out there hiring in droves
woriqtlace with 20 or
Any
environment at Conestoga. Fuifbermore, said Radigan, students have a duty to participate in keeping the wodtplacc safe, including reftisMJ^|to
‘
*•'*
people to look for trends and find a way to tap
ed,
Williams was one of
business because they
at
tells
the
6,
businesses operating in Canada are
supiervisor, she said.
By Alison Shadbolt
business
said, these days, a lot of businesses are service orient-
June
seven faculty members Employees for Excellence in
^
*
“What
today, as
people who have gone into the program, graduated and gone into business are still out there”
attending
i’
is;
go into?”
new
On
*
the
see an 80 per cent failure rate within three years. We’ve run the program for five years now. All the
business.
I
into them.
number is closer to 10 same class size. Matthew says the success of students from the college who have gone into business is high. “Normally in small business you
owner of the ’90s. He teaches at Doon by day and in his spare time operates a computer consulting
r
He
for the
represents a typical small business
ft,:
tion he’s asked
she said.
;
.
The Learning Resource Centre has a h^-hour video. Look Around You, You Have Rights (call
number
VT
2979),
Radigan recommends
wl^h
instead.
Students should ask their supervisors about hazards and safety practices
on the job, as
well as finding out
who
their
Job training program helps unemployed with job search am
the Job Training (OJT) is a provincial government program that helps those under 25, as
jobs.”
On
new
well as social assistance recipients find jobs and get work experience.
one of three components of the Career and Employment
OJT
is
“If
a person
CEPP
She said Clow,
who works
Kitchener
out of the
office, is responsible for
under 25 and unemployed, who reside in the and Waterloo of Region
Wooolwich townships. The OJT program is
ciations in their area for more information, check the telephone
posed
Doon’s health and 748-5220 extension 470.
things easier for clients.
She said each agency
offers dif-
ferent services but the agencies
to
on
assist
also sup-
10 per cent of
are older than 25, but social assistance benefits, to
clients,
When
clients
some type of
duplication.
They can contact the Ministry of Labor or safe workplace asso-
safety office at
OJT program was
quality of service.
eradicates that
Wellington County, as well as those who live in Wilmot, and
in
youth, that
Clow
said.
who
come
in
needing
aid, they will
go
to
one agency for assistance; if that agency doesn’t offer a type of service that the client needs, he or she will be referred to another agency that is able to offer assistance. Clients are referred to OJT after
Information and attend they Referral Services as well as
Employment
components. Clow
OJT
and
Planning
Preparation the other two
CEPP
said.
offers Orientation to
the
said, “if I
Workplace, a placement of up to eight weeks for clients with little
/ISO vniino npnnlft in a iob. I
work exoerience or those who
find jobs.
Clow
said.
“For example,” she
well, clients
who
are within a
up
assist
they were sent to another, where the same information was given,”
one program,
As
other programs and services to
to
keep in close contact with one another to give those needing different kinds of assistance the best
tory assistance at
Career Specific Training.
designed to work alongside the
dates are
make
couldn’t get satisfac-
have been out of the workforce for an extended period. Clow said. She said clients who want to pursue a specific career and need to develop specific job skills can spend up to 16 weeks doing
couple of credits of completing their high school diploma or reaching other educational goals that are career specific can spend
two OJT consultants who are employed by Conestoga.
should ensure they receive proper training, she said.
Radigan
es several other non-government agencies and services whose man-
already existed. Clow said the
assisting persons
Kim
The OJT program started on Kitchener 1, in a downtown that housSt. King 165 at building April
(CEPP) Program replacing four programs that offered essentially the same services, said Marion Clow, one of
Preparation
health and safety representative of the is, finding out the names committee members and they
book or contact
also supposed to try to place 45 people who are older than 25 in
By Colleen Cassidy
to 32 weeks at school, if they have a plan for upgrading and employment goals, said Clow.
Clow the
said her job
is
to listen to
employment hopes and expec-
tations of prospective trainees.
She
then contacts prospective employers, explaining the OJT program to them, and, if they are interested in
being involved, she will tour the
workplace. Finally she will listen to their needs for an employee and she will try to
match employees with
appropriate employers. She said when a client
is
placed
pay an employer for training. If hour per up to $4 in a job,
OJT
will
the training period
is
longer than
eight or 16 weeks, OJT will pay the employer a lower amount of
money.
OJT
tries to
meet the needs of
employees, as well as the demands of the workplace. Clow said.
Page 8
— SPOKE, May
26, 1997*
ia>
Sports World fun for
all
pl&y
ages
Guelph climbing gym
By Tony Kobilnyk If the
summer heat is
feeling a
little
gives experience
leaving you
wilted and lethargic,
a deluge of revitalizing options are available
at
SportsWorld
without the elements
in
Kitchener.
The 12-hectare
park,
14th season, offers
now
in its
frolicking,
By
food and fun for everyone in the family. Visitors can enjoy waterslides, mini-golf or just sip cool drinks on the patio. Over one million visitors took advantage of the activities offered by SportsWorld last year, said Brian Banks, assistant general manager. He said the park tries to add a new attraction every year, and this year, two new activities were introduced. Higher Ground, is a new rOck climbing centre that features 75 indoor climbing routes and 12 outdoor routes. Owner Gareth Marks said the 18metre Tower Climb is one of the highest indoor routes in Canada and the 30-metre lead route is also one of the longest overhanging said
The
is
also
new
this year.
Eighteen
trying to score as they can.
many
points as
try
shells
down
and splash around
under gurgling waterfalls. Banks said every Tuesday and Wednesday of the summer, SportsWorld is offering free daily waterpark passes to anyone who brings a Zehrs cash register tape of $50 or more. He said the register
Nov-
ember.
1994.
said
are
clientele first-time
climbers.
tapes will be donated to a different local charity each
week
to help
with their fund-raising efforts. If the waterpark doesn’t quench your need for speed, then the gokart track might. Formula Onestyle cars
twisting
zoom 1
racers around a
.2-kilometre
track.
fire
department.
SportsWorld has one of the area’s
21 -metre
ferris wheel are just a few of the things to be found on the midway. Among others are kiddie rides and games of skill and
chance.
After a busy day, visitors can
Winooski’s, a family restaurant in a northem-lodge-style atmosphere. said a barbecue area has
can take their climbing certification
Instructors
indoor
with the Association
(rock climbing)
of
“We’ve
(CGAO). The was formed two
members
ago
years to
majority of the time,
it’s
who
either novices Or
extremists
who
were
already
tea-
ching
indoor climbing.
get hurt.
The people who
certify
instructors
...
At
think
present,
attempts
they’re ... El Capitan
get instructors
so next step
certified,
the
got
of
action
be to
Raj Pal,
right
_
are
being made to
— those are the guys
120
about
Ontario
CGAO
a
is
Gym
Climbing
^ manager of Guelph Grotto
start a course, now, but some paisaid. people still indoor climbing gym “Insurance is don’t have starting to memberships. They come in on look towards the CGAO as a a regular basis on day passes. sort of government body. Right Almost all of them have now, insurance companies in come here for the first time. Ontario will only deal with We’re the only one in Guelph,” CGAO-recognized gyms,” he .
,
,
-
he said. Only about one-qumter of the he
said. “It
gym are women,
should be a
lot
more,
women seem to do a lot
because
said.
There are only, 10 gyms in Ontario that are recognized by the
CGAO,
Grotto
including Guelph
Indoor
Climbing
with 38 tees and an indoor putting green. The indoor batting cages
better,”
Gym.
and hardball pitches. Both are open year round.
competitions in rock climbing,
’ITie gym offers introductory courses for $35, which includes gear rental, a day pass and
offer softball
All-day passes are available or individual tickets for rides and
wind down with a round of minigolf or meal in Moose a
only.
that die.”
climbers at the
largest indoor golf driving ranges
track.
Bumper cars, bumper boats and a
Banks
been set up for a cook-your-ownmeal menu where patrons can grill their own hamburgers, hot dogs, steaks or pork chops. He said $1 from the sale of each item will be donated to a new fire education centre being built by the Kitchener
so instruction for given by appointment
the
majority of the
banked oval
across rope bridges, slide
since
Pal
There’s also stock car racing on a
turtle
the
gym
Manager Raj
aquatics supervisor for Guelph recreation
is
relatively safe sport. The
haskeno^n
(top),
Indoor
said,
lessons
in
Guelph, climbing
Sarah Ledwidge
Grotto
'It
streets
and parks receives a plate of ping pong balls from Neil Duruc, aquatic programmer for the City of Guelph during a teamwork exercice at Higher Ground climbing centre. The goggles simulate snow blindness (Photo by Tony Kobilnyk)
you.
for
he
it.
Victoria
length.
Young children are also welcome in the waterpark, where the turtle wading pool lets them climb
an
Gym is where you can
Located York
Wild times can also be had in the which has five-flume waterslides and an enormous wave pool which sends metre-high waves roaring down its 1.8-hectare waterpark
do
to
thing
Guelph
Climbing
everything climbs to team-building exercises
hoops beset with obstacles challenge players’ skills as they work their way around a wacky course
the
just
Higher Ground offers from introductory
and outdoor climbing trips to Elora or Kelso and Rattlesnake Point in Milton. Off-the-Boards basketball game
want
you
If
climb. Pal said. There are no instructors on call at the gym,
outdoor activity on a rainy day, but you don’t want to get wet, an indoor climbing gym might be
routes in the country.
Marks
L.A. Livingston
attractions can be purchased.
The
outdoor attractions are open until Labor Day. After that, only Moose Winooski’s, the driving range, batting cages, rock climbing centre and the arcade are open.
he said. “It’s gaining slowly.” There are no co-ed
he
said.
Pal said his advice to a firsttime dlimber would be to take lessons. “It’s
Day passes to the gym are $1 2 and the student rate instruction.
is
a relatively safe
majority of the time
sport. it’s
novices or extremists hurt. The peo-
The
either
who
get
$10.75. Private lessons are
$18 an hour. Courses on climbing technique are offered, as well as seminars
with
profes-
sional
of heights is kind of
dleyYe°
~
Capitan
climbers
and
thing. The
a psychological
massage he The gym
therapists,
guys
that die.”
Pal
said
some
begin-
realistic fear is falling
and
is
hitting
the ground.”
outdoor climbing yet.
Raj Pal,
have to^over-,
some
fears.
heights
manager of Guelph Grotto .... ,
,
“Fear is
Dasketball
game
at the park.
(Photo by Tony Kobilnyk)
but
instruc-
tors are certi-
deal
is
precaution against injury. Pal
area for beginning climbers. Pal
must take a lessome-
son, unless they are with
demonstrates Off the Boards, a new
said,
currently in the works to partner
for the first time
of SportsWorld,
dieir
A
kind
Some people are unable to lower themselves back down because of their fear. When that happens, an instructor will climb up beside and talk the climber down, he said. Those trying indoor climbing
manager
Pal
of a psychological thing. The realistic fear is failing and hitting the ground,” he said. The wall is 10.8 metres high, but the gym has 25 centimetres of padding on the floor, as a said.
Brian Banks, assistant general
chmbmg gym
indoor
of
not insured
for
ning climbers
come
said.
.
one who already knows how
to
with
Rockwood Conservation
Area to use the paik for lessons by the end of the summer, he said.
Rattlesnake Point said.
He
prefers
is
to
a popular
keep his
favorite climbing spots a secret,
he
said.
Pal said the things he likes
about climbing are the travelling and the form of exercise it offers, but the hint of danger is the best part.
“Hanging from your is
a big
thrill,”
he
said.
fingertip.s
.
SPOKE, June 23,
Let the
Are you a fan of science fiction? Are you simply looking for something fun and different to do this summer? Laser Quest may be for
Centre
Wolf said. She added that
in
Kitchener.
Quest,
i
(
I
[ (
;
is
participants
with
Laser
can’t
get
During the summer. Laser Quest be offering a number $2.50 as such specials, of Variation and Tuesdays will
100 different game sce-
Wednesdays. With $2.50 Tuesdays, participants pay the usual $7 for the first game and can play a secgame for third and ond
each player has unlimited lives, to games which are based upon popular movies, such as Star Wars. a I followed a group through
RAPIN’ nMnii'« TO
game.
Laser Quest maze bn June 12.
$2.50 each.
code name. They are then brought by a “marshal,” a Laser Quest employee, into a briefing room and told the objects of the game and
“airlock” where the rules are gone over and students holster up with a
to the
With Variation Wednesdays,
uuw. uuw. is bolstered up ana reaoy lo emer me GO — A groupK of teenagers a (Photo by Bob Puersteti)
first
sign-in with a
how to log-in. From there, players go on
is
restrictions.
which Laser Quest can range from the solo These offer. everyone which in game, in the game is an opponent and
In the game, the players
a
is
you can play the game in ordinary street clothes and there are no hidden costs or age
narios
'
game)
hurt,
a combination of tag and hideand-go-seek.” In an interview. Wolf said there
I
paintball
fun.”
press release, “is a live interactive 21st century laser tag game that is
I
(the
“It
very aggressive war game. This not the same sort, of thing. This
“Laser Quest,” said Sherry Wolf, the facility’s general manager, in a
are a over
appeals to a wider
audience.
Laser Quest is located at the corner of Charles and Water streets in
Value
game
high-tech
you.
King
for all computer screen and score cards were handed out. Comparing Laser Quest to paintball war games. Wolf said the
By Bob Puersten
Downtown
— Page 9
games begin
Laser Quest; high-tech fun
the
1997
laser gun.
Hits on various targets on the holster and gun are tracked on a
computer. In the solo
game
was a
there
maze
The marshal on
which there are many where one player can
in
nooks
game
used are class
ers.
totally safe.
When
There are also areas in which what is going on down below can be monitored.
1
play a variation game, chosen by of one from staff the
duty for the
said the lasers
ambush other unsuspecting play-
which are and are
the
game was
complete, players were able to compare their scores on a
many
different scenarios avail-
able.
lasers,
the 25-minute
after
a $7 solo game, participants can
-
Laser Quest will also be celeend of school the with three days of specials
brating
June 25-27.
Puttin£_ around
Golf Centre as popular as ever
Maue
behind the course’s a break between need success is that people serves the purmini-golf and evening, an in activities pose well. mmi-golt, “People go out for supper, play It makes for a good beer. drink and out go then
Watson
By Andrea Bailey Centre has Since opening in 1992, Maue Golf manager Bob enjoyed a lot of success, said course of that Watson, and children are responsible for much
He said the sport is also popular among who have recently returned from Florida.
,
towards
St.
Jacobs. the course is closed in the winter, AVatson said overall, busi-
Though
ness
is
good product sonable prices,” he said. “Plus the cleanliness and attractiveness of the
“We
offer a
“What we already have
one
We only have
location
definitely
grounds has added to the populariwellty. We try to keep everything
and one
is
enough.”
—
maintained.” Watson said the original idea to .... men, includmg open the course came about while five
Gus Maue, were sitting around the clubhouse said, Foxwood golf course in Baden. The idea, he since. back looked has one no became a reality and locations Though there are other outdoor mini-golf comsignificant real in the area, he said, there are no at
has course building new
been
The land
petitor,
but
I
com-
said think their prices are too expensive,”
is basically
r cu Shot» He also said the local indoor golf course. the profit at Maue in the Dark, doesn’t affect
can put through more in one Dark does in day sometimes than Shot in the one year.” the
least.
open space,
the
location.
^
he said. already have sells itself, is definitely one and location one have only
“What we
“We
enough.”
Watson.
in
for the
with only farm land .surrounding it., Watson said, because the land is so good, he doesn’t know how long
.
“SportsWorld would be
the closest thing to a
onto
course.
features. petitors.
ideal
features
owners will stay at this “With all the industry planned to be going in around here, course will remain here. I don’t know if the margin Even though it could be good for our profit utilized.” better be could as well, I think the land be hapFor now, however, Watson said he couldn’t the success, pier with the profits. Because of any more he said, it’s not necessary to add
Bob Watson, Maue Golf Centre I
people
“So “Mini-golf is very big there,” he said. the always come back with a key interest in game.” Watson said the location of the
booming. at rea-
.
visitors
-
sells itself.
reason
evening.”
Watson.
“Young kids love playing mini-golf,” said business is “They drag their parents out to play, so as the kids always good and will remain good as long keep coming out.” King The outdoor, 18-hole course is located on in Waterloo,
the
.
success*
Street
said
“I
Maue Golf Centre is open Monday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. for Admission is $4.45 for adults and $3.15 children and seniors. The course’s telephone
Jason ..
number
is
(519) 746-4653.
Schill of
«
Kitchener lines up a putt at
Maue
Golf Centre on
fPhntn hv Andrea Bailevl
Page 10
— SPOKE, May
K-W Summer
fa pleny
26, 1997
area well served by racquet clubs
here and the thought of fun and fitness comes to mind. But where to go if your inclination runs to racket sports, fitness trainis
you live in the Kitchener-Waterloo area, there should be no problem finding a club that can cater to your needs. The K-W area racket clubs all provide memberships for those only ing, or both? If
summer months. The clubs all have adesome offer more than others. Which you choose depends on what you are looking for; more isn’t necessarily interested in joining for the
quate to good facilities and
always the best. Three clubs you might want to check out this summer for outdoor fun and games are the Waterloo Tennis Club, Northfield Racquet Club in Waterloo, and Courtside Doon Racquet Club in Kitchener.
Photos and story by Pat Craton
Northfield Racquet Club not your game but squash is, look no further than Northfield Raquet Club. Located at 155 Northfield Dr., this club offers squash, tennis and fitness programs and equipment. There are also whirlpools and a sauna. There are nursery facilities which If tennis is
make lies
the club attractive to fami-
with young children.
The club has grams
instructional pro-
for all levels of tennis
and
indoor tennis courts and four outdoor hard courts. The use of indoor courts
is
the distinct advan-
tage Northfield has over the Waterloo Tennis Club where tennis is concerned. There is never a need to cancel a game if the weather turns foul.
While there
is
no charge
for use
Courtside Doon
(right), a member of the Waterloo Tennis Club, and Juan Roman, enjoy the view from the club’s balcony.
Zeno Faur
Waterloo Tennis Club wishing to play tennis only, the Waterloo Tennis Club is located in Waterloo Park. The setting is the most picturesque of all I or those
the clubs in the region. Established in 1915, the
club
is
one of the old-
and has a charm that comes from its long history. Marten Johnston, the club’s tennis development coordinator, said a good player will go where there is good tennis, but the average player will be looking for atmosphere and sociability. The Waterloo Tennis Club will appeal to this type of player. “The ambience, the
est
setting,
makes
it
a nice
summer
place for tennis,” Johnston said.
New members,
Johnston said, are asked to attend a round-robin on Friday evenings to assess their standard of play. They are then introduced to groups with similar standards. Every evening of the week there is group round-robin play so there one.
is
a place for every-
Summer membership
runs
May
from
to Sept. 30.
1
his
There
is
unlimited use of courts and no
Summer members have
court fees. all
the privileges of full
The
members.
include lockers,
facilities
change rooms, showers, a sauna and a Jacuzzi. There are licensed refreshments.
offering
facilities
Jennifer Wesseling, a second-year
accounting student at Conestoga, is one of club’s employees. There are 12 tennis courts, six green clay and six medium-fast hard courts, with lights for night
There are planned social
play.
events as well as tournaments.
The pro
is
Mike
Ratcliff.
won
junior, Ratcliff
As
a
the British
and doubles championships in 1963 and 1964. He is an accomplished and experienced singles
He
tennis coach.
also
Atlantic
Open
Championship
in 1980.
The ship
cost of a
is
For a grams,
won
the
Squash
$199 which includes taxes. list of adult and junior procall (519)
five-minute
is
New
only a
from
drive
Conestoga’s Doon campus. Courtside offers much the same as Northfield: squash, tennis,
ness
and
aerobics
fit-
facilities,
saunas, a whirlpool and baby-sitting services.
Both clubs have 52-
inch-wide televisions. The club offers the usual range of services such as lockers, show-
The
cost of a
summer member-
ship at Northfield for an adult
is
$149 and $249 for a family. Membership is valid from May 1
director of tennis is Harry
a level-three teaching professional with over years of experience. 25 is
According
to an information Greenan’s programs have produced world, national and provincially ranked players. Included in that group is leaflet,
who
Greenan’s son, Mark, the teaching
staff.
He
is
on
has been
to
Aug. 31.
Ed
Andrulis
A
Northfield.
head pro
is
at
level-two coach,
he has represented Canada twice in the over-35 age group team championships in Scotland and Spain.
To arrange
for a club tour call
(519) 884-7020.
John Greenan, Harry’s brother, head pro. He has over 23 years teaching experience; he represented Canada at the World Father and Son Championships with his son, Danyl, from 1988 to is
1995.
Gaiy Schneider, -a former top 40 nationally ranked player rounds out, the excellent
Courtside
Doon
coaching staff. has a range of
ranked as high as 15th in the
summer
national rankings.
894-6241 for more information.
Call
activities.
(519)
and a restaurant. There is also a pool table and a dartboard. Like Northfield, Courtside has permanent indoor courts as well as six outdoor courts, three of ers,
which are Har-Tru. Har-Tm is favored by many because it is a ‘soft’ court and less jarring to the joints. Indoor fee for tennis is $12 an hour. In addition, this club has a pool
and a mini-basketball court. There js a large patio which overlooks the pool and tennis courts. Summer memberships are available for
summer member-
Rd., Kitchener,
.
Greenan who
This club located at 401
Dundee
Racquet Club
of the outdoor courts, there is a charge of $ 1 2 an hour for indoor courts. This only applies from June 1 6 to Aug. 3 1 A squash court costs $10 for a 40-minute period.
The
Racquet Club
guest,
Northfield
squash. There are six permanent
all
age categories: adult,
$130; couple, $200; family, $250; junior, $75. Membership is valid from June 1 to Oct. 1
885-3920.
Dawn-Glo Village a family oriented playground By Colleen Cassidy
and then, trail
“I think
cowboy
in
everybody has a
little
them,” said Bill Easton,
co-owner of Dawn-Glo Village. Easton has been a partner in the riding stables on Pioneer Tower Road for 23 years. He was bom on a dairy farm and worked as a dairy farmer for 35 years before buying the horse farm, he said.
He
spent a lot of time around
horse shows while growing up but
he had no intention of owning a horse farm, said Easton. But he once took a horse as payment for a debt and soon he owned a farm with 100 horses. In 1974, Easton and his wife and business partner Sheila purchased the original Samuel Betzner homestead, on Pioneer Tower Road and turned it into a horse farm, he said. Originally only horse shows, equestrian events and roping contests were held at the farm, Easton said. They started boarding horses.
1992, Easton said,
in
riding
Easton said they try to keep the low so they are affordable for
was added.
rates
The rides follow the trails that wind through the bushes overlooking the part of the Grand River
horses
called Little Paradise, Easton said.
pulling sleighs and hay wagons).
He
said
trail
families.
Dawn-Glo
As
leaders will take as
few as two people, up to a maximum of 1 3, on a ri Je. Even experienced riders are not permitted to
were not permitted
leader. But,
and
lack
enforce that law, the regulations have changed.
However, insurance companies will
not permit patrons to ride
(for
Dawn-Glo
site.
The
inn
is
the
when
the
home was
built,
said
There’s also a children’s playground, a chuckwagon snack bar, a petting farm and bird aviary and
Steve Close, co-owner of Dawn-Glo Village leads Shadow, a nine-year-old Appaloosa cross, after a long day at work. (Photo by Colleen Cassidy)
four years ago, after meeting the
Eastons and liking what
Dawn-
“the leaders don’t get
much
rest.
campgrounds. Groups can book hay rides in summer and sleigh rides in winter.
Dawn-Glo Village,
located at 437
Pioneer Tower Rd., off Highway 8, is open every day from dawn until
Close said the rides are an hour
dusk. Trail rides and sleigh rides
all
half-hour breaks in between, to give the leaders and horses a rest,
long and cost $15 per rider. He said there are some places near Toronto that charge $15 to $20 for
can be booked every day except Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, weather permitting.
entered the business
said Close. “Although,” he said.
a half-hour ride.
It’s
the horses if there
some
is
better for control,
said Steve Close, the third partner in the business.
Close has been around horses
He
trail
There’s always something to do around here.”
alone, Easton said.
his life.
18
.Sheila Easton.
to
because of cutof money to
well as trail-rides,
inn on the
patrons ride without an experi-
enced backs
owns
Belgians
Joseph Sherk homestead, restored to the early 19th century period,
He said until 1996, government regulations said businesses that let
two
Village offers a bed and breakfast
ride alone, Easton said.
rent horses
Village
and
Glo offered. The first ride starts at 1 1 a.m. and the last one is at 6:30 p.m., with
Admission and parking are
free.
0
SPOKE, May
fish
the develrently prices are higher in order to sustain
opment of the grounds. pickrel “Later on this season we will be introducing lake,” Robinson to our 9-hectare large mouth bass
that Cambridge Fish Farms, a sport fishing preserve
between opened just this past March on Highway 24 a place lovers fish offers Brantford, Cambridge and to where they can land their dinner without having lake. search out the sweet spot on a The 52-hectare preserve is owned and operated by Robinson. father-and-son team, Keith and Craig
said.
That introduction, he
started their venture after spending
years raising race horses but can’t see any correlation between the swing in endeavors. got “I really don’t know why we
“If
______
boat that was
two
partners.
fishing
in
a
catch,”
like
will
Ontario.”
on fish farms: pay a small fee of $2 admittance, keep what you catch and pay by the
of the
they
that
would
rather people didn’t use their own canoes for fear of contaminating their ponds.
in a boat that something like
someone brings
“If
Cambridge Fish Farms
was
in water with
zebra mussels and they are carried will have big problems, he said. Whether you want to catch your dinner yourself or frotn the tank, just pick a tasty looking specimen right Cambridge Fish Farms offers a good selection of fish from. Besides bass and trout, arctic char into our water,
to
the
$2.50 per pound,” he
thrill
the shore.
Robinson said
Keith Robinson, owner
_
rates I
said.
game fish along
we
have big problems.”
pound on your way out. The Robinsons will clean your rainbow trout, be catch for you but for a fish such as prepared to pay $3.90 per pound. first Mike Penczak, 22, who was at the farm for his of good size but were fish the said Saturday, on time more expenrates charged for each pound were
“The most expensive
main-
$5
Policies are simple
sive than other farms he had been
to
catch, though, can rent a canoe for per hour and search out the
mussels and they are carried into our water
he
Enthusiasts for the
zebra
in
facility
work well
Robinson said the bass are not yet big enough to be kept. “In a couple months customers will be able to keep what bass they
water
in
with something
Despite any preconceived notions, or lack thereof, the Robinsons would like to have “the biggest and sport
brings
said Keith Robinson,
senior of the
best
someone
said, will
species comtain the bass population because those other. each against pete for a For now, customers are welcome to pay $12 pond. bass the in release and half-day of catch
many
into this,”
— Page 11
farm offers fresh dinner catch
By Hunter Malcolm
The Robinsons
1997
the catch
Thrill of Sporty
26,
we
choose be available from the tanks for purchase as of
will
to.
June 20.
had seen before were
Cambridge Fish Farms is open seven days a week from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m., but on Mondays it does not open until noon.
said.
enable These costs, Robinson said, will hopefully curbut facility premier the operation to become a
wsh Farms witn Mike Penczak enjoys an afternoon at Cambridge Hunter Malcolm) (Ph^W fishing. a little fly
14
Cyclists enjoy region
Kitchener-Waterloo By
Ellen
Guide which contains maps and
Douglas
trail
Winston can
feel his thighs burn-
descriptions.
However, the book does not
long way from but he presses Elora Kitchener to on. He maneuvers his bike around a large rock, jutting up in the mid-
show that the
dle of the
trails.
ing;
a
it’s
trail.
cuts through a stream and
He
down a
He suggests exploring to find the really good
work, said Endall.
For example, Endall said Homer and the Hidden
Valley Trail are connected, but this not shown in the book. is
‘Toronto has about two
He
said this particular area has trails,
with lots
for biking,
mainly single-track
has about
of rocks. He suggested riding with care on
where K-W
good areas and a
1
lot of
sections of the trail that take you along the top of the valley because if
parks.”
little
larger net-
Watson Park
sharp incline.
areas
separate sets of trails
connect to form a much
Winston Endall, co-owner of
The Cyclepath, Cambridge
you lose control, you may go
over the edge. This area has
many
cyclist,”
he said
in a recent inter-
view. “Toronto has about two
good
K-W
has areas for biking, where about 10 good areas and a lot of little
parks.”
a co-owner of Cambridge. He attended Conestoga’s print journalism program at one time. According to Endall, what makes Kitchener-Waterloo unique is that
Winston Endall
The Cyclepath
many
aren’t
there
between “There
cyclists is
is
in
and hikers.
a lot available here for
recreational riders.
ing
Chris Pollet, a mechanic
and employee
at
The ^ydepath
through a stream Cambridge, splashes his mountain bike 1 4. June on Cambridge’s Dunbar Agreement Forest
new
there in
fPhoto bv Ellen Douglas)
is
conflicts
trails
They
all
are build-
the time and
a large network of paved
city paths,”
he
said.
Endall recommends the Waterloo Reeion Lung Association Trail
gem
Albert Street and Westmount Road in Waterloo, has the Sounds of Summer Festival, a couple of little
—
and an i^^ream vendor much «V]^thing you need you don’t wapt for a fun day
trails
“Pretty
work too hailii? said Endall. Sudden Trac'lJf^reational trail is Highway 24 located off
to
M
between Canli^|dge and Paris. hard as you want “It’s as easy of it
to be,” said Eadall.
The main trf^ are scenic, he sai^^The have
all
the elements that make rain ruts, tun
“It’S
and drop-offs.
a hidden gem.”
a,
Winston Endall,
really
more on the
on the
is
big obstacles, such as rocks, trees, drop-offs and stairs.
Agreement Forest
Little Tract
34, outside of Cambridge. a hidden gem,” said Endall.
Road
sonably experienced. Steckle Park is located at the cor-
don’t find the
ner of Bleams Road and Homer
metres
said
it’s
fast but there are
fun because it’s not a lot of obstacles. “Novices will not be over their said.
Guide describes Stanley Park, on River Road in Kitchener, as moderate and generally flat. “It’s good for leisurely rides with mom, pop and the
The
Trail
kids,” said Endall.
Centennial Park, located between
is
located off Waterloo Wellington
There are some knee-deep river crossings, he said, but there are no unrideable sections if you are’ rea-
Watson Boulevard. Endall
Little Tract
Agreement Forest
side trails. He said you will find very fast sections and areas with
head here,” he
—
off-road riding stairs
short but side trails
different trail
types, he said. There is easy loop trail, but there
difficult, technical riding
“Overall, the Kitchener-Waterloo area is a great place to be a
a
trails
^
“It’s
“Most people who The main
ride through
it
pod trails.”
trail is
long
about eight kiloEndall said
but
probably are there kilometres of twisty, tumy, offroad fun. The Cyclepath offers a
in Cambridge weekly off-road ride for
people of invited to
all abilities.
meet
People are 505
at the store (at
Hespeler Rd.) at 5 p.m. on Wednesdays. For more information on the Guide, call the Lung Trail Association at (519) 886-8100.
—
Page 12
— SPOKE, May
tM Imt wm4
26, 1997
-
*
Many approve women going
topless
By Sarah Smith Women should be allowed to go topless in public, according to a slight majority of
Conestoga
dents and employees
who
stu-
partici-
pated in a random survey at Doon campus on June 1 1 and 12.
Of
the 15 people questioned, 10
said
women should be permitted to
publicly bare their breasts, while said they did not consider
five
such an appearance acceptable. “If a guy gets warm and wants to take off his shirt, he does it. Why
woman?”
can’t a
said Jesse Prior,
a student taking electronics engineering in the fall.
Kelly Park, a 1997 graduate of general business, said she agreed. “I wouldn’t personally do it, but I guess that’s their choice, so they should be allowed to do it.”
In December, the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned the conviction of Gwen Jacobs, who was charged with indecency after walking without a top through the streets of Guelph in July of 1991.
Brian Watters '
Henry Hilmer
With the arrival of summer and warmer temperatures, toplessness
cially the little kids,” said Janet
become an issue of debate as some women have chosen to exer-
up
cise their rights.
they start noticing things like that.”
has
“Why not?” said Victoria Long,
a
first-term journalism student.
“I’m fine with people walking around naked.”
Some said
it
•
of those
who
disagreed
was not appropriate
dren to see
women
for chil-
appearing top-
less in public.
“I don’t think
it
sets very
good
morals for the young people, espeSmith, campus security. “You get to around 10 (years of age) and
Mike James, a in robotics
third-year student
and automation, said he
agreed. “There’s a certain place for it, I guess. I don’t think little kids should see
it.”
Mohamad
Liban, a second-year student in business accounting, said he did not think women should go topless because of the
Student opinion
and cultural effect on others. not good for women and for other people just watching them,” he said. “I believe maybe the crime will increase too, especially social
“I think areas should be able to
have dress codes, like fine-dining and golf courses,” said Brian Walters, building mainterestaurants
sexual.”
More
nance, recently,
certain
A
situation.
“It’s
who
same rules women.
said the
should apply to
cities,
men
as to
such as Cambridge and Guelph, have adopted rules to discourage
you can avoid
women swimming topless at citypools. Many of those
Corso, a first-year general business student. “I can see making
“Definitely designated areas so
owned
polled on
campus
men wear
said they agreed
that designated areas for topless
women
would
improve
said
it,”
Dave
tops just wouldn’t
go
why they allow women to go topless.’ over well, so that’s
the
few of the respondents who disagreed said age was what influenced their opinion. “I’m 55,” said Henry Hilmer, security. “I wouldn’t want to see a daughter of mine walking around baring her chest.”
“I’m kind of old and set in my ways,” said Karen Hamilton, who is
taking an assessment course. “I
just don’t like the look of
it.”
Smith also said she did not think it was right. “I’m from the oldfashioned school
— cover
up.”
over buying lunch
split By
Scott Nicholson
L.
First-year nursing student,
Anneta Gentles
said she finds the cafeteria food to be gener-
Many Conestoga question everyday,
do
buy
I
students face the
“Do
I
bring
same
my lunch or
my lunch?”
In an informal survey conducted
on cam-
pus Friday, June 6 during the lunch period, it was revealed that the great debate as to whether or not to bring one’s lunch or to buy it still
rages on.
Students were asked what they did for
who
12 people
the
were questioned, bought their lunch
___
and
one
week and why
at the
said is at
school, she buys her lunch each day. Francis cited convenience as being the
main reason sho makos her daily pur-
,
Only 63t Harvcy S
five
college, SIX brought their
lunch
Andrea Francis, a nursing graduate, days a week she
that out of the four
lunch over a typical five-day they chose that option.
Of
ally over-priced. “What they have here is mostly junk food,” she said. Other students on the opposite side of the debate suggested that laziness and convenience were factors for them in deciding to buy their lunch.
person
Saverio Cinelli, a third-
year robotics automation student said although he
qq ppapy ^|ays a week.” ' Marcy Muir,
alternated between buy-
chase.
lives close to the school,
he usually buys some-
—
continuing education student thing small to eat at the cafeteria because he doesto bring their lunch, they cited dietary conn’t have time to make his lunch. cerns and financial constraints for reasons Chris Hart, a second-year NC technician ing and bringing.
For those
why
who
decided
they brown-bag
Marcy Muir,
it.
a nursing graduate taking
continuing education courses said that
was much more affordable
Lindsay
Coombes
Marcy Muir
Andrea Francis
it
for her to bring
her lunch.
“You can only
eat Harvey’s so
many days
a week,” she said.
Cahai Kent, a second-year numerical con(NC) technician student said he brings his lunch all the time, apart from maybe once a month when he may purchase a trol
meal. “It gets
too expensive,” he said. “That’s
why I buy “Most of
the time
NC
Cahai Kent
Chris Hart
Paul Bolduc
get
up
When
late that
asked
said, “I like to
I
bring
my
lunch,” said
technician student Frank
Luri. “It’s better for I
student said that out of five days, he usually buys lunch four days and brings his lunch one day. Hart said he couldn’t be bothered spending the time to make his lunch. The luxury of having a cafeteria makes it much easier to buy he said. Third-year broadcasting student, Lindsay Coombes said she prefers to buy her lunch. “I’m too lazy to make lunch, so I just buy it instead,” she said.
One student in the survey said that the number of times he buys lunch or brings lunch varies on a ratio of three-to-two.
it.”
second-year
—
—
—
I
my diet. It’s only when my lunch,” he said.
buy
why he brings his lunch know what I’m eating.”
Luri
Second-year NC technician student Paul Bolduc said, “It depends on the money situation and how much time I have in the morning, as to whether or not I bring
my
lunch.”