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The Citizen, 2004-11-25, Page 16Stick With the Classifieds. If you're shopping for something special, keep looking in the Classifieds. Every week, you'll find a great selection of listings for everything from apartments for rent to things to buy and see. The Citizen This year give a gift that will last all year long 1 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION TO TALK TO YOUR PHARMACIST ... about medication safety — Every drug Jits a purpose. Every drug has a side effect. How do you know what's right for you? Talk to your pharmacist. Pharmacists are the drug experts. When used properly, drugs are safe, cost effective therapy. Make sure you're getting it right. The Canadian Pharmacists Associa-tion reminds you that your pharmacist is there for you, ready to help, anytime. — News Canada THE CITIZEN FOR ONLY $3 O.00 Send a one year subscription for The Citizen to: Name Address City Prov. 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To get into the co-operative education program you have to be a good student. Once you are in the program you have to be helpful to your placement, you have to be on time and ready to work when you get there, you also have to be a very responsible student to get all the work done in time. I enjoy my co-op and I encourage everyone to try it once. By Catrina Josling I am a Grade 12 student at F.E. Madill Secondary School. I am the daughter of Sandra Josling of Brussels and Ken Josling of Londesborough. I am presently enrolled in the two-credit co-op program. My co-op placement this semester is at Huronlea of Brussels. This is a home for the aged. The field of placement at Huronlea is in activation. Here I have many daily duties which include one-on-one visiting with the residents, taking residents for walks, changing dates on main board and on calendars, playing board or card games, folding laundry, dispensing coffee, helping residents to and from the lunch room and helping with therapy and personal hygiene. I have three main supervisors Steve Cook, Pauline Mero (activation) and Ann Brabender (activity programmer). I chose to do this co-op because I enjoy being around people and every day is different. I find that the residents are a vast source of knowledge and are great to be around. I have always enjoyed helping people and with my naturally clear voice and singing voice residents generally have no problem hearing me. I was considering a future career in this field of work and feel the experience has been a positive one. The co-op program lets you get hands-on experience and the opportunity to speak with those already in the work force. By Jacob Dettweiler Have you ever driven by a construction site and wondered how houses are built? I have the opportunity to learn. Every day for three hours I go to work at Howick Homes for my co- op placement. Howick Homes is located in Wroxeter. At work I learn how to build a • house from the ground up. I get a lot of valuable work experience and I have a lot of fun. I enjoy my job very much and I look forward to continuing in this line of work. By Sarah Richey Needles, drills, pliers. scalers and a dentist. I am a Grade 12 co-op student at Dr. W. B. Spink's office in Brussels. Most people seem to dread the dentist. Relax, it's not that bad walking into a room filll of friendly faces and gifts when you're finished. Dr. Spink and his assistants Claudia. Annette and Judy are there to make you feel calm and soothed. Once you're finished you have a choice of a sticker or a toy. If you are lucky enough to visit with the hygienist, Rachel, you are greeted with more smiles and friendly conversations. You get to walk away feeling refreshed and renewed with your bright, clean smile. Everyone at Dr. Spink's office is supportive and caring of each individual. I am very fortunate to have a place like this to teach me the basis of my future skills. My experience here has helped me to decide on my career as a dental hygienist, a very rewarding career filled with pleased patients and smiles to shine in the spotlight. By CoUrtney Bakker My day could start by just talking to people about what they did on the night before or what they are going to do on the weekend. I am a Grade 12 student at F.E. Madill Secondary School in Wingham. As part of my timetable this year I am taking co-op which earns me two credits toward my high school diploma. My placement is at Wingham and District Community Living. Some of the things that I do are design and set uR crafts, decorate the rooms for the holidays, help write letters home, and help out at music days. On Thursdays .we go to the complex, help clean the kitchen and help set up for events on the weekend. I help out my co-workers on things that they need help with. For example I help out if they need something typed up, or if they need an extra hand helping people getting started on crafts, or get people a coffee. Co-op is an experience I will never forget. I strongly recommend that everyone in high school should take co-op. By Tyler Jutzi I am a Grade 12 student at F.E. Madill Secondary School in Wingham and chose to do my placement as a co-op student at Wescast Industries Inc., at the original casting plant, in the accounts payable (A/P) department. My supervisor is Joan Livingston and my co-workers include Kathy Sk inn. Alecia Lantz and Liz Weishar. On a typical day at the office, I will collect the daily invoices and sales reports from the canteen and take them upstairs to my desk. I will enter the canteen data into spreadsheet reports in Microsoft Excel. Next. I match the daily invoices with previously -received packing slips, verify pricing and code them to the correct general ledger accounts. After this I will post the invoices on the computer so they can be processed for payment on the weekly cheque run released by the individual plant A/P, or the monthly cheque run released by Corporate A/P. Sometimes, invoices for services or price variances will have to be put on hold and go out to various Wescast employees for approval. The final daily task is filing all of the invoices that weren't put on hold and invoices that had been set out for approval. Some days, when I finish my daily tasks earlier than expected, I will go over to the human resources department and help Liz with various tasks, such as filing training records or organizing binders. Co-oping at Wescast has been an excellent experience for me so far and I hope it continues to be throughout the rest of the semester. By Dennis Procter So you're looking at your car sitting in your driveway and thinking, I should change the oil. Or maybe you're thinking of some accessories for your car. I co-op at G & M Auto parts in Brussels where I deliver parts to some local shops and stock shelves. We can help you the customer, with anything from tools to engine parts, paint, oil, oil filters, cutting to length hydraulic hose. I work with Bill, Gary, Phil and Kim.