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Opinion
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escri • "e€ as a 'sinal : (Own azy persons corpo-
ate challenge," last week's 24-hour Cash for Splash
sitels-a-thon was ;a triumphant success on many lev-
.
Most obviously, the close to $15,000 raised for
Lions Pool is phenomenal for what appeared to be a
handful of people loitering on Main Street
overnight.
And, instead of being a long, boring ordeal or feat
of sleepless endurance, most participants reported
that an enjoyable time was had by all, talking,
laughing, playing cards and socializing "with those
drawn to the downtown core by the activity.
Similar to the old days before television when res-
idents of a small town would sit on their front
porches talking or go for long walks in the evening,
participants of Cash for Splash got a chance to slow
down and sit, spending time doing absolutely noth-
ing with their neighbours.
It was a rare opportunity in today's crazy, busy
world to put aside the daily grind of doing business
to just sit still for a worthy cause.
And, to add interest for those who wanted more
stimulation, there were water guns and pies in the
face to provide more opportunities to raise money
for the pool since there were fines levied against
those who left their seats during unauthorized
times.
The unusual view of people populating Main
Street during the evening and early hours of the
morning drew interest from passing truckers and
motorists, some of whom stopped to find out what
was going on. Many are reported to have left
impressed with the unique way of raising money for
the . town.
Another victory of Cash for Splash was the uni-
versal opportunity residents of all income and fit-
ness levels had to. participate.
For those whom a $100 donation to the pool was
out of reach, the chance was provided to sit for a
local business or to drop quarters in the jars provid-
ed at each participating establishment.
Every little bit counted and no donation was too
small.
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Column writing 101
more fun than Disney World
As a summer student at
five different community
newspapers over the past
three years, I've written a
lot of columns like this
one. The idea here is to
introduce myself, let you
know I'll be kicking
around Huron County this
summer, and be intelli-
gent or amusing in the
process.
I've become somewhat of an expert on writ-
ing these types of articles, but if you want the
truth, I'm running out of material. So in lieu
of a traditional introductory column, I'm
going to tell you how to write one of your own.
Try it at home. Invite your friends. Make a
party out of it. It's more fun than Disney
World, trust me.
Step 1: Whenever possible, open with a.quota-
tion. Make sure it comes from someone
important—preferably a historical figure of
some repute. This leads people to assume
you're smart and well read, even if you found
your quotation on the Internet somewhere
while you were looking for sports scores.
Step 2: Transition into the meat of the article,
tying the quotation into it in some way. This
makes people think that you're not only
smart and well read, but you actually have
something of your own to say. For example, if
you open with, "The square of the hypotenuse
is equal to the sum of the
squares of the other two
sides,'.' your next sentence
could be, "Wise words from
a guy who knew a lot about
triangles. I don't know
much about triangles, but
my name's Ben and you
might be seeing a lot of me
this summer..."
Step 3: Tell the folks about .yourself. Tell them
where you're from (Hensall, in my case). Tell
them where you go to schoo'i (Brock
University). Tell them what you're interested
in (basketball, books, video games, astro-
physics, etc.) and what you intend to do with
your life (eat a cheeseburger at a McDonald's
on every continent).
Step 4: Go on to tell a self -deprecating story.
about yourself. Like the time in Grade 12
when you were at a conference and went up
to the keynote speaker because you wanted to
shake his hand. So he shakes your hand and
says, "Hi, Ben, good to see you. It's always
great to see guys like you at events like
these."
Then explain; how surprised you were that
he knew your name, because you hadn't intro-
duced yourself. Tell the folks you were con-
fused until you were walking away and
looked down at the thing hanging from your
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by a group of religious
fanatics!
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