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Attend Fanshawe College
Precio us Blood girls exploring tec h no o
St. Thomas campus.
Colleen Everts, manager of equi-
ty in education and employment at
the college received 230 applicants
this year for only 64 spots, most of
which were filled with London area
girls, but hopes to see that number
nse with expansion to other areas
outside of the city of London.
"It really helps the girls build
some self esteem," said Evetts of
the program. "We're starting to see
a lot of demand for the program
which hopefully will make it possi-
ble to spread to other centres."
For Sara Revington of Wood-
ham, it was a new experience. At
age 11, she is preparing to enter
grade six and was glad to have the
opportunity.
"It was a lot of fun," said Reving-
ton. "Especially building the go-
kart."
The girls were divided into teams
By Ray Lewis
TA -staff
LONDON - With the job market
in Canada ever decreasing, the
quest of landing employment in a
chosen field is becoming more and
more difficult. For women, this
task can be even harder. But for
Sara Revington and Brianne Czy-
pyha, students of Precious Blood
separate school, they are already
thinking ahead and getting a good
jump on some of their counterparts.
And they're having a lot of fun
while they're at it.
The two girls spent last week en-
rolled in the Girls Exploring Tech-
nology Program (GET) at Fan-
shawe College in London, for girls
grade six to eight. It is the fourth
year for the program which operat-
ed for three one-week sessions at
main campus this season and an-
other week as a piloting project at
of two to work at the week's major course managed to design six go- where the girls used five different
proleet, the construction of a go- karts in the three-hour time span milling machines to mill name
kart. Each group took pan in nu- while another had time left to de- plates.
merous technical studies which velop a floor -plan for her unfin- "The machine shop technicians
were then be used to build their ished basement bedroom. were a little worried at first, but
own car. At the end of the week, a "These girls are ready for that," now they think it's great," said
race was then held to determine noted Everts. "It's really wonder- Everts. "By far the biggest chal-
which kart was the best ful. lenge was getting workboots for all
The week began with lessons on the girls."
safety awareness before the girls Before any construction could be- For 12 -year-old Czypyha of Exet-
made the shift to work on the auto gin, the girls and their partners then er, it was her second time in the
CAD (Computer Aided Design) had to offer some compromise be- program and one she thoroughly
system to begin computerized draft- twecn their drawings to accommo- enjoyed. Her mother, who works at
ing. The girls had three hours to date one another. Fanshawe, told her about the pro -
design their karts, but despite the The rest of the week contained jest and she decided to give it a try.
fact that most had never touched lessons on motor power, which ena- She had enough fun last year, that
the equipment before, the results bled the girls to simulate driving a it warranted her return.
were startling according to Evetts. car, and many other activities such Czypyha said she like being a
as relay races' and role model year older this time, because last
"Many would think that it's quite games. All took place in addition year she was the youngest in the
an early age to start this," said to the major project of go-kart group.
Evetts. "But you should sec what building. "And I liked it better this year be -
some of these kids can do." New to the program this year was cause last year we did welding in-
Evetts said that one girl in the the inclusion of machine shop, stead of machining," said Czypyha.
"I didn't like welding because the
goggles made it too hard to sec
what you were doing and I was too
afraid I would burn myself."
She added, "I think everyone
liked milling the best because the
nameplates came out great."
But by far her favourite part was
simply working on the go-karts
with the power tools.
According to Everts, she has
fielded many questions on why the
program is limited to girls.
"I have done things in the past
and as soon as boys show up, the
girls tend to back off and let the
guys lake over," said Evetts. "It's
designed to help self esteem."
She said that in having girls for a
whole week, the confidence level
really builds and it becomes quite
competitive. The classes go be-
yond the technical end and tell the
students to keep their maths and
sciences, so their opportunities for
the future aren't closed off, some-
thing Everts maintains is a problem.
"Later on girls arc having to do
too much upgrading to get into var-
ious fields," said Evens. "Times
have changed, and women can now
expect to be working 35-40 years
of their life."
Asked about their own careers,
Revington and Czypyha comment-
ed the course was a lot of fun. As
for making a career choice, say
they'll take they're time.
"We haven't really decided yet."
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Bdanne Czypyha (left) and Sara Revington put the finishing noon at Fanshawe College in London.
touches on their go-kart prior to its painting Thursday after -
Garbage surcharge upsets businessmen
GRAND BEND - Some business
people of Grand Bend were sur-
prised by the garbage surtax they
were charged on their final tax bills
this year and are requesting that
council reassess their property to
reduce their charge.
At the council meeting held on
Monday night, a letter by business-
man Vaino Einola was presented
stating that Einola, while being
classified under a bylaw as an "ex-
tra large business" does not consid-
er himself one.
A business of his size is said to
require four garbage pick ups per
week and is charged $500 while he
says he generates "a bag of house-
hold garbage and a few cardboard
boxes," per week.
Businesswoman Shirley Andras
was present at Monday evenings
meeting with a similar complaint_
"I only get one garbage pick up
(per week). We never have gotten
three pick ups a week," she pointed
out even though her establishment
is being considered a large busi-
ness.
Both residents wish to have their
establishments considered as small
businesses to have their surcharges
reduced to 580 for the year.
Phil Maguire, council's liaison
for their waste management com-
mittee, felt that from a budget
standpoint it is doubtful that the
businesspeople will see a change
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