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The Citizen, 1996-07-31, Page 29Electronic MICROTECH COMPUTERS CANON - HEWLETT PACKARD 10 KING STREET CLINTON ONTARIO 519-482-3363 AUTHORIZED IPC DEALER The Blyth General Store proud to be a sponsor of the youth page at $0 We have in stock now: • Streamers — school colours • Balloons • Mylar Balloons • Porn Poms 10° To All Float Builders and Parade Participants New Flavoured Cone Dips • Chocolate II Cherry n Orange II Peanut Butter II Peanut Butter Chocolate• Strawberry • Lemon Lime II Blue Raspberry • Bubble Gum MI Strawberry Banana 143 Josephine St.,Wingham (519) 357-2191 Enjoy our Flurrys • Oreo • Skor • Snickers • Crispy Crunch • Reeses Pieces New Gourmet Milkshakes • Mocha • Amaretto • B52 • Cappuccino II Irish Cream • Hazelnut Ice Cream Cakes with your favourite fillings. Plus - Our regular menu items including burgers, hot dogs, finger foods, desserts & beverages. Bring in this ad for your Free Cone Dip THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1996 PAGE 29. For Teens, By Teens OFF THE WALL THIS WEEK'S TOP 10 Engineering By Mark Nonkes Do you like working with computers, think logically, and enjoy math and science? Have you thought about becoming an electrical engineer? In this electronic age prospects for a job as an electrical engineer are better than average. As an electronics engineer, you could work with telecommunications, computers, navigation systems, electronic circuits or avionics. To learn more about what an electrical engineer does I interviewed William Nonkes, formerly of Blyth, now living in Brampton, Ontario. William graduated from the University of Waterloo in 1977 with a five-year Honours Bachelor Degree in Applied Science. The university degree was completed through a co-op program which gave him experience in electrical engineering at several different plants in Ontario. Upon graduating he was hired as an electrical maintenance engineer by Northern Telecom, Brampton, which employs 3,000 people. In this position he was part of a team which looked after designing heating, air conditioning, lighting systems etc., for the plant. In 1993, William was part of a three-person team of engineers who received an International Environ- mental Award for renovating existing lighting to a low-energy required system. William and his wife Alice attended a banquet in Washington where he received this award. Also he has gone to Hong Kong to give instructions on the building of a telecommunications plant in China. In 1994 William obtained his Master's degree in Business Administration and has recently moved to a management position. Currently he is head of Moves and Migration. This involves overseeing a project that is converting factory space into office space. William enjoys the new developments and challenges of day-to-day engineering. He advises anyone who likes computers, and is prepared to get a university degree to think of engineering as a career choice. Call for an appointment 519-523-4581 Proud sponsors of the Youth Page By Erin itoulston The other night I was watching TV and it was the most suspenseful part in my favourite show. I was so tense I was barely breathing and suddenly...Rita MacNeil interrupts singing Great Balls of Fire! What could be more frustrating? I've noticed that advertisements are such a huge part of television these days, for every hour of TV there's approximately 15 minutes of commercials! Of course they have their good points and their bad. They give me a chance to visit the fridge, or the bathroom or check out what's on all the other channels. But then there's those commer- cials that annoy me to death. There is no way people actually talk like some kids in some commercials. And there's those situations like I had a little while ago when I was watching a movie and the commercials ran five-minutes apart. Every single commercial break had that Silken Laumann Olympics watches ad. Every time! It's not that I don't like Silken but I can only take so much. And of course there's those ads for yeast infections and male itch: like I care. There are, of course, some pretty good commercials. I like some of the early Duracel ads with the dancing chickens and one by one their walkmans died out. And Red Green's musical interlude ads just crack me up. And I'm always excited to see the Here's some cool websites you might want to visit next time you're on-line: • To learn about Dana Scully and Fox Mulder's past, present and future adventures on The X-Files, visit www.delphi.com/entrtnmt/x- files • To check out what Disney is up to go to www.disney.com • Download Sony entertainment at www.music.sony.com 23 Victoria St., Clinton Upper Floor (519) 482-1445 next installment of those Labatt ads that feature Jacques and his friend in 1734 discussing the future and its "great Canadian Lager." But about the latest one I have a question: Who the heck is Amanda? I guess I'll have to wait to find out. It will be a while though. I've heard they haven't even begun filming yet! My mother's favourite ad is 'Leon's' Sonny and Chair. (You know: Chair, Cher. It's a play on words. Ha Ha.). Have you ever wondered how it is all these commercials get made? I did. I wanted to know all about what it's like behind the scenes of a television advertisement so I asked around at the Blyth Festival (what better place to find actors?) and this is what I discovered. To get cast in a commercial, an actor must go to an audition, then call-backs, then more call-backs (in other words, a lot of time pasSes). Finally on the day of filming you go to the studio early in the morning, go through costume and makeup and then get ready to film. You spend about eight hours filming 30 seconds of commercial, which tells you just how boring it can be. The upside is, as one actor told me, you can get special privileges. He was filming an ad for the Maple Leafs and was given a pass admitting him to any part of the arena; dressing rooms, etc. And, of course, TV ads pay well. About $1,500 a day. Not bad for a day's work. • Get updates on all the Olympic action in Atlanta at www.atlanta.olympic.org • Or, for your creative side, design a hairstyle for Hillary Clinton at www.hillaryshair.com. • Check out what's on the tube by visiting www.hbo.com or www.baton.com pannapacnon The movement for active, healthy living By Ashley Gropp Movies help make our culture. They define our ideas of beauty, make us laugh and cry. Movies are one of the leading sources of entertainment, especially during the summer when we suddenly have twice the free time. We asked many area teens what their favourite movies are. We received a variety of answers. There were action movies, a sci-fi, dramas and comedies. What was obvious though, is that all movies suggested were recent. 10. Sense & Sensibility 9. The Man on the Moon 8. Braveheart 7. Sudden Death 6. Independence Day 5. 12 Monkeys 4. Dangerous Minds 3. Empire Records 2. Clueless 1. Now & Then Sense and Sensibility, a drama, is about forbidden love, traditions, and two girls growing into women. The Man on the Moon, another drama, is absolutely depressing. Braveheari, starring and directed by Mel Gibson is the story of a man who leads the Scottish to freedom. It's an action movie and those who hate watching gory scenes may find they're only catching half the movie. Sudden Death is an action movie. The new sci-fi hit, Independence Day is about an alien invasion. The big name cast includes Will Smith. In 12 Monkeys Brad Pitt played the insane leader of the "12 Monkeys". The movie flips between two times. Showing a look at inner-city high school students Dangerous Minds is an emotional movie starring Michelle Phieffer as their teacher. Empire Records stars Liv Tyler. Alicia Silverstone stars in Clueless as Cher, a popular rich girl who sets out to makeover the new girl. Now and Then is about four childhood friends. As children they had made a pact to always be there for each other. When they meet as adults they get together and reminisce about childhood memories. Devon Sawa has a role.