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Times Advocate, 1991-11-20, Page 5Ottawa provides new encounters for South Huron students By Ray Lewb EXETER - While many of their classmates are left to the normal rigors of reading, writing and 'nth- metic, a group of students from South Huron District High School have been given the opportunity to participate in a unique learning ex- perience. Five students from South Huron District High School have been given the oppottunity to partic- ipate in Encounters, a week long program which sees the students travelling to Ottawa. Here are, back row: David Morlock (left), Erin Kraftcheck and Scott Finlayson. Front: Ann Marie Mit tleholtz (left) and Molly McClure. Huron County business people attend motivational seminar VANASTRA - Time - there's never enough time. Rosalie Wy- socki betveie—tiliarracValame is not an unavoidable fact of life, but careful time management is the sure route to success. Wysocki is one of Canada's fore- most motivational speakers and she was at the Red Maple Inn in Vanas- tra recently to address more than 95 Huron County business people on time management strategies. Her presentation was sponsored by the Federal Business Development Bank as part of its 10 -part Commu- nity Business Initiative seminar se- ries in Huron County. "You manage your time, you manage your life," she told the Va- nastra audience. From her Mississauga based home, she runs Wysocki and Asso- ciates, a human resource develop- ment company tint dads with many of Canada's top 500 compa- nies, including Bell anar II, Ea- ton's and IBM. Eight years ago she became in- volved in direct sales and lost over $200,000 when a marketing scheme for Time Design Planners, aft imported planner -organizer book, went sour. Wysocki went on to re -market the planners and today they are ranked as the best planner- izer systems in the world. She ked hard to develop and main- tain a positive attitude and now re- flects, "All I lost was money. 1 nev- er lost me, the inner winner." Wysocki planned_ -_h_ __climb to personal achievement and business success one step at a time, one day at a time. Canadians, Wysocki says, are not good time managers. As a result, the country ranks in seventh place out of the top seven nations in pro- ductivity rankings. "Promise much, deliver more. We have to get this philosophy into our economy. Too many people to- day are giving minimum service, but expect the maximum." She does not accept the argument we may not have control over our own time. It's a matter of taking control, setting priorities, working with apoddvo ltlimde and realistic goals. "Plan your work, and work your plan. Do you have a written game _piano! do you go to work and wait 10 lee whet happens. Do you let others schedule your day? Are you in control?" One-third of the audience in indi- cated that they used some type of day book planning system. Wy- socki believes that the minimum re- quirement is a pocket book, and maximum effectiveness can come from a more advanced system. She encouraged her audience to find a planner/organizer that meets their specific needs, and stressed that planners are useless if they're at home or at the office. They should STABILITY and CO-OPERATION 74.06 Ipso • 1444 ys.r. soot 'POM LAWSON GRAND BEND_ j always be at hand The neat -seminar will be held November 27 at the Red Maple Inn in Vanastra. The topic will be Deal- ing with Your Banker and feature Joyce McGlinchey of Major Mort- gage Inc. Encounters with Canada is a citi- zenship program for Canadian stu- dents aged 15 through 17. A seven day program is held at the Terry Fox Canadian Youth Centre in Ot- tawa, and operates 24 weeks a year between September and May. "It's really a great experience for the students" The aim of the program is to bring together young Canadians from different backgrounds and re- gions and give them an opportunity to know one another, to discover their country, and to learn about Canadian institutions. Each week, over 120 students, representing every province and territory of Canada participate in Encounters. Among those students throughout this school year, will be five from South Huron. Letters to Santa Claus LONDON - Canada Post is once again helping with the spe- cial delivery of children's letters to Santa Claus this Christmas. Last year over 780,000 letters from Canada and around the world received responses includ- ing 77,000 letters from South- western Ontario. Over 800 em- ployees and retired employees who are members of the Heri- tage Club helped Santa respond , to the letters. Since 1982 Canada Post has helped Santa Claus answer over 6.5 million letters from children across Canada and around the world. Replies have been sent out on behalf of Santa in English and French, plus a dozen other languages, including Braille. Santa's address is: Santa Claus Nor Polett , - •_, G C' ` • HO O Otn'r 4 .'.�, Chilciyn are asked to ensure they include their name and re- turn address, along with their postal code. THANK YOU To the electors of Tuckersmith Township for your support on November 12. BOB BROADFOOT Huron County Waste Management Master Plan NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING and OPEN HOUSE The Waste Management Master Plan Stage 28 Preliminai y Report ('Analysis of Alternatives') is now available for public review. The Stage 28 Preliminary Report makes recommendations about ways for managing waste in Huron County, including waste diversion and waste disposal, and also identifies candidate landfill site areas. _ Public meetings to discuss this Report have been scheduled for. Monday, November 25, 1 991 Tltesday, November 28,1991 Brussels/Morris/Grey Stanley Township Community Center Community Centre Brussels, Ont. County Road 3, West of Varna 8:00 pm 8:00 pm (Open House - 4:00-7:30 pm) (Open House - 4:00 to 7:30 pm) Coffee will be served -Please bring your own mug. The Open Houses provide an opportunity to drop in and review the information contained In the Stage 2B Preliminary Report, and to discuss questions or concerns with staff and the consultants on an individual basis. Copies of the Stage 28 Preliminary Report are available for loan at all main branch libraries in Huron County, at all municipal offices, or at the Huron County Department of Planning and Development. A newsletter which provides a summary of the key findings of the Report can be obtained from the Department of Planning and Development. For further Information please contact: Jo -Anne Richter, Project Cb -ordinator Huron County Department of Planning and Development Courthouse, Goderich, Ont. N7A 1M2 Phone (5 19) 524-2188 (If caling long distance please cal collect) Grade 11 students Scott Finlay- son, Ann Marie Mittelholtz, Erin Kraftcheck and Molly McClure have all been involved in the pro- gram, and fellow student David Moriock is currently on the retreat. Activities include group discus- sions, conferences, audio visual presentations, guest speakers, visits and tours. During their week, stu- dents choose one of six themes to focus on which include: science and technology, law, arts and cul- ture, journalism and communica- tions, Canadian experience, busi- ness and entrepreneurship. "It's really a great experience for the students," said South Huron teacher Donna Garvey who has helped with organization for the students. "And we can't say enough to the organizations who helped provide funding." Those involved received sponsor- ship from the Exeter Optimists, Ex- eter Legion and the Knights of Co- lumbus as well as from South Huron's student council. Scott Finlayson .has recently re- turned from Ottawa, having been involved in the_p gram Outing the week of October 27 - November 2. Enrolled in the science and technol- ogy category, the youth was busy touring parliament buildings, a nu- clear test plant at Chalk River and attending physics' displays on su- perconductivity. Super what? "That's when metals are placed at super low temperatures," laughed Fmlayson. "Around -210 degrees." Students arrive in Ottawa by train and are bussed around the city from that point on. The first day is spent getting to know one another, and Fudayson said they had a lot of free time which enabled them to enjoy activities such as volleyball and a dance, helping them to make many new friendships. 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