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"I am a grade 12 Co-op student" by Sher i Yeo I am a grade twelve Co-op student. Every morning I bus my way to the Orono Times, wherï I am provided with training in* the art of the newspaper. After approxi- rE mately three hours on the job, ! \ I go to school, (Clarke High School, to be exact), where I take five grade twelve classes in the afternoon. Last Spring, when we weary students were filling out our Option Sheets for the following year, the Guidance Counsellors informed us of the Co-op Program. It is set up to provide on-the-job training along with our regular regular schooling. With this work experience, it would give us an advantage over other people seeking jobs after having completed school. 'My first interest in writing came when I was in grade three and I would compose stories for my teacher, Miss Smith. She said that she got goose bumps when she read a good story, and she always seemed to have them when she read my compositions (I would stand beside her while she read them, aching for , praise). , It wasn't until grade ten that I ever wrote anything for a paper, and this was through my English teacher, Mr. Breckenridge. The Newcastle Independent, when it was just starting, was having a page for Clarke High news, and they wanted interested people to report the goings on at school. We had an Independent Staff at Clàrfce that year, but it soon dwindled away to nothing. This was disappointing. disappointing. I mentioned this to Mr. Breckenridge and he suggested suggested I go to a man who would take the time to show me how to rèport and write a good story. A man who was one of the last of the 'Real Newspapermen'. Newspapermen'. "Go to the Times", he said. But I was too shy in those days (Grade 10). The Photography bug bit me in grade eleven. I haven't been the same since. My world took on a new dimension. dimension. From the written word to the written word AND the still picture. I was fascinated. And in that fateful spring of '79,1 found a way to combine my two loves and learn more about tljem. The newspaper. There wasn't much preparation. preparation. First talk it over with , my parents -and a Guidance Counsellor. Then write a New Dutch Oven Fa m ily Dinner 'Specials Monday-Thursday, from^iOOp.m. Complete Meals $4 *99 Per Person CHOICE OF Roast Beef, Gravy Chicken Cacciatore on Bed of Spaghetti, Ham Steak, Pineapple, Maraschino, Salisbury Steak, Onions, Gravy, Baby Beef Liver, Bacon and Onions. SERVED WITH Help Yourself Soup, Green Salad, Choice of Potato, Vegetable of the Day, . Roll and Butter. Homemade Cherry Cheesecake or Apple Betty, Tea or Coffee. New Dutch Oven FULLY LICENSED, PLENTY OF'PARKING Hwy 115 at Taunton Rd„ Orono , 983-5001 resume, fill out an application and I was off to the Times. I had an interview with the owner-editor Mr. Forrester, who seemed rathér pleased to have me. The resume, interview interview etc. were stressed by the school for practice for the real world of job hunting and to pursue my interest. In our contract, Mr. For- , rester agreed to train me in all aspects of the newspaper. Photography, reporting, make-up, rewriting and the use of all the various machines machines in use here will all be in my repetoire when I finally leave. Each week I must fill out an Activity report which records my hours and the jobs that I have done. This is signed by both myself and Mr. Forrester. Forrester. It must be accurate, because for every 110 hours that I work, I receive one credit towards my Grade Twelve Diploma. There are other students at school who are on this program, and they are in fields such as teaching, clerking, clerking, secretarial work and just about whatever work they are interested in and can find a business that will agree to provide training. I personally feel that this is the best way to go to school. A person learns about the real world, the work world, and yet is still protected from it by the school. For those who jump immediately from school into a job, the change can be a real shock. Gradual immersion is by far the best way. There is no money involved in this program. The businesses businesses do not get paid for training, and the students do not get paid for their work. It's a mutual giving and taking that both parties are aware and happy to be a part of. Taxes do rise In a review of taxation during a study of the Town's 1978 financial report on Monday Monday the finance committee of the Town compared taxation in the Town in 1978 to that of 1974. It was revealed that the local municipal levy increased increased from $2.9 million to $4.8 million from 1974 to 1978. It. was pointed out that this was an increase of sixty percent. In comparison the tax levy • for regional purposes in the Town rose some 70 percent while that for education rose by 90 percent. During the same period residential and farm assessments assessments rose from $23 million to $30 million while the population population rose from 29,000 to 32,000. Laurie Martin of the audit firm pointed out that inflation did' attribute a lot to the increases in taxes as did the extension of services. Council members did express express a concern over the fluctuation of regional levies but it was explained that this was somewhat uncontrollable as the levy is structured by the Region prior to the Town Treasurer receiving the assessment assessment figures. The financial report revealed revealed that in 1974 the Town operated with a surplus of $165,000 in 1976 a surplus of $242,000 in 1977 a surplus of; $402,000 and â deficit of $69,000 in 1978. 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