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AT BENT‘S CAMERAS LET US CUSTOM FRAME AND MAT YOUR FAVORITE PICTURES, DIPLOMAS, _ NEEDLEPOINT, ETC. All work done on premises WESTMOQUNT PLACE, WATERLOO , 886â€"5520 96 KING ST. S.. WATERLOO, 886â€"1320 ut reasonagable prices. N. MAALY 18, Berry Time is Pie Time OVEN ____ _ _ _ Strawberry, Raspberry, Blackberry, Blueberry, â€", Khubarb, oi T02 KING ST. W. D* KITCHENER PHONE 742â€"1841 Bakeries Ltd., Dr. Margaret Evans of Waterloo was recently elected president of the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo rage. 3y Arrd the Thyroid Foundation Canâ€" Austin manages the learning centre located next to Canada Trust in Westmonnt Place. it is one of 16 such centres opened this summer across Ontario by Miâ€" croplace inc., a Canadianâ€"owned company formed by three Durâ€" hamâ€"area men. Members of the Ario have combined their expertise in computers, personnel developâ€" ment, education and communicaâ€" tions. Their objective, Austin says, is to "prepare individuals and organizations for the future." Microplace offers three levels of courses â€" introductory, intermeâ€" diate and enriched. Each is a 14â€"hour, handsâ€"on "crash course," says Austin. The centre is equipped with a dozen Commodore 64 computers, including color Reta Mosser of Breslau, secretary Kathryn Lamb of Kitchener, treaâ€" surer Debbie Koegler of Kitchenâ€" er, and various chairmen Isabelle Keachie «Education) of Waterloo, . This summer a number of local business people are accepting Miâ€" croplace‘s invitation to ‘"‘come to the future"‘ by taking an introducâ€" tory microcomputing course. According to Beth Austin who manages the local Miccroplace inc. learning centre, computers are rapidly becoming helpful tools in offices, homes and classrooms. "Even though a lot of us might not want to think about it, we are going to be forced to learn how to use the computer,"" she notes. **So many people are afraid of computers. But thiss course reâ€" moves the mystique .‘ drives. Class size is kept small so that cach person can have a complete system at his or her disâ€" The "crash course‘"‘ structure of the program is particularly conveâ€" nient ‘"‘for those who don‘t want to go to night school for a whole attend a 3%â€"hourâ€"long session (morning, afternoon or evening) for four consecutive days, Monday nnznm helps their retention vel, Austin says. ‘"The rate of recall is excellent because the course is much more intense."‘ “poim-' ters to Beth "Awuoth'â€"'fw ager of Microplace Iinc. The local learning centre offers an introductory course which "removes the mystique‘‘ of using a computer, says Ausâ€" The Inside Track Evans elected Thyroid president The first day of the week they arrive with little or no knowledige of computer usage, and by Thursâ€" day they leave with a good underâ€" standing of ‘‘not how to be an expert programmer, but how to operate computers, understand computer terminology and know the fundamentals of programming in BASIC," Austin explains. Learning computer terminology is a real asset for business people, according to the manager. After taking the course, students return to their offices able to converse in computer jargon. "Now they can recognize the buzz words. Otherâ€" wise, they don‘t know what ‘run‘ and ‘RAM‘ mean." Classes are taught by senior university computer science stuâ€" dents. While one conducts the class, an assistant circulates from student to student, to ensure that each person receives personalized attention. The Westmount Place centre is employing four local stuâ€" The response from ‘"graduates‘" of each class has been very favorable, Austin says. Many go on to learn the intermediate or enriched levels. By the end of the summer, Austin estimates that as many as 500 local residents will have comâ€" pleted a Microplace course. Many of these participants are voung people aged 10â€"17. For The fee for each course, for both children and adults, is $85. This includes course materials, two complimentary hours of computer time and a subscription to Miâ€" croplace‘s newsletter . . students in this age group, Miâ€" croplace is marketing the courses as ‘"computer day camps."‘ _ For small businesses which aren‘t yet equipped with their own. microcomputers, Microplace will rent cofier time on their maâ€" chines. would include word processing capabilities, so busiâ€" n ie the Totene fotnalnt ts use produce letters and other w ald Culver (mm‘ol Kitchenâ€" er, Carol W {(Public Relaâ€" tions) of Kitchener and Virginia Felian (Social) also of Kitchener. Maryâ€"Anne Embroâ€"Pantaiony Ct on