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TI ES La 5 : Te oay hat necessity is the mother of invention, and it's true. When our twins were going through that "terrible two" stage, my wife Em and I found that it was easier to get them to do something if we made a game of it. This worked beautifully because at that age Kyle and Belinda competed fiercely over everything anyway. The things they used to battle about! If Kyle had it, Belinda wanted it and if Belinda had it, Kyle wanted it. Em headed off many battles by finding some sort of diversion for them that involved a contest. "Okay!" Em would say, "Let's see who can put these toys away the fastest!" Well, sir, Belinda and Kyle would put their heads down and heave those toys with such gusto that our cat Guildwood would flatten his ears and run for cover. It wasn't a perfect system, though. Sometimes | would walk through the door at night to find them both sitting there saying, "You missed one, Mommy!" at Em, who was crawling around on hands and knees picking up most of the toys herself. They learn fast. We recently had a recycling competition at my office - sort of an adult version of Em's "contests" with the kids. There were some people who hadn't caught on to the recycling thing yet, and this was the company's way of getting us to see how easy it was to do, | simple. The person who came up with the most recyclables in his or her tray at the end of the week won dinner for two at a local restaurant. The recycling competition reminded me of what we'd done to save energy around the house. We haven't had a contest {yet}, but our family has easily reduced the amount of electricity we use just by thinking about hoswwe use it. When you take a look around, there are lots of ways to save energy that require minimum effort, but still make a difference. Take your dishwasher, for example. Instead of washing half loads, you can save energy simply by waiting until the dishwasher is full before you run it. When you have easy-to-clean loads, use the shorter cle. And if you haven't got an energy-saver feature, turn if off at the end of the rinse cycle and open the door to let the dishes air-dry. Just doing that can save you 30 per cent of the total amount of energy you use each time you run the dishwasher. Now, that's quite a bit. But I must admit that I'm something of an expert at air- drying dishes: before we got a dishwasher, it was my favorite method of drying them! This newspaper, in conjunction with Ontario Hydro, is bringing you Phil's Basement to help "bring. home" ideas on how to save energy. To receive the brochure "Choosing and Using Appliances the Energy Efficient Way," call Ontario Hydro at 1-800-263-9000 and tell them Phil sent you. ess. It was i § pt i B ji : R as Wa ( oS Mark Port Perry realtor Mark Smith has been elected President of the Oshawa and District Real Estate Board and another Port Perry realtor, Cliff Crowell has been elected as the Past Presidents Council Representative. r. Smith, FRI, CMR, Smith elec who is a Broker at W. Frank Perry for 1990 and 1991. Real Estate Ltd., Port Perry has been licensed sine 1974 and he received his Broker license in 1978. He was the Board's First Vice President in 1991 and Se- cond Vice President in 1990. 'Mr. Smith was Chairman of the Easter Seals, Port Local realtor Mark Smith from Frank Real Estate PLEASE RECYCLE OC THIS PAPER XO 'Mr. Smith has been in- volved as Chairperson of the MLS Systems Commit- tee, helping the Board to implement a new computer system. This new on-line system allows digitized col- or photos of available houses to be displayed on the computer screen and to also be printed in color. It is the most advanced "photo- imaging" system being us- ed by a Real Estate Board in Canada. i Heis deeply involved with the ODREB and the com- munity by serving as Direc- tor for the Board from 1986 to 1989, and being a member, chairman or director for both the Board and community groups. Mr. Cliff Crowell, a Broker at Ridge North Realty Ltd., Port Perry has been in the business and a member of the ODREB since 1976. He has been deeply involved with the community and the ODRESB, including being on the Board of Directors for the Chamber of Commerce, the Port Perry Hospital, be- ing President of ODREB in 1985 and being a member of the ODREB's Arbitration . Hawco, George ted president Oshawa & Dist. Real Estate Bd. and Discipline Committees. Mr. Crowell has an exten- sive computer background, and therefore, he has been involved with four major contract negotiations with the ODREB's supplier of MLS (Multiple Listing Ser- vice), and has worked on the implementation of the new computer system. The following completes ODREB's Board of Direc- tors for 1992: First Vice President - Christine Ken- dall; Second Vice President - Anita Witty; Immediate Past President - Anne Briscoe, FRI, CMR; Past Presidents Council Representative - Cliff Crowell; Directors - Ken Collis, Patti Simpkiss, Joe an Dyk, Marlene Kerr, Dean West, Gary Lafoy. The Oshawa and District Real Estate Board is a trade association which represents about 1,000 realtors throughout the Durham Region. Realtor is a registered certification mark which identifies real estate licensees who are members of ODREB and as such abide by a strict Code of Ethics and Standards of Business Practice. 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