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Page 3, News, Tucsday, March 2, 1992 Former Terrace Bay resident selling London Poster in London, Ontario advertising James Osmar. by Darren MacDonald The News James Osmar doesn't beat around the bush when asked why he put his face on a huge billboard in downtown Lon- don, Ont. "The billboard was done to -- touring around, I ended up in London." He cut his vacation short and took up a bachelor of arts: degree at West- day," he says. "And as I was office. It's as simple as that." Osmar says he's thriving in the hot house atmosphere that "Whenever I get together with friends | grew up almost always talk about how neat it was to grow up in Ter- race Bay," he says. "When you're growing up in a. small town, you can count on going to your local meeting spot and seeing 10 or 15 famil- iar faces. And that was always good. In a city of 300,000 peo- ple, those situations aren't as likely." _ Osmar may not know all the faces in London, but with a massive billboard carrying his picture, chances are, London knows his face. "Some people call it ego, I call it dollars and cents," he says. "If people are noticing my face, chances are I'll get the listing, and my listing's going to get sold." He spends more on promot- ing himself--$30,000 a year--than many people earn in salary, but he says too many people make the mistake of not investing in themselves. "T go to a lot of educational rallies and seminars for real estate people--places where you're rubbing the number one sellers on the continent," he says. "And when }ou sit down and discuss ideas with these people, you start to realize what works." But one thing he can't get in the big city, Osmar says, is the year old daughter, Osmar says he doesn't get back home as much as he used to. Re/Max provides him. For exam- ple, although 1991 was gener- ally a bad year "I used to come back to Ter- race Bay about twice a year, but now it's only about every two years," he says. "The kids promote me," says Osmar, who was bor and raised in Terrace Bay. "The more people that know me, the more business I'm going to do." Today, Osmar is a real estate agent with a six figure income operating out of London--and a strong believer in the value of self-promotion. He left Terrace Bay in 1981 to attend Confederation Col- lege, but he hada desire to with, we almost em University. for the real estate mt cori a always talk about market, Osmar house, moved to how neat it was to says he had his London and STOW up in Ter- best year ever, started universi- race Bay," moving 50 prop- -ty all in the James Osmar erties. same year," he "And this says. year, I'm on stream to sell 70," He dabbled in the stock he says. market while in school, and A married father of a three joined Canada Trust after grad- and a half year old son and uation. But after nine months he left to start work for the real estate company Re/Max. make travel a bit more diffi- cult, and when you're listing three or four properties a week, you just can't take that much time off." Osmar's parents still live in Terrace Bay, and he has two sisters living in Northern Ontario as well. "Whenever I get together with friends I grew up with, we natural beauty of Terrace Bay. "The wilderness and the countryside was so close," he says. "In London, there's hard-- ly a hilt" Learning the Jae Ropes Pays Off MM SCOUTS CANADA roam around. "From there I bought a van, and decided I was going to tour around for six weeks on a holi- "There's just more of a busi- ness mindset here," Osmar says. "For example, if I don't pay the bills, I don't get an The North of Superior am District Roman Catholic School Board INVITES Applications for the Position of CUSTODIAN at St. Martin School in Terrace Bay, Ontario. This is a Temporary Full-Time Position (40 hours/week) commencing March 16, 1992 for an indefinite length of time. Application deadline is March 10, 1992. Application forms may be obtained at St. Martin School during regular school hours. € D. Aitchison G.J. Matys Principal = Director of Education ) : Schreiber Hydro Electric Commission 1992 Schedule of Rates Schreiber Hydro Electric Commission has made application for i of the following schedule of rates and charges for When approved, these rates will be reflected on all hydro bills issued after March 1, 1992 for all electric customers and April 1, 1992 for residential customers. This increase covers consumption of electricity after the date of February meter readings. Residential Service First 250 Kw @ 13.35 perKW.h All additional 7.16 KW.h Minimum bill $8.30 General Service Regular: Billing Demand First 50 KW. @ Balance No Charge KW@ $5.70 perkW Energy Charges First 250KW.h @ 13.35 per KW.h Next 12,250 KW.h @ 7.87 per KW.h All additional KWA@ 5.59 per KW.h General Service Minimum Bill $8.30