VOLUME 47 ISSUE 6
AGORA MONROE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
April 5, 2005
MASS mentors Lincoln students Taryn Kapp Editor-in-Chief
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he Math and Science Society (MASS), which began mentoring children at Lincoln Elementary last year, has been back this year with bigger and better experiments with the help of a $1000 grant. Kellie Vining, a concerned parent with children of her own attending Lincoln school, was the one who approached MASS and asked them to help the students learn about science by doing after-school activities. “When we spoke to the principal at Lincoln, she gave us the understanding that the children would greatly benefit from a mentoring program,” Jake Wheeler, president of MASS, said. Jessica Tower is another student that has worked hard for the mentoring program. On most occasions, she is the one who gets together all the supplies and loads them back and forth. Last year, four activity days were held and this year there were five. The students can sign up for any experiments in which they are interested. Anywhere from
25-60 kids will show up to an activity. Experiments are done with the children from many different fields of science, ranging from earth science to physics. There was a geological day, where students identified rocks and minerals. On another day, MASS had the students build mini catapults to show the different energies of physics. The most popular experiment was making “Gak,” which had a turnout of 75 kids. “When we choose activities, we aren’t positive about how they are going to react to them. My favorite part of mentoring is when we do an experiment that they absolutely love…their faces light up, they listen to all you have to say…and they want to learn more,” Wheeler said. “We’re trying to show them that science is fun and cool, not painful,” Lori Bean, MASS advisor, said. The $1000 grant that MASS received this year helped them create experiments that were a little more technical and expensive. On March 17, the experiment on magnetism and electricity was a bit pricier than others in the past. “I think this will help us do better in class. I like having
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Jessica Tower helps Lincoln Elementary students with an experiment on electricity. Tower is one of the many students at Monroe County Community College that participate in the MASS mentoring program.
older kids to help us,” Jessica D., one of the Lincoln students, said. While most mentors are members of MASS, any MCCC student who is
interested can become a part of this project by contacting Bean, Wheeler, or Traci Kling. “Getting our students involved allows Lincoln kids help meet young adult role
models. As an advisor to Mass, its good that we have a community service type project that we can see carrying on in future years,” Bean said.
Student opens business in Australian pies Kelly Smock Copy Editor
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onroe County Community College student Isaac Gould is a freshmen and part owner of Crikey’s Genuine Australian Pies, a family owned, community based organization. The Gould family moved from Perth, Western Australia to the United States in November 2001. The Gould’s developed a frozen product that uses a microwave crisping pocket to reheat the pies. Crickey’s Original Australian Pies focuses on introducing authentic Australian pies into the American market place.
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Isaac Gould is the graphics manager for all of the design and artwork. “MCCC has been a huge benefit for all of the artwork that I design for Crikey’s,” Isaac said. This includes personal assistance in other ideas outside of classes such as our office colors. Theodore Vassar, assistant professor of art, and Gary Wilson, associate professor of art, helped with all of the art work. “We chose to take a risk and be adventurous using rich, bright colors giving the room a lot of energy,” he said. The idea for the company was conceived when Purri,
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Isaac’s brother was consumed with a craving for that taste from “down under.” It was an urge
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Isaac Gould, co-owner of Crikey’s Genuine Australian Pies.
that could only be satisfied with a genuine Australian pie. “They are like hot dogs and hamburgers in Australia,” Purri said. “Being a college student, I
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used to eat these all the time and I thought that Americans would like them.” They began in a small bakery in the Woodville Mall for the research phase of the project. Then they moved to a shared kitchen in the Collingwood Presbyterian Church. Today, they are setting up a new Toledo factory capable of national distribution throughout the United States. “We weren’t sure if we would go to a restaurant or into manufacturing,” Lynn Gould, Isaac’s mother, said. “We had restaurants asking for our product.” Crikey’s Original Australian Pies comes in three different
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flavors: steak and mushroom, chicken and broccoli, and ground beef and mashed potatoes. “Hot chunks of braised steak, juicy mushrooms, and a superb mix of gravy, all encrusted in a flaky pastry crust that can be picked up with two hands and eaten,” Isaac said. The Australian pocket pie is a convenient meal usually enjoyed at football games, bakeries and delies. The Gould’s have signed contracts with Krogers, Meijer’s, Giant Eagle, Andersons and Churchill. The shop is located in Toledo, Ohio. To contact them, call 419269-0100 or email to lynne.gould@crikeyspies.com.
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