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security grad enjoys “The nature of the work was was very important.”
said Lovell.
such that
A
1991 law and security graduate
is
for
now
After graduation, William Lovell worked
point where
was province-wide and
it
and
youth
a
at
custodial
decided to
process
start
shootings, stab-
The
agents.
services offered
roadblocks and
Jamaica, where he plays golf four
included inves-
automobile
times a week, tennis two or three
bailiff
graduates
other
recounting past
25
Despite the violence, Lovell loves
centre for one year
before he and two
included a net-
work
of
serving
and and para-
legal work.
business ran with mild suc-
and go everywhere
1998, after six years, Lovell
cess for approxi-
home
business.
“The
-
that
I
would
at
except shovel snow.”
and
part-
wanted to pursue other
busi-ness
avenues,” he said.
After researching the market, he changed
name of the company to First Class Actions and expanded the services the company
his wife, a
and was hired
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it
was unlikely they would go anywhere else. However, it was not all smooth sailing for the 22-year-old from Cambridge. “The biggest challenge I faced was my youth,”
my
in
when
time
I have lived here I have grown to love country and the people. I could honestly see myself staying here for many,
this
many years.” He hopes to
earn
937 people that have applied for a position and you get the job, second guessing your education is not the most pru-
two designations:
dent decision.”
currently studying
“When you are one
of
protec-
certified
tion
professional
and
certified fraud
He
examiner.
is
for both.
security services at the
American Embassy
in
Lovell credits the skills
he learned
in
college for what he
Jamaica
has accomplished
front of
so far in his career.
vehicle,” he
He
“After getting over the shock of sped away.” said.
it I
Lovell said he loves Jamaica, despite the He plays golf four days a week
dences in Kingston, Jamaica. As deputy project manager, his responsibilities in
US per pound. Lovell said he wants to stay in Jamaica past his two-year contract. “In the short grown green pepper costs $4
from behind a roadblock and shot two shots
my
after several lengthy
Jamaica
William Lovell,
at the
phone interviews. “I started my current job on Dec. 30, 1998,” he said. His employer, Wakenhut International, provides security for the American Embassy and most of the diplomat resi-
Lovell always beheved that if he offered his
have
in
someone came
Lovell discovered his current job on the Internet
offered.
clients all the services they needed, then
graduate of administration accounting,
received an offer on the eompany. They accepted.
the
was driving
truck
Conestoga
mately two years ners) decided they
“I
October
In
riots,
arson.
home
times and “generally do everything
when (my
bings,
tigations
a
“I
from absenteeism, vehicle accidents and weapons discharges,” he said. Has he had any scary experiences? “Hell yes. This is one violent city,” said Lovell, investigated ever)^hing
Lovell got assistance with advertising, networking and developing clientele from a retired sheriff and his business grew to the
the
work
overseeing operations are varied.
trust
as a private investi-
gator
25, 1999
to Kingston ...
By Janet Wakutz
managing security services American Embassy in Jamaica.
SPOKE, May
LIFE
continues to pursue areas of study on his own. “When you are one of 937 people that have applied for a position and you get the
violence.
job, second guessing your education
and tennis two or three times a week. “I generally do everything and go everywhere that I would at home - exeept shovel snow,” he said. However, the poverty bothers Lovell; “The amount of homelessness and lack of food is unbelievable.” He said a locally
the
not
is
most prudent deeision,” said Lovell.
He said that although students may have decided what they want to become, they should keep an open mind to career choices and never stop learning. “Push yourself to learn more and continue taking courses and improving yourself.”
Journalism program will
change
By Angela
Clayfield
The
Children from wait in line for autographs from Speedy Stewart Downs(left), and Johnny Five(right) of the Canadian Half-Pints basketball team, at the Kenneth E. Hunter Recreation Centre May 1 3. (Photo by Andrea Jesson)
Half-pints:
little
players, big hearts
By Andrea Jesson
Miller said the team is scheduled to tour across North America
When her son was bom, Brenda
promote their “Don’t tease” and “Anything is possible” programs to elementary and high school students. The team goes into classrooms to send their message concerning the harmful effects of teasing, prejudice and to
McDonald never thought he would play on a basketball team. But, for the past two months 21year-old
Scott
“Little
McDonald has been
Mac”
touring with
Canadian half-pints basketball team, a group of self-proclaimed dwarfs and midgets that play to the
raise
money
for various charities.
having a blast,” said McDonald. “People bend over backwards for them (the team).”
On May
the
13
game
charity
against
the
Cambridge firefighters. Cambridge Fire Chief Terry Allen said the
money
Half-pints,
games
hopes will
of the
Half-Pints. (Photo by Andrea Jesson)
more money than
last year’s total
their
“The games are normally a
it
message
comes
is seri-
to basketball
said the audience
is in
sell-
out,” Miller said.
this
promotes 10 to 15 of those shows.
,
the newspaper and
taught.
mag-
Some
current radio
Ian James, manager of athletics and recreation, said hosting the
games
charity
centre
is
at the
recreation
mutually beneficial for
“We want to make
sure the expe-
what they want,” he said. Like other half-pint fans, James
rience
is
finds
the
Web
Other courses being offered in revamped program include law
the
and
careers
ethics,
in
journalism and fundamentals of reporting will
how to
teach stu-
between
before they learn
find stories
and gather information write
being a
news
how
to
stories.
Dietz said there would
nurse and
also be an opportunity
being a
to
for journalism students
work
at the college’s
proposed
doctor,” Journalism co-ordinator
Sharon Dietz
technical training while the
BRT
program consists of about 80 per cent technical training and a little bit of news writing. completely different types the dif-
ference between being a nurse and
being a doctor.”
FM
tion. Students’
be
(the half-pints) are fiinny
really exciting.”
an online
learn
to
dents
Significant changes have been
and
new
design.
radio sta-
time will
between
divided
writing for Spoke and
working
at the radio sta-
tion.
The purpose of the program is to prepare
broadcasting-
“It’s
and
which
and television (BRT) program because its curriculum will emphasize news writing with a little bit of
“It’s
to write for
difference
made to the course content of the new journalism program, including combining some courses and
as anything
how
publication
technical
of jobs,” Dietz said.
also be out, but
Students will have the chance to learn
the
games a fun
charity
experience.
“They
in
areas
comedy show,” she said. Miller said the team is made up of some good ball players and they make it a lot of fon. a
may
courses have taken their place.
azine writing currently
for a treat.
the team and the centre.
of $3,700.
raise
Jj^ik Miller, promoter of the charity
and
So far, the half-pints have played more than 3,000 games and only lost 1 1 according to Miller. The team plays 300 days a year and he
elderly.
^^Bdian
Speedy Stewart Downs
raised this year
go to the Leam-not-to-bum and Risk Watch programs. The programs, organized by the Cambridge fire department, focus on fire safety for children and the will
Joalin(left)
sion news, in addition to
of broadcasting will also be offered. According to Dietz, the new program will not compete with the
“It’s
Porky Neal
televi-
hospitals,
ous, when McDonald
watch the second annual Canadian half-pints basketball
and
training
Although
Hunter Recreation Centre prepared for 1,000 spectators to
edit for radio
said,
fibrosis
course,
by teach-
ing them to write and
being
research and fire safety programs.
Kenneth E.
uates, she said,
Along the way. Miller the team will raise money cystic
“It’s
Grammar is gone, two photography courses have been combined into one and graphics has been combined with desktop publishing. Public relations and advertising, previously offered as one
slight
racism. for
“He’s
roimd of students has been chosen and on May 15 they were told they will become part of Conestoga College history. The 30 students will be the first group to enter the refurbished journalism-print and broadcast program, a three-year program starting in September that will improve graduates’ chances of getting a job, said program co-ordinator Sharon Dietz. The new program, which has yet to be approved by the Ministry of Education, advantage over former journalism grad-
fall
omitting others.
first
will give the students a
this
graduates to function as reporters in both print
and broad-
cast Dietz said.
“In the past
who have
we have had
students
program with only print training and found jobs in radio and television,” said Dietz. “While it was fairly simple to take the skills they had learned in a print-journalism program and transfer them to a broadcast situation, if they had had broadcast experience in the program they would have been that much better off.”
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