Skill and Script: A Resource Book of Sketches about Modern Technology for Use in Adult Education Classrooms 
Skill and Script is a book about eight things used every day. These include things like the banking machine, running shoes, electronic puck, and halogen lights. Speakers talk about their feelings in using each item and say how each thing works. It is easy to follow. Newfoundland dialect is used. Each lesson has discussion, vocabulary, and writing exercises. Marilyn Cornish wrote the book which is published by the College of the North Atlantic, Gander. This project was funded by the National Literacy Secretariat. The following is an excerpt from "Putting on Airs: Back to School Shopping for Clare O'Brien." A son and his mother talk about buying a pair of sneakers. JASON: Now, Mom, don't get started. There's nothing to it. I'll need the usual, plus a computer fee and, oh yes, some running shoes. When can we go shopping? I have to buy some "airs" CLARE: Airs? JASON: Yeah, "airs", running shoes. That's the name they give them because they have a little pocket of air in the midsole of the shoe for protection of the foot. I need good cushioning,, for my midsoles, Mother. CLARE: And this air will provide the cushioning you need? JASON: I sure hope so. It's the latest technology. CLARE: Does it have to be air, Jason? We all played sports in school and ran and jogged to school and back everyday. We ran all over Hell's half acre but we didn't wear anything special in our shoes! A limited number of copies of this book are available from the College of the North Atlantic, P.O. Box 5400, Stephenville, Newfoundland, A2N 2Z6.
Fishery workers make Post TAGS choices Newfoundland fishery workers have choices to make now that TAGS is over. Federal fisheries is giving them a chance to take part in a groundfish licence buyback or a retirement package. Licence buyback People in the province hold 6,700 groundfish licences. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) announced a plan to buy back as many licences as they can. Details of the plan were sent to all groundfish licence holders. Meetings were held across the province to tell people about the plan. The meetings started on October 5. A fisherman submits a bid to DFO for the value of his licence. The Fishing Industry Renewal Board will decide how much to pay for the licence. Fishermen are not sure about the buyback rules. Fisheries minister David Anderson says that fishermen who sell their groundfish licences give up the right to fish. They give up their professional fish harvester's certificates. They cannot take part in any fishery, not even as a crew member. Fishermen also ask questions about taxes and loans. People ask what percentage of the money they will have to pay in taxes. They are unsure about the rules for paying any loans owed to the Fisheries Loan Board. Deadline for the first round of bidding was November 6, 1998. Early Retirement Fisherpeople between ages 55 and 64 years old by December 31, '998 in 1998 may retire. They will receive Early Retirement information packages in the mail. The packages include the steps to follow to apply for retirement and an application form. They have to apply within two months of getting the package. Retirees will get 70 percent of the monthly amount they received on TAGS. Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) is handling the retirement applications. A person may apply for either retirement or the licence buyback, not both. "Each person should sit down with a financial agency to discuss what is best, retirement or licence buyback," said provincial fisheries minister John Efford. People should get all the facts before deciding their future. |
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