Photography assignment part 2
Author: erinmcteaguecom
Deb Apolzcer- a Dedicated Local Manager
SOUTH WINDSOR, CT- A woman named Deb Apolczer works at a local golf course called Willowbrook as a restaurant manager. The course is a par 3 with a beautiful café that has a big welcoming dining area with a handmade wooden bar and great outdoor seating that faces the golfing range.
Apolczer has done customer service her whole working life. She started very young when she got her first job, she was 16 years old and worked at a movie theater. This is where she decided that she wanted to work with others. After her job at the theaters, she started work at the Steak Club in Vernon, Connecticut as a banquet employee, bartender, and server. She stayed there for 24 years and absolutely loved it. After that her next Job was at the golf course.
Apolczer has worked at the course for 16 years now at this golf course. She says “In the past 40 years I’ve had 2 jobs” based off of her work experience you can see that she is dedicated to what she does.
Willowbrook Golf Course offers many things besides just golf. There are banquets, birthday parties, weddings, and meetings, and a café open during the golf season. Apolczer is in charge of getting all of these things prepared. What people may not know is that this job requires lot of skills and responsibilities.
When asked what her tasks were to prepare for these events, she says that her responsibilities are to speak with the person who wants the event, discuss menus and food options, get liquor orders, get the food, physically do the set up, and find staff.
When she’s not setting up events, she’s doing other important things that keep this business running. She is in charge of hiring, payroll, stock and inventory, finding entertainment- such as live bands, and scheduling. She has been doing this for so long its just usual routine for her now.
This job can be stressful at times; she says that sometimes there are some customers that can be difficult to deal with. She remains positive by saying, “You can’t let it get to you. You have to let it bounce off you and smile.”
When asked about her job she says “I like being a manager, my favorite thing I love about work is it takes my mind off of anything stressful going on outside of work. We have some great customers that I love. And for every bad customer, there’s at least 10 good ones.”
Her co- worker and assistant manager, Audrey Butler from East Windsor, has worked with Apolczer for 10 years. They both have had to do these these jobs together, through the tough times and the fun times explains that “Deb is very easy going and fun. She makes it fun so that it doesn’t even seem like work.” Apolczer has made a difference at the course by boosting morale and working hard so that Willowbrook can be a great place to work at.
Ruth Gowitzke- an Aspiring Editor Joins the School Newspaper
Ruth Gowitzke is a 21-year-old junior at Eastern Connecticut State University, and is from a small town called Gales Ferry in Connecticut. Gowitzke explains that when she grows up she really wants to be a book editor. She has shown interest in this area by joining the Campus Lantern, which is ECSU’s newspaper.
Gowitzke is currently an English major, so working on the newspaper has helped her. Gowitzke explains “I chose the English major because I am not interested in any kind of math or history, and I love to read.” She mostly works on her own stories, she said that she has a very short time frame to complete them, so it can be a challenge at times.
She also favors creative writing, its what she likes to do the most. Because of her love for writing, she says that she may even want to minor in journalism. This semester she even signed up for a journalism class.
Not only does she like to write, she loves spending time with her triplet sisters, Anne and Beth. She also enjoys the company of her two animals; a cat named Ollie, and her new dog named Brady.
All in all, Gowtizke is a great attribute to ECSU and the Campus Lantern. She has proved she is dedicated to what she loves.
Local Band Plays for Eastern Connecticut State University Students to Start off the Year
Erin McTeague
September 4th, 2018
WILLIMANTIC, CT- On September 3rd, on Jackson Street a band named “Hero” gave a kick off show to start the new school year for students at Eastern Connecticut State University. The school year has just begun and an ECSU student named Garrett Boulanger decided to have the band play at his house during the day and invited other students to come and enjoy the music. The band Hero consists of a singer that also plays guitar named Sage King, a 20 year old from Enfield Connecticut; and a drummer named Marc Beaulieu, 22 year old from Somers Connecticut, and graduated from Eastern this year.
The Band played lots of throw-back songs that were very popular, such as Sweet Child O’ Mine by Guns and Roses, Wonderwall by Oasis, and What’s My Age Again? by blink-182. The music seemed to get everyone excited, people were singing along and dancing to the music. The band did prove that they could sing many different types of songs. People from the crowd were very impressed by the show and felt that the two were incredible. An Eastern student named Olivia Ellis, a sophomore said, “I had a great time today, the band really played the music the crowd wanted to hear. Overall I think that they put on an amazing show. They showcased some true talent and I’m so happy I got to see it.”
Garrett Boulanger definitely overall thought it was a great time. He gave his opinion by saying, “I thought they killed it, the amounts of sounds they were able to create with just two people is amazing and I loved that they played like original stuff as well as the good ole classics”
After the band was done performing, Marc Beaulieu, the drummer answered some quick questions and said, “Yes I did enjoy playing! It’s a lot of fun to see all my friends dance and have a good time.”
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