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JESSICA FINCH Associate Editor

+ BY ANY OTHER NAME - It has become an office joke that I am called Jennifer almost more than Jessica. Even when I answer my phone with the rehearsed greeting, "Amherst Bee this is Jessica, how can I help?" I am still called Jennifer by the end of the call. What's worse is the number of e-mails I receive to Jennifer because the culprits respond to my e-mail which clearly states my name as "Jessica L. Finch" at the bottom of the e-mail signature. Why they hit reply and think it's Jennifer I don't know. Faxes and letters also come addressed to Jennifer even after speaking with the person, explaining who to send the information to.

I can see three reasons why someone may mistakenly rename me - both names competed for the top girl's name throughout the 1980s, both start with a "J" and both have double consonants in the middle, but it's not like Ryan and Brian that could sound alike.

+ FAST TALKER - I'll admit I am a fast talker, especially when I am nervous or excited. But when I am leaving a message I make a conscious effort to speak slowly to clearly relay my information. It's a common problem around the office that we listen to long, detailed messages about an upcoming event, a problem in town or reader requesting a story, only to have them spit out the contact number so fast we can't make out the numbers. In those cases I often find myself having to listen to the message three or four times to get the seven digits. I request anyone who happens to call when I am not here to speak slowly and clearly so I can be sure to call you back at the correct phone number.

+ OUTDOOR MARKET - For the third consecutive year, Ciminelli Development Co. will host the outdoor market at Centerpointe Corporate Park, 350 Essjay Road, Amherst. The public market is held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Wednesday, June 13 to Sept. 12. Free parking is available. The sidewalks will be filled with a variety of vendors selling food, fresh produce, jewelry and an assortment of gift items.

+ DOYOUHAVETALENT? for Aurora Players' production of the Lionel Bart musical "Oliver!" will be held at 7 p.m. June 11-14 at the Historic Roycroft Pavilion in Hamlin Park, South Grove Street, south of Prospect Avenue, East Aurora. The show will be performed Sept. 14-16, 21-23, and 27-30.

Audition dates will be broken down according to age: Children 13 and younger on June 11; young adults ages 14-18 on June 12, and adults 18 and older on June 13. Callbacks will be on June 14. Complete information is online at www. auroraplayers. org.

Director Erik Oehler will cast 17 boys younger than 18, one female younger than 18, and approximately seven adult males, and six adult females, ranging in age from 18 to 85. Please bring about a minute of music, sheet music if you have it and be dressed to perform a brief dance routine.

Those auditioning for the role of Oliver, must prepare one minute of a song and sing part of "Where is Love?" Those auditioning for the role of Fagin, must prepare one minute of a song and sing part of "You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two."