Walking tour in Brooklin today Whitby candidates Seniors apartment Sinclair girls win want your vote to house 250 lacrosse title See page 22 See page 7, 8 See page 5 See photo page 18 I Computer skills win gold for 2 Sinclair students Now in Canada Skills finals in Alberta Two Sinclair Secondary grade 12 students are taking on the best in the country this weekend at the Canadian Skills Challenge in Red Deer, Alberta. Scott Broad and Michael Huntington won gold med- als in the animation team event at the Ontario Skills Challenge earlier this month in Kitchener, eaming the right to advance to Red Deer. "They're both very creative young men," says com- munications technology teacher Paul Burley, who notes they impressed the judges at the Durham Skills Chal- Free Press Photo by Mark Reesor Ryan Jacobs, 3, who enjoyed blowing bubbles at Kids Kraze last Sunday. Kids Kr aze raises $10,000 Organizers of Kids Kraze for Sick Kids will donate a $10,000 cheque to the internationally known hospi- tal tomorrow. Organizers Sylvia Smith and Karin Sheppard will present the cheque on the Sick Kids Telethon during the children's hour Sunday mornng. The money was raised last week- end at the Kids Kraze for Sick Kids, a fun fair held last Sunday at the Whitby Curling Club. "The turnout was amazing," Smith told The Free Press. At mid- week she and Sheppard were still counting receipts "but we are near the $10,000 mark," she said. The Kids Kraze day were offi- cially by Carolyn Smith, 10, and Hannah Silk, 6. Carolyn is a leukemia patient who is now in remission. Her mother, Sylvia Smith, said she was anxious to give something back to Sick Kids for helping her through a difficult time. lenge in Port Perry with a 30-second computerized animation of a robotic arm moving letters around. "The judges thought it was very original; they hadn't seen anything quite like that for a year or so." The pair came up with another original animation for the Ontario competi- tion, he says, using a pro- gram called '3D Studio.' "They have quite a high skill level at the program (which) takes a number of years to develop. They've been working on this at home in their spare time." Both students are inter- ested in making their career in animation, Burley says. Catholic teachers approve contract Catholic elementary school teachers have voted 90.2 percent in favour of accepting a new contract with the Durham separate school board. The teachers met Mon- day night at Heydonshore Pavilion Monday night to See CONTRACT Page 2 s