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-.~ - - PAGE 18, wmB FmpflBYF EE PRESSP W AY, JULY 8,.1992 Whtitby student a med a,-wnner at U.S. Skills ,Olympies' Randy Vandenbeg' of Whitby won a bronze meédal Iat, tiie United States 'Skills Ol1n*pica June 22-27 in L-ouisviile, Ken-. tuçky. VaLndenberg, a student at Har- wood in Ajax, competed ini custo- dial service, pecondary level, at the. competition. Ho was on. of 53 hith achool and- college. sturdents from Canada competing against 3,000 Amerincan competitors. 'Canadian com etitors won four gold, t1ree silveer and three bronze medais. Tii. United States" Skillsý Olympics iiosted by the. V&,- tionalfindustrial Clubs ýïof America, offered 58 contests' at the. secondloiy and post-second- SkleCanada co-ordinat.d the. Canadian delegation's participa- tion in the. U.S. event.* Skills Canada je a -national, voluntary association- involvm industry, labour, educaters ang studentswho proniote'excellenice in technological and leadership .1<111..' Ha'wood to become a fuiprogram highsho Harwood Secondary School luinum. Aanwa techniecsiool, wiIi Students who enrol at Har- becomea fuýIl Pogamiiigh wood tis S p"= be will have school beginning 14 Setmbe r, the opportu iyt oplet. their 1993. igli chooldiplomahi, cur- The Durhiam Board of Educa- rent teccalcadmsetting. tien. decided on the, change June 22 te take enrolment pressure off Students wio would normally Aax Hii Scliool andTïckerin enter the, grade 9 basic level Higi S hoo eTi.change wiIipgram a inSpt- balance enroment. among thi er 99 Ill-havetheir need three seconday clicols. addressed at their area second- Tii. plann:d ciianes"tobotiiayscio due te the province's curriculumsd a ,ltisat Har- déont liminat. the. need for wood will coet $1.7 million. students to choose their grade 9 Harwood will b. renamed te, courses at tii. basic, genou!l or reflect, its- new prograi and advanced level. imageIn future tii. board may con- The sduÎool Plans a -yeaw-bY-, sider a $3.b million addition te year phase-iof the. new curricu- Harwood., BAK& DECKER UNVEIL AN MNVIRONMENluTA RECOVERY PROGRAM Black & Docker Canada hic. recently un'veiled a ma*or enviroznental roev nr roram fer both Uts coriesa producta and its > jc1gab enckel cadmium (nicad) batten«es. ,ýThe' going l 're ienumbero) i..ue Sng tolaniMIand - t te smetime, reduce contaminaton f ii.-ometicwaste Streamn. Beghinning mmediatel inOntario, customerscf B&D are able té -brnin th.fr o! producta for battry replacement or leav béhnd.their product for the. company to recycle. Inthus recuwery program, customers also becomde e'iible for a $5 resotwards the. purchase o f their.next:B&D product, The. uséd batteries ifl b. ecced and the. orductsMin b. tkn avait to recycle'their components. Materials sucli as plasice .wifflbe incorporated into new prsor sl o te uses. Alumtinurn, copper and steel will b sold to scrp dealers for eh B&D estimates that there are m 'erces cf-100,000 cordIesa. products Ii Ontario tiiat could'b. returned each1 year. "That is.1, asumng lSper cent of customers will take the. tue te return a ýpnRt, unit," said, Donald C. Smith, vice-president of mak 'n.Smith added, '"W. recogmze that' we 'have an obligation te consumera, W ensure, that0our, products are dbýhandled froni bèginningte end. , rýWproram, designed toe=sr maimum recovery levels and customer convenience, in the firet of its kind in Canada- It lias been endorsed by both the Ontario Ministry of Environment and thi ecyling, Council of Ontario, and will b. extended nationally n January 1993. Whitbý. Black & Docker'representative is located at 303 'Enviro News' is a Black & Decker employee newsletter, that recently passed -on its environmentai regards te: its, Brockville maintenance team who refused te throw out wast e plastic pellets thât are now returned te the original supplier or used in B&IYs plastic operation; a. purchasing team, for encouraging outaide suppliera te increase tlieir environmental awareness and activities; Toronto secretaries for help te eliniinate the. use of' disposable cups through good communication witii catermng suppliera; and te employee Jean Bourassa for winning the. best idea contest witi tiie suggestion te inake scratch padse out of unwanted paper that, was used only on one Bide. Tiie Paper Source, located in Fallbrook, Ont.j i. continuing, until Aug. 31, its spring and summer sale of 15 per cent off al prices in its 1991-92 catalogue. For information, cal! 1-00_665-1143. - COMING EVENT. Oct. 7 te 9, Ottawa. l3th'annual cpnfeymet ~pf _-tii. J Ypç gCoiuncil _. of - Ontaio. . or rgutla soi!i 0S Alfred Wils, ±viviiui1vs# Brooklin M ALFRED WILSON-Iooks over a plece 0fequipment at Broolklin MIII, where he wàrked'for 59 >'ears.Poob>MakeeoWbyFsPrs Pt yfý lor hb r r ALFRED WILSON rght) shows Brookiin MiII owner BillULie some of the Itrociesof a On, worked at ýBy Mark R9esr Walking throe Brooklin Mill brnuback a lot of memories for AlfedWilson,. " Hii fatiier Charles bouglit the. miin1919,-and ^Alfred began origthere teny.ear later - nettlatli lihad muéliofa cioice. Charles and bis-bibther ran tii. mill until they had, a falling >ont andtliebrother left. «So my ada!s stuck snd h. didn'thv man - I was 16 years old and h. said <yo'Il liave te come and gote work.' 'l worked for 50 centsa da tiiat was ithe. thirties*when things were really teugli... > «I didn't mind until I'got mar- ried and thon I iihad ,te have sometiiing more,. so I got $15 a wveek-- that wasin 1936!"1 Th'Inmllfilt*1in 1848 was purciiased by r Pearson t lanes owner, Bihll-ittie about two .years., He i. now renovating the interior cf tiie building for com- mercial, retail snd residential use, and is keeping al 'tii. ori- ginal'n' ent. B 0 resdentAlfred Wil- son was anImterested visiter te tii. mill while Little was working tiiere recently. Alfred says famer. usemd to lin.uüp ý,along ',tii street in the. thirties,, wait*ngt ettheir grist unloaded.and grund. "W. wer&getting 10 'cents a hundred atthattime and then competition-.m*ov.d i and i we moved it.down te seven cents.- $1.40 a ton.. '"It didn't 1 u-it wasjiust a mersi.. if we tookîn*25,te $30 a day, we thougiit -wed doné, a, big SUEPAGkO machine.' Photo.by MarkReeao, Whhby'Free Pres Fine Ladys' Clothiers Hwy. 12 Brooklin, 655-3474 Thurs. & Fr1. Evening Hours'TII 8 pm lJi 5 OIFF TO 0<?! PRm mS SLSHE a. a e42 ax*15% 1,Of t' -~ g-j. 00 -4 la"