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A decade of commîtment lýýýDron,, ýV,'fýeMýyTîjjjýe,3, ýve(ýj, -ono Vv'fýeM j,5dývý Y Times, WednesdayAiig_,ý,: 19, lýffl T rent professor to receive medal - scienoe achievement On hand for the cheque presentation on Friday, August 14, at the E right - Mrs. Shirley Robson, Vice President - 'Memorial Hospital Foui ,Manager-- Wilmot Creek, Dr. H. Yasseim, Ophthalmologist. Sec Memnorial Hospital Foundation Development Officer, Wendy Drielsr Creek, Patricia Down, Program Director - Surgical Patient Care Tean -Memorial Hospital Foundation, Mrs. Victoria Girling, First Vic Lakeridee Health Cornoration. 10 years - that's Wilmot Creek's latest commitment to Lakeridge Health Bowmanville (formerly Memorlal Hospital Bowmanville). On Frlday, August l4th, the Memorlal Hospital Foundation - Bowmanville accepted the fîrst of ten, $10,000.00 cheques, from Victor Fiume., Park Manager - Wllmot Creek. $100,000.00 has been pledged over the next 10 years. The Foundation Board is pleased to announce that tis generous gift has, been desig- nated to offset the purchase of ophthahnology equipment le: photoemulslfication in-iga- tion/aspira-tion equipmleflt, cataract sets). Lakeridge Health Bowmanville has a very active ophthalmology program. Since 1995/96 the number of ophthalmology cases has almost doubled (1997/98 - 1300 cases; projections for 1998/99 - 1400 cases). Patricia Down, Program Electortishing - Bowmanville Biowmanv ille Creek management plan Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority Aquatic Resource Technlcians are zapping local waterways to investigate the fish communities in the Bowmanville Creek Watershed. Electrofishing is Just one of the data collection techniques completed at each of the sites and involves the use of a backpack unit that emits an electric current into the water. The electrical shock stuns fIsh long enough for them to be netted and placed in special storage unit. The shock is not harmful to the fish and the storage reduces the level of stress experienced by the fish. The fish revive in a few seconds then are grouped accordlng to species, measured, count- ed and released. Authority staff will be studying 60 sites within the next two years to gather data for the Bowmanville Creek Watershed Aquatic Resources Management plan (ARMP). 'The ARMP is being devel- oped to ensure that measures are being taken to maintain a healthy and sustainable fish community in the Bowmanville Creek Watershed," states Perry Sisson, Director of Environmental and Engineering Services at CLOCA. The Conservation Authority is working in part- 'ospital were: Fronit row, left to idation, Mr. Victor Fiume, Park cond row: Darlenê Basianelli, ma, Program Director - ýWilmot iMrs. Mary Fletcher, Treasurer e-Chair - Board of Trustees of Director for the Oper-atlng Room's explainÊd that the increase is dite to the advances in tedhfloy and increased, efficjeflcy. For example, last-yeàrs purchase bythe Foundatidll Of special ..eye" beds (ophlhalmology stretchers) has ilicreased the tum around -tuè. We are Most appreclate of Wilmot Creek's langstanding support and look forward to a continued partnership throughout the n@x decade. nership wîth tla-e Ontario Minis try of Natural Resources and the Department of Fi§heries and Oceans, Canada to complete the management plan by the faîl of 1999. The Coniservation Authority would like to encourage the publlic to par- ticipate in the development of the ARMP. if yotu have any comments or suggestions about issues surrounding aquatic resources in the Bowmanville Creek Watersheds, or if yOU Would like to be placed on a mailing list, please contad Saniantha Mason or Jeff Aidersen at (905) 579-0411 ex-t. #23. What we do on land Is mir- rored in the watef. Trent University Environmental and Resource Studies. professor Tom Hutchinson is one of fine Canadian scientists and scholars who wilI receive a Royal Society of Canada medal this November for excellence and outstanding achievement. Hutchinson will receive the Miroslaw Romanowskçi medal, awarded for significant con- tributions to the resolution of scientific aspects of environ- mental problems or for important Improvements to the quality of an ecosystem in all aspects, terrestrial, atmospheric and aqueous brought about by scientific means. The Royal Society awards are determined through a lengthy nomination and selection process. Described as one of Canada's leading ecologists, Hutchinson has a distinguished International reputation for his research on the effects of smelter pollu- tion at Sudbury upon both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystenis. He has also etu.died the causes of sugar- maple decline and the responses of tundra and boreal ecosystems to on spilîs. He has recently focused on the ability of ecosystems to recover from stress. Hutchinson joined Trent's Enviromnental and Resource Studies Department in January 1991 after 25 years at the University of Toronto. He received Trent's 1998 Distinguished Research Award for outstanding achievement in research and scholarship, presented May 29 at convocation. He is wide- ly In demand as a seminar speaker and workshop par- ticipant In Canada, the United States and Europe. The Miroslaw Romanowski Medal was established in 1994 at the bequest of the estate of the internationally- renowned meteorologist. It consists of a medal and a cash award of $2,000. The medal will be present- ed at the Royal Soclety's Annual Banquet on November 20, 1998, follow- Ing the Induction of newly- elected Royal Society Fellows, which this year includes Trent philosophy professor John Burbidge, one of 57 new Fellows elected to the Society. 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