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Chamber honours businesses, employees with annual awards Continued from pg. 9 He said his wife is an avid gardener and they both take great pride in the funeral home, where they also live. He said they are making a big effort to keep the building looking good and this past year they had the bricks and woodwork at the front of the home repainted. offers a wide range of glasses for men and women at her store and she has recently added contact lens fitting services. Both her mother and daughter help out in the store. "My knees went weak. I thought I was going to fall to the floor. It's such an honour," said Wilkes about the award win. Commerce at 328 Guelph St., or by calling 905-8777119. Photos by Ted Brown Volunteer of the Year Volunteering with Junior Achievement has been a rewarding experience for Virginia Hornby, recipient of the Annual Junior Achievement (JA) Volunteer of the Year Award. "It's amazing to see the faces on these children," said Hornby, a JA volunteer for five years. "They were so interested, then to have them discuss it on the playground..." Hornby works for CPI, which sponsors the Junior Achievement program, and delivers all of JA's in-school programs including Our Business World, JA Dollars with Sense, Economics of Staying in School and the JA Titan program. While she was pleased to receive the honour, Hornby stressed "you don't really volunteer to be recognized like that, it's something you enjoy doing." The annual awards presentation dinner will be held March 22 at Glencairn Golf Club. Tickets for the dinner are $60 each and available from Halton Hills Chamber of Entrepreneur of the Year Nancy Wilkes knows how important word of mouth is, particularly in a small community like Acton. According to Ken Johnston, of Acton, who nominated Wilkes of Acton Optical as the Chamber's Entrepreneur of the Year, the talk he's heard about her around town has been nothing but positive. Wilkes opened the business at 8 Main St. N. in June 2005 saying the "time was right." She said business has been steadily building and she is doing better than she hoped. A licensed optician for more than 25 years, Wilkes