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THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 2007 THE NEW TANNER 13 Close to home ...Far from ordinary 310 Guelph St. #5 Georgetown 905-873-4405 Con gratulations The future belongs to those who prepare for it today Congratulations from the staff at TD Canada Trust on your graduation! 252 Queen Street, Acton, Ontario L7J 1P6 T: 519 853 5046 Ext. 250 F: 519 853 5069 caldeh2@tdbank.ca We would like to congratulate all 2007 Grads! Congratulations Josh Be all that you can be. Wishing you the best the world has to offer. Love Mom & Brandon Congratulations Jordan Good Luck in your Apprenticeship program Love Mom, Scott & Jessy Jason E. Rauwerda Grade 12 Acton High School You made it! Were very proud of you! With much love, Mom & Dad Congratulations Julia! Best of luck at Fanshawe Love Mom, Dad , Eric, Ollie & Gracie Acton High School 2007 Potential Graduates In a field of entries from high schools across North America, two of Actons Technological Design Stu- dents take two of the top three prizes in the Studica Design Competition. The competition, spon- sored by Studica (www. studica.com), a division of Torcomp, Inc., was to evalu- ate the students ability, skill and knowledge of mechani- cal design using the CADD design program, Autodesk Inventor. The Breaking Grounds competition dealt with the design and creation of 3D parametric CADD models and animations to demonstrate motion involv- ing a household item. The competition was of- fered to senior students by instructor Norbert Axtmann as an alternative to the tra- ditional curriculum and two senior Tech Design students Nils Olav-Stockinger and Ryan Martin took on the challenge by completing individual entries and also honing their teamwork and collaborative skills by creat- ing a complex Lamborghini model car as a team entry. In a field of 185 initial entries, 55 students from across Canada and the U.S. man- aged to complete the final design submissions. The Acton design duo who spent the better part of half the term producing a series of detailed CADD drawings and models, grabbed two of the top three awards in the contest. Nils received the First Place Award and the $500 cash prize. His winning entry was a highly detailed model of an electric guitar that included painstakingly detailed shell inlays into the neck of the instrument. Nils returns to Acton High School in the fall for his last year of studies. Ryan received the Third Place Award and the $100 cash prize for his incredibly realistic looking rendered CADD model of a guitar amplifier. Ryan has been accepted at the University of Waterloo for Systems Design Engineering next fall. These awards cap off another successful year for Actons Technologi- cal Design program with credits that also include two Halton gold and two Halton silver medals, the provincial gold medal in Architectural Drafting and Design at the Skills Ontario Competitions, and 2 of the top 4 prizes at the Hamil- ton-Halton Homebuilders Student House Design Competition. Acton students win North American award Ron Henry BARRISTER & SOLICITOR 67 Mill Street East, Acton 853-1160 & 27 Cork St. Guelph Congratulations Graduates Serving the Community for over 30 Years