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Wellington-Halton Hills Here to assist you 1- 866 - 878 - 5556 Chong.m@parl.gc.ca MSB principal, teacher, EA nominated for Ontario award Leadership, passion and dedication are just three of many positive words you can suggest for McKen- zie Smith Bennett Public Schools three nominees for the Premiers Awards of Teaching Excellence, says the schools School Council head, which nom- inated them. We are very fortunate to have such an outstand- ing team of teachers and administrators who deeply care about our students, says Melissa Secord, School Council head at MSB. Sharon French, Tony Robinson and Lidra Remacka in particular have made an outstanding impact on our school and need to be recognized for their efforts. In the few short years that Sharon French has been principal at the school, EQAO scores have increased, improve- ments to the school have been made, and student and staff morale is grow- ing. These improvements are the direct result of Sharons leadership and devotion to her students and staff, Melissa Secord says. Tony Robinson, or Mr. R as he is know around the school halls, is every- where is the school and in the community. Whether it is being at the school early to set up for team sports, staying after school to par- ticipate on School Council or refereeing a game of soccer in the community, he just doesnt know the meaning of stop. He truly leads by example, Melissa says. Mrs. Remacka start- ed working at MSB in 2007, and very quickly, she identified the schools need to become more in- volved in activities that would raise awareness of environmental issues, wrote Sharon French. As an Educational As- sistant , Lidra has an unwavering support to help her students. She works with students with special needs and helps them overcome learning obstacles with care and passion, French says. TRY A TANNER AD THEY WORK CALL MARIE 519-853-0051 OR EMAIL thenewtanner@on.aibn.com BEWARE: Snow flurries returned Wednesday morning and made roads slip - pery as the driver of this vehicle found out along Hwy 7 west of the Fifth Line. No details were available at press time - Marie Shadbolt photo Discuss culture at Council Discuss MSB land... Continued from page 1 a portion of MSB land, as surplus. On Tuesday Ockenden agreed that he now has clearer picture of the issues. I know some things now that I didnt know before and Im going to deal with the issue based on the information that I have, Ockenden said, refusing to expand on his comments. I want to work towards a resolution of this thing and I dont want to jeop- ardize any possibilities. I was very happy with the tone and content of the meeting, Ockenden said, adding the talks were very productive and they will move forward to discuss some options. Continued on Page 3 By Frances Niblock There is a lack of under- standing of all that Halton Hills has to offer cultur- ally, even among those involved with arts, culture and heritage. That was a recurring theme at a week- end cultural symposium held earlier this month in Georgetown to develop a cultural vision and plan for the town. To that end, Town Coun- cil asked staff to prepare a report with a recom- mendation and advice on submissions from the Arts, Culture, and Heritage Ad- visory committees. The staff report, due April 6, will investigate potential partnerships, long and shor t - t e rm roles for the Town and stakeholders, plans for a one-stop website to pro- mote arts, culture and heritage, continuing rep- resentation on the Arts, Cultural and Heritage committee, a draft cultur- al policy and will identify how the policy would link with the Towns existing strategic plan. Regional and Town Councillor Jane Fogal thanked the committee for its gift to the Town in the work it has done so far, noting the municipal- ities usually have to do this kind of work them- selves. In a recent brief to Council, Arts, Culture, Heritage Advisory com- mittee members Laurent Thibault and Beatrice Sharkey summed up the initial findings of the cul- tural symposium. The committee was formed 18 months ago over tea in the home of Thibault in an effort to follow up on cultural pro- gramming promises made in the Towns parks mas- ter plan. Thibault called the sym- posium an important first step that identified all of the wide-ranging arts, cul- ture and heritage groups that exist independently in town. Symposium project manager Beatrice Sharkey said while Halton Hills not have a structured round table focus on culture, it does have many of the cul- tural events and programs that other communities are trying to build, but not all of us know about it. Sharkey said the term culture is now being used quite broadly to in-