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Recording Studio Time from Escarpment Sound Studio www.escarpmentsound.com SATURDAY Rabbit Show, 4H Achievement Day - 9:00 am Midway, Concessions & Homecrafts - 10:00 am Milking Demonstrations - 10:30 am, 2:00 pm, 4:30 pm Kids Crafts (until 4 pm), The Ben Show - 11:00 am, 2:45 pm Demonstrations - 11:15 am Junior Dairy Show, Sandy Stompers - 11:30 am The Smudge Fundaes - 11:45 am, 3:30 pm The Puppet Tamer 12:30 pm & 4:30 pm, Cheer Force Flyers - 12:30 pm Mounted Pony Games 1:00 pm & 3:00 pm, Halton School of Dance - 1:00 pm Barney the Magician - 1:15 pm, 5:15 pm Sandy Stompers - 1:30 pm FMX Freestyle Motocross - 2:00 pm, 4:00 pm, 6:30 pm Tubby the Tuna - 2:00 pm School of Rock Showcase 2:30 pm Rolly Rocker & the Hemi Heads - 4:30 pm, 6:00 pm Demolition Derby - 7:00 pm 8 Acton/Georgetown, Friday, September 5, 2008 The number of staff and students at schools in Halton Region has risen by a few hundred over the past year, according to statistics released by both the public and Catholic boards this week. The Halton Catholic District School Board welcomed close to 29,000 students and 3,400 staff as the new 2008- 09 school year began, while the Halton District School Board has just over 52,000 youths in class and 4,300 staff members. For the HCDSB, the projected enrolment figures point to approximate 300-student growth over last years enrolments. The projected enrolment figures indicate 19,254 elementary and 9,739 secondary students attend- ed the Boards 39 elementary and nine secondary schools, as well as the Boards Continuing Education facilities in Burlington and Oakville on opening day. The HDSB reports that its enrolment has grown by about 1,200 students from 2007-08 and that 187 new teachers have been hired. Currently, the HDSB has 78 elementary and 17 secondary schools in operation this month. The Catholic Board employs approximately 3,400 staff, with 65 new teachers hired to date. Michael W. Pautler succeeds Lou Piovesan as the HCDSBs fifth Director of Education. Piovesan announced his retirement from the Board earlier this year. Suzanne Rossini also starts her job as the Boards new Superintendent of Education, Special Education. A number of new and ongoing initiatives for the HCDSBs 2008-2009 school year will include: the further implementation of the Boards Focus on Faith initiative, which provides alignment and direction to building a strong Catholic learning community; the deployment of Itinerant Literacy and Numeracy teachers to support school staff with improvements to instructional and assessment strategies and the continued implementation of strategies related to the Boards Bullying Prevention initiative. Other HCDSB highlights for the year include the opening of a new high school, Corpus Christi Catholic Secondary School opened in north Burlington and the 50th anniversary of Holy Cross School in Georgetown. New for the public school board this year is the open- ing of Ethel Gardiner Public School in Georgetown South in January. Students for that new location have been attending classes at Harrison and Silver Creek pub- lic schools in the meantime. As well, the HDSB will construct three new elemen- tary schools in Milton over the next year. For the first time in a number of years, the HDSB will host a parent conference on education Saturday, Oct. 25 at White Oaks Secondary School in Oakville. For Halton Hills residents, a public consultation regarding the long-term accommodation plan will take place Thursday, Sept. 25 at Georgetown District High School. Both boards have a school year calendar for 2008- 2009 consisting of 188 instructional days and six profes- sional activity days. Student enrolment higher at both local school boards A Sixth Line resident is appealing to the public for the return of her $3,000 exotic pet parrot after it was apparently stolen from its cage last Saturday afternoon. Melody Lillicraps brilliant green Eclectis parrot named Calypso went missing in the early afternoon of Aug. 30 while she was running errands and theres been no trace of the loquacious bird since. Neighbours witnessed a purple minivan pull into the driveway while Lillicrap was gone but her 82-year-old aunt, who was inside the residence at the time, didnt hear or see anything. Why anyone would go to such great lengths to steal this bird is very upsetting. Ive just gotten over two-and-a- half days of solid crying, said Lillicrap, who said shes certain the parrots large cage on the houses deck was locked. Calypso has had his wings clipped and is unable to fly more than a few feet. The police say that the person who took him most likely has seen the bird before and was intrigued by it. He does bite but he can also be very friendly and if someone opened the cage he would probably jump out onto their hand. Lillicrap said that she has had many visi- tors to her home over the past few months who would invariably spend time with the bird during their stay. She doubts the cul- prits would be anyone connected to her in- home daycare business. In light of the alleged theft, Lillicrap has purchased a rottweil- er for accompaniment and security reasons, although she dearly miss- es Calypsos favourite greetings, Whats the dealeo, and Whatcha doin. He was original- ly purchased as a gift for Lillicraps boyfriends daughter, Sarah Lindsay. Even more distressing for her is that the one-pound, one-foot-tall bird needs medication twice a day to prevent him from pulling his feathers off his breast due to an itching condition. Lillicrap fears the worst for Calypso, but requests that if anyone knows of his where- abouts, they will leave him outside the Pet Valu store in Acton in a ventilated box. CALYPSO Sarah Lindsay stands beside the empty cage from where Melody Lillicraps parrot Calypso was stolen. Photo by Ted Brown Distraught parrot owner asks: Who took Calypso? EAMONN MAHER Staff Writer