Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), February 20, 1991, p. 20

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THE HERALD Wednesday February Page Community Lifestyles featured at Acton High School On February 28th at Acton High School several displays ranging from staff cooking to computer fitness assessments will welcome students during the morning In early afternoon over 30 visitors will arrive at the school to offer presentations Conservation award winners The Halton Region Conserva tion Authority recently the 1990 winners of the Ralph Sherwood Conservation Award Twelve worthy nominations were received for the award which is named after Ralph Sher wood a longstanding and distinguished former member of the Authority Each year the award is presented to people who have made an outstanding contribu to conservation in the Halton watershed Brian Penman Chairman of the Selection Committee and Vicechairman of the Authority said It is gratifying to see that interest in the program has in creased and indirectly reflects the interest in conservation by the community The awards program initiated in 1982 has three categories educational institutional and in dividual In the educational category Lord Elgin High School in Burl ington was selected for an im pressive conservation program called project biosphere Students helped restore natural habitat along a section of Ap pleby Creek in Burlington by planting hundreds of trees The project was done in conjunction with the Conservation Authority and the City of Burlington and represents an excellent example of how students working on en projects can make a difference The project also in eluded an educational component that involved an environmental conference and an ecology awareness program for several elementary schools In the Institutional category the Smokey Hollow Committee from was selected for their successful effort to preserve and protect a section of the Grindstone Creek that has historical significance The volunteer committee has worked very hard towards a goal of creating a passive park that not only preserves some in local history but also protects the natural valley and allows safe public access The committee coordinated the development of the master plan for the area and raised the funds for the project that will begin in In the final category for In dividuals Professor Doug Larson from the University of Guelph was selected for his work on the ancient cedar forest community situated on the cliff edge of the Niagara Escarpment During the past two years Pro fessor Larson has been actively involved with studying the an dent forest community that was discovered in in 1988 His discovery and related research on the entire escarpment has generated an incredible amount of publicity on the significance of the Niagara Escarpment In eluding national coverage on all major television networks magazine articles and extensive newspaper coverage His discovery and research has not only focused attention on the significance of the Niagara but has emphasized the fragile nature of the resource Say I saw it in The Herald Each winmx received a plaque at the Authority s Inaugural Meeting on ebruary with topics such as Aerobics Martial Arts Love or Ir atua tion A Career as a Pilot or Worker Life in Pro Football Stress Management Yoga Stu dying Effectively Raising Responsible Parents and Teachers Dealing with College Animal Care and many others Each student will attend three sessions and each of the ses is repeated for the three time slots during the afternoon The long term plan is to repeat such an event every three years and as a result senior students will be offered first priority on their choices as they will not have the opportunity again at Acton High School This event will provide a focal point of interest and enthusiasm to expose the Acton High School community to a variety of resource people with topics even vital to lifestyle and career preparation Thanks to the support of School in par ticular Gibson local Grade s will also be invited to the event F GELLED CEILING LATEX INTERIOR FIAT LATEX 0000 Alter Sale RS CHOICE SEALER lie Price 1 IB PAINTERS CHOKE LATEX SEALER After Sale INTERIOR SEMIGLOSS LATEX 0003 After Sale flat SAVE 30 ROYAL COLLECTION NOWAX PEEL VINYL FLOOR TILE Reg 39 IMA PIUS SMI INSTORE WALLCOVERING Rtg rtattwm may wry from thou shown stores For frande opportunities toll 3351 or 6M1437M01 214 GUELPH STREET GEORGETOWN 8731363

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