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THE NEW TANNERTHURSDAY, MAY 24, 2018 3THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, MAY 24, 20182 Open HOuse from 2 - 4 p.m. MARJORIE McDONOUGH's 90 th Birthday Sunday, May 27, 2018 Blue SpringS golf CourSe duBlin line Please join us for No Gifts Please - Your Presence Only The Town honoured 168 Achievement Award winners at a celebration held at the Mold-Masters Sportsplex - TransCanada Pad on May 15. Mayor Bonnette and Council- lors Michael Albano, Ted Brown, David Kentner, Bryan Lewis and Clark Somerville presented medallions and trophies to the award recipients in recognition of their ac- complishments. "I'm very proud of our young recipients and I consider them among our most valuable natural resources," said Mayor Bonnette. "I would like to thank the coaches, man- agers and parents who helped and inspired the teams to reach this level of excellence." Awards were presented to the following: • Je'Land Sydney - On- tario Track Provincial Championship 2017 • Georgetown District High School Robotics Team 4976 - Robotics Provincial Champions • Halton Hills Bull Dogs Peewee 1 Team - Peewee A Provincial Champions • Halton Hills Bulldogs Peewee 2 Team - Prov- incial A Champions • Halton Hills Eagles Bantam AA Team - AA Ontario Baseball Asso- ciation Champions • Halton Hills Minor Rookie Eagles Base- ball Team - AA Ontario Baseball Association Champions • Halton Hills Major Rookie Eagles Team - Ontario Baseball As- sociation Provincial Champions • Halton Hills Junior Eagles Team - Junior A Ontario Baseball Asso- ciation Champions T h e A c h i e v e m e n t Awards program pro- vides an opportunity for the Town of Halton Hills to recognize individuals, teams and groups that have brought honour to the community based on their accomplishments in education, arts, culture, sport, recreational and other special pursuits. Held twice annually, the next event takes place in December. Nominations are now being accepted and forms are available at: hal- tonhills.ca/awards. For further information, call 905-873-2601 ext. 2273 or email: eburger@halton- hills.ca Before Smartphones, in- ternet, television and radio, Canadians enjoyed board games as an entertaining pastime. The games are experi- encing a huge resurgence. In particular, millennials are jumping on the board game wagon with gusto. For many, games like Catan are the foundation for a social evening with friends. The games may also promote brain stimula- tion which could help avert certain conditions such as dementia. If your brain stays strategic and engaged, it may help the mind keep active and healthy. Some of the games now offered for borrowing at the library include Ca- tan, Sushi Go, Exploding Kittens, Blokus and Pan- demic. "I'm very excited to be officially launching this collection of board games; we think they're going to be very popular," said Douglas Davey, Manager of Chil- dren's and Youth Services. "Board games are a great way for family and friends to spend time together, and now our patrons can bor- row them free of charge." Newcomers can benefit from socializing by play- ing board games as well. The library offers "Board Games for Newcomers," a program designed to assist newcomers to Canada with learning English and to so- cialize. The programs run the last Saturday of every month at the Georgetown Branch. Lee Puddephatt, Com- munity Librarian, says the program has been very well received. "We encourage new Canadians and their fam- ilies to drop in to enjoy board games. In addition to Canadian games, we offer a selection of inter- nationally popular games in a variety of languages." Halton Hills Public Library announces the availability of new board games Halton Hills Achievement Award winners honoured BEAUTY BY DESIGN: International Award w i n n i n g L i z z i e M a t h e s o n m a d e a presentat ion about "Floral Arrangements a s C o n v e r s a t i o n Pieces" to the Acton Horticultural Society, on Tuesday May 15 at Knox Presbyterian Church. - Les Schmidt photos