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Living Oakville Beaver LIVING EDITOR: WILMA BLOKHUIS By Wilma Blokhuis OAKVILLE LIVING EDITOR Phone 905-845-3824 (ext. 250) Fax 905-337-5567 email blokhuis@haltonsearch.com · WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 2006 13 OTHS holds Oakville's first high school Relay for Life at the school and the community," said Mooney. "It's our way of giving back to the school and the community because Oakville's first high school Relay for the school has been good to us and has Life will be held at Oakville Trafalgar given us lots of opportunities ­ plus it's High School on May 26 and 27. an amazing cause," said Mooney. "A lot of students have worked all "We're hoping this will become an year for this and we've set a goal of annual event," said Treadway. $50,000 which is pretty ambitious," "Our school is in a neighbourhood said one of the organizers, Dan with the resources to raise a lot of Treadway, who is in Grade 12." money so why not take advantage of About $30,000 has been raised to it," added Milne. date. The event is coordinated with a The school has 50 teams, each of provincial Relay for Life coordinator them challenged to raise at least with the Ontario Division of the $1,000, he explained. They include stu- Canadian Cancer Society, said Mary dent, teacher, parent, neighbourhood Ellen Frederick, manager of the and mixed teams. Oakville Unit of the Canadian Cancer "It's pretty exciting, it's been a lot of Society. There is also a provincial elework." mentary school coordinator. Of the school's 1,200-student popu"We were told to expect to raise lation, about 500 plus about $10,000 at a first some parents and teach- "We're looking for year school event," said ers are participating in more participants. We Treadway. "We've done the Relay. It will be held want to make it a surprisingly well for a at the track behind the first year." neighbourhood event school at 1260 Devon Rd. Milne said support "We're looking for and people for the school's Relay more participants," said living around the for Life has "been wonTreadway. "We want to school are welcome." derful. I have confimake it a neighbourhood dence that the students event and people living Dan Treadway, will make for a successaround the school are OTHS Relay for Life ful event. Our school welcome." supports a lot of chariAbout 20 survivors will be partici- ties. pating in the Survivor Victory Lap to "We've been working on this since kick-off the event at 7 p.m. late October ...early mornings and late It will be similar to the large event nights. We have 10-15 students on our at Appleby College, complete with committee and more than 30 voluntents, luminary ceremony plus enter- teers." tainment and activities ­ movies, Teacher advisor John Orlando games in the gym, local bands, karaoke emphasized the OTHS' Relay for Life is and a hypnotist. entirely a student-driven project. Joan Gibb, president of the Oakville "Oakville Trafalgar High School has Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society been wonderful," concluded Frederick. and cancer survivor Steve Brown, hus- "Some students just came into the band of OTHS teacher Kathy Stearns- office to present a $6,000 cheque, Brown, will speak at the luminary cer- money raised from a head shaving." emony. OTHS graduate Sean Burkett, a comedian and business student at the University of Western Ontario, entertains at 10:30 p.m., followed by two shows by hypnotist Richard Cole at 11 If you p.m. and midnight. have a There will also be a silent auction. Items include three paintings, an MP3 news tip player, plus tickets to sporting events. or story The community is invited to attend idea, OTHS' Relay for Life including the call the luminary ceremony and entertainOakville ment from 7 p.m. ­ midnight for a $15 donation. Beaver at "This will include a luminary that 845-3824. you can write a name on," said co-leaders Katie Mooney and Wendy Milne, two Grade 12 students ­ the school's Relay for Life is their idea. "We both wanted to leave our mark RIZIERO VERTOLLI / OAKVILLE BEAVER PROUD ACHIEVEMENT: Katie Mooney, left, and Wendy Milne, co-leaders of Oakville Trafalgar High School's Relay for Life this Friday, and the school's Relay for Life student committee, keep track of fundraising on the Relay-O-Meter poster at the school. The students have raised $30,000 towards a $50,000 goal. LOOK FOR The Canadian Ballet Youth Ensemble Artistic Advisor Evelyn Hart presents Dance Auditions forThe Nutcracker Participate in the wonder and beauty of a a magical performance as the timeless fairytale treasure of The Nutcracker is presented on stage at Hamilton Place with Ballet Ouest de Montreal. Auditions are open to all dancers - male and female. Adult roles available. Audition Date: Sunday, May 28 2006 Place: Studio Theatre, Hamilton Place 10 MacNab Street South, Hamilton Ontario Student Auditions Age Time 7-8 9:30 - 10:00 9 - 11 10:00 - 10:45 12 - 14 10:45 - 11:30 15 & up 11:30 - 12:30 Call Backs: All students are to report back for 1:00 p.m. Adult Auditions 4:00 - 5:00 Please arrive 45 minutes prior to your audition to allow time for registration. $10.00 registration fee applies. H0960307 BIG 7 DAY SALE! 4 Page Flyer in Today's Paper! * delivered to select homes web-site: www.cbye.ca · e-mail: info@cbye.ca· telephone: 905-512-1453