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The Oakville Beaver, Friday June 2, 2006 - 13 Student's message on TV By Howard Mozel OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Oakville Green Party AGM The Oakville Green Party hosts its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, June 14. This event gets underway at 7 p.m. in the Acorn Grill Cafeteria at Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Rd. Guest speaker will be Clive Shirley, Director of Global Aware will be share his journalistic knowledge and views on the growing success of the Green Party in Europe. Everyone is welcome to attend but you must be a Green Party member in good standing for at least 60 days to vote or run for a position. To RSVP contact Brian Wright at 905-849-8731 or e-mail brianw@interlog.com. St. Mildred's-Lightbourn School student Jessica Adams is only in Grade 11, but she's already exerting a powerfully positive influence far beyond her peer group. The 16-year old recently won a Family Channel anti-bullying public service announcement (PSA) contest by combining technology and imagination to create an entry that plainly struck a chord with the judges. Better still, her work recently aired on Family Channel, spreading the message of respect to an even wider audience. Adams' entry actually began as a school-only project, a short digital video trailer on bullying featuring the Grade 5 friends of her little sister. It focused on a girl who had the power to stop time, who uses this gift to help another student. Then Communication Technology and Visual Art teacher Otino Corsano suggested she expand the scope of her efforts and submit an entry to Family Channel. For her new idea, Adams incorporated the old footage into her theme of "labeling," which she believes is a major contributor to bullying. She then exported this material from iMovie to Photoshop where she customized each individual frame with text labels hovering over the characters' heads - then back again. (In the PSA, the labels disappear when bullying is overcome.) Corsano described it as still animation using live-action footage. "I was really impressed by the project," he said. "It's really with the Y Pho Photo Contest Did you grow up in Oakville? Can you think way, way back to the 50's, 60's, and 70's...from poodle skirts to disco and from the `Y-Nots' to `Kinder Kamp'? The YMCA of Oakville and the Oakville Beaver would like to announce a photo contest in honour of the Y's 50th Anniversary in Oakville. We want to celebrate the history of the Y and of our community, and your old photos can take us back in time like nothing else can. So dig through those albums and shoe boxes and join in the fun! Submit your pictures to the Oakville Beaver by July 29 and you could be eligible to win fantastic prizes in four categories: 50 YEARS WITH THE Y LIESA KORTMANN / OAKVILLE BEAVER ON TV: Jessica Adams won a Family Channel anti-bullying PSA (public service announcement) video contest wonderful." "She's a real role model for Adams sent her entry off to other students." Family Channel in March and Adams' PSA was screened at last month after Chapel stu- February's launch of St. dents were told a Family Mildred's-Lightbourn's week of Channel representative was in anti-bullying activities. The the school to announce that a school's Stand Up Campaign St. Mildred's pupil had won. was held in conjunction with Adams was shocked and Valentine's Day with an eye on delighted it was her and said the respect and caring for others in young actors who participated the community. were similarly pleased. To that end, Art and "They were really excited I Communications Technology won," she said. students like Adams made That goes for Corsano as posters, web banners and video well, who said the honour is clips supporting this initiative, especially gratifying in the first three of which were entered in year of the school's anti-bully- the Family Channel contest. ing campaign. During the launch, Family "Jessica used technology for Channel Vice-President Joe positive social change," he said. Tedesco spoke to students. 1st Prize - 2 tickets to the Y's gala 50's celebration `At the Hop' on October 14, 2006 2nd Prize - 5-month YMCA of Oakville Adult Membership 3rd Prize - One season of YBC Youth Basketball 4th Prize - 3-month YMCA of Oakville Child/Youth Membership (age 0 to 14) 1950's/1960's/1970's (3 prizes for each decade) 1st Prize - 3-month YMCA of Oakville Adult Membership 2nd Prize - YMCA picnic gift basket 3rd Prize - YMCA gym bag and gift pack www.ymcaofoakville.com f k ll a Street, Oakville, ON L6 Telephone: 905-845-3417 Facsimile: 905-842-6792 E-mail: customerservice@oakville.ymca.ca