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8- The Oakville Beaver, Friday November 16, 2007 www.oakvillebeaver.com FREE NOV. Students enjoyed being part of history 17TH! Continued from page 1 Get Canada's #1 Calendar in The Hamilton Spectator would be a great idea to get all the youth together to celebrate Oakville." Harmgardt emailed every local high school principal, inviting each school's students to take part in what she marketed as "an historical event." "It really is historic," she said. "We're not going to be a part of a 150th birthday for Oakville again. It's a once in a lifetime chance. You can show this picture to your grandkids." The consensus among students packing into numbers, yesterday afternoon, was that this photo would indeed become an important part of Oakville's history. "I want to represent Oakville and be part of our 150 years," said 16-year-old Gretchen Moller, one of more than 100 King's Christian Collegiate students who were huddled together as part of the five. Rounding out the zero was a pack of St. Ignatius of Loyola students, who volunteered to take part in the commemorative photo. "I wanted to be part of this picture, to be part of Oakville," said Grade 12 student Isabel Nunez. "Oakville's a small town, and we're all coming together as a community to celebrate," added 17year-old April Baxter. As for getting students to the field to ensure that celebration could happen, Harmgardt said initially, that was a problem. "The principals were all really enthusiastic, but getting the students here was an issue," she said. So, Harmgardt organized a deal with First Student, a busing company in town. They took care of making sure students were at the field by 12:15 p.m. yesterday. Each of the participating schools ­ King's Christian Collegiate, Loyola, White Oaks, Appleby College, McLaughlin College, Abbey Park, St. Thomas Aquinas and Blakelock ­ will receive a blown-up copy of the photo to hang in their school. "It was really, really exciting," said Harmgardt, as students were dispersing after the photo was taken. "I think it went really well." But, she admits, it wasn't easy. "I would say that was the absolute biggest challenge, was marshalling the students together, and making sure they stayed in their positions," she said. "The other big thing was knowing how big to make the 150, but it all worked out." The results will soon be hanging at Town Hall. "Hopefully hanging there forever," Harmgardt said, smiling. "Or at least until the 200th comes around." Halton's food banks may join forces By Melanie Hennessey SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER As the region's population continues to grow by leaps and bounds, local food banks are stretching their resources to the limit trying to serve local residents in need. With this in mind, Halton's food banks are looking to take a collaborative approach to better meet the food needs of low-income citizens, the Region's health and social services committee learned Tuesday. The Halton Region Food Bank Network appeared before the committee to talk about the group's proposal for a regional food acquisition and distribution hub -- something that could triple the amount of food available to residents in need and increase volumes of fresh food items. The hub would work by collectively soliciting corporate food donations on behalf of all its regional members (above and beyond the local efforts of food banks), ship the resulting larger size contributions to a central warehouse and then transport custom-sized orders to the food banks and other involved agencies. The hub could connect up to nine Halton food banks, a food recovery program and the Provincial Food Distribution Network. The network is seeking funding to make the hub model a reality, including a grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. It needs $115,000 in one-time expenses and then about $500,000 a year for operating expenses. MASSIVE MOVING SALE EVERYTHING MUST GO! 50-75% OFF! 2008 DODGE AVENGER SE 4 cylinder, air, power windows & locks, keyless entry, side airbags, security alarm and much more. PURCHASE FOR LEASE FOR MONTH. $355 DOWN. REIGHT & FEES NCLUDED. O.A.C. QUALITY WROUGHT IRON FURNITURE INDOOR & OUTDOOR GAZEBO BARS, DINING TABLES CONSOLE TABLES, CHAIRS SALE ENDS NOVEMBER 30, 2007 2470 Royal Windsor Dr., Oakville Tel: 905-339-1751 Fax: 905-339-0264 www.naturalirondesigns.com Financing Provided by "We will save you time and money!" Sales Hotline 905-845-4211 · sales@oakvilledodge.com FINE PRINT *Cash Sale Price Plus Freight fees and applicable taxes. All Chrysler rebates and incentives applied to sale price. **Lease Payments are plus tax and downpayment as stated. 27 month lease term with 20,400 KM Per Year Allowance. Limited time offers subject to change without notice, see dealer for details.