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Wednesday August 1891 -theHERALD- TownGantonar Sanlars i SECTION B E HILLS Georgetown student in tune with Boston Symphony By LISA The Herald Georgetown High School dent Sarah has no plans to become a professional musician but that t stop her from audi tioning and being accepted as a music student at the Boston University Institute Miss Howitt 18 of Milton has just come home from spending two weeks at Boston University playing and her clarinet with members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Together the school and the or offer the musical training sessions at the Tanglewood Music Centre in Lenox I auditioned for the chance to be accepted on a whim said Miss Howitt I was at Late bloomer excels in triathlon competition By ROB RISK Herald Sports Editor As somebody who didn take part in athletics while in high school Georgetown resident Lin da Kirk has definitely made up for lost time in the Canadian Triathlon circuit recently At the Canadian Ironman com petition in Penticton British Col umbia last year a 4 mile swim mile bicycle course and a 2 mile run Kirk placed eighth qualifying for the Hawaiian Iron man This year she placed third the Stoney Creek Biathlon third at the Guelph Lake Sprint Triathlon and fourth at the King City Triathlon I guess I a late bloomer I t do any sports at all in school since I was more of a brain and concentrated on my courses A few years ago I just found I had an aptitude for it so been doing tnathlons for four years now As a result of her success this season Kirk has been asked to become a member of the Cana National Team which will be representing Canada at the World Championships Australia this October To prepare for the competition she said a stepped up training pro gram has been instituted I ve been swimming eight miles every week and every day I spend four to five hours on two of the three events Swimming is my least favonte of the three so I always trying to improve there Competing in the age group Kirk said she has been do ing especially well in the shorter tnathlons and is currently second in the Marvelous Muffins Sprint Series Sprint tnathlons general ly involve a one kilometre swim miles on the bike and shorter than to kilometres The best five of seven series races determines the competitors Final standings I find to be very challenging I enjoy them because I get to make a lot of friends There are so few women competing the long distance tnathlons that we tend to stick together As for the future Kirk said she will likely continue to compete until she gets bored which pro bably won t happen soon She is planning on competing in at least two more major events possibly Hawaii if she can quality and one in penticton which is her favorite meet Tanglewood as a listener and after asking participants about the program I just decided to audition I never really believed Id get in But get she did to become one of 13 clarinetists who were accepted out of 50 applications from musicians around the world It was a chance to study with the world best said Miss Howitt Some of the most famous and prestigious musicians are alumni of the institute A public relations staff with the University Sacha Pfeiffer said the fanious composer conductor Leonard Bernstein was an alumni of Tanglewood along with the Boston Symphony Orchestra s current music conductor Seiji Ozawa While at Tanglewood Institute Miss Howitt said she had three hours of masterclass a day which involved performing in front of the other clarinet players in her session and having them evaluate her music The group also worked on the mechanical side of the instru and listened to on how to wnte music how Hospital study for seniors Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital will soon begin a study to determine what health and social services Halton Hills seniors will need to stay in their home as long as possible Executive Director John Oliver confirmed Friday the hospital has been granted by the province to carry out the study As part of the review the hospital will take a complete in of non institutional seniors reated health and social services to determine what the community does and does not have said Mr The study s steering commit tee which is comprised of Mr Oliver five seniors from Acton and Georgetown and represen from vanous social ser vice agencies will consider such issues as Day Hospitals and transportation Mr Oliver wouldn reveal the names of the other committee members Day Hospitals will be institu tions which permit seniors to receive treatment during the day and still return home at night This kind of service requires the steering community to look at available transportation for seniors to travel between the Day Hospital and their home he said Another service to be con sidered said Mr Oliver is the establishment of apartments with health related support vices That way seniors can receive the care they need while living in housing that closely resembles a home like at he explained Mr Oliver said direct feed back from seniors and improved between service pro viders are crucial to the success of the review To solicit public opinion Mr Oliver said he hopes a Town Hall meeting at the Civic Centre will be held to discuss seniors health and social services in the com He stressed no definitive has been made on whether a town hall meeting will be held The study is expected to be completed sometime this December said Mr Oliver Sarah Howitt to play and how to market clarinets I definitely know more know she said I polished musical pieces I knew before rtVing at Tanglewood and- found the other clarinet players were a great support group Going to was a wonderful way to meet people from around the world I made friends with clarinetists from France Austria Greenland and other countries She a hits that most of the musicians in her class have plans to someday become professional clarinetists but that s never been a dream of hers I never had the desire I don t think selfdisciplined enough to become a professional she said- It s just a hobby for me But she doesn intend to stray too far out of the world of music Her goal is to become an or chestra manager Being accepted into the Institute isn t the first time Miss has been recognized for her musical talent For the last two years shes been a member of the Hamilton Youth Orchestra and hopes to be again this year Previously she was a member of the Youth Orchestra in Oakville for six years Miss Howitt has also competed in the Kiwanls Music Festival in Toronto for the past seven years and at the Milton Music Festival in the last two years and placed in the top third every year winning scholarships every time Miss Howitt has studied the clarinet for 11 years and will be a senior at Georgetown Distnct High School in Georgetown this fall