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A 8 - The Oakville Beaver, Friday D ecem ber 27, 2002 Horse-drawn wagon rides at Mountsberg offerMountsberg Wildlife Centre is offer ing horse-drawn wagon rides over snow covered trails that wind throughout its forested property. The wagons can accommodate 20 passengers at a time. Rides are 45 min utes in length and bookings also include exclusive use of the historic Cameron farmhouse for an hour. In addition to the trails, Mountsberg has birds of prey demonstrations and a wildlife walkway where you can visit with bison, elk and hawks. To reserve an outing call 905-8542276. Group bookings are $10 for adults and $7 for children under 14. A minimum charge of $150 applies. All groups must pre-register and prepay for their wagon rides. Mountsberg is located on Milburough Line, just south of Hwy. 401. V ctaffprQ kPPD On tOD \ftf train inn I I J I I ^ l L I U l l I I I l^ £ The Oakville YMCA has an ongo ing commitment to ensuring that its Fitness and Aquatic trainers are certi fied according to Y Canada standards and recertified on a regular basis. YMCA staff members recently attended a training conference for Y fitness, wellness and aquatic trainers across Ontario, Held at Blue Mountain, the confer ence saw the Oakville Y 's Lisa Newman recertified in her capacity as an Associate Fitness Trainer, as was Nancy Nunes as a Fitness and Aquatics Trainer, while Dianne Dillion was cer tified as an Aquatics Trainer. These 4)1. *k * V > i M ~t Recertification for trainers ensures all standards are met ladies now become responsible for hosting certification courses for Oakville Y Fitness and Swimming leaders. My role as a YMCA Canada Trainer of Trainers for Fitness and Aquatic Fitness is to certify, recertify, host and * maintain the standards set by YMCA / * Canada in terms of developing, train ing, mentoring and supervising trendDec. 26-31 setting Fitness Trainers and Fitness Doors Open at 10am Leaders through the YMCA Canada certification programs. During the keynote speech at the conference, YMCA Canada CEO Michael Weil addressed the fact that the YMCA has In fo rm a tio n Session been and continues to January 9, 9 :30 am , be one of the (followed by Q &A, tour) strongest E n tran ce E xam ination s leaders in G rade 1-2 Jan u ary 11 providing Grade 3 -4 by appointm ent training for quality certi Grade 5-O A C Jan u ary 25 fied leaders, and that the recommit RSVP Admissions ment to upgrade and maintain these high standards is one of the focus (416)484-6533 ext.247 issues for YMCA Canada. 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