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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, February 4, 2016 | 10 Six people awarded Rotary club's highest honour by Nathan Howes Special to the Beaver Rotary's highest honour was bestowed upon six people who give their time, talent and knowledge to help those in need. The Paul Harris Fellowship award is given annually to those who demonstrate a strong commitment to helping people, locally and abroad. On Jan. 27, this year's award was handed out at a gala at the Oakville Conference Centre hosted by the Rotary Club of Oakville (RCO), Rotary Club of Oakville Trafalgar (RCOT) and Rotary Club of Oakville West (RCOW). "We would say Rotary lives in them, though they may not even be Rotarians. They really exemplify what Rotary stands for and that is `Service above self,'" said Ken Coulter, RCOT president and event emcee. The fellowship was created in 1957 and named after the club's founder, Paul Harris, an American lawyer. · · · Kathryn Patterson, Molly Burke, Jim Turriff, Stephen Cull, Tina Triano and Chuck Havill garnered the accolade this year. Paul Harris Fellowship Award recipients pictured, from left, are: Stephen Cull; Jim Turriff; Molly Burke; Chuck Havill; Kathryn Patterson; and, Tina Triano. The honour was bestowed at the annual Fellowship Dinner sponsored by the three Oakville Rotary Clubs last week. | photo by Michael Ivanin - special to the Beaver Patterson, an Iroquois Ridge High School (IRHS) teacher, began teaching in 1988 at Burlington's M.M. Robinson High School, transferring to IRHS in 1996. She taught English and special education, and in 2004, became coordinator of the high school's gifted program and advanced placement. Her students nominated her for the award, the "most wonderful moment... to know I am appreciated in that way," Patterson said. "I respect them so much and adore them so much. They've changed my life more than I could ever change theirs. They don't even know that. It's pretty incredible that they would do that." Since the 2007 launch of IRHS' Interact Club, Patterson has been its staff adviser and organized seven international service trips to help students perform local, national and global service. In March, Patterson and 12 students will travel to Costa Rica. So far, they've raised $3,500. "We will be working on reforestation and its natural environment to make sure it continues to be a self-sustaining community. The money we take to that community goes to young people to send them to school," said Patterson. see Honourees on p.13 ABBEY ARMS GlEn ABBEY'S OnlY AuthEntic BRitiSh PuB! Join us every sunday live music, James anthony Band's "sunday sermon" 3:30pm ­ 7:00pm visit our weBsite abbeyarmspub.ca for upcoming events! Looking for direction in a volatile market? Let's talk. Marc Nutford - Financial Advisor 2387 Trafalgar Road, Unit E2, Oakville, ON L6H 6K7 905-844-4043 · www.edwardjones.com 481 North Service Rd. @ 4th Line, Oakville 905-825-1109 www.abbeyarmspub.ca *With the purchase of an adults meal MOndAY niGhtS KidS EAt FREE Leaky Basement? Call Us! · Crack Injection Repair Specialist · Wise Dry Interior Drain Systems · Lifetime Fully Transferrable Warranty · Masonry/Parging Repairs Call Us... Professional, Cost Effective Solutions 905-510-9739 for Wet Basements wayne@wisecracks.com w w w. H a l t o n Wi s e C ra c k s. co m It's what's inside that counts. 1011 Upper Middle iddle Road East East, Oakville · 289-291-0147 www.walkerschocolates.ca Winter disCoUnt $50 off on tHe 1st foUndation CraCk and 10% off any joB over a $1000 Promotion runs from December 1st, 2015 till February 29th, 2016.