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Wednesday Ju ly , 2000 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER B3 BABY WORLD *9 Y/c/ls % */r n /'/t( t( t/te Your One Stop Furniture Location for Newborns to Teens .. rN W / r .fr t n The Merriam Keegan Award, an $8,000 scholarship - $2,000 annually for four years, was pre sented to Tom Babic, an OAC graduate from St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, by the Angela Bruce Chapter IODE, represented by second from left, Maureen Campbell, education officer, and right, Gabrielle Ackerman, regent. Shown at left is principal Peter Visser, and sec ond from right, Chris Fuller, guidance counsellor, o f St. Thomas Aquinas. We are M oving in July to the Stoney Creek stay tu n ed for m ore details. www.babyworlds.com C en tre... 940 Queenston Road, (2 lights east of Centennial Parkway) a a a Stoney Creek (905) 560-4311 M ou.-W ed. 10-6, Thun.&Fri. 10-9, S«t. 10-5;Shu. 12-4 Aquinas grad wins $8,000 scholarship Tom Babic, an OAC graduate of St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, was selected by the Angela Bruce Chapter of IODE to receive the $8,000 Merriam Keegan Award, $2,000 for each of his four years of studying towards a Bachelor of Commerce degree at McMaster University. The award is named after the late Merriam Keegan who was a long-time member of the Angela Bruce Chapter of the IODE and served on the national executive. The IODE selection committee for this award were: Gabrielle Ackerman, regent; Maureen Campbell, education officer; Helen Trillia, assistant educa tion; Dianne Griffiths treasurer; and Shirley Hanlon. Babic achieved high academ ic standing at St. Thom as Aquinas and attended SOMA, a model UN held at the University of Toronto, as a delegate from a member country of the United Nations. He helped organize an Academic Quadrathon for stu dents who are going to attend high school and toured local ele mentary schools for the Motiv-8 Program to talk to Grade 8 stu dents about how to deal with stress and about what high school is like. Babic has served on the Students' Council, man aged the school store this year, played on the school's bad minton team, and found time to referee for the Ontario Soccer Association. In addition, he works part-time at Denninger's and the CIBC. Angela Bruce IODE scholar ships of $1,000 each went to: Jodine Mitchell at St. Thomas Aquinas; Lucia Nam, St. Ignatius Loyola; Ashley Lyons, Iroquois Ridge; Jessica Rosinski, Oakville Trafalgar; Gwendolyn Weeks, T. A. Blakelock; Leonard Tooley, Queen Elizabeth Park; Elizabeth Hilliard, White Oaks; and Creyos Batchelor, White Oaks Science & Technology. The students were selected for their academic ability and were active in their school and community. The Chapter also awarded a $1,000 bursary to Charles Buchanan at the Adult Education Centre of White Oaks South Campus. The Chapter has given $ 1,000 to Sheridan College to support female mature students training to re-enter the workforce. This year, the Chapter also presented Lindsay Thomas, of Sheridan's Music Theatre Program, with a scholarship of $1,000, a memor ial award in the name of Helen Poole. The total amount given out this year for scholarships and bursaries by the Angela Bruce Chapter comes to $15,500. The Angela Bruce Chapter has been active since 1933. The Chapter supports many worthy projects in the community. ENJOY YOUR DECK, RATIO OR TERRACE MORE OFTEN Provide Shade from the Sun With a retractable awning. 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By working to stop habitat loss, reduce harmful toxic chemicals, protect species at risk, and stop illegal wildlife trade, W W F will ensure a promising future for people and wildlife. It is estimated that as many as 24 species go extinct every day. The loss of just one species can have an enor mous ripple effect on the earth's biodi versity -- the intricate web of life that we also depend on for our food, health, shelter and our economic prosperity. WWF's Local V ictories include helping to protect 2.4 million hectares of wilderness in Ontario, 28,000 hectares in the Alberta foothills, and securing 31 new wilderness sites in Nova Scotia. W W F's Global Leadership has included working with the Honduran government and local communities to expand the Rio Platano Reserve to cover 850,000 hectares, making it the largest protected area in Central America's Atlantic Rainforest. WWF began work in Canada over 30 years ago to protect endangered species. 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