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Wednesday December 13, 2000 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER B3 Respite Open House SENACA is an Oakville-based pro gram for frail elderly, physically and cognitively impaired adults living in the community with their families. It provides respite for family and other caregivers, and at the same time, offers a day filled with activities. SENACA is open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The agency recently received provincial funding for Evening/ Overnight Respite care in partnership with Oaklands Regional Centre. Clients can stay Monday to Thursday nights from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. An Open House will be held at Oaklands, 53 Bond St., on Thursday, Dec. 14th from 2 to 4 p.m., to launch the Evening/Ovemight Respite. For information, call 337-8937. Photo by Riziero Vertolli O ptim ist Youth A w ard recipients, shown front from left, are: Ashley Reid, Lyndsey Pickering, C hristina Yager, C h ristin a M ancini, and E dw ard Tam ; and at back from left, Shivani Sondhi, Tom M arshall of the O akville O ptim ist Club, A ndrew C hristie, R obert H arrow er, and G inger Tien. O steoporosis researcher seeks stu dy volunteers Dr. Aliya Khan of the Oakville Bone Centre is looking for 20 women with osteoporosis to participate in a study to test a medication that will increase bone density at least 10%. "No other medication can match parathyroid hormone therapy in increasing bone density," said Dr. Khan, an osteoporosis specialist and researcher. "This study is open to women who are post-menopausal who have osteo porosis." Dr. Khan is the principal researcher in this major North American study. This study is open to women over 55 who are post-menopausal, have experienced loss of height, or have suf fered a fracture in the last five years. All medication used during the study will be provided to participants at no charge. If interested, call the Oakville Bone Centre at 844-5677. Oakville Optimist Club honours local youth for good deeds The Oakville Optimist Club annual ly celebrates Youth Appreciation Week in November by honouring local youth. This year's recipients of Optimist Youth Community Service Awards, nominated by their schools, are: C h ristin a Yager of Queen Elizabeth Park High School sits on a committee of students and adults who are working to create a development centre for the youth of Oakville. The goal of this committee is to help youth by providing a safe environment in which to run activities and offer guid ance. E d w ard Tam of MacLachlan College is a volunteer at OakvilleTrafalgar Memorial Hospital. He began working on patient transport. Currently, he is working in the rehabilitation ward serving meals, walking outside with patients and doing other errands as required by the nurses. C h ristin a M ancini from St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School volunteered at the Good Shepherd Centre serving food. She also helps out at school functions, and at St. Dominic's Kindergarten classes. She has also coacheo a Girls' Under-8 soc cer team. Shivani Sondhi from St. Mildred's Lightboum School has participated in a variety of community activities at her school. In addition, she recruited, orga nized and participated in the Oakville Galleries' silent auction last May. A ndrew C h ristie from Oakville Trafalgar High School is a volunteer assistant coach for the Minor Oaks Hockey Association, volunteers at an Oakville food bank and for the Scott Mission. He is also a volunteer tutor at a group home. R obert H arrow er of White Oaks Secondary School - North Campus, is in the role model program at school and is a peer helper. He works on set con struction for school plays and acts as M aster of Ceremonies for school awards programs. G inger Tien from White Oaks Secondary School - South Campus, has volunteered at Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital. She has also volun teered for the Oakville Salvation Army Food Drive, the Oakville Public Library's summer reading program, and at the Glen Forest Heritage Language School. Ashley Reid from Appleby College volunteered for the Halton VON. She also volunteers with the Duke of Edinburgh's personal challenge group, and participates in the service council which plans service events. Lyndsey Pickering is minister of finance for the Iroquois Ridge High School student parliament. She was the driving force behind their athletic ban quet. Outside of school, she works with children, teaching swimming. Since 1957, Optimist Clubs have recognized youth for their talents in the arts, athletics, academics, and for con tributions to the community. B ronte H orticultural Society recognitions (Continued from page B2) In October 1974, a plaque was placed under an oak tree on the trail leading into Maple Valley Park, hon ouring R. Eldon Perkins, by both the Bronte and Oakville horticultural societies, rec ognizing him for his green house business from 1924 to 1973. School plantings contin ued during the 1980s. In 1983, a 10-year ser vice certificate was present ed to John Simkins, newspa per gardening columnist. During the 1990s, a bench purchased as a memo rial to past members was placed at the Bronte War Memorial at Legion Memorial Park. The society also got involved with the gardens at Sovereign House, which was moved to Bronte Bluffs from another location in Bronte under the auspices of the Bronte Horticultural Society. The house, restored to its original 1910 appear ance, opened in September 1995. The society's end-ofseason annual picnics are held at Sovereign House. 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