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B2 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Conference on homophobia fo r students Wednesday, April 28, 1999 A day-long conference about homo­ phobia will be held on Thursday May 18th for interested Halton high school students. About 100 teens, in Grades 11 to OAC, representing the region's high schools are expected to attend Reaching for Change - Addressing Homophobia, at the Halton Regional Centre. Also expected to attend are 50 adults, including police, parents, health care professionals and social service providers. The conference aims to discover and raise awareness of the needs and issues experienced by gay, lesbian and bisexual youth. It is being presented by the Halton Rape Crisis Centre, in partnership with the Halton Regional Health Department and Halton Regional Police Services. The workshop is being made possible by a grant from the Healthy Community Funding Consortium of Halton. The conference runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Keynote speaker, from 10:45 to 11:45 a.m., will be David Brownstone, program co­ ordinator for Central Toronto Youth Services. A student drama presentation will open the conference from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.; and two students and a parent will share per­ sonal experiences from 12:45 to 1:30 p.m., followed by workshops. Interested students are being asked to contact their guidance counsellor or stu­ dent services teacher to regis­ ter for this conference. 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Earth Week clean-up tremendous success Oakville's 8th annual Earth Week Clean-Up is the largest single environ­ ment clean-up organized as part of Earth Day activities, for a third consec­ utive year. "This is a marquee Earth Day event with the largest per capita participation rate," states Jed Goldberg, president of Earth Day Canada. "Keep up the good work Oakville." Almost 6,000 people participated in the week long cross-town clean-up which included about 5,300 students at 25 local elementary and secondary schools cleaning school properties and adjacent park. About 500 volunteers cleaned up 15 parks and ravine areas on April 17th, removing about 3,000 kilograms of trash. Last Saturday, another 40 volun­ teers removed debris from Lions Valley Park. A few of these volunteers brought a canoe to dredge debris from Sixteen Mile Creek. The Earth Week Clean-Up is orga­ nized annually by the Oakville Community Centre for Peace, Ecology and Human Rights, and is supported by more than 100 local businesses. Garbage and blue bags for the clean-up were provided by Oakville's four IGA stores and Oakville Parks and Recreation, which also provided 60 dozen pairs of work gloves. For the eighth year, BFI Waste Management donated a truck and driver to pick up garbage collected at the 15 sites, sup­ ported by the Town which made two garbage trucks and drivers available. Volunteers separated cans and bot­ tles for recycling. "We are pleased that the annual Earth Week Clean-Up is succeeding in its goals o f removing garbage from local nature sites, protecting wildlife in our community and helping people to recognize that littering is a problem that ends up in our waterways," said Stephen Dankowich, centre director. Large numbers of volunteers cleaned up Clearview, West Oak Trails, River Oaks, and Bronte Harbour, Petro-Canada Park, and Bronte Creek Provincial Park, assisted by the Friends of Bronte Creek. Taking charge of the Clearview clean-up was Dan Lefaive, a teacher at St. Luke's School, who also organized a barbecue for clean-up volunteers. The West Oak Trails clean-up was co-ordinated by Amie and Jeff von den Baumen, sup­ ported by WOTAR - West Oak Trails Association of Residents. And, at Petro-Canada Park, volunteers worked from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., co-ordinated by Mary Margaret and Bill Steckle. Other sites cleaned up on April 17th included Shell Park, Glen Abbey Trails near Nottinghill Park, Sheridan College, Sixteen Mile Creek near the GO Station, the downtown lakefront, Iroquois Ridge Trails near the Glenashton Drive bridge, Joshua Valley Park and Creek near Deer Run Park, and Morrison Creek. Members of The Storm, a soccer team consisting of 12-year-old girls, "dragged a huge truck tire up the side of the ravine," said site co-ordinator John MacMillan, a St. Ignatius of Loyola Secondary School student. On April 22nd, Earth Day, Joe Zukiel, manager of Fortino's New Street store in Burlington, a clean-up sponsor, took a group of his staff to clean up Coronation Park. "We really appreciate the dedication of sponsors who also actively partici­ pate in our annual Earth Week Clean- Up," said Cathy Yamaguchi, site co­ ordinator for Coronation Park. 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