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in si de ha lto n. co m O ak vi lle B ea ve r | T hu rs da y, Ju ne 27 ,2 01 9 | 38 Start planning your dream vacation with hand-picked travel deals and inspiration just for Canadians Visit Best Travel Agency Suite 300, South Oakville Centre • 1515 Rebecca Street, Oakville 905.827.1100 travel@mctavish.comwww.mctavishtravel.com CORPORATE • GROUP • LEISURE O nt Re g N o 14 37 98 5 471972-41972-41972- 201920192019 Now HiriNg KNEED. TASTE. LOVE. Do you love food? Then join us on a culinary tour in Tuscany, the Almafi Coast and Provence! EAT YOUR WAY THROUGH FRANCE & ITLAY ON A CULINARY TOUR WITH CLASSIC JOURNEYS! Our food and wine-themed itineraries include instruction in private homes with chefs, plus time with cheese makers, truffle hunters, olive growers and more. Contact us for more information and to save your spot on our tour.Contact us for more information and to save your spot on our tour. Classic JOURNEYS W A group of Oakville women graduating from publicly fundedfrom publicly fundedf schools - including five special award winners - were honoured recent- ly by the Canadian Fed- eration of University Women (CFUW-Oak-Women (CFUW-Oak-W ville). The women will re- ceive a total of $22,500 in scholarships from money donated through CFUW-Oak- ville fundraising events and member do- nations. Louise Dean of Oak- ville Trafalgar High School won the CFUW- Oakville Anniversary Award. Maggie Lin of White Oaks Secondary School won the Mildred G. Allworth Award, Lucia Di Censo of Loyola won the Jean Malcolm Smith Com- munity Service Award, Paula Gjokaj of Thom- as Merton won the Shirley Henderson Community Service Award, Lyndyl Smith of S.T. Aquinas won the Melissa Vassallo-in- spired Access Award, and Shannon Lee of Ir- oquois Ridge won the Performing Arts Award. The University/Col- lege Entrance Awards went to Onjoli Kry- wiak, Abbey Park; Meegan Rozon, T.A. Blakelock; Kathryn Austin, Garth Webb; Madison Tsoutsoulas, Holy Trinity; Lucia Qiao, Iroquois Ridge; Jessica Mazze, Loyola; Elizabeth Provost, Oakville Trafalgar; La- na Hekmat, Aquinas; Milica Pavlovic, White Oaks; and Denise Mor- rison, Thoma Merton. Melissa Vassallo do- nates the funds for the Access Award that she inspired. The Oakville chap- ter, this year marking its 70th anniversary, was founded in 1949 and is a volunteer, non-par- tisan, nonprofit, self- funded organization.funded organization.f SIXTEEN WOMEN HONOURED BY CFUW-OAKVILLE KEVIN NAGEL knagel@metroland.com CFUW-Oakville granted $22,500 in scholarships for Oakville women graduating from publicly-funded institutions who intend to pursue post-secondary studies. Front row (from left) include Lyndyl Smith, Lucia Qiao, Milica Pavlovic, Elizabeth Provost and Louise Dean; (second row) Onjoli Krywiak, Shannon Lee and Maggie Lin; (third row) Lucia Di Censo, Kathryn Austin and Meegan Rozon; (back row) Lana Hekmat and Jessica Mazze. Absent: Denise Morrison and Paula Gjokaj. Raine Greenwood photo EDUCATION BEAVER TRAILS Jean and Rod Goom of Oakville brought a copy of the Oakville Beaver with them to Highclere Castle, better known as Downton Abbey, in England recently. The newspaper also was with the couple in Aub Dhabi, UAE. Send your high-res travel photo taken with our publication, to Kevin Nagel, the Oakville Beaver news editor, at knagel@metroland.com. Jean Goom photo COMMUNITY