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COMPUTER TRAINING > WINDOWS â€" and many more 338â€" 6600 Donald Marshall checks out his compost in his crawl space garden. THEO |_ THE OAKVILLE BEAVER _ ~FOCUS (Photo by Peter McCusker) WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1994 Page 15 Hopedale Mall Serving Oakville for Over 30 years, Monday to Friday 9:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 pyn. *Sunday 12 Noon to 5:00 p.m. (*Not all stores may be open) Located at 3rd Line and Rebecca in Oakville * 827â€"0229« Participaction award for everyday active life By WILMA BLOKHUIS Focus Editor lympic Gold for gardening? Believe it! \ Donald Marshall need go no farther ‘ than his crawl space, greenhouses and back yard composter to win Olympic Gold. Marshall, president of the Oakville Horticultural Association and a Master Gardener, won his award from Participaction, the people who run those ads encouraging everyday people to lead active lives without having to, as Marshall puts it, "swim across Lake Ontario twice a day to be fit." He doesn‘t know who submitted his name to the folks at Participaction, but last spring, a film crew arrived at his west Oakville home to film him out and about in his garden and compost heap. He became part of a commercial promoting healthy, clean living. "*You get concentrating on something you enjoy, and all of your troubles disappear. Gardening is good physically, and its good mentally," says Marshall in the commercnal televised across Canada. "Just by doing an everyday activity, you can stay fit," says Marshall, a man in his 50s, retiree. "I had a free blood test over at the mall not long ago, and I had a reading of 128 over 80, which is very good." ' Marshall devotes 11 mon gardening, flowers of all k als, and vegetables. His g late January and ends in He is equally dedicaté garden and food wastes except meat" â€" into a black 8 for sewing his perennial seed meeting his everyday gardening t Even leaves from his neighbors‘ yards | way into Marshall‘s composter “Everythmg goe back into my garden." He‘s composted long before it became fas able to do so. "Now you hear the experts talk about the year to his composting like it is something mysterious requirâ€" ing an exact temperature and frequent turning of the compost â€" but, nature doesn‘t have the tools to turn compost. All that does is speed up the comâ€" posting process. "Because of composting, I‘ve been able to reduce my garbage â€" cut it in half. But," he emphasizes, "you have to start at the front end of the chain, and not buy over packaged goods. By avoiding access packaging, you avoid making so much garbage." "I have no idea how they (Participation) got my name," says the softâ€"spoken gardener. "And, I‘m surprised to win." The gold medal on a blue, white and red ribbon arrived in the mail one day â€" no fanfare, no ceremony, no Lillehammer. > n honor of the Olympic Games currently under way in Lillehammer, Norway, Participaction has created its own Gold e Medal Awards, given to 150 Canadians of all aoes and all abilities, of all regions of the counâ€" try and all ethnic origins, people "who prove daily that active livingy@ way of life in which physical activity if valued and integrated into daily living, makes a healthy difference." Created in 1971, . Participaction is Canada‘s leading independent, nonâ€"government ‘organization promoting healthy active living. Since its inception, Participaction, has through ia, community events and promotions, realâ€" over the past 22 years in f Canadians becoming physically nization‘s navy and red logo, the hild‘s plastic windmill, is recognizâ€" of the Canadian population. s gardened since his teenage years in . "My parents were gardeners," he sked what prompted his intense interest te. Immigrating to Canada in 1956, he 968, "and I‘ve gardened ever since." 70, the Marshalls moved to Oakville. (See ‘Gardener ...‘ page 16) The management and merchants of Upper Oakville Shoppmg Centre are happ{ to welcome back Miracle Ultra;Mart. To our many regular customers who, over the past several weeks, have continued to support us through a difficult time, our sincerest thanks. We look forward to serving you in the future. 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E., Downtown Oakville 845â€"5582 e 389 Peart Street, Burlington Ontario 639â€"1372 * Excl>uding Rockport and Slippers