Bruce MacGowan ( plaques to the 11 nc in Buffalo, Iowa. New recruits named Firefighters of the Year for charitable mission to help U.S. flood victims By GORD KOLLE Special to the Beaver T- ; hey‘ve been on the job a litâ€" tle over a month and already they‘re Oakville‘s Firefighters of the Year. They are the 11 Oakville recruit firefighters, who spent their own time, money and fund raising abiliâ€" ties to go help victims of floodâ€"ravâ€" aged midâ€"west communities in the United States. The new firefighters were honâ€" ored with a plaque and $500 at the Third Annual Firefighter and Police Officer of the Year Awards held by the Kiwanis Club of Oakville, Monday night. _ And, Halton Police Chief James Harding was named Police Officer of the Year. "It‘s just great. I‘m proud as can be." said firefighter Carmen Nominations are now being accepted for the 1995 911 Calendar. The emergency services of Halton Region are asking the public‘s assistance by nominating their favorite police officer, firefighter, ambuâ€" lance attendant or any civilian 911 member from these services for the fundraising calendar. Ballots are available at any police, fire or ambulance station thr out the region and nominations will be accepted until Dec. 31, 199 Proceeds from sales will be donated to Oakvilleâ€"Trafalgar Mer Hospital, Milton District Hospital, Joseph Brant Memorial Ho Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital and Shriners Hospital The calendars will go on sale in September 1994 at local she malls and hospitals as well as area police, fire and ambulance stati Who is your favorite firefighter pinâ€"up? â€" k * â€"~, k. l e e LANNING i RETREM 4| â€". t second from the left) of the Oakville w Oakville Fire Department recruits Peter C. Watson MBA CFP. RFP LA MUUMIL L..0 Kiwanis annual awards Santoro, who is the recruit firefightâ€" ers‘ spokesperson. "This exempliâ€" fies the pride we feel as firefighters. But there were 12 of us. Assistant Chief of Training John deHooge couldn‘t be here tonight because, as humble as he is, he‘s working for one of the guys here tonight. But he should be here too." The recruits are from the fireâ€" fighter Class of 1993. They came up with the idea to help the U.S. flood victims and ended up repairing a couple of houses in Buffalo, lowa. The recruits spent their own money when fund raising efforts fell short. They used Social Contractâ€" forced days off to spend a week in Buffalo helping rebuild homes, returning in time to start their first shift as Oakville firefighters Oct. Ind. 842â€"7602 PETER WATSON INVESTMENTS LIMITED The firefighters donated their the Oakville Kiwanis Clubâ€presents the Firefighters of the Year went recruits who volunteered their time off to help flood victims INVESTMENT PLANNINEG RETREMENT AANNING Free Consultation are an 1 ndent specializing in $500 to the United Way. Harding was nominate Police Officer of the Year by Supt. Rick Kivell. Supt. Rick Kivell. "Jim‘s greatest mark is his leadâ€" ership," said Kivell who, on behalf of Harding, accepted the plaque and a $500 checque made Children and Youth Foun "Since 1979, when Ji came to us, Halton was tom of the pole. But Jim nized leadership and plac sis on training, challeng bers to set their own go thar M N uT revent« in M Hardi airlier th ite m The awar ed within W t} said Kivell. "He will leav arinzation a much better plac was when he arrived." ling suffered a heart attac his year and recent problem ted him from attendin v‘s ceremonyv. said Kivell. wan the ilt rec ments were n 1Ve U oundation n Jim n HE OAKVIL it h ing m ils for will le ut s Te Hard the t mpha th m the ve n 1Cce THE FOLLOWING jobsOntario * Training EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE HALTON REGION POSITTION BEAVER But (QJuaiity Assurance Seat Assemblers Production Worker Bilingual Office Worker Marketing Representative Industrial Woodworker In order to be eligible as you must be in receipt of : unemployment Insurance F extended period of time. 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