JEFF BRADSHAW â€" Director Camp Couchiching, 4 Ripley I;\l\}::., %ggoncto I1\1/[g6S 3N9 (4 1 6) 769'2233 2:00 P.M. Centre of the Mall Seniors‘ Discounts All Day Long 125 Cross Ave. (Across from GO Station) * Five Camp Periods (July and August) for Boys and Girls 5â€"16 years ® DAVE WHITING CiiaIR of Tite Boano You can take the Community Bus to Trafalgar Village. For information call: Monday, May 2, 1994 * 7:30 p.m. * Milton District High School * 396 Williams Avennue, MILTON Tnesday, May 3, 1994 + 7:30 p.m. * Lord Elgin High School * 5151 New Street, BURLINGTON argon. The hundreds of terms used in education sometimes build walls between educators and the public. Edncation: Explained! will change that. It‘s an ongoing campaign to shed some light on what‘s really going on in public education today. Through publications and events, we want to develop an understanding of the great things happening in HMalton Board of Education schools. 3# sinao /a,s’ acclaimed Counsellor in Training (CIT) program for 15 and 16â€"yearâ€"olds and Family Camp, Spring Camp and Scamper Camp (5â€"7 years) as ae Sfreial at one of the Education Focus 1994 events: "PURSUING EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION THROUGH COMMITMENT AND SERvicE" So, take the first step and bhave Continuing with similar themes to promote a clean environment and replenish the town‘s tree population, It‘s time to pitchâ€"in to plant some trees and continue with the crossâ€" town cleanâ€"up which began midâ€" month as part of Earth Week, April 18th to 24th. Arbor Week plantings and Pitchâ€"In Week cleanâ€"ups : 844Aâ€"0O088 1 Longford Mills, Ontario (Eastern shore of Lake Couchiching) More than 500 Grade 4 children, assisted by town forestry staff, will plant the trees. Comic books detailing ways to help preserve natural surâ€" roundings will be given to students to are Arbor Week, April 29th to May 8th, and Pitchâ€"In Week, May 2nd to 8th. During Arbor Week, more than 30 local schools will receive a 10 to 12 ft. sugar maple courtesy of Oakville Parks and Recreation, to be planted on May 3rd and 4th. 5353 Lakeshore Rd., Burlington, Ont. NY : _ h9 ALL elna sergers E’educéd prices Ourprices _have undergone extensive alterations 1 SERGER DEMONSTRATIONS ALL DAY plus j 1 30 % orr aut raBric with THIs COUPON I Ina 1 ooA I BoB WiLLiams Director or EpucaTion l en sb kc i h ie EXPIRES SAT. MAY 7THI94 L on momn mems soss es J THE OAKVILLE BEAVER (Exclusive of sale fabric) ‘Natural Lawn‘ is a mixture of crushed and dried alfalfa and blood or bone meal, and is completely safe, so kids and pets can play on a newly ferâ€" tilized lawn. A field test of Natural Lawn done by a turf management comâ€" pany in Michigan showed that ‘‘it perâ€" formed better on... a nonâ€"irrigated lawn with full sun exposure, heavy clay soil Up to fifty per cent of chemically based fertilizers can leach off the grass after watering, polluting ground water, he notes. "You can apply the fertilizer withâ€" out watering, because there‘s nothing in it to burn the grass. It will get moisâ€" ture from night dew, so it doesn‘t require a lot of regular watering. The ratios are very low because there‘s no leaching; it‘s all going to the get to the plant." . None of the products contain toxic materials, manures, sewer sludge or heavy metals. . Glen Sinnamon, of Organic Green, has just set up a retail outlet on Wyecroft Road. He says the company sells the only 100 per cent natural organic fertilizer with an alfalfa base, which gives the product many benefits. Environmentally _ conscious Oakville residents now have access to a line of lawn and garden care products manufactured by an Alberta company, and they‘re totally organic. The grass is going to be greener this year, without chemicals. And, on Monday, May 2nd, the valleyland restoration work will conâ€" tinue at Joshua‘s Creek near Brookmill Road, with six Junior Civitans planting 24 trees and shrubs of different varieties, provided by Oakville Parks and Recreation. Overseeing this planting, to replace diseased and rotted trees, will be Rob Norman and John McNeil of the town planning and forestry staff. be used as part of their environmental studies. A greener lawn â€" without chemicals! Save now on this Swissâ€"designed, easyâ€"to use serger with 2 to 4 thread overlock capatility differenâ€" tial feed for perfect seams, electronic foot control and speed control. WAS $1,099 $ ~ow :099 ADVERTISING FEATURE by Stephanie Henderson <eclna Sat., May 7th ONLY €14 01Â¥ aa+ 0 PRO 4 DE Sinnamon and four older brothers own a group of agriculturally related businesses operated from the family farm, and are gradually branching out with distribution points across the country. The "growing" company offers a number of lawn and garden care products, including a slow release formula which reduces the need for peat moss and makes nutrients availâ€" able to the pMnt throughout its growing "People are impatient, and they want to see green right away, so they use chemicals. If you can wait a couple of weeks, the results will be better, last longer, and be easier to take care of," he advises. There‘s better penetration to the roots, because it breaks down thatch and clippings into useable nutrients and softens the soil â€" perfect for a town which does not permit the collection of lawn clippings for municipal disposal. The fertilizer will encourage a slow, steady growth so there will be fewer mowings. "It â€" helps make the lawn healthy, which chokes out weeds and saves you money because you‘ll have fewer probâ€" lems to treat," Sinnamon says. and on a slope" â€" conditions not unlike _ those found in many parts of Oakville. A cleanâ€"up of Glen Abbey as part of Pitchâ€"In is planned for May 15th from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Helping the Glen Abbey Residents Association (GARA) will be the Girl Guides, Glen Abbey United Church, GALS (Glen Abbey Ladies Softball), and the Oakland Nonâ€"Profit Housing Group, plus schools. Management of urban woodlots and parks also includes cleanâ€"ups, and cleaning ups of school yards plus adjacent parkland and woodlots will be done by Chisholm, Falgarwood, Oakwood, St Ignatius of Loyola, St. Marguerite D‘ Youville, and St. Vincent‘s students. "For the Town of Oakville, the conservation and preservation of trees is a priority," says Alex Fuller, the town‘s corporate communication‘s officer. "This investment plus the abunâ€" dance of greenscapes in our town contributes to Oakville‘s high quality of life," he adds. "This will be a followâ€"up to last year‘s planting of about 100 trees and shrubs by the Junior Civitans and Scouts," said McNeil, manager of the Forestry and Cemetery Services for the Town of Oakville. "Parks and Recreation Department staff work year round to protect and maintain the town‘s 76,000 street and park trees." McNeil estimates the value of the town‘s trees to be approximately $17 million. "GARA Pitchâ€"In 94 compliments Ofidden Pake (<elf Qlub Invites Parents/Guardians/Students currently enrolled in Grade 6 who will be attending Grade 7 at Queen Elizabeth Park School in September, 1994 to an Information and Entertainment Evening on Monday, May 2, 1994, 7â€"8:30 p.m. QUEEN ELIZABETH PARK SCHOOL TOR.: 338â€"4875 1137 #1 SIDEROAD, BURLINGTON 3 36 CHAMPIONSHIP HOLES 4+ DRIVING RANCH 100% Oorganic â€"tHrE cHOIC! Organic Green in Oakville is locatâ€" ed at 431 Wyecroft Road, between Dorval Drive and Fourth Line. The retail store is open 9 to 5 Monday to Saturday. Glen Sinnamon and fruit bearing period. Most are already available at the Oakville store, and the pricing comâ€" pares favorably with chemicals, if you calculate what it will cost for the seaâ€" son. For example, only two applicaâ€" tions of Natural Lawn are required for the year, in the spring and fall. "It‘s like our slogan says: *A healthy lawn begins in your own backâ€" ‘," Sinnamon says with a smile. There are also natural products for soil conditioning, giving a healthy start to spring flowers, for transplants, to start compost, and for killing fairy rings, a mushroom problem which Sinnamon says plagues many farmers in western Canada. There are even small packages of fertilizer specially formulated for houseplants. Hundreds of thousands of resi dents in communities across the province are volunteering in record numbers to clean up debris from road| sides, parks and wilderness areas, states Pitchâ€"In Ontario. Pitchâ€"In Week is not only a! provincial and national initiative, but a global campaign involving 79 counâ€" tries, and includes observance o Clean World Day, May 6th. GARA welcomes more sponsor: and volunteers, and Buchanâ€"Terrel can be reached at 416â€"593â€"122] (office) or 905â€"847â€"8793 (home). Pitchâ€"In Week is Ontario‘s largesj environmental action program, an saved taxpayers $26 million in clean up costs last year. the Earth Week programs, but (our Pitchâ€"In is scheduled later so that th ravine areas can dry out a bit for safe ty‘s sake," says Grant Buchanâ€"Terrel! GARA‘s Pitchâ€"In chair. 1137 No. 1 Sideroad *Membership *Tournaments *Large Discount Pro Shop April 27, 1