Children's water festival Students to celebrate dance looking for students to help design new logo, win $500 The Halton Children's Water Festival (HCWF) is celebrating its 10th anniversary and is seeking help from Halton secondary school students to design a new logo. The HCWF is an annual four-day outdoor event hosted at Kelso Conservation Area. This year, it is taking place from Sept. 29Oct. 2, helping to celebrate the world's most precious natural resource, water. The festival hosts and educates nearly 1,000 local Grades 2-5 students each day. Students participate in interactive, curriculum-linked activities that allow them to get outside and immerse themselves in their local environment. HCWF Logo Contest submissions need to meet the following requirements: · The logo must contain the words `Halton Children's Water Festival'; · The logo must be appropriate, legible and professional as this logo may be featured on the HCWF website, www.hcwf.ca, as well as other media (brochures, T-shirts, onsite signage to identify tents, promotional banners, and other uses); · The logo must reflect the values and mandate of the HCWF: `To celebrate our most precious natural resource, water'; · The logo can't contain copyrighted material; all submitted work must be original, created and edited by the entrant(s); · The logo may not include licensed or copyrighted/trademarked images; · The logo must adapt well to electronic and print media, to reproduction on small and large surfaces, and to use in colour or black and white (grayscale). The creator of the winning design will receive a prize of $500 with second- and third-prize winners each receiving $100, each The deadline for entries is May 7. Submissions can be sent to waterfestival@ hrca.ca or mailed to Conservation Halton's Administration Office at 2596 Britannia Rd. W., Burlington, ON, L7P 0G3. For more details, visit http://hcwf.ca/logocontest. Halton District School Board (HDSB) students are celebrating International Dance Day Wednesday (April 22). More than 250 are expected to take part in the 10th year of the festivities in Halton at the Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre. The day runs from 8:15 a.m.-2 p.m. and includes workshops led by local dance artists in the morning. The afternoon will see Halton teachers lead a creative workshop for the students. The celebration ends with a presentation of a dance piece encompassing the hundreds of students participating. This year's theme is Earth, Fire, Wind and Water and addresses current environmental issues through dance. For more information on International Dance Day, visit www.internationaldance-day.org. 25 | Friday, April 17, 2015 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com The door that opens so many more. Recognized as one of Canada's finest elementary schools, Fern Hill provides the educational foundation that allows ideas, thinking and confidence to flourish. Opening doors and a world of opportunities. Inspiring young minds and unleashing unlimited potential. OPEN HOUSE Saturday April 18th, 9am-Noon 3300 Ninth Line, Oakville, ON Ph: 905-257-0022 fernhillschool.com ave Ha our Say! Yo The Sheridan Centre for Elder Research invites you to participate in a focus group (68 people) to help us learn more about how health and community services are being used by older South Asian immigrants living in Peel and Halton. This project is open to South Asian men and women age 65+, who moved to Canada as adults and are comfortable engaging in conversation in English. Refreshments will be provided. Friday, April 24, 2015 | 910:30 a.m. |Sheridan Centre for Elder Research Sheridan College | Room K101 | 1430 Trafalgar Road, Oakville TO REGISTER: Contact Marta Owsik marta.owsik@sheridancollege.ca | 905-845-9430, x4282 Cruise Holidays of oakville 221 Lakeshore Road East · 905-337-2228 info@cruiseholidaysoakville.com www.cruiseholidaysoakville.com TICO# 4537114 ON REG# 970855995 This study has been approved by the Sheridan Research Ethics Board.