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Volunteers are being asked to support GARA‘sannual cleanâ€"up by coming to either St. Matthew‘s School or the Glen Abbey Recreation Centre at 8 a.m. Bring extra gloves and garbage bags. GARA â€"â€" the Glen Abbey Residents Association is lending its assistance to the Oakville Community Centre for Peace, Ecology and Humane Rights, in its Oakville Waterways Cleanâ€"Up camâ€" paign to kickâ€"off Earth Week and to celebrate Earth Day, April 22nd. Two sisters. Two basketball stars. Two national team tryâ€"outs. And now two Harry Jerome awards. PLAYED AT SHERIDAN Glen and Nora Hamilton moved their familyâ€"which also includes sons Michael, Danny and Glen Jr.â€"from Sudbury to College Park in 1986. The two daughters parâ€" layed a natural athletic ability and fierce competitiveness into spectacâ€" ular university careersâ€"Carol at Laurentian and Sandy at Brandon. Sandy Hamilton rhymes off the list of previous winners of the Harry Jerome Award, still unable to quite believe that her own name has joined them. "We‘re really proud of each other," Sandy says. It was "an honor" she said and "it means a lot," but what really made the whole thing so wonderfulâ€" ly memorable was that her sister, Carol, had won the Harry Jerome Award only four years earlier. Glen Abbey Cleanâ€"Up But there she was, last Saturday at the Westin Harbor Castle hotel, accepting the 1993 award as the nation‘s top female black athlete. By JIM WILSON Beaver Sports Editor "Ben Johnson, Mark McKoy, Mike Smith, Anglea Issajenko..." Basketball star wins Harry Jerome Award Carol, 29, spent eight years on MAKE YOUR OWN BEER WINE Older sister named top female black athlete four years ago AKVILLE‘S FINEST BREW! %ND VINTNER ESTABLISHMENT m \.\//J{i 1N \ DNAE And, oh yes, she was named firstâ€"team Great Plains Athletic Conference; she was named an allâ€" Canadian; she finished eighth in the Now Hamilton has finished three years at Brandon. She‘s closing in on a degreeâ€"she just finishing her placement last week as a student teacher at White Oaks Secondary Schoolâ€"and she recently led Brandon to the national semifinals, where they lost a bestâ€"ofâ€"three series to the University of Manitoba. "At the time, I didn‘t even they had a basketball program there," she said. Now 26, Hamilton played a year at Sheridan College before transferâ€" ring to Brandonâ€"to become a teacher, not a player. the national team and is making a comeback this year but this is Sandy‘s first tryâ€"out. She always was a lateâ€"bloomer. lan Oliver, Publisher Bob Glasbey, Advertising Director Mark Yesford, Advertising Manager Norman Alexander, Editor Geoff Hill, Circulation Director Teri Casas, Office Manager Tim Coles, Production Manager The Oakville North News is published every Friday by the Oakville Beaver 467 Speers Rd. Oakville, Ont. L6K 354. Editorial inquiries should be directed to the Oakville North News Editorial Coâ€"ordinator, Wilma Blokhuis. Phone: 845â€"3824, Fax: 845â€"3085, Classified: 845â€"2809, Circulation: 845â€"9742 Serving Glen Abbey, River Oaks B Troquois Ridge Oakville Kin Stein House * Professional all breed Dog cat grooming * Gift boutique * Complete health beauty care for your special friend For Distinctive Pets Their People SHOCKED Doug Steeves, a member of the physâ€"ed department‘s faculty, nomiâ€" nated Hamilton for the Harry Jerome Award. Last month, the selection committee sent her a letter telling her she had won. "I was in shock," she said. : She didn‘t know who élse had "Hard work and people believing in me," she said. Harle says Hamilton arrived on campus with a raw talent and a desire to succeed How does she explain her develâ€" opment? "I am very competitive," she explains. "Highly motivated," her coach at Brandon, Shawnee Harle, adds. That she‘s a 5â€"footâ€"9 offâ€"guard brings her special delight in the latâ€" ter. country in scoring (22.3 points a game) and third in rebounding (9.1). :. iA :s 19 Classified.::.........;....;.. 20â€"23 Coming Up . .. Notth ......... 8 Entertainment................... 18 l 18 * Holiday makeovers * No stress atmosphere * Flexible hours * Open Sundays 2423 Marine Dr. (Bronte) 847â€"6452 "She‘s the most highly visible athlete in the community. She probâ€" ably can‘t even go to get groceries without someone stopping her and Harle said Hamilton‘s contribuâ€" tion off the court were as much responsible for her winning as her work off it. been nominated, nor did she care. "I was just happy to be there," she said. fi/é:/_a% at. fim/éw/ SECRETARIES WEEK â€" APRIL 19â€"23 12â€"2 pm Free Billiards and Free Special Lunch for Secretaries "She‘s a real goâ€"getter," Harle said. "When her basketball career is over, she‘ll be well prepared for the real world." Hamilton, she added, regularly visited elementary schools and was also honorary chairperson of the Lung Association. talking...She‘s brought a lot of posiâ€" tive things to the school and the city, just because of who she is."