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50 - The Oakville Beaver, Friday October 3, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com Solid first season Marlies to practice at Kinoak The Toronto Marlies are coming to Oakville. The Marlies, the American Hockey League affiliate of the Toronto Maple Leafs, will conduct a practice Oct. 15 at Kinoak Arena. The practice is the first of five planned Marlies practices to be held around the Toronto area this season as the team makes an effort to connect with minor hockey associations in the GTA. A number of Minor Oaks Hockey Association minor novice players will watch the Marlies' practice at Kinoak as Greg Gilbert, Doug Gilmour and Joe Paterson coach the club through a pro hockey practice. With 15 minutes remaining in the session, the MOHA players will take the ice and join the entire Marlies team in interactive drills. Following the practice, which will run from 6-7 p.m., the Marlies will participate in a team autographsigning session. To learn more about the event, contact Marlies representative Jordan Lorette at 416-263-3905 or email jlorette@torontomarlies.com. The Marlies will begin their fourth season in Toronto Oct. 10 when they host the Ottawa Senators' AHL affiliate, the Binghamton Senators. SEMIFINALISTS: Capping a solid first season as a rep team, the Oakville under-10 boys' Predators were semifinalists at the Richmond Hill Challenge Cup soccer tournament earlier this month.The Predators won all three of their games on the first day of play, scoring 17 goals in the process. Oakville then was victorious in the quarter-final, winning a shootout, before falling 1-0 to Ajax in the semis.Ajax went on to win the tournament. Members of the squad, which is sponsored by Maple Leaf and Soccer World, are Henry Luel, Daniel Liddel, Seihun Kim, Marko Vidovich, Bailey Newton, Ryan Collins, Keegan McEwen, Peter Mazur, Connor Martin, Alexander Zis, Aidan Wood, Nick Casola, Michael Pupulin and Dominico Commisso. Ian Sinclair, George Zis and Cosimo Commisso coached the Predators. Local golf coach joins U of Kentucky Oakville's Brendan Ryan has been named the NCAA. an assistant coach with the University of Prior to that, the Appleby College graduKentucky Wildcats women's golf team. ate was an assistant at Ohio Wesleyan and "This is a tremendous opportunity to worked as an instructor at golf camps and apply my coaching, teaching clinics. and recruiting background to "This is a tremendous "He brings experience in help develop the University of opportunity to... help three key areas; coaching, Kentucky into a national conrecruiting and camp developdevelop the University tender," Ryan said. ment," said Wildcats coach Before joining the Wildcats, of Kentucky into a Myra Blackwelder. "This will Ryan ran his own education national contender." allow him to help current consulting business that counplayers raise their golf IQ, but seled families on obtaining golf Brendan Ryan also significantly help in the scholarships. The business, areas of identifying and which he started in 2005, allowed him to recruiting the best players in the world to develop an eye for recognizing talent. elevate this program back to national Eleven of the players he helped get scholar- prominence." ships are currently ranked in the top 150 in -- Herb Garbutt THE 905 DOROTHY & KEVIN 339-7819 Broker THOMSONS 905 330-9019 Salesperson 905 845-4267 WWW.THETHOMSONADVANTAGE.CA OPEN HOUSE WEEKEND 2-4 #1 1267 DORVAL DRIVE Luxury End Unit Executive Condo Townhomes Backing to the Woods of Glen Abbey Golf Course Spacious Master Bedroom with Spa En Suite & Walk-in Closet * Great Room with Gas Fireplace IN AKVILLE INCE * Formal Dining Room * 9' Ceilings * Large Kitchen * Wonderful Walkout Garden Room * 2X Car The Award of Exellence - Lifetime Garage Oakville's Best Maintenance Free Lifestyle Living Choice at `Forest Ridge' in Old Glen Abbey AWARD WINNER O S 1974 #36 1267 DORVAL DRIVE Halton District School Board's Parent Involvement Committee CONFERENCE Novice Hornets impressive in preseason girls' hockey action It was only preseason action, but you can bet the Oakville novice A Hornets have already caught the attention of their Lower Lakes Female Hockey League competitors. The Hornets outscored the opposition 30-2 in four recent victories. Oakville defeated the Burlington Barracudas 3-1, hammered the Mississauga Chiefs 13-1 and 10-0, and then blanked Burlington 4-0. Goaltender Megan Foster posted a 0.50 goals-against average and .947 save percentage in the four games. Also contributing to the four wins were Madeleine Chapman, Emma Thompson, Delaney Pritchard, Kenedy Choma, Elizabeth Buck, Megan Harley, Kaitlyn Booth, Alexandra Robertson, Erin Arsenault, Logan Hackett, Mary Corby, Drew Gordon, Nicole Robertson, Claire Mills and Julia McDonnell. CONGRATULATIONS HALTON TEACHERS! The Halton Catholic District School Board and the Halton District School Board commend you on The Halton District School Board's Parent Involvement Committee invites parents and community members to attend a one-day conference, featuring Oakville motivational speaker Carole Bertuzzi Luciani, on: Saturday, October 25, 2008 8 a.m - 3:30 p.m. White Oaks Secondary School 1330 Montclair Drive, Oakville Workshop topics include: y developing resiliency in children y differentiated instruction y literacy y homework support y helping kids make safe choices y bullying y nutrition A light breakfast and lunch will be provided. Lunchtime community awareness displays will be available and child-minding will be provided for children 3 years and older. Interpreters will be available. Please register on-line by Wednesday, October 15th at http://info.hdsb.ca/picreg World Teachers' Day, October 5, 2008. Thank you for your contributions to our excellent education systems. Your leadership, commitment and dedication to improving student learning are truly appreciated. As an educator in Halton, you make a significant difference to the lives of our students! Halton District School Board Alice Anne LeMay Chair of the Board Gillian Tuck Kutarna Chair of the Board Wayne Joudrie Director of Education Gillian Tuck Kutarna Chair of the Board Michael W. Pautler Director of Education Wayne Joudrie Director of Education 2050 Guelph Line, Burlington, ON L7R 3Z2 (905) 335-3663 (905) 842-3014 (905) 878-8451 Fax: 335-9802 www.hdsb.ca