OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, June 5, 2009 · 32 Building strong kids, strong families & strong communities Veteran actors leading school www.ymcaofoakville.com Continued from page 29 "This all started when we wanted our own kids to take improv classes but didn't want to drive them to Toronto to do it," Pearson said. "I'm just another Oakville guy that wants cool stuff but is fed up with commuting." For each of the three, improv has helped them both personally and professionally. Pearson used improvisation to launch a career in comedy, moving from performing on Toronto's Second City stage to writing for top Canadian TV shows like Corner Gas and This Hour Has 22 Minutes and for Fox TV in Los Angeles on Mad TV. He is currently producing That's So Weird, a new youth sketch comedy show for YTV. Amy McKenzie went from improv to sketch comedy, writing and acting on CBC Radio, as well as the Gemini-nominated sketch comedy TV series History Bites and Train 48. For Duncan McKenzie, improv also led to comedy writing -- he worked with Amy on History Bites, and later incorporated improv into his TV work when he produced the Global TV series Train 48, set on a GO Train running from Toronto to Oakville. Pearson and the McKenzies believe that Oakville needs more comedy. "We have some great programs here for serious theatre," McKenzie said. "But the traditional symbol for theatre has two masks one for tragedy, one for comedy. We think its time the comedy mask got some attention." More information about the workshops is available at on the web at www.baddogtheatre.com/oakville or by e-mail at oakville@baddogtheatre.com. NOTICE OF THE PASSING OF AN EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CHARGES BY-LAW BY THE HALTON CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD TAKE NOTICE that the Halton Catholic District School Board passed an Education Development Charges By-law on the 2nd day of June, 2009, under Section 257.54 of the Education Act; AND TAKE NOTICE that any person or organization may appeal the By-law to the Ontario Municipal Board under Section 257.65 of the Act by filing with the Secretary of the Halton Catholic District School Board on or before the 13th day of July, 2009, a notice of appeal setting out the objection to the By-law and the reasons supporting the objection. The By-law comes into force on June 8, 2009. The education development charges imposed by the By-law are as follows: · $821.00 per dwelling unit in regard to residential development · $0.23 per square foot of gross floor area in regard to non-residential development The education development charges are imposed on all development of lands in the Region of Halton. Accordingly, a key map showing the location of the lands subject to the By-law is not provided as part of this notice. A copy of the complete By-law is available for examination in the offices of the Board located at 802 Drury Lane, Catholic Education Centre, Burlington, Ontario, during regular office hours or on the Board website at www.haltonrc.edu.on.ca. Notice of a proposed by-law amending the education development charge by-law or the passage of such an amending by-law is not required to be given to any person or organization, other than to certain clerks of municipalities or secretaries of school boards, unless the person or organization gives the secretary of the Board a written request for notice or any amendments to the education development charge by-law and has provided a return address. Dated at the City of Burlington this 3rd day of June, 2009 Michael Pautler Director of Education and Secretary to the Board Alice Anne LeMay Chair of the Board