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t4'b Canadàn Mirhpdn advi~àô 12, tggg Citizen of the Year nomninees hard-nworking bunch Citizen of the Year nomninee Donna Couiter doesn't mies too many photo opportunîties at communlty events. a from COMMUNIT on page 3 But Ms Borcsok's commun ty service extends beyond the Red Cross. She's an active volunteer witb HoIy Rosary School and helped in its efforts to have a new school bujit. Ms Borcsok said she also finds it rewarding to work on Holy Rosary Church's Baptism Preparation Team, wbich sees congregation members th:rougb tbe baptism, process. Meanwbile, the Milton Chamber of Commerce's Community Awards are no stranger to Ms Coulter, who was previous- Iy named Business Person of the Year, won Business of the Year and was nomni- nated for Citizen of tbe Year. When it cornes to volunteering, Ms Coulter, 59, bas a picture perfect record. CaIled Milton's 'official/unofficial' pho- tographer by ber nominator, Ms Coulter said she enjoys capturing tbe town's com- munity events on film and tben presenting the photos to ber subjects. "A picture's worth a tbousand words to me," sbe said. "I get a lot of pleasure out of The list of community groupa, projecta and causes Ms Coulter and ber busband Norm - operators of North End Nissan - bave supported over the years seems end- less. Ms Coulter continues to be an active vol- unteer with the Milton UJnited Way, the Milton District Hospital Foundation and the Milton District Hospital Auxiliary. She said she particularly enjoys volunteering for causes involv- ing children. AiU in ail, Ms Coulter said she finds belping otb- ers rewarding. ..I enjoy peo- ple," she said. Focusing on research into LnaMKnl Parkinson's dis- LnaMKnl ease and support for victima, Ms McKenzie, 45, knows ail too well wbat devastation the disease bringa. Tbe former operator of a downtown Milton craft store was diagnosed 12 years. ago witb tbe disease, wbicb kilîs braia celîs that produce dopamine, a cbemical tbat aids movement. She bas since fougbt Parlcinson's coura- geously, according to ber nominator, and recently underwent experimental celi replacement surgery tbat attracted tbe intereat of the television shows The Nature of Thinga and Good Momning Ameuica. The married mother of four children recently appeared on Good Morning America and will be féatured on tbe Nature of Tiùngs later this rnonth. "You bave to explore every avenue because you juat don't know where the answer'a going to be," she said. Although Ms McKenzie bas been con- tacted by representatives of numerous media, she said none of ber calîs were more surprising than the one informing ber that she was nominated for Citizen of the Year. "It was tbe most shocking phone caîl I've bad in a long time," she said. Since being diagnosed, Ms McKenzie bas become a director of the Parkinson's Foundation of Canada, runs support groups out of ber home and is an associate editor with tbe debut quarterly magazine Parkinson's Post, published by MacLean- Hunter. She also annually organizes a local dance as a ftundraiser. Sbe's currently in Beverly Huis, Califomnia where the very Special Artista Gallery is bosting an art show featuning the creationa of Parinson's disease victima. Ms McKenzie's hand-painted greeting carda were chosen for the exiaibit. Proceeds go to the Parkinson's Foundation of Califomia in support of research. The 1998 Citizen of the Year will be named at the Cbamher's gala awards nigbt at Granite Ridge Goif Course April 10. SMaybe it's because Young Drivers has thirty yearso instructors ov he as 0 vesTI J xprine eahngcolsin vidnc.And has achieved Registration to the coveted IS0 I And over half a million graduates, coast to coast. Z150 9001 Qualiiy Assurance Management And more than a million dollars invested in dri- "I Standard. ver training research, plus another million invest- No matter what they say, no one else is anything ed in annual recertification programas for our like Young Drivers! www.yongdrivrs.cI That's what parents are fr SHADE "A", NEWS MEluEON DISTRICT mie SCOL Grade "A" News at MDHS By Jacqueline Base and Marîssa Cheskey First of ail we would like to start off our article this week with a congratulations to the band students at M.D.H.S. Recently they attended Music Fest '99 and came out with some pretty impressive resuits. The Junior Concert Band had the best outcorne they have ever had at Music Fest and earned a silver award. Also winning silver awards were the Senior Concert Band and Senior Jazz Band. The Junior Jazz Band had an amazing performance and won a gold award! And to top tl off they also got an invitation to Music Fest in May held in Toronto. Wow! Keep up that wonderful music! On the same '«note', we also hosted a musical fiesta at our school on Wednesday called "Baille of the Bands" in the gym. tl seemed to be a big bit and everyone enjoyed themselves. Right now you're probably saying "That's nice... but just tell me who won already!" Well here's the scoop. Eleven Eleven won f irst place which consists of 10 hours of recording time plus their very own CD. DNS won second prize which was 5 hours of recording time and The Foremen won the third prize of 1 recording of a song. Thank you to ail those bands who participated and also to ail of you students who came out to support this event. On Tuesday a Chinese Delegation took place at our school. What's that? Well, its a group of principals and teachers from China who have gathered here in order to take a goo- look at our education system. The reason for this being that many Chinese students have been coming to Canada to complete college and university. Before the students do this however, they must complete OAC courses at high schools that accept them. To welcome these people to Our school on Tuesday, the Senior Concert Band played thern an entrance and a reception was held in their honour. That's ail for now and seeing as we will not be writing next week due to that dam March Break, we'll say bye for now. Have a fun and safe holiday and we will see you in a week! E.C. D.D.T 3189 SCUGOL Datolne Drury - March 12, 1999 by Jessica Wellstead and Katie Murzin Welcome to another edition of Dateline Drury! First of ail, we would like to congratulate the fitteen Drury wrestlers who travelled to London to compete in OFSAA last week. Overaîl the Drury team placed second, winning their second consecutive silver medal at the provincial level. The boys were excellent rep- resentatives of our sohool showing spirit and sportsmanship throughout the tournament. A big congratulations goes out to ail who competed. Back at Drury, the final week of our bagel fundraiser cornes to an end today, March 12. The fundraiser has shown itself not only to be beneficial monetarily for special school pro- grams at Drury but it has also provided much entertainment over the last two weeks. Last Friday, the bagel-boy building contest was a big success! Each team's goal was to build a boy out of bagels and add their own unique touch to their bagel friend. Many excellent bagel buddies were built during the competition with first prize going to the student coun- cil tearn for their creation. Also, this pasty Thursday was a fun-filled lunch hour of bagel bowling, bagel horseshoes and bagel hockey. A special thanks goes out to Mrs. McFarlane's marketing class for ail the events they've organized over the past two weeks. Today Drury students celebrated Hawaii Day. Students were encouraged to wear Hawaiian shirts to get into the spirit 0f the day. Happy Hawaii Day from ail of us here at Drury! Looking ahead to a future celebration, the prom committee wiIl be holding a fundraiser in the week following March Break. During this week, students will be able to send helium balloons to one another to signify friendship, love or admiration. Each token balloon will cost 50 cents and will be delivered to the recipients at the end of the week in their first peri- od classes. Remember to corne out and buy your balloons to support the graduating class of '99. That's ail for this week but we'll see you back here after the spring break. Until then, we wish everyone a safe and happy March Break and a happy St. Patrick's Day on the llth. I