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12 - The Canadien Champion, Friday, Apnl 14, 2000 WaI, 'mier Choir Orpheus .ce Choir Estabisëà ini 1909, in Tredegar, this 50 voice choir IS on its first CM'sadian toufr. It is appearing ini Miltoni by special arrangement throsagh family members. Some city appearances are already sold out. Students get down to earth in environmental campaigil The fact that Earth Day is on a Saturday this year hasn't dampened the spirits of students who have a number of events planned throughout the week Ieading up to the celebration. Earth Day will be held on Ssturday, Apr. 22, while * -* Earth Weeks stars tomorrow and continues until the end of the month. In Milton, most schools are taking part in the cele- bration by hosting activities such as achool clean-ups, lit- terless lunches and peace gardens. - J.M. Denyes School is encouraging students to bring litterleas lunches Tuesday. Througlsout the week, students will dlean up the school grounds. - Tueaday will also be a busy day for Hithertield Preparatory School students. Students will wesr green instesd of their school uniforms. They will also bring litterleas lunches and plant cedar saplings. Thc students have sîso been busily decorating brown paper bags that will be given to stores in Oakville and Acton as well as Natures Fire in Milton. The stores will use the bags for customers' purchases during Earth Weeks. A parent will he coming to Hithertield to speak with students about a Canadian designer who makes cloth- ing from recycled materials. - Robert Baldwin and St. Peter's schools have joined forces to create s peace garden. The schools have also parsnered with the Town of Milton, Norsel Networks and Mattamy Homes. The peace gardes is pars of the naturalization of Robert Baldwin that was started several years ago with.the creation of a Buttertly Meadow and a wood- lot expansion. It's those two projecta that have eamned the achool a Blue Planes Award, which will be presented in May as Ontario Place. - Sam Sherrats School students will attend the Earsh Keepers Program. - Our Lady of Victory School is in the final stages of its Nature's Play Yard. Named by ose of the stu- dents, the project bas several habitats including a for- est ares and a plans meadow. The third stage is the introduction of a wet meadow with toad ponds. Ail the plants are native to the ares. Teacher Nocîle Stutt said the school is hosting a costest 50 design a peace garden. Some of the stsidents are attesdisg the Blue Plaset celebration at Ontario Place. - Trillium School will also doing a dlean-up around ils campus. - Holy Rosary School is escouraging students 50 wear green and blue and brisg a litterless lunch. Students will participate in nature walks snd asachool dlean-up. They will also hear envirosmental sipa of the week. Photo ty GRAHAM PAINE Kathleen Johnston, a grade 4 student as Holy Rosary School, picka up litter aa part of the achool's Earth Day activities. - E.C. Drury High School's envirosmental club is orgasizing a campus dlean-up. It's also settisg up awarenss dispîsys and playing envirosmestal- themed ansouncements. On an ongoing basis, the club offers a battery, fine paper and pop cas recycling prograro. The school is being presented a Blue Planes Award for the Butterfly Garden they designed and buils using native species. The club also rsised money for envi- rosmental organizations. On May 6 (Keep It Clean Day), the club will help the Bruce Trail Association with a dlean-up on the Niagara Escarpmest. - Bishop Reding Secondary School will tesm up with Protect Our Water snd Environmental Resources to plant trees around Halton. They're also parsicipat- ing in a school dlean-up, hossing a raffle to raise money for an envirosmental charity snd promoting the recycling program. Earth Day began in the 1 970s in the United Stases as a way to educate people on environmestal issues, said Jed Goldberg, president of Earsh Day Canada. It Wasn't until ita 2Oth anniversary shat Canada started parsicipating. Now shere are more than 500 million people from 180 coustries who participate, he said. "Six million Canadians take part in 10,000 events in Canada," hie said. For more information about Earth Day, viait Earth Day Casada's website as www.earshday.ca. Celebrating 'Mother Earth' As pars of Earsh Day festivities, staff as Crawford Lake Conservation Ares encourage everyone to join them is celebrat- ing 'Mother Earth' Sunday from 10 s.m. to4 p.m. Special guet Chief Top Leaf froro the Mohawk First Nation will share seachinga about Mother Earth through the use of traditiosal atonies, dance and arsifacts. Vititors will take a step back in sime while exploring the longhous- et sud may participate in Chief Top Leaf's presentationa shrough- out the day in the reconstructed village. Other isteresting activities throughout the day will isclude free childres's buttos-making, family videos, exhibits, dispîsys and hiking the woodlands that sur- round Crawford Lake. Guesta are alto encoursged to stop by the ncwly-expanded gift- shop where every dollar apent sup- porta conservation. Staff invite gueta to bring their own trowel sud pot so they can sake several periwinkles, which cover the entire foret floor, home as agift. Lîsmas, courtsy of Wyldewood Lîsma Treks, will be on baud for an educational look into their unique history. Anyone interested in the apecial Woodland Lîsma Ramble Hike is asked to pre-register by calling 854-0234. Admission for the ose-day event coss $5 person. Children aged under 4 years are admitted free. The liras 50 vehicles in the park- ing lot will reccive a calendar from nature photographer Rob Stimpson. Earth Day is slated for April 22. Crawford Lake is located as the corner of Steeles Avenue and Guelph Line, 15 km norsh of the QEW and 5 km south of Hwy. 401. Call 854-0234 for more informa-