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Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 18 Apr 2000, p. 13

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Students must do 40 hours of community service woirk By DENNIS SMITH Special toTe Champion A list of' dos and don'ts f'or student community service work wii soon be scrutinized by the Halton District School Board. Under the revised curriculum, students musi now perl'orm 40 hours of community service work during high school. The community service requirement staris with current grade 9 classes and has been mandated by the Ministry of Education. Individual boards are responsible lfor approving liais of what students can and cannot do, says the board'a secondary school reform facilitator. 'There are types of activities thse ministry said are 'ineligible," said Bryn Davies, who's alto principal of' thse Aduit Continuing trawford Lake getting building to house groups By LISA CARTWRIGHT The Champion Large groupa visiting the reconsiructed Iroquoian village ai Crawford Lake will soon have a place to go when the weather tuma bad. Conservation Halton recently approved a plan te, place a struc- ture called a granny fiai on the Crawford Lake property. Bob Burcheit, direcior of conservation land services, had bold members ol' Conservation Halton's community relations advisory committee in early March that an enclosed ares is needed te, accommodate the growing number of people who visit the site. "The esisting Visitor's Centre does not have enough space to provide instructional and shelter space for any addiîional clien- tele," Mr. Burcheit wrote in his report to tise commitîce. The granny lai is a 720-square-foot, self-conainel building ihai bas a f'ui] kitchen, bathroom and single bedroom. Tise building is a perfect place f'or achool groupa and other organizations to get oui of the elemenîs to eat iheir lunch, he said. It could alto be used as an acîiviîy centre l'or evenis iseld ai the conservation ares and could be rented oui l'or amaîl group meet- ings and group picnics. Tise building would also corne in handy il' the Olympic archery competition came to Crawl'ord Lake. Mr. Burciseti said some changes, including oemoving an interi- or wall, replacing the lloor coveringa and adding an çnclosed porcis and sepiic bed, will be required. Pending building approvals, uts hoped the granny fiai will be in place by laie summer. ZAK'9S PHA4RMACY 70 Maini Street East, Miltoni Cordially invites you to attend a Clinic Day Your WeighL., Taking Con fro1 Ini the New Millennium Tuesday,Apwil 2 4:OOpm - 7:OOpm éHave y.., Body Mass Index Caiceulated Get yeur dail> caloerie requhemseat aaalyzed eRecelve a persoaalized food guilde. Please see Pharmacist to sign-up. for your personal appointment. For more information cal&i 875-2424 Education Centre. -They deal wiîh sal'eîy as well as wisetier someîhing is tmuly voluntary and not being done on scisool urne." He said boards baye been asked to add other ineligible activi- lies and then make a liai ol' wisa studenîs cas do. A board commiîîee looked ai guidelines, tisen tise matter was reviewed furîher ihrough a joint commiîîee with tise Halton Catisolic District Scisool Board. Mr. Davies said tise document was given to trustees nearly îwo weeks ago anid is slated lo be approved or changed tomorrow. He han also iseard unol'ficially tisai lieutenant-govemor's medal- lions will be presenled to top volunîcers ai ail Ontario higis scisools. "Whaî our young people do beyond tise caîl is unhelievable," said Mr. Davies. 'Tise notion ol' volunîeering is alîve and well and tise Ministry of Education knows thîs." Thse Canadian 'Champion, Tuesday, Apnil 18, 2000-13 Organ donor display set up at Milton Mail Organ IDonation Ontario will se up a display ai Milton Mail Saturday as part of Organ Dosol Awareness Week. Tise cosnmunity*is inviteti to vlant with s'taff anti volunteers aswell'as pick up reading inatesial concemisg tise process of' donating Mrans after dealh to ielp save thse lives of oibeeg. Organ donation carda are available ai lte vehicle licence office, Milton Ptibhic Llbrary, thse Halton Regiossai Police sta- tion, tise Milton Chsiropractic Centre andi ai Halton MPP Ted, ChudleigWs offite. Anyone interestec inu contacting tiseïr local donor brancis can do so by calling 846-3092 or visiting tise officiai web site at www.Urasplarst-ontario.org. ht's reporteti tisat of 70.000 deaths in Ontario each year, 500 could be potenlial organ donors. THRILI-SEEKEK LSCAPES TO NEW M0HAýý1K, Live htiYYw,,ý 750 1,), mirhinrý. ïwckside bit), wid Miffiwi, m eoHÀAteýe , POWERFUL ENTERTAINMENT 11 Î) t n e M () Ji a iv k. c ----------- 401 ut (jucipli Line. ( ýi1 1-8LSS-675-RiýCE. 'Trociernork of Onwio Jockey Club t Opwoted oncl monoged by the Onforio Lo#wy ond Gominq Corporation. r 'i i

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