Oakville Beaver, 23 Apr 2008, p. 20

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20 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday April 23, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com www.oakvillebeaver.com Renovating? Spring Cleaning? Need A Bin? Bins at your disposal Easy To Rent... Various Sizes. Mini Bins or Larger Roll-Off Containers DEREK WOOLLAM / OAKVILLE BEAVER WERE YOU AWARE?: Meagan McKeen, left, and Amanda Babiac remind parents outside of Abbey Park High School to turn off their cars instead of letting them idle during an anti-idling campaign at the west end high school. Abbey Park is not idle T Apr. 24 7 pm 8 pm Apr. 25 7 pm 7:30 pm 8:30 pm Apr. 26 6 pm Apr 27 8:30 am 9:30 am 11 am Apr. 28 9:30 am May 4 THOMSON Thomson Metals & Disposal www.thomsonmetals.com For Bin Info & Rates Call 905.681.8832 St. Joseph's Ukrainian Catholic Church is pleased to announce UKRAINIAN EASTER SCHEDULE 2008 Holy Thursday Passion Gospels (Bilingual) Confession Good Friday Vespers Procession (Shroud) Confession Holy Saturday Jerusalem Matins EASTER SUNDAY at St. Volodymyr's Cultural Centre Easter Matins Divine Liturgy Blessing of Easter Baskets Easter Monday Divine Liturgy If the GTA has already experienced smog days, it's not because students at Abbey Park High School aren't on the job. Last week, anyone found idling a vehicle at the high school also found themselves receiving a visit from members of the school's Environmental Council. Led by Grade 12 student Melinda Warren, the council members ran the high school's first Anti-Idling Campaign. A large banner graced the front of the Merchant's Gate school announcing, "This is an idle-free zone." It served fair warning to those approaching in vehicles and environmental club students wore bright orange vest as, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Friday, students were on patrol. "All of the volunteers have a huge interest in the environment and in making a difference so they all have large amounts of initiative in terms of handing out the flyers and asking people to turn their cars off," said Warren, in her first year on the environmental council. "We have found a large number of parents picking their kids up have left their cars running and they don't realize how much harm even idling for five minutes makes to the environment," said Warren. "For example, if we avoided idling for just five minutes per day, we would prevent more than 3,800 tonnes of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere. Also idling for 10 seconds costs more than turning your car on and off. Because of astonishing facts like these, we want to make individuals in our community more aware of the harm of idling and we hope that they will think twice before idling again," Warren said. "I thought that idling would be one of the best ways to make an impact on the parents of our com- munity as for the most part they are the primary drivers for students of our school," said Warren. The student then contacted the Town of Oakville and it provided the students with the banner, vests and information cards they handed out to students and parents. Warren said she joined the environmental council at Abbey Park because she wanted to make a difference in the environment. "I led the waste reduction week at Abbey Park as well, where students were challenged to see how many re-usable containers they could use for one day instead of plastic bags, tin foil and more," said Warren. "It is up to the new generation to make a difference, because if we don't, no one will. Making a difference, even if it's a small one, makes a difference in the health of the environment in a huge way," said Warren. Thomas Sunday / Communion Sunday & "Sviachene" at St. Volodymyr's Cultural Centre 11 am Divine Liturgy 12:30 pm "Sviachene" & Communion Banquet (for luncheon tickets call Oksana 465-3388) St. Joseph's Ukrainian Church is located at 262 Maple Grove Dr. in southeast Oakville. Please note that Easter and Communion Sunday will be held at St. Volodymyr's Cultural Centre - 1280 Dundas West (Dundas & 4th Line) For more info visit www.tserkva.ca

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