Cambrian students receive provincial awards
Two Cambrian College students have captured provincial merit awards.
Holly-Anne Houle, a second-year student in Cambrian?s tourism and travel program, won an Award of Merit in the Student Achievement category at the Ontario Global Traders Awards northern region ceremony in North Bay.
Houle was nominated by Cambrian for her work at a college in Pollachi, India in the summer of 2001. Houle taught French and helped set up a French language centre at the school.
?Working in India was an amazing learning experience,? said Houle. ?It helped to broaden my horizons and taught me a lot about life. I was proud and touched that my efforts in India culminated in a Global Traders Award.?
At the same ceremony, Cambrian alumnus Tim Fortin accepted an Award of Merit in the Innovation category on behalf of his Sudbury-based company Ontrak Control Systems Inc.
Fortin is a 1984 graduate of Cambrian?s electronics engineering technology program, a former faculty member in the same program and 1998 recipient of the Cambrian Alumnus Award. Fortin?s company manufactures computer interface boards used for local, national and international automation purposes.
All his employees are former Cambrian graduates, said Fortin.
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Reservist gets scholarship
The Art Cressey Memorial Scholarship Committee announced the 2002 winner is 2nd Lieut.Michael Ursual, a reservist with the 2nd Battalion of the Irish Regiment of Canada.
Ursual, a Laurentian University student, had the scholarship presented to him over the weekend at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 76.
Two educational prizes were also presented to Cpl. Marie-Angele Lamarche and Pte.Jennifer Sizer.
The scholarship and educational prizes are named after Lt.-Col. Art Cressey, a distinguished war veteran and Sudbury businessman, who was very active in the Sudbury Reserve Units, Sudbury Shrine Club and Royal Canadian Legion.
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Air cadet inspection
Sudbury?s 200 ?Wolf? air cadet squadron is still ?running with the pack? after 59 years in the community. Maj. Colette Adams, the commanding officer, is leading the squadron through its annual inspection Sunday afternoon at the Sudbury Armoury, 333 Riverside Dr.
Branch 76 of the Royal Canadian Legion, the 200 Wolf parents committee and the local cadet detachment sponsor the inspection.
The event commences at 2 pm when cadets take the parade square for the traditional military inspection by this year?s reviewing officer Maj. Painchaud, a former pilot with the Canadian Forces 431 Air Demonstration Squadron, the Snowbirds.
The squadron will then put on a drill team display and its pipes and drums corps will perform. There are 90 cadets and the public is invited to cheer them on.
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Saturday last day for Food Share
Tim Hortons annual Food Share programs ends on Saturday, May 4 at 21 participating locations in the City of Greater Sudbury.
To contribute, the public is asked to use paper bags offered at each store and fill with non-perishable food items and drop them back off at an outlet. There will be large bins inside each store and donations can also be dropped off at drive-through windows.
