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The Citizen, 2013-10-31, Page 11THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2013. PAGE 11. F.E. Madill Secondary School held its annual commencement ceremony at the Wingham school on Friday night and a number of local students were honoured. First among them was Jacob McGavin, who earned the Governor General Medal, which is presented to the student with the highest combined Grade 11 and Grade 12 average. McGavin was also presented with the ENG4U English Course Award, the SBI4U Biology Course Award and the SCH4U Chemistry Course Award. He also earned the W.S. Hall Memorial Scholarship, which is given to the student with the highest standing in all 4U science courses and The Big M, which means McGavin earned the required number of points in each of the three prongs of academics, athletics and activities. Sadie Chalmers won the Crime Stoppers Award, which is presented to a graduating student who has demonstrated good citizenship and is continuing education in a field related to law, criminology or policing. Chalmers also received the CGR4M Resource ManagementCourse Award and The Big M.Heather Bone was presented withthe CGW4U World Issues Course Award, along with the FSF4U French Course Award and the MDM4U Data Management Course Award. Bone also won the Madill Teaching Staff Award, which is given to a graduating student who demonstrated high scholastic standing and/or good student citizenship. She also won the Wingham Optimists Award, which is presented to a student who is proceeding to post-secondary education, preferably in the social sciences, who was a strong student, but also participated in extra-curricular activities. She also earned The Big M. Kathryn Peach won the Lieutenant Governor’s Community Volunteer Award, which recognized a student who has exhibited exemplary volunteer involvement within the community. Peach also won the Libro Financial Group Scholarship, which recognizes a student proceeding to post-secondary education who demonstrated strong involvement inthe community and achievedhonours standing in their academics.Peach also won the Madill School Parent Council Award, which goes to a student who shows volunteer involvement and who has won the Lieutenant Governor’s Community Volunteer Award. She also earned The Big M. Meagan Dolmage won the ABCD Award, which is donated by John Madill in the memory of his father Mr. F.E. Madill. The Above and Beyond the Call of Duty Award goes to a graduating student who had made a significant contribution to the school during her time there. In addition to receiving The Big M, Dolmage also won the Wightman Family Bursary for the Advancement of Technology, which is given to a student who has demonstrated social and community involvement and is enrolled in a post-secondary program in information or communication technology, engineering, telecommunications, or environmental/sustainability studies with a high academic average. Sheena Haines won the BOH4M Business Leadership Course Award, the CGR4M Resource ManagementCourse Award and the Co-operativeEducation Course Award.Haines was honoured by The Big M, as well as the Wingham and Area Health Professionals Recruitment Award, which recognizes students pursuing career aspirations in a wide range of health care disciplines. The winner should also contribute positively to both the school and the community. Kate Higgins won the Morris Ward Graduate Award, which is given to a graduating student from the Morris Ward of Morris- Turnberry and has contributed to positive school and community citizenship. Higgins also won the PSE4U Exercise Science Course Award and the SBI4U Biology Course Award. She also won The Big M. Laura Higgins won the Garniss North Huron Township Council has too many questions to rule on whether they are for or against a deep geological repository. Council is welcoming a guest from Ontario Power Generation to speak about the deep geological repository, which will hold low- to medium-level radioactive waste. However, after it was revealed that OPG’s speaker was not representing the position of a neutral third party, they permitted one of their own to find a professional from the other side of the fence. After reading Chief Administrative Officer Gary Long’s report on the possibility of a nearby repository, Councillor Archie MacGowan believed OPG was a neutral third party in the situation and felt the organization could provide good analysis of the situation. However, other councillors told him OPG is involved in the program seeking to create deep geological repositories in nearby municipalities. Councillor Bernie Bailey, who was frustrated with council’s slow adoption of an anti-nuclear stance after their relatively quick adoption of an anti-wind stance at its previous meeting, requested he be permitted to find an expert to speak against the repositories so council could hear both sides of the story. Bailey has expressed concern not only with possible contamination of ground and ground water that could be caused by the repository, but also by the increased traffic that would travel through North Huron if it were built in a nearby municipality. While MacGowan was all for that, he felt council really couldn’t do much aside from writing a letter in protest. “We have no authority over this,” Repository concern mounts Well done Adam Cousins took home the Brussels Community Develop- ment Trust Scholarship at Friday night’s commencement ceremony held at F.E. Madill Secondary School in Wingham. (Jim Brown photo) Recognized Jacob McGavin won a number of awards at Friday night’s commencement celebration at F.E. Madill Secondary School, including the Governor General Medal. (Jim Brown photo) Good job Jenna Burbidge was presented with the Louise Patton Memorial Award at Friday night’s commencement ceremony at F.E. Madill Secondary School. (Jim Brown photo) Locals honoured with commencement awards SPCA Huron County Branch 48 East Street Goderich, ON 519-440-0250 huroncounty@ospca.on.ca Wanted: Forever Homes Sponsored by: Clinton Veterinary Services 257 Huron Rd., Clinton 519-482-3558 Have your pet spayed or neutered Dabn e y Kylie Morg a n Ulie Chad Mann ~ 519-357-3015 www.kruzinmannlimos.com A Division of Lloyd Collins Construction Ltd. Thank You! Our heartfelt thanks go out to everyone who helped make our 12th annual CKNX Healthcare Heroes Radiothon such a great succes. We have raised $66,000 so far towards our goal of $90,000 for an operating room table and stretchers. A special thank you to all the staff at CKNX Radio, AM920, 101.7 The One, and 94.5 The Bull for their continued support. Thank you to all the volunteers and participants from The Great Radiothon Race for making this new event a big success and raising over $5,300! We would also like to extend a special thanks to all the corporate sponsors who made this event possible: Howick Mutual Insurance, Clinton Raceway, Hyndman Transport, Ontario Crane Rentals, Joe Kerr Limited, Libro Financial Group, MicroAge Basics, Pioneer, Wingham Sportsman Association, Rintoul’s Pools & Spas, Royal Canadian Legion Lucknow Branch, Hodgins RONA, Foodland Wingham and Blake’s Apple Orchard. If you would still like to contribute, please mail us your cheque. Donations accepted until December. Wingham & District Hospital Foundation 270 Carling Terrace, PO Box 1228 Wingham, ON N0G 2W0 Continued on page 31 By Denny Scott The Citizen Continued on page 28