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Chamberreturned to the chamber office by 4 p.m. on Friday, March 2.

Remember the adjudicating com-mittee bases its decisions on the content in the nomination package only – so we ask you to provide as much relevant information as re-quired. Include photos, letters of support, other awards received, and so on.

The Nominees for Citizen of the Year, Youth Citizen of the Year, Customer Service Excellence and Corporate Citizen of the Year must be nominated by someone else by completing the appropriate Award Nomination Cover Page and spe-cific category criteria.

For these categories the Nomina-tor will need to extol the virtues of the business, organization or indi-vidual and gather letters of support. Again the adjudicating committee base their decisions on the informa-tion provided – so be as thorough as possible. Completed nomina-tion packages must be received by March 2 at 4 p.m. at the chamber office. Nomination forms are also available at the chamber office. For more information about the awards and the gala show itself, call the chamber at 519-843-5140.

On Thursday, Dec. 8, the Fer-gus and District Kinsmen will host acclaimed athlete, motivational speaker and award-winning musi-cal artist Terry Kelly as part of the Portraits of Honour Tribute Din-ner.

Terry Kelly is a JUNO and four-time Canadian Country Music Award nominee who is best known for his song, “A Pittance of Time.”

Written for and about veterans, peacekeepers and the heroes at home, “A Pittance of Time” has been turned into a music video, French language recording, and musical stage production called “Two Minutes of Silence – A Pit-tance of Time”.

“A Pittance of Time” was in-spired by Terry’s experience in a Nova Scotia drug store on Re-membrance Day at 11 a.m. The store requested all shoppers join to observe two minutes of silence in respect of our veterans.

All shoppers proudly stood in silence, with the exception of one man and his young child. Terry was so impacted by the man’s ac-tions and child’s confusion that he used his musical talents to shed

light on the importance of honour-ing those who serve with two min-utes of our time.

Blind from birth, this New-foundland native has a plethora of diverse talents for which he has re-ceived numerous awards. He was a double silver medallist at the 1979 Canadian Track Championships; competitor at the 1980 Paralym-pics; recipient of seven East Coast Music Awards; and, perhaps most notably, appointee to the Order of Canada in 2003.

Kelly will share his inspirational words and musical talents at the Portraits of Honour Tribute Din-ner on Thursday, Dec. 8 at 6pm at the Fergus Legion, 500 Blair St. in Fergus.

Tickets are $35 per person and are available by advance purchase only.

Proceeds will benefit the Military Families Fund and select Military Family Resource Centres through Portraits of Honour.

To order tickets, contact the Portraits of Honour office at 519-843-4745. The Portraits of Hon-our office is located at 1-181 St. Andrew Street East in Fergus.

“A Pittance of Time” creator Terry Kelly to visit Fergus

Sometime between 11 p.m. on Saturday Oct. 1 and 7 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 2, a theft occurred from a construction site located at the Hillsburgh Fire Department in the Town of Erin. Stolen was a John Deere Skid Steer worth about $40,000.

If you have any information about this crime or any other crime, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or submit an anonymous tip on-line at www.crimestoppers-guelphwellington.com. You never have to give your name or testify in court. If your information is used in an arrest you may be eligible for a cash reward of up to $2,000.

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Students from Centre Welling-ton DHS are among those being trained in CPR and to use an auto-matic external defibrillator.

The Advanced Coronary Treat-ment (or ACT) Foundation launched the high school training program last week, in partnership with groups in the community and province, including the provincial government, Ontario Trillium Foundation and Hydro One.

More than 1,700 Grade 9 stu-dents from seven high schools in the Upper Grand District School

Board and the Wellington Catho-lic District School Board will be trained through the program.

Twenty-five physical education teachers have been trained as CPR and defibrillator instructors for their students, and 210 manne-quins and 28 defibrillator training units will be donated to schools.

The official program kickoff was held at Guelph Collegiate Voca-tional Institute, and Guelph MPP Liz Sandals said the province is pleased to support the training.

“This is a valuable learning op-

portunity for students - young people who are trained and ready to act could save a life,” she said.

Upper Grand education direc-tor Martha Rogers said the board is “thrilled that our teachers and students will have the chance to participate in CPR and defibrilla-tor training, and are thankful for the donations and partnerships that have made it possible.”

“Empowering young people to help save lives adds value to their educational experiences and will serve them and our communities

well into the future,” she said.The ACT Foundation is a na-

tional charitable organization dedicated to establishing CPR as a mandatory program in every Ca-nadian high school.

The ACT High School CPR and Defibrillator Training Program is built on ACT’s award-winning community-based model of part-nerships and support. ACT raises funds for training mannequins and defibrillator training units for all high schools and guides schools in program set-up.

“We took the initiative to house

defibrillators in each of our high schools in 2010,” said Catholic school board education director Don Drone. “This community based program will provide addi-tional support of the use of these devices.”

Funding for the program in Guelph and Wellington and Duf-ferin Counties comes from Ama-ranth Lions Club, Fergus-Elora Rotary Foundation, Orangeville Lions Club, Rotary Club of Guel-ph South, Rotary Club of Shel-burne, and Shelburne Kinsmen and Kinette Clubs.

Grade 9 students getting CPR, defibrillator training