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Before venturing out to garden, people with disabilities or the elderly may want to visit the University of Missouri virtual tool shed to make gardening more enjoyable. Mike Surbrugg: Disabilities should not prevent gardening Happy Easter. Make the best of this and every day. .
Club Directory
Active Artists Association: This group, formed to encourage art and artists, meets the second Monday of each month at 4:30 p.m., January-May and September-December, on the third floor of the Arts Council building. An ongoing exhibit and sale of members' work can be viewed in the Lowe Gallery of the Arts Council. Barbara Smith, 237-3323.
Aglow Lighthouse Ministries: This interdenominational Christian women's ministry meets on the third Saturday of each month at 9 a.m. at the Holiday Inn Express, 2308 Montgomery Drive. Mary Melton, 243-4899.
All Seasons Garden Club: Encourages the beautification of parks, streets and gardens in the community and aids in the protection of trees, shrubs, wildflowers and wildlife. Meets September-May on the second Monday of each month at 10 a.m.
$500000 boost for trades program
As many as 42 women in Hamilton and Burlington will receive training in carpentry and landscaping thanks to almost $500,000 in provincial funding. Yesterday's announcement by Sandra Pupatello, minister for women's issues, is the latest instalment in the Women In Skilled Trades program. On hand was TV home renovation expert Mike Holmes. The host of the Holmes on Homes TV show praised the WIST program and revealed he employs two WIST graduates. Hamilton's AAT School will receive $290,159 to deliver training in landscaping to 20 women in Hamilton. The program includes 30 weeks of in-class and on-the-job training and a 10-week work placement. Burlington's Centre for Skills Development and Training will receive $200,095 to deliver training to 22 women in enhanced general carpentry.
Modern Balinese designs
Although elite travellers to Bali may not have heard of Karl Princic, most would be familiar with his beautiful gardens and landscapes. Princic was the master plan consultant for the 100-hectare Bali Golf and Country Club project in Nusa Dua, which opened in 1991. He was responsible for the hardscape and softscape design and coordination of all the landscape areas associated with the golf course, clubhouse and common development area. The project won the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Design Excellence Award in 1993. .
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