Arlene MacFarlane-Vanderbeek

Peter Ormond

Gordon Guyatt

Corporal Kris Butindari

Master Corporal Joe Barry

Master Corporal Rob Alexander

Pictured left to right, Elfiede Lane, EMS supervisor, Jim Kay, general manager Hamilton Emergency Services, Al Forbes, Frank Cowan Foundation, Sophia Aggelonitis, MPP Hamilton Mountain, Mary Smithson, Scott Duvall, Hamilton Councillor Ward 7, Brent Browett, EMS director, Doug Waugh, EMS manager, Neil Freckleton, EMS supervisor.

World-renowned pianist Valerie Tryon performs with the Hamilton Steeltown Symphony for Music at Fieldcote this Sunday.

Evan and Eric are ready for next week's anniversary open house at Ancaster Little Gems Children's Centre. On Sunday, Sept. 7, from 1-4 p.m. the centre will formally celebrate its 20th anniversary with games, food and fun activities. All teachers, parents and graduates, past and present, are invited to attend.

Corporal Cam Smithers, on patrol in Kandahar City, Afghanistan, is among a group of 300 Canadian soldiers that make up Canada's Provincial Reconstruction Team based at Camp Nathan Smith. He deployed to Afghanistan in February and is due to return to Canada sometime in the fall. A graduate of Highland Secondary School and an alumnus of the Dundas Blues Junior C hockey team, Smithers joined the army in 2001 and was the medic for the 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Paratrooper Company. While in Afghanistan, Smithers is a combat medic with the forward echelon of the Provincial Reconstruction Team's Force Protection Company.

Coreen Sullivan, left, and Kathleen Malarczuk are two savvy moms who recently started their own, home-based online business, Raising Rascals. These entrepreneuring Ancaster moms have been nominated for The SavvyMom Mom Entrepreneur of the Year Award, a readers' choice contest designed to find Canada's top Mom Entrepreneur. The winner, to be announced this fall, will receive $17,000 to take their business to the next level. To vote for Coreen and Kathleen, go to www.raisingrascals.com and follow the link on the bottom right. Raising Rascals carries products such as children's shoes, bedding, eco- friendly products, diaper bags, slings and carriers, room d�cor and more. Coreen and Kathleen each have two rascals of their own. Their children are Molly, 4, Brendan, 4, Katie, 2 and Brooke, 1. Be sure to vote soon - the contest closes Sept. 14.