Friday, April 7, 2017 5 Brooklin Town Crier BTC's First Annual Essay Contest Grand prize $150 courtesy of BAM Lions Club! Other prizes include gift certificates: $30 - Copper Branch $25 - Michael Kellys Eatery $25 - Coffee Culture (Brooklin) $25 - Brooklin Pub Free 30 min. guitar or drum lesson with Patrick Pidek (patricksguitarstudio.com) ...with more to come… Essay Theme - in honour of Canada's 150th birthday: "Canada is…" Contest Rules: Must be a resident of Brooklin (or student whose home address is in Brooklin). Deadline: Midnight, May 19, 2017 Non-fiction essay (no poetry) of under 800 words on the theme "Canada is..." Minimum age of writer is 16 years old as of May 19, 2017. BTC columnists and their families are ineligible. Essay must be previously unpublished non-fiction (school or post-secondary institution papers will be accepted). Essays with any plagiarized material will be rejected. Please be sure to attributes quotes where necessary and to check facts. Writer must provide a title. The theme is NOT necessarily the title. No gratuitous violence, sex, racist or similarly hate-inducing commentary In English only Maximum of two submissions per writer More positive consideration will be given to essays with proper spelling, grammar and punctuation. The decision of the judging panel will be final How to submit: Essay is to be in the body of an email to: editorofbtc@gmail.com with the subject line: essay contest submission No attachments, please. They will not be opened At the beginning of the email, provide: Writer's name + Brooklin address + phone number + short bio of under 100 words (Submissions without these will be rejected) Pseudonyms are not allowed. If submitting two essays, one should follow the other in the same email Winners agree to allow their names and photos to be used in the BTC After publication in the BTC, writer retains full copyright and ownership. Only winners will be contacted by early June Winners to be published in summer issues beginning June 9. Whitby Announces New Chief Administrative Officer Town Council is pleased to announce Matthew L. Gaskell as the new Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), beginning May 1.With nearly 20 years of senior public sector experience, Mr. Gaskell will add a wealth of knowledge and skill, including a fresh approach to the municipality. Most recently, working as Commissioner of Corporate Services with the Regional Municipality of Durham, he was responsible for human resources, clerks and legislative services, legal services and information technology. Mr. Gaskell will apply a customer-centred, leadership-focused, strategic approach to his mandate and ensure the Town's commitment to service excellence continues. Members of Council and staff look forward to welcoming Mr. Gaskell to the Town in May. They would also like to thank Interim CAO, Doug Barnes for his leadership and commitment that have helped drive Council's priorities forward.