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â€"~Rabies ~sCcare In â€"Bronte By HOWARD MOZEL Oakville Beaver Staff ed by the fact that it‘s now been determined the dog died of rabies. As a result, 15 people who came in contact with the animal are now receiving vaccinations. T he death of a Bronte family‘s pet has been compoundâ€" Today 8 AMetroland Community Newspaper Vol. 31 No. 141 Paper TNEON " â€" sevee 7 SPORTS......... BUSINESS..... CLASSIFIED. SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS The Bay Canadian Publications Mail Product Agreement #435â€"201 Erika Barrett Artist marks new beginning Page 10 d 27 BBE WA .20â€"21 Tests conducted on the collie‘s brain tissue confirmed the worst, Tuesday, and injections began immediately on family members, friends and the veterinarians who treated the dog. According to Dave Stronach, the Halton Health Department‘s rabies coâ€"ordinator, no one was bitten, but he said there was "significant exposure" to the dog‘s saliva. At the United Way Touchdown, Thursday night, campaign chair Jenny Gould announced they had raised $1.75 million â€" 92% of the fundraising goal. The 1993 Oakville United Campaign has been extended to Dec. 10th in order to reach its ambitious $1.9â€"million target. Although Gould noted that this is the largest campaign in Oakville‘s history, achieving 92% of goal, it is not good enough. Ordinarily it takes a bite to transâ€" mit infection, but Stronach explained that open cuts and saliva can make for a deadly combination. Since several young children were involved, it is difficult to determine (See ‘Vets‘ page 2) United Way campaign extended The $1,900,000 target represents 14% growth in a community which has experienced double digit growth in population, therefore, the (See ‘United‘ Page 3) Now you can brew Tim Hortons coffee the same way we do. With new Tim Hortons coffee packets and brewer. _ _Only at Tim Hortons. By HOWARD MOZEL Oakville Beaver Staff or the students of Chisholm F Public School, their adjacent woodlot is another classroom in which they learn firstâ€"hand how to respect, admire and learn about nature. Unfortunately not everyone in the neighborhood feels the same way and are using the area as their own private dumping ground. Three years ago the Charnwood Drive school‘s Environmental Club adopted the woodlot through a coâ€" operative agreement with Parks and Recreation. Since then it has carried out a program which includes the collection of refuse and litter, the creâ€" ation of gravel pathways and the planting of some 200 trees a year. According to Chisholm teacher Bob Briehl, however, no sooner is the severalâ€"acre "Chisholm Woodlot" spruced up than garbage â€" ranging from broken concrete to rusted appliances â€" is abandoned on top of fresh saplings and wildflowâ€" "People show a complete lack of respect," he says. "The children Chisholm students Danielle Miller, Judy Sung and Vivian Gabrail help plant one of the more than 600 trees the school has planted in an adjacent woodlot. Chisholm friends of the forest find enemies in their midst Friday, November 26, 1993 COFFEE PACKETS come to me with bitter complaints. They get very upset." Given all the time effort they‘ve put into the project, they have every right. After all, it is they who are leading by example by practicing recycling, reforestation and a host of other environmental measures such as transforming pop bottles into bird feeders. Briehl says nearly 40 chilâ€" dren from Grades 3 to 5 are engaged in maintaining the area, while the entire student population has planted 600 trees in the past three years. The coâ€"operation with the Town (which supplied students with leather gloves for cleanâ€"up) also includes going out and picking up debris before the lawn is mowed, thereby 36 Pages 75 Cents (GST included) Modem To Date saving time and tax dollars. The woodlot itself is used for Briehl‘s sciâ€" ence programs since more than 35 species of wildlife call it home. They include everything from raccoons, hawks and migrating birds to trilliâ€" ums and even pitcher plants. "In the heart of town you have all this going on," said Briehl. > Then the outside world intrudes. Just last weekend a mound of adverâ€" tising flyers was dumped off a trail into the bush. Previously, Briehl‘s students have found beer bottles, asphalt and concrete curbing. These illegal activities aren‘t restricted to after hours, though, and Brieh] tells of the time a man dumped several wheelbarrow loads of brick and crushed stone during schooltime. When the teacher confronted him, he said it was "clean fill" but ended up removing most of it. Yet there is no better illustration of the students‘ commitment than their solution to the senseless destruction of a tree planted just this spring: using proceeds from a popâ€" com sale, they bought a new sugar maple. Let that be a lesson.