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Mama INSIDE Pap_e_r Locking stations at night means trouble says police union By HOWARD MOZEL Oakville Beaver Stag While the Halton Regional Police Association (HRPA) has resigned itself to the fact stations will soon be closed overnight, it's not accepting the cutback quietly. HRPA administrator Paul 1 explained Monday that the move deal," however he still maintains trary to the Police Services Board a telephone outside a locked static not acceptable. SPORTS.” EDITORIAL............... Focus....................., CLASSIFIED., hile there could be only one winner of the M) Uptown Core park design competition it was obvious Monday night that to every- one involved it was an unqualified success. "The results exceeded our wildest dreams." said Shoel Silver, vice president of Metrontario Group, co-sponsor of the event. "This will put Oakville on the world stage of landscape architecture." By HOWARD MOZEl Oakville Beaver Staff A Metroland Community Newspaper SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT! 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"User fees are nothing but a tax on safety audit of playing fields - but nixed the imple an easy target" mentation of user fees. Halbert went on to urge Council to address the During the course of the evening the proposal issue of fields owned by the Halton Board of received plenty of opposition from groups that (See‘Groups'pago2) Mark Donner: driving drunk took terrible toll Driving drunk cost Mark his friend's life...and a lot more The Halton Women's Shelter was given ll very special gifts recently, with the presentation of these unique afghan: crafted by the Oakville Hmdweavem and Spinners Guild. On [and tor the presentation wen: (I to r) Dorkn Nelhnms, Phyllk Parish, Anne Kin, from the V.O.N., Theresa Greer, Halton Women's Shelter, Christel Wille, Moira Sandbag, Frances Dawson, Audrey Stretch. Nada Kielmnn and Joan Lidkie. (PttthttttyRtzietrr Venom) "Police stations represent safe havens to people in immediate need or danger," said La Course, explaining that phone calls from out- side each station will not go directly to an offi- cer inside but will first be sent to the force's communications centre. "The people that go communications centre. "l‘he people that go to the stations in the middle of the night are not doing so just to make inquiries, they are usually trying to find refuge or fleeing a situa- tion which is causing them fear." as sanctuary actua 'dud i ' Gmautite WWW To back up his philosophy of police station Vol. 31 No. 149 . """r'liTern-l k I (ttil . 'jJ1(iMltiilliJ, .§;§§,‘Za The all-Canadian team - which was selected by a five-person international jury - came up with a design which is narrative in nature and experienced in three linear arrangements: the Watercourse, the The winning submission was created by the col- laborative team of Milus Bollenberghe Topps Watchorn; Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects; Environmental Artworks Studio and Ecoplans Limited. Winning Canadian plan a collaborative effort By HOWARD MOZEI Oakville Beaver Stqlr If Mark Donna's nary doesn't stop you drinking and diving. nothing will. Four years 130 Donna. then 21, awoke fhxnaaxnaatttiwasttAihehatibeeninacar accident which killed his best friend Jason and cost another youth his leg. Donner - brain-damaged and permanently disabled .. was behind the wheel a the time and he was drunk Following months of painful therapy to mend his speech and um skills. the former track star. football player and superior student wasanesexittypolitxttndchamedHnsteadof goingtojaii,Dmtner.aspttrtofhissenence, was directed to lecture at schools for two years. Thoughthal period has sinceexpired hevolunteeredtospeaktastThursdayatSt. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School - four vearstothedaysincehisatxidmL ;\Contin1m tront desks variety WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15 would have been effected by the 8% to 12% lee: registration fees which translates. on average approximately $7.50. First up was Keith Halbert, an executive of the Oakville Soccer Club, who complained about the deterioration of local field standards and said it was up to the Town's tax levy to maintain them. “It's the equivalent of asking kids who have signed up for hockey. "Here's a chunk of ice, go play on it,' .. he said. "User fees are nothing but a tax on andtlippers rt NA Bettet My of police stations. Among them: - Two young females are assaulted at a local bar and go to the station to escape their attackers. - Out of town parents frantically searching for their missing daughter and fearing she's been harmed. - A shivering 18 year old Toronto woman is abandoned by her boyfriend after an argu- ment and has no money nor any way of con- tacting relatives or friends. A young female is assaulted in a park and Agricultural Promenades and the axial Oak walk. The main spaces contained in the design are the Lake, Fields, Orchard and Civic Square linked by a secondary system of diagonal routes and walkways. Other integral features include the Civic Square's stepped, red shale terrace; the cherry Tree Orchard; a manicured meadow; a wildflower knoll and the contoured landscape of the lake. A variety of architectural and landscape struc- (See 'Police' page 2 tX Sponsored by St. Thomas Aquinas chapter of Students Against Drunk Driving (SADD). the talk began with Donner explaining the warm relationship between himself and Jason, whom he called "Best Friend Jake." He told ofsummetsspentatHoneyHarbour,ofhow Jakeaskedhimtobehisbestrnanandofthe moment after regaining consciousness that he learned the terrible truth: in front of his old high school in Kitchener he and his friends slammed head-on into a pickup truck. (The other driver was in and out of hospital that night.) “I woke up in the hospital not knowing which way was up," said Donner, an Engineering student at the University of Western Ontario at the time. "Jason didn't make it, I still haven't cried. I wish I could. Boy, I wish I could. I feel like crying every- timelthinkaboutiLSomedaylwill." Boy,rwtstticouleiteei0ecryingevery- timeIthinkabouticSomedayrwilU' Donner.. whostilihasnomemmyofhis 1ifetwomonthspriortoandtwomonthsafter tltk R BC CALL FOR YOUR DOMINION COMP/lf/f/TAR' SECURITIES TO ESTATE PLANNING 1 993 993 " n Those seeking some relief from the seasonal hustle and bustle, found it Sunday afternoon at the Appleby College chapel. Harpist Sharlene Wallace and flutist Jamie Thompson were the performers. (Photo by Riziero Vertolli) 44 Pages - in the Civic Square, four Arbour Gates, boundary cairns and other features. In accepting the award, Pat Bollenberghe of Milus Bollenberghe Topps Watchom kept reiterat- ing the team spirit through which the winner design was created. "We are truly delighted with the outcome," said (See 'Plan' page 3) tures will be incorporated greenhouse pavilion at the Stonehooker's fountain - a Physically. the "sixth fastest pair of legs in Ontario" can now only dream of being able to play on his brother's touch football team. As for his mental capacities, Donner equates himself with the Kevin Klein character in A Fish Called Wanda who keeps saying "Don't call me stupid." themed)! - hadtotakeon faiththedetailsof his deadly mistake. Of the consequences there was no doubt: Jake was dead and another friend he met during this blank period (and therefore he does not know) had his leg amputated. The toll on Donner has also been severe and heartbreaking. Even so, he admits it's difficult to meet people, especially women, in his current con- dition. Never a Casanova or Sam Malone, he says,Donnerhasmadeanuneasypeacewith his inability to interact. aged," he says I have an excuse now. I'm brain-dam now. Wampum mm yup Coupon- Mnmln' In 1003 BURNS United Way raises record $1.8-m but falls short of goal By DIANE HART Special to the Beaver The 1993 Oakville United Way Campaign had been extend- ed by 15 days to Dec. mm in order to reach its ambitious $1.9- million target. Tuesday, they announced they had raised $1.833,000. Although this year's cam- paign fell just shy of the mark, United Way of Oakville officials are pleased with raising 10.4% more than last year. 588 "lt's the biggest and best cam- paign we've ever had, " com- mented executive director Bill Deyell. "Sure we're a little dis- appointed that we didn't meet our target. but we are still very pleased." He said at the Tuesday evening campaign meeting that the organization had been receiv- ing an "unprecedented" number of requests from new agencies, many of whom they had never heard about previously. "We are getting requests like (See 'Unlted' page 8) 75 Cents (CST included) Accident' page 3) a as as well. These include a end of the Oak Walk, a large boat-shaped vessel Arbour Gates, boundary