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For the children, there will be pony rides, face painting, a fish pond, balloons, a magician, and a "guess the number of jelly beans" contest. Children, too, will have an opportunity to take prizes, as decoâ€" Music will be provided by local bands playing in the bandstand. Society volunteers will be offerâ€" ing hot dogs and cold drinks for sale.This traditional fare can be expanded by purchases from the home baking table. This will be the 28th Annual picnic; the first Picnicâ€"inâ€"theâ€"Park was held at this same location â€" Lakeside Park â€" in 1966. Since its inception, certain traditions have developed. First, it is a family picnic. Participants are encouraged to assemble as a family and picnic in style. There are prizes to be assigned to the "most elegant" and to the "most original" of the picnic spreads. By BELINDA SUTTON Special to the Beaver They evaluated response time and other factors as they participatâ€" ed in an imaginery scenario in which about 200 barrels â€" about 30,480 kilograms (30 tons) â€" of a heavy industrial fuel known as bunker oil leaded into Lake Ontario from a split in a loading hose. "If we had (used) real oil or something to simulate oil, I think they would have learned that maybe they should have done a couple of things differently to contain it (spill) better. But every time we do an exercise, there are always things to be learned." The exercise began about 8 a.m. at a Petroâ€"Canada dock about two kilometres (1.2 miles) west of Oakville Historical Society hosts Picnicâ€"inâ€"theâ€"Park this Sunday easide Park, at the foot of Navy Street, will be the wl scene of the Friends of the Oakville Historical Society‘s annual Picnicâ€"inâ€"theâ€"Park. Festivities start at noon on Sunday and continue until 4 p.m. Petroâ€"Canada wants to be ready for disaster on the lakefront. Several dozen refinery, governâ€" ment, fire, and coast guard officials spent four hours Tuesday testing out Petroâ€"Canada‘s emergency plan for an oil spill. Petroâ€"Canada tests emergency oil spill plan : "I think there were things learned," said David Friendly, superintendent of fire safety and security at Petroâ€"Canada‘s Lake Ontario refinery in Oakville. Oakville Hydro is throwing open the doors of its new headâ€" quarters tomorrow (June 11th) from 9:30 a.m.â€"12 noon. The whole family is welâ€" come to attend and tour the new facility. Oakville Hydro‘s masâ€" cot ZAP will be on hand and refreshments will be served. The new building is located at 861 Redwood Square. Take Fourth Line to Wyecroft Road south of the QEW then go west to I#edwood Square. _ _ Hydro Open House Saturday rated bicycles or tricycles will be judged, also, on appearance and originality. The Thomas House Museum â€" farm home of the Merrick Thomas family â€" will be open to visitors as usual, with Historical Society Volunteers ready to tell you some of the home‘s history and illustrate the life of a settler in the 1830 to 1840 period. There will, also, be a demonstration of rug hooking on the porch of the Thomas House. Bronte Harbour, Most participants â€" including Sheridan College students posing as members of the media â€" watched from atop the dock as sevâ€" eral boats were launched to check the mock spill. The Oakville Fire Department will have their Classic Fire Engine at the Park, and there will be booths featuring various crafts within the Park. One of the vessels was Petroâ€" Canada‘s brand new sea truck â€" a workboat designed specifically for oil spill response. But an investigation revealed that a tugboat, which would normalâ€" ly have been used by McKeil for a spill, was out on other work, Friendly said. As a result, McKeil had to use another tugboat which was slower. The "White Elephant" table will be back again, along with the Oakville Humane Society, who will sponsor a "Bow Wow" contest (ALL dogs welcome), and provide the expertise for judging. The vessels maneuvered a floatâ€" ing barrier on the dock‘s east side to corral the imaginary spill while Petroâ€"Canada officials called in McKeil Marine Limited, an oil spill cleanup contractor in Hamilton. McKeil wasn‘t forewarned of the exercise and was purposedly told the spill was the real thing to check out its response, Friendly said. The contractor took at least 30 to 45 minutes longer to arrive than expected, he said. Friendly said Tuesday‘s exercise was conducted to ensure Petroâ€" "We‘ll have to take that into conâ€" sideration in our plans." DOWNTOWN OAKVILLE e 183 LAKESHORE ROAD EAST 845â€"8911 DOWNTOWN BURLINGTON «* 389 BRANT STREET 639â€"6165 OPEN THURS. FRL ‘til 9 p.m. Father‘s Day, June 19th Save $20 on GANT for Dad (5ARVEYS men‘s § shoPrs Canada will be able to meet new Canadian Coast Guard regulations which, beginning next April, will specify the size of spill and speed with which refineries must be able to respond. eS. After Tuesday‘s test, officials retired to Oakville‘s Howard Johnson hotel where they began a "We‘ve had these kinds of plans in place now for almost 25 years, and every summer, we hold exercisâ€" In support of the Rereshare fbodéflltf donations of canned goods and nonâ€"perishable food items are being collected. We look forward to sharing this special day with the whole community. For more information please call (905) 842â€"2252 56 Lakeshore Road West, Oakville, Ontario L6K 1C7 tableâ€"top simulation of an even largâ€" er imaginary spill. In that scenario, a ship was unable to arrive at the Petroâ€"Canada dock because of the first spill. The ship, carrying crude oil desâ€" tined for the refinery, was ordered to wait offshore, and in light fog, got hit by an iron ore carrier. About 4,000 barrels of crude oil â€" about 609,630 kilograms (600 tons) â€" then spilled into the lake about five kiloâ€" metres (three miles) offshore. Join us for a Barbecue and Open House at Oakview Funeral Home Saturday, June 18th from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. With experience in serving families of all needs, faiths and traditions since the 1970‘s Oakview Funeral Home is an integral part of the Oakville area. The staff of Oakview take pride in maintaining the beautiful building and awardâ€"winning grounds so plan to drop in and enjoy the barbecue and if you would like to walk through the home, our doors are open. Our renovations are complete and we want to celebrate with the Oakuville Community! Clip and save this weekend for Father‘s Day, June 19th! _ GANT CERTIFICATE Good only at Garvey‘s on the purchase of any two Gant regular priced items. E.g: Pants, sweaters, sport shirts, knits, shorts, swimwear or outerwear, Offer good until June 18th, 1994 in both stores. mEeNn‘s § snors About 135 government, industry, 0 and telecommunications officials from places like Toronto, Sarnia, Ottawa, Montreal, Calgary, and British Columbia took part in the second exercise which was expectâ€" ed to last until Thursday afternoon. H'I"IIA)IVO Friendly said they tested a manâ€" agement and communications sysâ€" tem which has been designed for large spills to ensure effectiveness and coâ€"operation between industry and government agencies.