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467 Speers Road, Oakville, Ont. L6K 354 845â€"3824 Fax: 845â€"3085 Classified Advertising: 845â€"2809 Circulation: 845â€"9742 or 845â€"9743 The Oakville Beaver, published every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, at 467 1 j Speers Rd., Oakville, is one of the Metroland Printing, Publishing Distributit ; Ian Oliv er PUb llSh-er Lr group ;a' swfin neBwspepersGwhich im:B les: A'p;fickéorng Ne:;g Advertiser, Barrie ince, Brampton Guardian, Burlington Post, . Robert Glasbey Advertising Director gmm,o%hglomr (Eu?dia’::é elo:l'n l‘;;defimk 5En|/ Acton rm:d s“s. ingston leek, Lindsa is Wee rkham Economist al un, Norman Alexander Editor Stzgflvi idge Tribune, hXilon Canadian Champion, Mississauga Geoff Hill Circulation Director i News, Newmarketâ€"Aurora Eraâ€"Banner, North York Mirror, Oakville Bom‘l‘g: Orillia To Oshawa/Whitby This Week, Pe::‘fpomugh This Week, Richmond HiV OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, August 12, 1994 â€" 6 Teri Casas Office Manager ThomhilWVaughan Liberal, Searborough Mirror. 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Advertising is merely an offer to sell and may be withdrawn at any time. mare EDITORIAL Look homeward sports fan nless some miracle settlement came while we were all sleeping last night, the striking major league players on the Toronto Blue Jays will, no doubt, have already closed down the Gardiner Expressway, right across from the Sky Dome, threatening not to let another motorist cross the picket lines until their cryâ€"meâ€"aâ€"river, multiâ€"millionaire bosses ante up enough zeros on their pay checks. It could get nasty. Picture a frothing Todd Stottlemeyre, armed to the kissâ€"myâ€" butt cheeks with a wayward 90â€"mileâ€"anâ€"hour fastball, prepared to throw an insideâ€" theâ€"windshield pitch to any who would dare cross the picket line. No problem for most of us regular folks, though. Sure, if our heroes are there, displaying their talent on a field of dreams we will come, and come in droves with our pocket books wide open. But if the major league parks across the continent lie dark and silent, there will be little gnashing of teeth, save for the truly obsessed, and we will simply redirect our entertainment money elsewhere. In fact, we have a great suggestion, sure to satisfy sports fans‘ appetites while saving them bundles of money at the same time. We refer to the many fields of dreams in Oakville which will be very active this weekend and throughout the rest of the summer. Tonight, for starters, there‘s an outstanding soccer twinâ€"bill at Shell Park featurâ€" ing the underâ€"19 girls rep team in a League Cup quarterâ€"final game against London (8:30 p.m., North Field) and the underâ€"16 boys rep team in a firstâ€"place league | game against Scarborough Malvern (8:30 p.m., South Field). The latter match pits the two best teams in the province, perhaps the country, and features no less than nine members (including two from Oakville) who will suit up for Canada at next year‘s underâ€"17 championship. Baseball strike or no, the local games are sure to draw hundreds of fans. Hundreds of fans will also be on hand Saturday and Sunday as soccer action continues at Shell Park with Oakville hosting the League Cup quarter and semi final matches. On Saturday night, the undefeated and very hot Oakville Longhorns will host the Sudbury Spartans in the Northern Football Conference (NFC) playoff champiâ€" onship (7 p.m., Bronte Athletic Field), emblematic of senior football supremacy in Ontario. On Sunday afternoon, Ontario‘s underâ€"19 rugby team, with no less than five players from the Oakville Crusaders rugby club, will host an elite team from England (2 p.m. Appleby College). Next week, the team will host the national championships, also at Appleby College (from Aug. 18â€"21). Oh yes, and there will be plenty of baseball action. The Oakville A‘s major banâ€" tam baseball squad became the first Oakville Minor Baseball Association (OMBA) team to advance to the provincial semiâ€"finals and they were awaiting the Yorkâ€" $ Simcoe champion to start their bestâ€"ofâ€"three series. We‘ll let you know the schedule | | as soon as we get it! f f f f F F F ocus What do families do most often when they go out? {at least once a month) Go to movies, plays, sporting events or musical performances together {at least once a month) Take trips together to visit : relatives or friends | (at least once a month) NEA Graphic The most common family outing is going to a restaurant: Over 80 percent of those responding to a survey said they eat out at least once a month. LETTERsS To THE Epitor ,,MNN Hellraisers don‘t need basketball courts Dear Sir: As an opponent to the reduction of Trafalgar Park so as to increase the number of parking spaces for the ice rink, and one who has had to get up at 1:30 in the morning to close the bedroom window to cut off the noise from the shouted obscenities and other noises that Constable Van Vliet claims never happened, I challenge the lady to prove me wrong when I state unequivocally, that on the night in question, two other officers went to the rear of the ice rink where bottles were being broken and, broke up the party. They also arrested one of the participants for being impaired while in charge of a vehicle. If this lady wants to know where her "young peoâ€" ple" can go to let off steam, I would suggest that at 2 to 3 a.m. in the morning, they should be at home and try keeping their own parents from sleeping. Let us test their tolerance level. Your editorial states that the park "upgrading" is warranted. Why do these persons need a basketball court to carry on the only activity that they have ever used this park‘s facilities for â€" raising hell! Persons against this project, for whatever reason, were not given the opportunity to rebut Van Vliet‘s rambling dissertation on what a good den mother she | makes, she being the last speaker. It was quite obvious to those attending this sesâ€" sion of the council that this was a done deal from the ; start, and that the 140 plus signatures on a petition | by those most affected had no bearing. So much for | the democratic process. No one is going to get out of bed at 1, 2, or 3 o‘ clock in the morning to phone the police, without good reason. Just think about it. There is no denying that basketball may put some youths on the straight and narrow (hopefully) â€" but | there is no space for the experiment in Trafalgar | Park, which is already overloaded with amenities... and problems! Remember, that we are at this park 365 nights and days each and every year. There are no better qualified witnesses in Oakville. Just think about it â€" | again. Government health care monopoly isn‘t working Dear Sir: Canada‘s Health Minister Diane Marleau does not believe in freedom of choice, at least when it comes to medical services. Rather, she thinks the government should have a monopoly on the health care industry. That‘s why she has condemned Alberta for allowing private eye clinics to exist. These clinics offer leading edge technology and treat people who are willing to pay for faster service. Their worst sin, however, is that they compete with Alberta‘s public hospitals. Interestingly, this competition has made the pubâ€" lic hospitals more efficient. In fact, when the clinics first opened in 1984, Alberta had a two year waiting list for cataract surgery. Now, the waiting list is two months. Marleau does not care that the clinics are effiâ€" cient. All that matters is that they undermine Canada‘s alleged "oneâ€"tier" health care system. The problem, however, is that Canada does not have a oneâ€"tier health care system. There are at least three tiers of medical care. In the first tier are those Canadians with the right political connections: MPs, Senators, and top rankâ€" ing bureaucrats â€" all have access to the National Defense Medical Centre, which allows them to jump the queue for elective surgery. They do not. have to worry about waiting lists, unlike most | Canadians. The second tier includes those Canadians wealthy enough to pay for the treatment they want, when they want it, in the United States. They do not | have to worry about waiting lists. They don‘t jump | queues, they just jump on a plane. Finally, in the third tier, are the vast majority of | Canadians who must rely on our deteriorating medicare system. These are the people who are forced to languish on waiting lists for months before receiving a wide variety of elective surgery. Marleau as an MP is one of the privileged few, who has access to the exclusive services of the NDMC. Surely, if nothing else, that makes her stand against the private clinics hypoâ€"critical. Indeed, the only way Marleau could be consisâ€" tent on this question would be if she shut down the: | NDMC and closed off the border to all Canadians seeking medical treatment in the US. Then we truly would have a oneâ€"tier health care system. Or she would simply admit that a rigid governâ€" ment monopoly on health care is not working and allow competition through the private sector. In other words, let all Canadians have a choice. David Somerville | President : The National Citizens‘ Coalition Graeme A. Tym ; 19e Nn ic ie .00 0 Te o un oo e T e t S s o e t t ce in mtc