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A Metroland Community Newspaper Vol. 32 No. 102 ‘Carada s B. e.rtmu/iff /Véms;ogau 4 ) *‘ _ CCNA Befter Newspapers Competition 1993 : Creek pollution traced to slag : CANADIAN _ TIRE "The kids got bored after a minute," said Kendrick, who was encouraged by Lucyk to become involved and offer sugâ€" gestions. "The park is there for their enjoyment. If they‘re not going there‘s something wrong." As a stayâ€"at â€"home mom, Kendrick had the time and energy to do more than offer ideas. She studied park equipment from Burlington to Barrie and consulted the extensive Paris Playground Equipment catalogue for the best designs. Eventually they decided on an interesting array of apparatus sure to hold a child ‘s interest. The biggest hit are two "excavators," twin digger machines which children sit on and with two hand controls pick up stones, turn and dump them. Kendrick first saw these in Barrie and to her knowledge they mark a first for Oakville. Other popular additions are the "talk tubes," devices resembling backwards megaphones into which children speak. Even if they talk quietly, friends on the receiving end of a similar funnel â€" joined by a tube which runs underground â€" can hear perfectly. [ it‘s true you can‘t fight Town Hall, f Lana Kendrick proved you can in E. fact do the next best thing â€" play. The mother of two was disappointed by what she felt was inadequate play equipâ€" ment installed last summer in Harman Gate Park in River Oaks and made it her business to do something about it. Fortunately she found an ally in Brett Lucyk â€" a landscape architect with the Town â€" and together they set about improvâ€" ing the situation. "Everything that was added was added for a reason," said Kendrick. A ramp now leads from the initial fixâ€" tures to the new equipment which also includes an arched bridge to a spiral slide, a chained ramp, an arched climber, a corkscrew climber and a curved crawl tube. An abacus game helps teach children After all, there‘s not much point having a simple array of slides, platforms and monkey bars if no one wants to use them. By HOWARD MOZEL Oakville Beaver Staff So you think you can‘t beat Town Hall? Don‘t tell that to Lana Kendrick, a fullâ€"time mother who wanted better park equipment Lana Kendrick with Kevin Lord, making use of slide at Harman Gate Park:chilâ€" dren deserved better play equipment. to count while a storefront window lets them play pretendâ€"merchants. A dinosaur game helps kids learn to match shapes. Additional equipment will be added to the "baby park" in the future. (Photo by Peter McCusker) continuing to build in the area pays $9 for every tax dollar spent.) Once in place, the reaction of the neighâ€" borhood children â€" and those coming from further afield â€" was wonderful, says Installed last month, the equipment came with a $25,000 price tag of which, fortunately, only about $2,500 came out of the taxpayers‘ pockets. (The developer diaen AL (Reg. 4.49) Provides burstâ€"prote $D "They love it. The kids come to the park now. Parents are driving their kids to the park," she said. Once in place, the reaction of the neighâ€" borhood children â€" and those coming from further afield â€" was wonderful, says Kendrick. ven though Ford of ECanada seems to have solved its slag problem, the Halton Region Conservation Authority (HRCA) continues to push the provincial government for reforms in how the product is used. Last month leachate from the blast furnace byâ€"product used in the construction of roads around Ford of Canada was discovered in three waterways near the plant. Since then, steps have been taken to prevent such sulphur contamiâ€" nation in the future. In the meanâ€" time, the HRCA is lobbying to get was used in Ford roads By HOWARD MOZEL Oakville Beaver Staff Blast furnace byâ€"product Canadian Tire, A P, Food City, Biâ€"Way, Aikenhead‘s, No Frills, The Bay, Aikenheads, Valdi ?aper Canadian Publications Mail Product Agreement #435â€"201 Landscape architect up for new challenge $ YÂ¥ umnto SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS 100% Government Guaranteed Strip Coupons Maturing in 2004 Mark Slipp (416) 359â€"4633 *Rates subject to change 9.93% (See ‘Slag‘ page 4) ED PUNKRIS