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A Metroland Community Newspaper By HOWARD MOZEL After all, this past summer the acrobats and jugglers who took part in his classes ranged from age six to 41. One woman who brought her two children joined in herself after watching only a couple of lessons. Oakville Beaver Staff espite its name, when the Children‘s Circus Theatre rolls into Oakville next week it‘s a safe bet Anatoly Butko will have something teach students of all ages. Butko â€" whose skills were honed in his native Ukraine after joining the circus at age 17 â€" believes you‘re never too old to learn coâ€"ordinaâ€" tion, selfâ€"discipline and selfâ€"confidence. Stage performances presented by his apprentices also cultivate the ability to coâ€"operate with others. Butko should should know: a scrapbook he proudâ€" ly displays is filled with pictures of students perâ€" forming a variety of sensational feats. Parents, students, teachers and support staff in the playing fields last week to mark the opening of Oakville‘s new Iroquois Ridge High School. The school welcomed its first students yesterday and princiâ€" pal Barry Findlay couldn‘t be happier. (Photo by Barrie Erskine) Children often possess a natural faculty for cirâ€" 184 Lakeshore Rd. E., Oakville » 845â€"5582 389 Pearl St., Burlington * 639â€"1372 offers a very special education Canada‘s Best Community Newspaper" CCNA Better Newspapers Competition 1993 cusâ€"related skills since the games they play â€" such as.rope skipping â€" already include many of the basic ingredients, says Butko. Children‘s Circus Theatre â€" offered in coâ€"operâ€" ation with Oakville Parks and Recreation â€" begins Sept. 12 at the Glen Abbey Recreation Centre on Third Line. Those interested can call Butko at 823â€"4008. Students can expect to learn everything from bicycle artistry, balancing skills and juggling to freeâ€"standing ladder walking and dance. "There is no true dividing line between the cirâ€" cus and the theatre," says Butko. "You can find the theatre in the circus, while the circus is strivâ€" ing to bring its excitement to the theatre." Butko has certainly enjoyed his share of exhilâ€" aration. After studying gymnastics during high school in Kiev, he answered an ad for acrobats and joined the circus. For a young man in the USSR of the time, the circus afforded him a unique opportunity to make good money and travâ€" el to many countries within the Soviet Union. (See ‘School‘ page 2) Men‘s FitNESS COLLECTION Black and White ather WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1994 Ann Mulvale will run in November election Mayor decides to seek new term By HOWARD MOZEL Oakville Beaver Staff "The journey continues." With those words Ann Mulvale ended the press conference she called Tuesday to confirm that she will indeed be running for a third term as mayor in this fall‘s municiâ€" pal election. The journey Mulvale spoke of was not merely one of politics, but also one that includes her family, her friends and those countless people who she says keep stopping her on the street to ask her to run. First and foremost, the announceâ€" ment marked the continuation of the journey she and her husband Peter started 25 years ago when they married. In introducing his wife, Peter Mulvale outlined several of the "significant events" that have occurred between the two of them since their wedding day â€" not the least of which is his health â€" ending months of speculation and rumor about his cancer and explaining that the disease had in fact spread to his brain. Ever the optimist, Peter said he plans to be around a while, explainâ€" ing that nine months ago he heard a rumor that he had six months to live. Just recently he heard the same thing. He admitted, however, that his "longevity" was a major influence on his wife‘s decision. In Parents of 18 students attending at St. Ann‘s School breathed a collective sigh of relief this week as the Halton Roman Catholic School Board grantâ€" ed them their wish. Their wish was to have their children continue to be bused to St. Ann‘s after the board encompassed their Samuel Curtis housing area into a new boundary and determined that their children should be attending a school closer to that area, namely St. Dominic‘s. Because of these earlier boundary changes, affecting St. Ann‘s (Hixon Street) and St. Dominic‘s (Rebecca Street) schools, some 40 students livâ€" ing in the Samuel Curtis housing development off Burloak Drive were encompassed in the St. Dominic‘s zone effective this school year. Over the last two school years, parents were encouraged to voluntariâ€" ly move their children to St. Dominic‘s, according to Ward 1 Separate School Board trustee, Kevin O‘Connor. Peter and Ann Mulvale the end, it came down to two choices. "Should we walk away or conâ€" tinue the adventure to expand horiâ€" zons and help others?" he asked, then introduced "Our Ann." For her part, the mayor said there were no guarantees in life and could never feel that her family should be exempt from the "chalâ€" lenges" that others face. Quoting the Town motto "Avancez," or "go Wd it was a princiâ€" ple she‘d taken to heart long ago. "Challenges are just opportuniâ€" ties you have to turn around," she said, explaining that only weeks ago her political future was not so certain. "We are not frightened by what lies ahead because of people like you. We have incredible joy in our lives right now even as we Of 40 students, 17 switched to St. Dominic‘s while 23 stayed. Of those 23, 18 were granted crossâ€"boundary status in June but their busing was cancelled. One bus travels through the Samuel Curtis area and could accomâ€" modate all 40 students, dropping some off at St. Dominic‘s and then continuing to St. Ann‘s, explained O‘Connor. "These schools are closer together than any other schools (within the board)," said O‘Connor. What administration proposed was to have the crossâ€"boundary stuâ€" dents bused to St. Dominic‘s and then walk to St. Ann‘s which meant they would have to cross Rebecca, cross Jones from west to east, travel south on Jones to Hixon and then walk east on Hixon, crossing several residential streets. O‘Connor said that idea made the board look "cheesy" not to mention the liability issue. 64 Pages 75 Cents (GST included) 100% Government Guaranteed _ *Rates subject Strip Coupons Maturing in 2004 _ to change _ NESBITT BURNS stand before you." Peter Mulvale and the couple‘s two sons signed the nomination papers which were filed at Town Hall just prior to the press conferâ€" ence. / As for the other reasons why she‘s running, Mulvale said she has been feeling intense pressure to run again from colleagues at the local and regional level as well as from people on the street. "People want Ann Mulvale to be a part of democracy on Nov. 14th," she said, admitting that obviously there will be those who would prefer she step aside or lose the election. "Will everyone be overjoyed by this news? No!" If "empowered" by a winning margin of votes, however, Mulvale said she is prepared to served in what promises to be an exciting 1994â€"97 term. The postâ€"election Council, she said, ‘will have to wrestle with â€" among other things â€" the lingering consequences of the Social Contract (whose bills come due in 1996) and the possibilities created by a provincial election sometime next year. 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