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The Oakville Optimist Club saw ie completion of their biggest proâ€" ct to date, when the Halton Police ‘hildren‘s Safety Village was reâ€" pened, last Friday, after two 1onths of repairs and renovations. sponsors, who attended the eâ€"opening ceremony at Halton olice Headquarters, presented the )ptimists with cheques and conâ€" ratulated them and the Halton olice for their work. _ While some of the buildings just eeded renovating, others had to be aken down completely and entirely »built. _ Although the Oakville Optimists pearheaded the $150,000 fundraisâ€" effort, all of the Optimist Clubs n Halton and numerous corporate ponsors contributed money materiâ€" Is and labor. Students from the )ntario Masonry Training Centre "elped lay the brick work in the vilâ€" ace. The Safety Village â€" a 1.5 miniaâ€" (ire village, complete with computâ€" râ€"operated traffic lights, a railway rossing with gates that come lown, numerous stores, a jail, ‘hurch, and gas station â€" was pened in 1987 to teach the chilâ€" Iren of Halton traffic safety. Driginally built to instruct 4,000 ‘hildren annually, the village now ees up to 18,000 children each Throughout the school year, 'hree classes of children pass hrough the village each day. "ollowing a session in the classâ€" oom, students enjoy a practical ession on the miniature roads. <indergarten students walk through ‘he streets, learning pedestrian safeâ€" y, Grade 2 students drive batteryâ€" >perated cars around the village, ind Grade 3 students ride bicycles. "It gives the kids a handsâ€"on ‘xperience," said Constable Jim Dickinson, who has been teaching it the village for the last six years. ‘It‘s their place. Everythmg is ‘caled down to their size‘ _ The bookmobile service on Monday will also be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. "Repairing the Village turned ut to be a bigger job than we hought," said Optimist member Aac McDonald. "All the buildings ad to be redone. They were all rotâ€" n because the roofs had leaked." ctober 5, 1994 y KATY CLARK necial to the Beaver The students, who visit the vilâ€" age this year, will not only enjoy he newly refinished buildings, hey will also benefit from some mew additions. The Optimists have puilt a bigger classroom, put tlained glass windows in the and a sponsor has donated a school bus. The Oakville Public Library will he closing all of its branches on sunday and Monday for the Thanksgiving holiday. _ The closure affects the Central, Glen Abbey, White Oaks and Woodside branches of the library. In addition, the library computer ystem will be shut down until Friday while it undergoes a softâ€" ware upgrade. The shutdown also include the ibrary‘s Dialâ€"Up modem access ine (842â€"7483). afety Village eâ€"opens hanks to )ptimists "The bus is hooked up electriâ€" ally, so all I have to do is hit the A unted Wy ibrary closing for unday Monday You can always talk to us Call anytime. We‘re in your corner. In Oakville and area call DISTRESS @ENTRE Smiles were the order of the day last week when the Halton Police Children‘s Safety Village reâ€"opened after extensive repairs. Looking on were coâ€"op students Carroll Thorpe, Michelle Langlois, Kenneth Simpson, Leah Corbett and in the back, Const. Jim Dickinson. (Photo by Peter McCusker) switch and the lights will come on _ cially reâ€"opened on Friday, the first flashing," said Dickinson. classes of children arrived a week Althoush the villace was offiâ€" â€" earlier. The Value of Coupon Investing oupons can provide outstanding value for any financial plan. 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