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f While Michalski has been the focus of all the accolades, he always aintained the happy ending was the esult of a team effort. After all, while [‘Wichalski went into the water several officers â€" including Sgt. Murray Drinkwalter and Constable Mike ates â€" remained onshore to ensure e freezing pair was hauled back up n the bank. t By the time he reached the teenagâ€" er she had stopped thrashing. It was obvious, Michalski recounted later, ‘that she‘d lost the coâ€"ordination of her limbs. Reaching the now drifting girl, Michalski applied a rescue hold. Gripping the girl Michalski â€" whose limbs were also dead heavy â€" headed Pack toward the life ring. The echoes from Mike Michalski‘s moment of courage were still resoundâ€" Ang last week as the Bronte Village â€"Constable received the Ontario Medal for Police Bravery Award. _ Earlier this year, Michalski was 1onored at a special ceremony at Fown Hall. On hand were politicians, fuperior officers, representatives of atepayers groups and the Bronte ranch 486 Royal Canadian Legion well as children and teenagers. =" MOTHERS‘ CHOICE "" In February, Michalski plunged into the frigid waters off Bronte Harbor to save a 17â€"yearâ€"old inmate ‘of the Sy1 Apps Centre who fled from a social worker and flung herself into the lake. With severe hypothermia a distinct possibility for both he and the girl, Michalski dropped his gun belt, donned a life jacket from a work boat and grabbed the tethered life ring. Michalski â€" a member of the Halton force since 1975 and a Metro Police officer for four years â€" saved a drowning teenager in February at tremendous risk to his own life. On Thursday evening, he was one of four Ontario police officers to be given the award by Solicitor General David Christopherson at Queens Park. (Nine ‘others received the Ontario Medal for Firefighters Bravery Awards.) Halton officer honored for saving teenager By HOWARD MOZEL Oakville Beaver Staff Both Graham and Hogg said they expected a tight race, judging from the response from voters they met during their doorâ€"toâ€"door camâ€" paigns. Graham said she knew the "It feels good," said Graham, after all the votes were counted. "It was a tight race." It wasn‘t until later in the evening when Graham began inchâ€" ing forward, that there was any indication of who would finally sit around the regional table. The final tally had 2,851 votes for Graham; 2,368 for Hogg. Kathy Graham successful in moving up to region in tough Ward 2 contest Talk about a horse race. The Ward 2 regional seat was up for grabs Monday night as both vetâ€" eran local councillor Kathy Graham and challenger John Hogg, battled it out, neck and neck, all evening. When the dust settled and all the ballots were counted, Graham came up the victor, polling about 500 more votes than Hogg. By DIANE HART Special to the Beaver But for most of the evening, the final victory was anyone‘s guess. November 16, 1994 Saturday, November 26, 1994 10amâ€"4pm Holiday Inn Toronto West 100 Britannia Road East, Miss. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 905 568â€"1377 * rentals * new clothing * used clothing * consignments 25%â€"70% No cheques please *Not :I?d on rentals "I thought to myself that no matâ€" ter what happens, I am satisfied with the changes I have been able to bring about on the local level and my own involvement in this comâ€" munity. I said to myself, ‘Yes, you have made a valuable contribution Graham said throughout the evening when it looked as though she would be defeated, she reflected on all the years in local governâ€" ment. "That was my weakest link, and I knew it. But I stood by it because I believe it to be for the good of the entire community, and I didn‘t back down in election time," she said. "But overall, I‘m delighted with the results, and I‘m looking forward to a new challenge," she added. volatile issue of Trafalgar Park would raise its head during the elecâ€" tion, but said she did not want to back down from her support of the park improvement plan during elecâ€" tion time. l r § a Thys *Selected merchandise ')/5. <be 10% to 50% off Graham â€"â€" a veteran local counâ€" cillor for several years â€" decided this year to make the jump to regional council to fill the vacancy left by Fred Oliver. Graham is the manager of three local nonâ€"profit housing facilities. Hogg is a former President of the Oakville Chamber of Commerce. He was pleased by the initial returns. "At first, I thought I‘d pull it out," he said. He added he was surprised with the overall Oakville vote for the status quo, as he was hearing a call for change at the doors. Leaning against the wall in the hallway outside the main area where votes were displayed, Hogg was visibly disappointed and refused to say, whether or not, he would try another bid at politics. "I really can‘t say right now," he said. "Never say never," "I think this is a level of politics we haven‘t seen before in Oakville, and I‘m ashamed that this has hapâ€" pened in a town like Oakville. It was cowardly," she said, calling it very "low brow" politics. Graham was scathing about a critical â€" and she says inaccurate â€" piece distributed last Friday to homes headlined "Read This Before You Vote". at the local level," â€" and this was why I entered in the first place." better holiday treat than k they invent calorieâ€"free eggnog, _ you just won‘t find a tm 2 surprlse oday to Sunday, November 20th 1234 5678 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Goods Satisfactory or Money Refunded Oakville Town Centre II, 240 North Service Road, W. Oakville Town Centre II, 240 North Service Road, W. 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