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The Oakville Beaver, Friday June 2, 2006 - 11 Beaver wins again Bronte Legion celebrates D-Day The Oakville Beaver has won two national community newspaper awards. At the Canadian Community Newspaper Association's (CCNA) 87th national convention in Quebec City last weekend, The Beaver won awards for the Best Environmental Writing and Best Newspaper Promotion categories. The Oakville Beaver's community editor Wilma Blokhuis won the environmental award for her feature series, Happy Trails. The Best Wilma Blokhuis Newspaper Promotion Award was won by The Oakville Beaver's Partner in Success section celebrating the newspaper's 43 years in the community. The same section won the OCNA's In House Promotion Award earlier this year. "I am very proud to get national recognition once again for The Oakville Beaver. It is nice that both the editorial and advertising departments won first place awards based on their creativity and quality of work," said Publisher Ian Oliver who heads up the Halton Media Division and is vice president of parent company, Metroland Printing, Publishing and Distributing, a division of Torstar. The Happy Trails series featured firstperson accounts of hiking trails in Oakville's trails system. An avid hiker, Blokhuis walked the trails in spring, summer, fall and winter to get a first-hand look at the natural beauty available to Oakville Beaver readers in their own community. The series earned her two second place awards in the Ontario Community Newspaper Association's (OCNA) Better Newspapers Competition -- for environmental writing and best sports and recreation story, and tied for thrid place in the Suburban Newspapers of America (SNA) for best environmental coverage. The Oakville Beaver also finished third in the Best Coverage of the Arts award. The Oakville Beaver is also one of 24 community newspapers in the top circultation class (25,000 and over) to receive a Blue Ribbon award for overall quality. The CCNA is the national voice of the Canadian community press, and represents more than 700 English-language community newspapers, with a combined circulation of more than 12 million copies per week. The Bronte Legion, Branch 486 of the Royal Canadian Legion, will hold a D-Day service and parade on Sunday, June 4. Veterans will marshal at the Legion Hall, 79 Jones St., at 10:30 a.m., and parade west along Lakeshore Road to the Bronte Cenotaph for an 11 a.m. service. "This is an important opportunity for the community to recognize and thank our veterans for their The Sir John Colborne Recreation Centre for Seniors is looking for classic car buffs to show off their automobiles at their anniversary show in June. The centre is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year and several celebrations are in the works. As part of the festivities, the Colborne Centre is holding a dedication and sacrifice in securing our rights and freedoms in times of conflict," said Veronica Ion, President of the Bronte Legion. For more information, call 905-827-4722. Colborne Centre to host Classic Car show Classic Car Show on Thursday, June 15 from 6 - 8 p.m. in its parking lot. Contact Sharon Bee at 905815-5960. Two locations to serve you better Two locations to serve you better Main store 1029 Speers road (Speers Rd. & 4th Line) · 905.842.3739 mon-wed 10-6 · thurs-fri 10-8 · sat 10-6 · sun closed Joe, Eva & Jim www.joshuacreekfurniture.com GRAND OPENING OF 2ND LOCATION 2005 finalist for Retailer of the Year (Oakville Awards of Business Excellence) oshua Creek Furniture & Home Decor is expanding to a second location focusing on Children and teens furniture and cottage accessories. Owner Jim Hobbs says, "We have a huge demand for Childrens/Teens furniture so it only made sense to accommodate our customers requests." Hobbs adds, "It's totally 100% Canadian Made Product, with absolutely no particle board. We are going to stick to the formula at our main location (at 4th Line and Speers Road) and keep the prices down." Business partner Joe Levine says, "So many of our customers tell us they can't find decent quality furniture for their kids at reasonable prices. They tell us their shopping experience for kids furniture is frustrating because they find poor quality furniture, or if they happen to come across something good, it's priced ridiculously high. Our approach is to offer the Jim, Matt & Joe joshua creek kids & cottage furniture, 2342 Lakeshore Rd. W. J quality level that will motivate our customers to buy it once. It's a purchase for a lifetime, their children will take it with them to college or university. The bedroom suites will all come in twin, double, queen, and some king size beds too, with a full selection for girls and boys." An exciting part of Joshua Creek's expansion is promoting their warehouse manager Matt Civiero to help run Joshua Creek Kids and Cottage Furniture. "Matt has proven to us that he is more than capable of dealing with our customers. Many times over the years he has "jumped" in on the sales floor when it gets busy at our main store and customers really like this young guy. At twenty years old, Matt demonstrates this promotion is well deserved, due to his mature and likable nature and ability to handle any situation," says Hobbs. Co-owners Jim Hobbs, and Joe Levine both grew up in North Oakville and have seen huge changes in the landscape of this town. They are excited about the new Bronte location. "The Village of Bronte has become an exceptional place to live, work and play," says Levine. Hobbs adds, "It's amazing how many great businesses, and restaurants we've discovered in Bronte Village since planning our new store. It's a great place to do business and we're looking forward to the future." Come and visit Joshua Creek Kids & Cottage FURNITURE 2342 Lakeshore Rd. W. (Bronte/Nelson) , Bronte Village, Oakville 905.469.9876 · www.joshuacreekfurniture.com Tues-wed 10-6 · thurs-fri 10-8 · sat 10-6 · sun & Mon closed Budds' BMW buddsbmw.com The Ultimate ® Driving Experience. 1,993 horsepower. 5 supercars. 1 day. Budds' BMW Presents an Open House & BBQ M Tour Canada 2006: Saturday, June 3rd from 11:00 AM ­ 5:00 PM M The most powerful letter in the world. The pinnacle of performance-driven engineering at BMW for over 30 years. Budds' BMW is thrilled to share with you the rare opportunity to see all five M models together ­ M3, M5, M6, M Roadster and the highly anticipated new M Coupé. 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