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The Oakville Beaver NORTH AMERICA'S MOST AWARDED COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER www.oakvillebeaver.com Home Alarm Systems Call Chubb First Meet Oakville's top High School althletes BEAVER SPORTS "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2006 HOT TUBS! SEE OUR AD PAGE 28 56 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) 1-866-565-9351 A Metroland Publication Vol. 44 No. 71 Town lands major deal in north Oakville Developers hand over land and cash to avoid costly OMB appeal Father's Day run special for first time dad By Wilma Blokhuis OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Inside Artscene....................................33 Worship.....................................37 Sports........................................38 Classified..................................43 Full Delivery: Canadian Tire, Superstore, Canon, Zellers, Dell Computers, TRG Insurance Partial Delivery: Office Depot, Bioped, Sports Mart, The Brick, Complete Window, Price Chopper, Ho Lee Chow, Holland Park, Home Hardware, Loblaws, Longo's, M&M's, Sobeys, Pharma Plus, Rabba Fine Foods, Fortino's Toys R Us, Longo's, Dominion, Best Buy, Purolator, Brilliant Minds, Kauhlua, The Barn, Home Depot, Future Shop, Shoppers Drug Mart, By Angela Blackburn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF SYLC (Support Your Local Carrier) DELIVERY For home delivery & customer service call 905-845-9742 Mon., Tues., & Thurs. 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m., Wed. & Fri. 8:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. or Saturday 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. For new subscriptions, call 905-845-9742 or subscribe online @ www.oakvillebeaver.com For All of Your Printing Needs Ask About the · · · · Single Sheet $29 per thousand full Colour Special Tabloids 1 Colour to Full Colour Process Very Competitive Prices Printing and Distribution Packages Available (905) mgallagher@oakvillebeaver.com 845-3824 ext.273 Call Marie @ As Winston Churchill might have said, it's the end of the beginning for north Oakville. After three months of intense negotiation, the Town of Oakville has settled outside an Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearing with just over half of the landowner/developers out to build north of Dundas Street and east of Sixteen Mile Creek. It's premature to say how much money or time it will shave from the predicted ninemonth, $13 million OMB hearing that will still begin on Aug. 21, but the settlement means the town has picked up significant other gains. Developers signing on to the agreement with the Town -- Halton Region, Conservation Halton and the Province -- have agreed to hand over the private property they own that the Town wants for its Natural Heritage System (NHS). The 145 hectares being handed over represents about 25 per cent of the total 600 hectare east/west natural linkage system. Town officials say it puts See Developers page 4 David Rickards is celebrating Father's Day by running five kilometres in the OTMH Classic ­ for good reason. "I would not actually be a father if it weren't for Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital. "This will be my way of giving something back." The local runner has recruited 15 people for his team, the Scarlett Striders, and has raised $500 to date. They will be easy to spot ­ team members will be wearing red T-shirts. The team is named in honour of his daughter Scarlett, born almost six weeks premature by emergency C-section on July 7, 2005, at OTMH. On that day, he and his wife Kelly Spalding went to OTMH for what was to be a routine pre-natal examination. "Our due date was not until Aug. 11," he said. "Kelly had been having some minor complications throughout her pregnancy, but nothing that was that alarming" ­ so he thought. Within an hour of their arrival, specialist Dr. Sabina Liske, obstetrician-gynecologist, was called. Spalding had developed preeclampsia and HELLP SHERRI BRACKIC / SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER Syndrome, "both serious conditions which can be fatal to both FAMILY STROLL: David Rickards enjoys a stroll around the neighbourhood See Team page 10 with his daughter Scarlett and wife Kelly Spalding. THE LOCKWOOD REWARDS CARD INCLUDED WITH EVERYPURCHASE 2006 Jeep COMMANDER TEST DRIVE YOURS TODAY! CERTIFIED 2007 DODGE CALIBER QEW Dorval Drive Oakville's 2000 -2006 Five Star Certified Dealership Financing Provided By Wyecroft Rd. Speers Rd. 175 Wyecroft Road, Oakville 905.845.6653 (between Kerr & Dorval) Trafalgar Rd. Kerr St.