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OAKVILLE'S BEST REAL ESTATE SECTION INSIDE! Beaver THE OAKVILLE N O RT H A M E R I C A' S M O S T AWA R D E D C O M M U N I T Y N E W S PA P E R A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 45 No. 1 Stolen statue's head recovered By Angela Blackburn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF As of press time last night Halton Regional Police were making arrests and had recovered the 200-pound head of a 15-foot bronze statue of famous Ukrainian poet Taras H. Shevchenko stolen from an Oakville park over the holidays. Inside Opinion.............................6 Living..............................11 Automotive ...................15 Sports.............................19 Classified .......................21 Full Delivery: The Bay, Stoney Creek Furniture Partial Delivery: Sport Chek, Guardian Drugs, Wal-Mart Pharmacy, Bentley, Part Source, Home depot, Staples Business Depot 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 Oakville Town Centre (Future Shop, Chapters Plaza) North Service Rd 905.337.1919 www.oakvillebeaver.com Oakville battles in 2 Bell Tourney finals SPORTS 321 Cornwall Rd. Old Oakville Market 905.815.8777 "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2007 40 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) The head of the statue was found somewhere en route to Hamilton from where it was stolen at Oakville's Shevchenko Memorial Park on Dundas Street near Lions Valley Park. News of the recovered statue's head prompted an emergency meeting of the Taras H. Shevchenko Museum and Memorial Park Foundation in Toronto yesterday. "When I first heard the head was found, it was grisly news. It was like a super new Hollywood movie ... I don't know, I just wasn't happy, you know," said William Harasym, foundation president. It's too early to say whether the recovered ASHLEY CAMARA / SPECIAL TO THE OAKVILLE BEAVER NEW YEAR ARRIVES WITH A SPLASH: Scott Pearson, dressed as a 2007 New Year's Baby, runs into Lake Ontario with his 10-year-old nephew, Matthew Brown (right), who is dressed as Father Time, during the annual Polar Bear Dip at Coronation Park on Monday. The duo won first prize in the best group costume category. Polar Bears enjoy balmy dip Village in Senegal will have fresh water thanks to 500 Polar Bears By Melanie Cummings SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER See Statue page 3 While most New Year's Day Polar Bear dippers bravely trudged into the frigid waves of Lake Ontario and leapt out as fast as possible, Steve Margolese, Andrew Melito, Derek Quinlan, Steve Scott and Janos Csepreghi stayed put, to play a little table hockey. They were among 500 people who took the plunge Jan. 1 at Coronation Park during this year's 22nd annual Courage Brothers' Polar Bear Dip for World Vision. Together, the five hockey players contributed $1,000 of the total $41,000 (and counting) that was raised for the Koukané Water Project in Senegal. A solar pump and ground reservoir will give 1,300 impoverished people in the west African country access to safe, fresh, clean water daily and enable food production and better health. The makeshift rink made of Masonite and poster board is a handyman special. With four holes sawed out (two per side) four of the players stood inside them and hoisted shoulder straps so that the elaborate costume could sit at waist height while they waded into the 4 Celsius water. By the way, officially the red team of Derek Quinlan and Janos Csepreghi won the water hockey game 1-0 against the yellow team of Andrew Melito and Steve Scott. After the game, Team Canucklehead dislodged themselves from the makeshift arena, removed their game jerseys and instead of sensibly wrapping themselves up in warm towels headed back into the cold water, joined hands See Dippers page 11 Voted Oakville's Best Used CD & DVD Store CDs DVDs www.beatgoeson.com Games · Wood & Vinyl Shutters, Supplied & Installed · High Quality at Affordable Prices · Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed · Serving Oakville with Shop at Home Service Authorized Vinylbilt Dealer Shop at Home Service Buy, Sell, Trade FREE www.shuttersetc.ca