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www.oakvillebeaver.com Beaver 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. 46 No. 137 THE OAKVILLE Riviera Hairstylists 187 Cross Ave. (Unit 3) Oakville 905-845-8281 New Home for Hyundai of Oakville 8 Pages Inside FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2007 LIAISON COLLEGE Largest trainer of Chefs & Cooks in Ontario OTELLO'S BANQUET CENTRE 2nd Floor 2273 ROYAL WINDSOR DRIVE (at Ford Drive) 905-842-4336 www.chefcollege.ca 64 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" Inside Artscene................................45 Sports....................................52 Real Estate............................54 Classified ..............................58 Full Delivery: Canadian Tire, Imperial Carpet, Food Basics, Superstore, Longo's, Marks Work Warehouse, No Frills, Zellers Partial Delivery: Dominion Pharmacist, Sport Mart, linens-N-Things, Rogers Wireless, Water Depot, Covers, Zarky's, Price Chopper, Food Basics, Ho Lee Chow, Mazda, Sobeys, Pharma Plus, Fortino's, Sleep Factory, Stoney Creek, Wal-Mart, Maytag, Hoopers, Panasonic, The Brick, Bulk Barn, Toys R Us, Future Shop, Best Buy, The Barn, Michaels, Shoppers Drug Mart, 2001 Audio Video, Urban Barn, The Source by Circuit City, Sears, 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 GIGANTIC EFFORT: Students from eight different high schools formed a giant 150 on T.A. Blakelock's football field yesterday afternoon to celebrate Oakville's 150th birthday. Oakville Beaver photographer Derek Woollam captured the result from 100 feet in the air, thanks to an aerial platform on an Oakville Fire Department truck. A photograph of the students in the 150 formation will hang in Town Hall to commemorate Oakville's anniversary. OAKVILLE DODGE NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION The New Happy birthday Oakville By Krissie Rutherford OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF 646 4th Line at Speers Rd. 905.845.4211 careers@oakvilledodge.com sales@oakvilledodge.com Nearly 700 students from eight different high schools got together yesterday to give the Town of Oakville a unique birthday gift. With the assistance of taped guidelines, the students assembled on T.A. Blakelock's football field to form a giant numeric 150 to commemorate Oakville's sesquicentennial. An aerial photograph captured the result, which will hang in Town Hall. Making it happen, of course, was no easy feat. "People in the zero, you need to pack in," "We've had a lot of 150th birthday celebrations in the past, but we hadn't had a youth event. We thought this would be a great idea, to get all the youth together to celebrate Oakville." Julie Harmgardt, chair of the Oakville Youth Advisory Committee organizer and Blakelock student Julie Harmgardt yelled into a loudspeaker, minutes before the pictures were taken. "We need to get all the random people around the one to move in," she added, as vol- unteers in orange bibs tried to assemble students into numbers. At times, the zero looked more like a Q, and the five, more like an S. But by the time photographers were ready ­ and hoisted 100 feet in the air on an aerial platform courtesy of an Oakville Fire Department truck ­ so were the students. Chair of the Oakville Youth Advisory Committee, it was Harmgardt who came up with the idea for the photo. "We've had a lot of 150th birthday celebrations in the past, but we hadn't had a youth event," said the 17-year-old. "We thought this See Students page 8 Oakville's largest selection of Natural Limestone and Hardwood · Custom Quality Workmanship 35 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN TILE INSTALLATION LARGEST SELECTION OF WOOD FLOORING OVER 500 SAMPLES ON DISPLAY GRANITE COUNTERTOPS BUY DIRECT FROM THE IMPORTER LARGE SELECTION OF NATURAL LIMESTONE & PORCELAIN TILE Monday to Friday 7:30am-6:00pm · Saturday 7:30am-5:00pm · Closed Sunday 243 SPEERS ROAD, OAKVILLE · 905.338.1288