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Beaver THE OAKVILLE Voted Ontario's Top Newspaper Four Years in a Row - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 OAKVILLE'S BEST REAL ESTATE SECTION INSIDE! www.oakvillebeaver.com MORTGAGES 905.827.8009 Purchases Over 40 Renewals Lenders Refinances Credit Lines Rental Vacation Properties Properties G R E AT R AT E S MORTGAGE CONSULTANT M08005472 PAUL FOLEY AMP Good day for a long run Sports 1500 Upper Middle Rd. Abbey Plaza at Third Line HO: 600 ­ 5770 Hurontario St. Mississauga, ON L5R 3G5 Licence #10801 Powered by A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 52 No. 109 "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2009 72 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) Back to school blessing Your next car is just a click away @Wheels.ca Oakville Beaver readers shopping for a vehicle will find the new Wheels.ca provides easy-to-navigate instant access to the entire auto marketplace. Buyers can now scan thousands of dealer listings then refine their search close to home using the site's customizable proximity search criteria. "The Beaver is committed to ensuring Wheels.ca is the best possible research tool for consumers in search of a vehicle," said Oakville Beaver publisher Neil Oliver. "We know our readers are spending an increasing amount of time browsing online for all their purchases," said Oliver, "and by integrating our resources in print and online we can provide everything they need to know before heading to their local dealer to test drive their vehicle of choice." The numbers confirm the trend to online shopping: Stats Canada reports it is booming in Canada with the latest figures showing sales in all categories rising to $12.8 billion (2007), up from $7.9 billion in 2005; and the 2008 UsedVehicle Market Report issued by J.D. Power and Associates shows that when they use the Internet for vehicle research, more than six in 10 used-vehicle buyers purchase a vehicle found online. Terry Fox's lasting legacy David Visschedyk is alive thanks to cancer research funded by the Terry Fox Run By Angela Blackburn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF NIKKI WESLEY / OAKVILLE BEAVER OFF TO A GOOD START: Reverend Canon Joseph Asselin, of St. Cuthbert's Anglican Church, blesses Sarah Asselin's backpack.The Grade 6 student's backpack was one of many, along with books and laptops, that were blessed at the church on Sunday to help start the new school year. In April 1980, Terry Fox set out to run across Canada -- asking every Canadian to contribute $1 to raise cash to cure cancer. Oakville's David Visschedyk was only a year old at the time. History knows Fox had to cut short his Marathon of Hope when his cancer spread to his lungs and he later died. Seven years later, young David was diagnosed with the exact same bone cancer as Fox, osteogenic sarcoma. He, too, had his right leg amputated. Today, Fox is a Canadian hero. A bronze monument of Fox stands at the spot on the TransCanada Highway near Thunder Bay where he had to give up his marathon. When the Olympic Torch Run passed through Oakville in 1988, David carried it in his wheelchair. Twenty-nine years later, Canadians and others around the world, continue his dream when, each September, they run in or sponsor the Terry Fox Run. Last Wednesday, the local Kinsmen Club held a barbecue at Town Hall to promote the upcoming Sunday, Sept. 13 Terry Fox Run at Abbey Park High School. Town Councillor and long-time Terry Fox Run chair Ralph Robinson remembers picking up Visschedyk from classes at Pinegrove School as the youngster travelled around local schools talking to See Find page 5 See Terry page 3 SERVING OAKVILLE FOR 25 YEARS! 175 Wyecroft Rd. Oakville 905.845.6653 Between Kerr & Dorval Optimize Performance (Adults and Children) · Attention span is short · Difficulty organizing & completing work · also helpful for Asperger's · also Psycho-educational testing ADD Centre VISIT OUR ALL NEW WEBSITE YOUR FRIEND IN THE BUSINESS! Neurofeedback and learning strategies can provide a lasting improvement. Co-author with Pediatrician William Sears of The A.D.D. Book: New Understandings, New Approaches to Parenting Your Child. www.lockwoodchrysler.com Director: Lynda M. Thompson, Ph.D., 905-803-8066 www.addcentre.com