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Beaver THE OAKVILLE Voted Ontario's Top Newspaper Four Years in a Row - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 www.brantflorist.com/ob www.dentistoakville.com 905.639.7001 905-842-6030 www.carstaroakville.com HALTON TRANSMISSION (905) 559 SPEERS ROAD, UNIT #3 Blades face familiar final foe Sports 905-8457579 905-847 -2595 2212 Wyecroft Rd. 547 Trafalgar Rd. 842-0725 A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 48 No. 28 "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2010 24 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) Itsy-bitsy spider Business as usual for $10-million lottery winner By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF ERIC RIEHL / SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER MARCH BREAK FUN: Simon Perez lays still as Edward, a tarantula, walks across his face during the Zoo to You show at the Glen Abbey Branch of the Oakville Public Library on Monday. Where would you be the day after winning a $10 million jackpot? Sunbathing on a tropical island, enjoying the penthouse of a Las Vegas hotel? For Oakville resident Donald MacDonald, the day after his amazing $10-million Lotto Max win saw the 78-year-old bachelor waking up early Wednesday morning to volunteer his time at an Oakville Trafalgar Hospital Auxiliary bingo as planned. MacDonald was announced as the winner of the Lotto Max jackpot on Tuesday with his winning ticket purchased at Hopedale Mall's Lottery Stop. Donald MacDonald With his previous largest win in the lottery totalling around $50, MacDonald is characterizing his experience thus far as completely unreal. "It hasn't really settled in yet. I'm still somewhat stunned," he said. "To be perfectly honest, my reaction when I found out was disbelief." MacDonald was actually in line at the Hopedale Mall Lottery Stop when he heard the clerk talking about how the winning ticket for the $10 million Lotto Max jackpot had been purchased in Oakville, but no one had claimed it yet. When MacDonald got home he checked his weekly Lotto Max ticket and discovered he had a match for all See Volunteering page 4 SRING 2010 OAKVILLE MAZDA BECOMES