Oakville Beaver, 27 Aug 2010, p. 1

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PRINTER EMPTY? refill 60%REFILL ANDSAVE UP TO Upper Oakville Shopping Centre 905-842-5600 www.thinkrefill.ca www.chisholmcentre.com All our GM Sales, Service and Parts are under one roof. . / 7 / . % , / # ! 4 ) / . THE OAKVILLE 48 Pages $1.00 (plus tax)A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 48 No. 99 USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 2010 Beaver Voted Ontarios Top Newspaper Four Years in a Row - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Swimmer strikes gold at Ontario Games Sports NIKKI WESLEY / OAKVILLE BEAVER So many books, so little time Owner, Bruce Ferrier, 71, was given notice last month to vacate the premises by Aug. 31 to make way for a new ten- ant on Sept. 1. He only has four days left to move and sell an estimated 75,000 books. Remaining books that are unsold and can be packed will be shipped to a stor- age facility in Burlington. Since being notified to move on July 26, Ferrier has been working 12 -14 hour days to pack as many books as he could before the deadline. It wont be possible to move every- thing, so a large number of books and shelves will be left behind, according to Ferrier. He is trying to sell as many books as he can in the next four days at 25 per cent of the price on the cover. Normally, he sells the used books at half the books full price. Were trying to sell as many to the public, he said. Ferrier has met hun- dreds, if not thousands of people over the years who have come into his book- store, whether to buy a By Nathan Howes OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF For 37 years, the residents of Oakville have known 250 Kerr Street as the Treasure Island Books. As of Sept.1, it will no longer be there. Ive had a great time here for 37 years. Its about the people who come into the bookshop and thats what I like about it. Sure, you make a little money, but thats not the main thing. n Bruce Ferrier, owner Treasure Island Books See Returned page 3 EVERYTHING MUST GO: Treasure Island Books owner Bruce Ferrier is closing his shop after 37 years on Kerr Street. He sits in his store surrounded by many of the books he has collected over the years and holds a book that someone pressed wildflowers in before he purchased it. A 64-year-old Toronto man died yes- terday after being pinned under a vehi- cle at an Oakville self-serve scrap car yard. The man was removing parts from a car at B & D Auto Recycling, 702 Bronte Road yesterday afternoon when he became trapped under the vehicle. Police received a call at 4:25 p.m. and found the man dead at the scene. According to police, the victim was a regular customer at B & D, which lets customers remove auto parts from scrapped vehicles without supervision. Police say the victim arrived at 2 p.m. and was discovered by an employ- ee two hours later pinned underneath a scrapped minivan. Investigators believe the victim had raised the van with small portable jacks to remove exhaust parts when the vehi- cle toppled over pinning the man underneath. Emergency services were alerted and the victim was removed from underneath the motor vehicle and taken to Hamilton General Hospital.? Police believe the victim was dead for some time before help arrived. Police don't believe the incident is suspicious, but the coroner has ordered a forensic autopsy for this morning. The name of the victim is being withheld at the request of the family. Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call the Oakville Criminal Investigation Bureau at 905- 825-4747 ext. 2204. Man killed in scrap yard

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