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www.insideHALTON.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Thursday, October 18, 2012 · 6 The Oakville Beaver The Oakville Beaver is a member of the Ontario Press Council. The council is located at 80 Gould St., Suite 206, Toronto, Ont., M5B 2M7. Phone (416) 340-1981. Advertising is accepted on the condition that, in the event of a typographical error, that portion of advertising space occupied by the erroneous item, together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rate. The publisher reserves the right to categorize advertisements or decline. Editorial and advertising content of the Oakville Beaver is protected by copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited. 467 Speers Rd., Oakville Ont. L6K 3S4 (905) 845-3824 Fax: 337-5566 Classified Advertising: 905-632-4440 Circulation: 905-631-6095 Neil Oliver Vice-President and Group Publisher, Metroland West David harvey Regional General Manager JILL DAVIS Editor in Chief Daniel Baird Advertising Director ANGELA BLACKBURN Managing Editor Riziero Vertolli Photography Director Sandy Pare Business Manager RECOGNIZED FOR EXCELLENCE BY: Ontario Community Newspapers Association MARK DILLS Director of Production Manuel garcia Production Manager CHARLENE HALL Director of Distribution KIM MOSSMAN Circulation Manager Website www.oakvillebeaver.com The OakvilleBeaver is a division of Nicky Nicky Nine Doors not a harmless prank Did you know that many youths in Oakville think Nicky Nicky Nine Doors is just something to do with their friends? If you Google Nicky Nicky Nine Doors, words like "harmless prank" or "games kids play" come up on the screen. This game is so well-known that it has many names, such as Knock Down Ginger (U.K.) or Ding Dong Ditch (U.S.) or Nicky Nicky Nine Doors (Canada). It can seem fun to play with your friends, but have you ever stopped to think about the person or the family who is the victim of your prank? They might feel scared or upset or angry by your actions. What if there is a young person or a senior citizen behind the door? Your knock on the door might really frighten them. Not only can you frighten your neighbours, but your game may cause damage to their property or you could even end up unintentionally hurting Letters to the Editor Canadian Community Newspapers Association Suburban Newspapers of America THE OAKVILLE BEAVER IS PROUD OFFICIAL MEDIA SPONSOR FOR: United Way of Oakville ATHENA Award them. How would you feel if you hurt someone else? Playing games like Nicky Nicky Nine Doors can actually go very wrong and kids can end up in a lot of trouble with the police, their families and their neighbours. If you damage property, you can be charged with mischief or trespassing. You may have to go to the police station. If you are charged, you could get a record, and that can affect your whole future. Things like getting a job, travelling to other countries or getting accepted to university or college may be harder than you think, as a result. So, think twice before you Nicky Nicky Nine Doors someone's house and ask yourself -- is it really worth it? On behalf of the Halton Regional Police Service, three Oakville teens who learned their lesson Signal should replace stop sign eric riehl / OAKVILLE BEAVER / @halton_photog ROCKIN' FOR THE HOSPITAL: Len and Sheila Collins enjoy a pretzel at Rock-toberfest as the Knights of Columbus Oakville held the second annual event last Friday in support of the Oakville Hospital Foundation. The evening featured the musical stylings of The Thrusters and authentic German cuisine. Due to the increased development and road construction in north Oakville, traffic has significantly increased around Sixth Line, Neyagawa Boulevard and Burnhamthorpe Road. The current all-way stop sign at Sixth Line and Burnhamthorpe Road seems to be not good enough anymore. Due to the increased traffic, especially around peak hours, a new traffic signal is greatly needed. If the Town of Oakville thinks that a traffic signal may cost more than the allway stop sign, it should consider and weigh the cost of any potential litigation in the case of any fatality, which may occur. Riaz Ahmedd, Oakville Shopping, weddings and other things separating the sexes ith the possible exception of spa treatments -- where women tend to be all in, and men tend to be all "I'm not getting naked in front of a stranger, and no one's placing hot stones on my backside no matter how rejuvenating they say it is" -- nothing in this world can separate the sexes more than shopping and weddings. Unless, of course, it's shopping for weddings. Ah, yes: if you really want to determine how different men and women are, if you want to gaze at the gargantuan gulf that exists between them, observe how the sexes approach the purchase of wedding apparel. I was recently relaxing, innocently enough, in a park in Chicago when my wife called to say she needed to see me on the seventh floor of a nearby department store. Assuming there was a Visa crisis -- she's been tagged for suspicious spending before, and inevitably she'll be tagged again -- I raced off and... was ambushed at the seventh-floor escalator by my wife and a man who looked suspiciously like a salesperson. You see, we had a few weddings coming up and my wife was insistent the lone suit I own, that had served me so well for so long, was no longer fashionably relevant. It had become antiquated, out- W of-style, ugly. Cognizant of my reluctance to ever shop for anything I can't read or throw on a stereo, she went to the department store, engaged in some advance scouting and found herself a salesperson savvy in the ways of the male shopper. "As I told your wife," he said, "You have 30 minutes to sell a man a suit, after that his Andy Juniper eyes glaze over and you've lost him." I was insulted, to think that this guy thought men were that childlike. I told him he had 15 minutes to suit me up, or he'd be looking at my back. Fast forward a few weeks. We had a family wedding to attend. My wife and daughter, in full agreement that our daughter simply could not be seen wearing anything she's ever worn before, left the house on what turned out to be, for them, a comparatively short shopping trip. Which is to say, they departed early Saturday morning and returned on Tuesday with a new dress in hand. Apparently, at various points during the outing there were tears, tantrums, laughter, and eventual shouts of victory. When they arrived home they had a beau- tiful new dress, assorted accessories, and bellyaches from too much mall food. Two days before the wedding, my wife asked our middle son if he'd had himself suited up for the big event. "Relax," he replied. "I'll just wear what I've got." To which my wife reminded, slightly exasperated: "You don't have anything." Apparently the black jeans he suggested he'd wear weren't up for the occasion. So, my wife ran out and bought him a suit, describing his build and what she thought might be his measurements to an amused, but understanding salesman. And, she nailed it. Perfect fit. I know I'm speaking in generalities, in broad stereotypes. I know there are men out there who cannot exist without hot-stone spa treatments, who love to shop -- in particular for weddings -- and who are gaga over every single thing about the special ceremony that bonds two people. Then there's the oaf we overheard: Wife: "I always cry at weddings." Husband: "Me, too, honey... usually over the length of the ceremony." Andy Juniper can be contacted at ajjuniper@gmail.com, found on Facebook at www.facebook.com, or followed at www.twitter. com/thesportjesters.