Garth Webb school marks milestone Page 7 The game is on at Blakelock Sports www.insidehalton.com dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 353 IROQUOIS SHORE DRIVE, OAKVILLE Stay Connected! Friday, May 10, 2013 |40 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Weather for Oakville, ON Fri Sat Sun Mon C H E E R I N G S E C T I O N 13° 10° 16° 6° 9° 4° 10° 2° Learn to live with wildlife on May 13 Residents sharing their attic with raccoons or other wild neighbours can attend a wildlife management presentation at the Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre Monday. It runs 7-9 p.m. and will feature speakers who can offer practical advice on urban wildlife control. Ryan Rainville of Skedaddle Humane Wildlife Control will discuss urban wildlife and how to prevent con icts. Retired Canadian Wildlife Service waterfowl specialist Norm North will speak about the Town's Canada Goose management strategy. Oakville & Milton Humane Society (OMHS) of cer Laura Mackasey will address the OMHS role while representatives from the Town of Oakville and Oakvillegreen will also be on hand. All participants will receive a free birdhouse kit. The centre is at 2302 Bridge Rd. For information, contact 905-8456601 or environment@oakville.ca. by David Lea Police salute local heroes with awards Oakville Beaver Staff Here, Team CIBC super fan Tianna Cocuzzoli, 7, leaves no doubt as to who she's cheering for as the annual Birmingham Bank Bed Challenge, which raises funds for new hospital beds at Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, rolled in the parking lot of Oakville Place last Sunday. For more photos, see p.3. photo by Graham Paine Oakville Beaver (@halton_photog) The 2012 Halton police awards made it clear, Oakville has no shortage of heroes as residents, of cers, and even a four-legged colleague, were honoured for going above and beyond to keep this community safe. A group effort was recognized during last week's ceremony at the Halton Regional Police Headquarters for thwarting an armed bank robbery on Oct. 22. Among them were Parker the police service dog along with Sergeant Chuck Vlasic and Constables Holly Campbell, Tim Corbeil, Mark Dienstmann, Ron Ferlin, Tara McLorn, Dave Mennie, Dave Preece, Mike Van Maaren and Mark Vegso. On Oct. 22 last year, a man enParker tered the Royal Bank at Fourth Line and Speers Road, levelled an automatic carbine ri e at the tellers and demanded money. After receiving the cash, the man ed on foot as police converged on the scene. Witnesses provided valuable information and of cers closed the area to box in the suspect. Vlasic took command, organizing the closure and calling in the tactical response and canine units. Parker sniffed out a man who was arrested a short distance from the bank. A ri e and money were recovered. see Quick on p.4 OAKVILLE FOR OVER Derek Chan General Manager ger PROUDLY SERVING SPECIAL OF THE WEEK 1.9 Financing as low as 25 %* $ YEARS! 16,995 $169 + HST & LICENSE FINANCE FOR + LICENSE TAXES INCLUDED $0 Down 60 months BI-WEEKLY Stk # u7446 Automatic 72,316 kms Ronald Chan Dealer Principal 2500 South Service Rd. W. Tel. 905.845.7791 www.hyundaiofoakville.ca See Hyundai of Oakville for details. Presidents Award of Merit for 12 years