Lauren is young Shrek Artscene Lopez resigns from OSC Sports www.insidehalton.com 905.338.8818 10% OFF ALL SERVICES 609 Ford Drive, Oakville The Deck Store TM www.skynails.ca deckstore.ca 905.337.7707 Stay Connected! Wednesday, October 2, 2013 | 56 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Weather for Oakville, ON Wed Thu Fri Sat D R H O P E ' S O R D E R Halton police will team up with GO Transit Safety Of cers tomorrow (Thursday) at the Burloak Drive railway crossing (south of the QEW) to educate residents about railway safety. The of cers will stop traf c momentarily at the crossing and provide educational material as part of the GTAwide campaign. see Safety on p.4 Lessons on rail safety at Burloak Thursday 23° 14° 20° 11° 22° 15° 22° 17° Not everyone happy with golf facility by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff photozone See photos of the rst T.A. Blakelock home football game in two years by visiting www. insidehalton.com/photozone. Kiera Boote, 9, digs in at Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School's annual DRHOPE spaghetti dinner fundraiser last Friday. Holy Trinity's sixth DRHOPE -- Dominican Republic Homes, Opportunity Prosperity Education -- effort comprises 18 Holy Trinity students and two teachers, who will build four houses in the Dominican's Rancho Arriba village. They will travel to the country in December and April in two groups. The houses, and other donated items will assist less fortunate students there. Each house costs $4,500. The dinner helped raise $9,000 of the needed $18,000 for the project. | photo by Nikki Wesley Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog) A proposal for a new golf practice facility at Regional Road 25 (Bronte Road) and Burnhamthorpe Road West met with mixed reviews during a recent meeting of Oakville's Planning and Development Council. Marraine Investments Limited wants The anticipated a zoning change to permit development number of cars visiting of the golf training this business during and practice facility their peak season is that would feature a approximately 300 cars driving range, sixper day. hole golf course, short game practice area, mini-golf facility and Angela Deganis club house with parkresident ing lot. The 36.6-hectare property is east of Regional Road 25, north of Burnhamthorpe Road West, and adjacent to Hwy. 407. Under the plan, a woodlot on the site would be preserved along with a wetland and stream. Family Golf, which recently terminated its operations in Oakville, would manage the property. Kenneth White, treasurer of the charity group Challenge Golf, praised the plan, stating his organization plans to use of the facility once built. see Charity on p.5 SHUTTERS · Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed · Serving Oakville with Shop at Home Hom ome om e Service Se · Wood & Vinyl Shutters, Supplied & Installed · High High g Quality Quality Quali ty ya at t Affordab Affordable able Pri Pric Prices c CALIFORNIA & PLANTATION ceramics porcelain travertine marble glass natural stone mosaics slate granite quartz FACTORY TILE DEPOT We shop the world so you don't have to! 1360 Speers Road (East of 3rd line) Oakville SHUTTERS ETC. 905.691.4455 www.shuttersetc.ca Authorized Eclipse Shutters Dealer Shop at Home Service FREE Open 7 days/wk! 905-465-1650 Follow us on www.factorytiledepot.ca book Call and esign d e e fr r u o y on consultati BACKSPLASH · BATHROOM · KITCHEN · FIREPLACE · FEATURE WALLS