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We can fre H! Lawnmower Service for most makes & models fro mw w ^parts CURRENT POWER MACHINERY INC. 1661 Lakeshore Rd. W. Mississauga (2 block east of Southdown Road in Clarkson) SCO Equal parts muscle Strikers have to and luxury settle for silver Best wheels Sports Mercedes-Benz C LE .W . & D o r v a l D r. PER Oakville boaters survive rocky By Lance Anderson S P E C IA L T O T H E B E A V E R resigns lice board post By Lisa Tallyn S P E C IA L T O T H E B E A V E R Four Oakville residents were lucky to avoid serious injury when the boat they were riding in crashed into a rocky island on Stoney Lake near Peterborough shortly after midnight Sunday. One passenger, Karen Norenberg, 40, of Oakville was taken to a Toronto hospital for treatment of a broken leg. The other five passengers, Greg Taylor, 46, Carrie Moore, 42, and Edward Berwick, 46, all of Oakville, along with Jacqueline Turner, 39, of Woodview, and Jocelyn Wyatt, 43, of Peterborough were transported to the Peterborough Regional Health Centre. All were released later Sunday except for Norenberg. Peterborough County OPP Senior Constable Deb Belisle said their boat became stranded on a rock outcropping, but didn't sink, and no passengers were thrown overboard into the frigid water. After the group enjoyed dinner Saturday night at a Stoney Lake cottage, Taylor, the owner/operator of the 30foot 1985 Sea Ray cabin cruiser, took them home around 12:15 a.m. "They were heading east towards Juniper Island but there was no visibili ty," said Belisle. "The lights of Viamede Resort were visible to the passengers (See `C ottagers' page 4) John Day resigned from the Halton Regional Police Services Board just one day after stepping down as the Liberal Party's Halton provincial candidate. Day, 55, a Halton Hills regional councillor who has been a member of the police services board since 1998, cited personal and family reasons in his resignation which he tendered on Thursday. His resignation is effective immediately. The withdrawal of his candidacy and the police board resignation came on the heels of a court appear ance by Day in Oshawa last week on an impaired driving charge. Day was charged John Day with impaired driving and having over 80 mgs of alco his dedication to the commu hol in 100 ml of blood by nity and wished him well in the future. Whitby OPP September 11. "I've always enjoyed The board accepted Day's resignation at a special meet working with Mr. Day," said ing Friday which Day did not Halton Police Chief Ean ` attend. The Georgetown resi Algar, who credited him with dent tendered his resignation making some "valuable con before the meeting, which tributions to the service and was arranged to deal with the the community." Regional council will be charges against him. Donald Robinson, chair asked to appoint another o f the police services board, member to the board. Day's three-year term was thanked Day on behalf of the board for his contributions, to expire next November. Suspect sought in two gas bar robberies Halton Regional Police are hunting a suspect responsible for a pair of armed robberies in Oakville on Saturday. According to investigators, the rob beries occurred between 5:27 and 5:40 a.m. at gas bars located at 305 Dundas St. East (Esso) and 1007 Upper Middle Road (Petro Canada.) In both instances, a lone male armed with a knife approached an employee and demanded money. The suspect then fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. The suspect is described as a male, with a dark complexion, 30-40 years old, between 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-9, 170190 lbs., with dark wavy hair and a moustache. His vehicle is possibly a blue, full-size van. Anyone with information is encour aged to call police at 905-878-5511 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS. Merchant's royal joke turns into a royal pain By Howard Mozel OA K V ILLE B E A V E R S T A F F Tyler Anderson · Special to the Oak\'ille Beaver EYE ON THE NEEDLE: Halton Regional Chair Joyce Savoline rolls up her sleeve for her annual flu shot. The regional health department is holding free flu shot clinics at several area high schools in the coming weeks. For a complete list of the regional flu shots clinics in Oakville, see page 4. Murray Famcombe wants two things: his sign back and for Town of Oakville parking enforcement to get a life. More specifically, the owner of M urron's Cabinetree in downtown Oakville would like local metermen and women to learn how to take a joke after the A-frame sign that's graced his doorstep for 11 years was removed last Thursday. On that day -- when the Queen's visited Oakville -- Famcombe thought it would be fun to put money in the meter and put sign in the parking spot directly in front of the store featuring the (See `M urron's' page 5) Murron's Cabintree's pop ular A-Frame sign is centre of dispute. Thanksgiving food drive flops By Howard Mozel .........6 E d it o r ia ls U p d a t e ...........7 C la s s if ie d .........8 S p o r t s .. 1 2 T e s tD r iv e ........ 1 3 P a rtia lD e liv e ry : Speedy Auto Service, the Colour Box/Audiotmnic, Globo Shoes, The Bay, Toronto Rug Care, Staples Business Depot, Sears, Guardian Drugs, Kraft, Mark' s Work Warehouse, Party Packagers, Romeos Pizw Canadian Publications Mail Product Agreement #435-201 O A K V ILLE B E A V E R S T A F F " In the first couple of days it was apparent things were not up to par." · Dudley Clarke Fareshare Foodbank Foodbank -- with whom Fareshare is "loosely affiliated, explained Clarke -- decided to forego the bags in favour of several other donation options which have clearly not worked. "I think Daily Bread has already got the message," said Clarke, who saw the Toronto-based agency's spokesperson on the news admitting that the bags do make a difference. Fareshare Foodbank will be lobby ing for a return next year of the familiar brown paper donation bags after this month's Thanksgiving Food Drive is proving to be less than successful. As of Sunday, public donations for the drive -- which officially runs through Oct. 18 -- total only 49 per cent of what was collected by this point in last year's event. This translates into 17,700 pounds of food, as opposed to 35,000 pounds in 2001. "In the first couple of days it was apparent things were not up to par," said Fareshare spokesman Dudley Clarke. Unlike years past, the Daily Bread Instead, the usual Loblaws drop-off bins were augmented by receptacles in an assortment of other stores, not just the major chains. Customers at a range of stores could also add a monetary donation to their bill at check-out. The public also had the option of dropping off donations at any of Oakville's fire halls or at Fareshare itself, located at 1240 Speers Rd., Unit 6, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. through Friday. All non-perishable food items are wel come, but of particular need are tinned meats, tinned fruit, apple juice and jams. Faced with the fact that this year's drive was in danger of being a bust, Clarke said Fareshare volunteers dug out 1,500 bags from a previous drive and handed them on the weekend at Oakville's two Loblaws stores. The results were striking: the bin at the Lakeshore Road Loblaws was quickly filled with bags while on Sunday, Clarke he found the receptacle at the Trafalgar Road Loblaws "over flowing." "It proved that the bags make a dif ference," he said. "If there was any proof needed, that was it." Once the dust settles from this latest drive, Clarke said he plans to speak to Daily Bread about the possibility of having a variety of food stores split the cost of the bags and not have Loblaws bear the load as in years past. 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