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wcuiicsuaay rtp m z j , z.uu 1f i t UAfvV LLLt B tA V tK Rotary Club sponsoring plane load of books for Dominican Republic kids G ot any extra books? Judy W arrington, a m em ber o f the Oakville Rotary Club, is collecting books for Puerto Plata. T he books will be used to establish libraries at schools in this northern coastal area o f the D om inican Republic. "T he O akville Rotary Club has been helping these schools build libraries, with m atching grants from Rotary International," said W arrington, adding she's been on a few trips to the D om inican Republic on behalf o f Rotary. S he's hoping to collect about 15,000 pounds o f books. N eeded are children's books, encyclopaedias, and books in Spanish, French and G erm an. "We hope to increase literacy in that country," said W arrington, adding literacy is R otary's them e this year. Books are being collected at her garage, E. C. Drury School in M ilton, and Bayview G len School in Toronto. Fellow Rotarian H ow ard Berry w ill use his com pany truck to pick up the books tomorrow. The books will be taken to Trenton A ir Base w here pilots in training w ill fly them to Puerto Plata. "National D efence will take deliveries for hum anitarian purposes," said W arrington. "I put my nam e on the list," she said after learning these pilots fly em pty planes to various destinations as part o f their training. W arrington estim ates she has about 40 to 50 boxes o f books in her garage, and that E. C. D rury has betw een 50 and 100, and Bayview G len has over 100 boxes. If you have books to donate, call Judy W arrington at 905338-2304. C h a m b e r c h a n g e s to m a k e C o u n c il s o u n d b e t t e r By Angela Blackburn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF C om e again. Excuse me. C ould you repeat that? If y o u 've ever been to a session o f O akville tow n council, y o u 've heard this. If y o u 've ever w atched council on Cogeco, Cable 10, y o u 've likely seen flashed across the screen the m essage "T he audio problem is not the fault o f the station, it originates at the Town H all." Lots o f controversial issues get debated at Town Hall, but the one thing no one ever disagrees w ith is the fact that the council cham ber acoustics are terrible. It's been talked about, studied, adjusted to no avail. Prom ises have been m ade to address it in the tow n hall retrofit th at's now underw ay, but Ward 2 Councillor Fred O liver doesn't w ant to wait. "This, to me, is em barrassing," said O liver about the m es sage on Cable 10. "W hat is w rong w ith installing a proper (public address) system now, one w hich could, and should, be used in the new facility?" asked O liver w ho raised the debate, again, at T uesday's council meeting. "T he issue is not the sound system, it's the w alls," assert ed Ward 3 Councillor Tedd Smith. M ayor Ann M ulvale said the retrofit w in low er the ceiling in the cham ber and also im prove the w all covering (now brick). W ard 5 Councillor Jeff Knoll said technology exists to adapt a sound system to poor acoustics like those in the coun cil chamber. "W e've all suffered through this for a long tim e," pro nounced W ard 1 C ouncillor K evin Flynn. Council w ants a report detailing options, costs and a con sultation with Cogeco, w hich broadcasts town council m eet ings, to be ready in six weeks. Photo by Barrie Erskine BUCKLING UP BABY: B urlington O P P C onstab le Jan et Scholes show s Ju lie M iller the proper w ay to install a car seat Saturday at O ak ville F ire Station 7. T he B u ck le U p B ears car seat clinic w as sp on sored by T he C ooperators. Find out about your... O P T IO N S The conference that works for women! 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F o o d item s that rem a in in d e m a n d re g a rd le ss o f th e tim e o f y ear in c lu d e ja m s , c a n n e d fish (e sp e c ia lly sa lm o n ), in stan t co ffee , p a rtia lly sk im m ilk , baby food, p an c ak e m ix /sy ru p and h o t ch o c o la te. C ash o r c h e q u e s (fo r w h ich in co m e tax re c e ip ts w ill b e issu ed ) are also e n c o u ra g e d so th a t F a re sh a re can go to lo c al sto res and p u rch a se w h at it req u ires. C h eq u es can be sen t to 1240 S p eers R d ., U n it 6, O ak v ille, O n ta rio , L 6L 2X 4. F o r m ore in fo rm a tio n call 8 47-3988. Item s n e e d e d le a st by the fo o d b a n k in c lu d e m a c a roni and c h e ese, d ry p asta, c a n n ed o r dry soup, pork an d b ean s, p ro te in beans. F aresh are F o o d b an k , w h ich is run e n tire ly by v o lu n teers, has se rv e d n ee d y O ak v ille fa m ilie s sin ce 1988. N o su p p o rt is rec eiv e d o r so lic ite d fro m any le v el o f g o v ern m en t. 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