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rCCNA BETTER NEWSPAPERS COMPETmON 2000 . w w w .o a k v ill e b e a v e r .c o m (AKVILLE Lawnmower Service BASIC CURRENT POWER M ACHINERY INC. 1661 Lakeshore Rd. W. Mississauga Celebrating Canada Day! Special section Vol. 39 NO. 76 Waterfront Festival a rocking good time' T he arts W E D N E S D A Y , J U N E 2 7 ,2 0 0 1 -- 'Speedy-- $29" fro m Mufflers BSK5?- 1 822-4211 ·M a nufacturedI byW alker · 100%alum inizedsuperior corrosion resista n ce S eeM anager for D eta ils 112 Speers Rd.. Oakville ust west ot Kerr) | A Metroland Publication Development meeting was a debacle Town Council not prepared for massive public tu rn o u t By Angela Blackburn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF What if they held a public meeting and everybody came? It would probably end up a fiasco similar to one at the Planning and Development Council Meeting at Town Hall, Monday night. Hundreds of disgruntled and skeptical residents left that meet ing wondering how the Town could possibly plan for future development of lands north of Dundas Street (Hwy. 5) when it couldn't even adequately plan a meeting on the same subject. While the town had set aside three nights this week to hear people speak about northern development, it hadn't expected everyone to show up on the same Councillor Kevin n`ShtFlynn: fire regulations But that's apparently what compromised happened. The subject drew twice as many people as can be legally accommodated in the council chambers. And after being crammed in like sardines for 45 minutes, while councillors dealt with other business, they were told to go home. Discussion on northern development had just begun when Ward 1 Councillor Kevin Flynn questioned the size of the crowd and fire regulations. That one question scuttled the meeting. It was soon determined that while Oakville's council chambers can hold about 250 people, there were at least 500 in attendance. Following several 10-minute recesses, the meeting was postponed until last night. (S e e M e e tin g ' p a g e A 5 ) Photo by Brent Foster RCMP Const. Mike Flood (left) and Halton Regional Police Const. Rob Legget: getting some hands-on experience. Halton police helping train RCMP officers Program gives them opportunity to experience life of uniformed officers By Howard Mozel OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF RCMP Constable Mike Flood has never been busier...or happier. Rood, 35, recently became an RCMP offi cer, is the proud father of an 11 -week-old baby and is now working alongside the Halton Regional Police Service (HRPS) to gain valu able uniformed street experience. Originally from Montreal, Flood said he joined the RCMP with an eye on becoming a federal investigator and, with his economics background, he sees a bright future in the com mercial crime department. Right now, though, he's paired with HRPS coach officer Constable Rob Legget for the important joint training program, which he said came as something of a surprise. "I'm very fortunate to have this opportuni ty," said Flood, who started his four-month stint with the Halton police in May. "I never imagined having this chance, so I'm very grateful." According to RCMP spokesperson Constable Sandra Basso, the initiative is the result of the fact that in Ontario and Quebec the RCMP perform strictly non-uniformed federal policing duties and therefore cannot provide new recruits with uniformed experi ence. "Uniform patrol is the foundation, espe cially at the start of a policing career," said Basso, who explained that a wealth of inves tigative skills can be built this way. "It's a very important part of the broad spectrum of polic ing." Flood - who is assigned to the RCMP's Milton Detachment - is the third RCMP recruit to train with area police services since April. (One is in Burlington, the other in York Region.) By next March, Basso anticipates another 14 recruits will have been on the road alongside municipal officers. (S e e 'P ro g ra m ' p a g e A 2 ) R e t ir in g p r in c i p a l s e t s t u d e n t 's m in d o n t e a c h in g c a r e e r By Wilma Blokhuis OAKVILLE BEAVER FOCUS EDITOR She was the apple of her teacher's eye. Somehow Phyllis Kingsley knew that one of her Grade 8 students would follow in her footsteps. It was the 1986-1987 academic year. Gillian Sherratt admired her teacher and aspired to become a teacher herself. "She was a very conscientious student," says Kingsley of her prodigy. Two years ago, their paths crossed again. Sherratt was hired as a teacher at Sunningdale School, where her mentor is the principal. Previously Sherratt taught at Lome Skuce and E. J. James. "I took what she taught me and put it into practice." reflects Sherratt, who teaches Grade 5. "Phyllis was always extremely organized and very well respected," she continued, considering herself to be "one of the lucky ones" to have benefited from Kingsley's mentoring. (S e e `P rin c ip a l' p a g e A 5) L ib e ra l p o lic y conference com ing here in N ovem ber Oakville has been selected as the site of the 2001 Policy Convention for the Ontario Liberal Party. According to Ontario Liberal Party president Greg Sorbara, the event will be held from Friday, Nov. 16 through Sunday, Nov. 18 at the Holiday Inn Express and Oakville Convention Centre on Wyecroft Road. More than 400 delegates are expected to attend from Liberal riding associations from across the province. t The conference is being held in order to assist in the preparation o f a policy framework for the next provincial election, which is expected to be called in 2003. C o-hosting the event will be the O akville, Burlington and Halton provincial Liberal riding asso ciations. The three riding associations will also share the proceeds from a fundraiser prior the conference Photo by Peter C. McCusker on the evening o f Thursday, Nov. 15 in the Phyllis Kingsley, Principalof Sunningdale School is retiring and was congrat- Convention Centre. ulated by Gillian Sherratt who is not only a teacher at the school but was also Updated inform ation will be available at taught by Kingsley. www.oakvilleliberal.com. k M otorcyclists seriously injured in collision to d a y 's p a p e r E ditorials Automotive..................................... 01 Special Supplements: P a rtia ld e liv e ry : T h eB a y .C astw ay. G iro 'sP iz z a , G u a rd ia nD ru g s, H o m eD ep o t, H ow eO u tfitters, Super P et, S heridanN u rsen es. Sears. C o lo rY ourW o rld . L an sin gM M LakestmP la ce. C h eerio s A pair of Oakville motorcyclists remain in hospi tal after they both collided with a parked car Sunday evening. According to Halton Regional Police, the acci dent occurred around 10 p.m. when Stanley Patchett, 16, and Jeremy Riopelle, 22, were travel ing east on Sheridan Garden Drive, about one kilo meter east of Ford Drive, and collided with a car parked on the south side of the road. Both riders were thrown from their motorcycles. Police, ambulance and fire personnel attended the scene. Patchett was transported by ambulance to Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital with injuries to his head and body. At press time, he had been transferred to Hamilton General Hospital. Riopelle was taken by ambulance to Toronto's St. M ichael's Hospital with serious head and leg injuries, where he remains in the Intensive Care Unit. Sheridan Garden Drive was closed for six hours and the accident is still being investigated by the Public Safety Unit. According to police, initial indi cations are that the two riders may have been racing. 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