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C CNA BET»*EW SFAPERS C O M PE naPT 2000 .oakvillebeaver.com T h e S p e c ia l Q p u l l -o u t s e c t io n in s id e WEDNESDAY, JU N E 2 0 ,2 0 0 1 W A T E R F R O N T FESTIVAL 2 0 0 1 S C H E D U L E O F EVENTTS M erced es-B en z A MeLroland P u b licatio n Vol. 3 9 No. 73 Board wants to tap into workers' compensation funds B y D e n n is Sm ith . SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER `T h e r e ' s n o p o in t h a v in g a la r g e p o o l o f m o n e y s ittin g th e r e d o in g n o th in g . " - D ir e c to r o f E d u c a tio n , D u s ty P a p k e been self-insured for claims that result from workplace injuries. In addition to annual premium costs, an actuarial consultant recommended a reserve fund of $1.25 million. Cullen told trustees the board has $1.7 million in its Workers Safety and Insurance Board fund. "There's no point having a large pool of money sitting there doing nothing," said education director Dusty Papke. What Cullen proposes to do with the $450,000 beyond the required reserve is put it into four, one-time board pro grams related to injury avoidance. One of the items recommended for purchase by board staff is $250,000 worth of surveillance cameras to pro vide a basic level of coverage at the region's 14 public high schools. "We need to make sure they are in our secondary schools first then the ele mentary schools. It's been talked about for a long time," said Papke. The director said the cameras would be used indoors and outdoors to combat vandalism and help protect staff and stu dents. Another $100,000 of WSIB reserve money would be used to extend a repet- Halton District School Board offi cials hope to convince trustees that sur plus money put aside for workers' com pensation issues should be spent on other pressing needs. Facilities superintendent Gerry Cullen brought the request before trustees at a recent school board meet ing. Since 1993 the Halton board has * itive strain avoidance initiative with the purchase of ergonomic workstations for librarians, technicians, guidance work ers and special education and adminis trative personnel. Refurbishing of play surfaces around outdoor activity areas would require another $60,000. The final portion of the WSIB reserve fund excess would be used to buy chemical storage units for science labs and shops that need upgrading to current fire safety standards. ·P > Region hopes action plan will help it deal with pandemic B y A n g e la B la c k b u r n Public m eeting Monday on n o rth lands T he Tow n o f O akville has its e y e -- an d an O ffic ia l P lan am en d m en t -- set on land north o f D undas Street. A public m eeting w ill be held M onday (June 25) in the co urse o f the T o w n 's P la n n in g & D evelopm ent C ouncil m eeting. T he m eeting is at 7 :3 0 p.m . at Tow n H all on T rafalg ar R oad. A t stake is the in co rp o ratio n o f the land north o f D u ndas S treet, into O a k v ille 's so -called "urban are a." T he land is now p rim arily zo ned resid en tial. T he am en d m en t to fac ilita te th at in co rp o ratio n w ill also set the tone for c o n d itio n s o f d ev e lo p m ent fo r the land north o f D undas Street. The O fficial P lan is the T o w n 's b lu ep rin t for d ev elo p m en t and the plan n in g d o cum ent th at sets out th e ru le s w hen d e v e lo p m e n t com es knocking on the door. A n y o n e in te re s te d in th a t d e v e lo p m e n t n o rth o f H w y. 5 sh o u ld g et in to u c h w ith the T ow n's plan n in g d ep a rtm e n t as soon as possible. T hree op en h o u ses w ere held in late M ay w ith a fin al public m eeting set fo r nex t M onday. A nd, if anyone should have a b e e f w ith so m e th in g p ro p o sed , they should re g iste r to sp eak as a d eleg atio n at M o n d a y 's m eeting. T h a t's b e c a u se , sh o u ld th ey w ish to later ap p eal any decisio n to the O n tario M unicipal B oard (O M B ), they m u st have spoken p u b licly d u rin g the process o r the OM B could d ism iss th e ir claim . OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Summ er's coming and a world wide 'flu epidemic -- a pandemic -- may not be far behind. Health officials can't say when the bug will arrive, just that they're sure it's on the way. That comes from the World Health Organization (W HO), Centre For Disease Control in Atlanta and Health Canada. It was a bitter pill to swallow for local Officials and community agen cies, yesterday, as the Halton Health Department hosted an orientation ses sion about pandemic 'flu. Halton, like the provincial and fed eral governments, is preparing for the worst by developing an emergency plan. "Even though w e're enjoying a beautiful day and good health today, tomorrow may bring something dif ferent," said regional chair Joyce Savoline. A pandemic is unlike the annual 'flu that arrives -- strains health offi cials can predict and vaccinate . against. A pandemic 'flu is unexpected and unknown. It will take six months from onset to develop a vaccine against it, said Halton Regional M edical Officer of Health Dr. Bob Nosal. That's because officials must first isolate, then grow the virus before > they can find a vaccine. And that's just the tip of the ice berg. Nosal said decisions must be made · as to who would receive the vaccine first; how it would be distributed; I and, how, and where, the sick would I be treated. Historically, a pandem ic 'flu strikes about every 30 years and w e're overdue, said Mary Anne Carson, H alton's M anager of Communicable Disease Control. In the last century three pandemics occurred -- the Spanish (1918); « Asian (1957); and Hong Kong i (1968). (See `H istory' page A5) ' Photo by Barrie Erskine MADE IN TH E SHADES: Taylor Hanson, seen here in a Saturday match, was one of more than 100 players to enter the annual Oakville junior tennis championships. See sports section for full coverage. R a d ia l n a m e c o u ld b e r e - b o r n o n b r id g e ... If all goes smoothly, the new bridge crossing Bronte Creek will be officially known as the Bronte Radial Bridge -- that is, if people don't just call it the Rebecca Street bridge. "It should be no surprise to anyone," said Ward 1 Councillor Ralph Robinson of the proposed name of the Rebecca Street bridge that crosses 12-Mile Creek near Bronte. The name, a unanimous choice by a Name Selection Committee, was recom mended to town council Monday night. However, a heavy agenda prevented council from mak ing it official. That should have occurred at a special council meeting last night. More than 150 Oakville residents submitted sugges tions for naming the new bridge that's expected to open sometime between Labour Day and Sept. 21. From those suggestions, the committee that included Robinson and his Ward 1 counterpart Kevin Flynn, Mayor Ann Mulvale as well as town manager Joann Chechalk and Dan Cozzi, manager of design and con struction with the public works department, made its choice. Most of the suggestions had a similar theme: Bronte, radial, railway and Rebecca Street, said a report from Mulvale. Some submissions sought to name the bridge after liv ing citizens, but the Town has a practice of naming only post-humously. Though the name Bronte was recommended for the bridge's name, it was acknowledged that Bronte didn't actually reach as far north as the bridge. "Bronte was referenced in close to 50 of the submis sions and the committee felt the name Bronte should be incorporated into the name," stated Mulvale's report. A panel on the bridge will outline its history as the radi al railway crossing. That history goes like this. Today's bridge is built along the original road allowance set out between Concessions 3 and 4, south of Dundas Street, in 1806. Until now, a road had never crossed the creek. It was the Hamilton Radial Railway that extended (See `Railway' page A5) * ...but what about the old span? * today'spaper A fi F o c u s ._______ ...............R 1 _______ J B 5 ________B 8 C1 A u to m o t iv e .. S p o r t s --------------...................... -------------_ _ D1 04 ...D 8 RartafdeSnsy: White Rose, Seas, f e t a / Sports, The Bay, S&RLinens, Ren, Totota, FutuieShop, Lakeshore Place, CM, Party Packagers, Kobe Fabrics, Giro's Pizza, On Site, Party City Horn delivery: University of Toronto It's a bridge with no name. Now that the Rebecca Street bridge crossing of Bronte Creek is getting a name, town council is out to name the bridge crossing the 12-Mile Creek on Lakeshore Road. In the search to find a name for the new bridge, it was discovered the more southerly bridge doesn't have a name -- or hasn't had one for a long, long time. So, the same Name Selection Committee that has rec ommended calling the Rebecca Street bridge the Bronte Radial Bridge is now setting its sights on choosing a name for the more southerly bridge. No name has ever formally been given to the southerly bridge first built in 1918, and later replaced in 1969/70. The southerly bridge's history began in 1897 when a steel trestle bridge was built and named the Iron Diamond Jubilee Bridge. It was replaced in 1918, by a concrete arch bridge, but no name was given to it, nor its 1969/70 replacement. To this day, most people simply call the bridge the Bronte Bridge. Photo by Peter C. McCusker The Oakville Heritage Trails is offering a per sonal invitation to Oakvillians to become part of a legacy by having individuals, families or groups have their names permanently inscribed on a legacy panel at the Oakville Harbour. Details of the panel will be released during the Oakville Waterfront Festival June 22-24. Checking out the mock-up (l-r) is Andy Stokes, Chair of the Heritage Trails fundraising committee; L.R. (Red) Wilson, Heritage Trails patron and former Chair, Bell Canada Enterprises; Mayor Ann Mulvale and David Carter, Co-chair of Heritage Trails. LEGACY PANELS LAUNCHED: D r . 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