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www.oakvilleiaeciver.coin Mercedes-Benz A Metroland Publication Vol. 39 No. 130 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31,2001 6 0 ^ ^ e ^ 7 5 C e n te^ tt^ S 2 F u tu re B ro n te o f o ld c h u rc h o M C V lltf f O t O t W W m l 0 U O NAVY STRUT OAKVILLE ONTARIO 1 *1 * 2 * in je o p a r d y Church of the Epiphany wants to demolish structure they say is too expensive to maintain The 70-year-old Old Church o f the Epiphany on Bronte Road is in danger of being demolished unless a new home can be found for the vacant church. Citing high operating costs, the Church of the Epiphany, has applied for permission to demolish the unused 20-foot by 30-foot white clapboard building adjacent to the existing church at 141 Bronte Road. Because the old church is a designated heritage property, the church sought permis sion to demolish the building from Heritage Oakville. Formerly the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee, Heritage Oakville is a committee comprised o f repre sentatives from Town Council and members o f the public that has the authority to desig nate, protect and enhance properties o f archi tectural, historical and contextual value. Demolition o f the site was denied by Heritage Oakville with its recommendation expected to go to Council in either late November or early December. The Committee felt that in its role as protector o f heritage sites, it could not approve the application for demolition, said Ward 6 Councillor Janice Wright, o f Heritage Oakville. We deemed that the issue would be better served if dealt with at the Council level. Hopefully an extension will allow the community to find a suitable use and location for the property. We will not give up until we have exhausted all o f our options. According to church law, once a church has been deconsecrated, the building becomes a regular structure with no religious connotation. The Church continues to have emotional attachments to this property and would obvi ously prefer that the building be used for very specific purposes such as a meeting space or community centre, said Church o f the Epiphany representative Mike Lansdown. This is the second attempt that Council has made to save the quaint little Church, said Ward 1 Councillor Ralph Robinson. This Bronte heritage building is a landmark in Ward 1 and I was involved in its preserva tion about two years ago. The people in our ward would like to see the Church remain in our area. Although we re running out o f time, it s my hope that a suitable benefactor Munn's Creek area residents welcome construction Work will hopefully end concerns over flooding By A ngela B la ckbu rn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF When construction crews move into an area to do some work, many home owners shudder at the ensuing chaos. But not the residents in the M unn's Creek section of town. They still remember the flooding that took place last May when an antiquated culvert clogged, resulting in heavy flooding. "Residents may soon see the W h a t' s a little mobilization o f the construction . · equipm ent," said the Town o f lIlC O T W e n ie T lC e Oakville's Public Works project a f t e r y O U 't>e b e e n manager Darnell Lambert. ,, i n j And they're very likely to ^ h rO U Q ^ ^ ^ lO O ^ have to put up with construction noise from now until the project's March completion said Lambert. At last week's Planning & Development Council, the Town rubber-stam ped a $ 1.8-million contract for Cannington Excavating 1989 Ltd. o f Gormley, Ontario to do the construction work. It's all part of the project's total $3.6-million price tag. And while the Town must take out a loan to pay the tab and residents must put up with construction, no one is grip ing. It's better than when area residents saw water, even some raw sewage, pour into their homes. The project will see; the 1960s - style enclosed culvert at Munn's Creek replaced by an open channel. That channel will follow a course from 112 Osbome (See `Bridge' page A2) Couple will match United Way donations up to $100,000 Photo by Riziero Vertolli Ward 1 Councillor Ralph Robinson and old Bronte church: residents would like old building to remain in the area. will come forward. ty, said Barbara Ann McAlpine, president o f Suggested locales for relocation of the old the Bronte Historical Society. Although it church have been Bronte Creek Provincial was built in the 20TM Century, the style and Park, Bronte Bluffs Park next to Sovereign materials are reminiscent o f an earlier era. House and in the Bronte Harbour vicinity; Two o f Bronte s early churches have disap however, lack o f funding for the cost o f mov peared and we d o n t want to lose another. ing, refurbishing and upkeep have not made We re working to save some vestige o f this possible. Bronte s history. We hope that the structure will remain in We re going to make one last effort to Bronte due to its relevance to the communi / (See `Church' page A2) For the second year in a row, Eric and Vizma Sprott have put forth a challenge to match all new and increased portions of leadership gifts of $1,000 and up (to a total of $100,000) to United Way of Oakville. "The donor response to last year's Sprott challenge was really encouraging," said Andy Burnside, director of development^with United Way. "The Sprott family asked the Oakville community if it was willing and able to make a bigger impact in the lives of their neighbours, and the com munity answered enthusiastically." Last year's challenge resulted in $270,000 in additional donations (including $100,000 from the Sprotts). The Sprotts first witnessed the positive effects of a matching program years ago, when the Ontario government (See `Family' page A2) Remembrance Day ceremony Sunday The Bronte Legion, Branch 486, General Chris Vokes Branch, Royal Canadian Legion, will hold its Remembrance Day ceremony this Sunday. Legion members will gather at 79 Jones St., at 10 a.m. and march west at 10:30 a.m., along Lakeshore Road to the Bronte Cenotaph at Legion Memorial Park to lay the wreath at 11a.m. Furnace oil contained after truck loses axle An unusual spill of a small amount of home heating oil on Devon Road tied up the Oakville Fire Department for more than four hours Monday afternoon. Shortly after 12:15 p.m., the Oakville Fire Department called in its Hazardous Materials Unit when it found some 30 litres of home heating oil leaking from a disabled Petro-Partners truck carrying 10,000 litres of fuel. "It was a low hazard fuel oil that doesn't have the same volatility as gaso line," said Oakville Fire Department Deputy Chief John deHooge. The truck had been en route making deliveries of home heating fuel. According to the fire department, as the truck rounded a. comer onto Devon Road, near Caimcroft Road, its rear wheels caught the open ditch and pulled off the truck's rear axle. Neighbour Jennifer Schneider said she "heard and felt" the bang of the accident. While she first thought someone was getting a load of firewood delivered, she soon discovered the disabled truck had lost its rear wheels and rushed to see if the driver was injured. Schneider, an eight-year-resident of the area, said she found the driver uninjured, but upset. The fire department's Hazardous Materials Unit applied absorbent to clean up the spill and stayed on the scene to monitor the clean up. No homes were evacuated since it was a small spill that was quickly con tained. The fuel oil distributor later brought in another truck to transfer the load of the damaged vehicle. INSDE today's paper Focus... Business... Sports... Automotive.. ,.B1 ,.B6 ..D1 ,.D6 Spe<id Supplements: P artaltfefey : ra te& C o lin s ,R o n aL a n s in g .B u sin e ssO e p c tG tw ' s fta H o m eD e p o tM a rt'sM M ouse, S e a rs. S u p e rP et F u tu r e S /io p ,K fe s tM n d o w .O aM etie L e a g u eB a s e b a ll Canadian Publications Mail Product Agreement #435-201 Photo by Riziero Vertolli Oakville firefighters had to mop up spilled home furnace fuel oil Monday after a tank truck lost its rear wheels in a Devon Road culvert. 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