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Dr. Pura, who is being remembered this week as a dedicated physician, who lived life to the fullest, had been married for 11 years to Margaret, who loved children and taught at St. Matthews School in Mississauga. The couple did not have any children. A m em orial cele bration of both their lives w ill be held tom orrow (Thursday) Scott Funeral Home, 420 Dundas St. East in M ississauga. The M ass o f C hristian Burial will be held Nov. 20 in Winnipeg at Holy Ghost Church, starting at 8 p.m. According to Halton Regional Police, who are still inves tigating the cause of the tragedy, a loaded tractor trailer was traveling south on Regional Road 25 in Milton when the Puras' northbound car moved into the southbound lane and collided with the truck. Both vehicles then came to rest in the west ditch. Police, ambulance and fire personnel responded, but found both occupants of the passenger car deceased. The truck driver, Andrew Algera, 51, o f Owen Sound, was not injured. Police say the road and weather conditions at the time were clear and dry. (See `Physician' page A2) Riziero Vertolli · Oakville Beaver RED NOSES FOR CHARITY: Once again, those red nosed clowns from the Fun Group of Families and Friends from Falgarwood will be selling noses for charity during Saturday's Santa Claus Parade. This year's recipient will be the Big Sister Association of Oakville. Each year, this friendly group identified by their red noses and red sweatshirts or aprons, will be selling noses for the bargain price of one for $2 or three for $5.0akville Big Sisters serves girls who are consid ered "at risk" and between the ages of four and 18. Getting in a little advance practice for parade are: (1-r) Diane Brittain, Marilyn Markow-Executive Director, Big Sisters, Susan Coyne-fundraiser-Big Sister and Carole Bertuzzi. Dr. Andrew Pura and his wife Margaret were both killed when their vehicle hit a tractor trailer in Milton Friday night. ^tartin8P at 7. p^n' at More public input sought on north growth By Angela Blackburn O A K V IL L E B E A V E R S T A F F The Town of Oakville is scheduling more public input into the issue of growth north of Dundas Street. Official Plan Amendment 198 (OPA 198) aims to rezone the Oakville's remaining 7,000 acres of agricultural lands as urban. The issue spawned a lengthy Town of Oakville public hearing that spanned seven meetings between June and September. Now it's heading into a trio of public roundtable meetings this month. After more debate Monday, the Town's Planning & Development Council unani mously agreed to nail down a timetable for the process. It has no completion deadline, but lots of other deadlines in a process that will be more protracted than staff had hoped when it sug gested a February Council vote. Here's What's next. Roundtable discussions will be held at St. Volodymyr Cultural Centre, 1280 Dundas St. W,, which can hold 400 people. Registration is required. Discussion about an Environment Strategic Plan will take place on Saturday, Nov. 24 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. An Official Plan Vision will be the topic on Wednesday, Nov. 28 from 7 p.m. -10 p.m. Land Use Along Bumhamthorpe Road will take the spotlight on Thursday, Dec. 13 from 7-10 p.m. Meetings will feature expert facilitators, guest speakers and break-out discussion groups. Meanwhile, a staff response to issues raised by the public will be ready in mid-tolate January. A public information meeting will be held in mid-to-late February. A Stakeholders' Advisory Committee will begin meeting in January and be ready to comment on public and staff input by late February. Senior Town staff will form a Technical Advisory Committee that will base its re-draft of OPA 198 on a Stakeholders' Advisory Committee final report. The new OPA will be vetted through the Stakeholders' Advisory Committee, then Council before it's approved. Next week, an environmental consultant hired to study the Trafalgar Moraine will report to council. The moraine is a key piece of the environmental puzzle in north Oakville, but one that's largely unknown, including how large it is and how much of it is in north Oakville. The Town also wants to know how much it will cost to get the amendment approved. Ward 1 Councillor Kevin Flynn put the deadlines on the table Monday and was sup ported unanimously, but he can't take all the credit. His plan amalgamated suggestions from (See `Plan' page A2) Old equipment must be replaced or people will die say radiologists By Angela Blackburn O A K V IL L E B E A V E R S T A F F The Oakville-based Ontario Association o f Radiologists (OAR) says that unless aging diagnostic equipm ent is replaced, Ontario residents will die. Former Oakville radiologist Dr. Giuseppe Tarulli, head o f the 700-member OAR, stat ed in a letter to Ontario Premier Mike Harris. "Today, we are putting the Ontario gov ernment on notice that unless steps are taken to rectify this situation there will be unnec essary deaths in this province," said Tarulli, who used to work at a Speers Road medical clinic and now works in Toronto and Hamilton. The dire warning comes amid fears by Oar that the provincial government intends to further cut funding to radiology in Ontario. Tarulli said funding to radiology has been "stripped" by some $138 million since 1995. "Indicators from the Ministry (of Health) are that yearly funding cuts of more than $25 m illion will continue and in fact, will increase," said Tarulli. "I don't want to instill unnecessary fear in anyone, but I do want people to be aware," said the radiologist of 15 years. A shortfall o f 200 radiologists exists in Ontario. The province has only one-third of the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan ners it needs -- about 30 as opposed to 80 or 90. And, waiting lists for a MRI can be six to eight m onths, or several months for a Computed Tomography (CT) scan. Right now, as Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital waits to get MRI tech nology, all Halton patients m ust go to B urlington's Joseph Brant M emorial Hospital for MRI scans. (See `No' page A2) Tree lighting ceremonies Friday Barrie Erskine · Oakville Beaver REMEMBERING THE FALLEN: Joe Wood watches the Remembrance Day cermonies held Sunday at George's Square. The ceremonies were coordinated by the Oakville Branch 114 of the Royal Canadian Legion. Santa will be handing out goodies at Tree Lighting ceremonies to be held on Kerr Street and downtown Oakville Friday night. The Kerr Street Tree Lighting Ceremony will be held at Heritage Square, Kerr and Florence Streets, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Members of Kerr Street Ministries will lead the caroling, accompanied by Andy Tullock, keyboard; John Picconi, guitar; and Paul Schillaci, tenor. Nora Groves, Oakville's Senior Citizen of the Year, will light the tree. Hot food and drinks will be available. The Kerr Street Tree Lighting is sponsored by the Kerr Street Merchants Association. The downtown Oakville Tree Lighting Ceremony begins at 7 p.m. at Towne Square, comer of Lakeshore Road and George Street. Special guests will include Mayor Ann Mulvale and Town Crier Ian Burkholder. The Oakville Trafalgar High School Woodwind Orchestra and the Salvation Army will perform traditional holiday music. Mulvale will light the tree at 7:30 p.m. B Santa Parade..............A 1 2 FOCUS........................................ B 1 E P o rt?C ityB u sin e ssD e p o t Partial Delivery: Editorials..................... 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