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Th e O LAW N M OW ER TU N EU P S ^======4FI ^ 4 4 t puts C C P 111) v --: Pictupsnd Deliiery A is ititle C c w fm m fty rl L atestareF k L W M ssn sau g s £009.19*1 iKttatotMMMiVMdKCIHw' I __________ The arts Preserving Precious Memories . v y W The Worlds' await them Sports________ M ereeues-B erz A Metroland Publication Vol. 38 No. 35 · .. .MARCH 22,2000 60 Pages in p l a n s e x p a n s io n The 5 Drive-In bucking industry trend, wants to add third screen to site The 5 Drive-In is on its way to being temporarily expanded, thanks to Town Council's re-zoning approval on Monday night. The proposal - which still requires Site Plan consent - involves a temporary use zoning amendment application by Premier Operating Corporation Ltd. for the Ninth Line site. If ultimately given the green light, the plan is to add a third screen to the drivein, as well as a projection booth and 195 additional parking spaces (for a total of 1,000). The proposal also includes the creation of an area for batting cages and a mini golf facility accessible only to theatre ticket holders. The temporary use zoning by-law would be in place for only three years, at which time the additional facilities would be removed. No permanent struc ture can be erected during the three-year period. Extensions would require subsequent applications by the owner and further approvals by Town Council. According to Town planner Heinz Hecht, the intent of the by-law is to per mit the expanded facilities until such time as adequate water and wastewater services are made available to the prop erty to accommodate the industrial and commercial development envisioned in the Town's Official Plan (OP). A public information meeting was held last month but no members of the public attended. According to Hecht, water and wastewater servicing to the area in which the drive-in sits requires construc tion of an elevated water tank on Trafalgar Road south of Bumhamthorpe and the extension of the water pipe south to Dundas Street and east to Ninth Line. One condition of Site Plan approval is for the owner to implement several recommendations contained with the traffic impact study prepared by RPG Transtech Inc. These include the addi tion of a second box office to provide two additional service lanes and to open the box offices earlier than 8 p.m. to ensure queuing is maintained on-site, not on Ninth Line. Woman pleads guilty in poppy thefts By Lisa Cartwright SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER A Milton woman has admitted to stealing poppy donation boxes from eight Oakville businesses last Remembrance Day. Lorraine Kifig, 24, o f M ilton, pleaded guilty in Oakville provincial court last week to eight counts of theft under $5,000 in connection with the poppy fund thefts. King also pleaded guilty to welfare fraud for receiving $5,500 in social assistance she wasn't entitled to. She will be sentenced in Oakville provincial court April 25th. Court heard that on Nov. 11th, King went to eight stores in Oakville claim ing she was collecting poppy boxes for the Royal Canadian Legion. She was wearing a poppy and hold ing charts. The clerks at each of the stores believed she was a representa tive of the Legion and allowed her to take the donation boxes. King was caught on surveillance tapes at three Beer Store outlets in Oakville. At one of the stores, she was seen getting into a vehicle driven by an unknown driver. Each poppy donation box was esti mated to hold about $200. Earlier in the year, court heard King fraudulently applied for welfare assis tance. In May, she told social services she was moving into a basement apartment in Milton, and that her mother was her landlord. She had one child and was pregnant with a second due in January. King reported she was separated from her com m on-law -spouse and they had no plans to reconcile. She claimed she was the sole support par ent and signed two documents stating that everything she said was true. She then collected welfare from July 1st to Dec. 30th. An investigation by Halton social services determined King was living with her common-law spouse in an apartment in Campbellville, and she hadn't claim ed the support she ' A BENCH FO R E D IT H By W ilm a B lokhuis OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF For 25 years, Edith Brearley has watched the sun rise over Lake Ontario, sitting on her favourite park bench and sipping her first cup of coffee. She loved that bench at the foot of Trafalgar Road so much, that her family decided to have it dedicated to her on her birthday. "It was a big surprise indeed," said Brearley, who turned 83 on Saturday. "They had kidded me about it for years and I told them `please wait untill I'm dead' - but they decided not to wait." On Saturday, she was joined by her family and close friends at 6:30 a.m. for the dedication. "When I got down there on Saturday, I wondered who possessed my bench . . . and then I saw it was my daugh ters and a few treasured friends," said Brearley. "One cou ple came down all the way from Barrie. It certainly was a (See `Bench' page A2) Thief with conscience turns self in An Oakville man apparently had second thoughts after robbing a con venience store Sunday afternoon and turned him self into the police. Halton Regional Police report a clerk at L ee's M ilk, 127 N orth Service Road, was robbed at knife point at 4:30 p.m. The clerk handed over an undis closed am ount o f money and was not injured in the robbery. A short time afterwards, police said a man turned him self in at the Oakville police division on W hite Oaks Boulevard. Robert Treadaway, 23, is charged w ith robbery and disguise w ith intent. Photo by Peter J. Thompson Edith Brearley seated at the park bench, located at the bottom of Trafalgar Road, dedicated to her on Saturday morning T o w n H a ll e x p a n s io n s till o n ...f o r n o w All the talk of amalgamation involving Oakville's future has at least one local councillor wondering whether a second look should be given to Town Hall expansion plans. Ward 1 councillor Ralph Robinson had prepared a motion to ask the Building Department to report back on whether the project should be tendered as planned or deferred to a later date. Even though the multi-million dollar project is badly needed, said Robinson, no one knows what effect municipal consolidation and restructuring might have on the future of the town. "I just thought it would be prudent to take a deep breath and wait and see if we need a new town hall," said Robinson. At Monday night's Council meeting, however, the motion was temporarily withdrawn after it was decid ed to allow the call for tenders to proceed. That way, the project is not stalled while all other relevant infor mation is gathered. "I just think we need to talk about it once more," said Robinson. Even so, Robinson maintains that he expects the local facility will still be required regardless of possi ble merger options, such as those involving Burlington. Staff from both municipalities will still be needed, he said, to cope with growth and all the com plicated issues associated with the Greater Toronto Area. The tenders are due to go out at the end of March or early April. Council will likely make its decision in May. Under the $ 11-million plan, the municipal building will be expanded by two floors and 70,900 sq. ft. This will provide more space for existing departments at the site and allow for the centralization of other departments and facilities (Public Works and fire department administration, for example ) currently spread around town. today's paper EdHorials________________ A6 Focus ........ B1 Entertainment............___ .........B6 Automotive ............. C 1 Classified __________ C4 Sports..... Business... Blood donor clinic today hopes to boost inventories A blood donor clinic is being held today (Wednesday) at The Croatian Parish Hall, 2110 Trafalgar Road North.. The clinic is from 1 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The clinic is open to healthy donors between 17 and 70 years o f age. A ccording to the Canadian Blood ServicesToronto Centre, blood donations traditionally drop and the demand increases at this time of year-- due to March Break. Canadian Blood Services is a national, not-forprofit charitable organization whose sole mission is to manage the blood supply in all provinces and territo ries except Quebec. Spedd Supplements! 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