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6 O akville Beaver W eekend Sunday O ctober 29, 2000 The Oakville Beaver Ian Oliver, P u blisher Neil Oliver, Associate P u blisher Norman Alexander, E d ito r Kelly Montague, A d vertising D ire cto r Steve Crazier, C ircu la tio n D ire cto r Ten Casas, O ffice M anager Mark Dills, P roductio n M anager Riziero Vertolli, P hotography D ire cto r M etrotend Pnntng. Pubehng &D istrib u tin gL kl. includes: A jax/P ictering N »vs A d irartiser, A S slonIH erald /C o u rier, B arrieA dvance. B any's B ayT its W eek B ollon E rrlerpnse. B ram pton G uardian, B urfngton Post. B ufngton Shopping N aivs, C ityParent. C oIngvK xxlM & saga C onnection, E ast \brk M rro r. E rinA cM xaia'C ountry F toules, Elobicote G uardan, R antxxough P oet. G eorqelcw nIndependent/A ctenF reePress, H uoniaB usinessTm es. K ingston T his W eek. L indsay T his W eek, M arkhamE cnom ist &Sun. M idland/Penetanguishine M irro r. M ilton Canadian C ham pion. M ilton Shopping N ew s. M ississauga Business Tim es. 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Q tyofV brkG uardan RECOGNIZED FOR EXCELLENCE BY: THE OAKVILLE BEAVER IS PROUD OFFICIAL MEDIA SPONSOR FOR: I Y MoroMCvui CA TH F I I O N 't * * U T T E R F L Y IS tra^ farO F E ...m ill L C O M h ^ A G O N irn C &L O ~Tdie O Cjnyj-- i liAqlt Bell Fund O a k v ille o d n x n ik 467 Speers Rd., Oakville Ont L6K3S4 (905) 845-3824 Fax: 337-5567 TV AUCTION llnltari Ufav olOakvtlie B S S S S ^H K B S Z Editorials Life in the sandbox T he H o u se o f C o m m o n s and th e v ario u s p ro v in cial le g isla tu res w ere m e an t to be p la ce s o f d eb a te . O u r fo re fa th ers saw them as sp o t w here the a v e ra g e p erso n , th ro u g h h is o r h e r re p re se n ta tiv e , co u ld be heard. The Ontario Legislature, B u t if y o u ju d g e w h a t's been g oing o n in th e O n ta r io l e g i s l a t u r e la te ly , ] never a quiet place, has th e r e s e e m s to be m o re o f an a ir o f become a nightmare to " w e 're m ad as hell and w e 're not g oing control thanks to some to ta k e it a n y m o re " . MPPs bent on O a k v ille M P P a n d S p e a k e r G ary C a rr to sse d o u t fiv e o f h is fello w M P P s grandstanding instead la st w eek , o ffe re d a w arn in g to an o th e r o f leading. p o litic ia n th a t he co u ld be rem o v e d fo r th e e n tire sittin g an d ev en th re a te n e d the N D P c a u c u s w ith en -m a sse ev ictio n . H ec k lin g an d je e rin g are e x p e c te d som e o f th e tim e in the le g isla tu re b u t g iv e n th e u n ru ly n a tu re o f r e c e n t p r o c e e d in g s , i t 's c le a r th a t o u r p ro v in c ia l re p re s e n ta tiv e s are m o re e a g e r to sh o w b o at th an o ffe r a c o n stru c tiv e v o ice. In te re s tin g ly e n o u g h , C a rr sa id th a t in ta lk in g w ith S p eak ers in o th er p ro v in c e s an d in E n g la n d , th e y 're am azed at th e d isc ip lin e th a t has to be d o le d o u t in O n ta rio to try and m a in ta in som e sem b lan ce o f order. W e m ig h t su g g e st to C a rr th a t one day, if th in g s b eco m e p articu la rly testy, th a t he th ro w th em all o u t and have them retu rn o nly if they act in a c iv il m an n er. A nd here w e th o u g h t the le g isla tu re w as to be the v o ice o f th e p e o p le , not the sa n d b o x o f the rude. THE LIB ER A LMASK IS FLAWED, BUT SOMEHOW REMAINS POPULAR*, THE ALLIANCE M ASK IS NEW A N D K IN D O F S C A R Y ,, TH E NDP M A SK IS O U T OF FASHION AND THE TO R YMASK HAS BEEN SHELVED FOR YEARS/ c r e s ^ ] JL '· W P rin c e s s fo r a d a y a lre a d y Q u e e n o f th e W o rld "I'll place a crown upon your curls, all hail the Queen of the World..." -- The Jay haw ks T he Q ueen o f th e W orld w as tu rn in g fiv e. S o w e c e le b ra te d . O n O c t. 14th, 16th (h e r a c tu a l b irth d a y ), 20th an d 21st. T h a t's rig h t. T h e Q u e e n o f th e W o rld h ad fo u r se p a ra te c e le b ra tio n s , turning her birthday into a birthw e ek e x tra v a g a n z a , an d h er b ir th - w e e k in to an a s to n is h in g seven-day sugar high. I believe it w a s th a t u r b a n p h ilo s o p h e r , W a y n e C a m p b e ll, f r o m th e W ayne' s World m ovies, w ho said it best w hen he said, and I quote: "Party on!" It started w ith m y fam ily. On th e 14th. U p fro m L o n d o n an d W oodstock, w eighed dow n w ith b irth d a y b ooty an d a w h o p p in g birthday cake created by a bakery th a t m ay w ell have been called S ugar City. O r Icing Is Us. T he Q ueen o f the W orld set her sights on a c o rn e r p ie ce (all the m ore ic in g ! ), a d o rn e d w ith a p r o d i gious scoop o f ice cream. Then cam e her actual birthday. T he Q ueen o f the W orld w anted to take T im B its to school. A nd w h o a re w e to a rg u e w h en th e Q u e e n w is h e s to w o rs h ip th e p a tro n s a in t o f d o n u ts ? W e're n o b o d y , t h a t 's w h o ! S o o f f I A N D Y JU N IP E R trudged to the senior kindergarten c la ssro o m , b irth d a y girl on my arm , 6 0 ta n ta liz in g T im B its in hand. T hat night, we had a small fam ily celebration. W ith cake and ice cream. N ext up on the party calendar w as her soiree w ith her friends. To the Q ueen o f the W orld, this bash w as the biggie, the one over w hich she'd been obsessing ever since we m isguidedly m entioned the possibility four w eeks p rev i ous. E very day, sh e 'd run dow n th e g u e s t lis t, re m in d m y w ife a n d I o f all o u r a s s o rte d p a rty a s s ig n m e n ts a n d o b lig a tio n s . ("D o n 't forget the cam era and the candles and the loot bags and..." ), a n d g e t h e r s e l f a l i t t l e m o re cranked up ("Hey, only 15 m ore sleeps until my party!" ) Arghhh! W e h e ld th e e v e n t a t T h e M o n k e y 's Ju n g le , a lo cal p arty p la ce o u tfitte d w ith re a lly co o l p la y g ro u n d p a ra p h e rn a lia upon w hich kids can go, well, ape. And ape they went. P ud By Steve Nease ou gonm ! IM IL K , P U D ? ^ [M IL K , MAX?' [[MILK,SAMMY?} well! arenY Y TELL METOTA& MY ) l HALUM EEM MASK O F F / R PIMNER P* ' V T Ye s ^ YBpL&SE. fc-v FO -V "vW H A T J5 * V P ** PLEASE, .MASK? (T "> / r\c /r T hey had a great tim e, topped o f f b y s o m e r e a lly s w e e t f ru it p u n c h an d g ra n d sla b s o f ca k e and ice cream . T he next night, w e w ere up in R ichm ond Hill for a gathering o f m y w ife 's fam ily. A little m o re b ir th d a y b o o ty . A l i t t l e m o re cake. A round 10 p.m ., exhausted an d th o ro u g h ly p a rtie d o u t, w e b id a d ie u a n d h e a d e d h o m e . S o m ew h ere on th e 4 0 1 , w e g o t stuck in traffic (a tip o f the cap to th e c lo w n w h o sc h e d u le d c o n struction on three lanes o f a fourlane stretch o f road on a Saturday n ig h t). T h e h o u r c lo s in g in on m idnight, the Q ueen o f the W orld suddenly g o t royally cranky. I e a s e d h e r o v e r tire d , o v e r su g a re d m in d by re m in d in g her o f all the great parties sh e'd had for her fifth birthday -- all o f the g rea t ca k e s h e 'd c o n su m e d and th e b e v y o f B a r b i e s s h e 'd ac q u ired o v e r th e c o u rse o f her birth-w eek. T hose sw eet thoughts h elp ed sen d h er in to a slum ber. W ith th e van fin a lly q u ie t, m y w ife and I got to talking... W e s p o ile d o u r b a b y on h e r b ir th d a y , w e a c k n o w le d g e d . S p o iled h e r ro tte n . B ut, hey, in th e s p o ilin g -ro tte n p ro c e ss, w e had a ton o f fun. F o r H allow een, s h e 's g o in g to b e a p r in c e s s . Personally, for th e Q ueen o f the W orld, I think it's a step dow n.