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& C w m u m ty ffle w tp a p e rM f§ CCNA BETTER NEWSPAPERS COMPETITION 2000 IVKVIIIE(2M o d ieasto fS o u th d o w n. Q O O A044 R o a dinC la rk so n ) ;QL£&£\.til FASHION WL - ja r f t Crusaders tops in Ontario M e rc e d e s-B e n z A Metroland Publication Vol. 38 No. 110 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEM BER 2 0 ,2 0 0 0 www.oakvillebeaver.com 76 Pages 75 C ents (plus GST) -Y * Dan Ferrone seeks Alliance nomination * Terry F ox R un raises record $86,000 for cancer research By W ilma Blokhuis OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF The weather was perfect, the crowd was enthusiastic, and 10-year-old Adrienne Robinson was beaming with happiness on Sunday. The little girl in a wheelchair, her head bald from chemotherapy treatments and her right leg in a cast, is a survivor of osteosarcoma of the distal femur -- the same cancer which took the late Terry Fox's right leg 23 years ago. But, unlike Fox, she did not lose her right leg. W hen Fox began his cross-country Marathon of Hope 20 years ago, the sur vival rate from bone cancer was 20%. Eventually the disease spread into his lungs and forced Fox to quit his run on Sept. 1, 1980 near Thunder Bay. He died nearly two years later on June 1982, but his dream to raise funds for cancer research lives on through the annual Terry Fox run. To date, the annual Terry Fox Run has raised $250 billion. More importantly, it has helped save lives. Today, the survival rate from osteosar coma is 80% - with limb-saving surgery. Oakville's 20th annual Terry Fox Run at the Glen Abbey Recreation Centre raised a record $85,592 from 1,238 partic ipants who walked, ran, cycled, roller bladed, and rode scooters around a five-kilometre route. Many completed the route twice for a 10-kilometre event under warm sunny skies. . Among the participants was young Adrienne, who was diagnosed with cancer on March 28th. She was joined by her mother Paula Robinson, twin sister Kate and her aunt Joanne Farley of North York. "Adrienne asked me if she could go in the Terry Fox Run," said her mom, who hesitated until she learned of Oakville's event. "We had a wonderful day. Adrienne was so happy to be there." Mother and daughter are staying here with her sister Jennifer Watt while Adrienne continues her chemotherapy treatments. The family is from Owen Sound. "My other daughter, Kate, who is stay ing with my husband, takes the bus every other weekend to visit us," said Robinson. "If we're at the hospital the weekend she is to be here, Kate stays with us in the hospi tal." During March Break, Adrienne com plained about a soreness in her right knee which appeared to be more than just grow ing pains. Her mother, who took her to the doctor for an examination and X-rays, said a tumour was discovered above her kneecap. "Four days later we were at Sick Kids," said Robinson. "She underwent a battery of tests, had an MRI and a bone scan, and a biopsy." (See `Girl' page A4) Businessman, ex-Argo & com m unity activist wants shot at Oakville riding Well-known local businessman and former Toronto Argonaut, Dan Ferrone, is expected to announce his candidacy today for the Alliance Party nomination in Oakville. A press confer ence was called for this morning to make the announcem ent official. Ferrone owns Ferrone Fitness on Speers Road and is currently the presi dent of the F erronerw ants to ru n fo r Canadian Football Alliance P arty League Players Association. Aside from his business interests, Ferrone has been a high-profile commu nity activist, taking part in a number of fundraising ventures for the Oakville unit of the Canadian Cancer Society and the Community Foundation of Oakville. Ferrone would join Dr. Jack Richman who was the first to declare his candidacy for the nomination. The local Alliance riding association plans to hold its nomination meeting on Nov. 15th at St. Volodymr's Cultural Centre. Camping coming to Bronte Creek By Howard Mozei OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Construction o f Bronte Creek Provincial Park's long-awaited camp ground is finally underway. According to park superintendent Paul deCourcy, the $2.9 million con struction contract was awarded earlier this month to Hamilton's C.S. Wark Ltd., whose crews have already started work on roads and a parking lot. `T his definitely levels the playing field with other provincial parks," says deCourcy, who has penciled in June 16, 2001 for the first day of camping. `T h is will really serve a need." Bronte Creek Provincial Park is unique, deCourcy continued, in that it Photos by Barrie Erskine Sisters Jo an n e Farley and P aula Robinson with h e r tw in d a u g h ters A drienne and K atie were all on hand fo r the an n u al T erry Fox ru n Sunday. A drienne has the sam e cancer th a t affected T erry Fox. T he event began w ith the singing of the national anthem by `D ream ' (left) consisting of M elissa G riffin, Jacqueline M atthew s, E rin D onati, K risten A rth u rs an d Nicole Law. A No sign of breakthrough in teacher talks B y D e n n is S m ith SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER It's situation status quo follow ing the latest contract talks for H alton's public secondary school teachers. "We haven't broken down and we haven't broken through," said union leader Larry C hud. "We exchanged inform ation and we have tw o more m eeting dates scheduled." Com pensation, w orkload and con tract language were discussed at last W ednesday's n eg o tiatio n s, said C hud, p resid en t of O ntario Secondary S chool Teachers Federation D istrict 20 (Halton). He said the union w ill aw ait responses from the Halton D istrict School Board on contract issues. The next scheduled bargaining sessions are Thursday and Sept. 29th. Chud indicated the teachers union has no form al jo b actions planned. M em bers are handling the extra half-classes scheduled and will make personal d ecisions about handling extra curriculars. H alton's secondary athletic con vener has estim ated only tw o-thirds as m any team s will be fielded for fall sports. Burlington trustee M ichael Ellis, the school board's negotiating chair, said extra curriculars are "hit and A (See `Park' page A2) High school students at White Oaks Secondary School won't have sports teams this year and seem worst hit by dispute-See Sports for full story m iss" at the province's public sec ondary schools. Five boards are running no extra curriculars, 16 have a limited amount and four boards are running more than 60% extra curriculars, he said. The O ntario Public School Boards A ssociation, which held that survey, also rep o rted elem entary teacher contract settlements at four boards and a secondary contract agreement for one board. Halton is among the boards with elem entary settlem ents. "W e're in good shape com pared to other boards around the p rovince," said E llis, w ho's an OPSBA vice-president. He rem ains upbeat about negotia tions with H alton's secondary teach ers union. "We didn't get a lot done, but we m ay have cleared the path on some issues," Ellis said about W ednesday's talks. "We got some clarifications and there's still a positive feeling." He said superintendents Wayne M cN ally (business) and Keith Johnson (inform ation technology) were present to help exchange infor mation. The secondary settlem ent reached by the London area's Thames Valley board will soon be scrutinized. "Our bargaining team will look over it and see what parts are rele vant," said Ellis. "Although it's a dif ferent situation because their salaries are less than our teachers' salaries." H alton's teachers' union leader is also interested in the Thames Valley contract. "Teachers in every district make different salaries," said Chud. "If people around us are getting raises, w e're going to want one, too." H alton's public secondary teach ers earn $34,000-$65,000 and haven't had a raise in 7-8 years. However, their contract has four salary categories and a 12-year salary increase grid, longest in the province. But Chud noted this means it takes longer to earn the maximum salary. M any courses m ust be taken to advance to higher salary categories, he added. Chud has also noted the extra half class has strained teachers because they also need preparation and mark ing time. A provincial official said the 6.5 classes teaching requirem ent is bringing Ontario up to the national standard. today' s paper AP A O R1 _ _.P5 Fntprtafrimprrt ______ mi Snorts C1 Classified________________Cfi Fal Watnirfinn............. Cfi nn Fashion _____ D 1 Spend Supplements H o m eMery: M attressL iq u id ato rs.A fcert'sG arp ef. 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