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B2 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday November 8, 2000 Previous books Tug of War and Rhineland re-leased, Dieppe reprinted (Continued from page B1) "Like other veterans, he . . . won dered how historians came to empha size failure when writing about Normandy," wrote Copp, professor and history chair of Sir Wilfrid Laurier University, in his postscript to Victory at Falaise. "Denis W hitaker was one of those who attended (US commander General Bernard) M ontgom ery's famous con ference at St. Paul's School in London (England) on Good Friday, April 1944, where the assembled officers were told that by D-plus-90, 6 September, the Allies hoped to occupy an area bound ed by the Seine and the Loire (Rivers) and would then have to pause before mounting new operations to over whelm the enemy before advancing to Germany. , "No one even suggested that the battle of France might end in August with the total defeat o f two Germany armies and the liberation o f both France and Belgium," wrote Copp. "I fought with the men of N orm andy until I was w ounded," wrote Denis in his prologue to the book, "and I rejoined them to fight for seven more months through Belgium, Holland, and Germany. . . we weren't fighting a war o f individuals; we fought in cohesive, disciplined, welltrained units that pulled together to take objectives." The W hitakers, known for their thorough research, traveled through Britain, Europe, the United States and Canada to conduct interviews and gather documents, maps, and pho tographs. Since the release of their first book, Tug o f War, the Whitakers discovered a growing interest in military history. "Perhaps we can thank Stephen Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan," said Shelagh. All four books were accepted, as manuscripts, by the same editor, Ron Loney, who was with Stoddart for Tug o f War and Rhineland-, McGraw Hill for Dieppe-, and is currently with HaperCollins. In addition to Victory at Falaise, Stoddart has re-released Rhineland and Tug o f War, both with new chapters, more material on what happened to some of the key individuals in the books, 55 years after World War II. In addition, more copies of Dieppe have also been printed. High school project becom es h at business ' w hat began as a high school project for Oakville's Jacqueline Sava nine years ago has grown into a thriving business. Today she is the owner and head designer at JA C Q 'S, a thriving millinery business that grows with every new year. When she registered her small busi ness as a study of how to start one, she had no idea that almost 10 years later, that business would support her and consume her life. What started out as jewelry and silk screening has turned into a nation wide design business. JACQ'S has two main divisions: knit hats and accessories - both as an in-house line and private label, and Industrial Design product develop ment. The hat business has grown from children's fleece jester hats, originally sold at the M aple Grove United Church Christmas Bazaar and the Burlington Outdoor Art Sale to whole sale knit designs selling across Canada. JACQ'S transitioned from retail to wholesale operation a few years ago. Stores such as P J's Original Clothing on Lakeshore Road and Lana's in Bronte were among early retailers. Joining them is Chelsea's Hats and Knit Wear on Lakeshore Road this winter. In the last two years, JACQ'S has focused on knitwear, having sold sev eral of the original fleece designs to other hat manufacturing companies. JACQ'S knit designs are gaining recognition from coast to coast with sales representatives in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. JACQ'S Industrial Design depart ment is also growing. Sava works with manufacturing companies developing in-house design departm ents and teaches in the Industrial Design and Fashion Arts program s at Hum ber College. "I feel very strongly about giving back to the community - teaching is an exciting way to share knowledge and expose new minds to design," she says. Sava discovered machine knitting at the Rhode Island School of Design. Meet the Team A C O N T I N U I N G S E R I E S P R O F I L I N G T H E S T AF F O F " C A N A D A ' S BE S T C O M M U N I T Y N E W S P A P E R " How ard M ozel Howard has been a member of the Oakville Beaver Editorial team for 19 years. As senior reporter, Howard covers municipal, provincial and federal politics, police, court and special features. Prior to that, Howard covered the arts scene in Oakville. "Being a reporter is challenging work and no two days are ever the same. Despite the close pub lic scrutiny such a jo b invites, where else can you meet the prime minister in the morning, cover a fire at lunch and hear the touching stories o f hospice workers before heading home?" Howard, who has been married fro 15 years, spends much time outside of work writing novels, staying fit and renovating his home. "W hile I was doing my Industrial / \ Design thesis - an exhibition space and furniture, I took a knitting course in the textile department. I was suddenly spending more time developing knit structures than working on my thesis." Sava studied at Rhode Island School of Design after graduating from Queen Elizabeth Park High School. The strong art program at QEP allowed Sava to explore her passion for design. She has also studied at Sheridan College, the Ontario College of Art and Design, and Humber College. "Since graduation I've lived all over the world. Rhode Island, New York City and even Paris, France, but I real ly enjoy being in Toronto. I have access to the world from here and I enjoy being close to my family and friends. "Even though I now live in Toronto, I have chosen to keep my business banking and my roots in Oakville. "There's a history of community support that can not be replaced." Sava ia a volunteer with the Oakville Big Sister Association. y Rotary Club of O akville N orth has had strong youth focus for years With the Oakville Rotary Auction just a few weeks away, excitement thousands of dollars, and lots of people from the local community is building and donated items are still pouring in from generous local come out to help us run the race, cook hotdogs, and more. Even the businesses. There is no way you should miss all the fun and action Fire Department shows up!," he says. on November 24 and 25 on Cogeco 23, and online at Camp Enterprise, another youth-oriented project, is a weekend get www.oakvillerotary.org. away for local high students that helps familiarize them with all If you haven't marked your calendar already, do it now! aspects of the business world. About 60 kids travel to a campground Last week, we looked at some of the youth projects undertaken by north of Burlington - the project was actually started and is run from the Rotary Club of Oakville Trafalgar. Today, it's Oakville North's Burlington - and volunteers go up to organize fun ways of learning turn. . and make 15-minute presentations about their own careers. "I Club president Andrew Caird (from Access Computer actually volunteer to speak about the computer business. Services in northeast Oakville) is justifiably proud of his Keeping these kids entertained for 15-minutes talking club's dedication to local youth. about computers is one of the hardest things I've ever He is extremely excited about a new program they done," Caird laughs. launched just two weeks ago, referred to as "The Club" Another literacy-focused endeavour is the Munn's and coordinated by Big Brothers and Big Sisters. O a k v i l l i Ro t a r y School Breakfast Program. RCON has been helping run RCON is one of the funding agencies for the after it for three years, and provides food, and volunteers to school tutoring project, and is the first local Rotary Club A u c t i o n serve it, twice a week. Caird says there are reasons beyond to get involved. More than 50 students at St. Jam es' financial worries that prevent kids from having a nutritious Catholic School on Morden Road have signed up for the pro breakfast: sometimes parents are working and don't have the gram, which pairs some 60 volunteers with junior school students to time, or the desire, to make breakfast for their kids. He says he can't help with reading, writing and arithmetic. Caird. says members of the believe how many children in Oakville are able to take advantage of public have been very generous in donating their time. "We've got the program - which provides muffins, milk and juice - and how retirees, former teachers, high school students and even some fire important it is for learning to be eating healthy meals. RCON also men helping us out. The Club is a one-on-one tutoring program run donated a refrigerator for the school to store perishables. in the school library for one to one-and-a-half hours, twice a week. In addition to RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award) scholarships We've modeled our project on one in Kitchener-Waterloo that has - where the club sponsors local community youth leaders to attend more than 1,000 students involved," Caird explains. an intensive training program in Bolton - Oakville North also pro Another Big Brothers project Oakville North supports is the Soap vides a scholarship to a local Oakville student going on to attend Box Derby. This is the second year of involvement for the Rotary university. The scholarship, based on need and demonstrated acade Club, and proceeds from the event go towards "The Club" after mic ability, is for $3,500 the first year, and $1,500 for each of three school tutoring program. Rotary seeks corporate sponsors for the subsequent years. derby cars - provided by a Big Brother in Brampton - and Little Be sure to tune in to the Auction on November 24 and 25th to do Brothers drive them for the race behind the Oakville Public Library your bit to help all o f these wonderful activities! downtown. It's a real community day, Caird says, that brings out close to 70 per cent of RCON's 32 members. "We manage to raise Jennifer Kay handles marketing and promotions for the Auction. O a k v il l e B eaver CANADA'S BEST COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER 2000 CCNA Better Newspapers Competition C o n v e n ie n tly lo c a te d on L a k e s h o re R o a d , in th e h e a r t o f B u rlin g to n and o n ly s t e p s fro m p a rk s, sh o p p in g an d th e la k e . 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