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Sunday July 16, 2000 Oakville Beaver Weekend THE OAKVILLE BEAVER IS PROUD OFFICIAL MEDIA SPONSOR FOR; T h e O a k v il l e B e a v e r lan Oliver, Publisher Neil Oliver, Associate Publisher Norman Alexander, Editor Kelly Montague, Advertising Director Steve Crozier, Circulation Director Ten Casas, Office Manager Mark Dills, Production Manager Riziero Vertolli, Photography Director Metrotand Prmtng. P ubishrig & O strtx/tn g Lid.. Deludes Apx/Pckenng News Advertiser. A fcton HerakVCouner. Same Advance, Barry's Bay This Week. B olon Enterprise. Brampton Guarden. B ulngton Post. Burington Shoppng News. G ty Parent. Coingwood/W asaga Com ectcD. East York Mrrcr. Erin Advocate/Country Routes, Etobcoke G uartlan, Ramborough Post. Georgetown Independent/Acton Free Press. H u tn a Busness Tmes. K ingston The Week. Lindsay This Week. Markham Ecnom et & Sun. M idland/Penetanguishm e M irror. M ilton Canadian Cham pion, M ilton S hopping News', M ississauga Business Tim es. M ississauga News. 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A ^ -------- > Canadian Community N ew spapers Association Jiscjlf B e ll F un c J ^ - 3^ ^orrsP TV AUCTION oM TTinu U n ite,|W » * 0 > O akville O N T A R I O J^thena © '7)he JAmanl (Qaki'i/Je o rh va ffk B E E E if f iS E E f f l2 C fc /e t f i t u d | oakville galleries | SK* * 467 Speers Rd., Oakville O n t L6K 3S4 (905) 8 4 5 -3 8 2 4 Fax; 3 3 7 -5 5 6 7 Editorials Think smart With an increasing number of women engaged in work requiring them to travel the province's highways, the message being conveyed to them by the Ontario Provincial Police Travelling Alone Canadians are nothing, i f not a program is worth heeding. Canadians are nothing, if not a trusting trusting lot. But that trust can turn to tragedy very rapidly lot. But that trust can turn to tragedy very for women who don't take the rapidly for women who don't take the time to think about their own safety, especially time to think about their own when travelling alone. safety, especially when The Burlington detachment of the OPP travelling alone. offers the program under Const. Sonya Siebert who brings a 40-minute video with her and a list of suggestions on how women can look after themselves when driving. One of the most grotesque consequences of trust presented concerns the death of a Brampton resident who was a University of Western Ontario student. She drove her car along Hwy. 401 towards London, stopped for a snack at a service centre, left and then discovered a tire going flat. She stopped her car, someone pulled up behind her to offer assistance and she accepted. That lapse in judge ment cost the young woman he life. Her half-burned body was found later in a farmer's field. Aside from Siebert's suggestions that accompanied the July 14th front page story, there is also another suggestion....carrying a cell phone. That electronic device could literally be a life-saver for any woman alone, caught on the side of a highway. If that's you, remember, call *OPP (*677). That's a high-priority line that tells officers there's a problem on the road. It should be memorized by all women in Ontario. o & jju C hildren's C hoir rrsa rr. MdrioW Fa s t e s t g u n in th e w e s t H e 's n o t re a d y to b a re a tt...y e t If you're like me, you probably spent the past week in a quandary, weighing the innumerable options and pondering precisely how you should best celebrate -- without annoying the neighbours, or pro voking distressed calls to 911 -- Nude Recreation Week in North America. Yes, indeed, this past week marked the milestone that was the s ilv e r anniversary o f Nude R ecreation Week, 25 fabulous years of recreating on the beach and in the buff, of taking off (and taking it off) in the name of rest and relaxation. But how to best celebrate and, for that matter, where to best cele brate? Despite the fact that I've been exercising religiously* in recent months and may well be in the best shape of my life, I had this feeling that if I showed up at the local ten nis club wearing nothing but a cocky smile (and, of course, the requisite-soled shoes), I would not only be disqualified from match play, but I would probably receive a free ride home in a car adorned with a flashing red light. Furthermore (and here I should probably apologize for any long term damaging mental images I may be painting), I figured that if I showed up for a pickup game of basketball garbed in only my headband and my hightops, well, some one would surely cry foul. AN D Y JU N IPE R In progressive places such as Europe and Toronto (now there's an oxym oron, progressive Toronto), there are nude beaches. But, you know, I was quite certain that if I sashayed onto one of our local beaches here in Oakville, set to do a few widths of Lake Ontario and wearing nothing but my gog gles and a thirsty towel around my shoulders, I would probably end up spending the day incarcerated and participating in a few gruelling psychological assessment examina tions. You know the ones: "Describe what you see when you look at this ink blot..." Alas, there are plenty of proper places to ease on out of your inhi bitions and your last layer of clos ing. The American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR), head quartered in Kissimmee, Florida, and boasting nearly 50,000 mem bers (no pun intended!), is affiliat ed with some 238 clubs, resorts and RV campgrounds -- about 10 of which are located right here in Canada -- at which nudity is not only accepted, it's encouraged. My Pud toTffoW,SAMMY, S E T O N YOUR By Steve Nease 3 S MOM? DftP?J ITS OURTURN ID* BRING ORAN® t, HALFTIME UNIFORM. m tv k word, just think of how easy it would be to pack for such a holi day! Although most people swear they would never be caught dead in the buff with their buddies, let alone their buddies' wives and girl friends, a recent survey suggests that some 40-million Americans have skinny dipped in mixed com pany. Forty-million! Now, that's a lot of bright, shining moons over Miami... Did you know that nudity deters sex? It's true: sexperts say that given an all-nude environment, men and women quickly lose the mood (look around and I think you can quite easily figure out why...). So, how did you celebrate the silver anniversary o f Nude R ecreation Week in N orth America? Play naked tiddlywinks in a park with a friend? Take Fido for a revealing frolic at the local dog park? Or, m aybe, you rollerbladed, jogged, or just walked about town as proud as a peacock in your birthday suit (man, oh man, the mental images are giving me heartburn). Me, I waffled. Like a wimp, a big ole wuss, I shied away from all forms of naked recreation. My neighbours thanked me, and so too did those manning the lines at 911. But, hey, there's always next year.