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Bulk Foods Now Available fo o d & d ru g Id tiia Spoms When Diane Francis speaks. Story page a 7 5 C e n ts V b l.3 7 N o .I2 9 __________________ F R ID A Y ,O C T O B E R 2 9 , 1 9 9 9 _________________________ISPacjes U p p e r M id d le / 8 t h L in e AMetrolandPublication V IPtwCST) Eastview student injured in touch football game By Howard Mozel OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF An Eastview Public School student remains in hospital in the wake of a freak accident during a touch football game on Wednesday. Halton Board of Education Director Dusty Papke confirmed Thursday that the 11-year old boy underwent emer gency surgery at Sick Children's Hospital in Toronto, but as of press time Papke did not know his exact condition. According to Halton Regional Police Sgt. Frank Phillips, emergency personnel were summoned to the Hixon Road school around 11 a.m. after a 911 call was received about a student being injured. Phillips explained that the investiga tion to date determined that the youth lost his footing and fell during the supervised football game being held during gym class in the school yard. Papke said the boy landed on the grass field and injured his head. He then stood up, but collapsed again. The youth - whose name has not been released - was driven by ambu lance to Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital then airlifted to Sick Children's Hospital where surgery was performed. Papke said the Halton Board of Education's Tragic Events Response Team is only on standby at this time, but can be called in to Eastview if needed. Halton Mayors extend warm welcome to Hwy. 407 E TR F ifte e n y e a rs in th e m a k in g By Howard Mozel OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF While the West Extension of Hwy. 407 ETR through Halton will act as a pressure valve to divert congestion from overloaded roadways, it is also seen as a major artery pump ing fresh economic prosperity into the region. "This is a w orld That was the consensus at class project Wednesday's official ground w orthy o f the breaking as a host of dignitaries people o f Halton. gathered at the spot on Regional Road 25 just north of Hwy. 5 We've had to w ait where, in less than two years, 15 years and three six lanes of toll highway will governm ents to exist. get this done." "Hwy. 407 should reduce -- Burlington MPP traffic on both Regional Road Cam Jackson #5 and the QEW through Oakville and Burlington by » 15% to 30% once the highway opens in August 2001," said Regional Chair Joyce Savoline. "In addition to traffic relief, Hwy. 407 will provide transportation access to new residen tial and industrial lands." The ceremony marked the start of the 26-kilometer exten sion from the Hwy. 403 Freeman Interchange in Hamilton to the Hwy. 403/407 ETR Interchange in Oakville. (See 'Mayors' page 3) today' s paper Errtertarment__27-34 Special Supplements: Photo by Barrie Erskine Mykk Bashford, from Burlington's Aldershot High School, and James Kozak, from Queen Elizabeth Park Secondary School, bat tle it out in the last 100m leg of the junior boys Cross Country Golden Horseshoe Athletic Conference meet at Kelso Conservation Area, Wednesday. Kozak wound up finishing second with Bashford a close third. For complete results see Sports. CLOSE FINISH: C a n a d ia n P ublications M ail P roduct A g re e m e n t # 4 3 5 -2 0 1 PartialDelivery: GerrieElectric, CornerstoneBaptist, FoodBasks, Sears, Future Shop, SuperPet, Consumers G asAppliance, M ichaels ofCanada, Biway, Swanson GroupInc., Compucentre, Cino's Pizza FACTORY SHOE BUCKS s5.00 on One-Time Purchase (Minimum *20.00 Purchase! Offer Expires Sunday, November 3 0 /9 9 . (Nol Valid In Conjunction With Any Other FACTO RY SH O E QEW AT WINSTON CHURCHILL BLVD. .MISSISSAUGA (the bright yellow building on the QEW) 8 5 5 -7 8 1 7 HOURS: M O N. - FRI. 9-9 SATURDAY 9-6 SUNDAY 11-5