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6 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday October 29, 1999 T he Oakville Beaver Ian Oliver Publisher Neil Oliver, Associate Publisher Norman Alexander Editor Kelly Montague, Advertising Director Martin Doherty Circulation Director Ten Casas OfficeManager Mark Dills Production Manager Riziero Vertolli Photography Director M etrcitan dP rin tin g , Pubishng &D istrib u tin gL td. in clu d es: A jax /P ick erin g N avs A d v ertser, A lston H e ra fc ^ C o u rie r. B aneA d v an ce, B a rry ' sB ayT h is W eek .B o lto nE n terp rise. B ram ptonG u ard ian ,B u rfn g to nP ost. B u rin g to n Shoppng N ew s, C ityP arent. C oingw oodW asaga C orrection. E ast Y o rk M irro r, E rinA d v ocate'C ountry R outes, E tobcokeG uarded R am borough P ost. G eorgetow nInd ep en d en t/A cto nF reeP ress, H aoniaBusressT im es. K ingstonT h is W eek. L indsayT his W eek. 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And guess what? You won't even be able to change the channel to avoid its message. The automaker has bought up the 9 p.m. advertising slot on all C anadian n etw orks and others around the world to ensure it blankets the earth with its message. So what is the message? It's called `Global Anthem' and features the angelic voice of 13year-old W elsh soprano sensation, Charlotte Church. She's even making her contribution to the commercial the first track on a new CD. The ad follows what many TV viewers hav seen over the past few months, commercials that offer a touchy-feely view of Ford and its products. These soft-sell ads are really more of a philosophy than anything else and throw traditional advertising tenets out the window. It took four months and a crew of 400 in nine countries to shoot the commercial that resulted in 27 hours of film that were edited by a Toronto company. Another Metro firm supplied graphics expertise. Featuring people saying hello and goodbye, the commercial offers scenes from Vancouver as Canada's non-technical contribution to the effort. So if you wonder why Ally McBeal is going to be late coming on the air Monday, stay tuned for a commercial unlike any other that's been seen before and certainly one that will be watched by more people around the world. And here's the interesting part, the commercial will be seen only once. Shorter versions will be replayed but if you want to catch the entire twominute effort, you'll have to log on to Ford's web site. ...everyone knows that B acchus is the Roman god of wine but it's also the name of a national organization that's dedicated to educating post-secondary students about alcohol issues...so who better to donate $12,205.07 to the cause than The Beer Store...the money came from Ontario's beer stores in August when store staffers asked customers to put some of their loose change into donor boxes...but are we the only one's who think it's a bit cheesy to have The Beer Store and representatives of Molson's, Labatt's and Sleeman Breweries make the cheque presentation to Bacchus Canada officials? After all, neither the beer companies nor The Beer Company gave the cause, it was the beer-drinking public...nothing like taking credit where it's not due.... QOQ ...one of the advantages of school uniforms, so their proponents say, is that they'll ensure all students are on an equal sartorial footing...but after observing a phalanx of female students from Thomas Aquinas Secondary School at the Lakeshore Road Tim Hortons this week, one can only assume that the word equality is open to wide interpretation...mini skirts are one thing but how about micro-kilts...no doubt there are some kind of guidelines as to the length of the kilts but many of the young ladies seem to have their own interpretation... ...we're entering the last two months of the year and for many of us, it's a tim e to check out our financial status for year-end accounting...here's something to mull over while thinking about what you should have saved but didn't...the average compensation for Chief Executive Officers in the GTA this year was $353,900 according to the Toronto Board of Trade's 1999 Executive Compensation Survey...over 80% of all executives received a 4% or more increase to their base salary this year with the highest increase o f 5.8% awarded to CFOs...average CEO bonus payout was $122,100.... Psssssst... is a compendium o f observations around Oakville and we're open to contributions from the public at large too. Just fa x us at 337-5567 attention to Pssssssssssst... Pages of the Past Woman used bread knives in attack SO years ago After the Oakville-Trafalgar Lions Club meeting on Thursday, October 20th, the club members went hom e hum m ing, w h istling and ch u ck lin g to themselves... and with good reason too! A veteran of many years in show business gave a very entertaining talk in his capacity of guest speaker. He recalled personal experiences and other tales of show business that led many a Lion to roar out in belly laughs during the course of his speech. He has just returned from a tour of the Eastern States and is anxious to get rolling again. To add to the entertainment, sixteen Lions from the Brampton chapter put on an all star revue featuring "songs, dances and funny sayings." -The Oakville Record-Star, October 27th, 1949 The constable put on a pair o f gloves and disarmed the woman. When placed in a cell at Trafalgar police station, she tore the bed away from a wall and it became necessary for police to remove her shoes, handcuff her and take her to Milton jail. -The Oakville Record Star, October 29th, 1959 30 years ago One of Canada's few woman police inspectors yesterday urged the Oakville community to start taking the problems of teenagers very seriously to curb the "frightening" flow of young people into the courts. "Either we do a serious job with out children now or pay for it later in wasted lives," she said at a special luncheon m eeting o f the C ham ber o f Commerce. The inspector applauded the work currently being done to curb delinquency. But the prospect of the 1,000 or more young people who enter society every year as criminals is a "frightening" one, she said. She admitted her department is "doing a bad job with children" because there is a grave shortage of professional help for these teenagers and their hangups. -Daily Journal Record, October 29, 1969 JL Q Taken from th e arch ives of th e O akville B eaver including stories from The Oakville Record-Star, The O a k v ille - T ra fa lg a r J o u rn a l, th e O a k v ille J o u rn a l Record and the Oakville Beaver. 40 years ago A 36-year-old Oakville woman, who came at a Trafalgar Police Constable with two bread knives and who was handcuffed after ripping a cell apart, was sentenced to three months in jail last Thursday. Appearing before the Magistrate on her third charge of being drunk since September, the woman pleaded not guilty. A police constable testified that as a result of a complaint on October 21 at 1:20 a.m. he went to a chicken farm located at the end of Calder Drive. The constable said as he approached the farm the accused came toward him waving to large knives and with a cigarette dangling from her mouth.