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THE OAKVILLE BEAVE ’Canadas Best Community Newspaper" CCNA Better Newspapers Competition 1993 _ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1994 N A Metroland Community Newspaper Closing salvos fired in SLC Vol. 32 No. 31 56 Pages By HOWARD MOZEL Oakville Beaver Staff fter 36 days and countless hours of testimony spread out over a year and a half, the St. Lawrence Cement Environmental Appeal Board hearing is finally nearing its conclusion. On Monday, Residents Against Cement Company Pollution (RACCP) called its last witness and, after crossâ€"examination, the forum adjourned until next week when final arguments will be presented to the threeâ€"memâ€" ber Board. The hearings began late in 1992 after SLC appealed a Ministry of the Environment (MOE) order that the company install a baghouse to control emissions from its smoke stack. Since then SLC â€" which maintained it wanted to prove whether a baghouse would or would not be effective before installing one â€" had been using a pilot plant designed to simulate emissions comparable to its main stack, to test these emissions, identify the causes of opacity and to seek solutions to it. The facility has since been (See ‘Hearing‘ page 3) Ed Williams ready to continue his St. Patrick‘s Day tradition With 17 St. Patrick‘s Day walks under ‘his belt, Ed Williams is still looking ahead, and not behind him. One the eve of his 18th walk from Toronto City Hall to downtown Oakville, Williams is looking forward to 1996, which will mark his 20th walk, but more importantly the 75th anniversary of this | unique St. Patrick‘s Day tradition. Williams is the third St. Patrick‘s Day walker in P succession to carry on a tradition which began in ED WILLIAMS (See ‘Williams‘ page 3) Lotto 6/49 draw worth $2.8â€"m to man An Oakville real estate agent with a Mississauga firm has hit the $2.8â€"million jackpot. Danny De Castro, 43, of Oakville won $2,837,905.80 as the jackpot prize winner of Saturday‘s Lotto 6/49 draw. The sales representative with Century 21 Confederation in Mississauga won the jackpot prize with a Quick Pick ticket from the lottery ticket booth at Trafalgar Village. He claimed his prize at the Ontario Lottery Corporation offices in Toronto, Monday night. Married with two children, De Castro intends to payâ€"some bills, invest some money and buy his daughter a new car. Nothing criminal in Sikh temple operations By ROD JERRED "There is nothmo to indicate any wrongdoing Assistant Editor right now." According to the Toronto Sun, approxiâ€" mately 100 members of the 400â€"strong | leader Baba Amar Singh a modernâ€"day saint _ on a complaint brought forward on March 6th _ Halton Regional Police say they have found no criminal wrong doing in the finances of a Sikh temple in north east Oakville. _ Police investigators have also downplayed their role in the controversy surrounding the Nanaksar Thath Isher Darbar temple on Ninth Ling. _ The Oakville temple is part of a worldâ€" wide Sikh sect which considers their spiritual or guru. On Sunday, the Toronto Sun reported the Halton Regional Police had launched a crimiâ€" nal probe into the finances of the Oakville temple. On Monday, Halton Regional Police Detective Carey Smith, head of the Oakville Division Fraud Section, told the Beaver they have only made preliminary inquiries based by people 1denufym0 themselves as members of the church. Smith said the complainants were asked to return with more documentation to support the accusations and have not since returned. Smith said their inquiries have not constiâ€" tuted a fullâ€"scale investigation or probe. "There seems to be a power struggle between the members of the sect," said Smith. Nanaskar congregation have signed a petition demanding Baba Amar Singh be drummed out of the temple. The 50â€"yearâ€"old spiritual leader is alleged to have sent more than $500,000 in local donations to fund other Sikh temples and schools in England, Australia, New Zealand, BURNSs CyR FRY umiteo 100% Government Guaranteed _ ‘Rates | Strip Coupons Maturing in 2004 to d\an;e 75 Cents (GST included) hearing INSIDE Today‘s Paper Wl George McElIroy Artist made Oakville history come alive Food Facts It doesn‘t take much effort to eat well Pg. 9 12 ..Iâ€"11 CLASSIFIED................... «se 1315 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS Woolco, Sears, Overdrive, White Rose, Plan Save, Michaels, Holland Park, Stoney Creek Furniture H R BLOCK THE INCOME TAX SPECIALISTS 343 Kert St.............. 844â€"7986 Oakville Place Sears..... NEW 288 Lakeshore Rd. E..842â€"7600 DISTRICT OFFICE Appleby Mail, Burlington 333â€"1212 Canadian Publication Mail Product Agreement #435â€"201 (See ‘Floridian‘ page 2) Burglar surprised when man returns A ChisholIm Street man apparâ€" ently returned home just in time to stop a thief from cleaning out the house Friday night. Halton Regional Police said the resident returned home at 7 p.m. and found the front door open and some of his household property next to it. He then saw someone walking away quickly away from the house. The thief got into a vehicle and drove away, but not before the homeowner got the licencé plate number, said the police. | Arthur Leung of Cimmaster Sports Inc. Entrepreneur hopes helmets ; a n a a | will win over Canadian cyclists { protective helmets. This comes as good news to anyone concerned with reducing I B the number of cyclingâ€"related head injuries, especially among young people. i It is also good news for entrepreneurs such as Arthur Leung who has decided to y next October, Ontario will begin enforcing a new law requiring cyclists to wear design and market his own brand of cycling helmets. Leung, an Oakville resident, is proâ€" \| â€" ducing the helmets at his Mississauga plant called Cimmaster Sports Inc. His company | took a full year to develop the new helmet which includes two patentâ€"pending features : / a new paint and graphic technique that gives the helmets a "metallic‘" look, and a funcâ€" i tional "Sun Shader" design, with an extended front that reduces glare from the sun. Being sold under the name BOS Freedom, Leung‘s helmets were designed to meet "highâ€"end" standards in graphics and styling, while maintaining pricing within reach of i â€" the average consumer. i Leung admits that his main goal in designing the helmets was to offer the highâ€"end | Jlook at an affordable price. Leung said he recognized the fact that once kids reach adoâ€" | lescence, the appearance of the helmet plays a major part in whether or not they are r" going to wear it. Currently, helmets can range in price anywhere from $20 to $180, with what Leung calls the "serious cycling market" starting over the $40 mark. He wanted to price his helmet below that point in order to be attractive to the general consumer. Leung has also taken an unusual approach to marketing his helmet by launchmfY his i product in a nonâ€"traditional way. Instead of selling his helmet through sporting goods or i department stores, Leung has decided to use one of the "mobile retailer" booths at | Oakville Place to showcase his product. His helmets will be on sale at the mall until at | least the end of March, and possibly longer, depending on public response. Leung stressâ€" | es that sales people will help customers select the proper size which is essential if the iy helmet is going to do its job. Damage to vehicles close to $10,000 Vandals caused close to $10,000 damage to construction vehicles parked at two Speers Road businesses on the weekend. Halton Regional Police said vandals broke into Bot Construction and smashed the glass on 34 construction vehicles parked on the company lot. Totalk damage was estimated at $8,000: Vandals also broke into nearby Steeplejack Services and smashed the windshields and mirrors of four company trucks. Total damage was estimated at $1,400. 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