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THE OAKVILLE BEAVEROPINION THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday March 26,1999 Oakville's Award-Winning Newspaper Ian Oliver Publisher Neil Oliver, Associate Publisher Norman Alexander Editor Martin Doherty Circulation Director Ten Casas Office Manager Mark Dills Production Manager Metroland Printing, Publishing & Distributing Ltd., includes: Ajax/Pickering News Advertiser. Alliston Herald/Courier. Barrie Advance. Barry's Bay This Week, Bolton Enterprise, Brampton Guardian, Burlington Post, Burlington Shopping News. City Parent, Collingwood/Wasaga Connection, East York Mirror, Erin . . _ _ . . . . Advocate/Country Routes, Etobicoke Guardian, Flamborough Kelly Montague, Auvertistrig U lT C C tO T Post, Georgetow n Independent/Acton Free Press. Huronia Business Tim es, Kingston Th is W eek, Lindsay This Week, Markham Ecnomist & Sun, Midland/Penetanguishine Mirror, Milton Canadian Champion, Milton Shopping News. Mississauga B u sine ss T im e s . M ississa u ga N ew s, N apanee G u id e . Newmarket/Aurora Era-Banner, Northumberland News, North York Mirror, Oakville Beaver, Oakville Shopping News, Oldtimers Riziero Vertolli Photography Director Hockey New s, Orillia Today, Oshawa/Whitby/Clarington Port ** ^ Perry This W eek, O w en Sound Tribune. Peterborough This Week, Picton County Guide, Richmond Hill/Thomhill/Vaughan Liberal, Scarborough Mirror, StouffvilleAJxbridge Tribune, Forever Young, City of York Guardian 467 Speers Rd., Oakville Ont L6K 3S4 (905) 845-3824 Fax: 337-5567 Editorials Growth dynamics for the m ost part, been slower and more controlled meaning that some developers sought other locations that put fewer restrictions on development. When it comes to growth in Halton, most people would assume that the City of Burlington is and will continue to be the leader. B urlington was historically a m arket garden town that supplied the agricultural needs of Hamilton. But when Hamilton began to grow, Burlington took on a separate life as a suburb of the steel city. That meant housing developments popped up as fast as the crops that previously grew on the same land. Eventually there was enough growth to sustain a city governm ent and that has continued....until now. Burlington's rapid growth, some say uncontrolled growth, means that it will soon be built-out. There will be no land left on which to build. With hundreds of acres being designated safe lands to its north, Burlington will become a mature municipality. But in Oakville, that won't be the case. Development here has, for the most part, been slower and more controlled meaning that some developers sought other locations that put fewer restrictions on development. But soon we'll be just about the only game in town from Toronto to Hamilton. Planners at Halton Region estimate that by 2016 our population will hit 215.000 compared to 179,000. This compares with current populations of 128.000 and 137,000 respectively. As anyone travelling across Hwy. 5 through Oakville can attest, we are on the brink of blasting over that physical and psychological barrier, ready to consume more land north of the highway. So what does it mean in the long term? Continued growth will put more strain on all services, a strain that is already being acutely -felt in developing areas in the north. Until these infrastructure issues are addressed, consolidation should be the order of the day. I l l ...for all you animal lovers out there, the World Wildlife Fund is again holding its CN Tower Climb on April 24th...so if you want to show off what all that winter exercising did for you, call (416) 489- 4567 Ext. 303 for information on sponsor sheets etc. and do some more work on that Stair Climber... □ □ □ ...in July it will have been 30 years since man first set foot on the moon...amazing in itse lf but given all the technology that's been developed since then, why hasn't some bright light come up with something better to patch roads with than cold patch asphalt?...spring is alw ays accom panied by potholes and road crew s 'patch ing ' them...it usually stays there until the first truck comes by...any ideas? □ □ □ ...more questions....we ran a photo of a bunch of guys (a gaggle of guys?) fishing off Bronte pier in the March 24th issue...our question is would they or anyone eat any kind of fish they might catch? If so, why?... Psssssst... is a compendium o f observations around Oakville and we're open to contributions from the public at large too. Just fax us at 337-5567 attention to Pssssssssssst... R_E C O G N I Z E D F O R E X C E L L E N C E B Y . . . Newspapers Association j # 4 , C j \^ C a n a d ia r Community j SIS"* 8 editorial & advertising jawards in 1997 : Assocadon of America Pages of the Past P o lic e lo b b ie d fo r d e a th p e n a lty 40 years ago Thirty-five members of the Kinsmen Club Monday night reaffirm ed their proposal to develop Sixteen Valley Park, a 57-acre beauty spot immediately north of the Dundas Highway bridge at the Sixteen Mile Creek. The area belongs to the Township of Trafalgar, being a dedicated park site, but the Township Board of Parks Management had no immediate plans for its development. Kinsmen members decided to undertake the park development as a club project. Fred Wright, chairman of the Kinsmen park committee, introduced a scale model of the area - constructed by Reg Wannamaker - and outlined the plans for the park development. The first year proposal calls for "scrubbing" - cleaning out of brush and debris - levelling, planting trees, installing lavatory facilities, 15 park tables, five park benches, barbeque pits, water facilities, a construction shed that can be easily converted to a concession stand and road access. - The Oakville Record-Star, March 26, 1959 30 years ago The negotiating com m ittee for H alton's Secondary school teachers have accepted a salary schedule which raises minimum salaries by $400. The agreement still has to be ratified by the county's secondary school teachers. At a closed meeting of the Halton Board of Education last night, Burlington trustee W.B. Edwards said agreement with the teachers' committee was reached at a meeting Tuesday night. Under the salary schedule, the increases at the maximum level paid to teachers vary from $400 to $1,000. Each teacher also receives a $300 increment. The county's elementary school teachers had earlier accepted the 1969-70 contract, which gives them similar minimum increases. - Daily Journal-Record, March 28, 1969 20 years ago The Halton Police Association has contributed $1,200 to a nationwide police campaign aimed to re-instating the death penalty, which will run in conjunction with the next federal election. Constable A1 Ruelens, the president of the regional police association, said each of their 350 members contributed $4 towards the campaign to be run by the Canadian Police Association. Similar $4 contributions are coming from everyone of the 43,000 men and women on Canadian police forces. In addition about 12,000 prison guards are expected to kick in donations to raise the total fund of $200,000. The goal of the campaign is to force federal candidates to declare a public position on capital punishment. - Oakville Journal Record, March 26, 1979. 10 years ago Halton school boards can legally bring unqualified teachers into the classrooms if faced with the emergency of not being able to find a qualified supply teacher. Both boards admit it happens but not very often. "There is provision within the Education Act for the use of unqualified teachers for the period of up to 10 days in an emergency situation," explained the Halton Board of E ducation's human resources manager, Joanne Zywine. "The practice isn't common at either board but it does occasionally occur." -Oakville Beaver, March 22, 1989 □ □ □ Taken from the archives of the Oakville Beaver including stories from The Oakville Record-Star, The Oakville- Trafalgar Journal, the Oakville Journal Record and the Oakville Beaver. -- T he Oakville Beaver / • j A I Strategies for T1 Pj^ O F F I C I A L M E D I A S P O N S O R F O R : f e . T v M . C A A A v1 *>■"111 Jiwqlt B dt Fund TV AUCTION