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'Teen female faces charges in assault A 17 year old young offender has been charged following a vicious assault on a White Oaks Secondary School student last week. Last Thursday at around 1 p.m. an 18 year old female student was walking on the grounds of the Montclair Drive school when she was approached by another female who was not a student and who started an argument. The accused punched the victim in the face sev- eral times with rocks in each her handthenkneedherinthefaoe. According to police the victim suffered a broken nose, lacerations to the inside of her mouth and swelling of the face. She was later treated by her family physician. Police explained there is a history of animosity between the two parties. The accused - who cannot be identified under the Young Offenders Act - has been charged with assault causing bodily harm and breach of probation. She will appear Dec. 8th in Oakville Youth Court. Condom caper at ice cream business Thieves who broke into the Ice Cream Depot on Speers Road this week made off with a rather strange assortment of booty. According to police a rear win- dow was kicked in sometime between Sunday' night and Monday morning after which bur- glars took a TV, VCR, 22 cartons of cigarettes, three boxes of rolling papers, eight boxes of Kodak film - and six boxes of condoms. Total value was $1,700. Leather wear stolen Las-than-subtle thieves broke into a local leather shop Sunday and made off with a huge haul'of clothing. Accordirig to police, a concrete block was used at around 2:45 a.m. to smash a window at Bovine’s Leather Warehouse located at 166 South Service Road East. A Metroland Community N; A total of 50 leather jackets worth $10,000 were then taken. By BARB JOY Oakville Beaver Staff ven though he believes Canada's new prime Eminister has enough experience to know V what he's doing, Silvio Bot is taking Jean Chretien's election promises with a grain of salt. Bot, owner of Oakville-based Bot Construction Ltd, said Chretien's $6-billion infrastructure pro- gram - to be cost-shared by Ottawa, the provinces and the municipalities - might help his company "ii"7i"i:""j"""iJ'i:"-r"iiiiaches children of railway hazards 'Rover' brings home message of train safety to c Sheridan College's animation students. 3184 Lakeshore Rd. E., Oakville 845-5 389 Pearl St., Burlington 639-13T, Zonstruction firms iiriiiting for Liberal jobs Ne Cecil Ramsay of the Bronte branch ot the Royal Canadian Legion holds Canadian flag dur- ing Rembrance Day ceremonies on the weekend. The downtown Remembrance Day cere- monies will start at the Legion Hall at 136 Church St. with a parade leaving at 10:30 am, moving eastward on Lakeshore Road, stopping for the Salute at Oakville Towne Square, and continuing on to Trafalgar Road for services at the Cenotaph in George's Square atll a.m. Following the service, the parade moves westward on Randall Street back to the Legion Hall. Participating in the Oakville Legion parade will be General Denis Whitaker, branch presi- dent William Shields, Mayor Ann Mulvale, and Halton Region chairman Peter Pomeroy. The Legion's Poppy Campaign ends tomorrow. Funds raised are being used to assist needy veterans and their families, and to provide equipment for Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital. (Photo by Rm Venom) T" w - A g Vol. 31 No.134 "them/e ' tfart Jamal/{y Mar/gou- Mixed reactions to plan from Bot and Dufferin Construction "a little bit," but doesn't e Spread across a large ct doesn't amount to much, he However, Bot would w the two-year program the 1 rebuild roads, sewers at amount of business hi building roads and 1 dropped from $80-m iren in video produced by but dbésn’t expect too much from it "s and Dru $80-milli br an ompany ha Rockport )untrv lik ibt ll 'me any WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER JO, 1993 ol $50-million ' WOMENS WATERPROOF comm H By KATHY YANCHUS Oakville Beaver Staff Sheridan College teams up with CN and 'Rover' the rabbit to spread safety message ailways and children don't mix. That fact is reflected in the number of fatali- R ties every year recorded by Operation Lifesaver, the railway association responsible for promoting safety among the little people whose curiosity often leads them to train tracks and rail cars. "The railways have always fascinated people, not just kids," says Ben Levesque, National Director for. Operation Lifesaver, headquartered in Montreal: Levesque says not only is trespassing on railway property dangerous but illegal but those two factors mean little to inquisitive kids whose 'job' it is to investigate, to explore and to experiment. The consequences of their actions, however, can be fatal if they're walking along tracks with a walkman oblivious to the sound of an oncoming freight train, or if they hop into a rail car, with a door that doesn't open from the inside, and are "catted from one part of the country to the other" or if they're fishing from atop a trestle and are forced to jump when a train approaches. "It's no easy task to stop a train," says Levesque. "The weight of that train could be 10,000 tons and it takes a mile or more to stop that train. Freight trains are on no schedules. If there is a track, the possibility of a train is there." How do you get the message across to kids? Well, Operation Lifesaver is banking on a rabbit. Rover the Railway Safety Rabbit is hoping to alter kids' thinking and instill in their minds the precarious and potentially fatal position they put themselves in when they trespass on railway territory. With Rover's video debut scheduled for introduction in schools across Canada and into the United States in the very near e said the 'ught in by anada has lion in the NA Bette in fit fr L respouswle s them to train The railways l onal Director f .evesque says I e two factors lore and to exp net it dewspoper past four years. "I hope it will pick up a little bit with the Liberals," he said. "We've gone too far down and we need a real boost to get things up to par." Nor did he believe the government would dump more taxes on businesses to pay for the infrastruc- ture program. He thought Chretien was too experi- enced a politician to add to the burden that "over- taxed" industries are already bearing. 1lllh >moe’tmon 1993 (See 'Safety' page 2) {REC _ i t _ DOMINION SECURITIES New soccer complex step closer to reality By HOWARD MOZEL Oakville Beaver Staff In The move clears another hur- dle for The Soccerplex - an indoor sports facility in Shell Park - by permitting the inclusion of a small restaurant and pro shop. (Under previous zoning, which is designated Private Open Space, neither use is permitted.) This, say OSC spokesmen, will go a long way to help their organiza- tion pay down the mortgage and lend the place a clubhouse atmo- sphere that's been' sorely missed. Responding to the concerns of area residents regarding the com- plex. however, OSC executive member Phil lafrati outlined the need for the facility in no uncer- Zoning change removes major block from Shell Park facility Iain terms “I have to stress again that we are a non-profit organization. Everything we do is for the good of the community. In 20 years we are a non-profit organization. Everything we do is for the good of the community. In 20 years we haven't asked for very much at all," said lafrati. adding that after raising funds for two decades the OSC is now looking for some support from the Town. “This is a chance to get a clubhouse. a chance to get a home." While the OSC registered 4200 players this year and is the largest soccer club in Canada, it operates out of a small. sparse office that no one would ever confuse with a clubhouse. At pre- sent, rain presents an on-going threat to tournaments and photo- graph days while winter precludes the enjoyment of soccer in Oakville for almost half the year. We don't want to shut down he Oakville Soccer Club moved one step closer to getting a permanent home Monday night after Town Council approved a zoning amendment vital to its viability. See 'Facility' page 2) "Mr. Chretien has already made his mistakes and he should know how to survive now. At least, that's my hope," said Bot. He thought the glitch in the federal make-work program would come with the provinces, not the municipalities - at least, not with Oakville which, he said, can afford it. However, a recent newspaper report suggests that provinces seem to be support- ing the plan, even though they don't know exactly how it will work. 05 Do 64 Pages 76 Cents (CST included) m CAREFOBYQUR _ COWLglgENW-‘ARN TOESTATEPLANNII‘ng In.) Coupon- Mum In Inn to than: 8.65% BURNS FRY q0% Won-an “A!“ 1... III-pt (See 'Local' page 12) magma INSIDE Pam: SPORTS.................., FOCUS.................... 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