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‘Mock disaster tomorrow Eanadians must take action eliminate racism in society ridging the gap between the rhetoric and the reality of racism in institutions oss the country is the challenge Canadians, according to forâ€" WIS DIANE HART cial to the Beaver Tim Allen, star of the hit TV show Home Improvement, took time off from his busy shooting schedule of the movie The Santa Clause Friday night to pose for a picture with an appreâ€" ciative fan, Matthew Kaustinen. (Photo by Rizierio Vertolli) Shell Park. , * Rather than a real disaster, the scenario is all part of Exercise Dakota, a mock disaster exercise designed to test the preparedness of the region‘s emergency response services. Wt o9 Fire officials, police, ambulance, and heaith Service als will all be taking part in the exercise and responding as if it were a real emergency. The nature of the mock disaster has not yet been revealed, but it will involve about 350 students taking part as either casualties or evacuees crowding various shelter centres. Triage, field treatment, and hospital treatment will be included. N Pn Oe en esn t Eks UN ambassador Stephen 1 ies e ol d h nc P etroland Community Newspaper "\ Vol. 32 No. 55 Former UN ambassador Stephen Lewis: o Aced onb it iesd ate l nc ie 3+ We Part of the plan is to see how services respond to normal dayâ€" toâ€"day requests during a major emergency event. CHABRLES AUSTIN 84 Lakeshore Rd. E., Oakville » §45â€"5582. 389 Pearl St., Burlmgton * 639â€"1372 By BELINDA SUTTON Special to the Beaver im‘s New BuUupbpY St. Thomas Aquinas students join gun control movement â€" becoming as lucrative as drug trafficking, says a forâ€" mer Halton policeman who teaches at the Ontario Police Collece. Illegal gun trafficking is Undercover officers were able to purchase 243 guns â€" including revolvers, assault rifles and machine guns â€" during a recent threeâ€"month operation by Peel regional police, said Inspector Mauro Succi. i’eople from all walks of life were involved in the weapon sales, Sucei said. "As a matter of fact, one offiâ€" cer commented how he bought two firearms â€" semiâ€"automatic pistols â€" from a female who was attending university in order to pay for her school fees." Succi made the comments on‘t be alarmed if you‘re driving along Lakeshore Road West tomorrow morning and you see several emergency vehicles and even what appear to be a few dead bodies in Petition seeks firearms sale ban ambulance, and health service professmn- irt in the exercise and responding as if it In a wideâ€"ranging, eloquent and often very personal talk to Appleby College students on the eve of the burial of apartheid in South Africa, Lewis spoke of the need to break down the resistance of institutions to make for more equable relations between people. can be remarkably obtuse," he commented, in his talk Friday at a special oneâ€"hour gathering of about 100 students in the library of Oakville‘s St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School on Margaret Drive. Student council reps Neil Szeverenyi and Molly Keays, both 18, presented a petition signed over the previous week by 833 students, staff and comâ€" munity members. The petition, given to Oakvilleâ€"Milton MP Bonnie Brown, called on parliament to ban sale and/or possession of all firearms except for police and in other exceptional cases. It also asked for increased penalties under the Criminal Code for crimes where firearms are used. "I think it (petition) shows the majority. of students are definiteâ€" ly for tougher gun laws," said Keays, who represents OAC stuâ€" E "Canada‘s Best Community Newspaper" CCNA Better Newspapers Competition 1993 (See ‘Few‘ page 9) called the Face of Racism â€" Building | a more tolerant Canada. Lewis was the Ambassador of Canada to the United Nations from 1984 to 1988. "There are 3 policies (about race relations and multiculturalism) that have been in place for years. And yet someâ€" where between the assertions of guidelines and what happens in the classroom, something goes terâ€" ribly wrong," he said. He pulled a sheaf of brochures from school boards across the province which have had race relations and multiâ€" cultural policies in place for years, including the Halton public school MEA SCY cultural diversity is treasured should be the goal of every school. And it was vital that no student should put up with “any guff, equivocation, nonsense" when race or gender are at issue. "Discrimination and prejudice corrode everything that is hopeful in society," he said. Lewis said if it was possible to create democracy in South Africa which has ended its former "horâ€" rendous, racist, fascist regime" â€" then it was possible anywhere.In his talk, he touched on his days at the United Nations, his work as a spokesperson for UNICEF and his work as the special advisor on (See ‘Racism‘ page 3) By HOWARD MOZEL Oakville Beaver Staff Come on out and raise the flag Saturday iven the success of their â€" Proud to Be Canadian" _ campaign two years ago, it‘s no surprise the Kinsmen Club of Canada came up with Raise the Flag Day and the Celebrate Canada Challenge. The former event â€" which takes place this Saturday at Centennial Square on Navy Street â€" promises to decorate the downâ€" town with red and white and plenty of maple leaves. The latter, St. Thomas Aquinas' student Sonya Franceschini Thomas students in holding the schools 833â€"sign firearms. Stephen Lewis WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1994 t kib d i. Auicinr n o enc the schools 833-sngnature petmon calling for a ban on the sale of (Photo by Peter McCusker) which continues until Canada Day, will provide some friendly competition to decide which municipality can fly the most flags. uts Cc a According to Kinsmen Club of Oakville spokesman Doug Lincoln, Raise the Flag Day had its genesis in the popular "Proud to Be Canadian" Canada 125 celâ€" ebration in which giant flags signed by school children across the country were flown on July 1st. These latest efforts are designed to keep the pride flowâ€" Life Jacket Man, the mascot of the Royal Life Saving Society of Canada School lifeguards (top to bottom) Sarah McMartin, Stacey Patrick and everyone to think water safety this spring and summer, The mascot and Friday as part of a Water Smart Day presentation to the school whic safety displays and a viewing of the film Sudden Impact. i joins Halton MP Bonnie Brown and other St. ; of the Royal Life Saving Society of Canada, joins White Oaks Secondary tom) Sarah McMartin, Stacey Patrick and John Matthiesen in reminding ty this spring and summer, The mascot and lifeguards were on hand last Smart Day presentation to the school which included swimming, water ~ af tha film Sudden Imnact. (Photo by Riziero Vertolli) "What we really want to do is have â€" Canadians publicly acknowledge their love for this country by flying the flag," said Lincoln, explaining that â€" unlike Americans â€" the more reserved Canadians often need a gentle nudge. The Raise the Flag Day celeâ€" brations get underway at 10:45 a.m. with a performance by the band of the 540 Squadron of the Canadian Air Cadets in Oakville. 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