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Oakville Beaver, 24 Aug 1994, p. 1

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Lakeshore Rd 4 â€", Oakville e 845â€"5582 . 389 Pearl St., B imgton + 639â€"1372 According to Deputy Town Manager Ron Foy, the latest organizational restructuring of senior management will save the municipality about $100,000 by eliminating one position â€" his. Foy won‘t be out of a job, howâ€" ever, but will head up the Building Services Department, a vacant directorâ€" ship he‘s already been filling for the past 18 months. The other two Deputy Town Managers will remain. Foy‘s former portfolio â€" the smallest of three divisions called Development and Community Planning â€" will be disbanded and its departâ€" ments distributed to the remaining two divisions. Building and Economic After shuffling the face cards of Town Hall‘s deck of personnel, the municipality hopes to save a substantial amount of money at the end of the By HOWARD MOZEL Oakville Beaver Staff Town‘s bureaucracy being restructured Changing responsibilities will save taxpayers about $100,000 Tyke‘s hair could be the stuff of a world record She is the topic of conversation and the subject of stares wherever the family goes. People wonder why McNally has her baby in a wig. Today, having just passed the 11â€"month mark, Elizabeth has thick luxurious locks that cascade down to her shoulders and frame her tiny features. She is a living porcelain doll and perhaps the only 11â€"monthâ€"old with her own personal hairdresser. At two months Elizabeth went for her first haircut and at five months, she was wearing pigâ€" tails. McMNally‘s fourth pregnancy. She rememâ€" bers having bouts of severe heartburn and eating six or seven nectarines every day throughâ€" out, but aside from that, everything went according to plan. There was nothing unusual about Denise When Elizabeth was born, she had a full head of hair. "Everybody said she‘d lose it, but she didn‘t," said McNally. "It hasn‘t stopped growing." By KATHY YANCHUS Oakville Beaver Staff Not yet a year old, Elizabeth McNally‘s locks are so luxurious she has her own hairdresser A Metroland Community Newspaper Elizabeth McNally; a living doll | (Photo by Peter McCusker) Doctors are at a loss to explain the "extraordiâ€" nary hair growth," as family physician Dr. S.B. Stern put it in a letter of verification which the family is forwarding to the Guinness Book of World Records in Middlesex, England. ‘"They (Guinness) are ecstatic," said McNally, who contacted the organization at the urging of a friend."They can‘t see any reason why Elizabeth wouldn‘t go in (as the youngest person with hair this length)," "But I say, ‘Here, look, it doesn‘t come off,‘" smiles McNally, who has goodâ€"naturedly handled the slew of comments that have come the family‘s way. y sVTQUIRRDD 3 "Canada‘s Best Community Newspaper" CCNA Better Newspapers Competition 1993 "Everybody said she‘d lose it, but she didn‘t. It hasn‘t stopped growing." â€"Denise McNally (See ‘Child‘ page 8) e The reâ€"alignment â€" designed to reduce the cost of doing business and streamline the departmental reportâ€" ing structure â€" goes into effect on Sept. 6. According to Foy, it will likely take a couple of years to properly assess the effectiveness of the changes. Planning will report directly to Town Manager Harry Henderson, as will the Clerk, Finance and Legal Departments. Community Services â€" headed by Deputy Town Manager Peter Wagland and containing Fire, Parks and Recreation, Public Works and Transit â€" remains unchanged. Development will be reâ€"assigned to Administrative Services, headed by Deputy Town Manager Michael Wood. (Human Resources, Information Technology, Internal Audit plus Purchasing and Office Services are also under Wood‘s direction.) WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1994 Man faces charges after woman attacked on home‘s front lawn Smiths Falls Police Chief and coâ€"chair of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police "The new provincial office will be a valuable centralized community base from which the general public may obtain crime prevention education and public safety program information," said Barbara Stanley, representing the Ministry of the Solicitor General and Correctional Services. CPO â€" a registered charitable, nonâ€"profit organization â€" is a subâ€" committee of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police and is currently funded by the Ministry of the Solicitor General and Correctional Services. In a nutshell, the group gathers crime prevention techniques and proâ€" grams from all over the world and shares it via an extensive computâ€" er database. Anyone wishing access to CPO‘s firstâ€"ever storeâ€" front office can do so by calling 844â€"4594 or 1â€"800â€"668â€"0261. "This is fantastic," said Marmmie Amodeo, CPO‘s provincial comâ€" munity coâ€"ordinator. "I‘m really happy about all the support we‘ve had from the public and police. We can‘t do this alone and this is proof we have the support of the province." _ After all, in addition to interâ€" ested members of the public, the central concourse of Oakville Place was filled with a law enforcement Who‘s Who? rangâ€" ing from Halton and Waterloo brass to officers from Toronto and the OPP. There was a piper, politiâ€" cians plus a color guard and even mascots Detective McGruff and Staff Sergeant Wally Watchout. Given the show of support for Tuesday‘s official opening of Crime Prevention Ontario‘s new Oakville head office, it was obviâ€" ous this is an idea whose time has come. By HOWARD MOZEL Oakville Beaver Staff ally assaulted Saturday on the front lawn of a Kerr Street residence. Around 9 p.m. a 58 year old Oakville woman met a man on Kerr Street and, after going to the man‘s apartment, he began to make sexual advances toward her. The woman left the apartment but was followed by the man. ’- n Oakville man has been charged after a woman was sexuâ€" He then attacked the woman in front of a nearby residence, threw her to the ground and sexually assaulted her. The victim struggled durâ€" ing the assault and received minor head injuries. She was treated at Oakvilleâ€"Trafalgar Memorial Hospital and released. After an investigation by members of the No. 2 District Criminal Investigation Bureau, Christian Charles Neutt, 43, of Kerr Street was arrested and charged with sexual assault. Crime Prevention Ontario New group opens head office at Oakville Place The accused was released from custody and will appear in Oakville "The idea of getting people involved goes back to the Middle Ages when citizens were the police and the police were citiâ€" zens," he said. "Society has now abdicated that responsibility and Tom Dykes, a Burlington busiâ€" nessman who designs all CPO‘s promotional and educational material, explained that the idea behind the organization is actualâ€" ly an old one. Ward 6 councillor Jim Smith quoted from a United Nations report which maintains that, for the second time in two years, Canada is the best place in the world to live. Organizations like CPO simply make it better, he said. Larry Hardy said CPO has worked diligently to improve the life of all Ontarians and repreâ€" sents one of the best examples of community policing in North America. Opening the office brings the group one step closer to acheiving its objectives. "Being a partner in crime preâ€" vention is just good business," said Hardy. Yes folks, this photo is rightâ€"sideâ€"up...it‘s Matt McAdam who is upside down in a stomachâ€"turning ride called the Spaceball. It was just one of the attractions to those who took part in the annual Glen Abbey Summerfest on the weekend. (Photo by Barrie Erskine) (See ‘Group‘ page 8) 52 Pages . ] FRY LIMIT ; €19.70% 100% Government Guaranteed | *Rates subject Strip Coupons Maturing in 2004 â€" to change OVERDRIVE, SPORTS.......... CLASSIFTED. Experience in Haiti has changed her life forever Parents of twins received support from each other 75 Cents (GST included) Canadian Publications Mail Product Agreement #435â€"201 baier‘s custom upholstery Itd. 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