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www.oakvillebeaver.com Beaver N O RT H A M E R I C A' S M O S T AWA R D E D C O M M U N I T Y N E W S PA P E R A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 46 No. 89 THE OAKVILLE Bronte Retro Rocks! PHOTOS INSIDE www.oakville.ca "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2007 40 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) Having their cake ... Bombs a prank? By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Police are taking an apparent teenaged prank very seriously after homemade chlorine bombs were thrown at several residences in the West Oaks Trials area earlier this week. Between July 23-July 24 police were notified of three incidents in which residents were disturbed by loud bangs coming from outside their homes. See Apparent page 13 Inside ASHLEA WESSEL / SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER AND CELEBRATING 100: Dad Mike Pepall watches as Anna Grace and Daniel Pepall happily wolf down some birthday cake at The Oakville Club's 100th anniversary celebration Saturday afternoon. The day included a pool-side barbecue, face painting, a juggler, a bounce castle, bull riding and miniputt as well as a tree planting -- and don't forget the cake. Following was a cocktail reception for adults only with the Paula Judge Trio. Lock `em or lose those bikes Police say many stolen just to get from point A to point B "It really really irks me," said Hickey. "It's just not right." The thefts began about 10 years ago when two brand new chrome BMX bikes, which Hickey had purchased for her young children, were stolen out of her backyard. The culprit, who turned out to be a neighbourhood boy, was apprehended. "The kids themselves figured out who it was," said Hickey. "He had taken these two bikes apart and put the parts on his own bike and my kid saw this and said, `Hey, that's chrome this and chrome By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Opinion........................................6 Worship......................................18 Artscene.....................................23 Sports.........................................27 Classified ..................................33 Full Delivery: Canadian Tire, Petcetera, Food Basics, Superstore, No Frills, Wal-mart, Zellers MDG Partial Delivery: Ashley Furniture, Bad Boy, Dominion, Sport Mart, Linens 'N Things, Bluestone Project, New Balance, Kingsridge Pharmacy, Price Chopper, Food Basics, Ho Lee Chow, Home Hardware, M&M's, Sobeys, Pharma Plus, Fortinos, Sears, Wal-mart, Best Buy, Shoppers Drug Mar, Sears, The Barn, Solutions, 2001 Audio Video, Michaels, Future Shop Anyone who has locked up a brand new bike, gone away for a little while and returned to find nothing but a broken lock knows the frustration, rage and sadness that comes from being a victim of theft. But imagine this happened five times. Oakville resident Wendy Hickey does not have to imagine this as her children's bikes have been almost systematically stolen for the last 10 years. that and your bike's not chrome.'" With that incident settled, Hickey's family enjoyed a brief reprieve from bike theft, after leaving Oakville for about five years. However, upon their return the thefts began again. "The bike my son brought back to Oakville, he locked it up all the time, but one time he went to a store, he walked into the store and he didn't lock it up," said Hickey. "He came out and it was gone." The next time Hickey bought her son a bike she gave him strict instructions to always secure DELIVERY For home delivery & customer service call 905-845-9742 Mon., Tues., & Thurs. 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m., Wed. & Fri. 8:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. or Saturday 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. For new subscriptions, call 905-845-9742 or subscribe online @ www.oakvillebeaver.com See Tempting page 9 New Location Coming Soon R DE ION UN RUCT T NS CO 646 4TH LINE AT SPEERS RD. Between Dorval and Third Line sales@oakvilledodge.com careers@oakvilledodge.com 905-845-4211 Just South of Dundas on Trafalgar