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Beaver THE OAKVILLE Voted Ontario's Top Newspaper Four Years in a Row - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 www.brantflorist.com/ob 905.639.7001 HALTON TRANSMISSION (905) 559 SPEERS ROAD, UNIT #3 842-0725 www.carstaroakville.com Beaver Trails around the world Travel www.dentistoakville.com 905-8457579 905-847 -2595 2212 Wyecroft Rd. 547 Trafalgar Rd. 905-842-6030 THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010 A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 48 No. 62 "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" 32 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) Survivors will walk the Relay for Life By Dominik Kurek OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Going long For the McDonald family in Oakville, it's just something you do, it has become tradition. Cancer has been a part of the family, so walking annually at the local Relay for Life is one great way to raise money for research that the family knows saved their daughter's life. "It's just become part of our life," Sandy McDonald said of the Relay. "We do it every year to give back to the community, to give back to the Canadian Cancer Society because we've seen the progress that has been made and the research they've done, it's saved Shayna's life and she knows that." Shayna, Sandy's daughter, is a two-time Leukemia survivor. She was diagnosed at a very young age and was treated with chemotherapy. Over a year after the cancer went into remission, it returned aggressively and the young girl needed a bone marrow transplant. A match was found and the procedure was successful. Now, six years later, at 14-years-old, Shayna is a healthy girl about to graduate Grade 8, who inspires others to care as she does. "We do it for Shayna," Sandy said. "Having had cancer twice herself she's seen a lot already in her life." The family team, Shaynanigans, See Shayna page 4 Skatepark moving to Palermo By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Those using the West Oak Trails Skateboard Park had best enjoy it while they can -- it will soon be moving to Palermo Park, located just north of Dundas Street, near Bronte Road. The fate of the skateboard park "I think by putting it up was decided in Palermo Park, we will Tuesday night, not be bothering any with council vot- residential and the kids ing to move all can have a lot of fun." equipment at the park to Palermo within seven to Ward 4 Councillor Allan Elgar eight weeks. The creation of a new concrete skate pad and the moving of the skateboard park equipment is expected to cost around $52,000. The West Oak Trails facility will remain open until Palermo Park is ready for the equipment. Town staff say the move is being done in a way that will result in minimal skateboard park downtime with only a few days passing between the closing of the skateboard park in West Oak Trails and the opening of the skateboard park in Palermo. Ward 4 Councillor Allan Elgar, who brought forward the motion to move the skateboard park, said Palermo was a more appropriate location due to its distance from residences. "I think by putting it up in Palermo Park, we will See Neighbours page 3 MICHELLE SIU / OAKVILLE BEAVER 'TIS THE SEASON: Mayowa Adesanya of Pine Grove School soars through the air as he competes in the eight-year-old boys' long jump at a junior elementary track-and-field meet Tuesday in Burlington. See Sports for another photo from the meet, one of many elementary track-and-field competitions held over the past couple of weeks.