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Chisholm (9 0 5 ) 8 4 4 -3 2 4 0 w A V A v.chisholm centre.com SCHOOL SUCCESS The Centre celebrates 25 years High School of entertaining Oakville scores & mo Artscene Sports Mercedes-Benz CLE.W. & Dorval Dr. w w w .o a k v ille b e a v e r.c o m N O R T H \ M e tro la n d P u b lic a tio n Vol. ;« ) N o . r_>2 M O S T A W A R D E D . C O M M U N I T Y BEA M N E W S P A P E R Queen's visit may cause royal traffic jam P u b lic v ie w in g r e s tr ic te d to T r a fa lg a r R o a d The driving public is being warned of brief traffic delays in the vicinity of Sheridan College on Thursday afternoon coinciding with the visit of Queen Elizabeth II. To accommodate the royal motorcade, there will be brief interruptions in traffic flow upon the Queen's arrival at Sheridan at approximately 12:30 p.m. and again at 2:30 p.m. when she departs. The precautions are part of measures by the RCMP, the lead law enforcement agency handling security for the visit. Also part of that team are members of the OPP. The Halton Regional Police Service (HRPS) will be pro viding supplementary security inside the college. HRPS uni form officers will also provide traffic and crowd control. The public should note that access to the college itself will be tighdy controlled, so onlookers can get only a glimpse of the Queen's vehicle as she drives up Trafalgar Road and to the school via Ceremonial Road, which will be closed. Residents are being asked to not park on Trafalgar but find other sites to leave their cars and then walk to the Trafalgar/Ceremonial Roads area. As for Sheridan itself, spokesperson Susan Atkinson explained a huge team of people has been "working endless ly" at the college to ensure that the facility is ship-shape including having Ceremonial Road power-washed. `The college is being made spic and span for Her Majesty's visit," she said. .. «* % j Barrie Erskine · O akville B eaver Reverend James Gill, from Walton Memorial United Church, receives a thank you kiss from Maya, a four-month old Dalmatian, after being blessed during the church's first Blessing of the Pets service held Sunday afternoon. Holding Maya is Suzanne Harris. Special Jubilee section inside today's Beaver As part of this year's Golden Jubilee celebrations. Queen Elizabeth II is cur rently visiting Canada and will pay a visit to Oakville Thursday. And residents and local business owners couldn't be more pleased. Rick Grainger, General Sales Manager at Kennedy Inside today's paper Ford in Oakville, will be at the Festival of Ontario at the National Trade Centre in Toronto tonight (Wednesday) as a chaperone to his daughter, Chantal, who is a member of the Linbrook Choir performing at the event. "How many chances do you get in your life to see her? It kind of stuns you when you realize you're going to be in a room with the queen," he says. "It's very exciting for the kids - it's one of the few things that you'll remember for the rest of your life. Not many things will ever come close to topping the charts like this will." In honour of her visit, the Oakville Beaver has produced a special Jubilee section in today's newspaper. (See 'Queen' page 3) All creatures great and small line up a for special blessing By: Mary Collett S PE C IA L T O TH E BEAVER In 1808, English Romantic poet, Lord George Byron penned this eloquent inscription as "a just tribute" to the memory of a Newfoundland dog: "The poor dog, in life the firmest friend, the first to welcome, foremost to defend." Over the years, this simple yet heartfelt sentiment has been short ened to become the familiar adage: "A man's best friend is his dog." There may be some who dis agree entirely with this saying, or those who would prefer to substi tute "cat", "bird", or "gerbil", for the word "dog". But there is little dispute among committed pet owners that the experience of car ing for a pet is one that is both richly rewarding and mutually Otis, a two-year-old pug, waits patiently for his turn to be blessed at Walton Memorial. beneficial. On Sunday, the parishioners of Walton Memorial United Church held their first Blessing of the Pets service to honour the many four legged, furry, and feathered crea tures who so enrich our lives. Though Reverend James Gill assisted in the service and bestowed individual blessings on each pet at its conclusion, the idea was the brainchild of parish mem ber Bev Dunn, who also co-ordinated the affair. Dunn, who serves on the church's Worship and Membership Committee is a vol unteer at the Oakville Humane Society and describes herself as "very dedicated to animals and people." Accompanied on this day by Max, a mixed golden retriever and collie whom she adopted six months ago, Dunn says that she has owned various dogs through out her life. "Whatever happens, a dog is always there for you," she noted. She considers the blessing of the pets as "both a religious and spiritual experience, neatly blend ing with the genuine love that peo ple have for their pets to'produce a remarkably good feeling." Dunn, a cancer survivor from four years ago, credits her dog for forcing her to get out for daily walks, despite the fact that she was weakened and feeling low from chemotherapy treatments. Dunn believes that not only did she ben efit from the enforced exercise regime, but more crucially from "the love that pets bring to peo ple." Though there was a great vari ety of dogs in all shapes and sizes in attendance at the service, other species were also well represent ed, including cats, birds, and even a lone guinea pig. The service consisted of a num ber of theme-related scripture readings interspersed with hymns and songs beginning with I t ' s a (See `Pets' page 5) Visitor grateful wallet, money returned Vacationing Filipino couple applauds girlsfor honesty Editorials.....................A6 Jubilee section...........B1 Focus.......................... C l Update........................G Business.....................C6 Artscene.................... C8 Sports......................... D1 Classified.....................D4 Best Wheels............... D8 Partial Delivery: Sport Chek, MVS Music, Rom Home and Garden, Rom Cashway, Rom Lansing, Home Depot, Ennisclare Interiors, Guardian Drugs, Hy&Zel's, Petro Canada, Sears, The Bay Devry Canadian Publications Mail Product Agreement #435-201 By Paula Henriques SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER Thanks to the honesty of two Oakville girls, a Filipino couple can enjoy the rest of their vaca tion in Oakville. Romulo and Angeles Guevara have been visiting their daughter in Oakville since Sept. 8. While shopping at Oakville Place on Oct. 2, Romulo realized he had lost his wallet containing more than $1,000 U.S. and $300 Canadian. "We considered it lost, but my daughter reassured us that the people of Oakville are honest and told us, `don't be surprised if you get it back'," said Romulo, a doctor and retired professor from the Philippines. His daughter's faith in the honesty of her community was not misplaced. The wallet was found by teenaged girls, Andrea Machaj and Paige Chapman, at a bus shelter in the Glen Ashton area. The Grade 8 students at St. Andrew's school gave the wallet to the police at the Oakville "We considered it lost, but my daughter reassured us that the peo ple of Oakville are honest and told us, `don't be sur prised if you get it back'." · Romulo Guevara District headquarters, but locat ing the owners required some detective work. Without a Canadian address, Constable Vince Mulholland said he made numerous tele phone calls following up every possible lead in Canada. "That didn't produce any Tyler Anderson · O akville B eaver Romulo Guevara and Angeles Guevara were grateful to Grade 8 students Angela Machaj and Paige Chapman for returning their lost wallet. thing," he said. "We then found a little piece of paper with a Philippines number on it. It was their (other) daughter's number. So we made contact with her and she contacted her parents at a number here in Oakville." By noon Oct. 3, one day after the wallet had gone missing, the they received a phone call from the police stating the wallet had been found. The Guevaras were over whelmed and wanted to publicly thank the girls. In a press confer ence' arranged by the Halton Regional Police, Monday, they got their chance. "You did a great thing," said Romulo. "We wanted to express our gratitude. To the police serv ice, as well, we thank you." 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