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CCNA B ETTER NEWSPAPERS COMPETITION 2000 www.oakvillebeaver.com -- Speedy-- Brake Pads or Shoes from $ R Q " See M a na ge r fo r Details (ju s t w e s t o f Kerr) Treasures discovered Top of the in My Back Shed line luxury H o m es 112 Speers Rd., Oakville B est w h e e ls A Metroland Publication Vol. 39 No. 16 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7,2001 \ J u r s to e n jo y ... i J i t n nous profiter Lucille's dogs can remain... for now Woman has one dog too many in home but there's a reason By Angela Blackburn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF - O n ta r io * fttw r a l ' km the place xrr c a ll bom W fo r this and fu tu re geneTM I i, b e a u te u a tm r e lU d e I O n d e lu p o p u la tio n o n t a . . . . . . /,c v e n e r a tio n s a c tu e Photo by Ian Ross Natural Resources Minster John Snobelen announced plans for Living Legacy Day at Ontario's Parks on the weekend at Bronte Creek Provincial Park. Ontario's Natural Resources Minister John Snobelen dropped by Bronte Creek Provincial Park last weekend to extend an invitation. The Province is opening the gates and handing out free day passes to all of its provin cial parks on Sun. June 24. It's officially being called Ontario's Living Legacy Day. Ontario's Living Legacy program aims to create 378 new provincial parks and protected areas -- to bring Ontario's total to 650. Last November, Ontario Premier Mike Harris announced $100 million in funding to expand the program. The most recent funding will support increased fish and wildlife activities, including habitat protection; provide new hope for atrisk species; and, promote youth involvement in natural resource management. "One of the cornerstones of Ontario's Living Legacy is to get more people to partic ipate in and enjoy the province's natural resources," said Snobelen. "Visiting Ontario's provincial parks is one of the most attractive and accessible ways to do that," he said. For more information visit www.OntarioParks.com or call 1-800ONTARIO (1-800-668-2746) for a free copy of the 2001 Ontario Parks Guide. It doesn't look like town councillors have the heart to make Oakville resident Lucille Green choose which to get rid of: one of her own trio of pooches, or her elderly moth er's beloved dog. Council appears to be dragging its heels on deciding whether to enforce the letter of the law on Green, long-time Lavender Lane resident. "We request a temporary (by-law) exemption that would allow us to remain in our Oakville home, with our four pets, until the death of one of them," pleaded Green in a letter that arrived at council Monday. Council didn't agree to the exemption, but did swing a reprieve of sorts by asking staff to study the issue further. Ward 1 Councillor Kevin Flynn first saw Green's plea come through the Administration and Finance Committee last week. Last December, the Oakville Humane Society found (See `Dog' page A2) * C o u n c illo r s k e e p in g e x p e n se s to a m in im u m * By A ngela B lackburn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF M ajo rity of p o litic ia n s d id n 't claim a n y a t all s a la rie s and ex p en ses before M arch. T opping the expense accounts w as M avor Ann M ulvale who drew $9,822.20. The m ayor said about $7,000 of it was for the lease o f a car while the re m a in d e r p a id the tab fo r attending annual conferences o f the A sso ciatio n o f M u n icipalities o f O ntario (AM O) and the Federation o f C anadian M unicipalities (FCM ). S im ilarly, W ard 1 C o u n cillo r Ralph R o t i x o n 'p e n t $1,271.42 w hich he said covered attendance at last y e a r's FCM co n fe re n ce in London, O ntario. W ard 4 C o u n c illo r Jody Sanderson spent $467.08 attending an Em ergency Preparedness confer- O akville ta x p a y e rs c a n 't call town co u n cillo rs sp en d th rifts -- not acco rd in g to th e ir ex p en se accounts. Only tw o o f O ak v ille's 12 coun cillo rs, and the m ayor, even claim ed expenses last year, accord ing to a report at council M onday. The Province requires council to report its previous y e a r's annual ^ Brampton man convicted o f bank robberies ^ A Brampton man charged with com m itting a trio of bank robberies in 2000, including two in Oakville, has been convicted o f the charges. C lifford Cleveland W illiam s, 34, was found guilty of three counts of robbery relating to three banks robberies last year. His sentencing is set for April 9 in M ilton court. Halton Regional Police said W illiams has convictions for tw o p revious bank ro bberies in T oronto and Hamilton, in 1997 and `99. Halton police arrested W illiam s on July 8, 2000, one day after a Scotia Bank branch on Speers Road in Oakville was robbed. Inform ation led Halton police investigators to a Brampton residence where they, along with help from Peel police, arrested W illiams. Police contended W illiams was responsible for the Scotia Bank job as well as the April 11 robberies of a Plains Road Royal Bank branch in Burlington and a CIBC branch in Oakville later that day. In all cases, Halton police said a man passed a note to a teller dem anding money and indicating he had a gun, although one was never seen. No one was hurt in the crimes. No money was realized in the Burlington robbery, but a total of $6,200 was taken in the two Oakville incidents. None o f it has ever been recovered, say p o lic e .. ence in London, O ntario last fall. M ulvale also noted that for the next two years the Town w ould not be paying her way to the annual AM O and FCM conferences. S he's now AM O president, so that agency will pay her tab. T his y e a r's A M O co n feren ce will be held T oronto's Royal York Hotel w hile the FCM conference w ill be in Banff, A lberta. The m ayor also noted she has one o f the low est benefits claim s since sh e 's covered by a benefits package through her late husband. T he rep o rt on c o u n c illo rs ' salaries did not refle c t the pay increase approved by council last June, w hich took e ffec t last D ecem ber, after the m unicipal elec '^ H a lto n M P P has new post tion. in D ev elo p m en t m in is try The increase w as the first in 12 years for councillors and the mayor. Halton MPP Ted Chudleigh has M ulvale collected $46,000 last been appointed Parliamentary Assistant year, but w ill get $64,000 this year. to the M inister of Economic C o u n c illo rs, w ho rece iv ed Development and Trade. Premier Mike Harris made the announcement this week. As Parliamentary Assistant, Chudleigh will work with Bob Runciman, who last month was appointed Minister of Economic Development and Trade. Chudleigh was first elected to the Ontario legislature in June 1995 and was re-elected in June 1999. The Halton riding includes all Oakville residents living north of Upper Middle Road. $1 7 ,7 0 0 .3 3 last year, w ill get $26,000 this year. The re cen t pay increase was approved last June when a study show ed O akville's m ayor was the low est paid in the GTA. The report also reflected varied earnings o f councillors because of last fa ll's m unicipal election. Form er long-tim e Ward 5 coun cillor Liz Behrens who lost the elec tion collected only $15,634.23. New councillors, like W ard 5 C o u n cillo r Je ff K noll, W ard 4 C ouncillor A llan Elgar, Fred O liver in W ard 2 and Janice W right in W ard 6 earn ed only $2,100.72 betw een the election and y ea r's end. C ouncillors and the mayor, who also serve at H alton Region, receive an additional $18,500 in salary. *Smoke detectors* warned seniors The O akville Fire D ep artm en t's investigation into Tuesday m orning's blaze at a M ohawk Road home contin ues. The fire, which caused an estim at ed $100,000 in dam ages, sent two seniors to hospital, but they were later released. A ccording to D eputy C hief John deH ooge, six fire vehicles and 15 fire fighters responded to the scene around 6 a.m . and when they arrived, an elderly couple was w aiting outside in their night clothes. It is believed a sm oke alarm alerted them to trouble. Fire personnel first saw a light haze o f sm oke in the house then, said deHooge, the basem ent blaze "flashed over," m eaning that the tem perature in the room was such that its contents ignited and two w indow s blew out. "Flash overs are very dangerous o ccurren ces for o u r s ta ff," said deH ooge. " F ortu n ately o u r people w ere not inside at the tim e." As o f press tim e, deH ooge said "nothing obvious" had been spotted to pinpoint the cause of the fire. S W E E T SYRUP: M ary Ross, 16, of Burlington was on hand to pour pure maple syrup for the folks at the Rotary Club of Burlington's Pancake Fiesta on Saturday at Bronte Creek Provincial Park. The Park's Maple Syrup Festival takes place all this month during weekends and for every day of March Break next week. Admission is $4 for adults, $2 for youths ages 4-17 with chil dren 3 years-of-age and under admitted free. Seniors are admitted for $3 while the disabled pay $2. There is a $12 per car maximum. For more information, call 827-6911 or check out the website www.OntarioParks.com Photo by Ian Ross t o d a y 's p a p e r Editorials.................................. ..... £ 1 Business.................................. ..... Rfi Entertainment............. .......... ..... 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