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Wednesday March 15, 2000 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER A7 COMMENT C o f f e e c o m m e r c i a l m a k e s `S h o r t y ' a s t a r Only in C anada w ould an ice m aker com plain o f a sore w riting hand from signing so m any autographs. B ut that's w hat Shorty Jenkins ad m itte d on C B C 's Inside Track from S askatoon's Labatt B rier final Sunday. Jenkins is the likable character in a Tim H ortons com m ercial. T he guy who, as he says simply, m akes ice. A nd now h e's famous. Curlers all know o f the man. W hen it com es to the fine art o f m aking ice for them , h e's one o f the best. A fter Tim H ortons aired the com mercial, featuring Jenkins in his bright pink sig n ature co w boy hat, h e 's becom e a star. A natural on the screen, he speaks o f the w ay in w hich he makes his living - getting to the rink early and m aking ice. It sounds easy. A fter all, in the dot.com w orld o f today, how hard can it be? Think again. M uch like the gam e D IA N E H A R T itself, there's a lot m ore to it than sim ply turning on a tap and letting it freeze. He says h e 's learned all the tricks o f the trade ju st by trial and error. He has, like m any o f curlers out on the ice, fine tuned it to a precise system : a w in n in g system that m akes him in dem and for every world cham pionship. A ny curler in the w orld will go dow n on his hands and knees for a good ice m aker and th at's exactly w hat Shorty is - one o f the best in the world, apparently. Take it from them - getting good ice isn't as easy as it appears. N ot only does he have to look at the quality o f w ater in areas as diverse as Saskatoon and Scotland, he has to look at the way in w hich it freezes, how it "pebbles" and how to prevent catastro phes like a frOst build up. O ne o f the w orst things that can happen to an ice m aker is an unexpect ed visit into the arena, resulting in a change o f tem perature and ice condi tions. He recalled one tim e a truck backed into the arena and the condi tions d eterio rated im m ediately. Touching the ice with bare hands is also restricted and he keeps an eagle eye out for anything that could m ake the ice m elt or change in any way. A nd h e's good at it; very good. H e says m ost o f the tim e it's simply a m atter o f getting to the arena early, coffee cup in hand, and know ing the details. H e's a m aster o f w hat cities in C anada have "bad" w ater (too salty; too m uch alkaline) and how m uch should be heated. It's not uncom m on to see him w ith large coffee urns to heat the w ater after it's been purified. The end goal, o f course, is m aking the best ice you can to have the rock curl ju s t the w ay you w ant it to. In the gam e o f tiny, exquisite details, how m uch a rock curls is o f param ount im portance. A nd th at's why S h o rty 's a star. H e's a detail m an in a gam e o f nailbiting strategy. M ore than that, he com es through in the end. H e m akes the best ice in the world - he adm its he loses sleep during cham pionships. B ut he gets the jo b done and curlers around the w orld love him for it. Sharpshooters in curling love to see the bright pink Stetson about the rink. S horty's in tow n and that m eans good ice. The TV com m ercial was one of those happy accidents: he was at the w o rld ch am p io n sh ip in N ew B runsw ick last year sipping a coffee and telling the Tim Hortons people w hy he w as there so early in the morn ing. T hey flew him to Toronto, made the com m ercial and the rest is history. H e's now kept busy signing autographs alm ost 1,000 at the Brier this past w eekend - on specially m ade cards w ith his picture on the front. H e laughed as he said he now know s how W ayne G retzky m ust feel as he is asked to sign autographs in betw een m aking the ice. "M y h an d 's so sore I had to get back to the hotel to rest," he explained in the interview on the w eekend. But he's not com plaining, not really. A fter all, it's not every day someone w ants your autograph ju st for doing w hat you like to do - get to the rink early, sip a coffee and m ake a little ice. T r u s t e e s s h o u ld ta k e b la m e fo r b u n g le d p la n n in g T ru stee is an in te re stin g th in g to call th e e le c te d m e m b e rs o f the H alto n D is tric t S c h o o l B o a rd . It m akes you th in k that th e se p eo p le w ho we e le c t and in w hom w e put our tru st are g o in g to a c t in the b est in terests o f o u r c h ild re n . We tru st them to m ake in fo rm ed d e c isio n s to give o u r ch ild ren the b e st ed u c a tio n available. W ell, o u r tru ste e s c a n n o t be tru s t ed and th e ir in c o m p e te n c e in bein g able to deal w ith our c h ild r e n 's e d u catio n n early co st us m illio n s o f d o l lars in H a lto n 's a b ility to c o lle c t E D C d o lla rs. T h ese d o lla rs th a t the b u ild ers pay fo r ev ery h o m e so ld to buy the land d e sig n a te d fo r sch o o l sites. H a lto n is th e f a s te s t g ro w in g region in O n ta rio and y et w e cam e so d an g e ro u sly clo se to lo sin g the a b ility o f c o lle c tin g th e se m u ch nee d ed E D C d o lla rs b ec au se o f su r p lu s a c c o m m o d atio n . B u rlin g to n tru ste e S h e ila F lo o k w h o is try in g w ith B u rlin g to n tru ste e D av id B ird to d e fe a t th e C N W atson re p o rt say s, " w h at is the ru sh , w hy w as the re p o rt so late. It w as su p p o se d to h av e co m e o u t in Ju n e ." So, I c h e c k e d w ith D u sty P ap k e, th e D ire c to r o f the H alto n D istric t S c h o o l B o a rd a n d w ith C y n th ia C la rk from C N W atson and w h at I fo u n d w as th e re p o rt co u ld n ot b egin u n til the E D C re p o rt cam e back. T h is d id n o t e ffe c t o th e r sch o o l b o a r d 's from d e v e lo p in g th e ir c a p i tal p la n s as all o th e r sch o o l b o ard s w o u ld a u to m a tic a lly qualify. O nly Letters to the Editor in H alto n , the faste st g ro w in g reg io n in O n tario , w as th e re a q u estio n o f w h eth e r o r n o t w e w o u ld q u alify fo r ED C . We th an k fu lly ju s t sq u eak ed in an d w ere able to q u alify , barely. W hy w ere w e do d a n g e ro u sly clo se to lo sin g the ab ility to co llec t fu n d s to buy lan d to b u ild sc h o o ls? T h is w as du e to the g ro ss in c o m p eten c e o f o u r tru stees. T h e m o st vocal o f the tru ste es o p p o sin g the clo su re o f sch o o ls to e lim in a te su r p lu s sp ace w as T ru stee F lo o k and T ru stee Bird. T h ese tru ste es w h o se sh o rt sig h t ed in c o m p eten t ac tio n s held up the d ev e lo p m e n t o f o u r S trateg ic P lan , are now co m p lain in g to all th a t the tim e lin e s are too sh o rt, w hen they U.N. only body to deal w ith Quebec separation It w ould seem the Canadian/French war should be settled by the U nited Nations. U nknow n to m any C anadians, the animosity causing a national rift has been going on and festering m ore for almost two centuries. The Liberals and the C onservatives have used these dif ferences to keep our great country divided and so preoccupied that we don't recognize w e are losing the best potential country in the w orld. It's called "D ivide and E xploit." W hen Jean C hretien and P ierre Trudeau changed the constitution of Canada, they created a perfect platform for the separatist elem ent in Q uebec. In the follow ing 25 years, Liberals and Conservatives took care o f them selves and their friends in the pork barrel... the outcom e o f this divisionism has peen a debt o f over $600-m illion for our chil dren and their children to pay back to the m oney lenders o f our im poverished economy. Since Trudeau and Chretien rein forced this rift in such a w ay that it will not go away, Q uebec need not leave Canada as millions o f these people love Canada and always will. It is logical to give the separatists a pro rata share o f Q uebec land. Let them go as they w ish and let them support them selves instead o f living off all true Canadians. C anada will survive m uch better w ithout this constant liability that is killing our country. Doug W ilson are the o n es to b lam e. T h ese tru ste es w h o try in g once ag ain to c rip p le o u r sch o o l b o ard , w ho are try in g o n ce ag ain fo r re a so n s th a t I c a n n o t fath o m to sto p the strateg ic p lan fro m b ein g ac ce p te d , if su c ce ssfu l w ill to ta lly d isa b le o u r sch o o l b o a rd 's ab ility to h an d le the fu tu re o f o u r reg io n . We w ill lo se our a b ility to c o lle c t P u p il A cc o m m o d a tio n G ra n ts, the m oney to b u ild new sc h o o ls. W e w ill n o t be ab le to g et an u n d e rw rite r to fin an c e th e fu tu re g ro w th o f th e H a lto n D istric t S ch o o l B o ard . T h ere w ill be no p lace fo r m o st o f th e fu tu re c h il d ren o f o u r reg io n to go to sch o o l, an d the c u rre n t sc h o o ls w ill c o n tin ue to slip in to fu rth e r d isrep a ir. We w ill be ab le to o ffe r less an d less p ro g ram s, an d the p are n ts w ill have to su b sid ize m o re an d m o re o f the b asic classro o m need s. T h e tru ste es h av e b een to ld tim e an d tim e ag ain th a t th e stra te g ic plan is n o t set in sto n e. T h a t w e h av e to e lim in a te su rp lu s sp a ce , b u t w e do n ot h av e to ad h e re to the rep o rts su g g e stio n s as lo n g as w e can co m e up w ith e q u ita b le su b stitu tio n s. I can o nly co n c lu d e th a t th ey d o not hav e the in te llig e n c e to c o m p re h en d this. I w atch ed w ith p rid e a fte r m any o f th e d e le g a tio n s p ro v id e d such so lu tio n s at th e M a rc h 8th School b o ard m e etin g , I w as pro u d to be in v o lv e d in o u r p rese n tatio n o f an a lte r n a tiv e p la n fo r o u r reg io n (N o rth E ast O a k v ille ) on M arch 1st. It is tim e fo r o u r tru ste es to listen to th e ir c o n s titu e n ts , th e y have p ro v ed to h av e a m u ch b e tte r ability to fin d so lu tio n s th a t w o rk fo r th eir c o m m u n itie s th a n a n y th in g the tru ste e s th e m se lv e s h av e m anaged to co m e up w ith . T h e p are n ts in our re g io n h av e sh o w n an a b ility to m ak e in te llig e n t d e c isio n s, an a b ili ty th a t e lu d e s the tru ste es o f this sc h o o l b o ard . I f th e se tru ste e s co n tin u e to m ake you th in k th ey are ac tin g in the best in te r e s ts o f th e c h ild re n o f th is reg io n , th in k ag ain . T h e ir actions n ea rly c o s t us o u r fu tu re , p lease do n o t allo w th em to co n tin u e to d am ag e o u r c h ild re n 's ab ility to obtain q u ality e d u c atio n . C all y o u r tru ste e an d tell them to a c c e p t th e C N W atson R ep o rt and th en g et to g e th e r w ith y o u r co m m u n ity to co m e up w ith so lu tio n s that m e et y o u r needs. We c a n n o t leav e th is in the hands o f o u r tru ste e s, th ey are n ot capable. M a rs h a D avies O A K V IL L E Road Closure By-law 2000-044 Closure o f Part o f North Service Road West TAKE NOTICE THAT: 1. 8 4 5 -6 6 0 1 The Council o f the Corporation o f the Town o f Oakville proposes to pass a by-law pursuant to Section 297 o f the M unicipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M .45, in order to stop up and close for all purposes part o f Old Mill Road legally described as: Firstly: North Service Road lying northeast o f Burloak Drive, being part o f Lots 32, 33 and 34, Concession 2, SDS, Town o f Oakville, Regional M unicipality o f Halton, as in Plan 1122, save and except Instrument N umber 654854, being all o f PIN 24926-0062; and Secondly: Part o f Lot 34, Concession 2, SDS, Town o f Oakville, Regional M unicipality o f Halton, designated as Part 1 on Plan 20R-3658, being all o f PIN 24926-0076. 2. Pursuant to Section 300 o f the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter M.45, before passing this by-law, Council or a Committee thereof will hear in person or by his counsel, solicitor or agent, any person who claims that his lands will be prejudicially affected by this by-law, provided that such person makes application in writing to the undersigned on or before March 30, 2000, at 4:30 p.m. This m atter will be heard at the Council meeting o f April 17, 2000, com mencing at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville. PAY NO GST OR PSTM -^sr , W it h th is c o u p o n . 1 c o u p o n p e r c u s to m e r. 3. Copies o f Plans 1122 and 20R-3658 are available for inspection at the office o f the Manager, Realty Services at the address shown below, by appointment by calling 845-6601, extension 3022 during normal business hours (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.). 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