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Astronaut shows she‘s down to earth Dr. Roberta Bondar Later, he said simply something good come out [}s important to not c Jeremy but to do somethi he said. In his remarks at the dedication ceremony, he noted that although Jeremy "grumbled" about the uniform, he was very happy at school. "In spite of his grumbling he was very happy here as was his "On the one is no longer w Nicolaf, during But he said or a famous astronaut, Dr. Roberta F Bondar is remarkably down to earth."Hi, how‘re ya doing?" she said, klodding briskly and smiling as she passed by in the crowded stairway in MacLachlan College stopping to shake hands and meet with different people. This astronaut â€" who counts among her many accomplishments not only her work as a neurologist and researcher, but as a scuba diver, parachutist, hot air balloonist, canoeist,cross country skier, hiker and many others â€" stood calmly and unpretentiously listâ€" ing the often amusing and sometimes frightenâ€" ing aspects of space travel. In front of an oversized Canadian flag, Bondar, Canada‘s first female astronaut, spoke to MacLachlan College students about her dreams as a young child to be an astronaut, her own flight into space last year and the imporâ€" tance of hard work, a vision and the need to do something they loved. And in the crowded evmnasinm the enoke 84 Lakest 389 Pear S( Life of teen killed in skiing mishap remembered through plaque & lab THE OA methir A Metroland Community Newspaper â€" Vol. 31 No. 47 Canadian astronaut Roberta Bondar and Gavin Burbidge, brother of Jeremy Burbidge, who died in a tragic skiing accident, holds plaque dedicating a memorial computer lab at McLachlan College Sunday. (Photo by Riziero Vertoili) the crowded gymnasium she spoke cally about Discovery and the need to do research into space travel. VC urlington 6 1 that it was importan of something terrible. nly have a memorial tc ig practical and useful,‘ Oakville T ant "Your Awardâ€"Winning Community Newspaper" She told them she flew at the speed of sound which now makes her somewhat frusâ€" trated to travel in the conventional ways. And she spoke briefly of the irony in being i oltpil in en o rppln .. .+. uce s ts in te n siv e i »» hard work in enjoy, training for â€"Dr. Roberta Bondar. th* wip into space â€" and sommnmmmmpmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmemmmmmmmemmem S\ ) , |()|| () // â€" ing the tragic crash of the Challenger, there was more time taken to making things safer. "It‘s never 100% safe, but they now try harder to make it safer," said Bondar. endangerec "This & length of : what you C stay with 1 believe his particular remer +) with inte the 13 ; o m me n ne U C his death last "I always say to _ ": people who say they i want to become an +« astronaut that it‘s _ important to do :2 something you _ !© enjoy," i4 â€"Dr. Roberta Bondar. ®: avin. . He _ s; the family W b )ther ons are AKVILL ame ns are now being consic government. He said he tions would be imnlemer 1al ind Wt emy was the h he said. ‘"We 11 C le made a difference Al h ber emt wher 1s importar counts. Jer standards. t JEREMY BURBIDGE SC it vank I the re WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1993 tha She t them tha a success a be happy it. vyears ha m High Tech COMFORT )wE FOR THE HIGH SEAS al n levels w e | Councillor Stephen Sparling |eyeing PC candidate race & ze [ . FIF ON A : EAST * 10 weallililli.... TaX@S 588 Kerr 8t., ODaktown Plaza 338â€"1609 / 216 LAKESHORE RD. TOWNE SQUARE By SAL BOMMARITO Oakville Beaver Staff open If he light of hope appears to be dimming for the 300 jobs at Oakville‘s MACK Canada Inc. truck assembly plant but at least one union official is holding onto the "slim" chance that the local plant will remain open. "There‘s a slim hope," said Mary Foley, chairperson of the Canadian Auto Workers unit which represents 32 remaining office workers at MACK in Oakville. Nine years ago, the union represented 120 office workers at the Oakville MACK plant. On April 15th, Foley received a fax from MACK‘s Canadian manâ€" agement, through the company‘s Allentown, P.A. headquarters, which outlined a tentative agreement between MACK and its UAW workers in the U.S. The agreement contains concession proposals for workers in return for keeping MACK‘s Macungie, P.A. assembly plant and its 700 jobs Legions of people turn out to vie for 21 firefighter positions American union expected to endorse plan to save their jobs, close local plant By ANGELA BLACKBURN Oakville Beaver Staff Iâ€"nvironmentally and 15th. are ava Friday vote in U.S. to seal MACK‘s fate Musical has environmental message Ready to dance their roles in Envir presentation about saving the ea Spudowski, Alexandra Sabine and H PC M ma v ted cardir lance their roles in Environmentally Yours, a musical on about saving the earth, are from left, Lauren i, Alexandra Sabine and Lauren Hanna. Tickets for entally Yours, at the Oakville Centre on May 14th ire available by calling Susan Woodcock at 827â€"4811. Milton Hal the InC rel ht by it will the fir 4T PC at( T late ‘ auditorium NN neanle adquarter prospe vIn nuons known Stin that the from over ann« arlin terer Y AC a gymn ion hea tr(C Dartm ity chief ~\ ‘WaqriF _ _ uT peof e h it (see TT I1 int after m politi tor closure for the Mack assembly plant e ‘MACK‘ page 4) Stephen Sparling will announce his sive Conservative nomination race for ess conference today. own"" concerning the PC nomination at id the Beaver Monday. e whether he‘ll join the field of candiâ€" at 12:45 p.m. in the Appleby Room at on Bronte Road in Oakville. officially stated their intentions to seek ifter Oakvilleâ€"Milton MP Otto Jelinek )litics following the next federal elecâ€" it | t and another 133 applicants on Sunday morning. Guest said the applicants were given two hours to write the test. "But we had to check everyâ€" one‘s identification and certifiâ€" cates before the test. We had a long weekend, " he said. Out of the 433 who wrote the test â€" which included questions on math, science, reading compreâ€" "They took up to whole basâ€" ketball court," said Guest, who helped test 300 applicants over Saturday morning and afternoon., See ‘Jobs‘ page 4 BREAKFAST SPECIAL An?' time ofthe day _ _ # Fresh ege croissant with Cf]:our choice of ‘ bacon, sausage, ham or chease. W a "medium size coffee" s j 99 DUNKIN® 51 98 *<" DONUTS taxes reation 68 Pages ntre at FIRST DAY FREE ON A 3â€"DAY WEEKEND =â€"Buoget == EAST * 1012 South Service Rd. 842â€"7644 WEST * 636Fourth Line 842â€"1610 on preserving the environment. The production, Environmentally Yours, will be staged under the direction of Susan Woodeock on May 14th and 15th at the Oakville Centre. ‘"We‘ve been in rehearsal since September," commented Woodcock of Oakville. "This idea has been in the works for a couple of years. More than 150 dancers of all ages with Dance Oakville and the North York Dance Academy will be participating in a musical narrative focusing on preserving the environment. The production, By WILMA BLOKHUIS Oakville Beaver Staff Production goes next month at the Oakville Centre SPORTS CLASSIF DELY:.s.«40cttiiriesitsonee BUSINESS FOCUS...... Fore! Courses in fine shape for new golf season Today‘s Paper INSIDE Special Earth Day section gurrâ€"ANEL 2UR No Iwo years ago we did This SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS Shoppers DrugMart, Woolco, Pharma Plus, The Bay, White Rose, Weall & Cullen WE KNOW HOW TO TREAT YOU TW VBN & LASmM 75 Cents (GST included) See ‘Musical‘ page 13) Pg. 19â€"22 Page 23 atest outhf Suite 201. Oakville Jor information 541 Argus Road Call 842â€"VEIN A (8346) ed lexaon l vieee l B 15â€"18 17â€"19