il Reign of 1993 Dairy Princess 3 marks end of an era in Halton k The culprits pried open a wood panel that had been used to close off the main entrance of the "Oakridge Bible Chapel, said Halton Regional 7 Vandals left a swastika in their wake after break- ing into a church under construction on Eighth Line ‘somctime Friday night. . Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital is hosting its fourth - Annual Wellness Fair - on Wednesday, June 23rd. The Fair, open to the community and all those at the hospital, will take place between 11 a.m. and 2 pan. in Lecture Room "B", located in the former high school building adjacent to the Hospital. Hospital hosting annual Wellness Fair today "The focus of the '93 Fair is Disease Prevention," said Richard Clark, OTMH vice-president and chairman of the hospital's Vandals leave swastika sign in new church Acting on a search warrant, members of the Halton Regional Police Drug and Morality Bureau seized about $l2.000 worth of full- grown marijua- na plants and 330 smaller plants -- estimated to eventually fetch over $500,000 in street value upon By ANGELA BLACKBURN Oakville Beaver Staff A raid on an Oakville apartment Friday netted Halton police 300 marijuana plants worth $500,000 when harvested. 184 Lakeshore Rd. 2f)A)alrville 845-5582 389 Pearl St., Burlinitton 639-1372 By KATY CLARK Special to the Beaver w princesses spend their summer holidays Fnucking out a bam and washing the tails of 20 milking cows. But for Halton Dairy Princess Connie Bennett, the chores are nothing out of the ordinary. The 19-year-old interior design student is a member of the 4H Senior Dairy Calf Club and has always helped out at her family's Georgetown dairy farm. Since she was crowned last October, Bennett has spent her spare time visiting local schools. fairs and shops teaching people about milk. milk products and the Canadian Food Guide. She was at Alternatives Food Market on Saturday, serving Hawaiian Punch - a refreshing concoction of milk, ice cream, pineapple juice and orange juice A Metroland Community Newspaper Connie Bennett at work: the end of an Ontario tradition Police raid marijuana growing operation s and shops teaching people about milk, milk But in keeping with the 'socially-correct' times. incts and the Canadian Food Guide. She was the Milk Marketing Board has modernized its thematives Food Market on Saturday, serving dairy princess program, This spring it announced eaiian Punch - a refreshing concoction of that a blazer and nametag will replace the tradi- c, ice cream, pineapple juice and orange juice (See 'Printxrss' page 2) m LIE Internal Wellness Committee. "Top cover the physical, social, and mental of disease prevention." As in the past, the Fair will feature dis- plays from. hospital departments and external companies. Some of the exhibitors include the Tai Chi Association, Ventures in Harmony, Quorum International, Heart & Stroke Foundation, Oakville Parent-Child Centre, Bicycle utt/ttMartarsraey Mee "CCNA Better Newspapers Competition 1993 - to thirsty shoppers. When Bennett became Hallon's milk ambas- sadoriastfallshehadnoideathatshewouldgo down in the region's history. Several months later, Bennett learned she would be Hallon's last dairy princess. Fbrthepast37years,therttilkproducers from each of the 50 counties in Ontario have chosen a dairy princess to promote their products. At annu- al fall competitions potential princesses made a speech on the dairy industry and answered a bar- rage of milk-related questions in a private inter- view. The girl with the best public relations skills was crowned. Vol. 31 No. 75 Police. Once inside, the vandals threw wet plaster onto the floors, walls and windows and drew a swastika on a wooden panel. A caulking gun worth approximately $100 was stolen in the incident, said police. ond floor of a townhouse worth of marijuana plants. tivituriiy'"--- at a Lynnwood Drive apartment. The bust came just two days after a similar police raid in Burlington found a man using the sec- two bu Det. Alex Fishbein, head of rap would have been worth $500,000 on szrget iti Us FOR TTIE‘ DEWhlLE SALE I mrelatc June 24, M, M, 2'1 the bureau row about WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1993 man Free parking for visitors will be available at the high school. Helmet Coalition, and the Public Health Department. Hospital departments participating in the Fair include: Lifeline, Respiratory Therapy - Better Breathing display, Food Services s.. "Body Smart Cuisine", Diagnostic Imaging, and Pharmacy - Drug Interactions and the Sun. 10,000 week investigation. Fishbein said both apartment bedrooms had been aid the converted into a hydroponic lab to grow marijuana. "One room contained five, five-foot marijuana n a move to help manoeuvre them out from between a rock and hard place, the mayors of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) passed a reso- lution Friday requesting the province allow more flexibility in meet- ing reductions under the Social Contract. The plan calls for premier Bob Rae to allow wage reductions for all municipal employees - including elected officials - as a way of meeting the $165 million in 'cutbacks the NDP is asking municipalities to con- tribute to an overall goal of $2 billion in cuts by the public sector. Under legislation tabled June 14th wage rollbacks are not permitted. The cuts are part of the NDP's plan to bring Ontario's deficit under $10 billion in 1993. This plan also includes $4 billion in cuts to govern- ment programs and tax hikes totalling $1.6 billion. Municipalities have until Aug. lst to enter into settlements with their staff or else fail-safe provisions in the June 14th bill can take effect. At the top of the list is a call for unpaid leaves of absence of up to 12 days per year. The GTA mayors. however. want more leeway, namely the ability to roll back wages by 5%. "The legislation. even at this advanced stage, is flawed," said mayor Ann Mulvale. who helped craft Friday's proposal. "I think it's a reason- able and well thought-out resolution that deserves serious consideration by the premier." At 11:40 a.m. Friday, drug squad officers searched a two bedroom apartment in a high rise building on Lynnwood Drive, Oakville after a two- By HOWARD MOZEI Oakville Beaver Staff Mayors want better social contract deal The Oakville Fire Department has completed the selection pro- cess for the new firefighters. Included in the offers of employ- ment was a condition that they not resign from their current jobs until June 18th. Three days before then the Town received a prelimi- nary notice that unconditional Oakville Bea ver Staff " n led While the new Glen Abbey Fire Station is scheduled for com- pletion in August it may go unoc- cupied until later this year after the Town wrestles with its Social Contact obligations. On Monday night, Council voted to extend its conditional offer of hiring 21 new firefighters from July 5th to Aug. lst in order to allow more time to determine the effect on the town of 31.2 mil- lion in provincial funding cuts. Hart B, Hou IRD MOr.El Glen Abbeyfire hall could open without firefighters Rae's flirtation with legislation that would interfere with collective bar- aining has outraged some of the party's traditional union backers. These clude party president and Ontario Federation of Labor secretary-treasur- r Julie Davis who has referred to this legislation "unthinkable." The resolution passed by the GTA mayors maintains the solution of 12 nys unpaid leave across the board could prove dangerous for some Iunicipalities. Some of them. agreed the mayors. are not equipped to give min] service workers (such as firefighters) the time off and still func- (800 'Town' page 5) ttt if :ording to Henderson M n easure is unlikely since master Drive station is set Aug. 20th theme creat- 1tract tt tunn niunction with the rson, options open to ude deferring hiring te, hiring fewer fue- rring none at all. The ctent serY also the ovemment Road brid Men ents mana tt councu the tlexmility to decide the best way to accommodate these changes - as well as to pro- tect the firefighters - the 21 candi- dates were notified last week to hold off quitting their jobs. grants would be cut by an addi- tional $1.2 million as its share of the Social Contract. The new recruits would cost the town approximately $487,000 this year. approximately 3451.000 ttus year. Henderson explained that this shortfall will have to be made up through salary and wage savings in the 1993 budget. To allow The above piece of coloring is the award-winning work of John.. Nicholas Pagliacci who won in the 6-8 category in The Canadian Red Cross Society water safety coloring contest. Other winners included Michael Henry in the 5 years and under category and Elizabeth Gore in the 9-11 years of age cat- egory. There were also four runners-up in each category. Winners will have their work displayed at the Oakville Waterfront Festival sidewalk sale at Lakeshore and George Streets on Sat. June 26th. Winners received a family swimming pass to town pools with runners-up receiving McDonald's gift certificates. mmer The nine the new o._,LT,,,9"i2ic- ' Fuuwgmp IT'S comma to)?“ OMWILLE soon" -_r_.. ham. Fill 1993 budget. To allow il the flexibility to decide 68 Pages re plants which took up the m room. The other room co plants," said Fishbein. 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