P\/Ieet Jake from the Lake at Mattamy Children‘s Village * In the spirit of fun and family, Mattamy Homes and the Oakville "amily YMCA have joined forces or a wonderful, wonderful weekâ€" nd. How you ask? â€" Conjure up the image of children aughing and playing, and the ville Waterfront Festival comes mind. The Oakville Family YMCA is, ince again, thrilled to be hosting he Children‘s Village at the second innual Waterfront Festival. And his year, they have a partner. The Children‘s Village will offer mething for everyone. Not to rention plain simple fun. Come nd have your face painted. How bout cookie decorating and farachute games? Oakville‘s Colin Ellis will literally be flying high in the Yamaha water ski shows in Bronte, Saturday, 11:45 a.m. and 3 p.m., and Sunday, 12 noon and 2:30 p.m. He is one of Canada‘s top skiboarders and a member of the Canadian National Water Ski Team. Guess who‘s building the chilâ€" ren‘s playground? Mattamy fomes! And guess who‘s agreed to raffle e two large pieces of the playâ€" ound for two lucky families to in‘ Mattamy Homes! Do you like to hear stories and in in a singâ€"aâ€"long? And we know you‘ll love our really neat creâ€" F\:e centre. Stop in and make your Abduction â€" a ten letter word that strikes fear into the hearts of parents. ‘hether runaways or the victims of stranger or parental abduction, there e approximately 1,200 listings of missing children with the RCMP‘s lissing Children‘s Registry. In an effort to educate Oakville and Halton Region, parents on the danâ€" rs of abduction, Child Find Ontario will hold a Kidcheck fingerprinting ogram at the Oakville Waterfront Festival on Saturday, June 26th, ‘tween 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. â€" Child Find volunteers will fingerprint children accompanied by the parâ€" its or legal guardian, as well as, distribute tips about how parents can proâ€" Ct their children against the dangers of the street. The Kidcheck program available â€" free of charge â€" to concerned parents and legal guardians. Child Find Ontario., a member of Child Find Canada, is a nonâ€"profit gistered charitable volunteerâ€"based organization whose mandate is to ist in the search and recovery process for missing children, as well as, to ;Ucate on the dangers of abduction in an effort to minimize that risk. All our services are available free of charge. Established in 1984, Child Find Ontario receives no government fundâ€" , relying totally on donations from the private and corporate sectors. Child Fmdm in Oakville. A Win THIs Forp Picxâ€"Ur hild Find Kidcheck at festival Ford of Canada, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary, donated a Ford FXâ€"150 XLT pickâ€"up truck as the major prize in this year‘s Oakville Waterfront Festival. Shown with the vehicle are Peter Tulloch of Royal LePage, standing; Larry Miotto, viceâ€"chair of the Oakville Waterfront Festival, and Carole Thompson of Oakville Trafaigar Memorial Hospital. Buttons will be sold at the festival, coâ€"ordinated by Royal LePage, with 20% of the proceeds going to OTMH. The remaining 80% will help defray festival costs. Tickets are $5 each or three for $10. The draw will be made Sunday , 5 p.m., at Coronation Park. Photo by Pater McCusker) 4N Come and have your picture taken with mascot, Jake from the Lake. If you keep your eyes open, you‘ll be sure to bump into him. Just look for the creature with spots â€" really big spots. And don‘t be afraid to stop him. He likes to have his picture taken. The Children‘s Village will be open: Saturday, June 26th, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, June 27th, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. very own pomâ€"pom pal Jake from the Lake In addition Yamaha Motor Canada will be sponsorâ€" ing Yamaha Club Wave. "Club Wave" is an exciting event designed to let the general public see, touch and ride Yamaha‘s versatile and exciting line of personal watercraft in a controlled environment. Yamaha repreâ€" sentatives will be on hand to provide instruction and safety tips for interested parties. Once instructions are given and a waiver filled out, you‘re on the water! Bring along your swim shorts, old running shoes and you will be ready to experience a sport that‘s taking Canada by storm. Yamaha will be joined by several coâ€"sponsors GM/Alex Irvine Motors, Mastercraft Boats, Cantel Grill Pro, Ray Ban, O‘Brien Skis, and Columbi; Sportswear. This year‘s team will be made up of experts in the field of water skiing. The team will include; Oakville‘s Colin Ellis, member of the Canadian National Water Ski Team and one of the nation‘s top skiboarders; David Brandstetter, Canada‘s top Freestyle Jumper; Derrick Punchard, Yamaha Superjet Champion; Jennifer Boehm, Women‘s Barefoot competitor, plus Mike Delilse and Tom Chenoweth, two of Canada‘s young premier show skiers. These members combined with the rest of the cast will present a show unsurpassed in Canada. For 1993, Summer Sports Group Inc. has organized an extensive Beach Party promotional tour that will travel to over 10 major summer festivals. Yamaha Marine Canada will be the title sponsor for 1993 as well as the official outboard and water vehicle supplier. Several new and exciting initiatives have been added to enhance the Yamaha Marine Water Ski Show. New skiers, new equipment and a hot new format will make sure this summer‘s ski shows are the best ever. Fast paced barefooting, thrilling skiboarding, cutting edge kite flying, hilarious clown acts and precision freestyle jumping will thrill festival patrons. Yamaha returns with thrilling water show "There is a real demand for increased access to banking services at large scale events such as the Waterfront Festival, which draws people from throughâ€" out the Golden Horseshoe area," says Jenny Gould, Royal Bank‘s area manager for Oakville/Milton. "By allowing visitors to have ready access to their bank accounts, we hope that many will support our local businesses while enjoying the festivities." & The Cash Counter allows clients from most banks and trust companies to access their accounts to obtain cash while at the Festival, using their plastic banking cards. The Royal Bank will operate a Cash Counter banking machine at Coronation Park during the Oakville Waterfront Festival,June 25th to June 27th. Royal Bank machine at Coronation ontrolled environment. Yamaha repreâ€" Transit, which is encouraging festival goers to ‘hop on e on hand to provide instruction and _ the bus.‘ terested parties. Once instructions are And, every 100th passenger wins a Blue Kazoo! ver filled out, you‘re on the water! Oakville Transit, similar to last year, is again offerâ€" r swim shorts, old running shoes and ing its Waterfront Festival Shuttle Bus Service, making y to experience a sport that‘s taking life a whole lot easier for those attending festival events ‘ downtown, at Coronation Park and in Bronte. be joined by several coâ€"sponsors, The buses will be identified with signs reading Motors, Mastercraft Boats, Cantel, ‘Festival Bus.‘ Ban, O‘Brien Skis, and Columbia Buses will be running every 15 minutes along Trafalgar, Lakeshore and Bronte roads, with the main pickâ€"up points being Sheridan College, Oakville GO Station, Robinson Street (detour necessary as Lakeshore will be closed) at Oakville Towne Square, Navy and Lakeshore, Coronation Park, Bronte, and the Oakville West GO Station on Wyecroft Road. Drivers will also stop on request. Noticed the Oakville Waterfront Festival logo on bags of Fieldfresh milk lately? Proud of this arrangement with Fieldfresh Farms in Oakville are, from left, OWF executive director Lisa Dodd, Fieldfresh general manager Peter Warmels, and OWF viceâ€"chair Larry Miotto. The bags were sold in grocery stores from Fort Erie to Peterborough. BELOW: Culotta Wines‘ Oakville Waterfront Festival Wine made it into Oakville‘s four LCBOs this year. Shown from left, are Andres Paara of Chaps Restaurants (where it is a house wine), George Aldridge, sales manager of Culotta Wines, and LCBO wine consultant Rose Beuk. _ (Photos by Peter McCusker) ThHat Logo‘s Everywnere! People are urged to leave the car at home, or park at Sheridan College, the GO stations and in municipal parking lots, as there will be NO PARKING along Lakeshore Road at Coronation Park. 5 j o hi \' . fl P ‘ ;" | | // “ thia t JA x 4} E6E /A o % 3Jp i ‘Bus With Us and Win a Blue Kazoo! Bus A glance at last year‘s successful first annual Waterfront Festival Festival goers are urged to take the Oakville Transit Waterfront Shuttle Bus Service to the festival Laive Entertainment: 52 hours, plus an equal r Free Oakville Transit Festival Shuttle Buses With Us and Win a Blue Kazoo,‘ says Oakville which is encouraging festival goers to ‘hop on funcral Bome A PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY Pakbietw It takes a special kind of professionalism to serve a community well, And it takes a special effort to do a good job so that people are willing to refer others to you. That‘s why our services are not limited just to the funeral itself For example, we are available for preâ€" arrangement services so you can plan the details of a funeral in advance and eliminate some of the stress following the death of a loved one. And we‘re available afterwards, too, to assist you in any way we can in coping with your grief As we continue to serve the community of Oakyville, we would like to take this opportunity to renew our commitment to providing comfort, understanding and professiona]p service ?or many years to come. 16 r of demonstration hours by community groups 100 riders over three days. Waterfront Festival Oakville Transit will have eight regular buses runâ€" ning along the Waterfront Festival Shuttle Bus Service route, plus 10 standbys on Friday, 12 standbys Saturday, and eight standby buses on Sunday. Service beings Friday at 6 p.m. and continues to approximately 1 a.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to about 1 a.m., and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oakville Transit is also making its Careâ€"Aâ€"Van however reservations are necessary at 815â€"2020. Community Bus Services, for which no reservations are necessary, will leave both GO stations every hour on the hour Similar to last year‘s parking control, police will issue parking tickets. Lakeshore Road between Allan and Navy will be closed to traffic from 69 p.m. Friday to 6 p.m. Sunday for the annual Sidewalk Sale, which coâ€"incides with the festival this year. Those riding the buses will get a ‘Jake from the Lake‘ handstamp. Last year, more than 36,000 people rode the buses during last year‘s highly successful first annual Oakville Waterfront Festival. Wedr 56 Lakeshore Rd. W. Oakville, Ontario L6K 1C (416) 842â€"2252 JY WFQ