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Cuts mean buses won‘t run during Christmas week By HOWARD MOZEL Oakville Beaver Staff hile a 10â€"day suspension of s’s, Oakville Transit service during the Christmas holidays has everyâ€" one involved concerned, the Town mainâ€" tains the provincial Social Contract simply forced its hand. Assault charges for 12 yearâ€"old The move is part of the Town‘s bid to meet its obligations under the Social Contract imposed on municipalities this summer by making Town staff whose regular earnings in 1993 exceed $30,000 take 21 hours off without pay this year. Because of the number of Oakville Transit employees and their unique shift schedule, Deputy Town Manager Peter Wagland explained that more than a threeâ€"day shutdown is necessary to achieve this. Social Contract forced 10 day ‘holiday"‘ He went on to say that unpaid leaves of absence on an rotational basis" throughout the autumn would still fall (See ‘Bus‘ page 9) he A Metroland Community Newspaper By DIANE HART Special to the Beaver Mural helps make emergency hospital visits less traumatic The transformation of a hospital emergency examining room into a vibrant, colorful rain forest has been a welcome disâ€" traction to many young athletes. The fluffy white clouds on a large expanse of soothing blue sky provides the backdrop to frollicking monkeys, a mischievous hanging frog, a colorful toucan and a friendly tiger. All act as a decorative mural painted by local interior designers Lyn Estall and Jean MacKenzie of Estall and MacKenzie Limited. "It‘s just great," said Dr. Karen McPherson, a local dentist who brought her son Jefferey Mitchell into Oakvilleâ€"Trafalgar Memorial Hospital‘s emergency ward last November. At the time, just 18 months old, the nervous young patient had little to distract him in his pain other than the everâ€"present bustle Karen McPherson and son Jefferey, 2, look at jungle mural at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital. See ‘Mural‘ page 4 M Photo by Riziero Vertolli Vol. 31 No.113 AKVILLE BE i an "individual all short of the \w aF A et Communiey /\ ewspaper | Bath ‘tubbers‘ ready to race for United Way Halton Region looking for more cuts but chairman doesn‘t want to raise taxes By SAL BOMMARITO Special to the Beaver fundin Its romeroy. The region wants coâ€"operation from nine boards and agencies to reduce about $68.000 from reduce about $68,000 from Halton‘s base budget. The boards and agencies affectâ€" ed are the tourism organization Festival Country, the Halton Region Safety Council, Royal Botanical Gardens, Credit Valley Conservation Authority, Grand River Conservation Authority, Halton Region Conservation Authority, Halton Helping Hands, Halton Recovery House and the re By KATHY YANCHUS Oakville Beaver Staff It will be quite the busy week for bathtub racers in Oakville and for the family, friends and classmates who will be cheering them on. First on the agenda is a Pep Rally, generously hosted by Chaps Dorval today between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m., where participants in Sunday‘s 30th anniversary United Way of Oakville Bathtub Race can meet and discuss strategy. Then tomorrow, it‘s rise and shine for anyone interested in getâ€" ting their mugs and tubs on TV because CITY TV‘s Breakfast Television will be downtown Oakville in front of Towne Square between 6:45 a.m. and 9 a.m. Racetime is 1:30 p.m. Sunday â€" with tubs racing along Lakeshore Road between Trafalgar Road and Navy Street â€" and is preceeded by a Tub Parade at 1 p.m. A Splish Splash Apres Bath BBQ for particiâ€" pants and guests will follow at about 4 p.m. at Appleby College. pants and guests will follrow at Two stuffed teddy bears and a carved wooden goose were stolen about 4 p.m. at Appleby College. from The Added Touch Annex, Saturday. : (The Apres Bath party also includes Sometime during the night, two display windows at the Trafalgar a Best Dressed Tub contest which Road shop were smashed in what Halton Regional Police call a gets underway at around 5 p.m.) "smashâ€"andâ€"grab." The Bathtub Race is the highâ€" The articles were worth approximately $350 while the display winâ€" y ho afneathoallettadh Halton Region needs help from boards and agencies to achieve tâ€"reduction targets imposed by Tt ) IC The 13th annual Terry Fox Run in Oakville was an overwhelming success, thanks to people like Kelsey Hunt, 6, who did her bit to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society in Sunday‘s event in Glen Abbey. This year there were 572 partici pants, a 24% increase over last year and $29,440 was raised, a 22% increase over monies raised from 1992‘s run. gene 1 € nunicipalities, regional nal chairman Peter it v most hard hit by the w reductions is the HRCA, which stands to lose $43,500. The region‘s budget review committee â€" which has held ongoâ€" ing meetings to deal with budget reductions resulting from the province‘s Social Contract and Expenditure Control Plan â€" had also considered cutting $41,000 from the Children‘s Aid Society. The proposal to cut more from the CAS had to be abandoned because of provincial legislation that requires the region to match a launch. There are more than 500 participants and the event itself is expected to attract more than 5,000 spectators. "It‘s pretty exciting," said Bathtub Race chairman Wendy Perkins as she listed the various events leading up to, following and during the big event. Adding an extra flair to the big day is the serâ€" vices of Molson Indy radio announcer Jim Paulson who will give the playâ€"byâ€"play of the race on the United Way‘s own FM station forâ€"theâ€"day, 99.1 FM. ‘ 277 Lakeshore Road East. Suite 105 Downtown Oakville 338â€"3030 The Bathtub Race has enjoyed a popular history in Oakville, having been launched as a fundâ€"raiser way back in 1964. The first winners were the members of a team from Oakville Trafalgar High School and in total, OT has been victorious four times, outdone only by G.E. Perdue High School which won the title five times and grand champions, Teddy bears stolen in smash and grab PETER POMEROY smashâ€"andâ€"grab." The articles were worth apr ows cost about $1,000. P . FKILIMITED <‘ t A 0 3 9$.93% . yss E 0 (416) 359â€"4633 100% Government (â€"uu!::?‘ 'I:n‘-._:t.bd MB O en in ue in nae en esntc esns "I don‘t propose to go to the taxpayer with a tax merease next year." RBC . cCns FOR YOUR _ DOMINION OM E{JNII]I)‘:ENTARY» & SECURITIES TO ESTATE PLANNING The region‘s move to cut supâ€" port for other groups has created a backlash, especially from the HRCA, which is already struggling to offset cutbacks imposed by the Ministry of Natural Resources. (See page 11) percentage of funding the province makes to the agency. While Pomeroy sympathizes with the plight of those affected by the cutbacks, he said there are ecoâ€" nomic realities which have forced Halton to take action. "But I have to tell every other regional department the same thing. They‘ve all reduced their budgets by a similar fashion," he says. Pomeroy says raising property taxes is.not being considered as an alternative to the spending cuts. T.A. Blakelock High School, which has claimed the title a whopping 10 times. In 1991, corporations were teamed up with high schools for a total of 10 teams and the following is how the two groups have been paired for this year‘s race: Labour Council and Bronte College (entrants for the first time); Ford Motor Company/White Oaks Secondary School; Beam of Canada/OTHS; Sheridan "I don‘t propose to go to the taxpayer with a tax increase next vear," he says. College/St. Thomas Aquinas; Oakville Hydro/TAB; O‘Connor MacLeod/Appleby _ College; SmithKline Beecham/MacLachlan College; Searle Canada Inc./St. Mildred‘s Lightbourn; Menasco Aerospace/Loyola High School; Petro Canada/Queen Elizabeth Park School. Ford of Canada is the official sponsor of the day and all proceeds go to the United Way. 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