Oakville Newspapers

Oakville Beaver, 19 Nov 1993, p. 1

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ce 1t C BWR : c C en o 0 o) s N0 C C270 i res o ts " 9e T 5 . e e n dn o 5n Pn P e en e t o 22A 6 1 3 5Md¢é:@5zfl‘€a«mfl/}flwy¢w CCNA Better Newspapers Competition 1993 I-@â€"‘ MacPhee ; THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Workshop ss% AUTHORIZED DEALER â€"KIDS KRAFT KLASS Nov. 26th (P.A.Day) A Metroland Community Newspaper Inquest results please dead man‘s parents Drowning victim‘s mother says findings may help stop another Bronte pool death INSIDE Today‘s Paper . > News _____ Santa Claus Parade Fortyâ€"fifth annual parade on . | Saturday The Oakville Book Author j examines town‘s past and present Page 12 OP]NION ................................ FRIDAY FILE 12 24â€"26 BUSENESS:: 27â€"29 CLASSIFIED....................... 31â€"33 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS Consumers Distributing, Ashbrooks Canadian Publications Mail Product Agreement #435â€"201 Vol. 31 No. 138 By GORD KOLLE Special to the Beaver The parents of an Oakville man who died after drowning at Bronte Creek Provincial Park say they are pleased with the recâ€" ommendations a coroner‘s inquest has made in order to preâ€" vent future accidents at the park‘s pool. "All things considered, it‘s satisâ€" factory. The process hasn‘t answered all my questions, but at least it has done something to help someone else who may have a simâ€" ilar problem," said Beverley Haas, whose 20â€"yearâ€"old son David, an epileptic, was found lying underâ€" water in the Bronte Creek park pool, July 7th. Dick Haas, the young man‘s father, agreed, "I think David would feel very good about this. I can see him smiling and saying it wasn‘t all in vain." Chief among the recommendaâ€" tions were: * That a notice be posted asking any person with a serious medical condition to please inform the supervisor at the pool office. * That the notice be placed in a more prominent location and be increased in size in order to attract the attention of patrons. * Duplicate signs should be proâ€" vided inside the pool location. * That regular safety checks (clearing the pool) include a public (See ‘Inquest‘ page 7) By HOWARD MOZEL Oakville Beaver Staff In its loftiest terms, the purchase of Mack Truck‘s old North Service Road plant by Polywheels Manufacturing Ltd. can be seen as a blow against the recession. At its most pragâ€" matic, the move is necessary simply because the company‘s new machinery won‘t fit into its Third Line location. The equipment which helped prompt this expansion is the result of Polywheels‘ contract . FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1993 Ford Ranger as well as the automaker‘s new minivan, the Windstar. To celebrate, the comâ€" pany invited its employees, suppliers, local politicians and others to the cavernous Mack plant Thursday to officially make the announcement. Standing in the bed of a new Ranger pickâ€" up, Polywheels president Frank Milligan said he was "tugged very hard" with strong incenâ€" tives by Tennessee but decided to stay in town Now you can brew Tim Hortons coffee the same ' way we do. With new Tim Hortoons COFFEE PACKETS coffee packets and brewer. af Sm Hotons.. .. 36 Pages Tim Hotlons AND BREWER â€" xc cif. s 1:00 p.m.â€"4 p.m. 75 Cents (GST included) _awards for excellence By BARB JjOY Oakville Beaver Staff he library might be locatâ€" Ted next to a swimming â€" pool but it‘s swimming in its own awards these days. In October, the Oakville Public Library found out it had won the Angus Mowat Award of Excellence for its Oakville Images system. The library describes it as "a full image elecâ€" tronic data base through which library patrons can search and retrieve nonâ€"book documents via the lxbrary pubhc access cataâ€" logue." Although there are a few items in the system now for _ demonstration purposes, it won‘t. be fully up and running until _ January, _ said _ Flore deDominicis, head of informa tion services and one of a library team of seven who set up the _ system. . _ Patrons will find lnstou 1 data on Oakville in the new _ Oakville Room where the computer, "big screen", laser scanner and printer are waiting _ for them. From then on, it‘s the _ same as searching for a book on _ the Dynix in the main part of the. _ library, except that the requested _ material comes up on the screen. It can be rotated, flipped, magm fied and printed.. It‘s a far cry from "the e}d _ days" of trying to find old _ Oakville maps, byâ€"laws, old ‘ photos and any other historical data in filing cabinets. Even | _ microfilm, with its fuzzy images _ and noisy opetanon, presemed m Local firm gives Mack plant new life couldn‘t take its employees with it and second, Oakville is just too good to leave behind. "This is the best spot in the whole world to live," said Milligan, who said they had also looked for a new home from Stoney Creek to Mississauga. "This building had their name on it," said mayor Ann Mulvale. "It‘s a success story of Ford opening opportunities for Polywheels." (See ‘Plant‘ page 5)

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