Oakville Newspapers

Oakville Beaver, 1 Dec 1993, p. 1

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WE Building homes near radio transmission towers not a good idea By HOWARD MOZEI Oakville Beaver Staff Singing toasters may haw made for a few laughs at Tom Council Monday night but afte all was said and done the presi dent of Oakville's only radio Sta tion was definitely not amused. Michael Caine, head of CHWO and Mississauga sister station CJMR, said he felt frus- trated that his proposal to create a "special policy area" around his transmitters in order to side-step future radio-related complications -%.-MI.i'. A Metroland Community Newspaper Appleby 's first girls' residence dedicated to the Baillie family By SHELLY SANDERS GREER Special to the Beaver en the decision to become a co-educational school was iN made at Appleby College in 1988, the idea of a girls' msi- . dence was fist conceived. Now, five years later, that idea has become a reality in the form of Baillie House. "Baillie House was ready on time and it was under budget," says Aubrey Baillie, Chairman of the Board at Appleby and a member of the illustrious Baillie family that has been involved with Appleby College for 175 student-years. "In 1989 we were budgeting for the resi- dence costing $3.6-million but in came in at about $2-million. At the official opening ceremony Saturday when a plaque commem- orating the Baillie family was unveiled, Aubrey Baillie spoke about his family ties with the college. "In 1917 Sir Frank and Lady Baillie moved to Oakville and enrolled their son Aubrey in Appleby. In 1927, a fundraising campaign was launched by the family for the first covered arena and in 1928, Lady Baillie formed the Appleby Women's Association to add furnishings for the college. She would be proud of today's Parents' Association...Lady Baillie also regularly delivered apples and eggs from her farm next door and gave many scholarships. She helped establish a family tradition at Appleby and set a great example. Since 1918, 28 members of the family have attended the collge," said Baillie. Alexander Cannata, 5, places special decoration on St, Johns' School 'Angel The. The gender and age of a child is written on each angel and the children are taking an angel and purchasing an appropriate gift to be distributed to local charities. (Phone by Rum: Vana- may have hs at Town ht but after See 'Resideo was voted downf’Whit's ikirrre.- Caine said he came away from the meeting with the distinct impression that his health. safety and business concerns were per- According to Halton Regional Police. the inci- dent took place Friday at around 11:30 pan. at the Inner City club on Speers Road when a man alleg- A 22-year-old Oakville man has been arrested after a man tried to pass himself off as a police omcer. Man charged with impersonating a police officer Vol 41444 No. 143 ot?gr#rttfttgt , . Egi,'s), Meti'tr'1ltLidits ' / ”w,“ ' Rockport ceived" is somehow atui-deveiop mom. “l wasverymuchmatietofeel as though CHWO is a thorn in the side of development. a stumbling Residents of the new Baillie House residence for girls at Appleby College serenade Aubrey Baillie who officially opened the new structure on Saturday. The songsters are (l to r) Gillian Hnatiw, Alicia Viergever, Nikki Ide, Natalie Childs, Tara Duddeck and Ly ndsav Poynter. (Photo by Biz/om Venalli) a w Humid-moan. 20% Off ESDAY. DECEMBER Arrest in double shooting was d real nightmare for Louis Levy Wrongly arrested, man wants written apology from police Oakville Beaver Staff n Oakville man wrongly arrested in a double shooting in A Hamilton last week is still waiting to receive the written apologies promised him by both police forces involved. Louis Seymor Levy. M, was .- taken into custody Nov. 23rd at 'The whole his home by Halton Regional . N 'Rq thing was Police after they were alerted ELr, _ . by the Hamilton-Wentworth . " Bit, gt, like abmdy force. Earlier that evening at li"ii'ir1:iicfi ',Ir nlghtmare".t around 6 p.m. a man was shot V i:llltsr2 havent com- to death and another wounded ‘ tv " , ' pletely meow m a pair of Hamilton shooting g " incidents. I " .. , . ' 'TR' from the The man police were Lou“ an experience.” actually looking for was named Philip Louis Levy. 62, who was finally arrested at his Hamilton home the following day. Oakville's Louis Levy works in Hamilton but at the time of the shootings he was in his car on his way to bowl- mg. By HOWARD MOZEL "The whole thing was like a bloody nightmare," he said. The bad dream began to unfold for Levy when Halton police arrived at his Lakeshore Road condominium and told his wife to leave. Her husband had just shot two people. they said, and might be in an unpredictable mood. Levy pulled up around 11 pm. completely unaware and was immediately collared. Levy says the officers ("There was a ridiculous number of them") were abrupt and aggressive and never allowed him to state his case of innocence. Instead. he was taken to the White Oaks Boulevard station and locked in a small room. Here he pleaded for reason. but was ignored. Levy believes police already suspected he wasn't their man, but did not allow him any latitude whatsoever. "I don't see that they did their job prudently at all." said Levy. who was prevented from providing a gas receipt which would have proven he was nowhere near the crime scenes. "I thought you were on the innocent side until proven guilty." Levy said the arresting officers could have spared him by checking his identitieatiqrt and picking up on the fact that he owns a different style car than the alleged shooter. Even so. Levy refused to call a lawyer. . . block," he said. In fact Caine maintains he is a firm booster of West Oak Trails. the proposed north-Oakville com- munity for which Council X I told them "The only way I'd call one is if you make it absolutely (500 WI!“ 9.90 2) DmDE 1,1993 RBC DOMINION SECURITIES 1993 u' des),, " "e _ gr "Obviously I'm somewhat unhappy with the outcome of the vote. More than that, I'm disap- pointed that Council did not seize an opportunity to solve a potential problem before it comes into being," said Caine. Development in the immediate (See 'Calne' page 4) approved a pair of Official Plan amendments Monday night. The last thing Caine says he wants is to stand in its way. What he does want is a plan which takes into account possible problems well ahead of construction. 64 Pages "The whole thing was like a bloody nightmare...l haven't com- pletely recov- ered from the experience," CALL FOR YOUR COMPLIMENTARY , GUIDE N V , TO ESTATE PLANNING low. (momma-I mama 'I‘u "the: gun Coupon. 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