www.dentistoakville.com905-842-6030MECHANICAL SERVICESAUTOPRO OAKVILLE2212 Wyecroft Road, Oakville905-469-2442GreenHouseSNA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR 2010ONTARIOS TOP NEWSPAPER - 2005-2008Page 14autoprooakville.mechanicnet.comTER COMMUNITIES48 Pages $1.00 (plus tax)A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd.USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETFRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2011 Vol. 49 No. 48More Habitat units may be on the wayBy Dominik KurekOAKVILLE BEAVER STAFFMayor Rob Burton is working to help low-incomefamilies gain access to home ownership and wants topartner with Habitat for Humanity Halton to do it.Though theWe're going to have project is still inthese units, whether we early stages, whenhave it with Habitat finished it couldprovide as many asI told them we want to 10 homes in ado it with you and we'llmulti-unit com-work with you to do itplex in the Dundas but we'll have to Street-Trafalgarwork to figure out howRoad area.Habitat com-you're going to do it.pleted its first twohomes in OakvilleMayor Rob Burtonlast year on landMICHELE SIU / OAKVILLE BEAVER the organizationbought from thePROTEST PIT STOP:Marcelo da Luz, who pulled his home-made, solar-powered car from Niagara to Toronto, made a stop at new Town. Now, Habitat is looking to continue building inCentral Public School on Tuesday. Da Luz pulled his car to protest restrictions, which prohibit him from driving his car in Ontario. He has driven Oakville, with the hopes of constructing a multi-unitthe vehicle across North America and tallied 36,200 kilometers setting a world record for distance.building.At the organizations annual general meetingTuesday night at Oakville Town Hall, BurtonMan pulls solar-powered car to make a pointannounced a possible future-development partner-A Toronto man passed through Oakvilleshowed off the car he and other sponsors life savings to build the Xof1 solar car.ship between the Town and Habitat.on Tuesday on his way from Niagara Fallsand volunteers spent half a million dollars Between 2008-09, the Toronto manI joked that for our second date we would go to ato Toronto pulling a solar-powered carto build.broke world records by driving his solarhigher form of relationship and we would do high-behind him.The Brazilian-born man decided to vehicle across Canada, through most of rise, he said to the Beaver.Marcelo da Luz did the 11-day, 160-kmbuild the car in 1999 to fulfill a long-time the United States and reaching the ArcticThe partnership could result in nearly a dozentrek, which he dubbed the Xof1 (Power of dream. He had initially wanted to build a Circle, covering about 36,200 kilometres.units. Burton said construction could begin some-One) Walk, to try to pressure the provincecar to compete at the World Solar But, he couldnt drive through his owntime late this year or early next year and people willto loosen its restrictions on driving solar-Challenge, but the cause became more province.be able to move in as early as by late 2012.powered vehicles in Ontario.than that. The province put a moratorium onHowever, the Town and Habitat are still in negotia-Da Luz stopped at New Central PublicDa Luz ended up mortgaging his permits for solar vehicles in 2004 after ations.School on day nine of his journey andhouse, borrowing money andSee Awareness page 3 using his See Habitat page 5Enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee on your fi rst visit.Brazilian Specialty CoffeeWe Grow It. We Roast It. You Brew It! 20% offRoasted Coffee Beans775 Pacifi c Road, Unit 30, Oakville (near Toyota Dealership)905-469-6060 www.carvalhocoffee.caRegular hours: Monday-Friday 10-12 and 2-5:30, Wednesday until 7pm Saturday 9-4 this weekend only!