Oakville Newspapers

Oakville Beaver, 13 Jun 2013, p. 1

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Unhappy with Merton Lands plans Page 14 Wildcats snag first-ever baseball title Sports www.insidehalton.com t k ill www.carstaroakville.com 905-845-7579 905-847-2595 2212 Wyecroft Rd. 547 Trafalgar Rd. dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 Stay Connected! Thursday, June 13, 2013 |40 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Weather for Oakville, ON Thu Fri Sat Sun 20° 14° 21° 13° 20° 10° 22° 14° OTMH goes to the movies with new event by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff People interested in enjoying a great movie for a great cause can attend the Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital (OTMH) Sunset Cinema, on the grounds of the Sixteen Mile Sports Complex tomorrow (Friday). Activities begin at 7:30 p.m. with proceeds from food and drink sales going towards equipment purchases for the new Oakville hospital. The OTMH Sunset Cinema replaces the OTMH Classic Father's Day Run/Walk, which ran for 16 years in Wallace Park. That event featured a fun run, breakfast, activities for children and a barbecue. Organizers say it was time for a change. "At our peak we had more than 1,000 runners, but over the years it has declined and last year we only had 500 participants. So, we took see `Something on p.28 Fire ghters use Jaws of Life to teach safety by Dominik Kurek Oakville Beaver Staff The Oakville Fire Department Extrication Team gave a presentation to T.A. Blakelock High School students Monday. The message was to promote safe driving over the summer and aimed at teens with graduation and prom festivities just around the corner. The team dismantled a car donated by The Skid Control School to show how re ghters extricate people from wrecked cars. photo by Eric Riehl­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog) While local youths count down to summer holidays, a group of students at T. A. Blakelock High School learned about the dangers of the road from the people who are among the rst called to the scene of an accident. Fire ghters from the Oakville Fire Department's competitive Auto Extrication Team were at the Rebecca Street high school Monday afternoon where they demonstrated an extrication. Students watched as the re ghters broke a car's windshield -- the car donated for the purpose by Oakvillebased Skid Control School. A re ghter then carefully climbed through the opening to access the dummy patient who was supposed to have suffered a neck injury. While that paramedic re ghter supported see Promoting on p.3

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