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A4 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday April 19, 2000 W aterways clean-up Saturday Two weeks of cleaning up Oakville will begin the week of April 17th and culminate on Saturday, April 29th with the ninth annual Earth Week Waterways Clean Up Campaign from 9 a.m. to noon. This campaign is designed to encourage citizens to help create a healthier town and to enjoy Oakville's natural habitats, without costing the taxpayers any money, according to the Oakville Community Centre for Peace, Ecology and Human Rights (OCCPEHR). "Students did a fantastic job last year in helping to clean up their school grounds, adjacent parks, and ravine in 1999, with 25 schools and more than 5,000 students pitching in," said Stephen Dankowich, volunteer director of the OCCPEHR. This year the students will be doing their clean-up activities between April Project marks Earth Day in town 17th and 28th. Oakville residents are being encour aged to help clean-up their own neigh bourhoods at 12 confirmed locations: Bronte Harbour (meet at Bronte Bluffs Park), Petro Canada Park (Bronte and Bridge, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.), Burloak Drive and Lakeshore, West Oak Trails (meet at Sixteen Hallow Park), the parks at the rear of Sheridan College, Sixteen Mile Creek at Cross and Speers near the GO station, Clearview at the back of St. L uke's School, the Glenashton Bridge between Trafalgar Road and Eighth Line, Valleybrook Park, Joshua Valley Park starting at Deer Run Park, and two locations at Bronte Creek Provincial Park - on the east side (meeting at the end of Upper Middle Road, west o f Bronte Road) and the south entrance to the park of Burloak Drive. On Earth Day, Saturday, April 22nd, the Oakville Com m unity Centre is organizing a clean-up at Lions Valley Park from 9 a.m. to noon. Also, every one is invited to join the Tree Hike of Carolinian Canada on Sunday, April 30th, from 1:30 to 4 p.m. This guided nature walk at Bronte Creek Provincial Park will track the six native oaks in Oakville (Meet at the parking area and trail head on the east side of the park off Upper Middle Road, west of Bronte Road). Those wishing to get involved in any of the above Earth Week activities can call the OCCPEHR at 849-5501, or visit the website at www.net/-act/occpehr/earthday.htm Coronation Park sunrise service to mark first Easter of m illennium B y C a ro l B a ld w in ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR The first Easter celebration of the millennium is going to be a big one in Oakville. It's the first celebration of its kind in Oakville, says Anthony WardSmith, co-ordinator of this exciting ecumenical event. With at least 34 area churches involved in the Oakville Easter Sunrise Celebration, WardSmith says between 1,500 and 2,000 people are expected to join the proces sion and celebration at Coronation Park, which begins at 6 a.m., sharp, on Easter Sunday. "Under the auspices of the mayor, all Christian churches in Oakville, which number some 57, have been invited to participate. We are covering the breadth of all the Christian denom inations in Oakville, and we are cover ing a number of different cultures as well," he says. "The congregations Photo by Peter J. Thompson will be meeting at the lakefront and will process to the bandshell where the celebration will take place." W ard-Sm ith is expecting many congregations to bring their church banners to carry in the procession or to decorate the bandshell. The 45-minute service will include prayers, the singing of hymns, which will be accompanied by the Salvation Army Band, a presentation of Handel's `Hallelujah Chorus' by a mass choir, and readings by the mayor, the police chaplain and the deputy fire chief, as well as by a few young peo ple. Ward-Smith says a special area will be designated for wheelchairs, etc. and the St. John A m bulance, the fire department and the Lom e Scots will be on hand. "Tremendous enthusiasm and co operation has gone into th is...It has been a community-wide effort...all volunteer work," he says. "The plan ning group has been working on this for the last three m onths...M any churches that are accustomed to hav ing their own Easter sunrise celebra tion are going with us." Ward-Smith says parking for 500 cars is available at the park, but the organizers have negotiated for extra parking at Jubilee Fruit Market, Sir John C olborne Senior C itizens' Recreation Centre and the Oakville Christian School. "We are encourag ing people to car pool either from their own churches or from H opedale M all," he adds. A light breakfast of muffins, do nuts, juice, hot chocolate, etc. will be served at no charge after the service by the Knights of Columbus, assisted by volunteers from a num ber o f the churches. "We'd like to clear the park by 8 a.m., so people can go to their own church services," Ward-Smith adds. Donations o f cash and non-perishable foods will be accepted for the Salvation Army. TIRED OUT: A ndrew P rin ce is one tired guy. He was stacking used tires in this tru c k a t th e free tire d ro p off day S atu rd ay at the H alton W aste M anag em en t site o ff B ronte R oad. T ires are not collect ed as p a rt o f th e R egion's re g u la r o r bulk w aste collection program s, so disposing o f tires is usually done w hen passenger c a r tires are changed a n d th a t costs money. T o p s k a te b o a rd e rs h e re to d o th e ir t h in g B y S c o tt M a c A rth u r SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER Oakville will be the skateboarding capital of Canada at the end of April when two high-profile tours make a stop in town. It all kicks off this Saturday when Hustler Skateboard Shop, in conjunc tion with the Town of Oakville, pre sents the Turn Yeto tour. Top talent from around North America will be on hand at Hustler, 111 Kerr St., to sign autographs between 2 p.m.-3 p.m. before moving to the skate park at Shell Park to perform for inter ested fans. Hustler owner David Walsh is excited about bringing in the world's best skateboarders to showcase their talent. Names include Ethan Fowler and Jon West from Foundation, Brad Staba and Brian Anderson from Toy M achine and Jamie Thomas from Zero. `T h e main reason we're doing this is to increase awareness of skateboard ing," said Walsh. `These men have performed at the Extreme Games and truly are phenomenal athletes." The following Friday, Apr. 28th, Shell Park welcomes more skateboard ing stars when the Osiris tour pays a visit to Oakville. Festivities begin at 3 p.m. with an autograph session at Hustler followed by a demonstration at Shell Park. Both tours are American and are making few stops in Canada, which leads Walsh to believe that the skate park will do wonders for skateboard ing in southern Ontario. "The American promoters of this tour got in touch with us after hearing about O akville's skate park in the U.S.," said Walsh. "We're expecting to have visitors from all over southern Ontario to come and meet some of their skateboarding heroes." P o lic e h e lic o p te r p r e s e n ta tio n to m o r r o w Does Halton benefit from the use of a police helicopter? The Halton Regional Police and two neighbouring police services are host ing an evaluation of the merits of a police helicopter, Thursday afternoon. Last year, the Halton police shared the use o f a helicopter with the Hamilton-Wentworth and Peel police services during a 20-week pilot project that ended Dec. 19th. The O ntario Solicitor G eneral's office provided $250,000 funding for the trial program while each of the three police services kicked in $100,000. As part of the pilot project, an inde pendent consultant was to evaluate the program's relative merits and report back to the three partners. That evaluation will be presented to the three police boards by Catherine Ashbury, of Research Management Consultants Inc. Her presentation is open to the pub lic and is at 2:30 p.m. in the communi ty room of the Halton Regional Police Headquarters, 1151 Bronte Road. Copies of the evaluation will be available at the meeting. Hiker's Haven promoting Earth Day Hiker's Haven, has teamed with the Conservation Foundation for a community-based Earth Week pro gram that will raise money for local environmental work. The `Keep Nature Hopping' pro motion was launched last week to cel ebrate Earth Week. The promotion, which is built around the frog, will allow customers at each Hiker's Haven store to top-up their purchases with a toonie to help the Conservation Foundation do grassroots environmen tal work. The promotion continues to April 30th. The Conservation Foundation has been working with local Conservation Authorities for more than 40 years to protect and restore the life giving role of our natural environment. Each toonie donated to the Conservation Foundation during the Hiker's Haven `Keep Nature Hopping' promotion will be put to work protecting the envi ronment. Frogs were chosen as a focal point for the promotion because they are excellent indicators of environmental health. They help determine the health of water, impact of humans on nature and many other key environmental indicators in the local, natural world. Volvo of Oakville IS P LE A S E D TO O FFER 9 °/ _ Q c Lease for 36 m o. 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