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6 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday Septem ber 15, 2000 The Oakville Beaver Ian Oliver Publisher Neil Oliver, Associate Publisher Norman Alexander, Editor Kelly Montague, Advertising Director Steve Crazier, Circulation Director Ten C a s a s , Office Manager Mark Dills, Production Manager Riziero Vertoili, Photography Director Metroland Printing. Publishing & Detributing Lid-, inductee: Ajax/Pickenng Nows Advertiser. A lston HerakVCourier, Arthur Enterprise News, Bame Advance. Barry's Bay This W eek Bolton Enterprise, Brampton Guardan, B u rlin g to n P ost. B u rlin g to n S hopping N ew s. C ity P arent. CoingwoodW asaga Connection, East York M ro r, Erin Adocate/Country R outes. E to b ico ke G ua rd ia n. Flam borough P ost, G eorgetow n Indapendent/Acton Free Press. Hamston Review, H urore Business Times, K ingston This Week, Lindsay The Week, Markham Ecnom et & Sun. M idland/P enetanguishine M irror, M ilton Canadian Cham pion. 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City of Y a k Guarden T H E OAKVILLE BEAVER IS PR O U D O FFIC IA L M ED IA S P O N S O R FOR: R E C O G N IZ E D F O R E X C E L L E N C E BY: JiNqU B ell Fund JTbhcm \JAxoard @ T>he © (9aki>iHe ®/lwar?k TV AUCTION | oakville galleries | m et m&SFT' f t t e M llt 4 6 7 S p e e r s R d ., O a k v ille O n t L 6 K 3 S 4 (9 0 5 ) 845-3824 F a x : 337-5567 E d ito r ia ls Season of discontent The first time a world oil shortage reared its ugly head, it created chaos everywhere but especially in North America. For Americans, it was a wake-up call that they could be held economic hostage by the O rg a n iz a tio n of Instead, we find ourselves in Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). no better shape than So when Iraq decided to invade Kuwait, Americans who are heating there was no doubt that the United States their homes with Canadian and her allies would rally, not to the fu el That, dear friends, is what Kuwaities but to defend the oil supply. free trade is really all about. But with the first blast of fall hitting us Tuesday night, it's time we think about how we're going to keep warm this winter. Regardless of your choice, it's going to cost to more...a lot more than last year. Last year, even before the current oil crisis, vulnerable residents of the northeastern U.S. such as seniors and others on fixed incomes, had to rely on government and private sector handouts to keep their oil-burning furnaces going through the winter. That situation will only be exacerbated this year. Canada has been blessed with huge natural resources and our traditional economic role has been the hewer of wood and producer of oil and natural gas. The massive reserves of those commodities should have put us at an economic advantage over our southern neighbours and other nations without energy resources. Instead, we find ourselves in no better shape than Americans who are heating their homes with Canadian fuel. That, dear friends, is what free trade is really all about. Gasoline prices are going through the roof and will only get higher as refineries try to produce furnace oil and that product will also be more yexpensive than last year. And the demand for natural gas is such that this option won't give you any solace. As for electricity? Forget it. H ...peop le have been fa st o ff th e m ark in p u rch asing tick ets for the Com m unity Foundation o f O akville, G reat Dream Home Lottery...no doubt th ey 're anxious to get in on the early bird draw for the Dakar yellow BM W ...to be eligible for that draw, tickets m ust be purchased before N ov. 3 rd ...in the first w eek o f sales, 6,225 tickets were sold compared to 5,069....1ast year's lottery sold out so get a ticket now.... ...our friends up in Milton are concerned over the impact o f the superjail on their community and so the tow n's chamber o f commerce is holding a Sept. 21st breakfast m eeting at G ranite Ridge G olf Club to get some facts...Corrections M inister Rob Sampson will be there along with MPP Ted Chudleigh, M aplehurst Correctional Com plex Superintendent Iain Leithead and Female Unit Superintendent Sherree CybulskL.the meeting begins at 7 a.m. with breakfast at 7:30 a.m....non-members pay $18....if y o u 're in te re s te d , ca ll th e c h a m b e r at 8 78-0581 and ask fo r B ev Holloway... ..in a incident of bitter irony this week, we received an information kit on cartoonist Ben W icks' `B o m To Read and Share O nline'...the package arrived ju st days after the Torontonian's death from skin cancer...for the past six years, W icks has encouraged parents and caregivers to read to their children through the `Bom to R ead' series o f books that's supported by Sears Canada, St. Joseph Printing and other companies...so on Oct. 16th two million children from kindergarten to grade 3, will receive their free copy o f the latest book...it promotes the idea that through computer literacy and the Internet, parents and children can share ideas and reach out to others to make a better Canada and even a better world...the legacy of Ben W icks will live on through the web site created to complement last year's book, a website was set up at www.benwicks.com check it out and raise a glass to Ben... Psssssst... is a compendium o f observations around Oakville and we're open to contributions from the public at large too. Just fa x us at 337-5567 attention to Pssssssssssst... ^ --------------- H r - P a g e s o f th e P a s t Tow n fo u g h t B e ll rate in cre a se 30 Years Ago Oakville will contribute $280 towards fighting Bell Canada's application for a rate increase. Committee of the whole last night endorsed a recommendation by the Ontario Association of M ayors and R eeves th at the group m ake a representation before the Department of Transport against the six per cent hike when the application is heard. Bell Canada is asking for the increase to cover proposed improvements to telephone service. Oakville's share of the legal costs will be one half cent per capita, or about $280. - Daily Journal-Record, September 15th, 1970 recommendation of the administration and finance committee is approved by council next week. - Oakville Journal-Record, September 12th, 1980 10 Years Ago Development plans for the Shell lands in the west end of Oakville were left up in the air Monday night after Oakville's Planning and Development C ouncil was forced by procedural bylaw s to adjourn its meeting at 11:30 p.m., before taking a recorded vote on the contentious issue. Several councillors had urged that the plans not be approved in principle until a number of issues could be settled clearly. The Burloak Secondary Plan, as it is called, would regulate development in the area bordered roughly by Twelve M ile Creek to the east, the municipal boundary with Burlington in the west, the Queen Elizabeth W ay to the north and the lakeshore to the south. The Secondary Plan before council envisions low , m edium and h ig h -d e n sity resid en tial development on the lands south of Rebecca Street and commercial and industrial development to the north of Rebecca, as well as parkland, schools and public facilities. - Oakville Beaver, September 12th, 1990 _ l_ IJ Taken from the archives of the Oakville Beaver including stories from The Oakville Record-Star, The O akville- Trafalgar Journal, the Oakville Journal Record and the Oakville Beaver. 20 Years Ago A quick review of departmental budgets within the region has resulted in a series of savings and cutbacks that will probably cover Halton Region's anticipated $600,341 deficit, with money left over. The adm inistration and finance com m ittee reduced the budget by more than $400,000 last week when they transferred m oney from the re g io n 's reserv e funds and req u ested all departments to study their budgets to see if they could help cover the rest. Proceeds from a sale o f property, not yet included in the budget as a revenue contributed $75,000 to "save the deficit fund" and another $40,000 w ill be tran sferred from the police dep artm en t reserve funds, if W ed n esd ay 's