Oakville Newspapers

Oakville Beaver, 11 Mar 1994, p. 6

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Ian Oliver Publisher Robert Glasbey Advertising Director Norman Alexander Editor Geoff Hill Circulationâ€"Director Teri Casas Office Manager Tim Coles Production Manager Norman Alexander Editor Geoff Hill Circulation Director Teri Casas Office Manager Tim Coles Production Manager Advertising is accepted on the condition that, in the event erroneous item, together with a at the applicable rate. The publisher reserves the right to ci or services at the wrong price, goodngr services may not be Ringston IMIS MVBRN, CS 1 Stoutfville/Uxbridge Tribune, Milton Canadian Champion, Mississauga News, Newmarketâ€"Aurora Eraâ€"Banner, North York Mirror, Oakville Beaver, Orillia Today, Oshawa/Whitby This Week, Peterborough This Week, Richmond Liberal, Scarborough Mirror. All material published in the Oakville Beaver is protected by copy%Any raprodudionhwholeorhpaflo“hismtefialisslricflylocbiddenwfi the consent of the publisher. of a typographical error, that portion of the advertising space occupied by the allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement wi be paid for aleggze and reject advertising. in the event of typographical error, advertising goods rtising is merely an offer to sell and may be withdrawn at any time. school boards give the company exclusive rights to sell their products in board schools after Pepsi handed over some ‘grant‘ money. Apparently the Toronto Board of Education found the deal too good to pass up and so they handed over the rights to Pepsi for a $1.14â€"million cheque. It‘s really a pretty cheap price to pay when you consider this exposes Pepsi to their market audience in a captive setting...talk about a marketer‘s dream. It also gives the company a legâ€"up on Coke in that it could make lifeâ€"long Pepsi drinkers out of these students before Coke gets their shot. The marketing types at Pepsi are no fools. Their latest crusade is to have Lo lgde m o4 s ind c CA CCC COs es es t But here in Halton, it seems we‘re too smart for that kind of obvious capiâ€" talism. E.J. James principal Al Greyson sent out sheets to area parents explaining the Pepsi proposal and many parents were against the deal. The result was that the soft drink conglomerate was out on its ear. But don‘t think this kind of thing will go away. Pepsi was only following the lead of other companies who have seen the value in tapping the school market. The use of Macintosh computer equipment at River Oaks School comes to mind. The facility has been written about intensely ever since Macintosh said it would supply the equipment to the thenâ€"new school if it could evaluate the effectiveness of the machines and computer programs. It was a pretty good deal for everyone concerned but then computers are so clean, so silent, so...today. As for Pepsi? Well, pop machines are messy, they don‘t teach our youth anything, then there‘s the diet component and what about all those cans to be recycled..... It seems to us that what the Pepsi crowd needs to do is come up with a new highâ€"tech approach. Maybe a computerized pop machine? Wait for it. anadians used to be referred to as the most savingsâ€"conscious people in the world. Statisticians used to love to point out how much money we all had stashed away in banks. We were, and the critical word here is were, a frugal lot. It‘s somehow all tied up with Canadian currency. That‘s another thing Canadians do well and is rarely appreciated by the great unwashed masses of this great land. We make great money...not only for ourselves but for governments around the world. The Royal Canadian Mint, ah, there‘s an institution as solid as Perce rock, as Canadian as, well, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. When you have nothing to do for a few minutes some time, take out your walâ€" let, we recommend pay day, and take a close look at what you see. Canadian money is simply great. The colors make spotting denominations a cinch and the artwork on both sides is outstanding, not only that but thanks to new technology, it‘s virtually impossible to counterfeit bills from $20 to $100. Perhaps it‘s this love of money that makes any change to our currency so gutâ€" wrenching. Remember the outâ€"pouring of emotion when our $1 bill was scrapped for the Loonie? We survived as did Canadian municipalities which took the occaâ€" sion to up parkmg fees to $1 . Nice work ND L <B sc c un c d nc But looming on the horizon, dear coin fanciers, is a new and more important currency issue. Last year a private member‘s bill in the House of Commons, would have seen the end to the venerable Canadian penny, the cent, the ‘copper‘. Say it isn‘t so! Like most such bills, this one died a hasty death on the Commons floor but it does give one pause. Would the historic ‘nickel‘ follow? Then we could kill the quarter and round all prices off giving the phrase, ‘buddy can you spare a dime? new meaning. Kerrigan? Yes: 12 No: 6 Do you think Tonya Harding had anything to do with the attack on Nancy Currency capers Marketing minds 467 Speers Road, Oakville, Ont. L6K 354 845â€"3824 Fax: 845â€"3085 Classified Advertising: 845â€"2809 Circulation: 845â€"9742 or 845â€"9743 The Oakille Beaver, published every Sunday, Wednes: and Friday, at 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, is one of the Metroland Printing, ishing Distributing Lid. group of suburban newspapers which includes: Ajaxâ€"Pickering News Advertiser, Barrie Advance, Brampton Guardian, Burlington Post, Colli ian, Georgetown If / Acton Free Press, L and Sin: Connection, Etobicoke Gu Should the number of Halton Board of Education trustees be reduced? Cast your ballot by calling 845â€"5585, box 5008 to vote. Callers have until 12 noon Thursday to register their vote. _ Results of the poll will be published in the next Friday edition of the Oakville Beaver. Colboume ifiow Lakeshore Road) and Navy Su'eets Eo ty The company would erect a 20â€"store shopping cenâ€" tre and municipal building complex on the street. Parking for a minimum of 173 cars would be included in the plan. The proposal includes two large supermarkets, at the southerly end of the complex and eighteen smaller stores.Stores and parking areas would be one two levels with the upper level on Navy Street and the lower on Busby Park. Municipal offices, town hall, library and police offices would be at the north end. OM LA lndant Everything rosy for Mack Canada and its workers two decades ago rWl;lvexchange'; for the land, Marshall Development Company would build an eightâ€"room school for the board at an approximate cost of $160,000. The Jewish community of Oakville has officially "declared war" against the Naziâ€"inspired antiâ€"semitic hate literature which is flooding the mails across the continent. A mass protest rally is to formed in the town to which leaders in the Jewish faith will be invited to speak and to take part in demonstration marches. oo Te e e x * PaGES OF THE PAST eE esnt "These same hoodlums who are trying to sway the Canadian public in the vicious hate doctrine are the same breed of vermin as that fellow Hitler," said Ben Lebof, president of Bethâ€"El Synagogue. P iss 'I‘:helievaud;x: said the remarkable thing about the letters which are being circulated is not that they are specificalâ€" ly slanted against Jews. MA esnt e e e d 0s 3 “‘.‘figyv:ppear to be against Catholics, negroes, brownâ€"skinned and yellowâ€"skinned people â€" in fact everybody who is not white, Protestant, and of the Angloâ€"Saxon origin," he said. 20 years ago Two 19â€"yearâ€"old T.A. Blakelock high school stuâ€" dents, trying to win a $20 "bare dare" streaked through Hopedale Plaza Saturday afternoon. A look back at the events that made headlines in Oakville. 30 years ago Wearing little more than a smile, the males dashed through the crowded plaza and left most shoppers laughing. Both covered their faces with ski masks, and wore the streakers‘ traditional running shoes. Their accessories varied, with one sporting a bowâ€"tie and the other a belt. "There was going to be a girl with us, but she chickâ€" ened out," said one of the streakers, who wished to be only identified as Jeff. e ind ie The pair, who were wearing overcoats, were ariven by a friend to an entrance near a flower shop in the Pmd oi EW S p ut " s mall. The plan was for the streakers to drop their coats in the car, which they did, streak through the mall past the hub, and down one of the halls to the exit. In the meantime the driver was to drive to the pickâ€"up point. EOe mE U CAE The driver, however, got caught in traffic. The streakers were about to make a dash to the nearest gas station when the ride came around the corner seconds later. rolled of the company‘s Oakville plant. Almost oneâ€"third of the 10,000 trucks produced in the last decade came off the line last year â€" and it should take just over two years to manufacture the secâ€" ond 10,000. Mack Truck has stepped up production to manufacture 22 units a day. L4 en NOE OO CCC The increase in production from 1,300 units in 1972 to an expected 5,000 in 1977 is the result of a $4 million expansion program at the North Service Road plant which has seen it almost triple in size to 252,000 square feet. 10 years ago Patients will be the ones to suffer should the proâ€" posed Canada Health Act become law. Federallyâ€" imposed penalties for extraâ€"billing by doctors will seriâ€" ously affect the province‘s ability to maintain presentâ€" day services. w o Snd C ie ces ‘This was the consensus of seven Oakville doctors who called their patients together for a special meeting at the Oakville Centre. The panel consisted of Drs. David Posen, D.B. Cartwright, R.M. Glover, R.G. Jones, E.M. Patel, G.T. Riley, and G. W. Thomson. Under the proposed Act, the federal government will withhold from the province a dollar for every dollar extraâ€"billed by doctors. it is estimated this would cost the province $50 million annually. ‘The 10,000 truck built in Canada by Mack Canada were driven

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