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ay, October 16, 1994 â€" 6 467 Sneers Road. Oakville. Ont. L6K 3S4 Ian Oliver Publisher Robert Glasbey Advertising Director Norman Alexander Editor Geoff Hill Circulation Director Teri Casas Office Manager Tim Coles Production Manager Advertiser, Barrie Advance, Brampton Guardian, Burlington Post, Collingwe Robert Glasbey Advertising Connection, Etobicoke Guardian, Georgetown 1 D Adoh Free Preve. Kingston This Week, Lindsay This Week, Markham Economist and Sun, Norman Alexander Editor mw Trowne, Miton Canadian Champion. Mississauga News. etâ€"Aurora Eraâ€"Banner, rt 0 rror, Oal le Beaver, Ofi Geoff Hill Circulation Director Today, OshawarWhitby This Week, Peterborough This Week, Richmond HiV Teri Casas Office Manager ThomhilW Vaughan Liberal, Scarborough Mirror. All material published in the Oakville Beaver is protected by copyright. Any Tim Coles Production Manager reproduction in whole or in part of this material is strictly forbidden Without the consent of the publisher. Advertising is accepted on the condition that, in the event of a typographical error, that portion of the advertising space occupied by the erroneous item, together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rate. The publisher reserves the right to categorize and reject advertising. In the event of typographical error, advertising goods i sing is merely an offer to sell and may be withdrawn at any time. In the coming weeks leading up to the Nov. 14th civic election, candidates vying for various elected posts, including local and Halton Region councils, both boards of education and the Oakville Hydro Commission, will be lookâ€" ing for your support. Make it your job to read their campaign literature and profiles in the Oakville Beaver before making an informed choice at the polls. After all, these are the people who will be spending your money. Make sure you elect the proper people for the job. Municipal government has the most direct impact on our lives. It deterâ€" mines our property taxes, it determines our hydro rates, the kind of education our children receive, the quality of our water, sewage systems, roads, libraries, recreational and cultural facilities and more. As taxpayers, we are exposed to areas of municipal government control every day whether we realize it or not. But reports on the session make it clear that the meeting soon lost its focus and degenerated into a verbal slugfest among the leaders who, it seems, were doing a little sparring in anticipation of an election call. This is the third time the political troika has addressed parochial groups. They appeared at a meeting sponsored by the Association of Municipalities of Ontario in August and in June, they talked about business to the Canadian Manufacturers Association. An even more telling sign that the three parties are itching to get on the hustings, was this week‘s delivery of Mike Harris‘ muchâ€"vaunted ‘Common Sense Revolution‘ package of Tory policies, complete with information hotâ€" line...just dial 1â€"800â€"903â€"MIKE. Nice touch. Harris, having seen the success of the federal Liberals‘ ‘Red Book‘ of poliâ€" cies that helped the Grits sweep to federal power, seized on the idea of a simiâ€" lar package. Same idea, different color... blue still predominates. Just when Rae will call an election is a guessing game but in feeling out a wide variety of audiences on the issues, all leaders will have the raw material on which to fight a campaign. We can hardly wait. The deadline for those interested in the various elected positions passed on Friday and now the voters will have to make some hard decisions. way. ike three fighters sizing each other up, the leaders of Ontario‘s three main political parties began their unofficial campaigns this week for an election that has yet to be called. Officially, Lyn McLeod of the Liberals, Progressive Conservative leader Mike Harris and New Democratic Party leader and Premier, Bob Rae, were to speak at a forum sponsored by the Ontario Advisory Council on Women‘s Issues. Editorial hree years ago when the last municipal election was held in Oakville, only 24.8 per cent of those eligible to vote did so. Local elections are usually given little attention by the electorate and it shouldn‘t be that Informed decisions Getting ready 467 Speers Road, Oakville, Ont. L6K 354 Classified Advertising: 845â€"2809 Circulation: 845â€"9742 or 845â€"9743 The Oakville Beaver, published every Sunday, Wednesday and Fr Speers Rd., Oakville, is one of the Metroland riming, ishing Ltd. group of suburban newspapers which includes: Ajaxâ€"Pick Speers Ad., Oakville, is one of the Metroland Prinling, Publishing Distrbbuting Ltd. group of suburban newspapers which includes: Ajaxâ€"Pickering News Advertiser, Barrie Advance, Brampton Guardian, Burlington Post, Collingwood Distributing For old Oakvillians who are not quite as hip and happening as me, for those who don‘t have their fingers or the pulse of the Toronto club scene like I have my fingers on the pulse of the Toronto club scene, the Rivoli happens to be one of the hippest and most happening clubs in all of The Big Smoke. Okay, okay, in all humbling, humiliating honesty, when the organizer of this reading event first called, I thought he‘d invited me to do my thing at the Ravioli Club. I was excited at the prospect. I told my wife, "I‘ve been asked to read at the Ravioli Club in T.O., man." My wife patiently explained that, first off, she‘s not a man, and secondly, "It‘s Rivoli, not Ravioli." Not that my wife is some inâ€"tune, inâ€"touch funky club bunny â€"this is the woman who winds down by listening to Which is one of the many reaâ€" sons I got more than a little nerâ€" vous when I was asked to give a reading at the Rivoli Club in Toronto in support of my most recent, best, and only novel â€" Sweet Grass (a bargain at $14.95 at a bookstore near you). Whenever I eye these upstandâ€" ing youths, I get a jolting reminder of just how out of it I am when it comes to college stuâ€" dents: their attitudes, lifestyles, and clothes. Especially their clothes. , ecause we live near _ Sheridan College, I freâ€" Â¥ quently see packs of colâ€" ge kids passing my home â€" typâ€" ically, I‘m outside doing someâ€" thing geeky and homeâ€"ownerish like cleaning up after the dog or spreading a layer of goat turds on my front lawn. Queen Street book reading adage: you can‘t go wrong with black This particular question became the biggest concern surâ€" rounding the entire events; not, what passage are you going to read? Not, are you concerned that when you get on stage your fly might be down, or you might have an itch in an unmentionable place, or you might discover a goat turd on your sneaker? Not even, are you concerned that you might freeze with stage fright, or pass out from anxiety, or just kind of vomit all over everyâ€" thing? No the big question, the big concern became: What are you going to wear? I only grew to comprehend the essence of Queen Street in the days preceding the reading, when a certain question was flung at me from all directions, by all people. Before this question became so big, before it took on an ugly Stunned, I didn‘t immediately get the significance. Because I wasn‘t aware that to folks familâ€" iar with Toronto the words Queen Street automatically evoke images of youth, quirkiness, eccentric attire, pierced body parts, and really bad haircuts. The Gardening Show For Shutâ€" ins on the CBC â€" but she does work in The Big Smoke. And she‘d at least heard of the club. She even knew its location. "It‘s on Queen Street," she said helpfully, and apparently with grave importance. "Queen Street," she stressed. Ahhh, you wonder: how did the reading go? By my account, I was riveting at the Rivoli. By an honest account, I didn‘t altogethâ€" er embarrass myself: no undone zipper, no itch in an unmentionâ€" able place, no goat turds on my shoes, no freezing from stage fright, or passing out from anxiâ€" ety and, thankfully, no vomiting all over everything. And while I, doubtlessly, looked odd and old according to the youthful standards set by Sheridan College kids and the Queen Streeters alike; in my mind, at the hip and happening Ravioli, I looked downright righâ€" teous. "What color?" I wondered. "Black," I was told. "and paint your lips, too." ""What color?" I wondered. "Black," I was told. "And if you want to warm the audience; pierce something on your head â€" an ear or lip or something." Ouch. Reading night arrived. I colored nothing, painted nothing, and rebelliously donned my ripped old jeans (which at least look grey from wear) and a freshâ€" ly laundered Tâ€"shirt. Then, I pierced the night air. life of its own, I wouldn‘t have given attire a thought. I‘d have simply thrown on my ripped old jeans and a freshly laundered Tâ€" shirt and have been free to worry myself sick over all the previousâ€" ly mentioned possibilities. Instead, I found myself conâ€" tacting old buddies from my Toronto phase (circa early 1980s) and asking these eternal T.O. types what I should wear to a reading at the Rivoli. "Black," I was advised. "Death black. And dye your