% THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Vol. 32 No. 132 (Gloves A Metroland Community Newspaper t Lerada s Best Conmantoy Newspoper" CCNA Better Newspapers Competition 1993 off for mayor‘s race Schuermer‘s budget remarks rile acclaimed councillor By BRAD REAUME Special to the Beaver ngry words were exchanged by Oakville‘s mayoral hopefuls at Thursday‘s allâ€"candidates meeting at River Oaks Public School. Acclaimed Ward 5 councillor, Sean Weir, also joined the debate between incumbent Ann Mulvale and challenger Ed Schuermer, when it was suggested that present councillors could not take credit for last year‘s zero per cent (See ‘Mayor‘ page 3) 1 Hayward j shines for national under 17 soccer squad Page 26 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS Food City, Canadian Tire, AP, Walâ€"Mart, Hy Zels, Biway, The Bay, The Bay, Sears Consumers Distributing, NESBITT BURNS Member of the Bank of Montreal Group of Companies CANADA Savincs BONDS Call Investment Advisor MARK SLIPP at (416) 359â€"4633 Canadian Publications Mail Product Agreement #435â€"201 Town Hall wasteful accuses challenger By BARB JOY Special to the Beaver ayoralty candidate Ed Schuermer would like to see a bulldozer demolish half of town hall because "we only need half the people there." Schuermer came out swinging against the proposed $8.6 million expansion of town hall and, at the same time, attacked an unwieldy municipal bureaucracy he said eats money and feeds on taxpayâ€" ers. "You can‘t squeeze any more out of people," he told a large audience at Sir John Colborne Centre Wednesday evening. "You have to find it where it is." Mayor. Ann Mulvale emphatiâ€" cally defended her six years in office and Oakville‘s ability to maintain services last year with no tax increases to residents. To Scheurmer‘s verbal sketch of her as a "polished politician who spends more time cutting ribâ€" bons, giving pat answers and making speeches," Mulvale counâ€" tered this was all part of "building and sustaining communities. "If you just want to look at balâ€" ance sheets, I could show Ed six ways that would prove him right, wrong or indifferent," she said. "But the issue is accountable, responsible government and in a recession, Oakville â€" a growing community â€" got more than other municipalities in Southern Ontario." In answer to a heated and perâ€" sistent question from the floor, Mulvale emphatically denied that she would seek the regional chair in 1994, despite pressure on her to (See ‘Mayor‘ page 4) The Powley‘s of Cedar Croft â€" (left to right) Jim, Lesley, Jean and Warren. BIG ON SERVICE NOVEMBER 6, ED PUNKRIS Sales Representative 1994 § 32 Pages 75 Cents (GST included) (Photo by Peter MoCusker) A family affair for three generations the midst of a residential area since 1950. With his wife Jean, of some 51 years, Warren has lived his entire married life here on these few surprising acres â€" until this past April, when the couple took [~ oel Adam Powley is a gregarious, fairâ€"haired | fourâ€"yearâ€"old. His tricycle has a wonky rear » wheel, and yet, he rips around Cedar Croft as â€" if he owns the place â€" which he does not â€" though . that may be only a matter of time. You see, Cedar Croft is a family affair. His grandfather, Warren Powley, 86, is still very much the owner of this unique piece of real estate with the intriguâ€" ing history. Established in 1925, the motel has been a nonâ€"conforming business in l ORE x Tm sAFETY SECURITY an apartment in downtown Oakville. Since last fall, little Joel‘s father and mother, Jim and . Lesley Powley, have taken on the management of Cedar Croft. Jim quit his advertising job in Toronto and the family sold their home in Glen (See ‘Roaring‘ page 1 o t s 4) ol UPPER OAKÂ¥ILLE SHOPFING C d s