www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver Weekend, Saturday August 4, 2007 - 11 Save some lives, DON'T DRINK & DRIVE! Have A Safe Civic Day Holiday! (905)541-ODOR Call: (6367) This Message Brought to You by These Community Minded Businesses. "Drinking is Social...Drunk Driving is Criminal" Please Don't Drink & Drive In Loving Memory of Kortney Dakota Burge June 17/92Oct. 3/98 Odor Removal Experts Ozone is a natural opportunity provided by nature! Franchising Available Great Territories *Source must be removed. We guarantee to remove ALL odors or it's free Volunteers always needed. Halton/Peel Chapter 905-844-0096 e-mail: info@maddhalton.ca www.airtrona.com Constituency Office 2330 Lakeshore Road W., Unit 2, Oakville L6L 1H3 S.E. Corner of Lakeshore Rd. and Nelson St. in Bronte. Check Us Out! 928 Winston Churchill Blvd., Oakville, ON L6J 7X5 TEL: (905) 338-9919 FAX: (905) 338-3089 My daughter Kortney was only 6 years old. She was so special, so wonderful. Kortney was a whirlwind, always on the go. She loved soccer, and loved "hanging out" with her Dad, my husband Terry. Even in first grade she was excelling in School. There was never a dull moment! But Kortney's gone. Terry and I and Kortney's older sister, Kodi, will spend the rest of our lives without this bright light. She was taken from us by a 17-year-old who had been up all night and had been drinking at a house party just a block from where we live. I was driving that morning, in our minivan. Kortney and Kodi were with me in the van as were my sister, Roxanne and her little boy Kolten. We were stopped at a road construction site, with four cars in front of us, waiting to be passed through. But the 17-year-old driver who had consumed alcohol didn't stop. He plowed into the back of our van, driving it into the cars in front of us. Kortney was killed outright. The rest of us suffered severe injuries. The driver who hit our van escaped without injury. And to this very day, my anguish over Kortney's loss is made even worse by the fact that the boy who killed her has never shown any remorse, none at all, for what he did! I'm not telling you about Kortney to ask for your sympathy. I'm asking you for something else entirely. phone: 905-827-5141 fax: 905-827-3786 kflynn.mpp.co@ liberal.ola.org Kevin Flynn M.P.P. Oakville TRANSMISSION WADE SEYMOUR HALTON SPECIALIST SPRIGGS INSURANCE BROKERS LIMITED Mississauga (416)798-7527 Burlington (905)681-4035 159 Church Street Oakville (905)844-9232 Oakville, Ontario L6J 1N1 Fax (905)845-1634 e-mail: info@spriggs.ca 559 SPEERS ROAD, UNIT 3 905-842-0725 AUTOMOBILE HOME · MARINE COMMERCIAL A Century of Independant Service AFFILIATED INSURANCE MANAGEMENT INC. 344 Lakeshore Rd. E., Suite A, Oakville SALES & LEASING 538 Plains Road, Burlington ON L7T 2E3 (905) 845-4201 www.affiliatedinsurance.ca phone: (905) 632-2400 · fax: (905) 632-4600 www.autotek.ca e-mail: info@autotek.ca "It's worth the drive to Burlington" I'm asking you to join me in fighting to keep what happened to Kortney Come in and See Garaga's New Look in Garage Doors! and to us from happening to others maybe even someone in your family. www.bmgaragedoor.com bmgaragedoor@hotmail.com If we can prevent even one death from impaired driving, perhaps Nominated Retail Business of the Year! Kortney's death will at least have some meaning. So I'm asking you today to do two things, really. The first is to join MADD Halton & Peel Chapter and support the kinds of programs and efforts that can put an end to Canada's impaired driving nightmare. "A New Attitude" · Visit our Showroom of Garaga Doors · Service to all makes & models of garage doors and openers · Front entrance doors · Custom Carriage house wood doors Second, I ask you, please, to tell one person, today not to drink and drive. Ask that person to tell one other person. If we all do that, keep that chain intact and growing, we can save lives, we will save lives. OAKVILLE KIA AREA'S LARGEST SELECTION Rhonda Burge (905) 569-9133 3170 Ridgeway Dr., Unit 17/18, Mississauga P.S. Talking about Kortney's death is not easy for me and never will be. Terry and I do it as often as we can, because we believe it will help convince others of the dangers we face from impaired driving all across Canada. Please join us in spreading the word! 1450 Speers Road, Oakville ON L6L 2X6 Tel: 905-847-1511 Fax: 905-827-1564