Beaver THE OAKVILLE Voted Ontario's Top Newspaper Four Years in a Row - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com CELEBRATING 26 YEARS! Between Kerr & Dorval Head injury sidelines Brittain SPORTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2010 YOUR FRIEND IN THE BUSINESS 175 Wyecroft Rd. Oakville 905.845.6653 www.lockwoodchrysler.com OUT OF INK? REFILL AND SAVE UP TO 60% (formerly Island Ink-Jet) Upper Oakville Shopping Centre (Upper Middle & 8th Line) 905-842-5600 refill refill A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 53 No. 4 "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" 32 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) Movie, what movie? Maple Grove School addition behind schedule Board eyeing contingency plan By Tina Depko OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Salvation Army kettle campaign meets target By Angela Blackburn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF The addition slated for Maple Grove Public School in southeast Oakville likely won't be completed by Sept. 2010, reports the Halton District School Board (HDSB). Instead, construc"We now know Maple tion on the eightGrove is unlikely to be classroom, four specialty-room addition, ready for September, it priced around $6 isn't 100 per cent million, will probably definitive that it won't, be completed in but it is pretty unlikely." December. "We now know Stuart Miller, Maple Grove is superintendent of education unlikely to be ready for East Oakville schools. for September, it isn't 100 per cent definitive that it won't be, but it is pretty unlikely," confirmed Stuart Miller, superintendent of education for east Oakville schools. An architect has been assigned to the project and preliminary sketches have been drafted. However, neither site plan approval nor building permits have been issued at this point. The renovations to the existing building are expected to take place throughout the summer. There are two construction scenarios for the addition, which board staff labels as a `substantial' building. A spring start would mean completion by the fall. This early start is unlikely due to necessary permit approvals and student safety issues, according to Gerry Cullen, superintendent of facility services. NIKKI WESLEY / OAKVILLE BEAVER See Students page 4 GOOD TO THE LAST DROP: Forgetting all about the movie, Izabelle Wint (left) is concerned she's run out of hot chocolate, while Sonia Lisboa tries to dip her chocolate chip cookie through the lid of her hot chocolate. To celebrate reading more than 3,000 books in December, Mother Teresa School's JKGrade 2 students had a pajama party Thursday morning.They watched the Muppets Christmas Carol while enjoying hot chocolate and chocolate chip cookies, and wearing their pajamas and fuzzy slippers. Local residents did not let down the Salvation Army at Christmas or the often destitute souls it serves. With just days left of its Christmas Kettle Campaign, it looked bad -- very bad -- when the Salvation Army announced it wasn't even halfway to its goal. But thanks to last-minute pleas to the public -- and members of the community stepping up to the plate -- the Salvation Army surpassed its goal. "We were so pleased that in the last day alone, thanks to the media coverage and concerned community members (donors and kettle volunteers), we not only met our goal, but surpassed it," said Aisha Chaney, community services co-ordinator with the Salvation Army, Oakville. "Our 2009 campaign ended with a total of $114,585 collected at our nine donation kettles combined. Our goal was $107,000," said Chaney. "This will allow us to address service needs and program areas for 2010 to meet the needs of our growing clientelle," said Chaney. In the last six days of the campaign, the kettles had collected less than half the $107,000 target needed to continue established programs and See Donors page 5 SHUTTERS · Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed · Serving Oakville with Shop at Home Service Authorized Eclipse Shutters Dealer Shop at Home Service CALIFORNIA & PLANTATION · Wood & Vinyl Shutters, Supplied & Installed · High Quality at Affordable Prices FREE SHUTTERS ETC. 905.691.4455 www.shuttersetc.ca