SELLING YOURJEWELLERY?LONDON GOLDFine Jewellery Co. Ltd.905.337.00511011 Upper Middle Road E. 905-849-4722SNA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR 2010ONTARIOS TOP NEWSPAPER - 2005-2008BArtsceneand captured on videowww.oakvilleshops.comBETTER COMMUNITIESW64 Pages $1.00 (plus tax)A member ofEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2011 Metroland Media Group Ltd.USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD Vol. 49 No. 16Town flags flyat half mastfor Fred OliverBy David LeaOAKVILLE BEAVER STAFFWhen they made him they broke the mold.That is what family, friends and colleagues are say-ing as they remember former Oakville Chief of Police and Ward 2 Town and Regional Councillor Fred Oliver.Oliver, 87, passed away at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, Saturday, due to complications of pneumonia.Today, Oliver is being remembered not only as a father, hus-band and grandfather, but for the countless hours of service he CARLOS OSORIO / TORONTO STARgave to the Oakville Fred Olivercommunity.AFTERMATH: Oakville firefighters were called to a Devon Road house fire that began around 7 a.m. Sunday. Seven people in their late He liked to help teens and early 20s were treated for smoke inhalation. people, said Tom Oliver, Fred Olivers son. He was in a position where, being as high up as he was in the police department, he could get things done for peo-House fire cuts short vacationple. He was up there, he felt obligated and he wanted to get things done and he would use any of his resources, any contact he had to help anyone in the Parents return from England after fire destroys homecommunity. He enjoyed that type of work.Oliver got a taste for police work during the An Oakville couple has cut their vaca-went away on vacation.Since then, both have been released.Second World War when he served with the military tion trip short after their house was gut-Next door neighbor Suzann Paterson Patersons home also received somepolice.ted by a fire just days after they departed.said the couple cut their trip short and heat damage, which has been estimated atHe joined the Burlington Police Force in 1946 and The Devon Rd. home of Helen andreturned to Oakville Monday.$25,000.was appointed Police Chief of Trafalgar Township in Brian Gore, who left for vacation inSeven people in their early teens and At the height of the fire, seven fire1948. When Oakville and Trafalgar Township amal-England on Friday, went up in flames justlate 20s were taken to hospital for treat-trucks were on scene and neighbouringgamated in 1962 Oliver became the Police Chief of before 7 a.m. on Sunday.ment after smoke inhalation, while two of houses on Devon Road had to be evacu-Oakville.Neighbours said one of their sons wasthem went to the intensive care unit at ated.See Former page 3See Cause page 5house-sitting the home while the GoresOakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital. ADDCentreIB Optimize Performance(Adults and Children)World Attention span is short Diffi culty organizing & completing work School also helpful for Aspergers also Psycho-educational testingN ow accepting applications for September 2011.Forfurtherinformation contactNancy Norcross,Director ofAdmissions. Neurofeedback and learning strategies can provide a lasting improvement.337Trafalgar Rd.,,N/ 905.844.0372ext. 235 | admissions@maclachlan.ca/www.maclachlan.ca Director: Lynda M. Thompson, Ph.D., 905-803-8066Co-author with Pediatrician William Sears of The A.D.D. Book: New Understandings, ational university prep school Kindergarten to Grade 12A co-educational university prep school Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12New Approaches to Parenting Your Child.www.addcentre.com