1011 Upper Middle Road E. 905-849-4722www.oakvilleshops.comSELLING YOURJEWELLERY?LONDON GOLDFine Jewellery Co. Ltd.SNA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR 2010ONTARIOS TOP NEWSPAPER - 2005-2008On-staArtscenege at the Fringe905.337.0051USING52 Pages $1.00(plus tax) COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIESA member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 49 No. 82WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2011Start your engine...C.-difficilenot a crisis at OTMHBy David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFFThe epidemic of Clostridium difficile (C. dif-ficile), which has been linked to 20 deaths at Ontario hospitals since May, appears to have bypassed Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital (OTMH).Halton Healthcare Services (HHS) Patient Safety Indicators report-ed Monday that a spike of 12 C. difficile cases at OTMH in May appears to have been an anoma-ly, as only five cases were reported in June.Dr. Neil RauThe June total is inkeeping with C. difficilelevels reported at OTMH from October to April. Its not to say that we havent had C. difficile GRAHAM PAINE / OAKVILLE BEAVERproblems, but at this moment were in a good space, ROOKIE HITS THE BIG LEAGUE:The Newman/Haas Racing team's rookie Indy driver, James Hinchcliffe of Oakville, climbs into said Dr. Neil Rau, infectious disease specialist and the cockpit of his race car as the Honda Indy once again roared into Toronto last weekend. For full story, see Sports.medical director of infection prevention and control for HHS.Over the past two months things have improved dramatically since May where the numbers were Fill your water bottle in Oakvillehigher.Other hospitals have not been so fortunate.Refilling your water bottle in Oakville just got easier.residents into their establishments to fill up their refillableAs of Monday hospitals in Guelph, St. Catharines, The Town of Oakville has announced it has partnered withbottles with tap water at no charge.Niagara Falls, Welland, Orangeville and Mississauga the national not-for-profit group, Blue W, to promote the drink-Participating locations can be found by looking for the Bluewere continuing to deal with C. difficile outbreaks.ing of tap water and to reduce the amount of plastic bottles that W decal on store and restaurant entrances or by using the inter-C. difficile is a type of bacteria that causes severe go into landfills.active map at www.bluew.org/index.php.diarrhea and other intestinal disease when com-Participants of the Blue W program, such as the Towns com-Blue W is one of many Town of Oakville initiatives intendedpeting bacteria in the gut flora are wiped out by munity centres, libraries and more than 25 Oakville retailto help reduce waste.stores and restaurants in the downtown BIA, will now inviteSee New page 8See Town page 5ADDCentreIB Optimize PerformanceWorld(Adults and Children) Attention span is short School Diffi culty organizing & completing work also helpful for AspergersN ow accepting applications for September 2011. also Psycho-educational testingFor further information contact Nancy Norcross, Director of Admissions.337 Trafalgar Rd., Oakville, ON / 905.844.0372 ext. 235 | admissions@maclachlan.ca / www.maclachlan.ca Neurofeedback and learning strategies can provide a lasting improvement.+ A co-educational university prep school Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12CAIS Director: Lynda M. Thompson, Ph.D.,9058038066