www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, October 9, 2014 | 14 Youths forced to swim ashore as vessel capsizes by Michael Gregory Oakville Beaver Staff Two teens swimming a few hundred metres from shore in Lake Ontario were rescued by Oakville Outer Harbour Marina Staff after their 29er boat capsized in rough waters Friday afternoon. The youths, whose ages are not known, were wearing life jackets as well as wetsuits when the two-man, high-performance sailing skiff tipped. The two did not suffer injuries in the incident that took place off shore from the harbour near Bronte Road and Ontario Street. The harbour's general manager Dan Miller and yard manager Alan Connelly were on shift when a call came in from a resident of a nearby apartment building, saying a boat had capsized near the harbour. The men headed onto the lake and quickly found the boys yelling and blowing their whistles. "By the time we had gotten around to the rocks over there we could see they were Two teens began swimming to shore Friday after their vessel capsized in Lake Ontario near Bronte. They were picked up by a Halton Police Marine Unit boat. HRPS went back out to tow their vessel to shore. The youths suffered no injuries. | photo by Eric Riehl Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog) swimming towards us," Connelly said. "They probably would have made it to shore but it was a little dicey." Miller said the boys appeared a bit tired from swimming against the gusty winds. "I think they were just tired from swimming because the wind was blowing them away from shore," he said. "I think they had been trying for a while. You could tell they were getting tired." Halton police's marine unit towed the boat back to shore from where it had drifted approximately 1.5 kilometres out. The teens were assessed by EMS but appeared to be in good spirits when their boat arrived back on shore. Miller said boats such as 29ers capsize on occasion but normally its operators can turn it back over. "Under normal conditions, you can right them again but it's... futile because every time you try to get it up, a big wave comes and knocks it back over again," he said. Oakville man's search for dandelions puts school on alert by Michael Gregory Oakville Beaver Staff A 65-year-old in search of dandelions for a recipe caused an Oakville public school to be put in a hold and secure late Monday afternoon. The incident occurred shortly before 3 p.m. when a man was spotted walking with a small kitchen knife along the Pilgrim Wood Public School fence line, near Third Line and Upper Middle Road West. The Halton police's canine unit responded and located the man in the trail area of the school. Halton District School Board spokesperson Marnie Denton said buses were held for a short while as the school remained in a hold and secure until approximately 3:45 p.m. The man was advised by police of the optics of walking around with a weapon in public and released without charge.