C C N A BETTER NEWSPAPERS COMPETITION 2 0 0 0 w w w .o akvilleb eaver.co m Mercedes-Benz A Metroland Publication N o n u d es is g o o d n u d es at Town Hall T he arts Cobras strike at Nike tournam ent finals S po r ts .1 For the finest in CUSTOM UPHOLSTERING M akersoffineupholsteredftim itu re. 2333Wyecroft Road, Unit 7 call Baier's. (betw eenB ronteAT hiniL ine) Qa I lZ001 7 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6,2001 52 Pages 75 Cents (plus GST) Last Post sounds for Gen. Denis Whitaker Military funeral services were held Monday for Brigadier General Denis Whitaker who passed away May 30 after a short illness. The much-decorated WWII vet eran was also an advertsising and corporate executive. Members of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, his regiment, were pall bearers (right) and his wife Shelagh (below) was presented with her husband's regimental hat. Lieutenant Frank Volterman and Chief Warrant Officer Jack MacFarland (bottom) fought along side Gen. Whitaker at Dieppe. Gen. Whitaker was the only officer of 100, who landed on the beach, to make it into the town unwounded. Shelagh Whitaker is flanked by Gen. Whitaker's sister Gail and daughter Mamie (lower right). M issing w om an OK says family Edith Sutton letter tells them not to worry about her but Halton Police still investigating By Angela Blackburn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Oakville's Edith Sutton who disappeared May 23, on her 55th birthday, is still missing but Halton police downscaled their search after the woman apparently wrote home to say she was okay. Nevertheless, police are still trying to locate Sutton, who lived on Fourth Line and operated the well-known Jagerhaus Restaurant on Kerr St., to satisfy themselves as to her safety and whereabouts. Late last week, police widened their search across Ontario and issued a public appeal after more than a week (S e e 'Police' p age A4) Halton Board can't nail down Province on grants By Dennis Smith SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER The budget clock is ticking and some Halton District School Board officials are alarmed at provincial grant num bers they're seeing. "They're robbing Peter to pay Paul," said Burlington trustee Debbie Downs. "A number of things that have been given are being taken back." The province has increased the Halton board's funding by an estimated $4.8 million for the upcoming school year. "We will not be able to fulfill our obligations to stu dents," said Downs. "We will not even have enough to pay for all our needs." (S e e `N o ' page A 4) Finance m inister cancels appearance Ontario's Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty won't be coming to town tomorrow (Thursday, June 7). after all. A scheduling conflict has derailed the visit to what was supposed to be a $200 per person summer cocktail recep tion to be held at Le Dome Banquet Hall. O akville PC Riding A ssociation president Bemd Duddeck said yesterday that the event had been cancelled, but would be rescheduled -- likely as a spaghetti dinner event -- for mid-September. For further information call 905-845-8374. P h o to s by P e te r C . M c C u s k e r G o lf c lu b & To w n re a c h a c c o rd o v e r M u n n 's C r e e k flo o d in g B y A n ge la B la ckb u rn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Oakville Town Council and the Oakville Golf Club have reached an agreement that will solve the flooding problems of Munn's Creek. Now the Town can get on with its preferred route to solving the flooding danger. The work won't be completed until next spring though, so residents along the creek will have to keep their fingers crossed this season. Last May, residents on Culham Street, Osborne Crescent, and Otter Crescent experienced the worst downpour in Oakville's recent history. The rain flooded the enclosed Munn's Creek culvert pipe to wreak havoc in their neighbour hood. Water and in some instances even raw sewage poured into their homes. Firefighters were pressed into rescuing a few residents using inflatable boats. An Oakville Transit bus was parked on Culham as shelter when 25 homes were evacuated. The agreement with the golf course allows the Town to replace the outdated enclosed Munn's Creek culvert with an open channel which will run through some of the golf course's greens and fair ways. disrupting this golf season. The Town will now publish the plan for a pre scribed 30-day period to allow public feedback, then get on with replacing the structurally unsound, 1960s-style culvert with the open chan nel. The new channel will begin at 112 Osborne Crescent, then meander through the Oakville Golf course. The Town had to purchase three homes, but reached co-operative agreements in each instance. "Public Works director Ray Green, who wit nessed the storm's aftermath a year ago, admitted area residents "had their lives turned upside down." The Town "fast-tracked" the solution, said Green. Town of Oakville public works project manag er Darnell Lambert said Munn's Creek first began to exhibit problems in 1990 when the basement at 112 Culham Street flooded. (S e e `C onstruction' p a g e A2) today' s paper IN S ID E TR A IL E R T R O U B L E : Firefighters had to treat a pair of propane tanks with extra caution Sunday during a camper fire in the event that heat caused an explosion. Crews were summoned to the Nelson Street address around 3 p.m. and although the blaze was quickly knocked down, water had to be applied to the tanks for a longer duration. The camper suffered $5,000 in damages and was a write-off but fortunately no one was injured and the house was not involved. 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