Wednesday, December 29, 1999 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER A3 Two New Year's Day dips into Lake Ontario Are you ready to make that New Millennium plunge, an icy dip into Lake Ontario, on Jan. 1st to usher in the year 2000 in robust style? There will be two opportunities to do so. At 10:45 a.m,, the Bronte Beached Whales, supported by a group o f brave souls from the Coach & Four Pub in Bronte, will take the plunge at Bronte Beach, west of Bronte Pier. The second opportunity is at 2 p.m. at the east end o f Coronation Park, as brothers Todd and Trent Courage lead a horde of polar bears into Lake Ontario. Spectators and participants are wel come at both events. The 15th annual World Vision Polar Bear Dip will be held at the east end of Coronation Park. Registration is from 1:15 p.m. to 1:45 p.m., for the plunge at 2 p.m. sharp. More than 200 participants expect ed to run into the lake. The event draws about 3,000 spectators. Proceeds from the Polar Bear Dip go to World Vision's borehole water project in Malawi, to supply water to 24,123 people in the Mdunga-Kasiya Area Development Project. More than 50 wells have already been dug, and World Vision's goal is to dig another 25. Registration is a minimum $20 donation, and the polar bear raising the most money from pledges wins a trip for two (air only) to Florida. Participants will receive T-shirts. For information, call Trent, Todd or Anna at 1-800-COURAGE, or evenings at 815-3525 or 302-3616. The Bronte Beached Whales and a group from the Coach & Four Pub in Bronte is preparing to usher in the New Millennium with a late morning swim. For more information, ask at the Coach & Four, or Chaps Bronte. B o x in g W e e k Gas Fireplace S A L E 2 D A Y S ONLY W ed . D ec. 2 9 , T h u rs. D ec. 3 0 NEED ICE INSURANCE? TAKE ADVANTAGE O F `9 9 PRICING IN 2 0 0 0 . Police bolster staff fo r New Year's Eve (Continued from page 1) nificant problem should occur within the region. They will be joined by an addition al 32 staff who will be changed from day shifts to 2000 hours to 0400 hours on New Year's Eve and dispersed throughout the three districts. As the region enters into the new millennium, therefore, the maximum number o f personnel will be available to deal with any emergencies brought about by computers misreading the year 2000 as 1900 or by humans who are overzealous in their celebrations. "We are well over double the regu lar complement on New Year's Eve," said Cormier. An Emergency Operations Center (EOC) will also be made ready, but not staffed. However, all EOC staff are required to be able to reach the Center within 15 minutes. Extra officers will be on hand for the large celebrations being planned by the Town o f Oakville and the City o f B urlington while the RIDE Program is already in effect. Cormier stressed the RIDE pro gram is fully Y2K compliant and will be in full force on New Year's and urges the public to utilize taxis or have a designated driver if they are drink ing. The 911 system is also compliant, but as is always the case it is to be used only for emergency calls to report a fire, save a life or stop a crime. "My Com m ittee has basically thought of everything that could be done," said Cormier. "If there is trou ble we will be there and be ready." II you have a new s tip o r sto ry id ea, call th e O akville B eav er a t 8 4 5 -3 8 2 4 . Gas fireplaces will work even when there is a power failure! F in a n c in g a v a ila b le th r o u g h U n io n E n e r g y FUTURE FLAMES CAN CUSTOM DESIGN & INSTALL THE MANTEL OF YOUR CHOICE GAS FIREPLACES FA M ILY O W NEDAND O P E R A T E DS IN C E I 9$6 v isit o u r w e b s ite a t: w w w .fu tu re fla m e s .c o m JSSagw* 338»WARM (9276) O PP exp ect business as usual While the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) maintain they are not expecting anything unusual at the stroke of midnight New Year's Eve, senior staff assure that contingency plans are in place should the need arise. "There is no downside to emergency prepared ness," said Supt. Chris Lewis of the O PP's Emergency management Bureau. "We want the communities we serve throughout the province to know that OPP officers will be on patrol and avail able throughout the holiday season. As always, community safety is our first priority." Annual leave for all officers during the Y2K transition period was canceled a year ago and members from Regional and General Headquarters will be supplementing detachment staffing across the province. The OPP is also working closely with Emergency Measure Ontario, Emergency Preparedness Canada and the Canadian Armed Forces to ensure that everything from necessary resources to equipment are available and co-ordi nated. "We are committed to public safety," said Lewis. "In keeping with the nature of policing and the mandate of the OPP, responding to and manag ing emergency situations is part of our day-to-day operations." H alton S earch .c)k *n ...jtU t-O s -d lc J c -M V M /! .A Caring for others was her life's work (Continued from page 1) studied nursing at the University of British Columbia before the World Health Organization recruited her to go to India in 1956. She returned to Canada for home visits every two years, travelling extensively along the way. W hen she permanently returned to Canada in 1974, Brown joined the Department of Health and Welfare in northern British Columbia working most ly with the Aboriginal communi ty. Upon her retirement in 1983, her brother, Roy, invited her to move to Oakville to live near him. "I never really put down roots anywhere and when he asked me to come to Oakville, I agreed. I found relocating and retiring to be a traumatic experience," Brown admits and she turned to volunteer work. Responding to an advertise ment she saw in the paper, she became a volunteer coordinator and board member of Survivors of Stroke helping both victims and their families for 13 years. Today, she still serves as a mem ber of its Board of Directors. One of the Fareshare Foodbank's original volunteers, between 1988 and 1997 Brown did everything from interview ing recipients to sorting and stocking the shelves. For six years in the early '90s she deliv ered meals one day a month through the Oakville Kiwanis Meals on Wheels. Drawing on her experience as a pediatric nurse, for five years Brown volunteered her time at Peter Pan School, a preschool for handicapped children and then spent two years helping children with learning disabili ties at St. Joseph's School. "I'm a people person," she shrugs. "But I'm just an average person. It is rewarding to get out and participate in something. It's most satisfying and fulfilling. I feel fortunate to have had the opportunities in my life; to trav el, meet so many people and help others." Today, Brown still keeps in touch with many of the people she's met all over the world, par ticipates in the St. Paul's United Church Women's Group and keeps tabs on her old University o f British Columbia sorority. Beta Sigma Phi. HURRY! Dec 26 to Jan 9 only While supplies last TH ER E'S A SPACE FORYOU! 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