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THE OAKVILLE BEAVER am:éwfiwtmw@ Aewispaper" CCNA Better Newspapers Competition 1993 A Metroland Community Newspaper’ _= Vol. 82 No. 7 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1994 BURNs CX FRY umm § J\" 8 130/ Mark Slipp 0 (416) 359-4633 100% Government Guaranteed "Rates Strip Coupons Maturing in 2004 to dnn;e 75 Cents (GSI‘ included) Halton will have Jâ€"K program Oakville Beaver Staff ust when the Halton Board of Education thought it was safe to plan their budget, along comes a memo from the Ministry of Education. Trustees had barely finished celebrating a reprieve from the Ministry on the implementaâ€" tion of Junior Kindergarten (JK) in Halton from 1994 to 1997, when rumors started cirâ€" | culating about the reprieve not meaning a total | postponement of the plan. In response to the rumors, Halton Board of Education chairman Dave Whiting fired off a stronglyâ€"worded letter in opposition to impleâ€" menting JK before 1997 in Halton, but the ink wasn‘t even wet before the Ministry memo arrived. "Although the deadline for full implemenâ€" tation of JK is September 1994, school boards may request a temporary exemption from this requirement. School boards that are granted an exemption will be permitted to phase in the full implementation of JK by no later than September 1997...Exemption will not permit school boards to postpone the implementation of JK until 1997. Only in the most unusual of circumstances will a board be given approval for a plan that does not provide for the enrollâ€" whether it likes the plan or not By KATHY YANCHUS ment of some JK.pupils beginning in the 1994â€"95 school year," states the memo. With the impact of social contract and the need for severe fiscal restraint, there is "simâ€" ply no money for any new programs, particuâ€" larly one for which there has been absolutely no demand in our region," said Whiting. The Ministry‘s memo throws a monkey wrench into budget talks where trustees are trying to meet a 0% mcrease on the millrate, he added. The public school board has estimated the full implementation of JK would cost the (See ‘Program‘ page 3) | Power failures due | to the frigid weather Extreme cold temperatures over the weekend kept Oakville Hydro crews busy repairing fallen power lines and restoring power to cusâ€" tomers. Curiously enough, all the power (|â€" outages occurred in east Oakville, according to Neil Sandford, _ Oakville Hydro director of engiâ€" ‘ neering and operations. "Basically they were all caused || by cracked insulators from the | extreme cold," said Sandford. According to the Toronto weathâ€" â€"er office of Environment Canada, temperatures dropped to 25.5C on Saturday and â€"31C on Sunday. Sandford explained the insulaâ€" ~tors will sometimes crack in extremely cold weather if water comes between the brittle porcelain fixtures and the metal power cable connections. "When this happens we have a number of small outages," he said. Fortunately, most of the outages occurred in the early morning hours on Saturday and Sunday. $ es $ "It was a good time for us C ' * M en * because most of our customers were Cathy Armstrong: running for Erik. _ wrapped up in their beds," he said. Woman braves elements | sen s in In run tO help Iittle Erlk power cables feel across Royal (Photos by Peter McCusker) Diver takes to Bronte Harbour to try and salvage boat Sunday when two 16,000 volt Windsor Drive near the Ford of â€"Canada car and truck plants. Hydro, fire and police officials responded to the scene and traffic along the road was blocked off for 80 minutes before the line was repaired without incident. INSIDE Today‘s Paper Time to butt out Weedless Wednesday...what better time to kick the habit Pg. 13 By KATHY YANCHUS | â€"Oakville Beaver Staff hat do spinach and orange juice have to do with the r \’s/ Unrelated Bone Marrow Donor Registry? The common denominator is Cathy Armstrong, a customer service ;‘ representative for the Royal Bank in Oakville, who took it upon herself to make a 30â€"km run from Burlington to Hamilton on Sunday to raise awareness for the organization. C The orange and green diet helped the 32â€"yearâ€"old mother of | two reach her goal and thousands of people who wouldn‘t otherâ€" | , wise be aware that such a registry exists. plant to help him fight acute myelogenous leukemia. Erik has only | a 30% chance of survival without the bone marrow transplant. He | has spent much of the past few months at the Children‘s Hospital at the McMaster University Medical Centre in Hamilton. 1 When Armstrong heard of the family s plight, she decided to | get involved and because running is an addiction for her, chose 8 that route. Up until the weekend, however, the farthest distance she had | covered was 10 kilometres â€" a neighborhood jog by comparison | â€" so she placed herself on a rigid training program. Even after | she injured her knee during the first week of training she wasn‘t | deterred. 4 Her fraining included a strict diet centred around an abundance | of spinach. "I love spinach. I just bought bags and bags of spinach," she | said. She left Royal Bank‘s headquarters on Burlâ€"Oak Drive in | _C_I:I:SS_IFI.ED___'Z%_ZE Burlington Sunday and completed the marathon at the McMaster | University Medical Centre with nothing more than "a smidgeon" | of frostbite on her nose. Pledges were collected from employees, family friends and | neighbors and in the end, $4,000 was raised for the organization. _ | SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS Woolco, Plan Save, White Rose, Consumers Distributing, St. Clair, Coupon Clipper, Sears, Alternatives NOW THAT‘S COLD WORK! _ By HOWARD MOZEL Oakville Beaver Staff ose who think shovelling the driveway is a . high price to pay for winter should take a lesâ€" son from Dave Reimer and the fron Duke. On Tuesday morning, Reimer plunged into the frigid waters of Bronte Harbor to determine what . caused his 34â€"foot tug the Iron Duke to sink last Friday. Equipped with scuba gear and protective suit, the local diver and owner of Dave‘s Aquatic Service . Inc. searched the submerged hull for cracks or any other reason why his boat sank. Upon discovering the condition of the 11 5~ton vesâ€" sel which had been moored for the winter, the original plan was to use a crane and haul it up out of the harbor and inspect the hull. Now hopelessly frozen in place by the ice in seven feet of water, however, Reimer said . this was no longer practical. After all, the boat would first have to be completely cut free of the ice while the * crane â€" at nearly $100 per hour â€" sat waiting, idle. . Instead, Reimer decided on a dive inspection after . first stabilizing the Iron Duke and sandbagging the rear J gunnels on Friday. On Tuesday morning a hole was cut into the ice through which Reimer entered the water while a safety diver remained on top in case of emergency. Much to his surprise, Reimer did not find any in the hull. "I think the ice lifting and shearing _ just pulled it under," said Reimer. "There is ice still frozen to the hull six feet under water." . Reimer now plans to cut a hole in the ice around . the boat and pump the water out so the boat will rise to . the surface. He said that while anything underwate would remain unfrozen, once removed from the ice it certainly would become frozen. "Once out, we‘ve got to get the heat in," said | Reimer, "‘We‘ve got to get it up and get the engme started as soon as possible." It was not only her relationship with the Los which prompted Armstrong‘s run, but her father‘s death at an early age six years | ago. 1 "It really hit me hard. I spoke at the funeral and I promised | myself that I would reach out more, appreciate people around me | more and that was just extended," said Armstrong. Armstrong has promised the Los that the support won‘t end with her run. Aside from bonding her closer to the family, the | marathon has become the subject of a video being produced by | Among Armstrong‘s banking clients are Walter and Kimberley Lo whose oneâ€"yearâ€"old son Erik is in need of a bone marrow transâ€" | (See ‘Joining‘ page 2} Teaching the Skills of Tomorrow...Today! Computer Learning For Kids Ages 3â€"13 Adult Interest Courses Now Available Please Call For Further Information 847â€"1605 461 NORTH SERVICE RD. W., OAKVILLE Canadian Publications Mail Product Agreement #435â€"201 School boards in busâ€"sharing talks Trustees of the Halton Board of Education gave the go ahead last Thursday for discussion of a joint transportation system with the Halton Catholic Separate School Board, despite fears from some trustees that they would be giving the committee carte blanche. Ward 4 Trustee Penny Siebert said details were too sketchy and no cost savings had been discussed. She said it was not clear whether the boards would operate under one policy instead of the existing two. "There are not enough details about what the system would look like," said Siebert, who said she would not support a proposal that would encompass two separate policies. Under the current board transâ€" portation policy, K to Grade 2 stuâ€" dents living over 1.6 kilometres from their school are bused; Grades Maximize Your Financial Planning With A Free MAX Computer Analysis. Call 338â€"3030 For Details. 3 to 8.students living over 3.2 kiloâ€"< metres and high school students residing over 4.8 kilometres are bused. Siebert said their system ‘"is decidedly more strict" than that of the separate school board which buses all elementary school chilâ€" dren living more than 1.6 kilomeâ€" tres from their school and high school students residing over 3.2 kilometres. RBC DOMINION dSECURITIES