In addition to providing residents with the proper budget information, the town also has extended an open invitaâ€" tion to members of the public wishing to the budget committee meetings. _ Those wishing to address the budget ommittee should register as delegates Official budget binders, which list proposed expenditures by department, including 1993 objectives and service standards currently in use, will be availâ€" able at all library locations. The town has joined forces with the library to ensure that all Oakville resiâ€" dents have access to budget information and schedule of budget meetings, to take place from Jan. 7th to Jan. 28th at the Oakville Municipal Building. onday, January 11, 1993, :30 p.m. Council Chamber Residents who want to learn more about the Town of Oakville‘s 1993 budâ€" get can now do so by visiting any Oakville Public Library branch. TOWN HALL MEETING CALENDAR PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT / And it‘s not a bad way to start the rain drenched New Year, huddled on Any old movie buff who thinks a terrific night is one sitting in on Ricks Cafe in Casablanca, listening to the clinking of glasses As Time Goes By and watching, mesmerized, as Bogie and Bergman do their magic, cannot help but be fascinated by Aljean Harmetz‘s book Round Up the Usual Suspects. Library has town budget information "... Movies today are bigger, brighter, technically dazzling, aweâ€" some in their computer â€" generated special effects. But they are also thinâ€" ner. They lack the thick layers of character actors who brought depth to the background and refracted the star‘s light so that it formed a differâ€" ent and more complicated image..." «Round Up the Usual Suspects by Aljean Harmet? I love a good old movie. Just sit me down with a big bow! of popcom, a few favorite stars, some comny old music and I‘m in heaven. 1 conjunction with Art Works, an Oakville Arts Council program, n exhibition of the works of Rhogri Kasperbauer will be on isplay in the front lobby area on the main floor at the Oakville unicipal Building during the month of January, 1993. he exhibition can be viewed at any time Monday to Friday ring normal business hours, or any evening when the unicipal Building is open for public meetings. hursday, January 7, 1993, uesday, January 12, 1993, Vednesday, January 13, 1993, hese Budget Committee Meetings will be held in the Oakville & rafalgar Rooms, commencing each evening at 6:00 p.m. he 1993 Budget Committee Meeting Schedule is Subject to hange Without Notice â€" For Further Information Contact the inance Department at 338â€"4195. a result of the decision taken by Halton Regional Council on cember 3, 1992, implementation of Re19ional Market Value sessment has been delayed for one year. The Council resolution ovided that a Citizens‘ éommittee on Property Tax Reform be tablished with representation from each municipality. The Committee II investigate property tax assessment alternatives and recommend to gional Council on the preferred method of assessment. embers of the public are invited to submit their expressions of interest serving on the Committee, accompanied by a resume outlining jucation, business experience relevant to the mandate of the ommittee, and reason for interest in serving on the Committee. plications must reach the Office of the Clerk of the Town of Oakville ) later than 4:30 p.m. (close of business) on Thursday, January 7, 193. Anyone who requires further information is invited to contact the wn Clerk at 338â€"4178. REGIONAL MARKET VALUE AsSESSMENT ITIZENS‘ COMMITTEE ON PROPERTY TAX REFORM CITIZEN APPOINTMENTS Classic films leave much to the imagination e Town of Oakville is currently accepting applications for a citizen pointment to the Citizens‘ Committee on Property Tax Reform. 993 BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETINGS January 6, 1993 ~COMMENT UNCIL MEETING ART EXHIBITMON OAKVILLE MUNICIPAL BuILDING January, 1993 Av Official Opening & Reception Monday, January 11, 1993 :00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Join Us! biggest attractions â€" atmosphere and ambiguity. And do I really want to know that at the time of the movie, Bogie is enmeshed in a bitter marriage where he takes refuge in alcohol and chess (remember the scene in the cafe where he‘s playing chess by himself)? And do I really think it‘s important that Bergman herself was a driven woman, or that offscreen she and Bogie had little to say about each other? Now there is a risk â€" the risk in knowing too much about an old treaâ€" sured movie. While these days disâ€" secting an old movie is commonâ€" place, somehow the same dissection of an old movie makes it lose its the couch dipping into the pages of wartime Casablanca. 1225 TRAFALGAR ROAD + OAKVILLE, ONTARIO + L6J 5A6 TOWN OF OAKVILLE s345â€"s6s01 All applicants will be advised whether they have been successful or unsuccessful in the appointment process. Further information regarding these Advisory Boards and Committees can be obtained by calling Christine Shewchuk, Assistant Clerk at 815â€"2003 or 845â€" 6601, Ext. 3136. ?t is requested that applications for these Advisory Board and Committee appointments be submitted on the application form which is available in the Clerk‘s Department at Town Hall. Old Oakville Heritage Review Committee Parks, Culture & Recreation Advisory Committee Property Standards Committee Sister City Committee Special Committee Against Impaired Driving Traffic Advisory Committee â€" Transit Advisory Committee Crime Prevention Committee Group Homes Advisory Committee Halton Region Safety Council * Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee Oakville Centre Board of Directors Oakville Harbours Development Authority Credit Valley Conservation Authority Bronte District Advisory Committee 3 *NOTE: Applicants must reside in the area bounded by Burloak Drive, Q.E.W , Fourth Line and Lake Ontario Citizen Advisory Committee on Waste Management 5 Applications will be received by the Town Clerk until 4:30 p.m., Monday, January 11, 1993 from any resident of Oakville who would like to be considered for an appointment to any one of the following Advisory Boards or Committees. ADVISORY BOARD OR COMMITTEE NUMBER OF VACANCIES _ ANTICIPATED MEETING SCHEDULE TOWN OF OAKVILLE APPOINTMENTS To ADVISORY BOARDS AND COMMITTEES love it all. I love knowing studio mogul Jack Warner ended every arguâ€" ment by pointing to the tower with the Warner logo emblazoned with his name. I love knowing Dooley Wilson couldn‘t play the piano. I love it all. Well, not all. The important stuff â€" the ambiguity in the characters â€" that‘s the delicious part of an old movie. Pup Both atmosphere and ambiguity Judith Muncaster Town Clerk TOWN OF OAKVILLE 1225 Trafalgar Road Oakville, Ontario LE6BJ 5A6 NOTICE THE OAKVILLE BEAVER She points to the scene in the Rick‘s bar when they first meet, a scene she claims pulses with sexual tension. "...Today, any movie that didn‘t show Rick and IIsa sweatily grappling with each other‘s naked bodies in Rick‘s apartment above the cafe would be considered old fashâ€" ioned. But graphic sex wipes out ambiguity, and the ambiguity in And, to Harmetz â€" the Hollywood film correspondent for The New York Times from 1978 to 1990 â€" this ambiguity is the key to the success of the old movie. are often the indescribables â€" the intangible reasons how and why a basic old movie is transformed into an extraordinary movie. First Wednesday biâ€"monthly (evening) As required Third Thursday each month (day) First Tuesday each month (day) First Wednesday each month (evening) Third Wednesday each month (evening) First Wednesday each month (evening) Fourth Wednesday each month (day) Fourth Wednesday each month (evening) Third Tuesday each month (evening) Third Thursday (morning) gach month Third Thursday each month (day) Approximately 6 meetings per year Third Thursday each month (evening) As required Third Wednesday each month (evening) Third Thursday (evening) gach month Ensure that ALL tree decorations, metal decoration hangers, nails and spikes, and plastic tree bags have been removed from your tree before you place it at the curbside for collection. Thank you for your coâ€"operation in this waste reduction program. I love the trivia of the old movies â€" and its incredible influence in the trends of the day...how in 1943 the British Ministry of Labour asked Hollywood to have actresses wear their hair short in future movies. They had been trying without much success to convince female factory workers to change the fashionable upswept curls and pompadours that were too easily caught in machinery. "The British government knew that if Veronica Lake cut her hair and Greer Garson REMINDER! The Town of Oakville‘s Christmas tree collection program will commence the week of January 11, 1993, weather permitting. Please place your trees at the curbside by 7:00 a.m. on your regular garbage day. And it is this ambiguity that con stantly compels us to tune them in year after year. Casablanca â€" the unce events and motives â€" things that still entices us Mez.or Address: 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville or by mail to: PO. Box 310, Oakville, Ontario L6J 5A6. Specifications, Tender Forms and Tender Envelopes are available at the office of the undersigned. The Corporation reserves the right to reject any or all tenders and the lowest or highest as the case may be will not necessarily be accepted. R.J. Cournoyer, C.1.M., P. Mgr. Director, Purchasing & Office Services VEHICLE RENTALS FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT Tâ€"2â€"93 FIVE (5) 60" HEAVY DUTY FRONT MOUNTED HYDROSTATIC ROTARY MOWERS Tâ€"3â€"93 SEALED TENDERS for the above will be received by the Town Clerk, on or before 2:00 p.m., local time, e uamnl i 69 : o_ M â€"â€" *RAAA , R©MP C / es * A uL _ For goodness sake “*\ Q EA-}‘ _ _ is brought to you %\3 _____ courtesy of the e ~ | @inemamce corroranion , ty a C B j P c _ and e ay~â€" B | ToE Oakviuue Braver 1993 CHRISTMAS TREE COLLECTION the uncertainty about TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1993 TENDER FOR: â€" is one of O.H. Ellis, P. Eng. Director of Public Works In But it works. And it continues to work time after time. The best part of it is no one really knows why. Ambiguous...to the end. Here‘s lookâ€" ing at you kid. And the lines are still funny. Renault‘s "I‘m shocked! Shocked to find that gambling is going on here" all the while pocketing the winnings from the day is what â€" Harmetz calls "meat and drink to audiences whose cynicism has expressed itself recently in term limits for politicians." wore a boyish bob, the factory workâ€" ers would change hairstyles in a week, just as undershirt sales had plummeted in 1934 when Clark Gable displayed a bare chest in It Happened One Night. by Steve Nease