Bill Paul, the Oakvilleâ€"based managing director of championships for the Royal Canadian Golf Association (RCGA), explained that with Bell Canada coming on board as the new sponsor "we wanted to do something significant to heighten the stature of what was already one of the most popular tournaments on the tour. "The new purse represents just one of the many things we are doing this year to achieve that goal," he added. @ rize money for this year‘s Canadian Open, which ‘ runs at Oakville‘s Glen Abbey golf club from Sept. 5th to 11th, has been raised by 30%, making it one of the richest stops on the pro tour. The first increase since 1989, the new purse will be $1.8 million with the winner hauling away $324,000. Last year‘s purse was $1.25 million and the winner received $225,000. Bell adds $550,000 to Canadian Open purse to attract more name players By Norman Nelson Oakville Beaver Sports Editor V S Paper A Metroland Community Newspaper Vol. 32 No. 59 Total Care for Companion WOSS meets Shakespeare F® ‘The Bard ‘| gets 8 fresh air Canadian Publications Mail Product Agreement #435â€"201 N. JOâ€"ANN MCKINNON BSc.D.V.M. MRCVS. KV[LLETOWN 338'7387 Page 10 (See ‘Defending‘ page 7) Where to go for fireworks Northeast of Oakville, the Georgetown Optimist Club is holding its 18th Annual Bangâ€"Oâ€" Rama on Monday at the Tickets will be sold only at the entrance gates. All proceeds go to the Credit Valley Hospital‘s labour and Delivery Renovation Fund. Preâ€"show entertainment includes music provided by Qâ€" 107, Bounce Rooms, Velcro Walls, Face Painting, food and more. Fireworks begin at dusk. The site for the festivities is the west parking lot of Square One, accessible from Hurontario Street and Burnhamthorpe Road West only. Gates open at 6 p.m. Admission is $10 per vehicle and $2 per walkâ€"in guest. [~f you‘re looking for a fireâ€" : works display on Victoria E. Day, you‘ll have to venture outside Oakville, but fortunately there are a few nearby acrial disâ€" plays. The Credit Valley Hospital Foundation is holding its 12th Annual Fundraising Fireworks Spectacular, on Monday night at the Square One Shopping Centre. /\ OLLUP THE® IM TO (See ‘Celebrate‘ page 2) Now you can win one of up to 10 Ford Mustang GT convertibles, 500 Toshiba 27" televisions, 2000 Tim Hortons Coffee Lover‘s Kits, or the more than 5,000,000 Instant Win Prizes available, when you roll up the rim on a contest cup at your neighbourhood Tim Hortons. Contest closes jul{ 31, 1994. Contest clr available while supplies last. No purchase necessary. Complete contest rules available at participating Tim Hortons. . Roll Up the Rim® contest exclusive to Tim Hortons. Artist Jackson Turner sits contentedly next to his recentlyâ€"completed twoâ€"year project at Chaps Bronte, Tex Mex murals, depicting the colorful southwest. Turner, once the head of Sheridan College‘s Technical Theatre program and a scenic painter for such renowned theatrical institutions as Stratford, devotes his time these days to his own work. His dream is to find a massive, empty, largerâ€"thanâ€"life wall he can paint freely. For a story on this unique artist see page 14. MURAL, MURAL ON THE WALL FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1994 28 Pages 75 Cents (GST included) (Photo by Riziero Vertolli)