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ARE N dren? Phone our FREE L 6 1 ® J42 Don‘th\wwhofiodownh%u“, » In#, w -| OAKVILLE BEAVER 1 ,~‘”6Ma/a3’5wf6)m»rallfg/t/w/gflw” CCNA Beffer Newspapers Competition 1993 â€" r,,l},v"" FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1994 s . s A Metroland Community Newspaper Vol. 32 No. 86 Jazz weekend starts tonight Downtown Oakville streets, restaurants and parks will fill with the sounds of jazz this weekend as the second annual Oakville Jazz Festival gets underway tonight. Feature performers at the 1994 festival, which opens in conjuncâ€" tion with Midnight Madness and runs to Sunday, include the Peter Appleyard Quartet with Ed Bickert; Jim Galloway‘s Wee Big Band and latin jazz performer Memo Acevedo. Performances take place on two outdoors stages located in Lakeside Park and Towne Square. In addition, live jazz is also being provided at numerous participatâ€" ing downtown clubs and restauâ€" rants: Mardi Gras, Admiral Nelson, The Queen‘s Head, Grabbajabba, Sharkey‘s on the Water, Paradiso, The Bearded Collie, Desserts Unlimited, The Oakville Club and Cognito‘s. "Whether you‘re into the urban jazz setting at Towne Square, the scenic stage by the water at Lakeside Park or the hot feel for nightime jazz in a club, this event has something for everyone," said Mike Belobradic, the festival‘s communications manager. All jazz events are free of charge. The lineâ€"up is as follows: Friday, July 22nd Towne Square: s 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Frank Wright Quintet, return performer from last year, a local musician (See ‘Jazz‘ page 7) Midnight Madness today downtown Oakville‘s annual summer street festival, Midnight Madness, is set for tonight beginning at 7 p.m. along Lakeshore Road from Allan to Navy Streets. "This year we‘ve added new bands, activities and entertainers to the lineâ€"up and the Oakville Jazz Festival is once again part of our Friday night activities," says Downtown BIA Promotions Coordinator, Lee Pigeau. Not only will people be able to shop, listen to various music styles and watch community entertainers, but Midnight Madness will also be hosting the Pepsi Taste Challenge and a Hubba Bubba Bubble Gum Blowing contest. Strolling enterâ€" tainers, a basketball toss, great (See ‘Something‘ page 3) Timgirs Emily Gooy for adventure. _ : Teen is paddling her way . to adventure this summer By WILMA BLOKHUIS Oakville Beaver Staff 4 mily Cooper has two goals when she turns 16. One is to get her driver‘s licence; the other is to paddle the Missinaibi River from Lake Supeflo;tolamesBay.Infad;shewfllmarkber birthday enroute. She left July 2nd on her fiveâ€"week, 55(Qâ€"kilometre white water adventure as part of her leadership and outtripping training with Camp Queen Elizabeth run by the London, Ont., YÂ¥MCAâ€"YWCA. And, she celebrated her much anticipated 16th birthday last Saturday.. . Emily, who has previous canoeing: experience â€" last summer she camped and canoed in Tamagami for about nine days through Camp Queen Elizabeth‘s voyageur program â€" was surprised and be one of 11 campers, seven males and four females, selected about 20 applicants. f . 3 (Photo by Riziero Vertolli) (See ‘Teen‘ page 2) e 28 Pages hm mt oo man mm ns m ns mm mas mm mm on mm ns mm mt mm »\:\g‘;a//zmhfl«m we® °C w"‘w INFO LNE Bs (40S) 8\-“â€"20\-(\- 75 Cents (GST included) Halton Social Planning Council report: Service agencies must learn to adapt to needs of new Canadians By KIM ARNOTT Special to the Beaver Social Planning Council. ; he face of the community is changing, and service organizations must change along with it, according to a recently released report prepared by the Halton The report â€" which looks at multiculturalism in the region â€" says community organizations will have to change the way they do business in order to accommodate growing numbers of new Canadians from different ethnic backâ€" grounds. "If taxpayers‘ dollars are being used to provide services to people in the community, then the serâ€" vices should be available to all people in the community," said Elaine Eastman, executive direcâ€" tor for the council. The council surveyed 96 comâ€" munity service agencies, includâ€" ing food banks, libraries, health organizations, and recreation providers. Almost 40% of the agencies said they are serving more clients from different cultures today than they did five years ago. "The question is,". said Eastman, "how do we take mainâ€" stream organizations and develop the capacity to make them more accessible to people from other cultures?" Language is one of the main barriers to immigrants trying to access services. Almost oneâ€"quarâ€" ter of the agencies surveyed said they currently cannot serve people who don‘t speak English. In addition to the need for translation services, organizations will have to recognize and remove cultural barriers which face many new Canadians seeking help, said Eastman. For example, she suggested, organizations providing home delivery of meals to seniors could consider providing ethnic foods. "If you have North American meals and that doesn‘t fit with someone‘s culture, they may not come and ask you (for the service) (See ‘New page 4) Crazy For Stardom Pe Sheridan grad stars in Gershwin musical comedy 12 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS The Bay DORVAL ANIMAL Care for Companion Animals SERVICES 4 N. JOâ€"ANN MCKINNON BSc.D.V.M. MRCVS. oiEA _ _ 3387987 Canadian Publications Mail Product Agreement #435â€"201