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Bike races, Art in Park holiday weekend highlights We‘re in the middle of a very busy weekend in Oakville. Today (Sun. July 31st) the town plays host to a series of bike races known as a Criterium. It goes from 7:30 a.m. and ends at 4:30 p.m. with the senior mens event. The 1.2 km loop follows Lakeshore Road, Trafalgar Road, Church Street, Dunn Street, Randall Street to Thomas Street and then back to Lakeshore Road. Motorists should get ready for a detour as Lakeshore Road will be closed from Navy A Metroland Community Newspaper M«. _ Vol. 32 No. 90 Canadas Best Conmanity Newspoper CCNA Better Newspapers Competition 1993 Oakville‘s Claudia Strobele enjoys a break in the action during a student sailing regatta Monday and Tuesday. Hosted by the Oakville Yacht Sqaudron sailing school, the regatta attracted participants from half a dozen sailing schools along Lake Ontario including Oakville‘s Bronte Harbour Yacht Club. (Photo by Peter McCusker) Street to Reynolds for the races. There‘s even a bike rodeo for the kids from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. All proceeds from the race go to the Halton Trailblazers so they can buy some tandem bikes for their visuallyâ€"impaired members. On Monday, Coronation Park is the place to be when the Oakville Art Society will hold its popular Art in the Park, in conjunction with the Children‘s and Youth Foundation of Halton‘s Children‘s Picnic. Art in the Park, which features crafts, jewâ€" ellery, pottery, original paintings, photography, stained glass and woodworking, runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Admission is $1) while the picâ€" nic also begins at 10 a.m. but ends an hour earliâ€" er at 4 p.m. For just a dollar, kids can buy an act1v1ty card which will allow them to participate in more than a dozen activities including bouncing on a trampoline, making crafts or clambering through an obstacle course. When their card is full they can head for the Treasure Chest and choose a prize to take home. SUNDAY, JULY 31, 1994 By HOWA Oakville Beaver Staff side â€" from _ bailing AOntario Hydro out of its debtâ€"ridden hole, the head of Oakville Hydro sees litâ€" tle benefit for local subscribers in a buyâ€"out of the utility giant‘s power transmission service. General manager and secretary Ron Noonan said Thursday that he would rather see the existing Paper 75 Cents (GST included) Canadian Publications Mail Product Agreement #435â€"201 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS Longos, Canadian Tire, A P, Food City, Kmart, Biâ€"Way, LOEB, Valdi (See ‘Oakville‘ page 4) New Chamber president Year of challenges coming up 100% Government Guaranteed Strip Coupons Maturing in 2004 Mark Slipp (416) 359â€"4633 *Rates subject to change Page 3 338â€"6550 24 Hour FRY Lmnro Sales Representatives BIG ON SERVICE 28 Pages