B Beaver N O RT H A M E R I C A' S M O S T AWA R D E D C O M M U N I T Y N E W S PA P E R A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 46 No. 47 THE OAKVILLE Authors' works on brunch menu Artscene www.oakvillebeaver.com r by May 15 SAVE $10. justsodit.com WIN Bag: Enter Code TE2047 g ONTARIO SOD 905 849-1915 Daterite Introductions Ontario's Leading Matchmaker Biography Workshops Spring Special Save $30000 A Small Investment. Love 4 Life. 416-939-0150 www.daterite.ca 905-827-5912 "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2007 56 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) No idle protest Inside Opinion.......................................6 Worship.....................................21 Artscene....................................34 Sports........................................41 Real Estate................................44 Classified ..................................49 Full Delivery: Dominion, Canadian Tire, Food Basics, Superstore, Zellers, Wal-Mart, MDG Partial Delivery: Direct Energy, Linens-N-Things, Rogers Wireless, Cadeau Special, Bluestone Project, Encontro, Kingsridge Pharmacy, Price Chopper, Food Basics, Concord Furniture, A. Wesley, Ho-Lee-Chow, Holland Park, Home Hardware, Living Lighting, M&Ms Meats, Sobeys, Pharma Plus, Rabba Fine Foods, Fortinos, Goemans, Lennox, La-Z-Boy, The Barn, Shoppers Drug Mart, Future Shop, Unilock, Michaels, The Source By Circuit City (Support Your Local Carrier) SYLC DELIVERY LIESA KORTMANN / OAKVILLE BEAVER MAKING A STATEMENT: Linbrook School Green Team members Emma Henry, Joanna Kadwell and Annie Mehltretter pass out flyers about the harm idling cars do to the environment. The No-Idling Campaign was organized by the school's Green Team, which has about 30 members. For story see page 14. For home delivery & customer service call 905-845-9742 Mon., Tues., & Thurs. 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m., Wed. & Fri. 8:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. or Saturday 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. For new subscriptions, call 905-845-9742 or subscribe online @ www.oakvillebeaver.com Catholic board chair faces ouster By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF After months of conflict the battle for control of the Halton Catholic District School Board has taken a drastic turn with a special meeting called last night to vote on a motion that would force the resignation of the board's chair Al Bailey of Burlington and vice-chair Alice Anne LeMay of Oakville. "Whereas the majority of the trustees of the Halton Catholic District School Board no longer believe that the current Chair and Vice-Chair of the board effectively speak on behalf of the majority of trustees," read the motion presented by Oakville trustee, Anthony Danko. "Whereas this non-confidence with respect to the Chair and Vice-Chair impact the operations of the board; the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Halton Catholic District School Board are hereby respectfully requested to resign their positions as Chair and Vice-Chair of the board effective immediately." Danko says the motion is not actually intended to bring down the chair and vice- chair, but instead grab their attention. "It's a non-binding motion. It's a purely symbolic motion and it's a response to remarks Al Bailey has made distancing himself from our decisions. That's all it is," said Danko. "The motion carries no weight with him. He has a term until the end of December." Danko listed numerous examples of incidents, which he felt warranted the board's making of such a statement. "He (Bailey) has made remarks that he is OAKVILLE DODGE We're Moving to Trafalgar Rd. Summer 2007 646 4th Line at Speers Rd. The New 905.845.4211 sales@oakvilledodge.com See Trustee page 3 Oakville's largest selection of Natural Limestone and Hardwood · Custom Quality Workmanship 35 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN TILE INSTALLATION LARGEST SELECTION OF WOOD FLOORING OVER 500 SAMPLES ON DISPLAY GRANITE COUNTERTOPS BUY DIRECT FROM THE IMPORTER LARGE SELECTION OF NATURAL LIMESTONE & PORCELAIN TILE Monday to Friday 7:30am-6:00pm · Saturday 7:30am-5:00pm · Closed Sunday 243 SPEERS ROAD, OAKVILLE · 905.338.1288