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8- The Oakville Beaver, Friday September 21, 2007 www.oakvillebeaver.com Downtown Oakville will hold its annual Fall Festival Saturday, Sept. 22. The festivities will run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. It all kicks off at 9 a.m. in Towne Downtown Autumnfest Saturday Catholic board okays Square with a pancake breakfast, live entertainment, hay rides, corn-on-thecob and a pavilion on George Street featuring wine tasting and gourmet food sampling. HPV vaccinations in schools By Melanie Cummings SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER Factory Specials SAVE UP TO 70% OFF Take advantage of this one time opportunity to save on solid wood bedroom and dining room, custom upholstery & leather. SPECIAL OFFER OLD WORLD FLAIR WITH TODAY'S FUNCTION $ 2999 $ 1799 SPECIAL PURCHASE Authentic reclaimed solid wood dining table & 6 genuine leather chairs KING SIZE AVAILABLE $ MODERN MAPLE BEDROOM IN ESPRESSO FINISH 3999 $ 2699 SPECIAL PURCHASE Includes: Queen bed complete dresser/mirror, 1 night stand and chest $ 1999 for pair 100% GENUINE ALL LEATHER CHAIRS $ 999 Since 1977 Heritage Furniture 4205 Fairview St. Burlington · 905-634-5298 Grade 8 girls in Halton's Catholic schools will have access to a free vaccine protecting them against cervical cancer, so long as they have written consent from their parents. Tuesday night (Sept. 18) the Halton Catholic District School Board narrowly turned down Oakville trustee Anthony Danko's proposal to ban the region's public health department from stepping on school property to administer the vaccine. Instead, five of the seven trustees opted to send home with each of the board's female Grade 8 students an information package about the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), the vaccine and a letter from the Bishop of the Hamilton Diocese, Anthony Tonnos, that states "parents have the final decision on whether their daughters will be vaccinated." (Danko abstained from voting and Oakville trustee Ed Vianna opposed the recommendation.) Trustees also demanded parents sign consent forms and a waiver of liability absolving the Halton Catholic District School Board of any present and future liability regarding the administration of the vaccine on school property. Trustees also want written assurance from the Region's Public Health Department that Burlington Catholic School Trustee Joanne Matters they won't allow students to override a parent's decision to not administer the vaccine. According to Milton trustee Rev. Dave Wilhelm, who was opposed to the ban proposed by Danko, "If this (vaccine) was so morally reprehensible, the Bishop would have come out and said `no'." And Burlington trustee Joanne Matters added, "I'm not sure a vaccine meant to prevent illness is a Catholic issue. At the end of the day this is the parents' decision." Board chair Alice Anne LeMay added, "It is not the job of trustees to be judge and jury of the vaccine, but to decide whether our schools should be the host sites." In July, the Ontario government announced that it would foot the cost of the $400-perstudent bill to vaccinate all Grade 8 girls in the province. The drug, called Gardasil, is injected in three doses over six months and prevents HPV strains 16 and 18, which are responsible for 70 per cent of cervical cancer cases. Halton launched the vaccination program in public schools this week, offering it to the region's 3,000 Grade 8 girls. A letter addressed to Halton trustees from Dr. Guylaine Lefebvre, the president of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, also stated that HPV is "...one of the most studied vaccines ever to come to the Canadian market." The society also stated in the letter that the vaccination is most effective if it is administered before the onset of sexual activity and "there is no evidence to link preventative vaccination and sexual activity." The letter listed some health authorities that have approved the vaccine including the Catholic Medical Association, which states, "The fact that HPV is spread by sexual contact does not render vaccination against it unethical." Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in Canada in women. Nearly 400 Canadian women die of the disease each year. OAKVILLE - Celebrating 150 years! NOTICE OF ZONING BY-LAW PASSING Zoning By-law Amendment 409 and 417 Lakeshore Road West Town Initiated Housekeeping Zoning By-law Amendment File: Z.1619.19 Take Notice that Oakville Council passed Zoning Amendment By-law 2007-149 under Section 34, of The Planning Act, as amended on the 10th day of September, 2007. The Purpose and Effect of Zoning Amendment By-law 2007-149 is to correct an error in the Comprehensive Zoning By-law affecting the lands at 409 and 417 Lakeshore Road West. When these lands were rezoned in 2005 the By-law was passed without its accompanying map schedules. The proposed by-law corrects this situation by introducing a schedule to rezone the property to R02-772. The new By-law maintains the same permitted uses and regulations as those approved under By-law 2005-014. The subject properties are illustrated in the map attached to this notice for your ease of reference. At this time there are no other applications, under the Act, pertaining to the subject lands. Any appeals of the zoning by-law amendment must be filed with Vicki Tytaneck, Acting Town Clerk, 1225 Trafalgar Road, P. O. Box 310, Oakville, ON L6J 5A6, setting out the reasons for the appeal together with a certified cheque or money order in the amount of $125.00 payable to the Minister of Finance. A copy of the appeal form is available from the OMB website at www.omb.gov.on.ca. Only individuals, corporations and public bodies may appeal a by-law to the Ontario Municipal Board. A notice of appeal may not be filed by an unincorporated association or group. However, a notice of appeal may be filed in the name of an individual who is a member of the association or the group on its behalf. No person or public body shall be added as a party to the hearing of the appeal unless, before the by-law was passed, the person or public body made oral submissions at a public meeting or written submissions to the Town of Oakville Council or, in the opinion of the Ontario Municipal Board, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party. A copy of the zoning by-law amendment is available for review at the Town of Oakville, Planning Services, Department, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Inquiries may be directed to Michelle Innocente, Planner, Planning Services Department at (905) 845-6601, extension 3041 or email at minnocente@oakville.ca. The personal information accompanying your submission is being collected under the authority of the Planning Act and may form part of the public record which may be released to the public. Questions about this collection should be directed to the Records and Freedom of Information Officer at (905) 815-6053. Last date for appeal: Tuesday October 9, 2007