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Beaver THE OAKVILLE Voted Ontario's Top Newspaper Four Years in a Row - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 SELLING YOUR JEWELLERY? LONDON GOLD Fine Jewellery Co. Ltd. 905.337.0051 Mother thanks Oakville students Page 3 1011 Upper Middle Road E. 905-849-4722 www.oakvilleshops.com A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 48 No. 61 "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 2010 68 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) Memorial service June 19 for Colonel Parker He gave all that his country could have asked of him and now residents of Oakville are being given the opportunity to offer their thanks. A memorial service to remember the life of Colonel Geoff Parker will be held on Saturday, June 19, at the George's Square Cenotaph. The ceremony will begin at 2 p.m. Parker, who was born and raised in Oakville, was killed in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, May 18, when a suicide car bomber attacked the International Security Forces (ISAF) convoy he was traveling with. He was the highest-ranking Canadian Forces soldier to be killed in Afghanistan. A White Oaks Secondary School graduate, Parker was also the first soldier from Oakville killed in Afghanistan. Parker joined the 1188 Lorne Scots Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps when he was 13 years old. He began his long military career in 1989 and spent time in Belleville, Petawawa and New Brunswick. Parker's funeral was held at the Canadian Forces Base in Petawawa on May 27. He is survived by his wife and two children. Colonel Geoff Parker MICHELLE SIU / OAKVILLE BEAVER BETTER IDEA : (L-R) Spokesperson for Citizens for Clean Air (C4CA) Susan Hyatt, Mayor Marie Trainer, of Haldimand County, and Mayor Rob Burton, of Oakville, and Doug MacKenzie, president of C4CA gathered on Tuesday at Queen's Park to present an alternative site to the proposed Oakville gas power plant. They suggest building the power plant in Haldimand County, which they say is well buffered from residents and has sufficient land. Nanticoke pitched as better site for power plant By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Mayors from both Oakville and Haldimand County convened a press conference at Queen's Park, Tuesday, to once again ask the Province to consider Nanticoke as the site for the 900-megawatt gas-fired power plant, currently proposed for Oakville. Mayor Marie Trainer of Haldimand County said the Nanticoke site is superior to the Oakville one in a number of ways, including its size and distance from residential communities. The Oakville site, at 1500 Royal Windsor Dr., is less than 400 metres from the nearest residential community, a fact that has many residents concerned about the possible Gove rn Reba ment tes S Avaitill lable ! health risks of having a power plant that close. Increased air pollution and industrial accident top the list of fears. "We'd like to invite the premier and the minister of the environment and energy to come out to Haldimand County and view our sites. We have two wonderful alternatives for them," said Trainer. "Our existing OPG (coal-fired generating station) site has 4,500 acres of available land in an industrial park with a 3 kilometre buffer zone. It is slated to be closed in January of 2015 and that results in a loss of 600 local jobs, property taxes and $3 million in economic spin-offs." Trainer said her community needs these See OPA page 4 BEAT THE HST! Don't Pay for 6 Months on Selected Equipment from... Maintenance Specials on NOW! · Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed · Serving Oakville with Shop at Home Service SHUTTERS C ALIFORNIA & PLANTATION · Wood & Vinyl Shutters, Supplied & Installed · High Quality at Affordable Prices 905-844-2949 SHUTTERS ETC. 905.691.4455 www.shuttersetc.ca Authorized Eclipse Shutters Dealer Shop at Home Service FREE