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By Dominik Kurek OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Despite having as many as 2,200 people pledged to participate in an ongoing power con- servation challenge, Oakvilles electricity con- sumption went up on a one-day power down challenge event last week. The province-wide Power Pledge Community Challenge Day took place last www.oakvilleshops.com 1011 Upper Middle Road E. 905-849-4722 DON'T GET HOOKED ON GIMMICKS! Call A1 for Honest Pricing and Quality Products - GUARANTEED. Excellent Financing and Great Terms. 905-844-2949MaintenanceSpecials on NOW! 337 Trafalgar Rd., , N / 905.844.0372 ext. 235 | admissions@maclachlan.ca / www.maclachlan.ca ational university prep school Kindergarten to Grade 12 Limited space available for September 2010. For further information contact Nancy Norcross, Director of Admissions. IB World SchoolMacLachlan College A co-educational university prep school Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12 By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF A representative from the Toronto Wildlife Centre says six coyotes probably didnt mean an Oakville woman any harm during an encounter along a nature trail near Bronte Provincial Park recently. Tinsmith Lane resident Stephanie Glas, 23, had been walking along Fourteen Mile Creek Trail in the middle of the day when she said she got the strange feeling she was not alone. It started as soon as I started walking on the Fourteen Mile Creek Trail. After about 10 minutes of walking I felt a little weird, like I was being watched, but in my mind I thought, Okay, this is Oakville, Im near a residential area, this should be fine, she said. I kept walking. After 10 minutes, Glas followed the trail into a valley, experiencing some brief moments of terror when something she described as looking like a husky dog came out of the bushes, looked at her and departed. Initially leaving the valley, Glas pulled herself together and decided to proceed with her walk telling herself the animal was probably just someones pet, which was off its leash with no owner in sight. She now believes what she saw was actu- ally a large coyote. THE OAKVILLE 56 Pages $1.00 (plus tax)A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 48 No. 94 USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES WEDNESDAY AUGUST 18, 2010 Beaver Voted Ontarios Top Newspaper Four Years in a Row - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 My Oakville Artscene RIZIERO VERTOLLI / OAKVILLE BEAVER See Resident page 4 Summer stroll turns up six pack of coyotes Power use up on Power Down day By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF The outdoor gym, located at South Shell Waterfront Park, was removed Tuesday as the Town conducts an investigation into a July accident that severed a 9-year-old girls finger. Oakville resident Lisa Weinerman said her daughter Sydney had been at the gym with her friend and her friends parents on July 12, when the accident took place. She was on an elliptical type piece of equip- ment (double air walker) that has two half cir- cular handle bars that she was holding onto and if you kick your legs high enough the support thats holding the footrest actually will touch the metal handles, she said. Workout equipment removed after injury See Halton page 5 See Girl page 11 NEIGHBOURS: Above, Stephanie Glas was chased by a pack of coyotes in the trails near her home in Glen Abbey. Inset, Glen Abbey resident Lisa Kirton snapped this photo of a coyote on the other side of the backyard fence of her Ravine Gate home just blocks from Glas home last fall. A coyote was also spotted on the fields of St. Bernadettes and Heritage Glen elementary schools, just to the east in the same neighbourhood, last spring. In Glen Abbey trails www. oakvillebeaver .com