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A 2 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday February 20, 2002 ^* C ry rv v & tfc e s Lease ZERO Down $302+tax $1500 Down $259+iax $2500 Down $23tM ax OR TRADE OF EQUAL VALUE Air conditioning, dual air bags, AM/FM stereo with CD, power door locks with remote entry, manual 5-speed transmission. Stk. #2S175. Market 2D03. fyocuA, £ £ Sedan Kathleen Russell · Darien News State troopers exam ine a sport utility vehicle th a t was carrying five C anadian students when it hit a m edian on Interstate 95 in G eorgia on Saturday. Two students were killed, including N athan Cowan, and three were injured, two of them seriously. Student dreamed of the Olympics 36 Month Lease ZERO Down $46fM ax $1500 Down $426+tax $2500 Down $39&+tax OR TRADE OF EQUAL VALUE 7 passenger, quad seating, air conditioning, power windows, mirrors & locks, AM/FM stereo with CD, speed control, tilt steering, privacy glass, dual sliding doors. Stk. #2W100. Market Value Price $31,349 7 < 2 'WindUtoA, Spxvit v.'Z-ir- l n a n cm g 36 Months 36 Month Lease ZERO Down $34(M ax $1500 Down $297+tax $2500 Down $268+tax OR TRADE OF EQUAL VALUE 4x2, V6, automatic, sliding rear window, limited rear slip, air conditioning Stk. #2T255. Market Value Price $23,178 a + u je /i S u fL e S ic c d )0% financing 36-months on Focus. 48 months on Taurus and Windstar All leases are based on 36 month RCL from Ford credit. Total allow 60.000km during lease All downpayments, payments and Market Value Price rate plus all taxes.Market Value Price incl. freight & air tax. Security deposit required on all leases Lease end value Focus S8.833. Windstar $14,663. Ranger $12,461 Limited time offer. See Dealer for details. (Continued from page 1) who dreamed of being on the 2004 Canadian Olympic team, was in his fourth and final year at Queen's University, studying mechanical engineering and eco nomics and was to have graduat ed in June. He also competed with the Queen s Sailing Team across North America and belonged to the Toronto Royal Canadian Yacht Club. In the summer, he coached at the elite Junior Sailing Association of Long Island. . Cowan had a site on the Royal Canadian Yacht Club's Web page, where he listed his hobbies as Spanish, homepage design, guitar and baseball. Besides his studies and com petitive sailing, Cowan ran a small business called Course Cram,, a service for students who needed help to prepare for final exams. Cowan had planned to run his business as a full-time venture after graduation. Best firiend Oskar Johansson, of Burlington, who sailed with Cowan at the Oakville Yacht Squadron Sailing School, then at Queen's and on the national team, said. "I attribute a lot of my suc cess in life to him... He inspires everyone. It (his death) is a real loss to the whole national team." Jeff DeRosario, another Queen's student and friend of Cowan's, said his classmate was a "genuinely nice guy. He was very outgoing, very friendly. He was an excellent guy and had every thing going for him." National coach Ken Dool said from Kingston that Cowan stood out as "just such a great guy, giv ing his all and always helping out whoever needed i t " t However, even Dool did not expect the more than 30 e-mails and phone calls he received about Cowan's death from England. Ireland. Sweden, Denmark, Bermuda, and the U.S. Hamiltonian Gabe Crowder, of the Royal Hamilton Yacht Club, sailed with Cowan years ago at the club and raced against him this past summer. "He was a great, really friend ly, outgoing guy, just a barrel of laughs. It (his death) shocked the whole sailing scene all over Canada," said Crowder. "My phone has been ringing off the hook... Everybody liked Nathan." Dool and sailing friends called Cowan an outstanding motivator in both sailing and in life. "He was among the most focused and ded icated athletes I've ever worked with... He probably motivated more people than he realized, by his example," Dool added. Cowan was very close to both parents, Stephen Cowan of Oakville, and Jill Callaghan of Burlington, an Assumption Secondary School teacher, and to his older brothers. Jay, and Tyier. Johansson said, "They are very shaken up. This is not supposed to happen (to someone like Nathan)." Cowan's funeral service is set for Thursday at St. John's Roman Catholic Church in Burlington at 11 a.m. -- From Torstar News Service Regulating issue before committee in April (Continued from page 1) suggestions that the proposal would contravene the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Currently, the Town is aware of 23 such groups, several of which are no longer in operation. The proposed policy, designed to take effect Jan. 1, 2003, would see the Town rec ognize groups that "operate in a manner ensuring representation, fairness and transparency." It would include registered groups on Town mailing lists, the Your Town guide and Town Web site; and. provide weekly agendas. To register, ratepayers' groups would have to represent a mini mum 50 households while com munity associations would have to represent no less than 25 members. Groups would have to show proof of an annual public elec tion o f executive officers: an annual general meeting attended by 15% of the membership; a boundary map; certified consti tution; minutes from the execu tive's election; and hold regular, scheduled, open public meetings with public notice of the meet ings. A proposed 15-question reg istration form would also ask for the name, address, telephone and e-mail of executives; the voting method used in elections; a list of members; and an oath signed by the president as to informa tion accuracy. Oak Park resident Marc Roy said he was concerned about some of the required information and was surprised at a support letter from the new Oak Park Residents' Association (OPRA), o f which he is an executive member. Joshua Creek Residents' Inc. (JCRI) member Rob Burton was surprised the OPRA letter said the issue was discussed last November, when other ratepayer groups got word of the proposal this month. Knoll clarified that as an OPRA founder, he vetted his idea at OPRA before taking it up with the Town. Burton told council that he had called "almost every ratepayer group" and that a good number of people representing those groups met at his house last weekend. Burton said he found no support for what he called "regulating" residents' groups. Ward 6 Councillor Janice Wright asked for and wrote down a list of which groups attended Burton's home -- West River Residents' Association, Trafalgar-Chartwell Residents' Association (TCRA); Oakville Lakeside Residents' Association; Clearview Oakvil/e Community Alliance (COCA); JCRI; Gardens O ff Drugs, Ennisclare Ratepayers, and two private residents from Oak Park. Burton said he spoke to River Oaks Association of Residents (ROAR) president Mike Gillespie, who was at council Monday. Burton said he couldn't reach the unlisted Iroquois Ridge Residents' Association (IRRA). Wright asked if Burton had entertained the entire groups or one person from them -- and if they had written letters indicating authority to speak for their group. "I have had information from residents' groups that they find nothing wrong with (the proposed policy)," challenged Wright. While Burton appealed to the mayor that Wright was "badger ing" him. the mayor later cau tioned Burton about "badgering" when he warned council, "You're going to invite yourself a heap of trouble." Mulvale noted some resi dents' groups have ceased to operate without notifying the town, which still refers new resi dents to the now defunct groups. The Town also needs some thing in writing, under Freedom of Information rules, before pub lishing contact phone numbers. The issue should be back before Administrative Services Committee in late April. Cqtw u v cw d eMjpeAWM the, dijjfM nce' »AK-LAND FORD LINCOLN 570 Trafalgar Rd., Oakville m t h e q iw . _______ www.cok-lond.com_____ 905-844-3273 BA9HJJ · 1st 50 people through door after 5 p.m. Fri., Feb. 22 and Sat., Feb. 23 w ill receive FREE Toronto Maple Leaf T-Shirts ·Chance to win Leaf & Raptor tickets · Prizes and giveaways ·Magician · Have your photo taken on C.T.C. 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