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Johan Redelinghuys, 36, had taken "I tried to lift the nose wheel because off in his Cessna 150 from Burlington if you touch down with the nose wheel Air Park before noon with his daughter, you're going to flip," he said. "I tried Jean-Mari. They were en route to a dog just to come in as slowly as possible kennel near Peterborough to pick up the almost like sitting on the water." family's new puppy -- a Redelinghuys, who has birthday gift for Jeanbeen a pilot since 1995, " I quickly opened my Mari and her twin brother, said the impact caused a door and undid the Jannus. significant jolt but neither seatbelts and we slid Between Oakville and he nor his daughter were Toronto, the pilot said his jarred from their seats. out. The plane went plane's engine stalled. "I quickly opened my down pretty fast after With just 1,000 feet door and undid the seat that." between the plane and the belts and we slid out," he · Johan Redelinghuys, ground, Redelinghuys said. "The plane went said his situation was pre Pilot down pretty fast after carious. that." "I didn't even have time to think The pilot had earlier called in a may properly," he said. "I saw some sports day to Toronto City Centre Airport; air fields but (they) are relatively small and traffic controllers there notified rescue if you overshoot them you'll go into workers. trees or houses. I wasn't high enough to Soon after crashing, a Mississauga get north past the residential areas so I family passing by in a boat picked up had to make a landing in the water." the father and daughter. They were With one hand on the controls and taken to shore in Oakville and met by another holding his daughter into her Halton police and emergency workers. seat to prevent her from bumping her Both were treated fo r m inor head on impact, Redelinghuys slowly hypothermia and released from guided the plane towards the water. (See `Minimal' page A5) « * - ,.v» Alex Kalnins · Special to the Oakville Beaver A Burlington man and his seven-year-old daughter were lucky to escape injury after the plane they were in lost power and landed in Lake Ontario, near Arkendo Road. The two were en route to Peterborough to pick up a new puppy. The rest of the family had decid ed drive to Peterborough on Monday to collect the new addition. Beaver photographer captures Town to consider all growth issues top award for Christmas scene Environment, urban design, transportation part of planning process The Oakville Beaver and the rest of Association. M etroland's Halton Division posted Third Place for Best Spot News another fine showing in the Canadian Photo (circulation 12,500 and over) was Community Newspaper Association awarded Ron Kuzyk for his image of (CCNA) Better Newspapers Dreams Take Flight children stranded in Competition. Florida as a result of the Sept. Photographer Barrie 11 terrorist attacks. Erskine continued his awardThe Oakville Beaver's winning year by capturing Steve Nease won Second First Place for Best Feature Place, Best Local Cartoon (cir Photo (circulation 12,500 and culation 10,000 and over) for over) with his stunning, his image of two children -- snow-swept image of carone Western, one Muslim -- ollers in Downtown Oakville holding hands and asking in that conjured the warm em o unison, "What's a terrorist?" Barrie Erskine tions of Christm as past. In the General Excellence Erskine also took Second category, the Oakville Beaver Place in Best Sports Photo (circulation took Second Place for Best Front Page. 12,500 and over) for his image of a The Oak\'ille Beaver took First Place swimmer in action. Erskine was named in Best Newspaper Promotion (circula Photographer of the Year in April by the tion 12,500 and over) for its supplement Ontario Com munity Newspaper (See `Beaver' page A3) By Howard Mozel OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF The environment may have driven the debate over growth north of Dundas Street but senior Town officials say other issues require serious study. In a report prepared by Planning Director Peter Cheatley -- presented to council Monday by Planning Commissioner David Cash --- the municipality plans to investigate every thing from transportation/transit to financial impacts to urban design. Ward 1 Councillor Kevin Flynn pressed the need to launch a compre hensive transportation/transit initiative and not just continue funnelling traffic to already clogged highways. Cash vowed to take an innovative look at the problem. "We trying to make sure we cover off all the important issues and certain ly transit will be uppermost in our minds," said Cash. The environment is never far from any of the players' minds, particularly air quality. Cash said the Town will do what it can within its "sphere of influ ence" but explained that other levels of government must do their part. All this effort is related to plans to develop 7,600 acres of agricultural land north of Dundas that has been designat ed "urban" by the Region of Halton's Official Plan. While the Town prepares for future work. Cash explained that its immediate concerns include preparing for the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hear ing that will result from developers' appeals of their Official Plan (OP) applications. Also continuing will be the Environmental Strategic Plan, as well as completion of the subwatershed stud ies on both sides of the Sixteen Mile Creek. (On Tuesday, Councillors Jeff Knoll and Allan Elgar were named to assist staff with the subwatershed stud ies.) According to Cheatley's report, none of the studies can be viewed in isola tion. "It is important the subwatershed studies be completed prior to finalizing the secondary plans. However, work on the secondary plans needs to be initiat ed to assist the subwatershed study process," said Cheatley's report. "Also, the subwatershed studies will be the basis for much of the subsequent envi ronmental consideration including the Natural Heritage/Open Space system and the Trafalgar Moraine." (See `Public' page A5) Region's dedication to safe water is clear to see `W e're w e ll a h e a d o f m o st m u n ic ip a litie s ': S a vo lin e By Howard Mozel OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF IN S ID E Editorials.................. A6 Artscene...................B1 Focus....................... Cl Update.....................C4 Classified................. C6 Business.................. C8 Sports..................... D1 BestWheels...............D4 Partial Delivery: Lab technician Merrilou Brown is entrusted with the job of keeping our water supply safe. 'alton Region has spared no expense to ensure clean and .safe drinking water, say sen ior officials, and nowhere is this more evident than at the water qual ity laboratory located in the Pakville Purification Plant. "We have identified water resources as one of our highest pri orities ... and we're well ahead of most municipalities," said regional Chair Joyce Savoline. "This is something we're very serious about." Environmental Services, a divi sion of the Planning and Public Works Department, is responsible for the delivery of more than 14 bil lion gallons of water each year to schools, businesses, industrial.facili ties and more than 300,000 resi dents. With that kind of volume, the lab is an absolutely essential part of the purification process. In fact, water is constantly sampled and tested based on the volume of flow for a host of organics, such as coliforms and E. coli, and a comprehensive list of other substances. In 2001, the Region processed 16,316 samples (water and waste water) and performed 100,830 analyses. The water section alone processed 8,026 bacteriological tests last year. "Halton puts its money where its mouth is," said Savoline, who said staff work hard to avoid crisis situa tions at all costs and spend the nec essary funds so as to not play catch up. "That's never been the case and it will never be." The accredited Oakville lab, which was established in 1985, tests all of Halton's drinking water (well water is tested by the Health Department) according to a painstaking and strictly regulated process in which immediate analysis of all samples is key. The chemistry portion of the lab tests for everything from alkalinity and colour to hardness and turbidity, while the microbiology part focuses on E. coli and total coliforms by sev eral methods. Critical are the four highly-educated analysts and their supervisor entrusted with conducting tests on behalf of Halton's residents. 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