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The candidates running in the riding o f Oakville include Liberal candidate and regional councillor Kevin Flynn, lawyer/poet Anwar Naqvi for the NDP and regional council lor Kurt Franklin for the Progressive Conservatives. Former Oakville MPP and Speaker of the House Gary Carr is not seeking re-election. In Halton. which encom passes Oakville north of Upper Middle Road, the can didates include incumbent Progressive Conservative candidate Ted Chudleigh. teacher and union activist Jay Jackson for the NDP and Liberal Barbara Sullivan, who represented Halton Centre for two terms between 1987 and 1995. Opinion polls suggest the Liberals, under leader Dalton McGuinty, have a 15-point lead. The Tories are second, followed by Howard Hampton's New Democrats. At dissolution, the Conservatives held 56 of the legislature's 103 seats. The Liberals held 36 and the New Democrats held nine. An inde pendent held one seat and one was vacant. f Peter McCusker · Oakville Beaver ARRIVING IN STYLE: O akville Beaver c a rrie r Nikki C adrena, 11, (right) arrived in style along with h er b ro th er Ross, 9, (left) and sister Claudia, 7, (centre) for the first day o f school at River O aks Public School on Tuesday. Nikki won the limousine ride, courtesy of Relax Limousine Service, by entering an Oakville Beaver C a rrie r Club back-to-school draw . Kevin Flynn Dog will sniff out trouble at school Safe School Canine Initiative on the huntfo r gun and drugs By Tim Whitnell SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER Halton students considering bringing drugs,, guns or explosives to high school may want to re-think that strategy or possibly face the dog days of school. Halton's public and Catholic school boards, in conjunction with Halton Regional Police, are reinstating a program to use trained detec tor dogs to search high schools for specific dangerous or illegal items. The Safe School Canine Initiative, which begins with the 2003-04 school year, is a more comprehensive hybrid of the earlier Project Hall Walk. The latter began in Halton in 1997 but was discontinued and put under review in 2000. "The focus is still on detecting drugs, but "The focus is still on detecting drug, but the difference here is locating guns and explosives, like a pellet gun or firecrackers," · Jacki Oxley, School and Community Liaison Officer Halton District School Bixml the difference here is locating guns and explo sives. like a pellet gun or firecrackers." said Jacki Oxley. the Halton public board's school and community liaison officer. A Halton police drug and morality bureau officer said the program can only work with the co-operation of the school boards. "We have to depend on both school boards and the information they provide is (indicating) the dynamics ofMrug use (among teens) have changed." said Nishan Duraiappah. "Back in the 1990's people thought there was a drug problem. The board is telling us (now) that nobody is hiding their heads in the sand anymore." Duraiappah said it will be interesting to see if the prevalence of what he termed "soft drugs", like marijuana and hashish, or harder drugs like chemical drugs, such as ecstasy, are on the rise among youths. He noted the laws are softening on marijua na use and possession, but that school boards are remaining vigilant about the possible pres ence of drugs and weapons, hence the call to police for their help. Utilizing new provincial legislation in the Safe Schools Act, the Safe School Canine * (See 'Dogs' page A2) Kurt Franklin Anwar Naqvi Oakville Y M C A earns design accolades Editorials.................. A6 Business....................A8 Canadian Open......... B1 Focus.......................C l Update......................C2 Classifieds C4 Registration............... C6 Sports.......................C8 Beaver Carriers.......... D1 (Support Your Local Carrier) PM W D dhor Year-oldfacility wins Innovative Architecture and Design Award By Howard Mozel OAKVILLE BEAVER S T \F F The YMCA of Oakville is celebrat ing the first anniversary o f its new and improved facility today (Wednesday) with a Recreation Management maga zine Innovative Architecture and Design Award. "I feel very honoured," said Y CEO Bruce Ireland. "It is a wonderful award for the Y and the community." Award organizers from the Illinoisbased periodical set out to find facili ties, new or recently renovated, that are "helping to set standards of excellence in the recreation community." Winners and Honour Awards were chosen to highlight the best and most interesting projects the recreation indus try has to offer, from aquatic centers and SVLC DELIVERY Cakmr Kmr H.*mr D ef** Ih r Bay M iinu a ufu BooUrt Spurt Chick. Kimti CaAkin; Stun. 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F LY E R D E LIV E R Y Quantities as low as 1000 905-845-3824 The L-shaped building at 410 Rebecca St. backs onto a wooded lot to the south and west, enabling the build ing's spaces to take advantage of this natural setting and provide a buffer between the adjacent church and small residential cul-de-sac. The largest portions of the building (like the gym. changing rooms and pool) have been placed at the rear of the site while a lower-scaled wing contain ing the fitness area and future multi purpose rooms projects out toward the street. This was done to minimize the impact of such a large building on the surrounding context. Ireland explained that making the building unobtrusive was one of the prime considerations of the exterior design. Pains were also taken to "de institutionalize" the interior after a focus group during the preliminary stages of design professed an affinity for a "home-away-from-home" feel that was "warm and friendly and welcom ing," added Ireland. 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