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6 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday April 28, 2000 T H E OAKVILLE BEAVER IS PROUD OFFICIAL M EDIA SP O N S O R FOR: TheO akville Beaver Metrotand Pnndng. Pubfching & Distrtouting L id . includes: Ajax/Pickenng Ian Oliver Publisher News A dertoer. A islo n Herald/Courier. Same Advance. Bany's Bay The week. Bolton Enlerpnsa Brampton Guarden. B ulngton Post. Bufcxjton Neil Oliver, Associate Publisher Shoppng News, C ty Parent. Ccingv<xxVW asaga Com ectcn. East York terror. Erin A dA xa te /C o utry Routes. B obccke Guarden. Ramborough Norman Alexander, Editor Post. Georgetown Independent/Acton Free Presa Hurone Busriess Tmes. Kelly Montague, Advertising D irector K in g to n This W eek. Lindsay This Week. Markham Ecnom ist & Sun. M idland/Penetangurshine M irror. M ilton Canadian Cham pion. M ilton Steve Crazier, C irculation D irector S hopping News. M ississauga Business Tim es. M ississauga News. Napanee Gutoe, Newm arket/Auora Era-Barrier. Northumberland News. North York M rror. 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With the success rate higher than ever More than 3,50(1 before, organ donations can save lives and Canadians are currently \ also improve the quality of life of others. on w aiting lists for And all it takes is a signed donor card to ensure that your organs can be used to transplants, even as benefit others after your death. Much is people die, who could made these days about having a will and have helped these Power of Attorney documents but clearly, individuals. not enough is being done on the organ donor fro n t. M ore than 3,500 C anadians are currently on waiting lists for transplants, even as people die, who could have helped these individuals. The donor card takes any decision out of the hands of spouses, children or others at the time of your death. Your wishes have been written down and that's the end of it. Many families who have donated their loved one's organs say that the donation has helped them find comfort in a tragic situation. April 30th marks the end of National Organ Donor Awareness Week and the perfect time to sign your donor card and have the peace of mind knowing your final wishes will be yours and yours alone. WALTER DRIVES PS WELL AT 80 AS HE DID CT 40 . ...there is a strange phenomenon that takes place every year around this time..it's the ritual of Canadian women to shed some pounds in anticipation of `bikini season'...it's not coincidental that International No Diet Day (no w e're not kidding)...takes place on May 6th...the National Eating Disorder Information Centre in Toronto says that there are an estimated 200,000300,000 women, aged 13-40 who have anorexia nervosa, twice as many have bulimia and 40 per cent of 9-year-old girls report dieting...Merryl Bear is the Centre's program coordinator and she says the No Diet Day should help encourage women to review their attitudes towards their bodies, get beyond appearance and put their energy into more empowering, fulfilling activities... "the truth of the mater is, 95 per cent of all diets fail in the long run and although that is not the fault of the dieter, many people, especially women, see the struggle and failure of dieting as evidence of their lack of willpower or interpret it as general worthlessness," she says.... OQQ ...if you want to see one of the Province's efforts to celebrate the new millennium, you'll have to travel to Brampton...something called Ontario TimeShip 2000 will cross the province through October...the project, according to Helen Johns, Minister of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation, ... "will take Ontarians o f all ages on an intriguing, engaging, and highly educational journey through the mysteries o f time". ..it's composed of 5,000 sq. ft. of exhibitions, experiments, demonstrations, and multi-media theatre...of the 21 centres on the tour, only the Sept. 15- 17th stop at the C entury G ardens R ecreational C entre in B ram pton, is close to Oakville...most sites are in northern and eastern Ontario...the project was conceived, designed and created by the Ontario Science Centre, Science North and the Royal Ontario Museum... QQQ ...the TVO program Studio 2 is currently running its first `What's the Prettiest Town in Ontario?' contest...Studio 2 is inviting Ontarians to submit an essay (no more than 100 words) and two photos of their home town, explaining why their town is prettier than the rest...the contest will be ju d g ed on natural beauty, historic preservation, architecture and landscaping...entry deadline is May 9th...send your submission to "Pretty Town" , c/o Studio 2, 2180 Yonge St., Box 200, Station Q, Toronto, Ont. M4T 2TL... Psssssst... is a compendium of observations around Oakville and we're open to contributions from the public at large too. Just fax us at 337-5567 attention to Pssssssssssst... 4 P a g e s o f th e P a s t Too m uch le a d fly in g in p is to l ra n g e 40 Years Ago Construction and development of property immediately east of Oakville may be frozen indefinitely. This came as a result of an ultimatum to Township Council by the Provincial government Monday night. Reason for the possible freeze is that land titles are not clear in the area. Because of this, two alternatives have been issued: institute a judge's plan, which will clear up the situation; or suffer a fteeze of registration. The land involved is bounded in the north by the Queen Elizabeth Way, on the West by the Eighth line, on the south by the Lakeshore Highway and on the east by Morrison Road. If the judge's plan is not followed, Halton County Registrar William Mattocks has received instructions from provincial authorities to place a restaining order on all registration within these boundaries. -Daily Journal-Record, April 281960 30 Years Ago conviction. Demaray told council that the town's canine control officer can pick up roaming dogs even on private property, providing the property- owner does not object. "In fact, a person can seize a roaming dog on his property and hold it until the canine control officer comes to pick it up," he said. Council authorized the solicitor to prepare an amendment to the present bylaw, more explicitly defining what constitutes an unattended dog. -Daily Journal-Record April 28,1970. 20 Years Ago Oakville dog owners beware! The town intends to get tough with owners who allow their dogs to run unattended, contrary to the town's bylaw. Last night council agreed that the town should prosecute the owners of dogs found running at large.Town solicitor C.R. Demaray said that if an owner is taken to court on second or third offences, the magistrate can be made aware of this, and will levy probably a suitably higher fee with each Lead traces were found in the blood of a Halton Regional police officer has resulted in the closure of the Halton Pistol range at Oakville headquarters. Routine blood tests revealed lead traces in Staff Sgt. Eric Bullock, training officer for the pistol range. An initial investigation of the air supply and exhaust systems for the range show the air supply and excessive use, creating a positive pressure in the range could cause a build-up of lead fumes over the firing period according to a report by George McMoris, police administrator, to a member of the Halton Board Police Commissioners. The pistol range, has been shut down indefinitely. -The Oakville Beaver, April 30, 1980. cm Taken from the archives of the OakviHe Beaver including stories from Th e Oakville Record-Star, The O a k v ille - Tra fa lg a r Jo u rn a l, the O a k v ille Jo u rn a l Record and the Oakville Beaver.