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Wednesday August 11, 1999 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER A 7 COMMENT The 'Creepman9 & the sweet nothing of Beware the Creepman. The Creepman has found his way to the cot­ tage. And, so the story goes, these are his whispers we hear filtering through the dense forest leading up to the cottage. This is the path from the beach we take a million times a day, the one we've taken for years. During the day, you can watch the sunlight through the trees and listen to the boards creak on the bridge across the tiny stream. But during the night....beware the Creepman. That's what my husband hisses as we make our way through the pitch black forest. The kids scoff. After all, they know their dad, the mad storyteller, is kidding. But nonetheless, they walk a lit­ tle more carefully. It's about 10 a.m. on a clear night, the perfect night for a good old-fashioned scare as we make our way up from the beach with only a dollar store flashlight to light the way. We are in a straight line, the dog panting beside us, up the path. The legend of the Creepman proves irre­ sistible. "It's okay, Drew," says his older sis­ ter, "the Creepman only goes for the last ones in line." He yelps and she laughs. The plastic flashlight, top of the line at the dollar store, flickers. Thunder is heard in the sky, far away. What is it about a dark night at the cottage that makes story­ tellers of all ages want to "freak out" the others? We went down to the beach, ostensi­ bly, to check out the stars. The sun had set just a little over an hour ago and the sky was like a dome of light; lighthouses all alone the coastline flickered in the pitch dark. Stars filled the sky. We'd toasted all the marshmallows, made the homemade S'mores and tossed sand on the fire. The kids spent time in their fort, just off the path. The dog tried to stay out of trouble. It's the usual ritual...the empty beach, the beach that seems to go on forever, the marshmallow roast and the last dip in the lake before heading up to the cottage. DIANE HART These rituals I can handle....the creepy ones like the Creepman are another mat­ ter altogether. Play Marco Polo in the water, I say, but enough about the Creepman. This year, the lake is rough. Every day, huge waves pound into shore. As a kid, I prayed for these types of waves. You never wanted to wake up in the morning and look out the cottage water at a flat expanse of water: it was waves you craved. White caps, with waves so loud you had to scream to be heard over the pounding of the waves. Then you'd spend the day in the water, body surfing for hours. And while the moms would lay sprawled on the blankets in the sand, soaking up some much- needed R and R you'd spend the day with the kids down the road in the waves. In the years since we did all of that, not much has changed. "It's a blast!" yelled Drew, this morn­ ing as he fearlessly took on another wave, the force of which knocked him backwards time and time again. Last night, they did the same ...getting knocked flat by the waves, and then get­ ting up and doing it again, spluttering with delight. After all, it's the summer. So what if you have to spend the next hour picking small stones and sand from your bathing suit after making your way up the path, always fearing the Creepman will stick his hands out and grab you? It's the summer, when getting to Culbert's bakery before noon so all the cream filled donuts aren't sold out is your main goal. And there is no calling ahead to order...there isn't a phone. summer It's a time when watching the sun set becomes the evening's entertainment; when the local library takes pity on us poor souls and allows us a few books on loan. We take the time to hang the clothes out on the line and let them dry in the wind; we spend hours wandering through old books at used book stores and antique places. Mornings can be spent just walking along the windy beach while the kids chase the dog around and around until he falls over on his side, exhausted. Of course, now and again reality intrudes. The sign outside Zeller's is already advertising a back to school sale. And you need a sweater down at the beach in the evening, the first hint of fall. But for now, we are happy to enjoy the sweet nothing of summer. Tomorrow we'll sleep until nine, unheard of in the city. And we just might find the energy to actually cook a proper meal. But I don't know. Toasted marshmallows squished in the middle of chocolate digestives: Joanne Kates, eat your heart out. Woodstock 1999 a shadow o f original happening Woodstock 1999 was a miserable event for a miserable generation and demonstrated, I think, just how different the world is today than 30 years ago, when a different generation celebrated a different Woodstock. In the summer of 1969, a generation of young people was represented and made immortal by half-a-million youth who came together for a number of rea­ sons, many honourable. They went to protest the war in Vietnam and the deaths of their friends; they went to sing songs together and to share in the social revolu­ tion that was their lives; they went to be part of a demonstration of peace and love and brotherhood; they went for the music, and they went because it was a happening. A pilgrimage if you will. It was a special event in that it just happened. By word of mouth, people left what they were doing and headed to a farm in upstate New York to be part of something of unknown significance. Spontaneous and unexpected, the first large outdoor festival of its kind defined the moment for a generation that also was the first of its kind. I was not at Woodstock in 1969.1 was not yet bom, but I have seen the footage and heard the music and read the litera­ ture, and, in many ways, feel I can under­ stand the significance of it all without being there, because the spirit of it is so obvious in everything from its music to its literature to its politics. And the music: Jimi Hendrix; the premier of Crosby, Stills, and Nash; The Who; Janis Joplin; The Doors, and on and on. The list is impressive and historic. I wish I could have seen Hendrix walk on stage, with­ out being asked and purely unplanned, open the day with his version of the Star Spangled Banner. Peace and love man, peace and love. I was at Woodstock 1999 and have a few things to say about it. I drove down with two good friends with high hopes and with the intent to meet three other friends later the same day. It felt wrong right from the begin­ ning. It was held on a sprawling Air Force base that was surrounded by a high fence or series of fences, painted, in vain attempt in seemed, to add some life to the concrete and asphalt. It didn't. It came across as: "See, here is all the peace and love and groovy stuff from before -- please be fooled." There were security guards and state troopers everywhere on the outside, adding more confusion than help I believe. We arrived on Friday afternoon and the place was already packed right out. There was hardly a place to park and we found ourselves three miles back in the middle of nowhere. People were camped in the parking laneways and by their cars which made me wonder why they weren't camped inside the grounds. The reason, of course, was that the grounds were crammed to overflowing with campers already. So, we drove around and found a spot close to the grounds that was ille­ gal to camp in but managed to stay in with a little reorganizing and much has­ sle and debate with state troopers. Promised by the promoters: free water, ample space for camping, show­ ers, ample supply of toilets, reasonably priced food, a safe and organized experi­ ence for all. Not allowed: lawn chairs, perishable food, cooking gear, camp fires, metal or glass containers, alcohol, and the usual drug and fire arm prohibi- ANNOUNCEMENT Tracey Sanko You'nique H air Design w ould like to welcome back Tracey Sanko & invites a ll her fam ily, frien ds & clients to visit her at the salon. 1515 Rebecca St., Hopedale Mall 825-1977 tions. The reality was nothing like I expect­ ed. Inside the grounds, tents were packed on top of tents in gravel and in dirt and on asphalt. There was no room anywhere and I was glad that I was staying outside this chaos. By Friday evening, the shower pools had overflowed into the camping area and flooded much of the camping space. The toilets became quickly overfilled as there were not enough of them. The free Letters to the Editor water was a yellowish colour with float­ ing debris in it. And garbage was every­ where. Saturday, everything got worse. The toilets were overflowing into walkways and camping areas and to make it worse, some people tipped them intentionally. This was the mud that people covered themselves with and played in. The place smelled like raw sewage, and there was no shade. The constant sun and high tem­ peratures made it feel about 45 degrees and many people were burnt and suffer­ ing from heat stroke or dehydration. In fact, walking around on Saturday, it seemed obvious that everyone was mis­ erable -- not a happy face to be found. I don't know where they found the people that appeared on TV, but there was not much joy here. The music was all right but the condi­ tions were worse than a refugee camp -- much worse. And while I enjoyed the experience for the experience of it and while, undoubtedly, it could have been worse for us, the corporate tone and anger and unhappiness that dominated the tone of the weekend made it clear that this was no Woodstock of 1969, and, that just maybe, they should realize that it cannot be duplicated, and to stop trying because what was special about the first cannot be manufactured or marketed. Doug Heineken G> O A K V I L L E 8 4 5 - 6 6 0 1 N O T IC E Pursuant to Section 20 (6) (a) of the Ontario Heritage Act: TAKE NOTICE THAT Oakville Town Council on August 4, 1999 did pass By-law 1999-058 which designated a portion of the property municipally known as 1198 and 1208 Lakeshore Road East as a property of historical, architectural and contextual significance. J. Muncaster Town Clerk TOWN OF OAKVILLE 1225 Trafalgar Road Oakville, Ontario L6J 5A6 THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF OAKVILLE PRE-QUALIFICATION-6-99 PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR SPECIFIC CONTRACTED SERVICES FOR VARIOUS TOWN OF OAKVILLE FACILITIES, AS FOLLOWS: * General Contractor (Small commercial project w ork) * Electrical Contractor * Plumbing Contractor * Painting (Interior / Exterior) * Roofing (General Repairs / Patching / Sheet Metal) * Mechanical/HVAC (Inspection/Repair) * General Carpentry (Renovations, Alterations and R ep a in ) * Bricklaying, Masonry, Concrete (Renovations, Alterations and R e p a in ) * Commercial Boiler Service & Maintenance Specialist (Building heating units) The Corporation of the Town of Oakville invites prequalification proposals from interested contractors. Prequalification submissions will be received in the sealed Town of Oakville prequalification envelope addressed to the I attention of the Town Clerk, Municipal Building, 1225 Trafalgar Road, | Oakville, Ontario L6J 5A6, Reference: Prequalification-6-99. DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF SUBMISSIONS WELL BE NO LATER THAN 12:00 NOON, LOCAL TIME ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 31,1999. It is the Town's intention to maintain a list of qualified specific contractors in each of the categories listed above. The scope of work will include minor and intermediate level maintenance and repair jobs, to be performed at various Town facilities, on an on-call basis. Jobs may vary greatly in complexity and size, from very simple tasks, to more involved projects consistent with com­ mercial building management, but will not include new major construction or major renovation projects. Submission requirements include, but may not be limited to, Public Liability Insurance, "Experience Rating Assessment" as calculated and issued by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (CAD-7), Contractor's Health and Safety Policy, banking references, corporate history and details, and project | data information and references. Subsequently, a Request for Quotation will be issued, only to those firms who successfully pre-qualify in Prequalification-6-99. Please pickup "Prequalification Information Package", from the Town of Oakville, Purchasing Department, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, Ontario L6J 5A6, telephone (905) 338-4197. The Corporation of the Town of Oakville reserves the right to accept or reject any or all prequalification proposals. R.J. Coumoyer, C.I.M., P. Mgr. Director, Purchasing & Office Services TOWN OF OAKVILLE NOTICE TO PUBLIC TEMPORARY ROAD C L O S U R E OF BURLOAK DRIVE AT CNR LEVEL CR O SS IN G The Department of Public Works, in conjunction with the City of Burlington, is presently carrying out the construction works relating to the widening of Burloak Drive from Rebecca Street to the South Service Road. Included in the project is work to be carried out by Canadian National Railway to improve the existing track crossing. While this work is being carried out, the roadway must be closed to through traffic in both directions. The duration of the closure will be: 12:01 a.m. M onday, August 16,1999 to 12:01 a.m. Friday, August 27 ,1999. During the duration of the closure, the recommended north/south detour route will be via Appleby Line in Burlington. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Should you have any questions prior to that time, please do not hesitate to contact the Public Works Department at 845-6601, ext. 3302/3398. We thank you in advance for your co-operation and patience. R.G. Green, P.Eng. Director Department of Public Works N o t i c e of D e c i s i o n With respect to an Official Plan Amendment Subsection 17(34) of the Planning Act OAKVILLE AMENDMENT NO. 168 Date of Decision: August 4,1999 Date of Notice: August 11,1999 Last Date of Appeal: August 31,1999 A decision was made on August 4, 1999 to approve Amendment No. 168 to the Official Plan of the Town of Oakville. PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF THE AMENDMENT: Is to revise the policy on the cost of new growth in the Official Plan in accordance with the Development Charges Act. APPEALS The appeal should be directed to Mr. Edward Salisbury, Director of Planning Services, Town of Oakville at the address shown below and it must: (1) be filed within 20 days from the date of this notice, (2) set out the specific part of the Official Plan Amendment to which the appeal applies, (3) set out the reasons for the appeal, (4) be accompanied by the fee prescribed under the Ontario Municipal Board Act in the amount of $125.00 payable by certified cheque to the minister of Finance, Province of Ontario. WHO CAN FILE AN APPEAL: Only individuals, corporations or public bodies may appeal a decision of the Town of Oakville, to the Ontario Municipal Board. A notice of appeal may not be made by an unincorporated association or group. However, a notice of appeal may be made in the name of an individual who is a member of the association or the group on its behalf. WHEN THE DECISION IS FINAL: The decision is final on the day after the last day for appeals if a Notice of Appeal is not received on or before the last date of appeal noted above. GETTING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Information in respect of the Official Plan Amendment and the decision will be made available to the public for inspection at the offices of the Planning Services Department of the Town of Oakville, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON L6J 5A6, Tel: (905) 845-6601 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Edward C. Salisbury, MCIP, RRP Director of Planning Services Town of Oakville 122 5 TRAFALGAR R O A D • OAKVILLE, O N T A R IO • L6J 5A 6 ANNOUNCEMENT Doug Heineken 845-6601 THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF OAKVILLE PRE-QUALIFICATION-6-99 PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR SPECIFIC CONTRACTED SERVICES FOR VARIOUS TOWN OF OAKVILLE FACILITIES, AS FOLLOWS: * General Contractor (Small commercial project work) DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF SUBMISSIONS WELL BE NO LATER THAN 12:00 NOON, LOCAL TIME ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 31,1999. 12:01 a.m. Monday, August 16,1999 to 12:01 a.m. Friday, August 27,1999. Notice of Decision With respect to an Official Plan Amendment Subsection 17(34) of the Planning Act OAKVILLE AMENDMENT NO. 168 Date of Decision: August 4,1999 APPEALS 1225 TRAFALGAR ROAD • OAKVILLE, ONTARIO • L6J 5A6