ZZZ RDNYLOOHKHDULQJ FRP1011 Upper Middle Road E. 905-849-4722SNA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR 2010ONTARIOS TOP NEWSPAPER - 2005-2008Gsolden momentSportwww.oakvilleshops.comUSING COMMUNITIESWEDNESD60 Pages $1.00(plus tax) COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTERA member ofAY, MARCH 16, 2011 Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 49 No. 31Joyce BurnellinspiredgenerationsBy David LeaOAKVILLE BEAVER STAFFHer greatest gift was her ability to inspire.That is whatfriends are sayingabout long-timeOakville resident andcommunity activistJoyce Olive Burnell.She was 90.Burnell, who isbest known for spear-heading a campaignto save the 250-year-old Woodlands WhiteOak Tree on BronteRoad, passed awayJoyce Burnellearly Saturday morn-ing in her room at the Chartwell Classic Oakville seniors residence.Today, Burnell is being remembered for her kind-KAREN NEWMAN / OAKVILLE BEAVER ness, her sense of humour and her determination to MILESTONE:Eddie Williams is ready for his 35th anual St. Patrick's Day walk from Toronto to Oakville on Thursday. The walk dates back act when she saw something she believed was to 1922 when a group of Irishmen would walk from Toronto to Oakville for green beer. The tradition was continued by first Charlie Priestman, wrong. then Baney Heard and Williams in 1977.She literally devoted her entire life to the Oakville community in one way or another whether it was with children or community events, said Marianne Hawthorne, who knew Burnell since the 1960s.Eddie's ready for 35th St. Paddy's walkShe touched so many people, I cant even tell you By Dominik KurekThe 59-year-old former Oakville and now Hamilton residenthow many.OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFFwill be walking from downtown Toronto to Oakville on St.Originally from Ireland, Burnell came to Oakville Patricks Day.in 1947 where she began a teaching career that would When Eddie Williams made his first St. Patrick's Day walk,Its also his 35th year doing it. However, unlike previous yearslast 35 years.Pierre Trudeau was prime minister of Canada, Henry Winklerwhen he walked to a bar in downtown Oakville, he will now headHawthorne said Burnells first teaching job was at ruled TV-land as Fonzie and teenager Wayne Gretzky played forto the Moonshine Cafn Kerr Street adding about 1 km to hisBrantwood Public School, but taught at a number of the OMJHL's Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds.walk, for a total distance of 43 kilometres. This is not the firstother Oakville schools as a speech teacher.Much has changed since 1977, but one thing has remainedtime hes changed his final destination either.See Funeral page 3See Neither page 4consistent: Eddie has continued to do his annual walk.DON'T GET HOOKED ON GIMMICKS!'IBCall A1 for Honest Pricing andQuality Products - GUARANTEED.WorldSchoolMaintenanceN ow accepting applications for September 2011.Specials on NOW!905-844-2949Forfurtherinformation contactNancy Norcross,Director ofAdmissions.337Trafalgar Rd.,,N/ 905.844.0372ext. 235 | admissions@maclachlan.ca/www.maclachlan.caational university prep school Kindergarten to Grade 12A co-educational university prep school Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12