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But in order to keep the public meet ing focused, the region has set up goals and procedures for the discussion regarding the Salvation Army's Lighthouse shelter. At the third m eeting o f the Emergency Housing Advisory Group on Friday, the group's 15 members out lined the following: · The evening is designed to solicit ideas and suggestions from the commu nity. · The focus of the evening's discus sion is on communications suggestions, site location criteria and operational guidelines. · The scope of discussion on criteria (see 'Advisory' page A4) Following months of review, proposed revisions to Halton Region's Official Plan are heading out for public comment. Halton's Planning and Public Works Committee received a directions report on the official plan from staff last Wednesday, sending the document forward to gather public opinion. Included in the report were 15 directions for improving the offi "This is a real step cial plan. "I'm happy to say there is a forward. This gives us `greening' o f Halton in the direc something to tions report," said Jane Clohecy, work with." of the Region's planning depart · Oakvillegreen ment. Among the directions in the representative report are to annually assess the Michael Lansdown extent o f homelessness and introduce programs accordingly, promote Halton agriculture, inclusion of non-farm businesses on agricultural land and not to expand the existing urban envelope. "The directions are purposely broad, so as not to exclude possible other directions received from the public," added Patrick Murphy, Halton's Commissioner of Planning and Public Works. Oakvillegreen -- an environmental group that has routine ly said the official plan doesn't go far enough to protect the environment -- spoke favourably of the directions report. "This is a real step forward. This gives us something to work with," said group representative Michael Lansdown. "This is a good start. We'll provide the rest of our comments during the public consultation process." Public consultation is scheduled to begin later this month, following the council selection of an official plan review steering committee. The committee will include members (See `Developers' page A4) Meeting sheds light on hate crimes "Partners Against Hate," a new com munity initiative promoting the impor tance reporting hate crime to police, continues tonight (Wednesday) with a free community meeting to discuss issues in public. The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Halton Regional Centre, 1151 Bronte Rd., and topics will include how to recognize hate, why it is important to call police, how police deal with hate crime, how courts deal with hate, the impact of hate on the commu nity and proactive initiatives in the com munity. Special guest speaker is Dr. Karen Mock, executive director of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation. Other speakers include halton Regional Police C hief Ean Algar, Deputy C hief Gary Crowell, Laila Eiriksson, of the Multicultural Council, and Jim Coppolino, o f the Halton Crown Attorney's Office. For more information contact Const. Diane Hendry at 905-825-4727, or Sophia Makridis, Halton Multicultural Council, at 905-842-2486. The Halton Multicultural Council and Halton Regional Police recently launched phase one of the program by distributing an information pamphlet that explains what a hate-motivated crime is, what to do if you are a victim of hate and the importance to contacting police. Peter C.McCusker · Oakville Beaver CREAM OF TH E CROP: You know fall is just around the corner when Downtown Oakville cele brates the change of season with its Autumn Harvest. Above, Adam Farrow digs into a corn on the cob at Towne Square. For more photos o f the popular event, see page C8. Tragic house fire led to award-winning training CD By Kim Arnott SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER An Oakville house fire in August. 1998 killed four people, but it has also led to the creation of a training CD that may save lives across the province. Lynn Fedoruk, 44, her children Adam, 15, and Amanda, 12, and visit ing relative Bonnie Letchuk, 45, died four years ago, when arwaccidental fire swept through the'Fedoruk home. The coroner's inquest that probed the deaths led to a recommendation that local police, firefighters and emergency medical service personnel develop bet ter methods of teamwork takes" made at emergency "We're not generally and com m unication and scenes. more clearly defined roles For example, he says, a taught how to work police car or fire truck may and responsibilities at the well as three scene of an emergency. end up parked exactly emergency response To do that, a joint emer where the ambulance gency services committee should be at a medical teams at an worked with Sheridan emergency. emergency scene." College students to devel Some m istakes are · Oakville deputy op an interactive training made simply because per fire chief CD. sonnel from one service John de Hooge The two-hour CD fea don't understand the tures four live-action video immediate needs of anothscenarios that demonstrate what er service, he said. Oakville Deputy Fire Chief John de "We're not generally taught how to Hooge describes as "common mis- work well as three emergency response teams at an emergency scene," said de Hooge. The training CD, which was issued to all emergency personnel in the area last spring, attempts to address that problem in a creative and high-tech fashion. Five Sheridan students from the school's Interactive Multimedia post graduate program were recruited to cre ate a CD, which seemed like the most practical way to quickly get a consistent message across to hundreds of shiftworking emergency personnel. " We provided the inform ation and (see `Innovative' page A5) Editorials..................... A6 Fall Fashion................. B1 Focus............................C l Update......................... C4 Classified..................... 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