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A 2 - The Oakville Beaver, W e d n e s d a y N o v e m b e r 21 , 2001 Facility will o ffe r private an d sem i-private u n its a n d activity room (Continued from page A1) Extendicare Canada president Shelly Jamieson said the Oakville project (one o f 17 the company has underway in Ontario) will feature private and semi private room s that can accom m odate singles, friends, spouses or siblings. Each, she explained, will be designed to maximize private space. Each residential room will feature a "memory box" beside the doorframe to allow residents to dis play personal items in the corridor to personalize the entrance to their rooms. The facility as a whole - to be built in four residential units with 32 residents each - will be constructed around five courtyards with paths and gardens. "O ur focus is the resident and making them feel at home while they are being cared for," said USED VEHICLE THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY NOV. 22 NOV. 23 NOV. 24 Jamieson. The site will also feature a central activity room, non-denom inational chapel, dining room, exercise/therapy room and much more. Support services will be located in the basement. "This facility offers design features to provide the comforts o f home while functioning to provide the best clinical care possible," said Jamieson. Added Ward 6 councillor Janice Wright: "The benefits to the community at large are as great as the need." It was late in 1999 that hospital officials were informed by Queen's Park that their plan to use the abandoned Oakville Trafalgar High School site had been short-listed for the facility. In 1998, an application was made to use the site but instead beds were awarded that must be put in place in Georgetown. The original portion o f the high school, which was constructed in 1909, was designated as an his torical property under the Ontario Heritage A ct in 1992. Except for this oldest portion o f the building, the high school was tom down this summer to make way for the long-term care facility. Town has reduced use of chemicals (Continued from page A1) 9 -9 9 -6 9 i » WHICH MODELS: I IFm @ 0 1 1 -u/i LEASE RETURNS, PROGRAM VEHICLES, EARLY LEASE TERMINATIONS, TRADE INS, FORD QUALITY CERTIFIED VEHICLES, FORD FACTORY DEMONSTRATOR MODELS mmm W HY: D O W N bringR u r P A Y M E N Townership EVERY UNIT WINDOW PRICED. PUT YOUR $91 DOWN AND TAKE OVER THE PAYMENT ON THE WINDOW (OAC).' NO NEGOTIATION WILL BE kNECESSARY. SALES PEOPLE WILL TAKE YOU r DIRECTLY TO THE BUSINESS OFFICE FOR REGISTRATION AND LICENSING...MANY VEHI CLES PRICED BELOW CANADIAN RED BOOK! CREDIT ALL CREDIT APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED. FINANCE PERSONNEL ON HAND TO ENSURE PROMPT DELIVERY! o f governm ent can regulate the same issue -- i.e.. federal control o f m anufacturing and registration; provincial licensing o f vendors and applicators; and, municipal jurisdiction over land use. The Town has significantly reduced its use o f chem icals, specifically the product Round U p in favor o f hot w ater treatm ents (aquacide) on inter lock walkw ays, splash pads, patios, and sidewalks in com m ercial areas. Yet M ark said it's tough to know w hether a sim ilar m ove on private land will be acceptable. His initial report to councillors garnered sup port from en v iro n m en talist T ania O rton, an Oakville resident. "I like Chris M ark's report so m uch that I did n 't have anything else to say," she told councillors. "T here's no question that there are divergent opinions," reported Mark. H e said a drive through Oakville w ill reveal num erous signs on lawns treated by lawn care com panies." M aintaining properties is also a part o f the local economy, as is the sale o f pesticides at garden and building centres and hardw are stores. "G o lf courses use pesticid es to m aintain healthy turf that attracts golfers and visitors to our com m unity that in turn, supports the local econo my," reported Mark. Yet, he said there are also m any residents w h o 'd like to see pesticides banned, and others who suf fer from allergies or m ultiple chem ical sensitivity and "their opinion and health is important." M ark asked w hether the Town has the expertise to regulate pesticides "or is it best to leave these issues to the provincial and federal governm ents?" Currently Health C anada is review ing m ost lawn products and should release its findings by spring 2002. M ark will begin a public consultation and report back to Council next May. A m ong the issues to be investigated are: · phasing in; · developm ent o f a registry so residents with allergies, reactions or sensitivities could be noti fied before a neighbouring property is treated; · perm its to use insecticides for severe insect infestations; · applicability to lawn and garden products and biting insects; · g o lf course exem ptions; · enforcem ent; · continued sale o f restricted products. Public consultation will take num erous forms, including public m eetings; focus groups for stake holders like environm ental groups, nurseries, gar den centres, golf courses, lawn care operators and an e-m ail address for correspondence and feed back from a Halton Inter-m unicipal Pesticide Review Com m ittee. H alton R egion's M edical O fficer o f Health, Dr. Robert Nosal, has gone on record saying there's sufficient risk in pesticide use to w arrant a review and the Town has received lots o f correspondence. C live W hitlock, o f G u aran teed G reen, in M ilton, who has 150 O akville clients, said the issue is "best left to the expert, qualified impartial scientists at the federal and international levels rather than at the local level w here it will be driv en entirely by em otion, rhetoric, politics and ideol ogy rather than by science and fact." R esident A cheson Thom as wrote, "Any kind o f by-law that takes my ability to m aintain my prop erty is, in my opinion, gross violation o f my rights." Many hom eowners subm itted form letters stat ing, "as a hom eowner, the prospect o f losing my right to benefit from governm ent-regulated prod ucts concerns me deeply." Yet others subm itted a form statem ent that urged the end o f the "dangerous and unnecessary practice" o f spraying pesticides w hich can affect the health o f children and animals. Spruce Street residents M onique and A dam N ew m an w rote, "Com m on sense dictates that there should be no debate about choosing health versus w eeds." M ichael L ansdow n, o f the O akvillegreen Conservation A ssociation Inc., has called for a ban w ith exem ptions for "rare, urgent and critical situ ations" m onitored by the M edical O fficer o f Health. A recent Town survey found 54% o f residents believe the Town should use few er chem icals in public property w eed control w hile 36% think it's using an appropriate amount. EVERY DEAL. C w w -t*v NO A D M IN IS T R A T IO N F E E M O N E Y BACK G U A R A N T E E (SEE DEALER FOR DETAILS.) ttv s- 4 j r LO O K IN S ID E T o d a y 's < 0 A K -L A N D i FO R D L IN C O L N 0 1 */ Every year, the 5000 votunteers of the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary (CCGA) participate m more than 1700 search and rescue missions, reaulting in over 200 lives saved. To reach a) those that need help, we need your financial support. 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