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A4 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday January 5, 2000 A O TM H OTMH RECEIVES COMMUNITY CHANTY Driver's death leads trucking association to lobby for better motorist training The Ontario Trucking Association is renew ing its call for car drivers to be trained and test ed on how to safely share the road with large vehicles. Today's call came after news that the driver of a car involved in a highly publicized fatal collision with a tractor-trailer has been charged with the Nov. 22nd fatality that killed 57-yearold Hamilton truck driver Ross Merill Swim. The collision closed all eastbound lanes of the Queen Elizabeth Way in Oakville for an entire day. "Tractor-trailers and their drivers are not to blame in the vast majority of the accidents in which they are involved," says David Bradley, president, Ontario Trucking Association. Tractor-trailers are involved in a very small number of accidents on the road -- the most recent Annual Road Safety Report from the Ministry of Transportation shows that tractortrailers represented only 3% o f the vehicles involved in all reportable collisions in 1997. And, tractor-trailer drivers were deemed to be driving properly -- or not at fault -- in 71.6% o f the fatal accidents they were involved in. `T h e trucking industry is prepared to accept responsibility for the safety of its drivers and vehicles, and while there is always room for improvement, there is also an onus on car dri vers to enhance their knowledge o f how to safely share the road with tractor-trailers," says Bradley. Bradley says that every time he hears reports of a jack-knifed tractor-trailer, the first thing he thinks is that another truck has been cut-off by a four-wheeler. He says that the training and testing of car drivers should include a component on how to safely share the road with other types o f vehicles, especial ly trucks. Oakville-Trafalgar Rotary Club Pictured above are the members of the Oakville-Trafalgar Rotary Club. The club recently donated $100,000 to the Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital. The funds were used to purchase a mammography machine for the Women's Diagnostic Imaging Centre. S c h o o l b o a r d p u ts o n M is s io n fin a l to u c h e s p r o je c t 2 0 0 0 + B y D ennis S m ith SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER M ission 2000+ took another step forw ard during the H alton D istrict School B oard's last meeting o f the year. A m ulti-faceted motion on the strategic plan in progress was approved recently by the board. Trustees agreed to the follow ing steps for the M ission 2000+ strategic plan: · Adopting the strategic plan's m ission statem ent and guiding principles; · A uthorizing the strategic plan steering com m ittee, in consultation with director of education Dusty Papke, to establish and set param eters for action teams; · Charging action team s with developing strategies to address the issues o f com m unica tions, responsibility and accountability, equi ty, resources and relationships; · D irecting the strategic planning steering com m ittee to recom m end by February the tim elines for addressing the strategic issues. The date for recom m ending tim elines was pushed back from January follow ing a sug gestion by Papke. He noted the board is not m eeting again until Jan. 19th and schools will be closed until Jan. 10th. (C hristm as break is later this year because o f Y2K concerns). The strategic planning process has been described as an effort to make fundam ental decisions and take actions which will guide the fu ture beh av io u r o f em ployees and trustees o f the Halton D istrict School Board. Here are some concerns w ithin the five issue areas which w ere outline by steering com m ittee m em bers recently: Ron W hite, President, The Rotary Club of Oakville presenting Paul Harris Fellow Award to Len Sanci, Owner, Oak-Land Ford Lincoln in Oakville. The R o ta ry C lub o f O akville p rese n te d a Paul H arris Fe llo w A w a rd to Len S anci, o w ner, O ak-Land Ford L in c o ln in O akville. M r. S anci has v o lu n ta rily m a in ta in e d th e Jo h n B lack Van used to tra n s p o rt p a tie n ts to and fro m th e O a kville -T ra fa lg a r M e m o ria l H o sp ita l since 1994. The R o ta ry C lub o f O akville w ill re cog n ize M r. S a n ci's va lu a b le e ffo rts by c o n trib u tin g to R o ta ry In te rn a tio n a l on h is b ehalf. S ix h u n d re d th o u s a n d R otaria n s and n o n R o ta ria n s w o rld w id e have been a w a rd e d a Paul H arris F e llo w fo r m a k in g s ig n ific a n t c o n trib u tio n s to th e ir local c o m m u n itie s . O the r O akville re c ip ie n ts inclu d e M a yo r A n n M u lva le and C o u n c illo r C athy G raham . From left to right - Top Row - Sgt. Frank Phillips, Helen Barker, Cst. Gregg Davidson. Bottom Row: One of the many gift recipients at OTMH and Teresa Longo. For the eleventh year Teresa Longo brought C hristm as sm iles to m any patients at the Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital as she delivered gift bags and poinsettias. Teresa's visit was accompanied by the St. Ignatius of Loyola High School C hoir and m any com m unity volunteers w hich included members of Longo's staff, the Halton Regional Police Force and OTMH staff. Teresa visits all com m unity hospitals in com m unities where there is a Longo store. Her visit is much appreciated by patients and staff each year. Support Room in the new Emergency Department at OTMH. The donation is made in the memory of John Black who, after suffering severe trauma as a young adult remained in the hospital until passing away in January 1996. For many years John Black organized the use of the John Black Van for transporting patients to and from the hospital. Ron W hite, P resident, The R otary C lub o f O a kville pre se n ts $25,000 cheque to Dr. L orne M artin, C h ief o f S taff, H alton H ealthcare S ervices. On Monday, Decem ber 13, 1999 The Rotary Club of Oakville presented the Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital with a $25,000 cheque. This cheque represents part of a four-year, $100,000 commitment for The John Black Memorial Life · A ccountability/responsibility -- U nclear lines o f responsibility and authority, different organizational structures, a desire by students for m ore responsibility and possible erosion o f credibility were cited as concerns. M aking H alton's education process more accountable at all levels was suggested. · C om m unication -- The im portance of com m unication was stressed as being very im portant to the board's effectiveness. T he need to m ake im p ro v em en ts was exp ressed stro n g ly by those surv ey ed . Feelings o f m istrust had been fostered by either a lack o f inform ation or its m isinterpre tation. Technology has not made the im pact hoped for, w ith differences in access lim iting the inform ation sharing. · E quity -- P ro v id in g p ro g ram s and resources in a fair and accessible m anner for all students was described as a m ajor chal lenge. It was noted there is som e perception that have and have-not schools exist in Halton. Reductions in special education funding and the board's accom m odation problem were cited as other m ajor concerns in the area o f equity. · R elationships -- The board is exam ining how to optim ize relationships and partner ships o f those involved. In terp e rso n a l re la tio n sh ip s, com m unity partnerships and organizational behaviour and its effects were cited as key relationship areas. · Resources -- A lack o f resources and equitable distribution o f them w ere cited as m ajor concerns, with staff reporting a lack o f time to do what was asked o f them. z z z z z z z z N a il Q u e e n Beauti ful Nails Since 1985 Prostate cancer lecture Dr. Neil Fleshner, assis tant professor of urology at the University of Toronto presents a lecture on The Role of Nutrition in Prostate Cancer on Jan. 11th at the Glen A b b e y Recreation Centre. 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