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The O akvilieB ea v er ^ o & A o i) ^ wyv ; Cammuty PUmpyw* O A K V IL L E -C E N T R E X IH t R A t C O N V E IJ ^ PU BLIC UBR 7 A n d Luxurmot n a v y s t r e e t IL L E , O N TA RIQ I n EvERvrRo^^n L 6 J 2Z4 (905) 84^*5000 AM etrolandPublication V ol.38 N o. 115 SU N D A Y , OCTOBER 1,2000 28Pages 75 Cents Plus GST Remembering Pierre Trudeau Oakville residents are being invited to sign a B ook o f C ondolence at Town H all and w rite about their personal reflections o f form er prim e m inister Pierre Elliott Trudeau who died o f can cer Thursday. Flags at Town H all are flying at halfm ast as a tribute to Trudeau. T he book will be available im m edi ately for signing in the foyer area o f Town Hall and will rem ain in place until Oct. 11th. T he book, containing the per sonal m essages, will be sent to his fam ily on behalf o f the people o f Oakville. R esidents m ay sign their co ndo lences at Town Hall during the follow ing hours: M onday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon "Irrespective o f political philosophy, the people o f O akville are acutely aware that a great Canadian has left us. H e was a leader, a visionary and a man who truly shaped C anada the w ay that we know it today," said M ayor A nn M ulvale. "O ur thoughts are with his fam ily and our hope is that they find som e com fort in their grief with the trem endous legacy he left all Canadians." For O akville Liberal M P Bonnie Brow n, the lasting legacy o f form er prim e m inister Pierre T rudeau, will be (See `Oakville' page 5) m*r. Photo by Christine Smyth White Oaks Secondary School students cheer as a passing motorists responds to their signs for support The students walked out of class es Friday morning to protest the lack of extracurricular activities at the school. Male students have been the hardest h it There are no school sports offered to W hite Oaks male students this fall. W O S Sstudentsw alkout By Norm Nelson BEAVER SPORTS EDITOR O f all the high schools in O akville, W hite O aks Secondary School has been the hardest hit by the current battle raging betw een the provincial governm ent, the schoolboards and the teachers. A nd now the W hite O aks students are letting it be know n that they are not happy w ith the situation. F or G rade 10 student Sean K osak, it has hit him right in the pocket book. "I took football courses throughout the sum m er, I was going to sign up this year and I bought all my equipm ent, and I ca n 't use it." K osak w as part o f a collection o f student protesters that had gath ered outside o f the school on M cC raney Street. A trio o f high school students, Selina O 'Q uinn (Gr. 11), A shley H olm es (Gr. 11) and L eila L aqua (Gr. 10) said they kicked o ff the pro test Thursday. O 'Q uinn vow ed it w ould continue "until w e get our sports back." T he three have been skipping their classes and are being jo in ed by a steady stream o f placard-carrying students, w hose num bers vary during the course o f the day. "W e've been getting lots o f support," said H olm es, "even like the city buses, the school buses, taxis, the police." The situation, is unfair, added O 'Quinn. `T h e only ones that get all their sports are C atholic schools. They have their football and stuff. We d o n 't even have football. We have nothing," said O 'Quinn. N ot quite true. W hite O aks does have both ju n io r and senior girls basketball, but nothing else.. A t the other end o f the spectrum , south o f the Q.E.W ., O akville Trafalgar High School, w hich is another O akville public high school, is fielding alm ost the com plete slate o f fall team s, including cross country, ju n io r and senior girls field hockey, ju n io r and senior girls basketball, ju n io r and senior boys volleyball and senior boys football. (See `Students' page 2) C A N A D IA N T IR E G A R A G E S A LE SAVE S le t« Hours: Llcu.-tki. 6:30 a.iu.-s pan. SaL 6:30 a.m.-6 pjiu, Sam S a.uu-c [uu. U P TO 8 5 % 5 3 9 K erf s t r e e t last FIN A L DAY TO DAY U P P E II O A K V IL L E 5 H O F P IN U C E N N IL U p p e r M id d le Itu a d a t U lti L in e IH D -U 4 7 J on S elected Item s 9AKT9WN HHfjfJMiNti P lfltfl 844=0292 - S u n d a y O c to b e r 1 m rm