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OAKVILLE NISSAN Flee FOURTH LINE AUTO OAKVIUE PUBLIC L IB R A R Y Sfc 120 NAVY S T R m Bob McIntosh 616 York St. Oakville OAKVILLE, ONTARIO L6J 2Z4 Direct: 905-827-7191 We lease all m a k e s and m odels. FOCUS I il M M 1 L j ' ^0Oak*VULe/ / n lw o te rfrc trtt G O O D jp Y E A R J 1 H i 1 . For AH Your Car's Needs Drive Clean Emission Testing Government Safety Inspection Tune-Ups · Brakes · Exhaust · Cooling Systems CAA Approved Shop I . m / Official Media Sponsor 559 Speers Road (9 0 5 ) 8 4 2 -3 0 0 1 Editor: Wilma Blokhuis Phone: 905-845-3824 (ext. 250) Fax: 905-337-5567 e-mail: blokhuis@haltonsearch.com Grandmother to walk for Sick Kids Walk from Montreal to Ottawa to raise funds fo r paediatric research By Wilma Blokhuis BEAVER FOCUS EDITOR Connie Taylor has always dreamed of walking from Montreal to Ottawa. She used to live in both cities before moving to Oakville last year. However, it appears the youthful grandmother she has an eight-month-old grand daughter - need ed a reason to walk the 180-kilometre distance, and Jamie Smith · Oakville Beaver Lee Scott of Walk on Water, a personal train er, took Connie Taylor under her wing and trained her for her 180-kilometre walk. has found it through her work at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. On contract as a consultant with the Hospital for Sick Children Foundation, Taylor will walk to raise money for paediatric research at the hospital. She's calling it Connie's Walk for Sick Kids. "This hospital is Canada's largest paediatric research institute and works in conjunction with other children's hospitals across Canada," wrote Taylor in a letter to family and friends asking for pledges. "It truly is a wonderful institution." To date, her pledges total about $2,000. Taylor will begin her walk at Ste-Anne-deBellevue on Montreal Island on Sept. 1, and finish five days later at Parliament Hill in Ottawa. She plans to cover 35 - 40 kilometres per day. Her daughter Alanna Church will accompany her on the first two days of her trek that will take them through lie Perrot, Hudson, to Oka by ferry across the mouth of the Ottawa River, and through St. Placide to Grenville on the north side of the river. Alanna has been accepted into medical school at Queen's University. Taylor is looking for somebody to hopefully accompany her from Grenville through Montebello to Masson on the third and fourth days of her walk. "It will be the only two days I'll be on my own. I'll be carrying my cell phone." Sheila King, a friend from Ottawa, will accom pany her on the last day from Masson to Hull and across the Alexandria Bridge into Ottawa and to the Parliament Buildings. She'll be staying with friends in Montreal during the first three days of her walk, and in Ottawa dur ing the last two. To prepare for this trek, Taylor has purchased two identical pairs of walking shoes, joined a power walking group and is currently being coached by a personal trainer. "I found out about the power walking group through the Oakville Newcomers Club and joined in the spring. We meet once a week, and I walk a few times a week with others and on my own." This power-walking group is run by Lee Scott, a personal trainer. Her company is called Walk on Jam ie b m itn · Oakville Beaver Connie Taylor was pleased to find two identical pairs of walking shoes for her five-day trek from Montreal to Ottawa to raise funds for paediatric research at the Hospital for Sick Children. Water (WOW). moved here from Montreal last fall. In addition, Marcia Franklin of the Oakville She landed her contract position with the Athletic Therapy Centre has given Taylor an exer Hospital for Sick Children Foundation as a business cise regimen to strengthen her knees and realign her development specialist in January. Working there has inspired her to "realize my hips. Franklin was a therapist at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the 1995 Pan dream of walking from Montreal to Ottawa while at Am Games. Scott put her in touch with Franklin. the same time raising some funds." "I began training seriously in March," said Taylor recently challenged herself, upon the urg Taylor, "but I've always walked. ing of Scott, to participate in the Burlington Rock "I train all over Oakville, walking roads and `n' Roll 21-kilometre half-marathon in May, and trails, including the trail in front of my house." she plans to participate in the Casino Niagara Taylor and her daughter have `scouted out' the Marathon on Oct. 27. route, measuring distances and locating `pit stops.' Taylor's progress will be monitored by Scott on "I used to live in Montreal and Ottawa, and her Web site, www.wowcompany.net. walking from Montreal to Ottawa is something I've To support Connie Taylor with a pledge, call her always wanted to do," Taylor said, adding she cell phone number at 416-410-7138. Benjamin Franklin discovers electricity Ryan's mom discovers shockingly low prices. Sidewalk Sale August 19 to August 25 Sove up to 80% on already low outlet prices. Discover great savings at over 100 National Name Brand Stores like.. ·Levi's Outlet*Jacob*Aldo for Less*Winners ·Sears Outlet Store®Footlocker*Siblings and more! South Service Road off Dixie in M ississa u g a Tel. (9 0 5 ) 2 7 8 -7 4 9 2 M on. - Fri. 10 am -9 pm Sat. 9 :3 0 am -6 pm Sun. Noon-6 pm