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353 IROQUOIS SHORE DRIVE, OAKVILLE dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 BACKSPLASH • BATHROOM • KITCHEN • FIREPLACE • FEATURE WALLS ceramics porcelain travertine marble glass natural stone mosaics slate granite quartz FACTORY TILE DEPOT We shop the world so you don’t have to! 1360 Speers Road (East of 3rd line) Oakville 905-465-1650 Call and book your free design consultation www.factorytiledepot.ca Follow us on Open 7 days/wk! 40 pages $1.00 (plus tax) A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 50 No. 128 “USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES” FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2012 SNA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR 2010 ONTARIO’S TOP NEWSPAPER - 2005-2008 Mason anxious to play Sports NIKKI WESLEY / OAKVILLE BEAVER / @halton_photog CREEPY FOR A CAUSE: Oakville resident Mike Wilson, seen here looking out from behind the wall, is holding his annual haunted backyard maze at his 119 Walby Dr. home as a fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society. By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF While the new Oakville hospital is still years away from completion, some people have already been given a sneak pre- view of what a few of the rooms will look like. As part of its contract with Halton Healthcare Services (HHS) for its role in building the hospital, the Ellis Don Corporation has created mock-ups of a single patient room, work station and post- operating room recovery bay, as they are expected to appear in the new hospital. The mock-ups were created at the Ellis Don Iroquois Shore Road office about six months ago to give nursing staff an idea of what to expect once the new hospital opens. They were also created so HHS staff could suggest improvements to the designs to make the rooms more effi- cient and patient friendly. The improvements over Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital (OTMH)’s existing rooms ranged from subtle to the extreme. “Some of the features that were important to our staff were the location and the number of electrical plugs. That is a challenge in our current environment,” said Sylvia Rodgers, Chief Nursing Officer, HHS. “When (OTMH) was built, we didn’t have all of this technology. We didn’t have beds that plugged in, we didn’t have electric IV pumps, pain pumps, all of this equipment. Having the right num- ber of plugs and having them at waist height is really important By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Trick-or-treaters young and old are invited to get freaked out for a good cause by attending a haunted house for charity at 119 Walby Dr., Halloween night. For more than a decade, homeowner Mike Wilson’s diabolical domicile has brought chills to the neighbourhood on Halloween, but, for the second year, the scary fun will also serve as a fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society. Those brave enough to enter Wilson’s labyrinth of spooks and frights can make a donation to the Canadian Cancer Society to support cancer research and support ser- vices for cancer patients. Wilson said the haunted house has grown over the years to encompass his entire backyard, which will be converted to include a hangman’s noose area, a guillo- tine area and an underground tomb. “We usually have a running average of about 10 volunteers, so there are people everywhere ready to scare everybody.” In keeping with Halloween tradition, Wilson will give out candy, but is hoping trick-or-treaters will return the favour by donating enough to surpass last year’s total of approximately $400. Wilson said his haunted house attracts nearly 200 kids each year and became so big it made sense to help out a charity. The haunted house runs from 6-9 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 31. Mock-up rooms provide a peek into new hospital Haunted house a freaky fundraiser John Oliver See Mock-up page 9
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353 IROQUOIS SHORE DRIVE,OAKVILLE
dentistoakville.com905-842-6030
BACKSPLASH • BATHROOM • KITCHEN • FIREPLACE • FEATURE WALLS
ceramics porcelain travertine marble glass natural stone mosaics slate granite quartz
FACTORY TILE DEPOTWe shop the world so you don’t have to!
1360 Speers Road (East of 3rd line) Oakville905-465-1650
Call and book
your free design
consultation
www.factorytiledepot.ca
Follow us onOpen
7 days/wk!
40 pages $1.00 (plus tax) A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 50 No. 128 “Using CommUniCation to BUild Better CommUnities” FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2012
SNA NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR 2010 ONTARIO’S TOP NEWSPAPER - 2005-2008 Mason anxious to play Sports
NIKKI WESLEY / OAKVILLE BEAVER / @halton_photog
CREEPY FOR A CAUSE: Oakville resident Mike Wilson, seen here looking out from behind the wall, is holding his annual haunted backyard maze at his 119 Walby Dr. home as a fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society.
By David LeaOAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF
While the new Oakville hospital is still years away from completion, some people have already been given a sneak pre-view of what a few of the rooms will look like.
As part of its contract with Halton Healthcare Services (HHS) for its role in building the hospital, the Ellis Don Corporation has created mock-ups of a single patient room, work station and post-operating room recovery bay, as they are expected to appear in the new hospital.
The mock-ups were created at the Ellis Don Iroquois Shore Road office about six months ago to give nursing staff an idea of what to expect once the new hospital opens.
They were also created so HHS staff could suggest improvements to the designs to make the rooms more effi-cient and patient friendly.
The improvements over Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital (OTMH)’s existing rooms ranged from subtle to the extreme.
“Some of the features that were important to our staff were the location and the number of electrical plugs. That is a challenge in our current environment,” said Sylvia Rodgers, Chief Nursing Officer, HHS.
“When (OTMH) was built, we didn’t have all of this technology. We didn’t have beds that plugged in, we didn’t have electric IV pumps, pain pumps, all of this equipment. Having the right num-ber of plugs and having them at waist height is really important
By David LeaOAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF
Trick-or-treaters young and old are invited to get freaked out for a good cause by attending a haunted house for charity at 119 Walby Dr., Halloween night.
For more than a decade, homeowner Mike Wilson’s diabolical domicile has brought chills to the neighbourhood on Halloween, but, for the second year, the scary fun will also serve as a fundraiser for
the Canadian Cancer Society.Those brave enough to enter Wilson’s
labyrinth of spooks and frights can make a donation to the Canadian Cancer Society to support cancer research and support ser-vices for cancer patients.
Wilson said the haunted house has grown over the years to encompass his entire backyard, which will be converted to include a hangman’s noose area, a guillo-tine area and an underground tomb.
“We usually have a running average of
about 10 volunteers, so there are people everywhere ready to scare everybody.”
In keeping with Halloween tradition, Wilson will give out candy, but is hoping trick-or-treaters will return the favour by donating enough to surpass last year’s total of approximately $400.
Wilson said his haunted house attracts nearly 200 kids each year and became so big it made sense to help out a charity.
The haunted house runs from 6-9 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 31.
Mock-up rooms provide a peek into new hospital
Haunted house a freaky fundraiser John Oliver
See Mock-up page 9
