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Phot by GRAHAM PAIN Buillngton Mayor-Eleci Rob Maclsaac (mlddl.) end Milton Mayor.Gord Krantz rmeve a few snow boardlng tmps fromn Tldy the. tuwk.y vulture Saturday ut Gien Eden. The thrse helped mitro- ducs lmprovenmnts et ttu local si reeort. Snowfall helps. kick off Glen Eden ski upgrades 5v STEVE LBLANC Special ta The Champion Glen Eden's Bob Harris described Friday's snowfall as "a good omen" for this year's skiing season. Just 24 hours before $1 .5 million in improvements would be showcased at the local ski resort, old man winter came knocking on southemn Ontario's doorstep. Ibis, as much as anytbing, probably accounted for a huge tumnout at the open house Saturday, when two new features were officially introduced at Glen Eden. Two aging t-bars near Sidewinder and Slow & Easy have now been replaced by a quad chair lift, whicb bas increased capacity to service 7,200 skiers per hour. "The upgrade will speed tbings up dramatically. Witb the old t-bars, skiers were very susceptible to snow conditions aand tbe macbine's movement. We'd bave to stop and staat, stop and staat wbenever some- one felI off, and people felI off a lot," explaned*Mr. Harris, Glen Eden's area manager for tbe past 19 years. "It bas also freed up space for people to ski under the lift." A six-acre snow board park bas aiso been added at tbe west end of the resort, beside Scimitar. Dubbed 'Drop Zone', the park includes a baîf pipe, and according to Mr. Harris sbould create a whole new market for Glen Eden. "There's been great demaasd for this (a snow board ares) for a couple of years now. I'd estimate that snow boarders will make up rougbly 15 per cent of our overail visitations," bie said. In addition to these two sbowcased impmovements, Glen Eden will now be able to weatber mild winiter spelîs more effectively, thanks to a 43 per cent pump- ing capacity upgrade to their snowmaking equipment. Glen Eden's new snow board park' plus the rest of tbe I 2-hilI ski resort, is expected to open tbe first weekend of December. No good news on mail front Canada Post and its largest union were at a standoff yesterdsy momning as tbe two sides bad no plans to meet in an effort to avent wbat could become a nation- wide postal sbutdown. Neitber side bad said at press time wbat action tbey planned to take - a lockout, rotatirsg strikes, a general walkout orsa continued wait-and-see approach. Tailca broke off st week after tbe 45,000-member Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) present- ed its latest proposaI to the company. Canada Post rejected it, aaying it was the samie set of demanda tbe union bad wben talks began seven montbs ago. Tie union is in a legal strike position this morning (Tuesday) and tbe company coulri bock out workers. MPP surprised ,fron CHLOAINE on page 1 commissione>' a govemment employee similar ta an ombudsman. Mr. Cbudleigh felt any complaints againat the word- ing of the question were bard to defend. 'lThose in favour of chlorination are a very signifa- cant group witb o political representation," said Mr. Cbudleigh, who agreed tbe split vote bas lent somte credence to bis hope tbat individuals could bie provid- ed witb choice. **I was surprased by the outcome," hie said, "I expecïe 90 pe! cent plus to be againat chlorination." At press time yesterday morning, the two sides bad last met on Saturday, but spent less than three minutes together before Canada Post walked out, saying there was notbing'new in tbe union's position that would allow talks to resumne. A strike would mean closure of the Milton post office and no delivety service, except for govemment pension and social assistance cbeques. The union bas made a commitmrent to deliver tbem. Mike Aikenhead, president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workzers' local 223 representing about 35 mail carriers and wicket clerks at the.Milton post office, said Friday hie was waiting for word from union leaders as to what action, if any, tbey will take. He bas said 80 per cent of the Milton postal workers voted to strike if necessary. 'Ibe union's main bories of contention centre around wage increases and job security for the 4,000 posi- tions the workers' maintain will be leat due to Canada Post oestructuring, Mr. Aikenbead bas said. Mie union has demanded an 8 per cent enage hike over 18 mionths. The company bas offeoed 3 per cent over tbree years witb wagc increass of zero, 1.5 per cent and 1.5 per cent annually. Letter carriers and clerks earn $17.41 an hour. Canada Post bas said the tbreat of strike already bas caused maI volume to drop by 50 per cent. It urged. customers Saturday not to use tbe mail for the time being. A Canada'Post spokesperson couldn't be reacbed' for cornmený a4t press time. The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, Novomber 18, 1997-3 I ~h Vai ii ins mi Ya Ne 1998, POUonticSufre Couple The 1998 Pontiac grant Amn Sedlan 150 HP 2.4 litre twin camn engise, 4 speed automnatic transmission witti enhanced traction system, dual air bags, 4 wheel ABS, rear door child safety loks, AM/FM steres cassette, air conditisning, rear spoi ler, power door Iocks, tint