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20 - The, Canadin Champion, Frlday, Deceniber 26,1997 I.-.Im.l * RESSI LOES .... * Owia 1( K 9&v-s17 SVE M SilEAS OF- LOTS OFDOEAflSI -~ý RfD. S48R Basebali strikes out in jail expansion MCI Al M.iF .;Aqqý- I tion," said acting executive director Maggie Waligora. . 'The home served as a place for serious- ,y ilI chiîdren to stay. * Two Halton Regional Police officers and three citizens were being hailed as heroes for pulling a woman out of Lake Ontario. The two officers were taken to the woman by tic three citizens, and the offi- cers took her froro thc water. the woman, believed to be suicidaI, had juimped froro a breawater at Burlington's Spencer Smith Park. - A planned expansion at Maplehurst prison was to wipe out a municipal base- hall diamond, much to the frustration of Milton balI players and their parents. 1I think it's absolutely brutal," said Larry Black, Uic Milton rep midget teamn manag- er. "I'm worried, upset, ticked off - the whole works - especially when you tiink it's govemmnt." - Philadelphia Flyers star Eric Lindros was in town in early July to play in a chari- ty golf toumnament aI Greystone Golf club. Mr. Lindros was mobbed by fans, and obligingly signed autograpis white greet- ing the gallery. *Local firefighters said the recent firing of colleague Rick Rivett was the last straw in their disillusionment witb the Milton Fire Departinent. Tic firefîghter association, what ,.amounts to a union, took out an ad in The Champion citing several "demoralizing acts" and indicating firefigiters would have to reassess involvement in communi- ty activities. ire Chief Harold Penson said that as far as he knew, morale was not low. -Despite the efforts of Milton Trustee Tim Kingsbury, the Halton Board of Education was moving slowly on the ques- tion of oeimbursing five trustees, including Milton's Flo Belford, for rooney they spent defending theroselves against conflict of interest allegations brought in a lawsuit by a taxpayer watcbdog group. The suit was withdrawn by the Taxpayers Coalition Burlington when the provincial govemnment changed conflict of interest regulations for trustees. Each of the five defendants owed approximately $7,000 to lawyers. - A Burlington public school board trustee said her colleagues had failed to do ,what was financially necessary in passing an annual budget. Diane Leblovic said the board "caved in" when it came to facing totagh funding decisions and was not "up. for the challenge." - The former director of the Halton Board of Education, Bob Williams, took a leave of absence (unpaid) to begin in September, He said he planned to pursue furtiier education. - During late July a Halton Regional Police detective testified that a colleague had suggested suppressing videotaped evi- dence of a police officer slapping a murder suspect during an interrogation. Detective John Stonehill said now retired Inspector Les Grahamo had suggested getting rid of