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Mit ___ A Metroland Community Newspaper Vol. 138 No. 96 Friday, January 30, 1998 28 Pages 750t (GST included) Photo by GRAHAM PAINE Taking a tumble Michael Whit got turned upsîde down white tobogganing Saturday et Gien Edon, where ho spent the day wth hie wlfe and chlidren. Trhey had botter luck tackllng the snow covered his. Malboeuf says Milton spurned by §MDREAUEsut on the seven member board. In addition, vices board - as opposed to aOakvillc Councilior Keith Bird and Jobn appointee - was tbe laie Ma, Milton regional Couftcillor Rick Taylor of Burlington were elected as coun- Gordon, wbo served in the early I Mabiecuf is angxy. cil representatives. » eo TICKED on page MLMalboeuf beieves that according to, "I don't want this to corne across as saur Haiton council, despite a major provincial grapes. 1 just really believe tbat Milton jail. the egional comihouse and the largest shoul have a representative on the police land area of ail Halton municipalities, board," Mr. Malboeuf sai<l. Milton does not warrant a represenative The police services board has three on the police services bon&d members, each from Oakville and Last week Mn-Malboeflost avote for a Burlingt on. Halton regional council seat on the- police bond.Th 'Ie resuIt thnist appoints three members and the provincial Hoton Hulis Counîilior John Day onto the govemnient appoints the sainenumnber. police services board, whicb oversees One representative is aàprîvatè itizen polite operations in Halton Region. appointed by regional council. Mr. Day is .tbe only representative froin According to Mr. Malboeuf'tbe iast Dr. Jo-Ann McKInnon -- -ýr»ernUahn nunivnqltip. Miltisn olitîcian 10 uS on the nolice rer- 875-1322 the tLwo ortEUJUi I Falito uis aus )a citizen îyor Don 1980S. e2 Hoaris for the hospitail Pampor the one you love ai a speciai pro-Valentine's Day fundraiser this Tuesday (Feb. 3). Tickets can be purchased for $2 each for a chance ta win $75 gift baskets courtesy of Lush International ai CatI ee, Tea or Me between 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. or at Th. Dickons between 5 and 9 p.m. Proceeds wiil go 01th. Milton District Hospital Foundation. Your-RRSP and FinancialPlanning Experts For aur rec ~dations or COLU a review o!yf fustments caIIllDiiC.5 693-1100 m___ff 4-WTeopLm O IDLND WPiW Dead man s daugehter says shefound two pieces of a gun By KAREN SMITH The Champion Pieces of a gun and a bank card mysteriousiy t«mcd up- ofla relative's property more than a month afier Fred Slieppard's body was found, court heard Wediiesday. Susan Gagnon, daughter of the siain senior citizen, told Ontario Court (general division) in Milton that she contacted police- after finding two.pieces of a gun and her father's bankcard outside ber home in April, 1995. Mr. Sheppard, 77, was found shot to deatb on the outhouise floor at the rear of bis Steeles Avenue property March 7, 1995. He lived alone at his modest Niagara Escarpmnent bomé, wbicm bad no running water or hydro. Cbarged with first-degree murder is Keitb Madeley tbe former boyfriend of Ms Gagnon' s daughter Lori, who was 14 at the ime. Court heard Mr. Madeley, now 25, was unemployed and ived with the Gagnons up until bis arrest. Ms Gagnon testified Wednesday she came across two pieces of a gun at the back of ber property and found her fatber's bank card in a puddle on her driveway. Sbe had earlier broken down in tears describing how. she received a phone caîl informing ber tbat her father was lâcov- ered dead at is home. Court beard Ms Gagnon bad not seen ber fatber for about a week. Sbe had stopped visiting bim daily, sbe îold the court,. because she could no longer deal witb bis depressed mood. Her father, wbo frequently cried, was lonely and disconsolate since bis long-time girlfiend ieft bim, sbe testified. Court beard Tuesday aftemnoon tbat Ms Gagnon deposited cheques for ber father and sometimes made small witbdrawals when asked. Five days before is body was found, someone used bis bank card to witbdraw $300. On Marcb 3, the card wasuAsed to witb- n draw $200 and anotber $20. n Ms Gagnon said she didn't make the witbdrawals>and-ber father didn't know how to use the card in the gutomated telier 9eeae MURDER on page 2 iviiitxni puiità"ait %xi au "à sim