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f 487 Lauiier Ave., A Metroland Commumity Newspaper Impaired charge A Brante Street woman faces impaired driving charges following a minoraccident. Halton Regional Police say a car driving northbound on Bronte Street wus clipped by a 1995 Ford Taurus backing out of its driveway shortly after 1 p.m. April 5. The Taurus driver eft the scene, but later retumed. Police went to the residence and charged a woman with impaired dri- ving and driving with over the legal limit of lcohol in her blood. Dr. Je-Anas McKlnnon 1 875-1322 7R 1 MAI T1&2TONW 876-4785 Vol. 139 No. 12 Students on board By DENNIS SMITH Special ta The Champion There will be a fresh new face or two at the Halton District School Board table within a few montbs. After lengthy wrangling over amnend- ments, the board's committee-of-the- whole agreed last week to appoint one or two non-voting student trustees by July. A recent change in the Education Act (Bill 160) requires ail Ontario school boards to have student representatives. They are to be chosen on or before lune 30. The student trustees won't vote or par- icipate in mn-camnera sessions, but they cari speak at the board and make their views known. The number of student representatives, - »e TRUSTEES onpg 2 Friday, April 10, 1998 un" 28 Pages 750 (GST inciuded) Cutback bld flop s By BRAD REAUME The Champion Smaiier is not better, Milton counicil says. Monday night, council decided against reducing its numbers by a vote of 8-3. In a related matter counicil aiso voted 9-2 against a proposai to reduce their pay by 30 per cent. Currently Milton counicillors earn $11,684. When the vote on council reduction was taken, severai of the two dozen in the audience tossed derogatory comments at counciliors before stalking out. One per- son offered a raspberry as his oniy com- ment. Little support Rookie Councilior Rick Malboeuf was behind the push for a smaiier council. He said a number of representatives cam- paigned on a pledge 10 reduce council, inciuding him. Oniy Mr. Maiboeuf, Lieven Gevaert and Wally Hunter voted to pare down council. Mr. Malboeuf pointed 10 a reduction in the number of elected officiais at the province, Haiton Region and in Burlington, calling it the proper example to be setting. "Virtualiy ail business has downsized," he said, after providing a litany of Ontario communities that have fewer counicillors than Milton or far more constituents per elected officiai. Mr. Maîboeuf discounted ciaims that a reduction in council size would make elected officiais more distant from con- stituents and therefore be a blow to denocracy. Feels insulted "To be accused of being undemocratic, this is the most insulting," he said. "I spent 718 months being shot at in Vietnam in support of democracy. I don't think there is anyone else here who supports democ- racy as Ido." Mr. Malboeuf said even with the maxi- mum growth expected in Milton during the next 20 years, a downsized counicil would still have only an average number of constituents; per elected officiai. Mr. Malboeuf complained of "political rhetoric and fear mongering" by those who opposed his motion to cut numbers. 9se. MALBOEUF on pagel1 *NEW ""State of the Art" Facility *Over 5À yrs combined experience Brion - Don - Doug * Frendly courteous service CHRURCHILL COLLISION INC. (905) 87540 How long 'tii Easter? Three-yeur-old Kate Andruako nibbles on the surs of her chocolats bunny alongslde cuddly stuffed onesuut the Safe and Sound ChiId Cure Centr's Eustsr purty Wednssduy. She lso cun't wuit for the big duy Sunduy. Photo by GRAHAM PAINE Pht yGRAHAM PAINE Brian and Leunne Mauro suy their knowlsdge of CPR saved a fumiîy member's life. CPR training helps couple save mother afler her heart attack By KAREN SMITH The Champion AMilton couple's knowledge of CPR and quick response by an ambulance are being credited for saving the life of a woman who stopped breathing after suffering a heart attack. Brian and Leanne Mauro kept Norma Proveau alive until ambulance attendants arrived at the fam-ily's Commercial Street home last week. Ms Proveau is the mother of Ms Mauro, 34, who, with her hus- band, performed two-person CPR aliter the 64-year-old real estate agent collapsed near the front door. Mr. Mauro, 35, a volunteer lirefighter and CPR tramner, and Ms Mauro, a nurse, agreed to discuss the rescue publicly 10 stress the importance of knowing emergency first aid. Mrs. Proveau awoke at 2:45 a.m. experiencing chest pain, sweating and numbness, and husband Ed Proveau, 66, was about to drive his wife to the hospital when she fell to the ground. The thud woke the Mauro's two children and Mr. Proveau yelled to alert his daughter and son-in-law. Ms Mauro first called 9-1 -1, but then sprang mbt action with her husband to keep oxygen supplied to her mother's brain while Mr. Proveau and the chiîldoen held each other on the bed. "My first reaction was fright. My next reaction was to tight. I thought, get in theoe and do something about it," Ms Mauro said. The couple performed CPR for about six minutes, but it "seemned like an eternity," Mr. Mauro said. *s»e STRICKEN on page 4