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PHARMACY *10% Seniors Discount *Ai Drug Plans Acceped o Wnitten Drug Information Avalable1 "At Zaks We Care About Yoiw Hefth" L70W S. E,807- 24 A Metroland Community Newspaper fi 'I Vol. 139 No. 42 Friday, July 24, 1998 28 Pages 750 (GST included) Store holds barbecue for Milton food bank A local grocery store will help feed people in need this weekend. Savemore wiII sponsor a fundraising barbecue outside its Bronte Street location Saturday. Proceeds will go to the Salvation Army food bank. The barbecue will be held f rom 10 arn. to 4 p.m. 327 Broute st. S. Dr. Jo-Ann McKinnon 875-1322 Camp bell is acquitted, feels he made his point By KAREN SMITH The Champion Reverend Ken Campbell says he was successful in challenging a court injunc- tion even though his protest didn't quite go as planned. The outspoken leader of Choose Life Canada was acquitted last week of obstructing a police officer outside a Toronto abortion clinic after the judge threw out the charge. "We were delighted. The points we wanted to make were made by the court," Rev. Campbell said. Rev. Campbçll, who has admitted he purposely violated the law, was originally charged in September with disobeying a court order for refusing to leave an area near the Scott Clinic on. Gerrard A court injunc- tion bans protést- ers [rom the immediate vicini- ty. The anti-abor- tionist has said he planned to get arrested on the Ken Campbell charge in order to challenge the injunictior before the court. But about two months after Rev. Campbell's arrest, the Crown changed the alleged offence to ohstructing a police offi- 9se. REVEREND'S on page 8 ir Ace in the hole Milton's Josh King sank a hole-In-one while attending a Clarke's Golf junior camp ai OakvilIe Executive Golf Course 1881 week. See story on page 19. Union probably behi*nd push for sehool sports dispute: MPP By IRENE GENTLE Special ta the Champion Dire predictions that secondary school sports pro- gramns wiIl be scaled back or scrapped due to new provincial teaching requiremnents are ikely a union tactie not sanctioned by teachers, said Halton North MPP Ted Chudleigh. I understand they may he with- holding services and I'm not very supportive of that. I don't think moat of the teachers are, either," said an exasperated-sounding Mr. Chudleigh. I think this is a union tactic being uscd as a negotiating tool." The furor is over a goveroment policy requiring hoth public and sep- arate school instructors to teach one extra 40-minute class per day. Slated to core ne m effect this faîl, that Ted Chudleigh would hring their total in-class com- milment to 1,250 minutes, or about 21 hours, a week. According to comments made at a recent year-end meeting of the Haltori Secondary School Athleic Association (HSSAA), that puts area high schools in the kind of time crunch that could result in many school sports heing put on the chopping block. Halton District School Board instructional head for physical and health education Sue Amos told the HSSAA meeting that in light of the increased teaching load 71 per cent of regional high schools are looking at cutting hack their programa, while the remainder may scrap them altogether. Despite that glum forecast, Mr. Chudleigh says he feels the majority of teachers are hehind the govemment' s plan to improve education. 'The unions seem ta be heading the charge on this. 1 wonder how supportive the average teacher is," said Mr. Chudleigh. I think the average teacher likes the added commitment to classes and the better textbooks." Before the new regulations, teachers used the extra period for prep work. With themn in place, it is feared that teachers won't have the time to cover for coaches who have to leave early for games. A lack of late buses and potential conflicts with community groups using school gyms at night also complicate the issue of n evening games. Mr. Chudleigh maintains that placing teachers in the classroom for one extra period a day will hring Ontario education up to ,e speed, putting teaching schedules in line with the rest of the jCanada. 1- -, see on page 15