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PHARMACY Miton's Independent Pharmacy • Free Delivery •10% Seniors Discount • Al Drug Plans Acepted SWritten Drug Information Available "At Zak's We Care About Your Health" 70 Main St. E. 875-2424 A Metroland Community Newspaper Vol. 139 No. 59 Friday, October 2, 1998 32 Pages 75¢ (GST included) Milton's rural roads most unsafe in region By KAREN SMITH The Champion Milton can make a difference when it comes to reducing its region- topping rate of car crashes, a public foram heard Tuesday. Citizens, govemment and police together can tackle the town's over- whelming statistics - numbers that show Milton is the most danger- ous place to drive in Halton, said Linda Dayler, community program developer for the Trauma Prevention Council of Central/West Ontario. "The community can make a differ- ence," she told about 60 people who attended the two-hour evening meeting hosted by the Town, Halton Region and the Halton Injury Prevention Council at Hugh Foster Hall. "We've seen it in places very similar to yours." The rate of collisions on municipal and regional roads in Milton over a four-year period was found to be 70 per cent higher than in the rest of Halton, said Terry Delmore, epidemiologist l'or the Halton Regional Health Department. "The rate of persons killed or injured in these collisions was more than double the rate in the other Halton communities," he said. Figures show that in 1995, a traffic acci- dent was reported on local and regional roads in Milton every 15 hours. A high percentage of collisions occurred on rural roads on Fridays in November between the hours of 3 and 6 p.m. Many of the drivers were males between the ages of 16 and 24 years from out of town, he said. Participants came to a consensus that the key factors appeared to be speed and that most of the drivers involved in the crashes were from out of town. The group will meet again Wednesday, Oct. 28 in the community room of the Halton Regional Police station on Childs Drive at 7 p.m. Interested citizens are welcome. Cops probe area scams By KAREN SMITH The Champion - Halton Regional Police are investigating a women's pyramid scheme whose mem- bers meet in Milton once a week, The Champion has learned. The scam involves a group of 12 to 25 women from Hamilton, Milton, Mississauga and Toronto who each con- tribute $5,000 on the promise of a $40,000 return, said Det. Bruce Mitchell of Halton police's drug and morality bureau. The deception remains under investiga- tion, along with six others reported in Halton, and is part of a current trend across the Golden Horseshoe, police indi- cate. Members contribute money and then recruit other people to continue the dollar flow, police say. It has been disguised in other areas as a group called 'Women Helping Women'. Det. Mitchell said the workings of the Milton ploy, which was reported to police, remain under investigation. A pyramid scheme recently investigated in Burlington included arranging meetings •see SCAMS on page 9 Food drive next week The Milton Fire Depariment will collect non-perishable food items in support of the Salvation Army food bank during Fire Prevention Week. Citizens are asked to bring donations to Central Station on Steeles Avenue during Fire Prevention Week from October 4 to 10. The station will accept donations October 5 to9 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 10 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Pot bust nets 68 plants Police seized $17,000 worth of marijua- na after searching a Sixth Line residence last Friday. All of the 68 plants except 10 had been harvested from a field on the property north of No. 25 Sideroad and were drying when police arrived. Police received a tip that led them to executing the search warrant, said Det. Bruce Mitchell of Halton Regional Police's drug and morality bureau. "This (allegedly) came just in time before he made his money," he said. Charged with possession of a controlled substance and producing a controlled sub- stance is a 45-year-old Milton man. He will appear in Ontario Court (provincial division) in Milton November 9. Photo by GRAHAM PAINE Breaking new ground Breaking ground for the new lift and entranceway link at St. Paul's United Church Sunday were parshioners Bob Ward (left) and Mike Bedard as Rev. Bob Hyde looked on. See story on page 4. 1 Sil'llz\ ICE's il Weekend