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!025 I 781 UAN ST. #1 & 2, MAILTON 876-4785 A Metroland Community Newspaper Vol. 139 No. 89 Friday, January 15, 1999 28 Pages 750 (GST included) rnwo uy uIjmimM ri-fi4r- In for a doser look, Sandire M.tzger, an educational Instructor et Mountsberg Conservàtion Area, usei sty of blrds cen be seen tia month durlng the conservation ameas Owl Prowl pro- binoculars te watch wlnter song birds such as Blus Jaya and Cardinal*. A wlde vani- gram. To register or for mors Information, cel 854-2276. Bod nedod Canadian Blood Services is asking people wfth 0 and A blood types in particular ta danate ai Thursday's cli- 'c. The banks are low inl those blaod types, said Brad Gowland cf the Hamilton Blaad Centre. wWe need yaur help ta help others. Pises give,» he said. The blaad danor clinic wifl be held at the Milton Senios' ActMty Centre, 500 Childs Dr., tram 1:30 ta 8 p.m. Cal 1-888-871-7201, ext. 4253, far mare infarmatian ar ta baak an eppainent. I Milton woman charged with helping alleged kidnapper fiee from police By KAREN SMITH The Champion Two people believed to be the occu- pants of a green van involved in Monday afternoon's manhunt in down- town Milton were apprehended in Campbellville later in the evening. Cindy Howard, 19, of Milton Heigbts Crescent and Joseph Kieley, 23, of Toronto were arrested by Hakton Regional Police at a Guelph Line business for allegedly belpîng a kidnapping suspect escape. TbZong woman was apprehended inside the business at 6:30 p.m. The green early '90s Plymouth van was parked outside. Tbe man was arrested as he drove into the parking lot in another vehicle at 7 p.m. Earlier in the day, Halton Regional Police cbased down 22-year-old Troy Joseph Metropolit of no fixed address, wbo was wanted in connection with last week's kidnapping of wealthy Toionto lawyer Scbuyler Sigel, 62, and bis wife Lynn, 57. The hunt, wbicb ended at gunpoint, began after Toronto police officers informed Milton detectives early Monday afternoon that they believed the sus- pect was in the area, said Det. Sgt. Jackie Gordon of Halton police. 'They said the vehicle may be in the area, posai- bly the suspect. We didn't know," she said. Toronto and Halton police soon observed possi- ble suspects in a green van travelling east on Main Street shortly after 1:30 p.m. However, wben a passing fire truck on its way to an emergency caîl signalled its siren, the van pulled over in front of A Catered Affair, a Main es KIDNAPPING on page 4 VWorkers brace for more snow By KAREN SMITH The Champion Exasperated workers facing exhaus- tion and repeated equipmnent failures are struggling to keep up with continued snowfall, says a Town official. "We have exhausted oui men. Our equipment la constantly being taken off the road, repaiied and pot back on the road," Town operations co-ordina- toi Rick Tipping said Wednesday. 'There bas been no oest. It's getting close to the lime." The wear and tear from constant use bas put sev- eral vehicles temporaîily out of commission, piompting the Town to rent equipment from snow removal contractors while waiting for parts, Mr. e se SNOW on page 3 8 .1rtàj6ddi-i îuâo.i;.. v