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MILTON PUB'LIC ~e ùab(a GamtonF A Metroland Commumity Newspaper Vol. 139 No. 102 Tuesday, March 2, 1999 36 Pages 750 (GST included) Photo bY GRAHAM PAINE Rocking the house KInsmen Clubs Peul Anthony welches hle rock durlng the Curl 4 Cancer avent this paut weelwnd. The fundralser was a big suc- cees wlth donations stili belng tabulâted et pros time. \'jury is stili out on police review By ilEEGNL T-he Champion A $92,000 investigation int how tie Halton Regional Police Service does business could be arrested by public apathy, warned Milton Mayor Gord Krantz. The police review, conducted by Toronto consultants Perivale and Taylor, was launched Januaty 4 in order ta throw away the key on inefficiencies. The resulting report will likely affect everything from Halton police hiring: policies ta budget decisions. It may also bring some harmony to the often acr . nous annual debate at regional po e 'service budget meet- ngs. Recently, the investigation itself stepped into the lime of fire as police Chief Ban Algar and police planner Keith Moore updated Halton's adminis- tration and finance committee on the progreas of the review. Perivale and Taylor have been over the force with a microscope, Mr. Moore we've done a pretty good job up until now." Before it's through, the review will compare Halton's way of doing busi- ness with other forces in Canada. Focus groupa made up of teachers, politicians, community groupa and ser- vice clubs will meet with the consul- taints. Public meetings will be held in ail four municipalities before a final report assured the committee. is written. "They've reviewed practicea in ,Mr. Krantz cautioned that public Halton in detail ta see if there are any meetings may not be enough ta capture alternatives," hie aaid. "They've found e -e TENSION on page 5 Ijord Krantz e -lpf Dwg Maft *Spectrum Fklorng (P) *Zellers *1 .Milton man dies in crash A 23-year-old Milton man was kilied in a motor vehicle accident early Friday morning, police report. Matthew Dolling was pronounced dead at the scene after bis westbound car collid- ed with an eastbound dump truck on Steeles Avenue just west of Tremaine Road. The accident - which left rural roads blocked off for severai houra - occurrd at 7:14 am. The driver of the truck, a 27-year-old Brampton man, was not injured. No charges have been laid, although the accident remains under investigation. 1996 V lo-whtum o uIt b. atolen tram Peel Region - parked at Trafalgar Road near Hwy. 401 in Milton at 3:31 a.m. yesterday. Sleeping inside was a 33-year-old man of no f ixed address who was wanted in connection with break and enter incidenta across the Greater Toronto Area. He waa found with computer equip- ment and photocopiers which were recently reported stolen tram a church in York Region. The man was charged with posses- sion of stolen property and passes- sion of burglary toals.