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MILTON PUBLIC LIBî!Aàt' A M~trri1onA P~mminitu Mp.ucnonpr Vnl 140 Na 62 Tuesdav. October 19. 1999 41> Fages ~ I .1>1> (GST ,ncîuded) Photo Dy fflfAMAM PAINt Milton steps back in time Hlstory bufs portraylng British Loyalste fire their muekée durlng a War 0f 1812 demonstration, whlch was part of this peut weekend's firet annuel Global Genealogy Fuir ut the Milton Fermi Museum. Se. more photos on page 13. Astronaut Chris Hadfield hopes to 'pass along confidw»ence with bursary By IRENE GENTLE The Champion When you're used to space travel, flying fromn Texas to Milton proba- bly doesn't seemn like much of a joumney. So maybe it's no surprise that astronaut Colonel Chris Hadfield flew into town froro Houston recently to personally congratulate the winner of the $1,500 bursary that bears bis rinte. The award, the Chris Hadfield Educational Bursary, is aimed at helping others get their dreams off the ground. It targets a Milton District (MD) High School graduating student who has excelled in the sciences, competitive sports and English. The most recent award went to Ryan Kovacevich, who's now earning a mechanical engineering-degree at the University of Waterloo. Science and technology are the main inter- ests of Mr. Kovacevich, who is also a pro-elite downbill bike racer. He first met Col. Hadfleld wben the astro- naut visited bis former grade school Percy Merry, whicb Mr. Kovacevich was then Photo Dy UiAIIAM MAINL Colonel Chris Hudfleld (lait) presents a mission putch to Milton District HIgh School graduete and bursary wlnner Ryan Kovacevlch. attending. Years later, he scooted down to Florida to watcb Col. Hadfield's space launch. Climbing over a fence to get a better view, the teen was drenched by a buming ramn that feU in the aftenssath of tbe shuttle launch. "It was a cloud that went up and rained down," said Mr. Kovacevicb. It was no big deal, he insisted, bu! bis motb- er, Janet Walters, begged to differ. "It actually made Isoles in bis jacket," she said. With a retired pilot father and two pilot sib- lings, the Hadfield family have been flyini high for years. And helping others spread their wingi througb the bursary is a family effort. Col. Hadfield's mother Eleanor came uj witb the ides, wbile father Roger devised tb criteria for the award. "It was set up to provide incentives for th< kind of thing Chris bas done," said Mr Hadfield. And Col. Hadfield proudly lent bis naine ti it, coming ail the way froin bis* seven-yea home in Texas to shake bands with Mr Kovacevich. 'Tbere is really no higher honour someon can have tban to put their naine on somethin, like this," he said. But tbe bursary's joint effort is typical of tb Hadflelds, said MID principal Barb Singleton. "It is very much a family-oriented upbrn ing," site said. "I tbink we've aIl been fortt nate to meet the Hadfield family." Raised on a farm tbree miles soutb of dowr town Milton, Col. Hadfield attended a numt se HADFIELD on page 4 r e e 1- Impairsd charges up More motonists are buckling up for safety, but too many are still driving while intoxicated. That is according to results of a recent 24-hour blitz by the OPP, which stopped 82,671 vehicles across the province on October 2 and laid 1,319 seat beit charges - far fewer than in 1998. However, 50 impaired charges weoe also laid, which represents a significant increase front a year ago. &Cushmy * GoodIstt* s Fortlno* 0Businpss Dopot * 0White Rose* *3slcted rms only lk-Y 9 Metrelanri drrnrnlin; Mpim lar Tuesdav- October 19 1999 Council says no Woodlots saved from developers By IRENE GENTLE The Champion A dispute over two woodlots didn't hold up draft plan approvals for three new sub- divisions at town counicil recently. Contmoversy arose over 19 homes that developers Shipp Corporation Ltd. planned to back onto wood- lots in the Thompson Road and Woodward Avenue and Woodward Avenue and James Snow Parkway arm& But the subdivisions wiII proceed without the con- tentious homes, council decided. Thbe proposed subdivisions will be located east of Milton's existing urban area. They will be loosely bounded by Hwy. 401, Thompson Road, Derry Road and James Snow Parkway. Despite many attempts, Town staff and the devel- opers had been unable to come to an agreement on the issue, said Milton's planning director Mel Iovio. "We have been negotiating for weeks on this," he said. Anid while Shipp is agreeable to a slew of amend- ments, tIhe 19 homes should be built, argued Glen eses RESIDENTS on page 14 40 Pages > Iffl (GST included)