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The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, January 4, 19995 HH1-S gets funding boost Cops get runner-up award Halton Heaitheare Services (HHS) received a millennium gift recently. The Ministry of Health announced $196 million in funding to Ontario hospitals. The HHS. which includes MilItou District and Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial hospitals, received $5.2 million. Patients at Milton hospital will sec an improvement to service in the emergency department. Sid Stacey, vice-president of programs for HHS, said he didu't know how much money Milton hospital will receive, or whether it's a one-time sum. "It will he one of the questions we ask, whether this is a lump sumn or ongoing (funding)." Regardtess. Mr. Stacey said the money is needcd. "This ctearly helps. It is very neccssary." He said the funding is based on three criteria It wI be one of the questions we ask, whether this is a lump sum or ongoing (funding). This clearly helps. It is very necessary."1 Se STACEY population growth and demographic changes, transi- tional issues and priority programs such as dialysis, hip and kec replacements and cardiac and cancer care. More details will be announced lter this month. The TIP (Total tntegrated Policing) prograrn earned Halton Regional Police the semià-f"nlst position for the presti- gious Webber Seavey Award for Quality in Law Enforcement. The annual award promotes and rec- ognizes quality performance by agencies around the globe. The ultimate goal of the award pro- gram is to, help agenicies exchange ideas and solutions. With the population of 340,000, Halton has the luwest crime rate in Canada for a region of ita size. Since implemnenting the TIP program, overall crime rates have dropped every year ansd robheries, bric,k aind ens and auto thefts have shown a steady decrease. -Your prograrn is an example of the outstanding work being done in law enforcement today," said Jim Sarallo, senior vice-president and general man- ager of Motorola mnc., a corporate spon- sor of the award. "You are to be comntended, for YOUr dedication to the community aa weII as the law enforcement profession." Representatives from Halton Regional Police were presented with a medallion at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Conférence. Downtown part y community effort -f rom ITS 2000 on page 1 the deep tolling of Milton's antique bell moments before a tusillade of fireworks scorched the sky. After a brief playing of Auld Lang's Syne, Cart Cooper of Thrcc Mcn and a Drum Machine launched mbt a rendition of John Lennon's Imagtne, which has becu decreed by someone or other to be the song of the miltlennium. "It bruught tears te, people's cyes." said Ms Miller. "I think there was a lot of cura- munlty spirit. People really wanted to be with friends and family." The crowd likely peaked at midnight. then dissolved about a haîf hour later. And the weather, clear and not as blus- tery as a typical Canadian January, con- spired to make the evening a hit. "It was such a nice night," said Ms Miller. "It wasn't really biting." Even much-feared parking travails tumed out to be a non-issue at the Mill Street event. -We had a shuttle bus and vans and they worked very well. Wc didu't hear anything about parking," said Ms Miller. "Peuple listened to our advice in the paper and they walked." So the whole celebration went off with- out a hitch. "There were nu incidents," said Ms Miller. "We were ecstatic about that." Mr. Scherer was also happy with the tes- tivities. "l'm absolutely 100 per cent plcased. A big thanks te, the Milton peuple," he said. "We had absolutely nu incidents. There was nu violence. There was nu damage tu public property. " And cumments have been as glowing as the ftrework display, said Ms Miller. "Peuple had a great time and want us tu do it again." While it's toc, early to say neyer, the event did carry a fairly helty price tag. It's budget was somewhere tn the $40,000 range, much of which went towards ftreworks sud the bauds. Corpurate sponsorship helped carry some of the hall. The sales of 2000 mer- chandise and a small cuver charge to get in the ou-site beer garden should also help replenish the coffers. And there was a small suhsidy from the Town. But there was also the time factor. About 20 dedicated volunteers have put loads of hours mbt the event since last summer, said Ms Miller. JANUARY FRAME SALE &PictureFamiWaehouse - 345 STEELES AVE. MILTON 818-8161 Your Internet Business Solution Provider! A> E-Commerce => Website Hosting & Design => High Speed Access 155 Main St£. E. 876-3918 wvww.interhop.net 1E -p