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CrEok jr=eken 781 MAIN ST. #1 & 2, MILTON A Metroland Community Newspaper Vol. 140 No. 97 Friday, February 18, 2000 28 Pages 487LwoAi. $ 1.00 (GST included) I/ Photo by GRAHAM PAINE 1 ~Tamin' the siopes Drew WVilson, 12, of the Milton H.Ights Racing Club shows superb form during hie momn- Ing run at the fifth annuel Slalom Invitational at Gien Eden Ski Area Sunday. ivNinth Line rersidents looking to hook up with Mississauga By IRENE GENTLE The Champion With ail the talk of munic- ipal restructuring these days, same Ninth Line resi- dents want in on the action. .Jammed between Highway 407 and development on the Misaiaaaugs," said Peter Skira, Missiasauga border, residents of hesd of the Ninth Line Owner's aome 15 homes are asking for Association. Milton 10 either urbanize the area The ides of annexation arose in or let it join Mississauga. connection witls s development "We're losing patience and quite proposaI before the Town's plan- frankly we're atrongly thinking of ning committee Monday. plarsuing annexation to . se. FUTURE on pige 7 Part of Flamborough ivants to join Halton; Carlisle with Milton Bv IRENE GENTLE The Champion The verdict is in. Flamborough wants ta hook up with Halton. At least some of it, anyway. At an early February meeting, Flambomough counicil voted 8-1 to carve itself into three piecea to aever its 25-year marriage to Hamilton-Wentworth. It auggeated melding portions of the aprawling, 35,000-reaident town with neighbouring Halton region and Wellington and Brant countiea. If Halton aaya yea, tome of Flamborough, including the village of Waterdown, cauld latch on to Burlington. Othera, auch as Carlisle, may find a better ,Deve1oper launches ap311rpeal By IRENE GENTLE The Champion An appeal bas been filed by HD Investments over the proposed develapment of *33 acres of land by the E.C. Drury complex. The application was rejected by town counicil January 31 in a tight 5-4 vote. The clerk'a department at Town ]Hall confinned tbat the developer will bie tsk- îng an application 10 build 195 geared-to- seniors, bungalow condominiums bïefore the Ontaio Municipal Board (0MB). But it may not be too laie to hammer out a deal, said Oakville Mayor Ann Mulvale at the February 9 regional counicil meet- ing. "Often when an appeal has been liled there can be tome mitigation," she said. "There may yet be a locslly-driven solu- tion." The isaue wss raised at the meeting in light of s report detailing the need for s varicty of seniors' housing in Halton. a..e MALBOEUF on page g "1At the end of the day you'Pre looking at an amalgamation of two separate communities. Where do these people do their business? Where do they work? fit in Milton. But permanent bordera won't be drawn until a financial analysia is comn- plete and ail the new partnera, along with the Province, have aaid 'I do.' And even with ail parties in agreement, the Province bas the final. aay. So far, tbat plan baa been atymied by Wellington County, which haa declared itaelf unintereated in a paiinerahip. From Haiton'a perapective, more analy- aia ia needed, the Region'a CAO Brent Marahall told Milton'a planning commit- tee Monday evening. se LOTS on page 7 Comment Page .6 NS Report 8 A&E 12-13 Dateline 20 Sports 21-23 Classitied 25-27 * lPm, ol* o Lmlie ey UTC $mu* e d~ *SATURDAY FEBRUARY 19. 0Seirs a8elected misas oiIIy