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10 - The Canadian Champion, Frday. April 28, 2000V aneyou Road Safety Challenge to kick off Business tomorrow at Steeles Ave. ire hall Mammacheck Seminar Did you know 80% of all breast cancers are discovered by women themselves. Attend the Mammacheck, a free breast self-examination workshop on Wednesday, May 3rd, 2000 from 1:30 to 3:00 pm Upstairs at Loblaws (75 Nipissing Road) in Milton. Learn now to perform your own breast self examination and how to recognize the common characteristics of breast lumps. Advanced registration required. Cali 338-4379 to reserve a seat. section in ruesday's edition of The Champi .on. This section runs eveqy second Tuesday. For the second year in a row, Milton is gearing up 10 nail down driver safety by participating in the Road Safety Challenge. The week-long event pila Ontario communities againat eacb otber to fînd out wbîcb can record the fewest collisions tbrougb- out tbe designated week. The challenge will kick off (omorrow witb a continental break- fast at the Steeles Avenue tire hall and will mun until May 7. Last year was Multon's debut in the competition. But the town still managed to rack up a 20 per cent reduction in collisions. But since the number of accidents rose over the course of the yesr, tbere's plenty more work 10 be dlone, said Rosd Safety Committee chair Jas Mowbrsy. 'The funeral parlours will get us eventually. But we want to make sure it's not as a result of an accident." MILTON LADIES HOCKEY Robert "Pie" Lee Insurance BruceHood Travel Creap*" Memorials Caie Fîý'iskey's Reà 1 ery GqAife Fitne s Club Mastracci Installations DJK Consulting Inc. The Mighty Docks Wood and Associates Direct Marketing Knuckles Sport Shop Miltowne Tire - FRIENDS of PARKINSON'S, MILTON CHAPTER sincerely thank the following sponsors for their A continued support of TIP TOE THRU THE TULIPS VI held recently at Granite Ridge Golf Club. A&M' Jillian Guard A&P Lesley Goertzen Banik of Montreal Granite Ridge Golf«Cluib Christiane Baniks Guit-ss Breweris Beeulifhelds Ju'Leens Boîdy aînd Bath Basics Lahatts Dr. jan Bîîsall Dr. Les Lauglaren Brinciers Lcîblaws Albert Casson M & M Meats jack & Masy Clark Mms. MeNutt Cuountry Markets Ralph Nunnarui Cypress Intimate Apparel PeggJ' Jlie De Roise Frank Roherts Ducks Unlimited Sciotts Car Gare DZ One Hair Saloin Shsakespeare Arms Feminine Way, Sue Murray Zaks e Gilmîtur Group Thank you for your generous support! Hope to see you next year at an 'expanded' Granite Ridge. To belp get her message across, Ms Mowbray brought a host of professionals with a stake in road safety with her to town counicil last week. They included Halton Police Chief Ean Algar and the Region's Medical Officer of Heslth Dr. Bob Notai. The object of the Road Safety Challenge is to raise awsreness and promote safety on the roada, eradicating "the lane changera, the tailgaters and the road rage it engenders," ssid Ms Mowbray. Children are St risk through an sîmoat epidemic non-use or mis- use of child ssfety seats, ssid Ms Mowbray. She ssid the failure rate for proper use of the seats is 75 per cent nation-wide, 85 per cent throughout Ontario and a whopping 93 per cent of people in Milton who took the child safety seat clinie last year failed. Road Satety. Challenge Week will focus on issues such as aggressive driving, children's ssfety, truck safety, seat belt use and drinking and driving. Parents will benefit froro s Child Ssfety Seat Clinic at the Steeles Avenue tire hall between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. tomorrow. Appointments are necessary and interested people can caîl Denise Punt at the Co-operators St 681-7711. People csn also watch the roîl-over simulator that shows what happens when children and aduits aren't properly restrained. Tbroughout the event, children cati visit the Safety Bug. Also, everyone is invited to the Ultimate Mix contest held at Milton Mail May 4 at 4:45 p.m. Throughoui April high school students from Milton, Georgetown snd Acton have been busy concocting a non-alco- holic drink. The two winnuîîg teams from each school will be St the mail mixing their drinks for the chance to win cash. Judges pick the winner based on presentation and taste. Teens are also invited to the Road Rodeo from 1l a.m. to 1 p.m. St the south side of the Milton Mali. Teens frors seven area bigh schools are invited to take a written exam, with the top maIe and femnale frors each sehool going on to compete in the road test. Spectators are invited. Throughout the week, Halton Regional Police will hold seat belt blitzes, RIDE programa and truck safety chiecks. The citizen- opersted radar message board will operate St tour locations. Children's reading fest set for-May 7 A world of imagination will open up at Milton's fifth annual literary festival for children called 1 Love to Read. The event, which promotes reading among children, will take place May 7 frors noon to 5 p.m. St Milton District High Sehool. Admission costa $1 for children and $5 for adulta. For that price, attendees can take in readinga from up to eight Canadian authors, illustrators and storytellers. The ides is to celebrate Canadian literary talent as well as unveil the msgic of the imagi- nation to children. Featured at the event will be Toronto storyteller Bob Barton, who may be expected to thrill kids with bis tales of adventures in the bigh Arctic and excitement-ti lied South Pacific. Burlington resident Pauline Grondin will also be on band to keep the ancient art of storytelling alive. She's known to capture the fsncy of young listeners witb the aid of a special story spinner skirt, wbicb camres surprises in every pocket. She wiIl be accora- panied in her performance by Leroy, a cbild-sized puppet. Elora author Jean Little bas lived s real life storybook exis- tence. Legally blind, she grew up to become one of Canads's most prolific children's authors. Her mnont recent novel in Willow and Twig. Toronto author Robin Muller will give old stories a modem twist wben be takes the spotlight. Mr. Muller bas won s Govemor General Illustration award for the Magie Paintbrusb, and bas most recently created the children's book the Angel Tree. An old hand at litersry lfestivaIt is author/illustrator Werner Zimmermann. He's known for bringing words to vibrant life tbrougb drawing, singing and dramatization. Port Perry illustrator Kim Femandes bas discovered a new vein of creativity by tossing aside ber paints and paintbrusbes for thse more unusual art of Fimo, an acrylic modeling dlay. Kida will be able learo more about it by sttending ber dlay modeling worksbop at the event. Also arriving from Port Perry will bc illustrator Brenda Clark. She began aketcbing as a cbild and is now known an the illuttrator for the well-known Franklin thse turtle books. Rounding out the festival will be Hilaîy Bain, editor of tbe pop- ular kida magazine Cbickadee. Ms Bain will conduct a worksbop to teacb kids bow 10 publisb their own newsletter or magazine. Book signings, face painting and numerous dispîsys and activi- ties will take place at the event. Readings launcb St I pr. For more information, caîl 875-INFO. I