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18 - The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, August 1, 2000 Milton has big holes to fil *from MERCHANTS on page 17 The veteran cager will play for the Univeraity of Guelph, leaving the local club wiîh 20-year-old Joel Cameron and l7:.year-old Anthony Marahall - whoae potential fair outweigha hia experience. But then that may very well coincide wiih the team'a overaîl look thia yeae - at least through the early going. "I think t safe to aay we're going to, be a younger team thia season," said Slawson. "Thereas juat not that many proven stars available, and the young guyt are going to take a while fo develop." However, Slawson ian't exhibitihg too much con- cera just yeî - and that's got a lot te, do with the club's new coach, who for years with the Hamilton Kilty Bees diin't need an overly talented or experi- enced group of players fo forge s competitive squad. "Glen (Walsh) bas e strong frack record of geîîing the most out of his playera," he ssid. 'Now Brad (Grant) and 1 have fo find him a better talent base than he's had in Hamilton. We've cerfainly got stme holes fo filI, but over the long haut l'in not too womred." The Merchants open training camp ai Memorial Arena Augusi 22 and host their tirat exhibition game Auguat 25 against Hamilton. Their pre-seson ache dule alao includea a home- and-home clash with north Halton rival Georgetown. Game one will be in Milton September 1 while the return engagement will be held ai Georgetown's Gordon Alcoti Arena September 9. XAnother piece of gold for tykes Photo by GRAHAM PAINE >'Ace in the hole Multons Erie Chudl.lgh proudly dîspisys the golf bail and elght Iron he used to make a 148-foot halo-In-one shot recently on the seventh halo at Willo-dell Country Club In Niagara Falls. îMt (Catabrnn(' a mpt FALL REGISTRATION DAYS PUBLISHES. Tuesday, August 15 Friday, August 18 Tuesday, August 22 Buy 2 Insertions/Get the 3rd "1FREE"1 Cali your Champion Ad Rep 878-2341 The local fykes might wanf to consider careert in prospecting. After ail, îhey've certainly exhib- ited a real knack for slriking gold. Milton's youngeaf lacrosae ieam continued ifs championahip reign - which already included a pair of lournameni tille viciories - by wirming Zone 8 Wednesday. Coronation ceremonies were held short ly afler ifiey capped a beat-of-five sweep iha Elora. The Maverîcks were aomewhat slow ouf of ihe.gafe in the aeriea clinch- er, but dominafed the last two peri- ods en route to prevailing 7-2. "Our kida played fantastie, espe- cially on defense," aaid head coach Kevin Denrnofi. SChrit Larkin eraaed the hosta' only lead wifh seven seconda remaining in the opening framre. From there, top anipera Scott Dermott and Michael Sgarbotta took over - each netting a bat- trick. Drawing aaaiata were Curtis Ruahion, Tyler Jordan and Brandon Grant - who delivered an exceptional-defensive perfor- mance as well. Guarding the cage in fine style was Trevor Rae-Hunt. Wednesay'a lopaided clash fol- lowed an overaîl aeries trend - as the local rink rata proved them- selves auperior fromt atari to finiah. Milton doubled up Elora 8-4 in game one and then retumed to John Tonelli Sports Centre f0 tpank their gueta 11-3. Dermoît and Sgarboasa nQtched eighs goals apiece over t he tirai swo games and shared the acoring lead for the enlire seriet as well wilh 1l. Brandon Denham tallied swice in gamte two while alao scoring in the series opener was Larkin. The Skippy Peanut Butter apont- sored tykes will now look f0 add one more piece of hardware fo the lot - namely. a medal as ihit weekend's Ontario "ýA" Championahipa in Whilby. "I think we've got a good chance of doing that (medaling)," 5aid coach Dermoli. "We've played stme "A' level teams ibis year and held our own every lime. We're definitely in their league." Maldng up the reat of the aquad are Steven Bennett, Brendon Farrell, Robert Gray, Brandon Haggars, George Kops, Jamnison King, Gavin Lecky, Richard Monk, Ricardo Raduka and Mackenzie Zuett. The Halton Healthcare Board of Directors is pleased to accept Ha-IY-lton Healthcare applications for the position of: S - E -R-V-1*C*E * S BOARD MEMBER Caning Today, Growing for Tomor row On August 1, 1998 Milton District Hospital and Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital amal- gamated f0 form Halton Healthcare Services. Together, these hospitals serve the growing urban and rural communities of east and central Halton Region with a combined popula- tion of approximately 164,000. The Milton District Hospital site and Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital site have served their communities for 40 and 50 years, respectively. Together, as Halton Healthcare Services, they are continuing their traditions of providing quality healthcare services f0 the residents of the communities. Volunteer members of the Board of Halton Healthcare Services represent a wide spectrum of professional and personal akilîs and interests and bring the community's perspective tsi the Hospitals. Members are expected to attend and participate at regularly scheduled meetings; i.e., both Board and Committee meetings. Currently, we are seeking an indîvidual interested in becomning a volunteer member of Halton Heafthcare's Board of Directors. To complement the existing Board members' back- grounds, we are particularly inferested in someone with expenience as a senior executive in a large corporation. We are also seeking fwo individuals interested in serving on the Finance andior Quality Committees of the Board. Appllcant8 must reside or work in the ragions of Halton or Peel. We encourage applications from aIl interested individuals. Mlase forward information about yourself, including your background, experience and reasonts for interest. Indicate whether you are applying f0 the Board of Directors or a committee. The Nominating Committee, in accordance with vacancies arising, will consider ail applicants. Information should be forwarded by Monday, August 14, 2000. Nominating Committee c/o John Oliver, President & CEO Halton Healthcare Services Corporation 327 Reyrnolds Street, Oakville, ON. L6J 3L7 For further information on the Hospital Board of Directors, please eall 338-4616 or via e- mail f0 joliver@otmh.on.ca