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New Strategic Plan is okayed at Region r- ~ r Trustee says fls ot ready Protect Your Investment A.AM & Boue adrrlproperties V~ PIAuto »05 Main St. E. X 878-7217 A Metroland Cormmunity Newspaper Vol. 142 No. 65 Tuesday, October 30, 2001 40 Pages $ 1.00 (GST rncluded) Two-year-old Mayia Swan has a great time carvlng her jack-o-Iantem wlth the houp of her grandmnother Gwen Patterson. The fun took place at Milton Mali, whlch hosted chlldren's pumpkln carvlng Saturday momlng. ~.he~j~kdàeWasb Fluid 00,A et Nm* CIymo ~.'ua luln ______________________ Three people sent to hospital in fire By FANNIE SUNSHINE The Champion A mnid-morning fire that broke out at a Main Street roommng house Saturday sent three people to hospital. The 11:30 arn. blaze above the Knight Cap pub was put out by the building's superintendent and another mans. Superintendent Gord Mollin said he was in bis room wben he heard tbe fire alari go off. 1t went out to check tbe floor and 1 saw sinoke coming out of thse door to one of thse rooms. Me and anotlser guy gos thse door dlown and started tlsrowing waser on thse fffe. 1 tore down thse curtains to make sure thse fîre wouln't spread and 1 opened thse windows for air. By thse turne t gos out of thse roorn, 1 collapsed and waa taken to thse Isospitai." The sole occupant of thse room aI thse tisse was a dog, Mr Mollin said. Suzanne Lavigne and ber boyfriend were jut getting out of bcd wben tbey Iseard tbe alarrn frorn tbeir second-floor roorn. "We tbougbi it was a drill or sorneone cooking. But thse aiarrn kept gomng and we camne out of our roorn and looked down- stairs and ail you could see was sinoke. My boyfriend started knocking on doors and selling people to get out. Wc ail went out sbrougb thse fîre escape route in tbe back." WIsen Ms Lavigne saw tbe dog mun nut of tIse building atone sbe ran back in to see wbere thse owner was. "I got to thse door but 1 passed out rigbs in front of it frorn tbe sinoke. A pararnedic dragged me out." Mr. Mollin, Ms Lavigne and another ten- ant were treated and released as Milton District Hospital for sinoke inhalation and tested for carbon monoxide poisoning. Tbe cause of tIse tire is still under inves- tigation, said a Milton Fire Deparirnens spokesman. Damnage waa estimated as between $3.000 and $5,000. Photo by GRAHAM PAINE Milton Fire Chief Harold Penson investigates the source of a blaze in a second-floor Main Street apartment. Comment ....... 6 Business........ 14 Classified..23-25 Dateline........ 26 " FM Industries * eButchor Fumitwse - Pins Mut Gains Day Combo* *Business Depot * -Homo OePot* " Oriental Wok * -Brancier Jewelomy* Jubies Victoey Chumch * Future Shop* *The Colour BaWfAudiotronic *Selseled amoas enly -Halloween fun 't