The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

AutoGbasslirtt S781 MAIN ST. #1 & 2, j~aMILTON 876-47851 A Metroland Community' "Using Communication to Bulld Better Communities" ~#4 Newspaper Vol. 144 No. 18 Friday, May 16, 2003 40 Pages Photo by GRIAHAM PAINE vObstacle course IRebecca Tharnton, 4, crawls through the Velcro Olympics tunnel that was part of Sam Sherratt Schoal's Bloomin BBQ Sale Saturday. The event featured children's games, a bar- becue, face painting and a spring plant sale. Region has extra $15 million By JASON MISNER The Champion Halton Region's top money man- agers can thank a dry summer and higher-than-anticipated growth for a $15 million surplus for 2002. ln fact, these have been two main driving forces behind surpluses since 2000. The Region recently released a report that showed a surplus of $15 million last year. The 2003 budget was forecasted to be $276 million and came in at $261 million. Under regional policy, Halton can't have a deficit so it must have a balanced budget or a surplus. The surplus has been put in reserves to be used mostly on regional capital prjects like roads and sewer infrastructure. A budget surplus can depend on factors that are beyond the control of the Region's fiancial stewards. Thai bas been the case the last cou- ple of years, said Jane MacCaskill, the Region's treasurer and com- missinner of corporate services. Broken dnwn, $2.4 million of this year's surplus was duc to, high- er fees collected frnm water and sewer rates. A dry sommer meant homeowners typically used more water for things like to water thirsty grass. t's difficult, of course, Io gauge exactly what the weather will be. The Region budgeted about $80 e see REGIONAL on page 4 I driver to hospital. The Milf a)n Taxi cab was driving two boys home from Percy Merry School when the crash occurred ai 3:15 p.m. The taxi, driven by a 36-year-old woman, was travelling northbound on Ninth Line between No. 5 and 10 sideroads when it collided with a southbound Nielsens dairy truck. Alexander Bonehill was airlifted to the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, where he died later that evening. The taxi driver, Lisa Broatch of Milton, was listed in serious bot stable condition at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto ai press time yesterday. The other boy was treated at Georgetown Hospital and released. The truck driver wasn't injured. $1 00 (GST included) Lif estyls ..12-14 Dateline...24-25 Sports....... 26-29 Classif ied .... .30-32 OMMM9T e Fdtuay, May 18 e *Air * SheagauDm unr 0 ZUn?#Usns' * rstll'8 VillageMuutu 0*Vaedqaa 1Tm Fm* e*Camâdan Mm* e.Sieu" Facte ' flat' W » Nomom* 0 Nom,.i »m* Jo »* *AMln Gardmn Mart-- en'*BIlfeld Eqepunet anIr a Soeys* eBuilding Bu*a *Missinnauga tNew uaHomes'* 0Nu e Cetux' Future Shup'* ePermacon* ieiuected cres only IRegion on the hunt for mosquito larvae By JASON MISNER The Champion Halton Region is on the hunt for two larvae species that can carry the West Nile virus upon growmng into aduit mosquitoes.À An integral part of the Rcgion's $800000 West Nile program started yes- terday involving nine university students and two public health officiais who are checking catch basins in Halton for larvae. eupdwthacpaonentospeLarvae inspectors are using long polest small amount of water to sec if larvae are wriggling about. Specifically, they'rc look- irtg for the Culex larvae species in catch basins that are can carry West Nile virus when they grow into adult mosquitoes. Catch basins- with a total of 35,000 in the region - are considered prime places for mosquitoes to breed. Maurice Dickhout, Halton's manager of environmental health responsible for administering the West Nile programn, said he will know today if the Culex species they've targeted has been found. Photo by PETER C. McCUSKER "We're in the process of completing the Public health inspector Matt Rut see MUNICIPALITIES on page 5 examines standing sewage water for «Taxi driver hurt in crash A car truck crash just north of Milton Comment ....... .6-7 Wednesday claimed the hife of a nmne-year- old Georgetown boy and sent a Miton taxi NS Renort ......