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stReal Estate SPORTS COMMUNITY Avu wh-- ' 1~sbl du woroîeaty Trail's Riva ' THOMAS A METROLAND COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER VOL. 146 NO. 65 !M-"TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2005 $1.00 (GST included) -Z 44 PAGES "UoýiîgCom i e aiii((tionta oBuîildBette, ('ommntunlitie's" ~~,Local siblings lucky to escape hurricane By STEPHANIE THIESSEN The Champion A holiday that svas supposed to be fun in the sun turned out to be a traniic race against the elemrents as iwo Milton residents vacation- ing in Cancun miade efforts to get out before Hurricane Wilrna arrived. ltntelv. ihcy sucre successluf. unlike toiny tîther îîînrists lett bebînd iii bunker diosi andf take w hatever Mîmîher Nature dfiled out. Christine McLemîd and ber sîster I lspetb i aie. tiut one tufthe tsit fltgbîs ot i hurtscfav ficote Ille air-prt ]ni (Xiicuii Lliu.cd. -in -i lad ii be homite.- Ms Mci eud said fionnnfber honte I-rifay ifterniuin -abotun tlie saite unie inaiiy iii ut unmue peo- pie ini Mestc n ce expereuciug tlic n îrst tuf ihesturin. Ms, Mcleouuf said ber relief n as iemipered n itt flic kutusu lcdge uhat tihers weret su lucky "Ili relief'. w t suu iuch paintfor the pieopie tl bcu. ty're lif up tu theit v/Flying Canuck Olympic freestyle aeriallst Jeff Bean dispisys somne of his acro- batics at Saturday's grand open- ing of the Crossroads Centre Royal Bank branch. The Teamn Canada aerlal skier le preparing for his thIrd Winter Gamnes ln February in Turin, Italy. See anoth- or photo of the aerial show on page A22. Photo by GRAHAM PAINE Her saga began October 15 when she and Ms Lante arrived iin Cancun. oblivtous 10 wshat lay ahead. 1 wanted Io gel away and veg:- Ms McUeod satd. The day after they arrie(], they heard about the impending storm hy tuntng int CN N. -We hcard tl was a tropical storm and thai il could turni intio a hurricane. Il n is lust a vn amine:, she said. Fhey ciînttinued iii closely mnonitor file .situatiomn oit TV. -The f irst lewi days svere heautifui, she said if the wcether. -We thought mnaybe il ssuiiuidn esen forni tubo a hurricane. itist li case, they caiied their travel agent andi were îîîld they couid get their moîîey back il they ssent homne early, stuce îhey biad caticelatmn insurance. but iinly after the Canadian government sent out ait offi- cial hurricane advisory \vaming. It mas Wednesday evening. aller îbey returned froîn ait aillday trip, that the sis- fers receîved a message frotm Air- Canada t0 cali the airline back. When they dîd. tiobody anssvered. Ms McLeod said. They -see PAIR on page Al17 Comment............A6 Dateline .............A7 Business ............A12 Champion Country . .Al3-A1 6 Classified ........A24-A28 www.miltontoyota.com GORRUDIS AUTO www.gorrudsautogroup.com SHRUBS & TREES GARDEN DECOR e SOILS kic.0l lit t s ('11u ol Mi M, 1121) [ iffl 1 ine Nli[l(î 903-876-4100) You" Town M mteerdxY cnr