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Real Estate 1 SPORTS e-le (.Oqj- st COMMUNITY Town treasurer Dynamite debut at xvorils COr, n ed i co- of ONTARIO & "TEELES LIB RT 482 OStelas Ave. E. mnoYUMHY 005-8780774 M MFMMNE Mon -Wed 7:30am -6 OOpm *1turs -Fi 7:3iam - 7:0pm METROLAND COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER VOL. 146 NOý 71 TUilESOAYNOVEMBER 15,2005 $1.00 GSI included»-l 40 PAGE gî,î Coli iinuitiol îtîo Bi/dkBetter Coenmitiiies" On Older drivers stili guard not getting message, --,m fo r say MADD officiais Poto by GRAHAM PAINE Jennifer Charlton, a sea cadet with the #304 RCSCC Chaudiere, stands on guard at the Victoria Park Cenotaph Sunday durlng Remenibrance Day services. See more photos froni the local services on page A4. Local chapter launches annutal red ribbon campaign By TIM WHITNELL Special Io The Champion There are stili too rnany young people dying due to drinking and driving. but a r0ooful ul of polito- clans and eniergency services per- sonnel agreed that older genera- lions aren't necessarily getting the mnessage either. Wbilc suiite heads .iy is being made sýiîtb the yiîungesî tît drîvers. tie Sîf-plus-year- old tutus idual. , whi sbiiuld knou hetier and lie pros iding ait exattiple t relaitsvely inex perienced drivers. s, stîll geîtîng. hebtitd the s> (te) alter cimnsumittg ilciol. Fhat svas the alinosi uisersal observa- lioti ut'asertes tufspeakers \%lio shitsed up iii the Mottiers Agaîntîs Drunk Liris'ing 2()1(5 red ribboit kick-offï campaigtt receni- (y at tbe Hiltoti Garden it t in Burlingioti. The Hialtoit/Peel Chapter ot' MADI) attracted police, tire and paramedie repre- sentatises and city politicians froin t h regions. Red ribbons available As ssell. Oakville MPP Kevîti Flynn and MADD Catnada CEO Andrew Murie atîended the chapier's I 2tb annual eveni under ibis year's theme Tic Otte On for Safety. About four mill ion red nhhbons. the orga- itation's symbuti. wîll lie made available for a donationi across Canada, tii le affixed to vebîcles. Oakville Mayor Ann Mulvaile was one of several speakers io admît that ber peers conitinue to drop the hall in the realn otf uiîderstanding the consequetîces of drink- tmg aind driving. -'lFhis age grup." she said ot'three teens ss ho addrcssed the grîîup tii start the event. "has a dîtterent attitude fromi my genera- tiotf., Ms Muls aie said when people n hier age group swere rnuch younger the general atti tude about drinking and drtving ssas. 'Oh. too had thcy got caught' -it viasn't about the potential tor personal tragedy. She said each lost lite could affect the course ot'humanity. "A dry (sch'oIî graduiation eau bc just as mnuch tun. We banned alcohiol at counicil meetings years ago and %we still have fun." Ms Mulsale chuckled. "The statistics need to change aîtd they wviIl orîly change oshen ietake responsi- hîlity for our choîces. The figures she alluded to are indeed sobtrnng. MADD Cantada states that aliniosi four people die every day across the coîuntry in alcîthol or drug-related traffic accidents: the itutber o) injured daîly is nearly 2(X). see MADD on page A5 Comment ........... A6 Champion Country . .Ai1-Ai13 Datelino ........A14-A16 Classitied ......A20-A25 www.miltontoyota.com GORRUDIS AUTO www.gorrudsautogroup.com lm 0 GM-- fC BUILDING LEGENOS See what's On1 thertars