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Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 26 Sep 2006, p. 9

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The Canadian Champion, Tuesday September 26, 2006 -A9 *Carn dCoss Ride in memnory of OPP officer killed while cycling Pepl whe 6,~~ak firs I I ii u e ans enjoyu0, the wt suer sud lu on-ine vîsît 30 setond bicycle safety public servite botis bave a responsîbîlîty to obey tise by up io tolours in tise comîng montis. http://wwwracersportif.com/BicyclesBe announcemcnts. rules of tise road and must sisare it 30%. In keepîng wvish tise tiseme of road longRîde.btm. Last but not least, Halton înîîîated appropniately 1 sairty, riaixuri 1 supporting the iirst annual Sharc the Road Ride ibis Sunday The 60-km ride - organized by tise Mattamy Homes/Aquila Racing Club in conjunction witb Racer Sportif - is being held in memory of OPP Sgt. Greg Stobbart, an avid cyclist who was struck and killed by a truck on Tremaîne Road this summer wbile on a training ride. The objective of tbe ride îs to beigbt- en awareness about tise need for drivers and cyclîsts to sbare tbe road safely and tise importance of creatîng safer roads for cyclists. Riders wilI meet at tise Milton GO station parking lot on Main Street and tialton nas undertaken a number of otiser efforts to enbance safety on regional roads tbis fall. Its teamed up witis tbe Halton Regional Police Service for an innovatîve road safety campaign, Drive SAFE (Safety Awareness for Eveiyone). Tise aim of tbe campaign is to make speedîng and aggressive driving les socially acceptable, wisile reminding drivers to be aware of tiseir surro-.und- ings wbcn driving. To isigblîgbt tisese issues, tise Region and police created the 'Speeding Costs' road signs tisat remind drivers enter-ing Halton of tise costs associated witb speedîng and distributed driver safetv awareness posters across Halton. Thanks to our employees lest your drivîng skills Saturday Gentlemen - or women - start your engines. Tise first Milton Hîgis Performance Auto Slalom avilI roll into town Saturday, giving local novice dîrivers a chance to test tiseir skîlls. Tise event, organized by tise Milton Road Safety Commîttee and tise Canadian Automobile Snport Clubs. Ontario region, also aîms to take street racing off tise road. Itîl take place ai tise Milion GO sta- tion on Main Street from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., a&iths experîenced competîtors coming from ail over tise province to take part. Tisere'lI also be 25 novice spots offcred on a fîrsi-come, first-served basîs for tisose avio are 18 years old or over, fully insured and fully licensed. Veicles avilI be inspected to ensure no modifications bave been made tisat could impair tiseir safe operation. Tisen, participants will accompany an expenienced dniver once or twice around tise serpentine course before goîng solo in thiscr own veicles. Ontario Transportation Mînîster Donna Causlield avilI be in attendance. Registration starts at 8 a.m. For more information, contact Milton Roads Safety Commîtîce chisar Jan Moavbras' at (519) 853-4492 or e-mail jatis@-janmoavbravlca. Gardiner to stay for rest of termn *from ILL on page A2 attend some event tisai tise scisool avas presentîng tisose vieealaays isigis- ligists," sise said. Along aviti tise igis points, Gardiner said tisere bave also been some lows over tise years. Sise saîd tise current composition of tise board tops tisat list. "Its a scisool board tisat does not avork togetber and does not serve scisool cisildren." "A low point for me avas Dr. Dusty Papke leaving as director as well as two otiser key staff avio provided mucis direction to our system." Sise also remembers tise "mold cni- l in 10 mon CANCER CR lm kWwiq N" eu M~e~wpeih~I t'er Mana Joanne Pal since 555 Main Si Fu ("#0M yu cd: (by Fabr 1~eo~~93o4905-87 (*t~± .acdem sis" tisai resulted in a lot of upiseaval to Halton scisools as portables isad to be tom doavn and rebuilt. 'I've not always been patient, it was a low point to sec bow slowly ave were able to move to stant to build scisools,- saîd Gardiner. An incredible low, Gardiner said, is "tise loss of students and staff to ilîneas or accidents," whiicis sise expenienced numerous times over tise past 1 1 years. Gardiner said sise plans to continue on as trustee, attending every meeting and event that sise can, and supporting parents and students until a new trustee is elected. For the second year in a row, the Customer we started over 150 years ago -service is Service Index lias ranked TD Canada Trust #1I everythtng. So to ail our customners who once for Overail Quality of Customer Service. This agannaned us the best and toall ouremployees recognition underimes what we've known smnce who make us tise beat every day, thank you. 1-800-436-3333 wvww.tdcanadatrustcos Canada Trust Banking cas be ibis corefortable *ieuMïe 1w Embuhin O nd Wjy d Imma Sem oeaçN Bq 5~ S« loeés co te Gitan 5m ~W& a"k~ W Sonm, SçiIa 2006. making us the best. Again.

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