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MILT?~ Milton s Community Newspaper Since 1860 R EA L E ST AT E See what's on the market inside S P O ý T7 s Madd Dawgs clinch OBA titie wvw itoncanadianchamirpion ,cors (1 0 M M U li 1 T y Meet Apnil's Teacher of Month Gala evening honours town's best Champion By Stephanie Thiessen CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF Slcgance %vas the order of tise da\ ai the 2006 C ommunits' .Asards Gala Saturdas night, \Nthi guests dressed i thecir hunesi luxes anid ex ening gow ns -andi dining on top-notch food vvhile hohiîohhing w îîh Milton's w ho's w ho. The crow-nmg moment was an almnost instant standing ovation given in iftetinie Achievemient Awvard recipienîs lamnes and Barbara Snow,, and the admiration expressed by Ontario C onservatis e leader Join lors. Jimi Sniow \vas a iowering figure i' the governmnent of Olntario,- Tors said, expiain- îng as Minister of Transportation f'or 10 s cars, as w ell as an NIPP Sniow wasn't ai raid to mnake hus \,te\, s kiiow n. -1 le wvas jusi ait outsîand- ing niistir« .A. isaster of cereissontes. formser Milton couscior ansd nonw justice ni the peace M',ark Curtis higiighted somne (if the Snnws' athies emntts, incluittng their recent tiona- tion ni S500,000 to Milton District Hospitais Cr scanner camipaigii. Barbhara spoke for both ni them. mention- ing tihe matis fondc menites tihe c ouple lias of sîîtihing in thecir t ommituits. e \cre prootdi to ail ilton our homec, she said C itizen of Ycaîr ANward prcscnîcd As pres iotisisI atinouicd, tise ass ard ftor otfe nIltie )ca~r w\cest to Dei andt Rose Oxinsti,ý w itsaie ksts i ftor tiscîr îîss tientt w ils ce cus like tht itns Sauhta Claius Paratde. lies .ist heiped to stat t tise Milins sea C.atdets, and Dei is chair ni the mss its t. inintit Sersvices Ad istsrs Cnsnsitiee. Del saîd 6ie and hits w ýîle'etspss tonating their tie. ansd tisai M,,ilton lias hecîs a great place ts raîse a fantiiv. "Before. if soincone had mieîsîîoncd the word Milton, I'd be lîke -WhereT But wc've becu herc for 30 ycars now,- he saîd, chuck- ling. There were imo Presidenis Awards handed oui. The first w-cnt to Nanti job and Tarah Cherwornak, who wcrc responsibie for stant- îng up Miltons Rclay for Lice, whîch raîscd about $400,000 in the past two vears. ~The cancer of apathv ihat so affects our top paper iLtyal Chtiipioi readcrs wist ticpend ton tise paper tus hrnsg îhcmn the iaîesî in ttsmmunîs tiews ansd sports tan he confident iheyvre geîîîng a quai- ity produt il'le C J1(ipt(ot ttok ttop isonours tiss pasi weckcnd ai an indlustry tompeti- tion, hcating oui 20 other îscwspapers frtsm across Onstario to place Nt.s i n geirai extcellence. Amards fosr the 2006 Better Ncwspapers Cotmpetîîtsîs. hcid 6v ihe Ontarios C omissunts Nesvspapers Associationî (OC NA). were prescrîîcd in Niagara F alls Saiurday nîgisi. ecxtrcmcivy prusud tof the recotiîon the C hampion has ret eîsed, espetiails' tnnstdcriisg the irstng tnmes î lisas had usvcr the pasi monih or two,- saîd Puhishcu- Neti OlIser. referting to the fîre that forted staff in re itteate uniti a temporars' location cuud 6c sccursd. 'flic Chamipin w&as, tp agatîssi ness ss see PAINE on page A4 InsNd Toctay's Champion OPINION Ab HIGH SCHIOOL REPORT Ag CHAMPION couNTRYA13 DATELINE A15 CLASSIFIED MtIANIE HENNESSEY / CANADIAN CHAMPION Milton Home Hardware operator Angelo DeMeditîs shows hIs Business Person of the Year Award. world wiil neyer affect these two young women," Curtis said, reading the words of a nornnator. Len Lee îook, the second Presîdenî's Award. Lcc has been thairman and a voiun- teer wiih tise Milton Gond Neighbours Day for tie past 15 years and is vcry învoived wîîh the Milton and District Horticulturai Society. "When vou think of Mions greenscapes and taking tare of Miltons enviroinmeni, Lens name tomnes to mind," Curtis saîd. - ee AWARD on page A7 A24 mso aradianctaropior r www.miltontoyota.com wNvw.gorrudsautogroUP.COm -,wwO - _ lP 4tirr Auep