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QDaaIJiaiQhmpoîî MllCommunity Newspaper Since 1860 ZAKS PHARMACY Milon Independenî PIarnc Fm1 inDe nn 10 oim s Dn. "AU Zakas W. Cars About Your He~Rt 7A Men I E. 875-2424 N EW S Health minister cornes to town S PO0R TS Locals bow out early at OFSAA soccer www.multoncanadiancham-pion.com A & E Are you ready to party, Milton? d~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ edaGoppbiain-Vl 4 o 6 rdy ue8 076 ae 10(n GRAHAM PAINE / CANADIAN ( HAMPIU ,A HELPING HAND: Haiton Regional Police auxEliary off icer Calvin Armstrong assEsts fallen racer Jordan Crandal during the Subaru Triathlon Series Sunda at KeIs ConservatEon Area. The triathiete collided wEith another racer while exîting Kelso for the road portion of the race. DespEte some cuts and scrapes, h manage d to get back on his bîke and continue. About 1,000 triathietes and duathion participants raced in the event. See another photo in Sports. -,Halton hockey coach faces sex charges By Tim Whitnell SPECIAL TO THE CHAMPION A liaiton hockey coTach faces multiple charges going back more than a quarter centu- ry after îwo former Burlîngton players came forward to police iast moîîth wtth allegations of sexuai misconduct. Detectives wîtiî Ilaiton Regional Polices Child Abuse anîd Sexuai Assault Unit (CASA) receivcd a complaint iroin two mcii iii May that pronspted themilt iiscstigate a former family lrîend. T he mcn îold police they were victîms of a series of assanîts ccîmiTitted by thecir former coach whiie they were in bis carie. The charges arise lrom incidents that ailegediy occurred betweeîs 1978 and 1981. Halton detectives say it appears the suspect lived at various homes witb host [amilies iii Burlington and Milton [rom 1978 until lie moved to Ilamilton iast month. Police believe the suspect was aiso invoivcd in vouth soccer and youth bowling. Police spokesman Sgt. Peter Payne saîd tise ages of the allged vîctitos ai îhe time of tihe incidents arc niTt heing provîded belas might identify thein le saici the mein iow lîve olsi Burlington but boîh have lamiiy in the cIt Pay'ne said the sex assaulîs are heiieved 1 have occurred in onc on-one situations wht the meni were boys. "Investigators have spoken to indivîcluais the Burlington Lions Optimist Minor Hlocki Association (BLOMIIA). Tise BLOMHIA repi sentatives were verv hepl said Payne. (harged is John Phîllip Russell, 48, -see SUSPECT on page Al17 former school board chair dies of cancer By Lisa Tallyn SPECIAL TO THE I CHAMPION Former Halton District School AT~ ~ I Board (HDSB) chair and Halton His Trustee Ethel Gardiner lost ber Ethel Gardiner hattie with cancer Tuesday. Gardiner died at her Georgetown home with her hushand Peter hy ber side. She was 69. Peter said his wife of 50 years "fought really, really hard," since she was diagnosed with lung cancer iast September. After learning of ber illness, Gardiner made the difficuit decision flot to ron for a luth term as trustee- a joh that Peter said she loved and *see GARDINER on page A17 NInsidae e Today's Champion OPINION A6 CLASSIFIED A12 DATELINE B13 it REAL ESTATE C7 www.mrnolc anadianchampl)on com le Inserts FULL DISTRIBUTION ýo EUP LO8LEAS "EL! ERS *WkLMARI 555O tALCS -BELL WORLO A SHLEYF CRNi CE - BRO EXPEIS - J15 CAP BRIC C SOUND OF MUSIC nPARTIAL DISTRIBUTION .C DCIîJ E [ ERE- PRICE CLEFP 1E BE RICK-OSPIIERS Lit *SE R BE AEFINE FCODSSSOP mD9yEEGQJL 5îio TBLOR SAS of~ wwwmiltontoyota.coml 30 WUNNERS IN 30 DAYS! e eor.