The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Voting on St. PauI's church proposai to, start tonnight By Tim Foran CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF The congregation of St. Paul's United Chureh will begin voting rhis evening on whether to pursue a proposai ru demolish the historie 1890 Main Street church and build an 80-unir seniors condominium and scaied dlown ehurch in ils place. Voting will continue romorrow night and finish Sunday morning. If approvedi, the ehurch wili parîner wirh a local developer to examine the feasibiliry of the proposai. A previous vole in April 2008 ru seli the site and build a new church elsewhere was defeaîed, as it only received about 60 per cent approval from the congregation, less rhan the rwo-thirds majoriry required. The new vole ru demolish the sancruary perhaps reraining some parts, and redevelop the exisring sire at Main and James Street oniy requires a simple maîofltv approval [rom the 600-famîily congregation. The origins of the current Pro- posai began in September, 200e when the church's Rev. John Benham retiumed from a sabbarica] during whieh he examined trîiving congregations, said Church Counei' chair Karhy Sellers. St. Paul's set up a iong-rangc planning committee lu outtine ï renewed mission and minisrry of th( church. Ir aiso examined what phys. ical infrastructure was needed îc support those goals. ht was decidec the aging Sanctuary, which needt roof repairs, was inadequare. The cost ru simpiy repair thi faciliîy was esîîmaîed ar $1.85 mil lion. After repairs, the church wouiî stili be left wiîh a faciiry rhaî didn' help ir meer irs minisrry goals Sellers said. Therefore, the counicîl dectded i Young boy assaulted A teenager is heing sought i connection with an assault aI E.V Foster Suhool lasr Wednesday. According to police, ar abot 3:30 p.m. a nine-year-oid boy wî waiking around a corner aI the Co> Boulevard schoot when he accidet taily humped 1010 a maie reen. An altercation ensued and tl boy had his heaci lut against the sic of rhe school. He srisîaîned mini inýjuries. The suspect is ciescrihed as whire maie, about 18 y cars ut ahout live foot-six wiîh a slîm bui and blond baîr. He was wearing grey jackel and jeans. An> une with infort aion aho this incident is asked ru caîl Halt Regional Police at (905) 878-551 exr. 2415, or Crime Stoppers aI 800-222-8477. wouid be better to ciemoiisb the sancluary in order to gel out [rom under ongoing maintenance cosîs. The decision now before the congregation isn't withouî opposi- lion, borh from the grealer Milton communily which has already begun organizing against the pro- posai and [rom wiîhin the church. Rebecca Givens, wbo also sits on the Cburch Council, said the option of jus1 repairing the facilîty has never been put to a congrega- lion vote. She reiects the idea that St, Paul's programs couid he better supported in the propose 1 I2,000- square foot church faciiity than tbe existing 22,000 square [ct. Founded in 1991, Hitherfield is Mitton's leading independent school. We are committed to providing a highly individualized programme ta students from Pre-School to Grade 8 and have estabtished a fine reputation for academir excellence. " Average class size of 14 " Before and After Schoot Programme "Fuit[ size gymnasium and Theatre with sound systemr Bus service available ta Milton and surrounding areas *Situated on 82 acres: including cross-country skiing and running traits, research pond, playground, tree forts, lots of space to run, discover, have fun and learn MI. HUS S<jrdy Aff 209210t lilling the mission for 125 vears,' (,îvcns saici. Sellers said iî isnl the sîze of the church faciity chats important but the iayout anci modemn amenîties. i he churcb wouid tîke to pro- vide an 'Out of the ( oid' biomeless sheiter in the basement of the cor- room to support that programn, n Sellers pointed out as an example. > Givens said thc churcli 'hould « examine otîber options in more 0 detail before voting to demnolish the sanctuary( -fini Folil ui ] mo rs t mhe) a( :( îJî0iWitlo nuditoti lia itîpio-i vin GRANDS. UPRIGHTS& _______________ DIGITAL PIANO)S!!! Yamaha, Kawal, Nlemneyer, 1Steinway, Bechatein, Mason &b SHamin, Samick, Young Chang M Rand many more! i- Used pianos fromn $995, New Baby Grands regularly $99eJ5 New Digitals pianos f rom $1195 New Digital Baby Grand ftrom $59c9S A <While supplies last) Corne visit our showroom to view ail our in store savinga! FREE enchPiano House Burlington FREE Delivery ,5205 Unit #2 Harvester Rd. Burlinglon 1FREETuning 905-31-9259 10 Vear Warranty Thursdy, April 16, 1Oam - 8pm Financing OAC Available Friday, April 17, 1lOam - 6pm W W W p 1 N 0 . CA Saturday, April18,l1Oam -5pm .~*7eac1~" ~ 17dT - I.tJeach _ Delicatessen_ Specials -- aBrungî Banâzdl San i)uniele Mlarhled Corned Koîhassu Mortadellu Cheddar Cheese Beef Meuttoaf Classic, Light or Hlot Fresh Cul Chunks. *991100g 099/1)Og 1.In10 /100 1010100g ,f re%.shI 1Poutof0Ontario PRed Vin Ripened ITomate 1.29/1B >1roduce Produci of Chile Sweet Red Seedless Grapes_,A #1 Grade Produri of Mexico Produrt of0Ontario Mangos English Cucumbers ifie Milton's Choice for Nine Years Running! O4m.u~rPices Inl effect Wed April 15 327 Bronte Stee I t TnApil2 W hite Oaks P Iaza gm,01 Thurs 8 M am - TPrn I.I ~3 MSatuosay 8 30 am - 6Pm 905-875-0303 undy 9 O am5 m o