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QVbr auabtaîîQbmtî Mtos omunity Newspaper Since 1860 'F]ýA Named Canada's Top Community Newspaper R EA L ES T AT E S PO0RT S See what's on .Haydar named AL's the market inside Player of the Decade ww.miltoncanadianchamPion.cc C 0 M M U N 1 T Y Meet January's Teacher of Month A ta.. eiaGoppblcto Vol. 15 No.* 86 Wensdy J . 6, 1 Charlotte first ' Eight-pound, one-ounce girl towný New Year's baby By Melanie Hennessey CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF Fast, intense and highiy mernorable. Thats how parents Tish and Jordon Yeoînans charac- terize the arrivai of their daughter who has the distinc- tion of being called Multons New Year's baby Little eight-pound, one-ounce Charlotte Lilly made her way into the world at 7:30 arn. on New Years Day ait Milton District Hospital after only an hour-and-a-hali of labour. WVhile the family's stay in the hospital ended up being a little longer than anticipated due to, Tisb's blood pres- sure, they were ail safely back at their Cambridge home by Monday "We're flred but doing well," said Tish, who grew up in Milton. Charlotte arrived just slighdly before her january 2 due date. Tish started dilating on New Year's Eve, but was sent home from the hospital until she was further along. They returned to MDH early on New Year's Day and within an hour and a haîf, Charlotte was bon after "one big, long push," said jordon. "It was really intense," Tish said of her labour. But the Milton native is no stranger to [ast delivenies, with her other daughter, two-year-old Elizabeth, being boni after just three-and-a-half hours of labour. "If we have a third chiid l'Il have to, camp out at the hospital," Tish joked. j The mother of two said she was able to, cut the cord and hold Charlotte immediately after birth - an experi- ence she missed out on with Elizabeth due to complica- "1 loved having that skin-to-skin contact. It was such a nice feeling," said Tish. The couple had nothing but wonderful things to say about the care and attention they received [rom MDH's nursing staff and obstetrician Dr. Valentina Cvetic. "Id drive [rom anywhere to, have her as my obstetri- cian agaîn, saîd Tîsh. Back at their Cambridge home, big sîster Elizabeth is see SECOND on page Al l '~Advontage 71" Ph""ysoterpy 905-693-8043 www.advantagephysiotheropy.cO info@advantagephysiotherapy.ca 550 Ontario St. S., Milton, ON, L9T 5E4 FRIC RIEHL / SPECIAL TO THE CHAMPIQI HAPPY NEW VEAR: Charlotte Yeomnans was born at Milton District Hospital at 7:30 a.rr on New Year's Day. Physiothei Pedorthics (custom i Chiropractie a Qusti Police bust crack ring By David Lea METROLAND WEST MEDIA GROUP Halton police believe they have smashcd one of the largest crack cocaine distribution ncîworks in the region with the arrcst of three men Sunday. The arresis were made foliowing police raids on four Mississauga res- idences. Duning a press conference at Halton Regional Police headquar- ters Monday, Det. lnsp. AI Albano said police first became aware of the network in August of 2004, but had difficulty making any headway against it due to the ring leaders dis- turbing ability to spot undercover officers. "Past investigations that were done on him by other services may have made him more wise to, our techniques. He was very carefu-l," said Aibano. "He'd become suspi- cious. Sometimes he rcfused to make phone catis back to us, would- n't talk to us. We tnied a couple of times to make (drug) buys from him." Aibano wouldn't reveal what finalty led to the organization's downfall. He would onlv say thai the Haiton Regional Police Services Drug and Morality Bureau, with heip [rom the Guns and Gangs Unit, began an investigation in the faîl of 2009 using a varieîy of tcchniques. Dubbcd Project Solstice, the investigation identificd members of N an alleged crack cocainc distribu- tion network, which police found 1 see DRUGS on page A3 1 #7111yunEffli 1 [MILTON (4