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d ;. 44 DM..1 Casa The ~ ios "aluiy, oenur2s llb- Year ends withi robberies and attemnptedmurder Milton rved once again in 1996 that small towns can be big on news. The poat yearbrougst o shortagt oif controversy, excitemnent, teagedy unusal occur- rences "and change forIaa residents.4=ro thc oplining@O m days of Januany toi the closing moments of Uhe holiday season, Uhe callimunity was chock full of actii. Here's a bref rundown of happessîngs.over Use Ia.st nmtbs of Use year, campleting this three-part 1996 in review. *Jury ielection in a first-dere1 rder trial surrlundng thse sisootinq death of an elderly Malmt6ssmnia in hi* Outhouse was set ta isegin. Thejury was expected tobhe chosen foltowing Iwo days of legal arguments over welat, if any, prejudicial clée pre-Inial" publicily in the case had on potential jurera. Kçsish Madeley: 22: stood trial in connection with the deatis of 77-year-old Fred Sheppard, wiso Iived alaise as bis Steeles Avenue homI4 - As a ne;i scisool year began. most of tise Haltos teaciers wbo received iayolf noiices Ét spnng were back in tise classroom. Six montha eau set tds Halten Board of Education sisocked tise public, nul Io mention ils own employees. by asnouncmng plans to lay off f,501 people, more isas one-tird of wisoms would be teacsrs. Few tisas 10 per cent of tihose targeted for Iayoflot a tiseir jos. as scisools arcund Haison opelrd for business Att 192 etessen- tary teacisen asd all but 43 of tise 380 secondaiy teacisers were muclled. - Milon pîtcising nta Pal Lynch look tIsle tiril steps goward a caneer in Major League Basesmil wises be signed a one-year con- traw wits tise toronto Biue Jay. Mit tS-year-old isad hetptd thse Milton District Mustangs win tise Bos Prentice/Blue iay Cap tusse Inonthi eadîtr asnd badl slmowed stiongly wnts thse Hamilton aiue Jaya axer dtis suminer. He was picked up as a fret agent aller beins passe aitie lune amsateuir draft. 'y. but tihe Campbellvi;le flohawks hntam basebail tean bisowed nb atidet clsarity4ss thse way to tiseir Oqarlo Basetiuil Association IOBA) 'D".bDivision Iriunlpisiflse Mohsawks went 5. O ai tise Labour Day w5ekend lounâmesi in Wyomsing, Ontaso. Afer downmsg Listowel 4-l in round-robin play. tlsy mes tisen again in tise finals anti maisiged anoier tirse-run surgis of vic- tory _ tis lime in a 5-2 final. Anclsaring bots wins was &ce pitcher Craig Foster, who, wotked ail sexes insings it tise cham- pionsip tilt asti allowedjust four bits. - tt was tearnet Mtlon's Mapleisursi Correcîsonat Centre woutd tikely double îîiize as pans of i musnsaursng plan. ise repost calltd for Maplissurst M become ose of fixe provincial super jails in a consolidation exped Ko resut in tise toas of 1.390 jobis mil a s.svings bf $75 million per year in operating »0pq 10 Notice to Property/ Business bxpayrs Tows of I&tou liMiand Mâtes For prolessional ativice anti assistance regardisg tihe assesassent values of your property antor business contact us prior to 05 January 1997. - Our finm hus provideti independent rea estète valuabion andt assessosent review / appeal services to industela, commercial, retidential nd agnsculturalproperty ,onees/occupans continuougly sisce September, 1972. Appuis o! tie 1997 taion year must be filediby 07 laa.as 1997; dosit miss that date. Contact: Stqhaa P. 3aia, AACI, AI"A or Cwaoi I. Rabstaw, DfoL "il Toeh. Stephe P Saz Lté. 170 Guulp4 Sbut Googtewn (M)5 87eSAX (7293 or (90q> 459-SAl (n293) e-mail: qsssaaaecomn