ýChudleigh grilled by hostile crowd By MELANIE CUMMINGS its four-year term of office. Special ta The Champion The audience also fired repeated questions at Mr. Chudleigh TMe bot seat at Wednesday night's (May 26) ail-candidates demanding explanations for the cuts to welfare, tuition fe meeting was in the middle, where Tory incumbent Ted hikes faced by college and university students, new user fees Cbudleigh sat. and public accountability. Vociferous objection swellcd from thc crowd of about 125 Several people complained that their cails, messages and let- gathered at the Milton Leisure Centre during the Conservative ters to the Tory MPP went unanswered. MPP' s opening speech, and each time he spoke through the Debate also erupted from the floor accusing the Tory gov- two-hour forum organized by the Milton Jaycees. ernment of marginalizing and polarizing union groups, teacb- On Mr. Cbudleigh's rigbt sat, ironically, left-wing party ers, health case workers and students. candidates iay Jackson of the NDP and Bill Champ of the Some audience members shouted their discontent with Mr. Green Party. To bis left sat Halton Liberal representative Chudleigh's reply that the Tories were forced to restructure Moban Anand and the Family Coalition Party's Giusseppe social programs because of the debt bis govemment inherited Gori. fromt the previous NDP regime. .Mr. Chudleigb faced a barrage of barbs wben he tried to "Answer the question," several people from the crowd boast about the PC record on bealth care and education over * see HOT on page 3 Tmd Chudlmigh Editorial page 6 Letters pages 6-7 Sports pages 24-26 *Enbm gêcnimsApac *ootfflasics.F-ueSop -1 A p) *Kelog San1 Lobaws -Sears e Walmart w,> fi YPIIARMACY , e nd Milton's Independent Pharmacy * Free Delîvery * 10% Seo<s DLacount * AI Dng Phu» Accept.d * W fl . Inbmadon Adi 4fLaW u mAt Zmks We Cars782u AbSouYor aat 70 Main St. E. 875-2424 A Metroland Comniunity Newspaper Vol. 140 No. 22 Friday, May 28, 1999 36 Pages 750 (GST included) --- Teens . .... -V ........accosted in parks Teenage girls were targeted in two cases of inappropriate sexual behaviour within a three-day peniod last week. Now Halton Regional Police are trying to determine whether these acta were relat- ed. "Our investigation is continuing and that's definitely one of the possibilities -- we're Iooking at," said Det. Sgt. Jackie A Gordon. Similar descriptions of a young male with short dark hair - wearing shorts and a t-shirt - were given in each incident. The latest occurred along the bicycle path near Rotary Park Sunday evening when two 16-year-old females came upon a man on a 1O-speed bike who allegedly - began masturbating in front of them. He was dcscribed as bcing young, around 5'9" and 160 Ibs with brown eyes and short black bair. - Last Thursday, haîf a dozen girls - aIl around 13-years-old - were reportedly also approached by a man on a bike who inquired about having sex with them. In this case - during early aftemnoon Photo by GRAHAM PAINE hours at Coulson Park - a description of a man in his 20s with short dark hair, VPlaying the waîtîng game wearing silver sunglasses, was given. This brings the number of sexual related Courtney Lewis, 6, cen't wait until next year when sbe bopes t0 compete 11ke her dad ait Miton's BMX Treck 2000. Deckmd out ln acts this month up to three, with a similar racing geer, thm youngater wes Iimitmd ta the raie of semctator during the Eaetmm Canadien Nationale this past wmekend. sounding suspect allegedly exposing bim- self to students in the playground at W.. Dick School on May 6.