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Ontarios new trespass law may curb school vandalism TheActon Free Press Wednesday Oct 22 19B0 B7 Board or Director President Peggie and Mayor Peter cut the cake at the official opening of Womens Place Thursday Ontarios new trespass law which come into effect recently has been hailed a step In the right direction by Emerson Lava rider the director of education for the Board of Education Fines for trespassing have been Increased fromlQOtoSl000 and in addition trespassers can be ordered to pay for vandalism damages up to Police have also been given unprecedented powers of arrest off the premises which means an intruder who broke a school window could be pursued to his home and charged with vandalism and trespassing Previously trespas sera could move off school sites before police arrived and then thumb their noses at the law The new trespass act should help curb the vandalism that cost the Board lis in 1979 Oakvllle tary and secondary schools accounted for approximately 35 per cent of the total Halton damages The Trespass to Pro perty Act 1980 replaces the 1334 Petty Trespass Act of Ontario The new powers given to police to arrest off the premises has raised the question of civil rights However a spokesman for the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ont has said the new Act has been carefully drafted so it Is not open to charges of abuse of civil rights Police have not been given general powers of arrest but must show reasonable and probable grounds of an offence usually through a witness who Is willing to testify The arrest must also be made when the intruder is freshly departed from the premises and not an hour or two after the offence school grounds ore generally open to the public because of a deliberate policy not to spoil accessibility for the majority Lavender said The new trespass net applies only where warn have been issued or notice has been posted stating which groups and which activities are allowable on school grounds A Board official cautioned that there might be a between the theory of the now legislation and its en forcement schools are cur rently experimenting with a program to fight vandalism called Operation Blackout Studies ha o shown that If all the lights in a school and school yard are blacked out van dalism is reduced but this is yet to bo proven in where the pro grams has been going only since May Group grant applications who does it Its health and social services grants lime again Any organization or group wishing to apply for Halton Regional fund can do so by picking up applications which are now printed and avail able Public notices Inform potential applicants about the grant process will be posted throughout the region All applications this year will be processed by the Health and Social Services Department and the Clerks department at the region These will be tabulated and will go to the com for full review sometime in the early spring of This year there is a new section to fill out asking applicants if the organisation or agency has Investments In bonds debentures or real estate The Arrowheads Four men I tor Don Watson Wilkinson Richard Organ and Ron Page put their knowledge and hard work together to conic up with the the Arrow The four were on hand at a special launching ceremony at the Peel Memorial Museum lail Wednesday Several artifacts of the Arrow will be kepi In the Museum Arrow book recalls Black Friday Instruct children on Block Parents 0 TV Et APPLIANCES MAYTAG INGLIS GIBSON WOODS SONY PANASONIC CRAIG ANTENNAE SPECIALISTS SHEA MOBILE CLEANING SERVICE LTD yea specialists in rugs wall lo wall cleaned on locution NO STEAM- NO SHRINKAGE All work guaranteed Richard Tolford DC Mil St Actor corner Elgin Mondav through day THOMPSON rupuctnr N Acton OH Hours Monday through Friday CHIROPRACTIC CENTRE J HOUSTON Old FERGUS or FARM SERVICE removed Phone 8061 Lie and 355 fl CONCRETE CONTRACTORS A Acton Building BRUCE PURCELL Specialising In Repair Texture Spraying Taping Lathing Fin Is had mania Call 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symbol and the dangers of taking rides or gifts from strangers Parents should Instruct their children the pur pose of the block parent program Staff Sergeant Richardson advises If they run Into problems the children should be told to run to the nearest house with a block parent card in the window and notify the people at the house A book Just published by Boston Mills Press The Arrow should Interest those who lost their jobs on Black Friday February ID when production on the Arrow was cancelled by the John Dlcfenbaker government A total of workers were affected with in At the following Monday night Georgetown council meeting laldoff workers came to seek councils help in setting up an employment bureau and to find out if council could do anything to postpone mortgage payments The halt in the Arrow production resulted In a dispersal of engineers designers and skilled help all over United States and Canada and caused a drop In housing values In town that lasted more than two years Many owners simply walked out of their homes and took the loss while others sold at the same price they bought or less Some of the unem ployed engineers with the help of local in vestora formed a company known as Avian Aviation which built a gyroplane The first experimental plane crashed at Kitchener Waterloo airport Some time later Thermo Electric of Brampton and New Jersey bought most of the shares but the gyroplane was never a success The book as well as artifacts of the Arrow were unveiled at a in Peel Museum October with the four authors calling themselves the Arrowheads Richard Organ Ron Page Don Watson and Wilkinson in attendance Each received a special leather bound copy The 1B0 page book contains pages of color photographs and Is available In several bookstores In Peel and Halton including the Oxbow Book store on MainS Georgetown HILLS VETERINARY SERVICES TRENTON 10 RIVER ST ACTON 1450 WJyiIM Tactical unit Regional Police Chief Jnmci Harding In reduce the forces new tactical unit a group of police specially trained for situations during a press conference In Halton Regional Police establish THE LEADERS own rescue and tactical squad THELEAOERS Pump SbIw J cuiilEt Pumps malic wo lor softeners St Milton Government licenced weed and pest control Insecticide fertilizer Call Bill dgatf SOFT WATER THE WAV IT SHOULD BE FREE INSTALLATION LOWEST MONTHLY COMPLETE LINE of Water Treatment Homos Farms and Business SELF SERVICE Soil Pickup or Delivery Member Iliiiirvii HALTON HILLS WINDOW CLEANING Resident and Commercial By Linda KIrby Hostagetaking situ ations sniper incidents and major catastrophes can prove deadly but Halton Regional Police hope to be in a better position to tackle those possibilities with the rescue and tactical team Twenty two police of fleers the majority holding First Class Constable positions have volunteered their ser vices for the unit and will undergo rigorous training for the job in the next tew months Recent gun slaylngs hostage taking incidents in Toronto Peel and Hamilton prompted the creation of the team according to Staff Ser Eric Bullock head of the forces firearms dl vision We arc lucky we havent had those kind of things In Halton but Volunteer chores In an effort to reInte grate law offenders into the community North Is being asked to support a new Elizabeth Fry Society program Patricia Hasten co ordinator of the new pro gramVolunteer Pro bation Officer said the society will coordinate and supervise the place ment of offenders with such groups as service clubs social agencies parks and recreation departments there Is going to be a time he The average police not trained for special tactics and a team of qualified police men is necessary he added Staff Sgt Bullock who will be assisting with the training said it Is the hope of the force to eventually have four men In each division and one man around the clock specifically trained in rescue and tactics The unit replaces the now defunct special weapons division which was disbanded in 1978 as a result of an insufficient number of officers The trained team will travel With a 1966 Ford vehicle that will house equipment and weaponry devices Officers will receive training in gas guns heavy duty guns and special protective vests said the staff sergeant In addition to an calls to dramatic situations the team will respond to major dis asters fatalities and in such as lost children In order to qualify for the team officers were required to volunteer and pais a physical fitness test They will now take part in special training and must pass certain psychological tests The idea for the team was the brainchild of Police Chief James Harding who said he is not prepared to expose officers to barricaded gun and hostage sit uations unless they are properly trained Officers who under take such a hazardous task should be properly reelected evaluated for the role they will be asked to perform trained to fulfill that role be properly equipped to charge their very de manding duty he said during a presentation or earn members The unit includes several officers from the north Halton area They are Constables Colin Vrooman and Pat Wood from Milton and Con stables Don Alex Jack and Tom from Georgetown Members of Acton Arts and Craft are preparing for their annual Arts and Saturday at St ban Parish from left to right are Rosemary Stoer Jean Denny and Gathot Sitting are Judy Shannon Del How ye and Laura