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HEHRALD ft it Death threat Halton Regional Police say a 51yearold Georgetown woman ran to the Division building on Guelph Street and reported that her husband had threatened her with death at approximately 6 pm May A domestic argu ment at the womans Georgetown residence had the woman fearing for her own safety and the safety of her three children Her hus band was arrested behind a Guelph Street Restaurant two- andahalf hours later and charg ed with threatening death The man had the three children with him The children between the ages of one and three were all unharmed The husband will face a Milton court judge on June 18 Assault charge A Georgetown District High School youth was charged with assault May A crossing guard was assaulted by a bicycleriding youth who turned onto the crosswalk from Delrex Boulevard The crossing guard has been working at the location for three years He received no major injuries police say The in cident occurred at 830 May The youth will appear in court on June 15 Probation breached A 17yearold youth has been charged with breach of probation and two counts of mischief under The Robert Little Public School had two of its win dows broken between 11 p May and 129 am May The youth will appear in the Milton courthouse on June Stolen barbecue A barbecue was stolen from a Mam Street Acton residence Police say the theft oc curred between 9 pm May 11 and noon May The two-year- old barbecue disappeared from the residences backyard Stereo heisted Approximately worth of stereo equipment was stolen from a Jeep parked in a two- car garage at the bottom of a residences laneway on Sixth Line in Limehouse police say Between 11 pm May and 1 pm May the culprit or culprits entered the garage and took the radio out of the dash and remov ed two speakers from the rear of the Jeep Vehicle theft A black Volkswagen was stolen from a Highway residence near St Helena Road The vehicle went missing bet ween am and am May 13 police say Laundromat damage A Street laundromat sustained damage to all of its dryers when they were broken in to between pm and pm on May 11 Police say the people responsible pulled the latch for the cash box and took the quarters that fell out of it The value of the damaged property and theft is unknown but police are continuing the investigation I Vehicle recovered Police have recovered a 1984 Mercury that was stolen from a driveway on Elmore Drive in Ac ton The car was noticed missing at am May 13 The car was found by a passerby down an em bankment on Sixth Line north of Sideroad in Milton The car was destroyed in the accident police say Police are continuing their investigation Traffic charge Police have laid a charge of passing on the right not in safe ty following an incident involv ing a two car collision on Highway east of Hall Road A 1989 Ford driven by a 22yearold Acton man was travelling west on Highway Another 1989 Ford driven by a 43yearold Brampton woman pulled out of a plaza and travelled west on Highway behind the first Ford The second Ford pulled out to pass the first When the collision occurred the second Ford went out of control rolled over and came to rest against a hydro pole Two people received injuries in the accident Vehicle mishap A strong wind put a Vespa driven by a 16yearold Milton man out of control police say The car rolled over two or three times and landed in a ditch The driver received minor injuries The vehicle received moderate damages The vehicle was travelling east on east of May 10 Charges pending Charges are pending in an inci dent in which a Hyundai left the road and collided with two parked cars The Hyundai driven by a 28yearold Georgetown woman was travell ing south on Road just south of Street when the collision occurred The driver received minor injuries police say The Hyundai received severe damage A parked 1984 Ford received moderate damage and a parked 1975 received light damage Deer struck A deer jumped onto Regional Road west of Fifth Line and was struck by a 1990 Mazda driven by a 53yearold man at pm May 11 Police will not be laying any charges Moderate damage A deer travelling east across Sixth Line north of Avenue collided with a Ford driven by a 20yearold Georgetown man The Ford was travelling north when the colli sion occurred The Ford received moderate damage at 1155 pm May Halton Hills farmers face provincial registration system A proposed formal registration system for farmers in Halton Hills and across the province will mean all farmers will pay their fair share for farming related benefits achieved through provincial and federal government lobbying said the president of the Halton Federa tion of Agriculture Harry Brander Members from various farm lob- coming Halton Hills residents will soon be able to buy backyard com at a cost of each The town general committee recommended Monday night that the town buy 500 at a total price of But the town has applied to the provinces Ministry of the Environment for a grant of to help purchase the The has a program to fund 50 per cent of any home com posting program set up by a municipality The recommendation still has to go before council Monday for final approval Composters mulch wet forms waste such as potatoe peels into fertilizer The are ex pected to save about lbs of gar bage per family every year No date has been set when people will be able to purchase the but the public will be notified well in advance said town engineer Bob Austin All Halton Hills residents will be eligible to purchase one of the posters The town staff had recommend ed the town only sell the corn- posters to urbanarea residents at a price of each The town would subsidize the extra per corn- poster But councillors decided that to not offer the to all residents would be unfair They also decided that the town shouldnt have to subsidize any amount of the purchase price The towns administrative clerk Dan Costea told council staff recom mended the town subsidize the price as proof it was behind the project But councillors dediced those who really want the corn- poster will be willing to pay the full amount After reviewing several different types of composters the town plans to buy the type called The Soil Saver It is sturdy easy to erect and esthetically pleasing ac cording to a staff report Also pointed out in the report is that the Soil Saver is the choice of Peel Region which is running a similar home composting program MARYS Beer bottle tossed A 24yearold Belle Ewart man has been charged with assaulting a peace officer in connection with an incident that occurred at a farm party May Between 1215 am and 1230 am a Halton Regional Police Of ficer that attended the farm party was assaulted A man swung a closed fist at the officer and missed The man hit another unknown who suf fered several broken teeth The assailant then ran away While being chased the man threw a full beer bottle at the officer The constable caught the man chase The Belle man was ex pected to have a bail hearing at Milton Court on May by groups in Ontario are currently putting together a registration system that will be designed to col lect fees from most fanners who benefit from strong government lobbying said Mr The proposal is scheduled to be presented to farmers in the pro vince at the end of this month According to Census Canada there are farmers in the pro vince but the majority are not pay ing fees to be a member of a lobby group such as the Ontario Federa tion of Agriculture and its local sub groups like the Halton Federation of Agriculture said Mr That means a minority of farmers are paying the share of the majority he explained Currently there is no registration system for farmers Groups such as the OFA and HFA raise money to support their lobbying efforts through members fees Area farmers pay to belong to the HFA said Mr Brander opinio 8736028 theolde bank MAIN ST GEORGETOWN Spring Car Cleaning Special Interior SbanBM Engint Shampoo FREE Prettctlm 00 LUBE 8779394 Under the new system the pro vincial government would be re quired to provide financial incen tives to registered farmers For example Brander explained registered farmers would receive a certain amount of money from the province in relation to the amount of crops they produced The registration fee would be Mr who is a farmer in also said the more united farmers are the better they can lobby the provincial and federal governments Farmers are currently going up against in an attempt to seek protection against the Goods and Services Tax and the free trade deal said Mr Brander As well the new system will allow lobby groups and the govern ment easier access to the various types of farmers across the pro vince which will in turn allow the farmers to be better serviced said Mr Brander Escapee captured The City Police Department have apprehended the man who escaped from Correctional Centre in Milton Halton Regional Police say Between m and p April Mark Andrew Johnston of Stratford was helped to escape the correctional centre police He was caught by Calgary police with his 17yearold girlfriend Police have charged her with assist in a prison break The two will be brought back to police say The Halton Regional Police sent two officers to bring the prisoners back to yesterday Tuesday morning police say Mr Johnston made his daring twilight escape through a northwest basement window of the institute He got out of the building by cutting a screen with wire cutters and lifting the window bars with a vehicle jack He then escaped the institute by going through a hole cut in the pen meter fence The hole in the fence faced Highway police say II II III II III III III II III II III II III II III II III II III II II HI II III II III II III II THE HOTEL 79 Main St S Georgetown 8773388 FEATURING SATELLITE TV A GREAT ROAST BEEF BUFFET WITH ALL THE FIXINS EVERY THURSFRI am to pm AT A GREAT 6 TAXiNdUOfO II II 111 IE FEATURING THIS WEEK THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY TWILIGHT in hi hi iii ii ii ih iii ii ii 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