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Page 2 THE HERALD Wednesday October 1990 Police Beat Air compressor stolen A Honda air compressor worth was stolen from the back of a truck parked at a Queen Street Acton address between Saturday at 30 p and 10 30 a the next morning The two cylinder twin tank air compressor with dual hose con nectors can be identified by a dent in the wheel cover Police say a fingerprint was lifted off the compressor The in vestigation is continuing Ornament theft Between Saturday at m and Sunday a hood ornament was stolen from a Plymouth Voyager parked at Division Street Acton The owner however was unable to give a description of the ment Vehicle entered Approximately in tapes and flags were stolen from a Chevette parked at a Moorelands Crescent Acton home between Saturday at 15 a m and 10 a Police say unknown persons entered his vehicle and took cassette tapes and two small flags Attempted breakin A Park Avenue apartment resi dent reported to police last Wednesday that unknown per sons attempted to break in to her red Pontiac Police say so meone trie to pry open the car s sunroof with a tool The owner noticed the prying marks while inspecting the roof after discovering a leak It is unknown the time of the attempted break Wallet lifted A wallet contining a Georgetown man personal tification and car ownership were taken from a car parked at a Road South ad dress between Thursday at p m and Friday at a m Police say the identification was remov ed from an unlocked grey Chevette Failing to report Hal ton Regional Police have charged a 39yearold Don Mills man with failing to report an ac at Fifth Line and Sideroad 10 on Saturday The man was driving a brown 1984 Chrysler near the intersec tion when the vehicle veered off the road Police later located the man who was caught leaving in a taxi Police say he was extremely intoxicated Careless driving A 23 year old Brampton woman and a 24year old Acton man were taken to hospital with minor injuries after an accident at Main Street North and Moore Park Crescent on at a Police say the Acton man dnv ing a 1988 Ford was northbound on Main Street North in the pass lane exceeding the posted speed limit His vehicle ap proached slowing traffic and col with the Brampton woman s yellow Volvo Fire Calls Sofa fire For the third time inside a month Halton Hills firemen responsed to a fire inside the abandoned mill at Maple Avenue and River Drive The Halton Hills Deputy Fire Chief discovered a sofa burning in the old mill on Saturday at about 2 m Firemen were on the scene for about minutes Alarm activated Hills firemen responded to a fire alarm at a 211 Street Mall on Monday at about 3pm Voltage supplied to the Guelph Street Mall was running at half its normal level causing a fire alarm activa Teller machines tested ml in Burl iiit imcshgitinj it In l tunes lo enter Hit i Idler ichinc it tiondl Trust on fir Street metime Juh th tht culprits used bunk or credit card enter tht automated teller machine area of the Trust ill Brant Street in Burlington Once inside the suspects forced open a door leading into the building The suspects then at tacked the door to he rear of the Automatic Teller Machine The culprits made an attempt to open the vaults to the machine but were unsuccessful A similar attempt occurred on September at the same bank The thieves gained entry from the Automatic Teller common area by breaking the door locks leading into the building Once into the rear of the Automatic Teller the thieves made an unsuccessful attempt to remove the vault It is believed the suspects fled the scene when the cleaner entered the building Investigators are anxious to talk to the owner of a mid to late s dirty black Camaro that was observed parked near the scene of the crime If you have any information leads to an arrest in thin or any other case you may be We for a cash reward You need not give your name and your call will be treated with complete anonymity Please call CRIME STOPPERS HALTON Acton Lions Club looking for Citizen of the Year the Herald The Action Lions Club is now accepting nominations for the 1989 Acton Citizen of the Year Award and will continue to them until Nov 2 said Dave the chairman of the service club s Citizen of the Year lion committee The award which will be presented during a dinner the Aclon Legion in late November goes that person who has made the largest and or most cant contributions the com said Mr Some of the past award win ners include Acton volunteer firefighters the Acton Legion for help with children and long time Acton resident and charity worker Vie Bnslow The award marks the first time the Acton Lions Club has been involved in selecting the Ac ton citizen of the year In previous years the award was presented by the Acton Chamber of Commerce said Mr Pyke The Lions Club was asked take over Ihe event when Ac ton Chamber of Commerce amalgamated with the Georgetown Chamber Iwo years Van rampage Halton Regional Police are in an incident in which someone set fire to a stolen van pinned down the gas pedal and let the van drive into a Milton shopp ing mall at a m Monday morn The stolen 1986 Safan van crashed through a glass door en trance of an Ontario Street shopp ing mall striking a variety a wine store telephone booths and food court seating fire alarm and sprinkler systems were set off in the crash Police and firemen responded to a report of an explosion Police say the culprits used a object to jam the pedal the floor and then put the van into gear letting it crash into the mall It has been estimated that in damages were done in the incident The white Safin wis stolen fr a plaza lol near I Streets ween at and it bides of the wore inscribe with the logo if owner s business Mechanic Concord On tan who this Milton Sunday or irh morn is asked contact the Regional District One Investigation Bureau at Osborne Decor Ltd 8776086 FOR ALL YOUR DRAPERY NEEDS Let Us You PreChristmas Sale Beat The GST Phone Now For Your FREE SHOP AT HOME SERVICE la CUSTOM WINDOW COVERINGS MINI BUNDS PLEATED SHADES 30 OFF me didcc CUSTOM DESIGNED JUST FOR YOU IN STOCK VERTICALS 109 119 I FREE VALANCES CUSTOM VERTICALS UP TO 50 OFF OSBORNE DECOR LID LET US HELP YOU ACHIEVE THE SPECIAL LOOK YOU DESIRE ago It made more sense thai an Acton group name communi citizen of Die year said Mr Hie Aclon Chamber approach the Lions Club take over the present it ion since the Georgetown ions Club is respon sible for naming Ihe Georgetown Citizen of the Year said Mr Pyke In previous years the Acton Cilizen of the has been nam ed in the spring of the following year But when Ihe Lions Club was asked take over the event in June of the club agreed but said it had too many other committments during the Spring of 1990 to organize the event at thai time The club hopes lo name the 1990 Citizen of the Year in the spring of 1991 as done in previous years said Mr Although Mr said he Ins no idea how many nominations will be submitted he hopeful there are more handed than in the past I certainly want to see more than one or two tions otherwise the lack of nominations detracts from the event he said The club will use the local media to advertise the event he said A special will appear in newspapers and in eluded will be an easy to fill out application form This way more people may be encouraged to nominate someone he said Written reasons why a certain person should be considered for the award must be attached to theapphcation form Application forms should be mailed to P O Box 28 Acton L7J 2M2 For more information call Dave Pyke at 8530426 Community Forum Are we in a recession Tony Matthews Georgetown Yes I think we re a reces The economy is generally slowing down and you can see the prices of houses now People are not spending like they used to Peter Vandersluls Glen Williams I think we re in a recession because of high interest rates We re another year away out of it Once it comes close to an election they 11 have to do something about it ii hi ii in hi in ii 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