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Assault cases on the rise By LISA The Herald Despite an increased number of incidents which police officers investigated last year Halton Regional Police in Hills and Milton were able to solve 2 percent of their cases which sur passed the regional figure of percent and the districts goal of 42percnt Our criminal clearance rate is excellent said Staff Inspector for the District Richard Kivel Its the highest weve ever had in the district since I arrived in Unfortunately he said the number of criminal offences reported didnt decline this year but rose to from 4408 in 1989 in the district Two hundred and ninety two of the increse came from Halton Hills while the re maining 235 were in Milton Region wide criminal offences went up 21 for a total of Of the increase the highest rise was in assaults We saw huge in creases in assaults and most of them took place at drinking establishments revealed Staff Inspector Kivell Weve started taking preventive action in this area by increasing our patrols and spot checks at these establishments In Halton Hills officers in- Announcement Starting with todays issue of The Haltnn Hills Herald Wednesday Jan 30 1991 our newspapers available at stores and news dealers will now cost The price adjustment will not affect home delivery of the Herald Herald publisher Bob Malcolmson in announcing the 23 charge felt it was time to give news dealers a return on their Investment All the stores be stated have carried the Herald as a convenience to their customers for many years Mr Malcohnson farther ex plained that with rapidly escalating costs in newsprint and other related supplies such as ink it was found necessary to charge for single copies at Its dealers and 2 Aariaribm Cswssflity LmwUms 15 CMadBnthj3 Pane Mum ArtssadMns 16 HaMas 7 MsfltyMitlm17 CwwHMtty 19 20 taction C 10 SdwslNnrs 10 Sports 11 Cbsstfied 169 assault cases last year compared to 109 in 1989 of the cases took place at Club 2000 Reported domestic assaults were down however from in 1989 to 57 in 1990 in Halton Hills Other criminal offences such as robbery theft with threat of violence or violence were up drastically from only one in Hills two years ago to eight in Six of the robberies were solved Preventing the chances for rob bery is something the local force is concentrating on this year said Staff Inspector The police will be conducting seminars and teaching business owners in cluding gas station and conve nience store owners who are often the targets of robbery how to take preventative measures Staff Inspector said Halton Hills is seeing a spillover of robbers from Toronto and Brampton and blames the economy for some of the increase As the economy goes down crime goes up said Detective Sergeant Mike Eacrett Break and enters in the area in creased last year as well In 1989 there were reported cases but that increased to in 1990 Police really excelled in clearing up these cases earning a 56 percentage clearance rate for the cases they solved In 1989 7 percent of the break and enters were cleared We found in 1990 that several different groups were responsible for numerous break and enters said Staff Inspector Kivell They werent crime but they werent just a bunch of guys either They were semi- organized groups coming from outside the area We were able to dear more break and enter cases because one arrest in a group would solve a few crimes He also credits community help In solving many cases A number of the arrests we were able to execute were the result of people phoning in and tipping us to suspicious behavior said Staff Inspector Kivell He hopes in there will be fewer criminal cases overall since the force will be striving to inform the public about preven tative measures My goal is to reduce the calls for service Last year actual calls for ser vice declined in the district to 24584 from 25072 in but thats only because the system of calls changed so that liquor of fences werent classified under service calls If the 750 liquor of fences are included in the figure the number of calls received in 1990 increases beyond 1989s Continued on Page Snowmobile death Regional Police report a man was killed after the snowmobile he was driving struck a tree in a wooded area west of 25 in Hills Saturday afternoon Paul William was taking turns driving the snowmobile with his friend Scott Bowman of Mississauga Mr Bowman reported thai Mr Arseneault had driven off in a westerly direction when be heard a crash Mr Bowman ran to the area and discovered his had collided with a tree He rushed back to a neighborhood house and called an ambulance Mr Arseneault was transported to Milton District Hospital where a short time later Robbie Burns Supper Royal Canadian Legion Branch 120 Georgetown Ladles Auxiliary hosted the annual Robbie Burns Dinner and Dance in support of Talking Books for the Blind last Saturday at the Legion Branch located on Mill Street The evening was hailed again as a great success Pictured above parading In the Haggis are left to right Standard Bearer Harry Bottoms Piper Alex McArthur and Haggis Bearer Max Jack Dr AlUster Mcintosh gave the address to the Haggis while Rev Peter Barrow pro vided a toast and delivered a speech to the Im mortal Memory of Burns The evening was further highlighted by performances of the Georgetown Highland Dancers under the direction of Susan Me- Carrol Herald photo by Colin Gibon Environmentalists foiled again The Herald A local environmental group has again failed in its bid to gain Hills councils support to stop United Aggregates from quarrying part of its land on the of Sideroad 22 in town The company however has also failed to gain Town Council support to outright reject the pro posal put forth by Ecology Awareness Group Landscape and Environment EAGLE EAGLE has requested the Niagara Escarpment Commis sion amend the Niagara Escarp ment Plan so United Aggregates cant quarry between and 100 acres of its acre property on the of Sideroad 22 Council voted Monday to sup port a previous Town General Committee recommendation describing EAGLES proposed amendment as premature In doing so council members rejected a request by United Ag gregates representative Brent Ciarkson that the Town reject the amendment outright EAGLE argues quarrying by United Aggregates on the southside of the companys pro perty will mean a possible destruction of environmentally sensitive areas a possible devaluation of properties neighboring the quarry traffic noise and a negative impact on well water Although the Niagara Escarp ment Commission ultimately decides on the amendments fate Town Council has been requested to give its position on the amend ment Council supported a Town plan ning staff report that outlined several reasons why the amend ment is premature most of which centred on the quarry companys Continued on Page 2 Con man at work Halton Regional Police say a man who deceitfully received money from two gas stations in Georgetown may be the same person responsible for similar oc currences in Burlington Oakville and Milton The first incident occurred at a gas station on Street in Georgetown Friday when a male approached a worker there and said his car had been run off the road and he needed for a tow truck Believing the male would be back in an hour to pay back the money the victim gave him The same man might have struck again on Saturday at another Guelph Street gas station where a male asked the victom for for a tow saying he would be back in minutes Again the victim believed the suspect would be back to repay the money and gave the man money The second victim reported the suspect drove away in a blue Ford Escort Police are investigating a possible suspect