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Page THE WEEKEND OUTLOOK Friday March Numbers To Note EMERGENCY Police Fire or Ambulance Dial Fire Information 1 33 Police NonEmergency 878551 Hospital 8770111 Distress Centre 8771211 House breakins Regional Police suspect the same person may be respon sible for three break and enters at rural Georgetown homes over night March 5 Two houses on the 6th Line near Steeles Avenue were broken into and thieves made away with cash jewellery a camera and two VCRs Total value of the stolen items is unknown But at a third house on the 10th Line police estimate over worth of diamond rings emerald rings gold rings gold and silver necklaces and gold earrings were stolen Police have no suspects but believe only one person was responsible for the thefts Police are continuing their investigation Failed to stop Police charged an Ottawa man with going through a red light after two cars were severely damaged on March The Ottawa man driving a 1991 sedan failed to stop for a red light and collided with a Honda driven by a Milton man No one was in jured Left the road Police say an Acton woman severely damaged her tiac after she failed to negotiate a curve and left the road striking a sign post and hydro pole on Winston Churchill Boulevard March The woman received minimal injuries Hawk goes free Police Task Force By LISA The Herald A rash of store breakins in where thieves steal cigarettes in a matter of seconds has caused Halton Regional Police to set up a cigarette Task Force to combat the problem In one place the thieves were in and out in seconds said Constable Laurel crime prevention officer for Halton Hills In just that short time they can get away with worth of cigarettes Sgt Carey Smith of the force estimates more than worth of cigarettes have been stolen in breakins since June of last year Police suspect the thieves are mainly opportunistic individuals and small groups who are taking advantage of a lucrative black market Const Bamett said most cant resist buying cigarettes for half price even if they know theyre stolen To try and slow down the time thieves can break and enter community crime prevention of ficers are urging stores to keep their cigarette cartons in a base ment a locked back room or lock ed cupboard The longer it takes thieves to steal cigarettes the more chance we have of catching them she said As well the harder they are to get the fewer cartons or packages the thieves will be able to make off with Students were thrilled and a little In awe at seeing a redtailed hawk this close on Wednesday when Jim of he Wildlife Centre near Milton released the bird in the schools name For the school purchased the bird In their name In order that it could be saved and released The birds are either found injured and rehabilitated at or relocated from Pearson International Air port in order to reduce the number of birdplane in cidents Over birds were given a better life last year Ihrough and the support of public schools like Park Herald photo by Lisa Region bows to developers Hachey trial set over The trial for a Georgetown man charged with impaired operation of a vehicle causing death and impaired driving has been set over Ronald Joseph Hachey ap peared in court March and the trial date was set over until sometime in May He was charg ed by Halton Regional Police in connection with the death of Gary Russell McDonald 19 of SAME DAY TAX RETURNS 1 Guelph St Georgetown 8772217 Georgetown Mr McDonald died from in juries sustained when he was struck by a Mercury car on Guelph Street at 1235 a March He was taken to hospital by ambulance and pronounced dead at hospital Mr McDonald is survived by his parents Rosemary and Boyce Brown and and Scott of Georgetown By BEN The Herald Developers working in Halton Region have shown how effective they are as a lobby group when as they claim their livelihood in the Region is at stake Regional Council Wednesday bowed to developers opposition to a proposal by Regional staff to increase development charges for com mercial and industrial construc tion by almost 200 per cent charges developers a fee for both residential and non residential construction to help cover services such as roads that need to accompany any new development project Regional staff originally pro posed the development charge for nonresidential construction increase from 85 cents per square foot to 280 per square foot The increase was based on a project that covered per cent of a piece of property However after hear ing threats from developers they would be forced to pack up and leave the Region if the increase was approved staff reduced the increase to per square foot In addition the increase would be phased in over four years The developers still said the in crease was too high Staff then recommended and received Regional Council sup port Wednesday to scrap any in crease to nonresidential develop ment charges for two years At that time council of the day would reconsider if an increase would be necessary Halton Treasurer Joe said Wednesday the cent per square foot charge covers 30 per cent of the cost to service a pro ject The remaining per cent must be covered through municipal taxes he explained Several councillors expressed dissatisfaction with the way Regional staff informed the public about the proposed in crease and the resulting ramifications if an increase was not introduced The issue was presented as a developerRegional problem when its really a developertax payer problem said Burlington Regional Councillor Kevin The medias presentation of the issue has also contributed to the saidCoun Flynn He suggested if the public realized no increase meant 70 per cent of the cost of servicing a development is paid with tax money then the Region would have received more of a reaction from people He along with a few other councillors directed staff to take out advertisements in the local media stressing this point Staff will advertising a public meeting for April in con nection with the development charges 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