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Pige 2 THE HERALD Wednesday April Numbers To Note EMERGENCY Police Fire or Ambulance Dial 1 Fire Information 8771133 Police NonEmergency 1 Hospital 8770111 Distress Centre 8771 21 1 Assault charges Regional Police have charged a Ballfnafad man with assault and assaulting a police of ficer after he struck a bouncer in the face and kicked a policeman April 11 Police say the man was ordered to leave a Georgetown bar because of his intoxicated state but refused to leave and hit the bouncer in the face Police ar rested the man and brought him to Division where the man kicked a Sergeant In the ab domen The man will appear in Milton court May Tunnel vision Police report a thief dug through two walls to enter an Ac ton gas station and steal overnight last Wednesday The culprit entered the establishment by damaging a lock in the door of the womens washroom police say He then dug a hole through two layers of to crawl in to the establishments storage room He then dug another hole through the wooden panel wall leading into the office where the was removed Police say a bent screwdriver was found at the scene and suspect the culpnt must be of small build to have been able to fit through the holes in the wall Police are continuing to investigate the incident Breakins solved Police were able to solve two Georgetown break and enters that occurred March 6 when police in York Region captured a 29yearold man the process of breaking into a York store police say York Regional Police in vestigated the suspect and recovered property taken from the two Georgetown break ins at houses located on Line where VCRs cameras costume jewellery and cash were taken police arent charging the man because York police have charged him with possession of stolen property but are ing to investigate to see if hes responsible for other breakins in the area Property recovered A Georgetown man s front end loader and tractor along with a flatbed trailer have been recovered by Halton Regional Police near Durham after the owner received a tip from a person responding to his request for information The mans loader was stolen over night Feb 27 He put an ad in a Halton paper in April offering for any information leading to the recovery of his equipment As a result of the tip police were able to track down the equipment south of Durham Ontario at a woodworking business where all the property was recovered Mount Forest OPP charged the operator of the business with possession of stolen property and he will appear in Mount Forest court May Halton police are conducting their own investigation Thief foiled Police suspect a fled from the scene of a crime emptyhanded after he smashed a sink at a gas station in Acton last Thursday Police say an unknown person smashed a win dow above the mens washroom and attempted to step down onto the washroom sink but the sink fell from its mount onto the ground Copper theft Four rolls of copper tubing worth were stolen from a establishment April police say The tubing was removed from behind the establishment Police say copper wire is frequently stolen and melted down for sale at scrap metal dealers since its a valuable metal Theft from golf course Police report in bills and 200 worth of rolled coins were taken from a Halton Hills golf course overnight last Wednes day Police say unknown suspects used a screwdriver to pry open a window to the golf course office crawled through the window removed the money from a cash register and left The place wasnt vandalized and nothing else was stolen say police who are continuing their investigation Dog owner found The owner of the dog which bit an Acton girl in the face last week has been found say police A man who recognized dog owner called police who visited the man and learned he didnt realize the dog had actually bitten the girl No charges have been laid Car engine stolen A Chrysler Trans Am engine was stolen out of a shed by unknown culprits overnight Thursday police report The engine was recently renovated and looked like new say police who report the entry was gained to the shed by kicking in a wooden panel door The engine was worth Glen Williams breakins Police suspect four breakins on Main Street in Glen Williams overnight Thursday are related Four neighbouring home owners reported their sheds were broken into Two owners had their snippers stolen while another had a chainsaw stolen and the other a propane tank and shovel stolen Property loss so far is estimated at almost and police are continuing their investigation Mailboxes smashed Police are looking for the per sons responsible for smashing mailboxes along the country roads One box was smashed Sun day night on the 5th Line south of 15 Sideroad causing damage Numerous mailboxes in the area have suffered the same fate police say Herald holds special meeting On Tuesday yesterday the Halton Hills Herald Advertising Department held a special Downtown devitalization presentation at the McGibboo Hotel Over invitations were sent out to downtown core business people and a large number a tended the special meeting The meeting featured a marketing program help promote the downtown area as Georgetown Centre a friendly place to shop and outlined various promotional ideas and artwork geared to help the merchants attract more shoppers to the area Community Forum Opinions on the Reform Party Gerry Gllkes Georgetown Im thinking of considering the Reform Party because we seem to have career politicians who dont care about the ordinary man in all three major political partys Their policies dont reflect reality Karen Frawley Georgetown I dont know all their policies but at least they will provide an alternative to what we have now Doug Silk Cheltenham I wish they had been here sooner I would vote for them now Incineration decision a positive one By BEN The Herald Last Thursdays announce ment by Ontarios Minister of En vironment Ruth Grier to ban all future municipal solid waste in in the province should stop Haltons attempts to identify possible incineration sites irr the Region predicts North Halton MPP Noel It would make the most economic sense he said for the Region to discontinue attempts at locating possible sites for an energy from waste incineration site is studying possible locations throughout Halton four of which are located in the southern part of Hills Mr said he opposes incineration as a means of ing garbage because the existing incineration technology has yet to show all toxic gases resulting from the process can be prevented from entenng the at mosphere Ms Oner said during her an nouncement that incineration is inconsistent with reduction reuse and because it relies on a steady large quantity of mixed waste It is a superficial solution which does not attack the root of the problem we must wasteless Halton Director of Waste Management John Mackay said Monday he would have to review the announcement more thoroughly before offering authoritative comments He did suggest the announce ment will have no effect on in the short run but may the long run Under the previous Liberal government Halton was ordered to investigate the possibility of establishing an incineration plant before receiving approval for the Regional landfill site in Milton The plant was to be established by the year said Mr Mackay He explained however the Regions recycling programs are proving to be more successful than originally thought That means if 50 per cent of the garbage now being produced in can be diverted from- a landfill site through recycling in the next eight years Halton wont need an incineration facility be said Under this scenario the Region would have no problem abiding by the provinces bad on Incinera tion If falls to divert per cent of the Regions waste stream by the year 2000 through recycling then Mr doesnt know what will do given Ms Grlers announcement Rita Landry spokesperson for local environmental group In cmeration Counteracts the En vironment ICE said Monday Ms Oners announcement is a small victory for incineration op ponents The ban will prevent companies from even consider ing the establishment of incinera tion facilities she said Ms Landry qualified her tion saying ICE wont be com pletely satisfied until the pro vince bans incineration facilities in Ontario for all types of waste other than municipal COUNTRY St BUTCHERING SPRING SUMMER ROUNDUP PATTIES LEAN GROUND BEEF No Additives LEAN GROUND BEEF BOX OF BONE IN BEEF LOIN STEAKS na MEDIUM GROUND BEEF lb LET US FAST FREEZE YOUR ORDER TODAY J NOTE ALL ORDERS MUST BE PLACED WEEKS IN ADVANCE FREE DELIVERY IN TOWN ONLY 00 MINIMUM DELIVERY 8771194 Government Inspected Custom Killing Cutting and Wrapping I RR Georgetown Behind Custom Meats on Trafalgar Rd Hours 800500 800600 Sat 80012 noon