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MANAGEMENT INFORMATION eel For Fleets Under Vehicles COST EFFICIENT INNOVATIVE UPTODATE TECHNIQUES BRI OUT The Halton Hills HERALD Fendley Florists Surprise Mom With Flowers OPEN MOTHERS DAY SUNDAY MAY 12th 14500 DISTRIBUTION 32 PAGES FRIDAY MAY 1991 Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 866 IN STORES GST 25 Buckling up is what Regional Police Con stable David will me making motorists do starting Wednesday when he and Constable Doug Williamson not In picture will be cracking down on motorists not wearing their belts and issuing fines The seat bell blitz is being organized local by Crime Prevention Officer Sergeant Dave right Herald photo by Lisa BoonstoppclPott Buckleup or pay By May drivers not wearing their wont be able to talk their way out of getting a ticket now that Regional Police officers have established a task force to crack down on drivers Crime Prevention Officer Sergeant Dave has assigned two uniform Constables to full time monitoring for seatbelt offenders along with radar patrol for an indefinite period of time The officers were already out this week warning motorists about the crackdown Sergeant said the thrust of compliance was prompted by the results of a survey that was commissioned by the traffic committee of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police They found that of all the Halton municipalities Hills had the lowest seatbelt com pliance rate 62 per cent Milton has a per cent compliance rate while Burlington and Oakvilles rate is 86 and 82 per cent respec tively Sergeant believes Halton Hills has such a low com pliance rate because drivers dont expect to be ticketed when they drive without wearing a If motorists speed or run a stop sign they know if they get caught theyll be issued a ticket he said But if theyre caught not wearing a seatbelt they know they may or may not get a ticket One of the officers that will be issuing the tickets Constable David Shantz said not wearing a seatbelt is ridiculous Statistics prove wearing a seatbelt can save your life Ministry of Transportation statistics from a survey in dicate that out of 302112 ac cidents where a seatbelt was be ing used per cent of the drivers suffered no injury or minor injuries But for these who dont wear seatbelts drivers are 21 times more likely to be killed in a collision or are 76 times more likely to be hospitalized Sergeant Gwilliams said he hopes through this seat belt blitz to raise Halton Hills law compliance average up to 735 per cent charges laid The manager of Georgetowns Adult Only Video Store on Guelph Street Kenneth Finney of cott Drive in was charged with numerous obsceni ty counts by Regional Police May after obscene videos were seized from the store during a police raid April 18 Mr Finney 36 was charged with two counts of possession of obscene material for the purpose of sale two counts of possession for the purpose of exposing to Police invitation If youre interested in louring the Halton Regional Police Station in Georgetown or doing fool patrol with the Acton Village Constable the force has invited the public to do so during Police Week from May to May The public is invited to show up at the station anytime during the week for a tour Large groups should call first 8785511 As well per sons interested in walking with Constable Bill Riddle while he makes his tour around Acton are invited to call him at his office His number is and hes available for he walk on May from 1000 a m to noon or May m Io500pm public view by renting obscene material one count of exposing to public view by renting obscene material and one count of selling obscene material He will appear in Milton Court June 3 along with the stores owner Randy of Kit chener who faces the same charges All the 22 Adult Only Video Stores across Ontario four of which are located in Halton were raided in April and police seized videos with names such as Kinky Sluts La Bimbo Cup Delights Anal Addiction and Slots and Sluts The titles were contained on a list compiled by Project P a joint Ontario Provincial Police and Metro Unit that investigates pornography Police collar Smith Stone heist suspects Halton Regional Police ar rested two men Wednesday in connection with the break and enter at Smith and Stone where worth of brass copper and mechanics tools were stolen April Through our investigation we believe it was a wellplanned break and enter said Sergeant Keith who is in vestigating the break and enter If it werent for an employee in terrupting them while they were there we may have never gotten them Charged with break and enter and theft in the case are 27-year- old Pierre Labelle of Daniella Court in Georgetown and 21-year- old Anthony Maan of Woodbury Court in Brampton Both men were arrested at their homes Wednesday and police recovered worth of the stolen Smith and Stone pro perty Sergeant said most of the brass and copper would have been sold to scrap yards and melted down long ago The police investigation un covered the fact that a van which had been found near the scene after the theft was registered to one of the accused There was residue of brass in the van said Sergeant He also credits a tip from Crime Stoppers for aiding the in vestigation Both men appeared in Milton Court Thursday Details of the hearing of the im pending court date werent available at press time Region plans to ease pain of job loss ByBENDUMMETT The Herald Region Council directed staff Wednesday to develop policies on how the Region can help those who lose their jobs due to plant closures Approximately people in Halton have lost their job during the last year from Haltonbased companies shutting down their operations Burlington Mayor Roly Bird said it pains him when industries close and jobs are lost As Halton moves from an in dustrial to a service industry base the Region owes the left behind workforce any help that can be provided said Mayor Bird Acknowledging the Region follows certain practices to help in the resettlement of workers left behind in the wake of plant closures Mayor Bird wants staff to develop certain policies They policies would deal with plant closures and the resettlement of workers not in times of crisis but over the long term he said Regional Business Develop ment Commissioner Brent Kearse said following the meeting the Region currently reacts to a plant closure by sen ding letters to industries throughout Halton requesting if they have any available posi tions and if so to please contact the closing industry The Region took this action in response to the closure of Georgetowns Provincial Papers earlier this year Approximately letters were sent out and on ly two or three companies reacted negatively said MrKearse These few negative responses indicated the Region shouldnt be asking for their help in a time of recession The Region also holds business seminars for unemployed who want to establish their own business said Mr Kearse Mr Kearse qualified what the Region can do to help unemployed workers find new jobs explaining the problem can only be dealt with thoroughly when the provincial and federal government establish more retraining programs To improve Haltons efforts in helping the worker Mr Kearse suggested letters could be sent to industry outside borders As well the Region could target new industries in Halton to offer positions for laid off workers if available he said Burlington Regional Councillor Ralph Scholtens said the staff report should include the reasons for plant closures No doubt in the mind of many government is a big problem And it isnt help ing the cause by taxing the people to death An Inside Look Poles Beit Poets Comer 3 People Forum Seniors 6 Commuifflyln Agriculture 8 Entertainment 20 Spelts 2124 Editorial 10 youth Page Weirs World Quote of the Week Theyve got quins an easy life in this country very sedentary with no natural predators Theyre son of like Canadian lager louts and hanging about Derek Royal Society for Protection of Birds on Canada Geese in Great Britain 1991