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Page 2 THE WEEKEND OUTLOOK Friday June 11 POLICE BEAT Numbers To Note EMERGENCY Police Fire or Ambulance Firt Information Police Non Emergency Hospital Distress Centre Dial 911 8771133 8785511 8770111 8771211 Gun charges Regional Police in vestlgators say one sawedoff shotgun and two other restricted weapons were seized from a rural Georgetown residence and charges will be laid against the home owner a year old businessman Police were initial called to the home to aid of ficers from Canada who were executing a search warrant at the home relating to offences under the Income Tax Act Once inside police found four dguns and rifles in a locked gun cabinet and when asked the accused could not supply a registration certificate or a Firearms Acquisition Certificate on two of the handguns Police also found a sawedoff shotgun which was not deemed prohibited because its barrel length is longer thin mm but is restricted because it altered to be fired with one hand Police plan to charge the man with three counts of possession of an unregistered restricted weapon Business ransacked Police report unknown vandals caused worth of damage to a Georgetown business sometime between last Thursday and Wednesday Police say the culprits entered the Maple Avenue residence which is being set up as a sales office and began smashing windows a number of rooms with a coat rack and beer bottles They tossed a photocopier on the floor damag ing it and stole a fax machine and telephone Police are continuing their investigation Car entered A Halton Hills man who left a bill in a briefcase an unlocked car returned to find it missing Tuesday Police say the man parked his car in Halton Hills leaving the briefcase and bill along with a sample book from his company and per papers in the car Police have no suspects Cigarette thefts Police report two gas stations were robbed of cigarettes in the past two weeks On June unknown culprits broke into Pen Gas Bar on Guelph St in Georgetown by breaking a lock and stole cartons of cigarettes worth Four days later Kals Gas Bar on Hwy was broken into by unknown culprits who stole 320 large packs of cigarettes worth Police have no suspects but are ing to investigate both break ins Ham radio club hosts field day From 2pm Saturday Sunday the Halton Amateur Radio Club will participate in field day 1991 The purpose of this exercise is to test preparedness for an emergency The Amateur Radio Club will set up a complete amateur radio station at the Top o Trafalgar farm on Trafalgar Road just south of Highway 24 During the 27 hours of the event the radio station will contact other amateur stations in the USA and around the world Amateur radio is often the first means of communication available when a disaster occurs e g the California earthquake the tornado in Grand Valley and field day permits amateurs to sharpen their operating skills in a simulated disaster situation The Halton Amateur Radio Club provides communications services for a variety of events in the Halton Hills area including the Crazy Boat Race and the Georgetown Mayor s as well as providing tions for the Red Cross Visitors are most welcome and club members will be glad to demonstrate how amateur radio works Fire Calls False alarms Halton Hills Firefighters responded to three calls this week which all turned out to be false alarms or under control by the time firefighters arrived Monday firefighters responded to an alarm activation at Park Avenue which turned out to be a false alarm At Wednesday afternoon firefighters were called to a hay fire at Lot Concession in Acton which had started from a spark from the tractor exhaust The fire was out when firefighters arrived Later that day at firefighters were called to a Greystone Cres house m Georgetown where a transformer had caught fire in a fuse box The fire was out when firefighters arrived and there was no damage Draw winner Bob Creasy owner of Knechtel Food Market in Moore Park Plaza In Georgetown presents Elaine Lewis with the print she won for entering a draw from Beatrice Foods and Knechtels Only 20 of the prints done by artist Snyder were available to be won in all stores across Ontario Herald photo Town housing needs discussed The Herald Although single family homes will continue to be the dominant type of housing m Hills during the next years there will also be an increase in medium and high density housing during this time That s the message local residents who attended heard Wednesday during a public in formation meeting on the Towns future housing needs held at the Civic Centre The average income per household in Halton Hills is above the Ontario average income per household but a significant number of the Town s population is classified as low income said Susan the Town s housing consultant The existence of low families means the Town in ac cordance with the province s housing policy must provide a variety of housing types Ms MacPherson said According to the provinces housing policy municipalities must provide housing in order that all residents have a place to live Aside from single family homes other types of housing that should be considered for the Town include townhouses semi detached houses apartments situated above commercial establishments and apartment buildings The end result will necessitate intensifications of the Georgetown and Acton urban areas said Ms There has been very little in falsification in Halton Hills to date she said Georgetown resident Ernest Ball said intensification stnkes fear in the minds of many living in the community People came to Georgetown to get away from intensifica he said He said a big reason housing affordable is because of the high cost of land pnces Land pnces are too high because of speculation land flipping ac cording to Mr Bali Ed Starr Region s housing consultant who also at tended Wednesday s meeting countered Mr Ball by saying his statements are based on a nar row way of thinking Mr Starr explained land costs are too high for affordable housing when single family homes are the only accepted type of housing However the greater number of units located on a piece of proper ly the cheaper the land cost per unit of housing You can hove it both ways affordable housing and no said Mr Starr Both the consultants and those in attendance appeared to agree there is no point talking about building more housing in Hills unless the Town s industrial base starts to grow However the two groups disagreed which should come first the housing or industry Most of those residents who at tended the meeting seemed to agree new industry must be established in Town before new types of housing are considered The consultants said the op posite They argued businesses would locate in Halton Hills if they knew there was affordable housing so their employees could live in Town Local builder David McNally agreed with the consultants He said his company Con struction owns industrial lands in Town and one of the questions prospective buyers ask is what type of housing is located in the community One of the reasons more in dustry doesn t locate in Halton Hills said Mr McNally is because the housing is too expen sive for their employees Those who want to have input on the Town housing strategy can pick up comment sheets at the Town Planning Department located in the Hills Civic Centre The strategy itself will be presented to Town Council July 15 for consideration FCP meet The Family Coalition Party North Executive will be holding its annual meeting this Wednesday 8 00 a Knolcrest Centre 360 Guelph St Georgetown HALTON HILLS COLLISION R R 1 ACTON ONT 853 YOU WIN WHEN YOU BUY QUALITY BRAND NAME FURNISHINGS ALL AT WHOLESALE PRICES Ontario Chesterfield Wholesaler Auto Mall Serving Halton Hills for 18 yrs HOUflS Monday ttfo closed lues i saif equal or lesser 1000500 wine Purchase one complete parr iaeamlteceiw Of regular once omen GEORGETOWN OPTICAL GEORGETOWN MARKETPLACE TEL O350Z CORRECTION NOTICE The advertisement for PARK LINCOLN MERCURY entitled SWELTERING SAVINGS appearing in the Wednesday June 19th issue of the Halton Hills Herald was incorrect The TOPAZ Extra Values Package Discount should have read 1926 plus The Extra Values Package Discount should have read 927 plus The Herald apologizes for any inconvenience these errors may have caused