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the HERALD- Community News Friday July 1991 POLICE BEAT Numbers To Note EMERGENCY Police Fire or Ambulance Dial 1 Fire Information Police NonEmergency 878551 1 Hospital 8770111 Distress Centre 8771 21 1 The ft charges Halton Regional Police ar rested an Acton man a Caledon man and a Milton man Wednes day and charged them with theft over after they were caught stealing railway anchors metal pins securing the railway tracks from CN Rail at Eastern Avenue and Mill St in Acton Police say the three men were at tempting to make off with worth of railway ties when a worker caught them in the act All three will appear in Milton court Aug 26 Goods stolen Police say approximately worth of power tools stereo equipment rings elec tronic equipment and cash was stolen from a Georgetown home on Hwy north of 22 Sideroad Ju ly 22 Unknown culprits entered the house through the back door and removed numerous items before loading them into a vehi cle parked in the driveway at the front of the house say police The front door of the house was left open when the culprits fled Police believe they may have been scared off since several items were left at the front door Police are continuing their in vestigation Man warned A Georgetown man who claim ed hes been stabbed has been warned by police who discovered the man was lying Police say the man was taken to Georgetown Hospital July with what looked like a stab wound in the right thigh a 10inch superficial cut to his forehead and an eightinch superficial cut to his chest The victim was released and police warned him he could have been charged with public mischief Indecent exposure Police are investigating yet another report of a male following several reports that were lodged by local women earlier this year Police say last Wednesday a woman was mow ing her grass when she saw a man masturbating while wat ching her The suspect lied to a neighboring farm after realizing he had been seen by the victim a Georgetown woman The man has been described as a white male with a good tan who has short black hair and an average build Park vandalized Police report unknown culprits planted flowers upside and ripped a Bell Canada cble off a building in Cedarvale Park in Georgetown between July 20 and 22 Police report the flowers were removed and replanted upside down Public mischief A Glen Williams man has been charged with public mischief after the car he had reported stolen was found abandoned and damaged Police say the 28-year- old man had reported his Chevrolet Camaro stolen but later denied the car had been stolen when police found the car had been involved in a motor vehicle collision and abandoned The man will appear in Milton court Aug 19 Minor injuries Police say two people were thrown from their vehicle when it collided with another car on 22 Sideroad west of Line July 21 Police say the Georgetown driver and a Georgetown passenger in a Honda were ejected from their car after it col lided with a Chevrolet sedan driven by a Georgetown man The driver of the Honda lost con trol of his car on a curve and crossed into the oncoming lane where he struck the Chevrolet The ejected victims were taken to Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital The driver suffered minor injuries while the passenger sustained minimal in juries The passengers in the other car were unhurt Police have charged the Honda driver with careless driving Fire Calls Hills firefighters responded to only one call during the past week This call came Wednesday evening from Sideroad just west of Georgetown When they arrived they were required to ex tinguish a rubbish fire that was burning at the side of the road Firefighters report that it was caused by a brush that had caught fire and no damage was caused Clarification In last Wednesdays edition of The Herald it was stated in the Police Beat that the Glen Williams company Black Box Radio Remote Controls was in receivership and that several employees had been fired In ac tual fact several jobs ceased to exist when the company went into receivership so employees were no longer able to work at the com pany The Herald regrets any in convenience that may have caus- Local ProLife group forms By LISA BOONSTOPPELPOT The Herald With plans to spread their message and open a new office in Georgetown the North Halton Association is now an independent fully autonomous organization As of April this year the NHPLA branch of the ProLife Association broke away from the Halton Association to form their own organization Georgetown resident Irene Menken whos on the board of directors for the NHPLA said with 600 active members the organization has the numbers to form a solid organization As well she said as part of the Halton Association members were having too far to travel when meetings were held in Burl ington The mandate of the organiza tion is to educate the genera public on all the prolife issues Basically we believe the baby is a person from the moment its conceived said Ms Menken We as a prolife movement are Christians from all denomina tions who feel abortion is wrong and want to educate the public about that Presently the group does presentations for any school church and men or ladies groups who ask In the presentation they talk about the unborn baby follow its growth from conception to birth and discuss alternatives to abortion for unwanted pregnancies she said A valuable service they offer is a referral service We have all the numbers of different organizations available to help women who decide to keep their babies services that offer both emotional and financial sup port said Ms Menken The also to support Birthright in Milton an organization that provides sup port to individual pregnant women The next plan intends to undertake is securing an office in the Georgetown area where pregnant young women could go to talk and people could call for information or to book a presen tation Ms Menken estimates it will take at least a year before an of fice is set up We have to get set up financially first she said The board is chaired by Grace Steenhof of Milton and board members are Gori Tony Smyth Mark and Mike Kennedy Anyone interested in con tacting the NHPLA can call or write to the North Halton Association Box 23011 Milton Ontario Georgetown man charged A Halton Hills man pleaded guilty to assault and assault caus ing bodily harm in Milton Court general division Tuesday July Stephen Woodbridge 27 will be sentenced in Milton Sept 5 when his probation officer will present a presentence report to the judge detailing his family history said a court officer with the Halton Regional Police A charge of forcible confine ment was dropped by the court Halton Regional Police officers charged Mr Woodbridge Feb when he surrendered himself to police after severely assaulting a woman Police say the woman was visiting a friends house when Mr attended the residence and began to assault her He forced her into his vehicle and for approximately two hours drove around the northern part of Halton beating her continuously When they reached the area of Highway and Highway the victim was able to free herself from his grip and jumped from the moving vehicle She ran to a transport truck which was mov ing slowly on the ramp and jumped inside The driver telephoned Halton police and an ambulance The victim was taken to Milton District Hospital where she was admitted suffering from multi- ple facial internal injuries and severe bruising Developers protest proposed charge Continued Page 1 Coun Marilyn Serjeantson also showed concern for charging a commercial and industrial development fee for the same reason In the end council decided to wait for the results of the ongoing public scrutiny of CN Watsons recommendations The public has until August 23 to submit comments on the development charge recommen dations The consultant also recom mended builders be charged a total of for Town and hydro related servicing accompanying construction of a new house Builders and developers are cur rently charged 5000 for a single family home The increased figure like the proposed industrial and commer cial charge ensures servicing for new developments is charged to the developer and not to the ex isting taxpayer Local developer and Halton Hills construction vicepresident Pilutti urged council to at least reject the commercial and in dustrial proposed development charge He argued there has been no in dustrial growth in Town for several years and the current recession means the proposed charge is unfair and logically flawed Mr suggested when the economy comes out of the reces sion in two or three years he predicted then council could reconsider imposing a develop ment charge on industrial and commercial development Hills Chamber of Com merce General Manager Doug asked the consultant a series of questions focusing on the data used to arrive at the con clusions the implication being the data may be inaccurate or misguided As requested Ms Kilgour said she would respond to the ques tions id writing as quickly as possible It will be tough to attract new growth with the development charges when there has been no growth without them he said Kent McCure representing the Halton Hills Construction Association questioned the con sultant on the decision not to dif ferentiate between types of com mercial and industrial develop ment at arriving at the recom mended development charges Since different types of in dustrial development use Town and hydro services to various degrees it makes sense the charges for commercial and in dustrial development should vary accordingly said Mr McClure Ms Kilgour said the industrial and commercial charge is an average based on various types of development It would have been too difficult to recommend a charge for every type of and industrial development she said Council will again consider the proposed development charge Sept Grain prices Continued Page understands how serious the situation is he explains that sub sidies are not the answer The farmers have a good case but subsidies are what have in fact caused the low prices stated Mr Turner We need to find longterm solutions Mr Anthony said a number ot people currently in farming are near retirement age Young peo ple are reluctant to take over he said because of the industrys dim future Eventually we could hvae a shortage of farmers here in On tario said Mr Anthony DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN GET YOUR OIL CHANGED IN UNDER 10 MINUTES OIL LUBE and FILTER YOUR COMPLETE CAR CLEANING NEEDS AT COMPETITIVE PRICES YOUR CAR OIL WITH A SPECIALLY BLENDED YES YOU CAN AT of MOUNTAIN VIEW R0 ARMSTRONG AVE 8779394