Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), May 14, 1980, p. 11

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PC Poot Tho Acton Wednesday May 1980 11 HEY KIDS WIN YOURSELF A 3SPEED BIKE Model Retail Value Of 15000 Its On Display At Our Store ENTER OUR COLOUR THE BEAR CONTEST HERES HOW Colour The Bear On The Opposrte Left- Page Of This Newspaper USE CRAYONS OR COLOURED PENCILS 2 Colour Every Part Of The Picture Including Ladder Hammer and Saw At The Top Of The Page Clearly Your Name Age Address and Telephone Number Including Area Code 4 Bring Your Entry To Your Closest Cashway Store DO NOT MAIL All Entries Must Be Handed In By 5 P Next Saturday May 24 Children Of Cashway Employees Are Not Eligible To Participate You Must Be 12 Years Of Age Or Younger One Winner Will Be Declared Per Store Winning Entry Will Be Posted Wed May 28th Judging Will Take Place At Each Of Our Stores On The Basis Of Neatness Skill and Imagination The Decision of The Judges Will Be Final And The Pnze Must Be Accepted As Awarded No Substitution Can Be Considered There Will Be One Winner And One Prize Per Store And The Winner Will Be Notified Immediately After The Judges Have Reached A Decision The Winning Entry Will Be Posted In Each Store OPEN WEEKDAYS AM PM SAT TO PM THURS FRI TO PM IN SOME THESE HOURS COULD SLIGHTLY PLEASE CHECK 25 STEELES AVE EAST just west of Hwy 25 MILTON 8788487 Working In hometown number one Despite the many and disadvantages of Policing the com where you live at least one local officer choose any community over his hometown Regional PC Jack attended rural elementary schools Clay hill and Glen Williams before moving Into Georgetown He attended Howard school where his father Dick worked as After completing his studies at town High School Poot worked a track driver for sev en years In under the old Georgetown force started work in the town of Georgetown as police officer At this time the patrolled the rural areas while the George town force looked after in town Since I change to regional government says he would guess about flj per cent of the old Georgetown force are still In town I found it very ult when I put on that iform a sign of authority and started In town I knew all the people and had grown up with them but when I walked Out In uniform I found I have as many friends as I thought he sold Whether you come from town or live in the area It t make a difference with how you get along with the public according to Poot No matter where the officers ore from some will get along great and others won It depends on the officer Some nat urally public relations type people while others who may have always lived In town stick right to the book Although he grew up in Georgetown has experienced the feeling of working in another community He was sent miles up the road to Ac ton From his experience In Acton said ho learned the Importance of wanting to get to know It mat where you re from you ve got to want to try to communicate Poot said when he was first sent to Acton he was fighting an inner conflict Georgetown was where he grew up and where he wanted to work At first I just did my Then I found out you can just sit in the back ground An officer has to make on effort and get out It takes com with the 11c to do the Job right he says Poot has represented the force through various sports events in the com and says when he hangs up his uniform he would like to take part as a member of the com munity He now lives In rural with his wife and three children An active sportsman Poot is now on the regional base ball team enjoys fishing and takes a week long holiday each year to referee at the bantam tournament Poot says the new Stop Lock Walk and Talk pro gram is a great Idea but not a new one When I first on the old forco we did four hours beat Tour hours car Its difficult for the regional force The area has grown and colls have to be he said He feels It s a great public relations program and will help both public and police feet more at ease with other The uniform t scare the public away most of the guys want to get to know the public be cause we can do it without them he sold Jock it con be difficult as cop in the town where grew up but if he had a he would never leave his hometown ELKS Monday Night I i i i Pill Preventing crime from happening or solving u I community is NO J he Job of the police but Til ims ween to Inspector Matt Native Bob with children from School Communicating with the la essential for successful police work plays an important part in the role of crime prevention A CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND HAPPENINGS IN AND AROUND ACTON Solvu on A oca E St For on Mondays only phono 332 Clothos of I bo Crime Prevention and fighting may be the Job of the Police but weeantdo It not successful ly without the support and cooperation of the public he says Sunday May mar the beginning of a nation wide campaign known as Police Week Through the media visits to schools and common events the police try to improve relations with the public and the people they deal with on daily basis by explaining their work and more import relating to the community Since Regional govern ment in Hills and the implementation of the Halton Regional Force communication with the pucllc has been of growing concern to the police According to many of the uneasy about dealing with tic Force which some of public ha voiced has come about without reason I would like to think any citizen would feel free to approach any of regardless of ether or not he lives or grew up in the area Police work in Burlington Is he same as Hills We have the concerns with our main duty being to serve and protect the public Our work is only effected by the cooperation we rec from citizens he said Of the officers in OAKVILLE LEGAL CLINIC The Clinic will now operate every Wednesday between 7 30 9 30 from 225 Church St effective May 1980 District One which is composed of George town Acton Milton as the northern parts of and Burlington there ore 4B officers in the Holton Hills area and live in this urea Some have moved here while others were born and raised in town The return of officers to the beat in a form of foot patrols is a step which the police have reintroduced It too many years ago that policemen on the beat were a common sight They now become more visible again with the new Regional Slop Lock Walk and Talk program Designed not only to curb vandalism and littering the return to a type of foot patrol in rush hours has been com mended as a public ions program to make the officers more a part of the community Returning the officer back to the foot patrol will help to improve pub lic relations and enhance out image to the com in addition to crime prevention MacPherson said The Inspector said as much as the police want to be accepted as part of the community they can spend all their time in relations The Job as unpleasant as it some times has to be must be When we are doing police work we are gov by the law We were sworn in and have taken a oath to protect life and property and sometimes we are com pelted to take action the public doesn agree with I think it takes a special individual to draw the line Mac- said Perhaps a way to com bine public relations and police work is through the Inspector suggest ion for the public to con front police We don sec ourselves as other see us and there Is nothing wrong with the public commenting on the work we do and how wo handle situations he says Job term extended Halton Board of Education voted to ex tend the term of em for Super intendent of Finance Bruce Lindley The board voted day at Burlington to keep on staff until next April He was due to re tire last July however the man who was to take his place died THECORPO RATION TOWN OF HALTON HILLS PUBLIC NOTICE To widen and Sltoai from Hall Road westerly to SO mono wont of Noll glvon pursuant to Sactlon 443 446 of The Municipal Act being Chapter of Statutes of Ontario that Council of Town of at mooting to bo hold In Council Chambers Municipal Administration Building Trafalgar Road at on Monday Juno 1300 to comldor enactment to passing a by law for widening and reconstruction of from Hall Road westerly to CO of Delrox A plan showing this project and the proposed bylaw may seen In the Engineering Depart Trafalgar Road during office hours Any Inquiries should be directed to the Engineering Department Tho Town of Hills BIBS The Council will hear In parson or by Counsel any parson who claims that hi lands will be prejudlcally affected by the said by law who applies to hoard Parsons wishing to ba heard should notify the office of under DATED Town of this day of May Kfl CLERK ADMINISTRATOR TOWN OF HILLS MAIN HALTON HILLS GEORGETOWN ONTARIO L7G4X1 HELP THE MENTALLY RETARDED Support the Rowers of Hope COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS LTD 8770588 GEORGETOWN

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