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Paget SECTION A THbHbH ALP Wednesday August Keeping the highways safer Impaired drivers cant hide it There are few places where an paired driver can hide according to Police 11 Division breathalyzer technician Ron Hrcak All we need Is reasonable to ask for a breath sample said Constable wro added lhai symptoms of intoxication are obvious Most symptoms you see are the same slurred speech red glossy Sea there an odor of strong on their breath their com might be red and they re unsteady on their feet lacking co ordination The more impaired the person the greater the symptoms he added And these symptoms attract police attention Impaired drivers will drive at Inconsistent speeds swerve In their lanes and misjudge distances said Constable Once impaired driving is suspected police can administer a breathalyze called ALERT Alcohol Level Evaluation Road Tester available In the police cruiser or the suspected offender can be driven to the police station where the breathalyzer technician will prov pretested equipment determining the alcohol to blood ratio A suspect who blows into ALERT and falls is immediately taken to the police station for further testing A blowing with between and 100 mg of alcohol in the bloodstream Is given a bow driving suspension The driver licence is physically taken by police and must be retrieved at he station the next day said Con stable Most people ore cooperative when given the test said the constable but he added that in the breathalyzer tests he s ad there have been at tempts to avoid the Some people would pretend they fallen asleep or passed out so they wouldn have to take the test he said The system used by Halton police is an apparatus con talning viols of a potassium dichromate mixture a liquid which loses color when mixed with alcohol When the suspect puffs Into the blow fog device with its plastic wrapped mouthpiece the breath Is trapped inside to be measured vhen a dial is turned to analyze The analyzed breath can then be read for its alcohol content If the level is above a meter reading or per cent or Impaired driving charges are laid A conviction Is not made until police give testimony at a Hilton Police Ron the vial of liquid that determines the alcohol level in a suspect bloodstream This breathalyier model stay in the trial and the suspect is proved to be guilty More stringent laws against paired driving including a years suspension for the first offence the Initiation of the RIDE program and increased television commercials Creel net and it used by the technician but police alio have access to ALERT Alcohol Level Evaluation Road Tester Herald photo create awareness of the dangers of Impaired driving but more can be done If people could become more aware If they could see what I seen There are many injuries and deaths from impaired driving Region debates project plan for Hungry Hollow hot spot Regional Chairman Peter voiced disapproval of a plan to rebuild Mountain view South In Georgetown at a Regional Council meeting Wednesday Mr Pomeroy said the problems experienced on what Halton Region planner Bruce Kitchen called a dangerous road could be settled for money A thousand dollars and a mirror for thai Intersection tat Summit Lane would do a lot more than ding he told regional coun members According to a preliminary feasibility report conducted by the region planning department Maunlainvlcw Road between 10 and Summit Lane a stretch known as Hungry Hollow provides poor visibility to motorists And the flashing light placed on the road docs little good sad Mr Kitchen It a severe location I hud to put blind faith In that flashing light he said Mr Kitchen said that WO vehicles travel Mounlalnvlew Road dally often at excessive speeds There have been live accidents In the area In the lost eight or nine months he said The planning department would like to cut the top off the hill and widen the roadway Mr Kitchen said These two things will Improve the stopping sight distance A delegation appearing before regional council reminded coun that its an election year You have responsibilities The delegation including Bob Stuart a Metcolfe Court said the region should practise budgetary restraint saying it was unfair to listen only to the demands of five Summit Lane residents The road Is not being fixed for five people it being fixed for everyone using Mountain view Road replied Mr Kitchen Mr Stuart called for a less costly solution than the proposal Instead suggesting a no left turn sign be placed at Summit and Mounlalnvlew Road Regional councillors themselves disagreed with ihe results of Mr Kit preliminary study of Hungry Hollow Coun Bill Johnson said he was reluctant to fund a project that might only be a temporary measure Johnson expressed concern that someone would clobber a stopped vehicle on Mountainvlew Road And Coun Walter disagreed with any funding for a pay for road costs said Halton regional read plan Is a vestige The origin of Road Souths problems He in poor Chairman Peter lold Ihe council The Summit Lane should never have been put there he said Nobody told ihe provincial ministers that we were trying to develop Georgetown south Coun Pam Sheldon suggested that costs for the levelling and widening of Road South if ap proved could be partially paid for by Property Corporation the company constructing the near by subdivision But no action will be taken for several years said Mr Kitchen The project will not reach the construction stage before 1990 maybe 1991 he said The ultimate solution Is at least five years away The Region will continue its feasibility study of the area and wilt present a more complete report before Regional Council at a later date plans introduction of new processing fees Property owners whose land lies In the Credit Valley watershed will soon pay a processing fee in order to make alterations to their land The Credit Valley Conservation Authority has approved a processing fee to help cover the costs of ministering the more nan 300 ap plications It receives each year Personal residence or property owners and member municipalities which flic applications to make alterations to land or buildings on CVCA land will now pay a MS pro cessing foe Anyone else will pay The new fee goes Into effect on The Authority wants to recover part of the a year it incurs In processing costs said Barron general manager of the CVCA We got to become more self sufficient she said However the new processing fees will only recover about of the actual costs she said Two other conservation authorities do have processing fees and 36 others have not Initiated such a fee said Ms Barron Solo parents Peeling lost after separation divorce or the loss of a loved one due to bereavement Dont feel that you are alone you are not For more Information about a club formed to help you adjust to single life through social contacts and club activities call 8778094 Ellle or 452034B Brampton Solo Parents Associated DENTURE THERAPY CLINIC AW TRENTON DT 18 CHURCH 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Georgetown during Warriors Day ceremonies This year was no exception However Branch President Hank Russell and the members of the Georgetown Legion were left speechless when gifts were being ex Escapes injury A yearold Georgetown Injury when his CMC ml a house Aug Police say the man was adjusting his seat belt when the car went out of control hitting an east curb on Weber Drive and veering aci road toward house which received damage its roof and veranda The driver charged under the Highway Traffic Act Commander Robert Webb of Post presented two citations to the Georgetown Legion The Inscription on one award read The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Michael S Dukakis Governor to Royal Canadian Legion Branch 120 In appreciation for your annual participation with the American Legion Post in Canada Warriors Day and the United States Memorial which Is deserving of recognition by all the citizens of Massachusetts It was signed by Dukakis Governor The other award presented to the local of the legion read In recognition of their participation annually with the American Legion Post Plymouth in Canada War riors Day and the United Stales Memorial Day Be It further known that the Massachusetts Senate extends best wishes for continued success it was signed Win Bulger Presi dent of the Senate Halton Hills Mayor Miller gave each member of the American contingent a glass engraved with tht Town of Hills crest