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Wednesday The newest commander of the Sergeant Marty Van Doren and the painting that greets visitors to the Lakeshore Road office This of flee is In charge of the federal policing for the Region Heraldphoto Halton Hills is no Den of Iniquity says Hills is not considered a real den of iniquity says the newest Commander of the Oakville detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police The Oakville are respon sible for implementing federal policing for the Region of Halton Sergeant Marty Van Doren said Sgt Van Doren took charge al Oakville in September of last year and believes he has taken over an already work efficient force Last year the RCMP seized about worth of items including aircraft vehicles and liquor Most of these items were imported il legally into Canada According to Sgt Van Doren the RCMP also helped arrest 22 illegal immigrants and charged two employers with ten counts of pro viding employment to unauthoriz ed people in Seventy nine video cassettes were seized from Halton video centres that had been illegally produced Tins is just the tip of the iceberg the says Sgt Van said he is trying to build up people awareness of the in Halton by trying to alert the media quicker than they Guest speakers If youre suffering from the winter blahs then the University Women a Club March speaker just might have the solution Shirley Routliffe will speak on the topic of Discovering the Elf in Yourself Putting laughter back into your life Her light Held March at Centennial School Ms lion will begin at 8 30 in the Library Resources Room SAME DAY TAX RETURNS 101 Guelph St Georgetown 8772217 have been alerted in the past Sgt Van says being an RCMP officer has always been a goal of mine He was born and raised in Minto New Brunswick He joined the force right after graduating from high school and went through six months of tough rigorous train both physically and His training continued for another six months in the field In September he became part of Toronto s general enforce ment and drug section In 1979 he became the constable in charge of the drug enforcement section Later in his career while work at Pearson International Air port he was promoted to corporal In 1985 he was transferred to Strat ford Last September he was pro moted to sergeant and took charge of the Oakville Apart from his police work Sgt Van is currently enrolled at Sir Wilfrid Laurier University in Kitchener Waterloo He is attempting to earn a bachelor of arts with a double major in criminology and sociology He is in the process of completing his fourth full credit and realizes it will take a number of years to graduate I enjoy my ANNOUNCING THE GRAND OPENING of HOME CARE PET SITTING Fully Insured Reasonable Rates Years Experience in the Animal Care Field References Upon Request For Mora Information Coll 8531450 job too much to enrol full time he said Sgt Van has been in the area for about six months and says Halton has everything It a a very unique area It has its ma population centre Burlington and Oakville and a pictures que area in Halton Hills he add While he works from the RCMP headquarters in Oakville he lives with his wife Debby and two children Craig and Amanda We have a very close family he said He says his family normally goes for walks on the weekend around parks THE CORPORATION OF THE Town of Hills 1 Hollon Hills Box HILLS Georgetown Ontario L7G 0732600 NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING WARD2EIGHTH LINE Council tor the Town Halton Hills will conduct a Public Meeting to examine and discuss a proposed amendment to the Halton Hills Official Plan to permit a plan of subdivision consisting 20 estate residential lots The 69 hectare acre property is located on the east side of the Eighth Line south the Hills Town Line and Is described as Part Lots 30 and Concession 9 Town of Halton Hills Further information is available in the Planning Department ALL INTERESTED CITIZENS ARE WELCOME Monday April 2 1990 Council Chamber Halton Hills Civic Centre 1 Halton Hills Drive Halton Hills Georgetown File No H 88 Time Date Location Study will examine Acton rail service Acton residents will have a bet ter idea at the end of April whether they will have access to a com muter rail service to Toronto A feasibility study initiated by the Toronto Peter Line Passenger Association will be released at this time snowing the viability of a privately owned and run com muter rail service between to and Kitchener Waterloo At the instigation of Acton Coun cillor Rick the Hide House in Acton recently donated the necessary for Acton to be included in the study Georgetown is already part of the study which got under way in the beginning of February And money provided by the Region of Waterloo is covering the cost of Georgetowns inclusion In the study and the five other original municipalities that are being con as stops on the proposed route The other stops on the K W Line are Weston Brampton and Guelph The association initiated the study in response to the federal Contd on Page 1 1 Trustees ponder 1225 per cent hike d from Paget According to the budget almost more is being given to teachers and staff salaries and wages The increase brings the amount to over million These salaries and wages Cake up approximately per cent of the budget One of the major areas of in crease is called debt charges Mr Jenkins compared these charges to mortgages The board borrows money to renovate or build schools and then pays back the money over the course of years According to the budget report the debt charges have increased by over 3 million The charges are now over million with the 37 per cent increase Fees for supplies and services has also risen by over million to the sum of approximately million the budget states Transportation costs have in creased by about per cent ac cording to Mr Jenkins budget The increase takes the cost from 7 million to million Mr Jenkins also noted employee benefits will increase by over 26 per cent The budget states the in crease is million taking the cost up to 3 million The board of educations finance committee is currently going through the budget extensively The board in a Committee of the Whole meeting will vote on the budget later this year you dont have to be a fortune teller to know where to get the BEST RESULTS just call WORD ADS 17 words or leu EASY SELL Prepaid S3 Private Party For Sale Adi- 50 Word Adi 9 50 Additional Wordi S MM 8778822 and ask for Classified Ads the HERALD 45 Guelph Street Georgetown