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4 Independent & Free Press, Tuesday,April 27, 2010 Something to mulch on Judy Henry was among the hundreds of area residents who showed up at the Robert C. Austin Operations Centre Saturday to collect some free mulch and compost as part of the local Earth Day celebrations. Visitors were also able to purchase trees at a discounted rate and drop off their electronic and hazardous waste. Photo by Jon Borgstrom Police blotter Appliances taken from model home Halton Police report a stove and fridge, valued at $3,000 in total, were stolen from a model home that was broken into in the Davidson Dr./Hwy. 25 area sometime Wednesday. ··· Four Stihl cement saws valued at $6,000 were stolen sometime between midnight and 7 a.m. Thursday from a storage container at a Tenth Line property. ··· Halton Police stopped a vehicle on Oak St. about 12:45 a.m. Friday after receiving a call about a suspected impaired driver. The driver of the vehicle fled on foot but officers located him a short distance away. Charged with impaired driving and having over 80 mg of alcohol in 100 ml of blood is John Schira, 27, of Georgetown.