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RRSPs Alex McKee Mid troce Group You'RE WORTH MORE. POWERFUL Prime Rate Financing 905-702-8774 Your Hometown Newspaper Police recover almost $60,000 stolen property By MAGGIE PETRUSHEVSY The New Tanner Halton Regional Police recovered almost $60,000 in property stolen from area homes and vehicles when they executed a search war- rant on Feb. 23 at a residence on Main Street North in Acton. The search also brought to eight the number of people charged in connection with the "mini crime wave" which struck Acton late last fall. Det. Sgt. Jackie Gordon of One District Criminal Inves- tigation Bureau pointed out the incidents to be put in perspective. "It's not a tremendously high number," she said. "But when you go several months with no break-ins and you suddenly get three or four, that's a crime wave for Acton," she said. Police investigated vari- ous trails after the incidents, Gordon said, and arrested several people earlier this winter. But there is no indi- cation of any connection be- tween the people involved in the thefts. "We didn't have any or- ganized ring behind this or anything like that," Gordon explained. Despite recovering ap- proximately $60,000 worth of stolen goods, some things are still missing. "We'd like to hear from anyone with information on the stolen property," Gordon said. "They can call Det. Const. Jason Heller at 878- 5511, ext. 2417 or Crime clogs at 1-800-222- Police are also trying to identify the owners of gold necklaces and a couple of rings which they recovered. The Acton arrests include Everett Saunders, 20, Terrence Saunders, 22, and Tracy Newberry, 27, all of Main Street N., and Jason ee 21, of Kingham Road. David Aldridge, 19 was 'arrested Feb. 5 and Arkadiusz Hyjek, 18, was arrested Feb. 22. Both men are from Cambridge. Everett Saunders was charged with three counts of possession of stolen property, and possession of a prohib- ited weapon, a knife. His charges involved break and enters at the Blue Det. Const. Brad Cook posed with items stolen in a recent rash of thefts from Acton and area homes and vehicles. - Maggie Petrushevsky photo Springs Golf Course, a Fifth Line, Limehouse property, and Power Entertainment. Terrence Saunders was charged with two counts of possession of a prohibited weapons, knives. Newberry was charged with possession of stolen property under $5,000 in value. The jewellery in her possession came from a Vic- toria Street residence. David Aldridge was charged with possession of stolen property valued at less than $5,000. The jewellery in his possession came from a Kingham Road residence. Jason Aldridge was charged with two counts of break and enter involving Kingham Road and Storey Drive residences. He was also charged with breach of re- cognizance, breach of proba- tion, escape lawful custody and possession of a narcotic. yjek was charged with David White was arrested Jan. 19 and Jason Waterworth on Jan. 20. They were charged in connection with Georgetown thefts and break-ins. Redmen girls in Ont. finals The Acton High Redmen Senior Girls volleyball team clinched a playoff berth in the Ontario Secondary School Federation of Athletics sin- gle "A" championship with a 15-1 drubbing of a Toronto private school team on Mon- day night in Toronto. Acton took game 1 witha 12-3 win over St. Clements, but fell apart in game 2 and had to settle for a 15-12 loss. "Game 2 was the worst the girls have played all year, and the loss really worked as a wake-up call because they fired right back with the 15- 1 win in game 3," explained coach Murray Kittmer. 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Susan, a blood collection and lab worker at Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital, accepted her award from Chamber president Pat Hatch, of Acton. -- Frances Niblock photo Acton woman is named Chamber of Year employee By FRANCES NIBLOCK The New Tanner Acton resident Susan (McGilloway) Robson was "thrilled, happy and shocked" when she learned that she had been chosen Employee of the Year by the Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce. "Tt was kind over over- whelming and really didn't sink in for a while," Robson explained in an interview on Saturday. She received her award during the Chamber's annual Business Achieve- ment Awards banquette last Thursday at the Acton Arena and Community Centre. Robson is a phlebotomist, the person who collects blood samples at Georgetown and District Hospital. She was honoured for making a sig- nificant impact and contrib- uting to the excellence of the hospital through exceptional customer service. 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