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By ANGELA BLACKBURN Oakville Beaver Staff Monaay. For more March a & * _ "" 9e D o ovemenrenemeamernenentt The Halton District Health Council is currently conducting a study _ Break actl.vms,seethe ,\\ / hig. s 7 Cmm that is examining the duplication of health services in Halton. In addiâ€" ‘ Focus section. d z> Â¥w C ‘; 5y p5r <<a ton to paediatrics, five other areas have been identified. They include (Photos by Riziero Vertolli) f:i.\? 2 * _ i7E \ k \Yo-.“,: es _ x cancer, psychiatry, opthamology, urology and cardiovascular surgery. e * * C For more information, call 844â€"4469 B ful f ' fter burgl lash jacket C Ccareclu1, man s warnIng a ter urgIiars SIaSsI11 ] This isn‘t New York. It‘s Oakville. However last Sunday morning, Oakville resident Jim Mambella felt like he was on the big screen in a typical "crime" scene when he stumbled upon two car thieves in his Speers Road apartment‘s underground parking lot. Mambella attempted to apprehend the pair, but wound up being slashed by one of the fleeing burglars. Luckily, only his jacket was cut â€" not his arm, but the experience left him reeling and wanting to make his neighbors aware. "People are unaware of how close it is to home, it‘s in your own backyard. It‘s scary," he said. "I was just doing what I thought as a human, you were supposed to ®.71 Around 11:30 a.m. on Sunday Mambella, a 31â€"yearâ€" old millwright employed by Dofasco, who‘s also been functioning as a relief (weekend) superintendent at his apartment building, was in the underground parking lot doing a check of the garbage facilities. As he strolled to the end of a corridor, he caught sight of his next door neighbor getting into her car. The two waved and she drove away via an exit ramp. At the same time, Mambella heard "mumbling" from a rear corner of the garage. He glanced over and caught sight of two men ducking by a car parked near the rear wall. _ Cellular phone inâ€"hand, Mambella dialed 911 and gave his address. One of the men rushed at him, "clipped" him, wrecking the telephone and darted up the same ramp on which the car had just left. TB Despite the recent winter weather, spring is really coming. Proof of this is the start of the annual maple syrup exhibits at the Mountsberg Wildlife Centre and the Crawford Lake Conservation Area in north Halton. Marc Donald, 4, (above) peeks into sap bucket while Sharon Dentinger (right) gives daughter Krista a sweet taste of maple syrup at Mountsberg. Both areas are open each day during March break starting Monday. For more March Break activities, see the Focus section. 184 I A Metroland Community Newspaper Vol. 31 No. 29 aKe l ore Rd E., Oakville 845â€"5582 irlington 639â€"1372 & en gr {1 t So _ oBPXE 5 "Your Awardâ€"Winning Community Newspaper ... Wh W Mambelia chased the man but was outrun. Mambella 2 tumed and saw the second man just standing near the m â€" garage‘s rear wall. e > 4 As Mambella ran toward him, the man darted out a * door and up a flight of stairs. + "I wasn‘t even aware it (the stairwell) existed," said $ } Mambella. Dimly lit, with one bulb burned out on the » second landing, Mambella continued after the suspect. 3P * Mambella reached through the railing in an attempt to trip the fleeing man, but his prey turned, swore at the relief superintendent and then struck out at him. Mambella put his arm up to shield himself. When he. lowered his arm he discovered gashes in the sleeve of his jacket, halted his pursuit. The suspect fled upwards and out a rear door to the outside. Mambella returned to his apartment and called police who quickly responded. Mambella, who moved to Oakville from St. Catharines last September, said the full realization of what could have happened bowled him over in the wake of the incident. So too did "off the record" reports he said neighbors made to him of other incidents that have happened â€" at the same time Mambella said he was being advised to leave the issue alone. Mambella pointed out the danger the two suspects, one apparently armed with a knife, could have posed to his female neighbor had she been alone in the underâ€" ground garage. "I‘m shocked that this happens on a daily basis and our society permits it. Nothing is being done. I feel sorry for the police, what can they do unless the public helps them," said Mambella. k 1 CLASSICS HAND SEWN LOAFERS WEDNESDAY. MARCH Public has two weeks to comment on latest Board cost cutting plans On Monday night, planning and development council passed a motion by Ward 2 councillor Kathy Graham to send the proposal back to staff for further discussions involving the developer and members of council, namely the four councillors whose conâ€" stituents will be affected most by the development. Town puts brakes on highâ€"rise development Councillors want more discussion on massive project By SAL BOMMARITO Oakville Beaver Staff t‘s back to the drawing board for a highâ€"density, Ihigh-rise residential development slated for the Genstar Development Corporation property on the northwest corner of Speers Road and Old Mill Road, just south of the Cross Avenue GO Station. Jim Mambella and jacket cut by knife:crime too close to home. Oakville Beaver Staff By ANGELA BLACKBURN The Halton â€" Board of Education is giving the public two weeks to respond to 10 budâ€" get cuts suggested by trustees Monday before the board debates and votes on the potential cuts and currently proposed $291 milâ€" lion 1993 budget. The budget, presented at Monday‘s finance committee meeting represents a 2% increase that will translate into a 4.01% millrate increase on the tax bill. It was reached after trustees directed staff to cut a further $2.4 million from the previously proâ€" posed budget. Those cuts saw another $1.4 million hacked out across the sysâ€" tem and assumes a further $1 milâ€" lion will be raised if 4,000 board employees agree to voluntarily An information meeting sponsored by parents concerned about the possible loss of paediatric services at Oakvilleâ€"Trafalgar Memorial Hospital has been set for tonight (Wed. March 10th). The meeting will be held in the gymnasium of St. Mildred‘sâ€"Lightbourn School at 7 p.m. The school is located at 1080 Linbrook Rd. Information meeting tonight on OTMH paediatric services The Apple Logo is a T Canadian Computer a j N. Sales, Service, Software Support E& Training Outlet PP VJX ?rE give up a day‘s pay That issue has been a matter of hot debate, particularly with the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation which was told by its provincial body to oppose the move on the basis that it equates to reopening the collecâ€" tive agreement. Principals received a voluntary letter Monday to distribute to staff yesterday and the board expects responses by Friday. If no one agrees, the board will be looking at 75 layâ€"offs. Depending on how much is raised, that numâ€" ber could be reduced or eliminatâ€" ed. On Monday however, the board heard from five Burlington delegations still calling for cuts, some suggesting a 0% millrate increase â€" or less. Burlington resident Rick Craig leveled criticism at the board for (See ‘Board‘ page 2) (Photo by Peter McCusker) Genstar is proposing a mixedâ€" | _‘ P use development which would ; PV * include 382 residential apartment | * P# units, 930 square metres (10,000 "~kamy ananam sq. ft) of retail space and 2,300 square metres (25,000 sq. ft.) of commercial floor space. The development would have a variety of (See ‘Development‘ page 4) The property is located just east of the Sixteen Mile Creek in Ward 3. 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