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Overall, sales for the month were 238, down three per cent over May and two per cent over June last year. Today‘s Paper Town approves 13 firefighters for new station Milton was a disaster area for the market with only 15 sales being registered for $2â€"milâ€" lion compared to 23 sales for June of last year for a dollar volume of $3.7â€"million. Statistics just released by the Oakville, Milton and District Real Estate Board show that the dollar volume of June‘s sales dropped 20 per cent to $41.3â€"million compared to May sales and nine per cent off the same period a year ago. Mortgage rates are reaching historic lows but it hasn‘t been enough to give the local real estate market a boost. Disappointing real estate sales off 9 per cent in June INSIDE SPORTS..... FOCUS........... CLASSIFIED EDITORIAL. / TEVBN&LASR Pridham ousted Tennis pro loses in semi‘s SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS Woolco,Pharma Plus, Overdrive 84 Lakeshore Rd. E., Oakville 845â€"5582 389 Pearl St., Burlington 639â€"1372 "We know that sales generally drop off in A Metroland Community Newspaper John and Sarah Riegen beat the heat on the weekend at Bronte Creek Pool. The humidity is now gone but the sun is still shining...ah, summer. . (Photo by 4 MD. CCEP Pg. 14 Pg. 15 aifopistady (glycolic acid). e ue es â€"A~ NOW. _‘ AVAILABLE. Call 842â€"VEIN ~ â€"â€" (8346) 8 H OE 8 â€" 15,16 & 20 sermssse..11â€"14 nvascsace )19 Cxeu DOL Burglars make off with sports gear A 14â€"yearâ€"old Oakville boy was kept in police custody pending a bail hearing on charges of break and enter, break, enter and theft and breach of probation. A 14â€"yearâ€"old Oakville boy was caught in the act Monday when an Oakville man arrived home to find the youth in his living room with his VCR disconnected. The 28â€"yearâ€"old Sumner Avenue man arrived home around 3:25 p.m. to discover a youth standing in his living room. Halton Regional Police say the homeowner‘s VCR had been disconâ€" nected and lay on the floor of a nearby bedroom. Other items in the home had been disturbed. Police say the man apprehended the youth and held him until police arrived. Acting Det. Sgt. Grant Wilkinson said the home had been entered when someone punching out the screen in a rear door and then reached through to unlock the door. "Two sisters were in the backyard gan:dcning at the time of the entry," said Wilkinson. Fourteen year old burglar caught in act by homeowner Thieves with a penchant for sports equipment stole over $500 worth of goods including a bike and skateboard from a Maple Avenue home. Halton Regional Police said the thieves cut their way into the house through a screen window. Sometime between 6:30 a.m. July 10 and 11:30 p.m. July 11, someâ€" one cut open a screen, then removed it in order to lift an unlocked winâ€" dow and then crawl into the home‘s living room, said police. The breakâ€"in happened between 11 a.m. and 12 noon when the culâ€" prits entered the Trafalgar Road house through an unlocked rear door. Once inside, they went into the living room where they pried the lock off the filing cabinet to steal the envelopes of cash. Thieves braved a lot when they broke into the convent house of Holy Trinity Church Monday to steal money while two nuns were doing gardening in the backyard. Halton Regional Police said about $1,000 worth of cash was stolen from envelopes stored inside a locked filing cabinet. Once inside, the culprits helped themselves to a car stereo, a skateâ€" board and a Raleigh bicycle from the garage as well as a small amount of cash. "The numbers probably indicate a fairly CAt vere 238, . substantial drop in house prices in the area," Weim: i two per . said Weima. "The economy is still recovering â€" those and people are still nervous about buying. _ we say ie market â€" Interest rates may be low and prices may be "As r $2â€"milâ€" â€" reasonable but until people feel that their own â€" ures fc f last year personal circumstances favor a move, they ber of won‘t do anything about changing their housâ€" were : rop off in â€" ing situation." summs Thieves steal from home as L nuns work in the garden t -{I ‘Canada s Best Commun Consumer confidence is the key to an improving real estate market, said Weima who noted that the median sale price last month was $185,000 compared to $207,000 for June last year. the summer months," said Board president Other housing statistics for June: Richard Weima. "But last month was the Q 27 per cent of all houses sold in June slowest June we‘ve had since 1990." were priced at less than $150,000 compared to Consumer confidence is the key to an 17 per cent a year ago. Vol. 31 No. 83 AKVILLE BEAVER hn d 5. 223 &4Yc2 /_fz /ermr ”C;S:NA Better Newspapers Competition 1993 esns Cordura Nylon WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1993 y "As of the end of June, the cumulative figâ€" ures for both the dollar sales volume and numâ€" ber of sales were 79 per cent of what they were this time last year," said Weima. "The summer should be interesting." Q seven per cent of all properties sold last month sold for between $300,000 and $400,000 compared with 14 per cent in June one year ago. "It‘s an unusual year in real estate," said Weima. "This year‘s trends are not following those of other recent years, particularly since we saw virtually no ‘spring market‘ this year." conioiandie‘ Su mt E;F‘m\i,’“ in .-‘"“’A Aolot c m s | “‘;\“h_' \y e Twentyâ€"fiveâ€"yearâ€"old Scott Collier likes to ride jet skis â€" the newest trend to hit Lake Ontario. He also knows the importance of safety and thinks there‘s a gap â€" and a place for him in it â€" between the fun and the safety. By ANGELA BLACKBURN Oakville Beaver Staff You could say water is the young Rebecca Street man‘s life. ‘ He‘s a senior instructor/lifeguard employed by Jet ski craze: for Scott Collier training and safety comes first Scott Collier: safety comes first with motorized water sports. §q Ree |(DL DOMINION (Photo by Riziero Vertoili) 1XA//YÂ¥WINAJEY _ _ __â€"_ GuUIDE â€" _ SECURITIES To ESTATE PLANNING Man killed in car accident : may have had heart attack orced into cutbacks by the NDP Social FContract and fearful of increasing taxes, :\ Council voted Monday to staff the new Glen Abbey Fire Station with 13 firefighters â€" not the 21 originally recommended in the 1993 Budget. Carothers said traffic was heavy on Hwy 5 at the time of the acciâ€" dent. W Police reverted eastbound traffic into one lane through the :;écldem scene for over four hours. Traffic was snarled for close to five hours as police did technical investigation of the scene. * By HOWARD MOZEL Oakville Beaver Staff A firm determination to augment staffing by kii__ i2 Cl eight more firefighters by next summer was scutâ€" MAnKk BROWN tled, however, as Council passed that decision on to the 1994 Budget Committee. Councillors made it plain that hiring the 21 immediately was the preferred option but found themselves voting against the right thing because of fiscal restraints. In tabling the "hardest motion I‘ve had to make on Council," Ward 4‘s Mark Brown admitted as much but shiftâ€" ed blame back on the province. He said it was never premier Bob Rae‘s intention to put the community at risk but the end result speaks for itself. L None of the other drivers involved in the accident had to be taken to hospital. «4 * The vehicle sideâ€"swiped a 1980 Pontiac Grand Am being driven by 55â€"yearâ€"old Guy Willot of Brantford and then sideswiped a second car, a 1993 Oldsmobile Achieva, driven by 62â€"yearâ€"old John Robert Brown of Oakville. % Auty‘s vehicle then collided headâ€"on with a 1989 Mercury Topaz driven by 3 1â€"yearâ€"old Peter Ahlin of Burlington. . Carothers said Auty was taken to OaEville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy was to be done yesterday morning to determine cause of death. * Carothers said yesterday it was unknown whether Auty had sufâ€" fered a heart attack at the wheel. - An 80â€"yearâ€"old Oakville man died when he lost control of his car on Hwy 5 near Fourth Line Road North Monday afternoon, sideswip* ing two other cars and colliding headâ€"on with a third. M Police said 80â€"yearâ€"old Robert James Auty of Oakville was eastâ€" bound on Hwy 5 at 3:55 p.m. when he lost control of his 1982 Pontiac LeMans and veered into oncoming traffic about 64 metres west of Fourth Line Road North. * . Drivers of the three other vehicles escaped with minor injuries, saui OPP investigating officer Constable Ryan Carothers. 4 council rejects request for 21 firefighters Fire Chief warns of consequences after lne wiee dn oo dhe 54 Pagqs t Collier who did race motorcycles for a time, looked to the jet ski (properly called personal water craft or PWC since Jet Ski is a name brand) about four years ago. \ ' the Town of Oakville‘s Parks and Recreation departâ€" ment. § He‘s also got his own business, Track Side Racing and Water Rescue. s $ 00 He mixed pleasure with business when he began (See ‘Station‘ page 4) (See ‘Sport‘ page 2) Great Fa ‘iT‘s COMING 1O OonKviILLE soon1 UNWORLD 75 Cents (GST included) (Photo by Riziero Vertolli) fly, Fun