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4- The Oakville Beaver Weekend, Saturday June 17, 2006 www.oakvillebeaver.com For the Love of Dad ... And Waffles! Looking for a great way to treat Dad on Father's Day? How about an amazing breakfast of Belgian waffles with strawberries and whipped cream, bacon and sausage while listening to the Russ Little Dixie Land Band in the background? Time: 9:30 ­ 11:30 am Date: Sunday, June 18, 2006 Location: Wallace Park, between Allan and Reynolds, just south of Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital Cost: $5 per person The Father's Day Breakfast is one of the many activities to take part of at the OTMH Classic 5k Run/Power Walk/3k Family Walk, held on Sunday, June 18, 2006. Whether you are joining in the Run, Power Walk or Family Walk, or just want to go out for breakfast - all are welcome! The OTMH Classic is still accepting registration. You can register online, or in person at the Running Room, 156 Lakeshore Road E., on Saturday, June 17, 2006. Proceeds will be used to purchase much needed equipment for the OTMH Intensive Care Unit (ICU). For more information: www.otmhclassic.com or call Aleta Mayer: 905-845-2571, ext. 4351 Crown seeks hefty penalty for landowner who cut 20,000 trees Crown wants $220,000 fine, defence lawyer suggests $6,000 By Stephanie Thiessen SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER Trafalgar Road. Vastis and his numbered company were convicted last month of 44 counts of cutting trees in Three years after he plowed down more than a woodlot and in an Environmentally Sensitive 20 acres of trees from an environmentally sensi- Area (ESA) in April and July of 2003, contrary to tive area, George Vastis's fate now lies in the hands the Forestry Act. of a justice of the peace. Vastis pleaded not guilty to the "This is perhaps Thursday afternoon, summations charges in 2004. in his sentencing hearing concluded, one of the most Thursday, 22 of those counts -- for meaning an end to the highly publi- serious environcutting in a woodlot -- were stayed to cized, possibly precedent-setting case mental infracprevent a duplication of charges. is in sight. Vastis needs to be slapped with a tions that's come Not surprisingly, the outcomes severe penalty to send a message to before the courts sought by the prosecution and the the community that "This cannot in Ontario." defence are very, very different. happen again," Olah said, adding At Ontario Provincial Offences Vastis made a calculated effort to Court in Milton, Crown Attorney Crown Attorney ignore the rules. John Olah described Vastis, a John Olah The fact the tree clearing was done Burlington resident, as a sophisticatfor profit to build a golf course -- ed businessman who knew exactly what he was which Vastis continues to deny -- should result in doing when he neglected to get the necessary per- an even harsher penalty, Olah told the court. mits before clearing about 20,000 trees on his That Vastis offered no apology is something Fourth Line property in Milton near the Oakville else Justice of the Peace Jerry Woloschuk should border. keep in mind, the court heard. Olah tried to impress upon the court the seriDefence lawyer David Crocker urged the court ousness of Vastis's actions, and recommended that to keep the situation in perspective. he be ordered to replant the forest -- to a tune of "Mr. Vastis is not a criminal. He hasn't murabout half a million dollars -- and pay a fine of up dered anyone. He hasn't raped anyone. 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