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Halton suggests tough action on drunk drivers Drivers who refute to undergo a police teat should pay a Miff penalty of six month In Jan says council That was one of a lengthy list recommendations of the provincial and federal governments from Region as it joined the growing battle against drunk driving After a forceful debate council approved the recommendations put forward by out going Medical Officer of Health Peter Cole and added an additional that regional police be given more fundi to wage campaigns against Unpaired driving The most drug Is alcohol said Burlington Councillor Walter who warned that Impaired drivers are lethal weapons He said alcohol abuse is a pervasive soda problem Fifty per cent of all fatal accidents involve its use and per cent of all hospital costs going towards treatment of alcoholrelated problems be said The proposals included a oneyear licence suspension for paired driving and a lifetime suspension for a further offence that all alcoholic bever be labelled the excessive use of this sub stance Is harmful lo your health much like cigarette packages that the provincial government spend more money to promote moderation with alcohol and safer driving that the Liquor Licence Board stop allowing happy hours in taverns Not all councillors agreed with the tough stance taken by council though there no disputing that impaired driving Is a problem that needs more effective pre vention Burlington Councillor Rob Forbes said existing are tough nough Police lust need more money so that they ran In crease and catch more drunk drivers be said He objected to longer suspension sen tenets because those who rely on driving for work and are convicted will be de prived of a Livelihood To social cost of this win be enor mous he predicted Countered Councillor Peter Arch they rely on driving for a living then certainly they shouldnt be drinking and driving Burlington Councillor Joan Little states It is vital to create a stronger deterrent lo those woo might drink and drive The pro blem Is mounting in lives lost property destroyed and medical costs she said As an OrOP ratepayer 1 am sick to death of subsidising ft she said newsmakers Georgetown Acton Wednesday December 14 1963 Georgetown LTD otot 877 5108 Toronto Gibber tells how he was Czeched by secret police Former local sports editor Dents Gibbons now news editor of the Burlington Post had visited Eastern Europe without hassle three limes before Soviet Union twice and Czechoslovakia once on hockey tours But on the first day he arrived in Czechoslovakia with the Burlington midget Cougars this year he was escorted to the total police station by a plainclothes agent of the Czech secret police had two rolls of film taken away from htm and three days later was questioned by local police for two hours about the purpose of his visit to Sumperk is the site of a Soviet army base which includes soldiers Although there are 000 Soviet soldiers in Czechoslovakia they are concentrated in about a halfdozen towns and cities Denis presents a first person account of his unusual experiences in Sumperk On previous visits lo the east 1 been accustomed to chatting with both Soviet and Czech soldiers using the Russian I studied during evening courses at McMaster University The topic has always been hockey and I Com most of them eager to kick around the usual trivia like Who Is the worlds best player Gretxky or and When will Tretlak retire But I discovered the atmosphere changes when you re near a military base fl you re carrying wo cam eras We already been in Czechoslovakia for four days and had played games in the Bohemian region of the country near Prague a town of 30 in nor thern Moravia near the Polish border was to be our home for the next six days while Cougars played in a tournament there The morning after we arrived I set out on my usual solo tour through the town snap ping shots of stores- shoppers churches etc whenlmctafcwSovietsoldiersnotfar the military base which is less than two miles from the town centre We been talking for a while about the performance of this year s Moscow Central Army hockey team when I was approached by a plain clothes officer of the Czech secret police who presented his credentials and politely asked to see my passport I replied that my passport was at the Hotel Grand and further explained that I had taken no photos of military installations and had no intention of dome so But the officer said I would have to accompany him in his car to the hotel We arrived at an Intersection near the hotel when he suddenly told me that wc would be going directly to the local police station instead Doing my best to keep cool I continued to make various requests which included per mission to go to the hotel and show my passport first and a chance to call the hotel and ask to speak to our group interpreter We been at the police station about 15 minutes debating the matter when he finally agreed to drive me to the hotel and get my passport A lady at the desk who spoke very good English explained to me that they suspected I had taken photos of military ob jects and that if I turned over the film from both cameras the matter would be finished handed over the films and the officer put them In a special envelope marked that they should be returned to me providing I was telling the truth Ho left and I hurried off to the arena where the opening ceremonies of the tournament were about to begin a little shaken but confident I had committed no crime Two days later was having lunch at the hotel with the Canadian consulgeneral cy Thorpe who had made a special trip from Prague to support Cougars In the tournament 1 got up from the table to DENIS GIBBONS On hockey Junket retrieve the latest copy of the Hockey News which the Trail B native had requested for afternoon reading As I passed through the hotel lobby on the way to my room I was surprised to meet the same who had picked me up two days before He told me lie now had an official interpreter available and asked me to come with him to his car which was parked about a block away Thinking as quickly as I could said I d be happy to discuss the matter further with him but where we were standing in the lobby not down the street He agreed And so while be fetched the interpreter I naturally ran for Credentials were exchanged and Darcy demanded that if I were being accused of taking photos of military installations they should produce the evidence namely the two rolls of film They replied that they able to develop the particular brand of North American film quickly they were Just doing their Job and that at the moment It was just my word against theirs When I explained that I was scheduled to leave the country a week later they did agree to return the films through the consulgenera if they were okay Chapter 3 of this episode opened Just as politely as the others when I bumped Into the officer in the hotel lobby after breakfast two days later This time he said they needed me at the local police station for about minutes just to sign papers to say the matter was concluded Our interpreter wasn t around so I made sure the biggest guy in our group Frank Buchanan knew where I was going This time I was taken upstairs In the police station to an office which Is as modern as any I ve seen in the western world and old that under Czech law I was required to answer questions I asked for permission to call the consul general who by now had returned to Prague but was told it would be possible only after questioning While 1 sat nervously in an armchair I was questioned for the next two hours by an authority dressed in civilian clothes The questions which were asked in Czech were relayed to me through a lady interpreter who gave the answers back to the authority He then dictated them to a second lady who transcribed the whole dialogue questions and answers onto a typewriter Questions concerned the purpose of my visit to Czechoslovakia ana Sumperk in particular my street encounter with the Soviet soldiers and my previous experience in visiting eastern Europe The questioning was firm but during the two hours I was allowed to visit the washroom twice unescorted and to contact our group inter who by now had returned to the hotel Our man told me on the phone that he was not allowed to come down and represent me that I would have to remain there alone until the questioning was over It finally ended and the interpreter explained that I would have to wait few more minutes for the decision to be reached That was the biggest problem with the whole episode Although everything was properly done and 1 never had a hand laid on me Just when I thought things were getting rosier something else cropped up But this time the news was good The phone rang the authority answered and as the interpreter eavesdropped she nodded to me I was told that protocol had ended and I could go unescorted That was my last facetoface contact with Czech police although I was told I was wat closely by agents in Opava and Prague later Colonel Bill Grant military attache at the Canadian Embassy in Prague was in terested in my case and we discussed it for a half hour when I arrived at the Czech capital Colonel Grant said he had been to Sumperk before himself and never had any problem But he added he could understand why Soviet military personnel would be suspicious about a Canadian with two cameras draped around his neck talking to Soviet soldiers in their language near an my base In the long run the colonel suggested I was very lucky even though I had commit ted no crime In a small town like Sumperk which doesnt attract a lot of western visitors he pointed out police used to having anyone ask for representation or permission to make phone calls when they re picked up The secret police also watch the activity of locals who are usually afraid of the consequences if they protest when stopped The only things missing from the story now are two rolls of film And only lime will tell If they show up Pete was sworn in as Regional Chairman on Wednesday by Judge J at regional headquarters in OakvlUe and thereby ended five yes Mayor of Hilt Landfill drama Burlington site still choice for dump Regional Chairman Pete Pomeroy vowed solid waste management would be his number one concern before he took over as chief executive Shortly after office Wednesday that political hot potato was dropped right into his hands Council took about three hours to decide it was going to stick to Its guns and push for a continuation of the Burlington landfill site as Halton interim waste disposal option dea pile a serious roadblock set up by Ontario s Minister of the Environment Andy Brandt On December 1 Brandt turned down the region request that environmental hear ings for the expansion be vaived He ruled that whichever option It selected tion or shipping garbage to a New York energy from waste facility via a transfer station at the Burlington site hearings must be held under the Environmental Protection Act He also ruled that whatever Its choice should submit a detailed application by January a deadline regional staff say will be Impossible to meet As at its November meeting council decided to push for the continuation option because of the expense of exporting waste to New York It presumptuous to say that most people support the export option said certainly not willing to spend to truck garbage to an EFW plant in New York state Though council is firm in its resolve over the objections of Burlington councillors Bird Walter Mulkewich and Rob Forbes the dock is running down in the region bid to find a way of disposing of Its waste until a longterm landfill site Is chosen and has Its scheduled opening in the summer of 1988 The Burlington site will fill up to Its ap proved limits at the end of July and council was told its application for the continuation of the site will not be ready until mid March will contact Brandt to request a deadline expansion for applications Burlington city council is opposed to the expansion as are neighbours of the site and a ratepayers group This will certainly lengthen the tribunal process and increase legal costs Chief Administrative Officer Dennis also warned that this confrontation could end up delaying the environmental assessment on the longterm nent as well The Burlington opponents favour the New York Export option but because it will cost an estimated 1 13 over three years and will itself involve environmental hear council has ruled it out As well the energy from waste station in New York would only offer to wait for a commitment from until January and with the necessity for hearings the region would only be able to start shipping waste around July l said stair ate Hakes Ctwfstaaas Walts- Uses rati Friday Region land study says town has erred Halton Hills should set less ambitious goals for rural industrial land use and instead direct its efforts to increasing its supply of lands for urban industry says a report Just released by the region The consultants report also suggests the questioned about it 1 think the study is a town has erred in its new official plan by competent one but we will have to do a concentrating lands open to rural industry investigation of it before com in areas it considers only fair for that pur on its findings pose The study says the two areas designated The Rural Industrial Lands Needs Study rural industrial by the town are only fair for was presented to the region s planning cam that purpose primarily because they are mittee last week by Carolyn Kearns of Peter located on prime agricultural land Barnard Associates who said the Intensive It suggests Instead that the best area Is few month study aimed to be realistic and along Hwy and Trafalgar north and to allow to compete in the Greater west of Georgetown It is Ideal states the Toronto Area report because It is on poor farm land is Halton Hills currently has acres adjacent to a major transportation artery designated rural Industrial along the north and is close to municipal water services side of and on the east side of Hwy The report says the town should consider north of Five Sideroad According to the utilizing the Hwy corridor for urban study this far exceeds a projected need of industry but stales it won be needed until only 100 acres up to the year 3011 after the turn of the century when growth addition to in acres presently used for rural starts to extend beyond south Halton and industries In stark contrast the report states Urban Industry the notes will be Halton Hint has immediate reojuiremeoti the major client for land in the region for urban land at existing supplies are counting for per cent of the total Burling already ton and OakvUle will capture the lions The town win of additional share urban land over next the report demand to constrained says and it adds that rto existing acres somewhat by its competitive proposed for an urban industrial Intneregion it says winch include a small the extended Georgetown urban labor pool and supply of business service boaadaryextenaioiilia good start Town planner Ian Keith baa yet to see the distance of Ha urban areas from to of study when freeways