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SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday April 4 IJ a Sweaters stolen All they need are the bodies now Nino white hockey sweaters bearing the hexagonal red and black for rep hockey were stolen from the Gordon Arena In Georgetown Saturday afternoon Along with the sweaters practice bibs two water bottles and a first aid kit bringing the theft total to too were taken sometime between 30 and regional police said thieves broke Into locked wooden box in an unlocked storage room Gang beating Four Georgetown men ganged up on a year old Georgetown District High School student at Cedarvale Park Saturday night following a verbal altercation midnight The man suffered a cut to the right side of the head and left finger His left hip was scraped a tooth was chipped and he had a swollen upper lip Halton regional police are investigating Olds mobile stolen Whoever rode on into nee number the sunset In a valued at overnight Saturday Is a The car leased by a wanted man Georgetown man was regional police stolen from the parking are looking for a fern lot behind the McGlbbon green lice- hotel Problems for Acton incinerator Mother Pearl Laura Maiales appeared with pearl drops Ctalre 9 and Kelly MacDonald 8 In the Acton Figure Skating Club production of flan Voyage on the weekend The group performed to packed Saturday afternoon and evening at the Acton Arena Herald photo By MAGGIE HANNAH Herald Special OAKVILLE Con struction of an energy from watte incinerator at Acton Tannery might be economically to Hills but topography of the area and w condltl could create pro blems in designing a smoke stack to meet emission control stand At an open house last Tuesday regional eon John Chandler said air pollution models are only one tool to give an idea of what will actually happen when construction Is complete But given the special air current conditions In the lowlands surround ing the Beard more plant he would be very reluctant to make a judgement on how to control emission conta from an energy from waste plant He Hid many of the contaminants people worry about can be engineered out and the smoke kept to a reason able height Mertnry DENTURE therapy CLINIC J Kohari DT St 7 Georgetown Phone 8778974 Man jailed for extortion Region taxes up by per cent Herald staff A Limehouse man charged with extortion and four counts of theft over was sentenc ed March four months Imprisonment Bruce Edward Irvine was given a three mon ths jail term for each theft over charge to be served concurrently He was given days consecutive imprison on the extortion Robert Edwin McAll liter of was fined for failure to comply with a recognls once order The two it year old men were charged following an incident involving a 17 year old Georgetown District High School student The student also 17 and from L mehouse was leaving the school grounds last February when his gym bag was grabbed by the two men regional police said He was told he could have It back if he paid Police said the men Indicated they had a knife although it was shown and that they threatened the dent with bodily harm Frightened the ent complied with the men withdrawing nil the money for his da Trust bank account a total of and giving it to the men police said First aid course A first aid course Is being offered at the Georgetown Ambulance Hall Guelph and Chapel Streets starting April 10 The course runs each Tuesday night until May 15 for a fee of For more Information call 877 Hospice volunteers needed volunteers are needed North Halton JceTs a volunteer service working with the ill and iHeir families Hjjtiftlnitm s starts early April For more Information Tail lights Dangerous smashed Two tall light on a 1978 Ford were smashed Friday night In the Act arena parking lot Damage was Co home A 38year old Acton man arguing on Acton Hill and Main Streets Friday night was charged with being intoxicated in a public place when he failed to leave when asked to by si police Herald Staff region will collect about SIS more for Its share of the tax bill from Hills res dents year While the ref operating budget tutively set by the administration and finance committee last week has to be passed by council today Wednesday committee members applauded the fact that the budget Increase last year is only 2 Unconditional grants from the pro vince add about million to he region budget Tor a total or about million will also work with capital budget of about of which S3 million comes from the opera I budget lot levies apltnl contributions and transfers of money from the region exist reserves tor the average Halt on Hills homeowner whose property has an assessment of regional taxes will rise from about to This does not Include school or own taxes That means that of the Increase In regional taxes faced by towns ratepayers repre sents the loss of that subsidy Another will go to the Valley Conservation Authority to pay for special on control projects on tho Credit River and its tributaries flowing through Hills The remaining 663 goes directly to the regional In Milton regional taxes will rise about from ties Oak ratepayers where the average assessment is 7 will have a regional tax Increase of about Taxes on the average Oak ville home will go from Inst year to 203 this year In Burlington taxes will rise from 181 to on the average A latecomer item to the budget but which surprised no one was an additional 110 for winter maintenance due to the heavy falls of snow experienced this season The region will be responsible for about of that with the rest coming in the form of provincial subsidies The region budget actually rose about percent INCREASE But thanks to an increase In assessment growth a broadening of tho tax base the region can expect about 400 In revenue which helped tower the increase to per cent PICTURE FRAMING Save 50