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THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday August 1990 Nothing stolen Although a Norman Avenue Acton residence was broken into Tuesday evening nothing was reported stolen Between and m culprits opened the front door gaining access to the home However there were no signs of theft police say A cor dless drill was left by the front door but the drill did not belong to anyone at the residence There was no evidence the drill had been used to open the front door Police are investigating Thieves strike Approximately in various tools was stolen from a tool shed behind a Main Street North Acton residence between Aug and police reported the culprits had little difficulty in removing the padlock on tool shed Police are investigating Man charged After a physical struggle with police at the Acton Sit n Bull Tavern Tuesday night a 28year old Acton man has been charged with being intoxicated in a public place assaulting police and escaping police custody As the Acton man was being arrested for intoxication in a public place and escorted to a police cruiser he broke free from polite and ran down a nearby alley Police pur sued the man on foot and stopped him however the Acton man kicked the arresting officer in the groin before being subdued Fur as the man was being escorted to the cruiser for the se cond time he kicked the resting officer Police had arrived on the scene to charge a 20yeorold Acton woman with assault after she involved in an argument with the owner of the Sit n Bull Tavern after being refused vice Police say she was being escorted out of the bar and began to argue with the owner The Ac ton man grabbed the owner while the woman scratched his face She continued by biting the owner on the left hand puncturing the skin Valuables stolen A Park Street Georgetown apartment was broken into Tues day between 2pm at midnight and cash watches and a VCR were stolen Police say the culprits entered the apartment by prying the deadbolt away from the front door They proceeded to steal in loonies from a bedroom two watches a VCR and ransack ed a main closet Tapes stolen About in cassette tapes were stolen from a Chevrolet pick up between Tuesday at 10 and Wednesday at am Police are investigating Teens injured An a m Tuesday accident at Steeles Avenue East and Fifth Line East resulted in a careless driving charge against 17 year old Milton female Three old Milton passengers sustained minor injuries in the Police say 17 year old female operating i Silver i was travelling west on Avenue she lost control of the vehicle The car went into the opposite lane the gravel shoulder md in to the ditch rolling over Thieves break into several cars Georgetown and Acton were stomping grounds for petty thieves Wednesday night At least six vehicles were entered but nothing of substantial value was stolen Halton Regional Police say Between Wednesday at midnight and 7am Thursday the ble roof of a Volkswagen parked at a Kingham Road Acton address was slashed and a remote control garage door operator was stolen Police say nothing was reported stolen from the garage A vehicle parked at a Road address was broken into bet ween Wednesday and Bam the following morning and a woman s beige leather briefcase with dark brown trim and six cassette tapes were stolen from the car Another vehicle was broken into Wednesday night at Storey in Acton However nothing was reported stolen to police The owner did report damage had been done to the vehicle during the break in A Weber Drive resident was the victim of petty thieves who entered a locked vehicle between p Wednesday and 7am the next morning But the thieves only removed a car insurance slip and other small items Police say the insurance slip was later located and returned to the resident Between 10 Wednesday and Thursday a fishing tackle box was stolen from a Ford Temp parked at a Sims Gate address police say Also stolen was a stuff ed Garfield cat and car repair receipts The thieves did not take loose cash left in the vehicle An attempt on a vehicle parked at another Weber Drive address was also made however further details of the investigation were not available at press time No suspects have been identified by police Illiteracy still a fact of life among five million Canadians Police seeking latemodel van Halton Regional Police in Milton are searching for a late model blue van which was indirectly involved in a fatal motor vehicle accident which took place on Trifalgar Road at interchange on day July 5 At 10 a m on this date a late model blue van which had been parked on the cast shoulder of pulled onto the road northbound forcing a north bound tractor trnlcr unit to swerve into the southbound line avoid it I hi trailer unit wis struck fitallv injur if the male driver i rid injuring passenger Police ire seekinf am tion tint will help Incite the 1 lti model van which did not remain at the scene The van is believed to be either a Plymouth Grand SE or Dodge SE The van was being driven by a female and there was a male passenger If you have any information that may assist In this or any other case CRIME STOPPERS By KAREN BONGARD North Literacy Guild Can you count the number of times you read in a day billboards the newspaper a menu licence plates Probably not For many of us reading happens so fortlessly that we take our ability to read for granted Surprisingly five million dians don have the reading and writing skills to handle common daily tasks according to the Southam Literacy Survev that number grows larger every year That one in individuals who has problems reading hisher child a bedtime story filling out a job ap plication or figuring out the lions on a bottle of medicine The problem is too great for government alone to handle Each year illiteracy costs Canada over billion according to the Business Task Force on Literacy In 199091 the government has committed to spending million in its fight against illiteracy A significant portion of the funding goes toward establishing Workplace Programs where employers are involved in upgrading the skills of their employees Ongoing job training is now more common than ever before Lower skills jobs are diminishing with ad ministralive technical and higher level service jobs the rise In the pist employers had the option of hiring trained staff to fill positions uiring new skills There simply won t be enough young people entenng the workforce to meet our future skills requirements mean ing that existing employees will have to be trained and maybe several times Training and retraining are of no value if employees cannot understand the language used in instruction manuals and in tram ing programs Many larger cor with the foresight and the means are implementing literacy training programs in the workplace as a first step to further skills training Unions too are rais ing the issue of basic skills upgrading at the bargaining table In 1987 General Motors aid the Auto Workers Union jointly com milted to give every employee equal opportunity to achieve highly skilled positions employees now have access to basic literacy training at plant facilities While major corporations may have significant training budgets smaller companies are unable to make similar provisions In order that literacy programs be made accessible to all businesses in HALTON for is mid not ill will In it Hi II 1 t 1 J V Clothing Chlldrtn ALTERATIONS 8771598 77 Main Street South Downtown Georgetown 8731470 WERE YOUR INSURANCE BROKERS WE UNDERSTAND PAUL C ARMSTRONG INSURANCE LTD 143 MILL ST HaRofl HiHs BBKjetown Ontario 8770133 SHOPPING SPREE VALUE STORE NEED AN OIL CHANGE SUPER LUBE NEED YOUR CAR CLEANED SUPER LUBE N ARMSTRONG AVE Milton Georgetown and Acton the North Literacy Guild is of fermg confidential subsidized employee training By involving their employees in the Workplace Literacy Training Program com North Halton will not only benefit through having acted upon current trends but also can expect increased productivity as a result of 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