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Task Force established Regional Police in North Halton are taking proactive pohc ing a step further with the creation of a four officer task force Inspector Richard Kivell is co ordinating a task force team which is expected to be in full sw ing by January will make com munity policing more effective The prime mandate of the task force members is to take a more active role in policing whether it be conducting radar checks over an entire shift visiting local bars throughout the night or walking neighborhood streets during the weekend The officers will be doing more than wnting report after report explained Kivell It s up to the officers to recognize the needs of a particular neighborhood based on their own observations and the input of residents and even the Town of Halton Hills The officers will take turns each for a month at representing the task force in the community Two officers are currently on the task force however the second pair have not yet been selected Insp Kivell said the officers on the task force will also identify in creasing crimes in areas using statistics and focus on those areas It not sufficient to say crime is up in town he said Insp Kivell maintains that proactive policing involves examining crime reports and anticipatingwhen culprits will strike again The police community consul tion committees will also par in setting the agenda of the task force so that committee members can provide insight into neighborhood problems There s nothing wrong with trying new insists Kivell It doesn t matter if police have been using the same method for 20 years he said If there another way to do something then let try it With the exception of busy sum mer hours there is really no reason why officers cannot com community policing duties on their shift insisted Members of the proactive task force be called away from neighborhood stop lock walk and talk duty he said He understands officers complain they never have the time to walk the neighborhoods but argues they can find the time to do it if they look for it Train fatality A 38yearold Acton man was killed Thursday at a m near the Guelph and Rockwood border after being struck by a freight tram Ontario Provincial Police say Richard Gordon was walking on tram tracks in the foggy early morning hours when he was struck bv a westbound CNR train in the circumstances prior to lit 111 I Polica Pi Pi 16 Council Pi Pi 18 Tumor Pi Education Pi Pi M Sports Pi Editorial Pl Hotline Pi lotion It Birth Pi Opinion Pi Deltlrj Pi ft 10 For not Pi Hunt Pi 34 Baton 15 Comics Pi Norval business gutted It is estimated that in damage done after flames engulf ed the interior of Brampton Collision Limited on Highway In Norval Sunday at approximately 1 Regional Police who were on the scene said proprietor Dean said he heard an explosion after activating an electric compressor and immediately notified the Hills Fire Department Firemen brought the blaze under con trol but not before flames gutted the body shop Official fire reports indicated the fire started by a elder torch which was being used to fix a compound filter No Injuries were suffered Photo by Andrew Shone By BEN DUMMETT the Herald Construction on the expansion of the Georgetown Market Place that would see the shopping plaza in size and include a Woolco department store is expected to begin the spring or summer of confirmed Cliff Levy a vice- president with the shopping plaza s owner Shopping Centres We expect to put the shovel in the ground this spring or sum mer said Mr Levy The proposed expansion calls for Contract concluded The of of Point is concluded their con with 1 it Steven son I hi port ion of their w is wis it cost f M1 Aid thmgi fn in sup plier to in in stiff will tht Commission to hive more con trol over the completion of the final pluses of tht Study Pent s contribution will in the final phases The Management Studv will be completed within the originally allotted budget with Ihe majority of the work by December 1990 entire plaza including and Loblaws to be enclosed and the plaza complex to be enlarged from its current size of approximately square feet t6 approximate ly 282 square feet according to the company s plan submitted to the towns planning department Mr Levy said a market impact study done by his company that Halton Hills is more than able to support the new stores We re doubling in size in an ticipation of Halton Hills doubling in size he said The department store would be located in back of the plaza and would measure 80 square feet There would be another square feet of com retail units and square feet of mall space spokesperson Lie confirmed Tuesdiv the department stores plans to move into Georgetown pi bul would mike no further on the store pi ins press time Russ Miller predicted Hills residents would welcome the expansion enclosure of the plaza I can t imagine why of the townspeople be to get a closed in shopping mall said the mayor The people in Georgetown and Acton have always supported idea of the shopping area being transformed into an indoor plaza so they have to drive out of town to shop indoors hesaid The mayor predicted the new plaza would increase the business of other town retail stores The more people stay in town to shop the more all businesses benefit said the mayor Town Senior Planner Andrew Colley said that the expansion can only take place once the town s Site Plan Committee gives approval The application will more than likely need site plan approval instead of council approval because the area is zoned to permit the expansion he explained Site Plan Committee will ensure the particulars of the commercial development application are satisfactory to the town Mr Colley did say however the Site Plan Committee could request that council make the final on the proposal From a planning perspective said Mr Coley it s likely the ex will be approved The planning staff will submit the application to the Site Plan Committee later this year said Mr Colley once the planning staff has reviewed comments made by outside agencies and the town in departments concerning the proposal With the number of road deaths down this the Ontario Police is hoping that Thanksgiving Weekend fntalilv statistics will be lower thanhst vear Bill Wicklund says We ve established a good record during the first nine months of this year noting that the vehicle and pedestrian deaths investigated by the OPP are down 8 per cent from the same period of last year Most road deaths in Ontario oc cur as end ton Friday and Saturday and holiday weekends often result in a higher death rate During Thanksgiving weekend A i JUL last year 11 people were killed in accidents investigated by the OPP the same number as m In 1988 10 people were killed Thanksgiving weekend Failure to wear seatbelts con tinues to be a contributing factor Persons killed in 113 of the 380 fatal vehicle accidents recorded so far in were not buckled up October is Buckle Up Ontario Month and we d like more people to join those of us who do comply with the law even on short local trips Wicklund says It for their own safety to wear their seatbelts obey the speed limit and not dnnk and drive he says