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HERALD Wednesday December UN Community Forum Who is the 1990 Christmas Scrooge Peggy Kerlt Brampton Doug Thompson Georgetown Cilia Georgetown Bnan is the Scrooge Bnan Mulroney is definitely the Its probably Brian All hes done is give us taxes this Scrooge Hes been taking all our The way hes been taxing us is year money away and not giving just like a Scrooge anything back Trustee endorses computer plan Halton Regional Police say so meone smashed the front glass door of a Main Street North Pizzeria in Georgetown sometime Saturday morning and stole in coins and two cases of coca cola Police have no suspects Windows smashed Someone used the piece of a handrail to smash two windows at George Kennedy Public School on Weber Drive In Georgetown overnight Saturday causing ap proximately in damage police report Theft from purse Approximately in too 50 and dollar hills was stolen from a womans purse at a Road residence in Ac ton sometime between Dec 2 and Dec Police have no suspects but an investigation is ongoing police say Vehicle entered Police report someone broke into a 1989 Chevrolet parked out side a Queen Street residence in Acton overnight Friday and stole in cash and four cassettes Police say there was no sign of forced entry into the car Property stolen Approximately worth of property was stolen from a Guelph Street record and stereo store in Georgetown overnight Friday The gained en try by smashing the stores front glass door According to the police report items stolen includ ed a complete stereo system some compact discs and in cash An investigation is ongoing Tires punctured Police report a total of six tires were punctured on two vehicles parked on Cedarvale Court in Georgetown overnight Friday causing 1200 in damage The culprit used a sharp blade to puncture four tires on a 1988 Chevrolet and two tires on a Ford according to a police report Cigarettes theft Someone smashed the front glass window of a Highway fruit and vegetable store in Georgetown overnight Saturday and stole approximately worth of cigarettes police say An investigation is ongoing Van entered Police say someone stole a trailer leveler from a GMC van parked outside a Highway residence in Acton sometime bet Regional Police have laid criminal charges against four young offenders and two adults all from Georgetown in connection with the theft of five cars and a minimum of 30 break and enters into Georgetown and Acton households and businesses over the past four months The charges include break and enter theft theft over 1000 possession of stolen property and breach of probation said tive Sergeant Mike of the departments Division in Georgetown in a press release Ages of the four young of fenders range between and 17 while the adults are 18 and 21- yearsold said Det Sgt Three of the young offenders ap peared at a bail hearing Friday while the remaining three members of the ring are schedul ed to appear in Milton court Jan in connection with the charges Although police believe the group has been behind at least 30 break and enters throughout Halton Hills Sgt said further Investigation will most likely reveal this number to be considerably higher ween last Wednesday and Fri day Rural breakin Just over worm of pro perty was stolen from a residence located on north of Trafalgar Road in Halton Hills sometime last Thursday after so meone kicked in the front door of the house to gain entry say police Items stolen include a ladies watch a wedding ring a television a video cassette recorder and a compact disc player An investigation is ongo ing Pine tree lifted Police say someone stole a pine tree from a backyard of a Road house in Georgetown sometime Friday The tree is valued at 100 cording to a police report Vehicle stolen Someone made off with a 1989 Ford van parked outside a residence parked in the rural area of Georgetown sometime last Thursday during the early evening after the broke into the house and stole several sets of car keys An investigation is ongoing police report Assault charge A 20yearold Acton man was charged with level I assault after pulling the hair kicking and dragging a 21yearold Acton woman by her arms during early Friday morning in the area of Victoria Street and Church Street in Acton According to the police report the man was reportedly intoxicated A Jan court date has been set in connection with the incident Failing to signal Police laid a charge of failing to signal following a twocar colli sion at Guelph Street and Arm strong Avenue in Georgetown Friday afternoon Police report a Plymouth driven by a 28- yearold woman was turning left on to Guelph Street when a 1986 Mazda collided with the Plymouth from behind A 33- yearold Hillsburg man was the Mazda at the time of the incident Twocar collision A yearold Brampton woman and a year old Georgetown man were rushed to Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital by ambulance and treated for minor injuries following a twocar collision on River Drive in Georgetown early Saturday morning police report A 1987 Lincoln driven by the woman travelling eastbound on River Dnve collided with a Mazda driven by the man ing westbound when the Mazda apparently went out of control police say A charge of careless driving was laid in connection with the incident Det Sgt said very lit tie of the stolen property has been recovered other than the four stolen vehicles Keeping in mind the budget Halton Hills Public School Board Trustee Dick Howitt supports continued finan cing of the boards long range computer plan over other long term projects Computers have more of a direct impact in the classroom than social workers said Mr Howitt following Thursdays Board of Education meeting Mr was ing to the fact he may not support the continued phasing m of social workers into the school system when the issue comes up during the ongoing school board budget deliberations If the board supports all of its multi year programs to continue or start in 1991 then the boards budget will jump by 8 5 per cent If none of them are continued then the jump will be just over six percent The boards long range com puter plan is a fiveyear program initiated in Because 1991 represents the final year of the programs plementation Mr said hes that much more likely to sup port the allocation of funds for the program in the 1991 budget When questioned about the tangible effect the program has had on teachers and students Mr Howitt said thats something a lot of the trustees want to know He qualified his response by saying my gut feeling tells me it the program is working very very well At the same time however Mr said he looks forward to receiving a staff report on the results the program is achieving in the classroom The board s Superintendent of Instructional Services Graeme Barrett said in an interview day the report Mr awaits Dick Howitt will be based on a survey of stu dent performance using com puters It will also include com- Regional council will decide today Wednesday if Regional staff should advise the province that the Region will col lect recyclable materials schools leave out at their curbside The Regions Planning and Public Works Committee recom mended last Wednesday staff carry out such an action Under the provinces Student Action for Recycling STAR pro gram the provincial government will give financial assistance to schools wanting to set up a recycling program as long as the schools have support from the area municipality according to a regional staff report that went before the planning and public works committee last day Those materials the Region ments from teachers and staff he said The study will be completed in the spring of The basis of the program ex plained Mr Barrett is to in computers into the learn ing process That means com puters are used by teachers as a teaching aid and by students as a learning aid he explained Mr Barrett said studies have shown computers are an effective tool in teaching students how to read Special needs students also to benefit from computers in the classroom he said Computers are non judgemental therefore the students receive no negative feedback this way it helps then- self image he said will collect include newspapers glass and cans the report in dicates The report also explains how the school must place the material at the curbside before it will be picked up Gail Pitcher chairperson for the Public School Board Recycling Committee said Fri day per cent of the boards schools including most of those in Hills have committed to establishing a recycling pro gram Anticipating Regional councils endorsement of the STAR pro gram Ms Pitcher expects the program to be in full swing by February or March throughout public school system No one at the Halton Roman Catholic School Board could be reached concerning the STAR program at press time THE HOTEL Main St S Georgetown 8773388 LET US THE GST pay On Lunch FEATUMN8 ROAST BEEF WHITE ATAOMATMIcn WATCH YOUR FAVOURITE NHL TEAM ON OUR LARGE SCREEN 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