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Page THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday December 29 Musical equipment theft Regional Police report of electrical music equip ment was stolen from a Ford in the area overnight on Dec Police say there was no sign of forced entry though the car was reported locked Car damaged At midnight on Dec 22 on Mountainview South In Georgetown unknown suspects caused damage to the hood of a Buick police say A large dent was left in the hood Vehicle vandalized Police say someone caused damage to a Ford on Guelph Street in Georgetown on the even ing of Dec The vehicle was parked outside the Hollywood Tavern when an unknown suspect entered the unlocked vehicle and tore out a CB radio heater con trols glove then smash ed the windshield with a large ob ject Nothing was stolen and police found no visible foot im pressions at the scene Windshield smashed Approximately damage was done to a vehicle parked in the GO Station parking lot at King Street and Elgin Street in Georgetown overnight on Dec Police say in the am hours the complainent parked the vehicle and upon arrival in the lot found the front windshield smashed Hit and run A town employee reported to police a hit and run on Dec in the afternoon at Georgetown Fairgrounds He told police a vehi cle ran into a limestone pillar at Charles St entrance to the f lirgrounds The pillar was by the town for safety- reasons before the police were called but the employee told police there were traces of brown paint on it and that it would have caused heavy damage to the vehi cle that struck the pillar Car breakin Police report a Nissan parked in Market Plaza in Georgetown on Dec 21 was broken into Unknown persons smashed the rear passenger win dow and removed one pair of ladies sunglasses between Residence damaged Unknown culprits caused damage to a residence on Guelph Street police say Between and am someone kicked in a panel to the rear bay door of the building causing the motion detector to go off The left before entering the establish- Snow racer stolen A snow racer was stolen from the front door of a Rosetta Street establishment on Dec at about p in Georgetown The racer was valued at Moderate damage Two vehicles were moderately damaged after an accident on Drive west of Wilson Court Monday afternoon when a 1990 Ford struck a 1986 Ford in right side while the car was attempting to turn The Ford was beginning to turn when the driver of the Ford noticing the turn began passing on the right side and struck the turning vehicle causing it to slide up on the curb The drivers werent in jured but a passenger in the 1986 Ford received minor injuries Community Forum What are your New Years resolutions Fire calls Chimney fire Halton Hills Fire Department report damage was caused to a house located on the Sixth Line south of Sideroad 15 in Georgetown Wednesday afternoon due to a chimney fire A buildup of creosote an oily substance caused the fire said a department spokesperson Earlier that morning firefighters responded to a false alarm activa tion at an Eighth Line house in Halton Hilis The cause is unknown False alarms The fire department responded to two false alarm activations this past week Last Saturday morning an equipment malfunction caused a fire at the- Drive apartment complex in Georgetown Early Sunday morning a false alarm went off at a First Line and 22 house in Acton The cause is unknown said the depart ment spokesperson Police promotions The Halton Regional Police Service is pleased to announce the promotion of two officers as approved by the Board of Com missioners on Thursday December Sergeant Murray Drinkwalter years a year veteran was promoted to the rank of Sergeant Acton winner Acton resident Margaret Palmer received her Christmas present a little early this year and what a present it was Ms Palmer 59 was one of three people who won in the Dec Lotto draw According to a Lotto 649 of ficial Ms Palmer plans to give some of the money to her four children and invest the rest so she and her husband Ralph can buy a new house Ms Palmer also has seven grandchildren Ms Palmer who is a regular player of lotteries bought the lucky ticket at the Willow West Mall in Guelph The official said Ms Palmer always plays the same number She uses numbers corresponding to special dates in her life On average Ms Palmer buys five tickets a week and she will con tinue to buy them said the spokesperson having served in the Uniform and Criminal Investigation Divisions of Burlington Oakville Milton and Georgetown The Burlington resident spent three years as a Detective Constable assigned to the Major Crime Unit where he was involved in Homicide In vestigation Sgt will be a Uniform Supervisor at 11 Divi sion Georgetown Staff Sergeant Michael Kingston 15 years a Burlington native has been a police officer with the Halton Regional Police Service for 14 years He was a Sergeant for the last four years serving in the Uniform and Criminal Investigation Divisions of Milton and Georgetown He will be supervising a Uniform Platoon in No i District I Milton and Hills Klaus Acton Im not making any New Years resolu tions at alt because I know- 1 wont be able to keep them Randy Seaman Georgetown Im going to try and quit smok ing in the New Year At least Im going to do my best Rose Morrison Georgetown Im not making any New Years resolutions because Im quite content the way things are in my life- Building infractions might be left uncorrected ByBENDUMMETT The Herald At least half of the building infractions in Hills the towns building department is in vestigating will probably go un corrected due to a lack of staff said Building Department Direc tor Ron Shettell Dee 21 The cases involve industrial commercial and residential con struction activity not in ac cordance with the provinces Building Code and related acts such as Planning Act and the Water Resources Act said the Building Director Six of the cases involve illegal apartments that are currently oc cupied and may be presenting a safety hazard to the occupants said Mr Shettell The in vestigations relate to construc tion activity scattered throughout Hills he said The department currently has two building inspectors and a plumbing inspector said Mr Shettell but another is necessary to properly oversee all town con struction Once a person is charged under the building code explained Mr that person must be brought to court within a definite period of time or the court will dismiss the case ruling too much time has passed between the charge and the court hearing to justify hearing the case As proof the department doesnt have the manpower to en force all building infractions Mr Shettell offered it took one staff member an entire week plus overtime to deal with the Royal Ascot apartment complex on Hall Road in Georgetown and the elevator and building problems going on at the location After two weeks of trying the town was able to convince Nor thern Elevator Service Limited of Toronto to replace a computer chip controlling the elevators movement The company had removed the chip because the builder Torontos Granville Con struction owed the elevator com pany for the initial in stallation of the elevator The building department had three building inspectors as late as the fall but one left to go to another municipality At about the same time Town Council AFTER HOURS MEDICAL SERVICES The office of the GeorgetowrVMedical Associates at 1A Princess Anne Or Georgetown will be open from 530 pm until 700 pm Monday through Thursday commencing January 1 991 for medical problems requiring immediate care resolution saying departments could only replace a staff vacancy with council ap proval This course of action had not been necessary before Town council said at the time the action was necessary to cut Town costs In thinking about replacing the building inspector position coun cil originally decided it would consider filling it said Mr Shet tell Subsequently however council decided not to fill it he went on to say Mr Shettell predicts a new budding inspector could pay for him or herself The Town collected in excess of from people who only end ed up paying for a building per mit after being ordered to by a building inspector We werent even looking for these people said Mr Shettell The town found out about the in fractions from citizen com plaints he explained Mr Shettell said over and above the cases there are industrial and commercial ap plications that cant be processed because of the lack of staff That means a loss of revenue to the town said Mr Shettell We need one more person to cope with the growth and the cur rent building activity in town said Mr Shettell Town Mayor Russ Miller said Friday he understands Mr Shet- position but if we the Town cant afford it refilling the position we it Council however will be look ing at the possibility of adding a building inspector to the staff payroll during the ongoing budget deliberation he said Learn to Drive land Survive Young Drivers of Canada HAPPY 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