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Page THE HERALD Wednesday May is l mi POLICE BEAT Numbers To Note EMERGENCY Police Fire or Ambulance Dial 911 Fire Information 8771133 Police NonEmergency Hospital Distress Centre 8771 21 1 Third culprit arrested Regional Police have arrested another person for the break enter and theft at Smith and Stone company in Georgetown April 18 where worth of brass copper and mechanic tools were stolen A 16yearold Georgetown male was arrested and charged with break enter and theft and breach of probation His bail hearing was held Monday the details of which werent available at press time This is the third person police have charged with the breakin Pierre of Daniella Court in Georgetown and Maan of Brampton were chargec last week with break and enter Serious vehicle accident Police are investigating a serious car accident that oc curred at approximately 630 pm Saturday at 32 Sideroad and the Line in Hills and left a Mississauga woman in serious condition at St Michaels Hospital in Toronto Police say a 1991 Firefly driven by a Burlington man failed to stop at the stop sign on Line and struck a 1987 Mazda driven by a Mississauga man The single oc cupant of the Pontiac and all four occupants of the Mazda were taken to Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital with the passenger of the Mazda being transferred to St Michaels Hospital Police say twoyearold twins passengers in the Mazda escaped serious injury because they were secured in child restraint devices The driver of the Pontiac has been charged with failing to stop Car strikes tree Police are also investigating a serious car accident that oc curred in the early morning hours Sunday Police say a late model Chevrolet Cavalier struck a tree on the southwest side of Winston Churchill Boulevard south of Sideroad leaving a passenger 23yearold Patrick Young of Brampton in serious condition at Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital The driver of the car 21yearold Troy Tucker of Georgetown is in good condition at the same hospital House breakin Police say worth of and liquor was stolen from a Georgetown home Friday afternoon Unknown persons entered the home by smashing a rear ground level window and searched through different parts of the pome taking with them several large bottles of alcohol and numerous rings broaches bracelets necklaces and charms Police are continuing their in vestigation Exhibitionist returns The male exhibitionist has been seen again in Georgetown police report A Georgetown woman was walking by on Guelph Street when she observed a maroon colored station wagon occupied by a white male with blond hair and glasses who was fondling himself in the drivers seat She then watched as the vehicle drove around the car lot Police believe hes the same per son responsible for numerous in cidents around Georgetown and vicinity since February when a man exposes himself to females young and old and- begins masturbating Police are re questing that anyone who sees this man should get a good description of him and his license plate number and immediately report the incident to detectives at the Georgetown police station Youth charged with theft Police have charged at Stewarttown youth with theft under possession of stolen property and breach of probation after he was caught a stolen bicycle behind a Guelph Street business last Tues day Police say the 15yearold boy was seen riding away on a stolen bicycle and the incident was reported to police who ap proached the young offender The boy will appear in Milton court June 21 Pop bottles stolen Police are investigating a report from a supermarket employee who said two males are going to different grocery stores in Georgetown and stealing emp ty pop bottles Police say the Knechtels Food Market employee witnessed a male loading a car with empty pop bot tles that were a store cart He later discovered the pop bottles were taken out of the back door of the store He then went to the IGA store on Guelph Street and was told that two males had cashed in the exact amount of pop bottles taken from his store The com plainant then went to Miracle Mart plaza where he noticed the same suspect pushing a cart full of empty pop bottles to a car described as a 198284 Grand Am Police have a descrip tion of the suspects and are in vestigating Fire calls Busy weekend Halton Hills firefighters responded to six calls over the weekend The first one was at 142 p Friday when a car fire was reported at Crescent in Georgetown but the call was cancelled before firefighters arrived at the scene Seven hours later firefighters were called to take care of a small gas leak from a car gas tank parked at Main Street South in Georgetown Firefighters removed the car from an incline and parked it on level ground where the leaking stopped On Saturday at am firefighters had to crawl out of bed to ex tinguish a fire that had been deliberately set to two picnic tables in the Ball Park Damages is estimated at 1000 The last three calls firefighters responded to were all motor vehicle accidents One was at 9th Line and Sideroad where firefighters found they werent needed since the Erin Fire Department was already on the scene The next two were on Sunday one at 258 a on Winston Churchill Boulevard where firefighters were called to extricate a person from a vehicle that had struck a tree The victim Patrick Young of Bramp ton is in serious condition in Georgetown District Memorial Hospital The last call was at a Sunday morning on 9th Line and 10th Sideroad where firefighters were required to wash down a gas spill from a motor vehicle accident Community Forum How will the recession affect your summer plans i Paul Ross Georgetown I guess were fortunate but were not really affected by the reces sion My wife and I will just take care of our babies and it will simply be business as usual Lorraine St Catherines Im in the nursing profession and the recession hasnt really affected me yet However I plan on being a bit more cautious with my money Bryan Turner Georgetown I have a good job I guess Im one of the fortunate ones and havent really been affected by the reces sion Besides I havent really made any plans for the summer aside from spending a lot of time on the soccer field Councillor planning womens program By BEN DUMMETT The Herald Halton Hills Regional Coun cillor Pam Johnston is planning to start up a program for Halton Region to better service abused women in the area Before making a submission to the provinces Ministries of Com munity and Social Services and Housing this Fall for necessary funding Coun Johnston along with representatives from the Halton Regional Police Force the Halton Social Planning Coun cil and Haltons Womens Place will host a public workshop to determine the appropriate type of service the Region needs at the Halton Hills Cultural Centre in Georgetown June 4 with a 7 pm start time According to Coun Johnston a Halton Social Planning Council study confirmed one in seven women in Halton Region are being abused The report also indicates that one in three women surveyed for the study are cur rently or have been involved in an abusive relationship she said Ms Johnston wants to develop a program that helps abused women following the six week crisis period abused women ex perience immediately after suf fering mental or physical Tree sale a success Rotary Club of Georgetown president Ian Walker is pleased to announce the results of the Cedar Tree Sale held over the past few weekends at Kingsclere home of Neville Over 350 trees were taken to see longer life in our community The proceeds have been distributed to The Georgetown Food Bank The new chapter Canadian Diabetic Association Georgetown The Easter Seals Childrens Camp The Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal Over 170000 was distributed and the Rotary Club wishes to thank all who took advantage of the sale Pam Johnston trauma The program which would be entitled Second Stage would address the longterm emotional and physical weltbeing needs for abused women said Johnston Right now there is nothing like that in Halton she said The Regions emergency centre Womens Place located in Milton is the only facility cur rently servicing Haltons abused women Coun Johnston said she has visited several Second Stage pro grams over the last year in cluding programs in Hamilton Stratford Woodstock and Owen Sound to get an idea of how to set up a similar program for Those she toured either offered longterm counselling and or housing she explained As part of her quest to provide better services for abused women Ms Johnston will devote her time to having some of the Regional money allocated for children services redirected to services for abused women Coun Johnston explains a lot of children with emotional pro blems have been abused And parents who abuse their children have usually been abused either as a child or by their spouse By helping abused women cope with the trauma parenting life skills and the legal system a lot of children wont be abused In turn there will be less need for children services predicted Johnston She acknowledged the pro blems of wife abuse wont go away until better programs are developed to help abusive males However the councillor only plans to tackle this problem once she has achieved her goal at im proving services for abused women HOLIDAY DEADLINES ADVERTISING FRIDAY MAY PAPER Deadline is Noon Wednesday May 15th WEDNESDAY MAY 22nd PAPER Deadline is Noon Friday May EDITORIAL FRIDAY MAY 17th PAPER Deadline is Thursday May 16th 10 am WEDNESDAY MAY 22nd PAPER Deadline Monday May 5 OUR OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY MAY