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THE OAKVILLE BEAVER *#3 y HOWARD MOZEL akville Beaver Staff A The letter â€" which appeared to ave more in keeping with an ‘nvironmental prank than with perious solutions â€" called for akville residents to withhold unicipal taxes and boycott akville businesses until the Town stops spraying "unâ€"healthy hemicals" on its properties. Addressed to the mayor, it also btated that the group‘s message would be spread by electronic eans "which are not subjected to our ability to influence publishâ€" After Ward 3 councillor Tedd [Smith raised the issue of whether _ CAROLE ANN STEPHEN \\ A Metroland Community Newspaper A\ Vol. 32 No. 67 own will use erbicides on park lands lastâ€"minute pitch to curtail the spraying of herbicides fell on deaf ears Monday night after Town Council refused to acknowledge an unsigned and inflammatory letter by a group billing itself as the Ad Hoc Antiâ€"Spray Committee. it was appropriate to receive and file such faceless submissions, Ward 5‘s Sean Weir suggested Council endorse a formal policy on the matter. Correspondence with no identifiable author, he suggested, should be circulated among the mayor and councillors, but not be included in the official agenda. The letter, however, did help to underscore the heated debate over herbicide use which has hounded the Town for the past several springs. Strangely enough, howâ€" ever, two listed delegations â€" one in favor of spraying, the other against â€" did not show up while a third, who was also against sprayâ€" ing, said his piece, but left before Council‘s decision. Its vote merely reinforced a previous endorsement by the Community Services Committee of a report by Parks and Recreation Director Bob Perkins. As a result, his department will not go back to using the controâ€" versial herbicide 2,4â€"D on parkâ€" land or even road allowances. Three alternatives, Meroprop, Banvel and MCPA, would be used instead. At the very most, Perkins said the Town would spray only 30% of its 168 parks and six cemeteries. Unlike those who believe Oakville should adopt the ‘turf management policies of neighborâ€" ing municipalities, Perkins mainâ€" tains the Town is already a leader when it comes to being environâ€" mentally responsible. Staff, he added, had initiated a "drastic reduction" in spraying long before the influence of community presâ€" sure. Council also agreed with the idea of setting up a meeting with the Federation of Oakville Residents Groups (FORG) during which Perkins could make a preâ€" sentation on herbicide use. Groups would also be encouraged to offer their input and include supplementary questions in the annual surveys of their members. ME "Canada‘s Best Community Newspaper" CCNA Better Newspapers Competition 1993 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1994 . 3. REMEMBRANCE OF Dâ€"DAY Members of the Oakville and Bronte Legions marched to the Bronte Cenotaph in special weekend cereâ€" monies marking the 50th anniversary of Dâ€" Day in Normandy. (Photos by Riziero Vertolli 56 Pages Couple charged in credit card fraud A tip from suspicious store personel at The Bay at Oakville Place led to the arrest of two peoâ€" ple in possession of counterfeit credit cards. _ , The suspects were apprehendâ€" ed Friday at around 5 p.m. by detectives from the Halton Regional Police #2 District Fraud Unit after store security at The Bay in Oakville Place were notiâ€" fied by suspicious store staff. They became wary after a woman made large purchases using a credit card. After learning the card was not valid, security apprehended the woman and turned her over to police. Following further investigation, a second individual was arrested by detectives on Saturday. According to police, the pair is believed to have purchased more than $10,000 in merchandise from The Bay and Sears in Oakville Place in‘less than a month by Patrice Palmer (left) and her sister Penny were selling Tâ€"shirts and other iteras last weekend at the Oakville Peace Festival. They were representing Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief. (Photo by Riziero Vertolli) using several different counterfeit credit cards. Only a small amount of the merchandise has been located and recovered from a home in Scarborough. In the meantime, police are expanding their investiâ€" gation into the matter. "Inquiries of other police jurisâ€" dictions are being instigated as a result of these arrests," said Det. Sgt. Graham Barnes. Tracy Ching Man Wong, 24, of Lynnbrook Road in Scarborough, has been charged with seven counts of use credit card obtained by crime and will appear in Oakville Court July 12. Jason Sungâ€"Tsi Liu, 30, of Catalina Drive in Scarborough has been charged with use credit card obtained by crime and posâ€" sess property obtained by crime and will appear in Oakville Court on July 19. Beaver places 3rd in competition The Oakville Beaver has placed third in the 1994 ‘Better Newspapers Competition‘ sponâ€" sored by _ the â€" Canadian Community Newspapers Association. Last year the newsâ€" paper was named best newspaper in Canada in the top (more than 20,000) circulation category. The paper also took first place in the best news photo section, second for best front page layout and third for best editorial page. It was also the top Ontario paper in the competition. The Duncan B.C. Cowichan News Leader placed first while the Pointe Claire/West Island Quebec Chronicle took second place honors. 0 tag/ 0.04%.::s=: 100% Government Guaranteed Strip Coupons Maturing in 2004 to dnnge 75 Cents (GST included) Kayaking fundraiser British ‘granny‘ has a real story to tell 17820 EDIT 11â€"14 18â€"20 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS Woolco, Consumers Distributing, Sears, Overdrive, Moores the Suit People, Alexanian Carpet Oakville West 2334 Wyecroft Rd. 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