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R N A Metroland Community Newspaper By HOWARD MOZEL Oakville Beaver Staff A trail of suspicious footprints in the snow has led one ‘Oakville homeowner on a chase he‘ll not soon forget and landed another man in hot water with the law. Paul Irvine â€" who lives on a large Lakeshore property with plenty of trees â€" explamed that since January he‘d noticed furtive tracks in his backyard ending beneath his bathroom window. “Somcone was sneaking up under the cover of darkness," said Irvine. "The bathroom window is Vol. 32 No. 37 clear. I‘ve got two teenage daughters and a wife." He also has an alert neighbor who one night last month noticed a prowler skulking about after Irvine saw a man standing on the street watching the house. Thinking quickly, Irvine turned on the bathroom light then waited with his wife at a bedroom window with the lights off. _ Sure enough, a figure emerged from the shadows and approached the bathroom window. Irvine ran out after the intruder while his wife dialled 911. "My main concern was capture him, not to injure him," said Irvine, who caught up with the man in the front yard. ( rks But Willard‘s passion is quilt makmg. He‘s been makmg them for 18 years y good at it. Willard will be showing some of his quilts at the One of a Kind Sprin dian Craft Show and Sale that starts today and runs through April 3rd at Exhibifian nto. Hours today and Thursday are noon to 10:00 p.m., Frlday and Saturday, :00 p.m. and Sunday 10:00 a.m.â€"6:00 p.m. _ Pomeroy must wait week for decision on trial Regional.chairman. Peter:Pomeroy has nly a week before he finds out whether if je‘ll stand trial on a variety of charges. On Wednesday, April 6 Judge William harpe will decide â€" following six days of tesâ€" fmony and 97 exhibits â€" whether evidence resented at a recent preliminary hearing warâ€" ints a trial. The hearing, which commenced March 16, was to wrap up Monday. Pomeroy‘s lawyer, however, asked Judge Sharpe for more time to prepare his final submissions. A ban on publication of all evidence arisâ€" ing from the hearing was ordered at the start of the proceedings. Pomeroy is charged with three counts of _: (Photo by Peter McCusker) _ By GORD KOLLE Special to the Beaver I expected. breach of trust and two counts of accepting a secret commission. Lawyer Herbert Arnold has been charged with breach of trust and offering a secret commission. Also charged with one count each of offerâ€" ing a secret commission are Pomeroy‘s wife and Halton Region deputy clerk Pat Crimmins and developer Albert Tennant. f area drug criminals don‘t curb their activities, they‘re going to be seeing Kingston sooner than “’Canada ‘s Best Community Newspaper" CCNA Better wspapers Competition 1993 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1994 Resident chases down ‘peeping‘ suspect Irvine said it was his turn to be startled when the man stopped and walked up to him saying "You can‘t do anything." When Irvine told him he‘d called the police, though, the interloper bolted with the homeowner in hot pursuit. The prowler then doubled back to a waiting car parked across from Irvine‘s place but before he could make it the angry family man tackled him. The other man managed to jump in his car but Irvine jumped in right after him. Trouble was, he was hangâ€" ing out the open driver‘s side door as the car sped away. "Discretion is the better part of valor so I let go," AA %o mt 9 65 0 a1g) 3 359-4633 100% Government Guaranteed Strip Coupons Maturing in 2004 to dunge 75 Cents (GST included) 64 Pages said Irvine, who tumbled to the pavement. The two drivers immediately behind managed to avoid hitting him and jotted down the licence numâ€" ber. Irvine was mildly chastised by police for his heroics. "They said it was not a smart thing to do. I was full of the moment." Police traced the car and began watching a house and arrested a man on March 18th. _ Charged with mischief and dangerous driving is Saman Shamselarijani, 27, of Lakeshore Road West. Shamselarijani was released on a promise to appear in court April 26th. Girls lured into house, man faces sex charges A 21 year old Oakville man has been charged in connection with a weekend sexual assault involving two nine year old girls. On Sunday, a man enticed the pair into his home on the pretence of watching a children‘s video, Beauty and the Beast. Instead, the victims were made to view a pornographic video while the man exposed himself. According to Halton Regional Police, the man then invited the girls to participate in a sex act and Ruth Atkinson Hindmarsh, 101 Toronto Star‘s flrst lady INSIDE Funeral services will be held this afternoon for Ruth Atkinson Hindmarsh, matriarch of the Toronto Star newspaper, and longâ€" time Oakville resident, who died Sunday at the age of 101. Born in 1893, Hindmarsh was the daughter of the Star‘s founder Joseph E. Atkinson. She became a Star director in 1951 and president of her father‘s Atkinson Charitable Foundation in 1966. Her husband Harry was at one time the paper‘s city editor, then president and her brother was also president. Up until the time she fell ill with pneumonia last week, the spirited Hindmarsh continued to attend meetings or have her secretary bring material to her Lakeshore Road estate. In reminiscing about Hindmarsh, who had a large extended family and many friends from all walks of life, what people remember most is her warmth, graciousness, and generosity. She genuinely loved peoâ€" ple. She enjoyed contributing to charities and she and her late husband were not only members of the Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital‘s first board of directors and influential in the building of the facility, but generous in their financial support, as was the Atkinson Foundation. She also loved the Oakville Humane Society said her greatâ€"grandâ€" daughter Wendy Wilson. "For her birthday, instead of buying her gifts we made donations to said Wilson, one of Hindmarsh‘s 35 greatâ€" the Humane Society," grandchildren. (See ‘Life‘ page 4) OPP in Burlington. Halton‘s latest crime fighting member has a nose for sniffing out hidden drugs Chief Peter Campbell‘s chair. Kingston found bags of cocaine in and around the committee room table and, as a final show of expertise, located a bag of grass despite claims from his handlers that all samples had been found. Ruth Atkinson Hindmarsh Project 80 â€" a joint forces police team probing political corruption in the Greater Toronto Area â€" charged Pomeroy May 13, 1993 following a one and a halfâ€"year investiâ€" gation. Pomeroy and the three others also charged in connection with the investigation surrendered themselves the same day to the touched one of them in a sexual manner; Fortunately, the girls managed to leave the home and notify their parents who contacted police. The subsequent investigation led to the arrest of a man at his home. Brian Michael Poxon of Queens Avenue hasg been charged with two counts of sexual assault, two counts of invitation to sexual touching, two counts of exposure to a person under 14 years, sexual interâ€" ference and breach of probation. Today‘s Paper _ Town backs tougher byâ€"law Pg. 3 Taste of Spring Shop full of Herbs Pg. 12 Amity Helping those who need it, credo of organization Pg. 15 12 23â€"24 15 25â€"27 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS National Sports, Overdrive, White Rose, Kohler Chief Campbell was so impressed with the intrepid hound he pinned a Halton Police badge and ID card to the dog‘s collar. "The dog expands the amount of services we can have inâ€"house," said Campbell, adding that in the past Halton has had to call in drug sniffing dogs from other police forces. " Now we‘ll be able to do some proâ€" active work. " The dog and training was donated to the police, said Campbell. "All we pay for is the dog food," he quipped. Kingston will be used exclusively as a narcotics dog. In fact, Kingston is trained to locate marijuana, (See ‘Dog‘ page 2) HR BLOCK The Income Specialists Kingston is the name of the Halton force‘s new drug hunting dog. 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