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Pair find it doesn‘t pay not to pay for gas "The church and boards have a long standing position on abortions. We continue to teach young people that it is morally wrong," said Lou Piovesan, superintendent of educaâ€" tion with the Halton Roman Catholic School Board. Halton Regional Police said the two pulled into the gas station at 305 Dundas Street around 3 p.m. Thursday, filled the tank of their 1988 fourâ€"door red Ford and then left without paying the $30 bill. Fearing the Ministry of Health will impose proâ€"abortion education in the classroom, The Halton Roman Catholic Separate School Board has joined other separate school boards in condemning a provincially appointed task force report. A 17â€"yearâ€"old Burlington male and an 18â€"yearâ€"old Mississauga man are facing charges after an Oakville gas station worker followed them and forced them to return to the Dundas Street Esso station Thursday after they took off without paying their $30 gas tab. Det. Sgt. Graham Barnes said the 27â€"yearâ€"old Oakville man who was working at the gas station, followed the pair in a vehicle, stopped them and made them return to the gas staâ€" tion. Facing a charge of theft under $1,000 is a 17â€"yearâ€"old male young offender from Burlineton. Facing a charge of theft under $1,000 is Jora Singh Sahota, 18, of Mississauga Road, Mississauga. No Goodwill from these trailer thieves Thieves took a heater, a radio and a CB radio from the Amity Goodwill Industries trailer parked outside Trafalgar Village Mall last weekend. Children‘s rings taken during house breakâ€"in By ALEX MATHESON Special to the Beaver Halton Regional Police said sometime between Feb. 27th and Feb. 28th, a padlock of the trailer was broken and the goods worth an approximate $300 were stolen. Two children‘s rings were all that thieves took when they broke into a west end Rebecca Street home Thursday afternoon. The breakâ€"in happened sometime between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. when the front door of the house was kicked in. Total estimated value of the rings was $250. Thieves targeted roofing materiâ€" als left unattended at the construcâ€" tion site of a new school in River Oaks last weekend. Sometime between Feb. 28th and March 1st, someone took off with roofing supplies from Our Lady of Peace School at 391 River Glen Blvd. Owned by Trio Roofing Ltd. of Etobicoke, goods stolen included a hoist, .gravel spreader, insulation, maferial..and ; «> $ ..« », Roofing supplies stolen Catholics condemn abortion education The board, at its last meeting, The board, he said, is worried that the task force recommendations could effect the board through health nurses or health care providers. "We would find it morally wrong. Our board objects to that supported a motion of another Catholic board to oppose The Task Group of Abortion Service providers Ontario which released its report Dec. 18th. Piovesan said the board wants to let the ministry know clearly its position on this. "The family life program prepares students to accept the beliefs of richt to life." He described that program as "sex education". But Layne Verbeek â€" spokesman for the ministry â€" believes the report. Health nurses could come into our schools and potentially talk about abortions," he added. Verbeek said the report called for improvements in health education and there was a category called "prevention". But catholics, he said, "can read this as abstinence and family values. It doesn‘t have to be read ‘how to access abortion‘. Catholic reaction to the report of the Task Group of Abortions Service Providers is a case of jumping the cun. "The ministry would never sugâ€" "It is unfounded concern; there is no reason for them to pursue this. We won‘t bring abortion education into schools where boards and famiâ€" lies don‘t want it," said Verbeek. gest abortion education in Catholic school boards where it is opposed morally and religiously. There should be no fear that this could come about." ueyeamy In any event, a report to the minâ€" istry doesn‘t mean ministry policy.