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A 53-year-old Oakville man was arrested Saturday after he allegedly threatened another man for rejecting a request to kill three people earlier last week. Man charged in murder plot Halton Regional Police said on Oct. 27th a man offered another man a large sum of money to kill three people. The offer was made as the result of a domestic dis- pute. said the police. I When his -offer was rejected, police said the man threatened the other man. Estriga is being held in police custody pending a bail hearing. Pitch fork incident leads to charges A 58-year-old Oakville man was arrested after a woman was threatened and chased out of her house by a man carrying a pitch- fork, Sunday night. Police said the incident occurred at7p.m. Firefighter rescues cat in $75,000 blaze Charged with threatening and assault with a weapon is Alcides Neves, 25, of Southview Road. A faulty vacuum cleaner is believed to be the cause of a $75,000 fire which killed two cats inside a Holton Heights Drive res- idence, Saturday night. Another cat was pulled to safe- ty by Captain Reid Brown. of the Oakville fire department, who found the pet at the foot of the basement stairs. Firefighter Dean Defazio administered oxygen to the cal. Fire omcials believe the fire was caused by a vacuum cleaner which had been shut off and stored in the laundry room about 10 minutes before the fire started at 3 pan. The vacuum cleaner has been sent to the Canadian Standards Association in Toronto for testing. No one was home at the time of the fire. Two pet cats were later found inside the house dead from smoke inhalation. Total damage to the house was $75,000. Fire officials reported exten- sive damage to the furnace room and living room and smoke dam- age throughout the house. A Metroland Community Newspt Oakville Beaver Staff For Ken' Megan and his family, a poor economy means tough times By BARB JOY food bank. But for Ken Morgan, the part-time job that he's to protect yourself," he said. held for close to two years is just fine as a stop On discharge, he became a Canada Post letter gap in his continuous search for full-time employ- carrier and walked the streets of Oakville for five ment. For 2 1/2 years, Morgan has been scouring years. Then he bought a three-year-old cab from firms in south-westem Ontario, going in for inter- the former owner of Halton Taxi and became a cab views when the resume he'd sweated and worked driver for three years. on twigged a potential employer's interest. Many "I blew two engines and couldn't afford to do it of the interviews were, to him, satisfying at the anymore," he said. time, but none of them led to a job. The next 11 years Morgan spent working at Struggling to make it in the 90s Morgan knows what he's up against. At 47, he's pitted against younger job applicants who might hold a university degree. He, on the other hand, went back to school to get his Grade 12 equivalent. But he also knows he's got far more work and life experience than younger men. He began working at 17 when he joined the Canadian Armed Forces, spending six months of those three years with the United Nation's peace- keeping forces in Cyprus. "Yes, it was an interesting experience, especial. ly since you weren't allowed to carry ammunitior riving a school bus isn't all that bad. But it isn't all that good, either. Working four hours a day doesn't give you the security of a pay cheque from a full-time job. Nor its benefits. It doesn't till up a near-empty fridge or keep a family of nve from relying on their church's Red Cross is out for blood! BY BARB JOY Oakville Beaver Staff Oakville citizens went "over the top" in answer ing a Red Cross appeal for blood. Last Thursday's regular blood donor clinic at tty Towne Chevrolet Oldsmobile Geo dealership on Trafalgar Road exceeded expectations. " nette4 Oakville's Red Cross 271 units of blood, 41 man than the 230 units it was aiming for. Brenda Dunsdon put the positive response down to the media's attention in relaying the message u the public and to the generosity of residents. Unprecedented need means more donors wanted aper Believe it or not, Raymond and Lindsey Blnmemuet are actually helping their grandmother clear up the leaves on her Chm Drive lame. At last that's what they told photographer Rhino Venom. (They may did rake them up after this photo was “taxi :Oakvillc people My responded," she said. “I m Vol 1iilliNlilllJllLlii) BEAVER 7mm "I blew two engines and couldn't afford to do it anymore," he said. The next ll years Morgan spent working at Union Carbide Canada Limited in Oakville, pumping flammable mixtures into trucks and com- pressed gas into cylinders. It was work requiring constant concentration "and respect for the equip- ment." he said. While at Union Carbide, Morgan took school course in personnel management June of 1988, was hired by Noranda Mine in Manitouwadge to recruit employees, SI security officers, mediate grievances an quarterly safety bulletin. No.1 mural/t4 See 'Family linic at the WW mp on netted page a note DWI think those who have been out for a long time decid- assault causing hoatly harm and ed to come back to the clinic and help out." two counts of mischief under A clinic held at TA. Blakeloclt High School was $1,000. equally Will. bringing in ll more units than Tony Branco, 18, of Felan the l20 units targeted. Dunsdon said the 150 stu- Avenue, is charged with one dents who attended were the result of "good recruit- count of mischief under $1,000. men! in the school" and because they had heard A 17-year-old youth, who about the blood shortage experienced by the Toronto cannot be named under the and Central Ontario Blood Centre which collects Young Offenders Act, is blood from Oakville's Red Cross. charged with two counts of mis- On Oct. 18th, the Centre sent out an urgent chief under $1,000, escape law- appeal for donors to case a blood shortage that an custody and failing to leave caused some elective surgery ttt be postponed. Since when directed under the a night and. in m m X yetlik 19, 1993 Egg throwing incident leads to charges The ensuing investigation resulted in charges against the trio involving several incidents over the past week. Three young males, includ- ing a young offender, were all charged with mischief to 'private property under $1,000 follow- ing the egg pelting incident at the Dean Avenue house. A 21-year-old resident at the Dean Avenue house had also been lured outside and assaulted by a gang of youths on Oct. A M-year-old pan charged in the egg-pelting incident was subsequently charged with assault causing bodily harm in connection with the Oct. 24th incident. The same man was also charged with mischief to private property - along with the young offender - in connec- tion with an egg pelting at the Blue Lagoon. on Kerr Street, on n The young offender was also charged with escaping lawful custody and failing to leave when directed under the Trespass to Property Act in con- nection with an egg-pelting incident at St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School on Oct. 27th. In that incident, a police offi- cer found 20 youths pelting the school with eggs and ordered A struggle occurred between one of the youths who managed to escape from the officer's cus- todv. Donnie Quantal, 20, of Elmwood Road, is charged with assault causing bodily harm and two counts of mischief under 4th hree young Oakville males face numerous charges after police responded to a call about a Dean Avenue resident's house being pelted with eggs on Saturday night. " 52 Pages apert new raven-an ti-m-' 1... - my (“p-pon- MamrMg h 100) to I.” 8.54°/o BURNS Tndayls Pin.) er INSIDE Variety store cashier beaten during robbery FRYLIMntD SPORTS......., A M-year-old male cashier was beaten in the head several times during an armed robbery of a north Oakville variety store on Friday night. The incident began at 8:40 pan. when two black men, one armed with a handgun, entered the Falgar Variety, on Grand Boulevard, while a lone 45-year- old male cashier was on duty. 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