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Halton Regional Police said the man was stopped on a traffic check around 10:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11th at Old Mill Road and Trafalgar Facing two further charges, of possession of a narcotic and breach of probation is Adamo Mandolino, 24, of Sixth Line Oakville. Mandolino was held in police cusâ€" tody pending a bail hearing. Traffic check leads to narcotics charges An Oakville man who was stopped by police on a traffic check Monday night was found with two outstanding arrest warrants on narâ€" cotics charges and a small amount of drugs in his vehicle. Further investigation revealed two outstanding warrants for charges of possession of a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking and trafficking in a narcotic. During an investigation of the vehicle, the officer located a brown substance police said was suspected of being a small amount of cannabis In 1992 the Oakville STEP team issued 1,224 tickets â€" 744 for speeding violations, 382 for seatbelt infractions and 98 for other Highway Traffic Act infractions. Of that total, 75% of the tickâ€" ets were issued to male drivers â€" an increase of 15% from Most of the STEP tickets were handed out during patrols of Oakville‘s major arteries. In addition, 52% of the tickets were issued to Oakville residents. Male drivers are the worst offenders of speed limits and seatbelt regulations, according to yearâ€"end statistics compiled by the Halton Regional Police STEP (Selected Traffic Enforcement Program) team in Oakville. The privatelyâ€"held jewelry store chain had lost $31â€"million in 1991, the last available figures. It had turned a $2.1â€"million profit in 1990 and earned $10.2â€"million in Police find males worst traffic offenders 1991 Personnel at the local store refused to comment on their status and referred all inquiries to a Montreal public relations firm which said all closures took place Monday. The spokesman said those stores not closed at that time would continue to operate. 1989 The Henry Birks & Sons Ltd. store at Oakville Place continued to operate yesterday, 24 hours after the Montrealâ€"based parent firm filed for bankruptcy protection. Local Birks store still open 184 Lakeshore Rd. E., Oakville 845â€"5582 389 Pearl St., Burlington 639â€"1372 By ANGELA BLACKBURN Oakville Beaver Staff An Oakville resident and computer training compaâ€" ny operator is complaining that the Halton Board of Education‘s Adult and Continuing Education computer training centres are subsidized through taxes and are putting her out of business. Arleen Reinsborough of Oakville, owner of Computer â€" ESE, took her case to the first of two finance committee meetings advertised to hear public concems about the upcoming 1993 budget process. "I have devoted two years to compiling information to corroborate my concerns regarding the Halton Board of Education‘s recent invasion of private sector business," Reinsborough told trustees. Board administration will prepare a rebuttal and Reinsborough was invited back to next Monday‘s finance committee meeting to hear it. "I have no choice but to pay 58.8% of my local taxes, business and personal, to the Halton Board of Education, who turn around and use it to cut my throat by undercutting me so severely that I will be put out of business," charged Reinsborough. Woman charges Board computer centre putting her out of business A Metroland Community Newspaper Vol. 31 No. 5 Ironically, Reinsborough is a former computer trainer and consultant who worked to set up the ACT Centres â€" one is located in a Burlington strip mall. "These centres are moneyâ€"making businesses, with GST numbers, who do inâ€"house as well as training at their location for corporate money. They train indusâ€" try," said Reinsborough, citing clients such as the City of Burlington and Canadian Westinghouse. The Halton Taxpayers Coalition wants the Halton Board of Eduation to tighten up its spending habits. It was just one of the 40 groups and individuals who made presentations during the board‘s public input phase of its budget process Monday. The coalition‘s Roger Love of Oakville, read from a report containing some 50 suggestions for Board told to hold the line on spending Unfair for Board to compete in marketplace says businesswoman FABULOUS WINTER §ALES CONTINUES "They undercut all other businesses because of local tax subsidization. They take loans that are directâ€" ly supported by local tax money. In my opinion, they are also using grandfatheredâ€"over staff, who are paid out of local tax monies. They claim, in writing, they do not do all of this," said Reinsborough. The resident pointed to a board motion dated Oct. 25, 1990 to grant $200,000 in seed money to start the ACT centres, expenditure freezes or savings â€" in the areas of salaries, benefits, mileage, supplies, services, furniâ€" ture and equipment, transportation, fees, interest charges, plant operation, tuition fees, trustees, day school, continuing education â€" and the $9,358 board retirement dinner. "As a gesture, please eliminate this unnecessary e Apple Logo is a Trademark of App Canadian Computer (See ‘Spending‘ page 3) Sales, Service, Software, Support E Training Outlet (@10) puter, Ir "My intention is that there be something on the record that we did this to see how it goes, and that if we don‘t like how it goes, we don‘t have to approve any similar development applicaâ€" tions." Weir said. Ward 2 councillor Kathy Graham was skeptical that Weir‘s motion would stand up before the Approval of the development was pushed through after Ward 5 councillor Sean Weir, who moved the planning services staff‘s recâ€" ommendation for approval, agreed to have staff look into the provision of visitors parking and an additional sidewalk within the development. Council also approved an addiâ€" tional motion by Weir stating that council considers the developâ€" ment to be a "pilot project," and that the town was not setting new development standards for the rest of the town by approving the project. Much of the debate centred around the development‘s density levels which exceed town bylaws and the use of laneways and backyard parking in place of garages. In an 8â€"4 recorded vote, counâ€" cil approved zoning amendment and subdivision applications for the development, slated for 6.39 hectares (15.78 acres) of vacant land located on the east side of Sixth Line, opposite the River Oaks Community Centre and Arena. The property‘s owner, River Oaks Group, has earmarked the land for the construction of 192 residential housing units, consistâ€" ing of detached, semiâ€"detached, multipleâ€"attached, apartments, accessory apartments, as well as a church and corner store. Despite the approval, construcâ€" tion of the development will depend on the availability of water and sewer capacity in north Oakville, said the town‘s current planning manager John Ghent. ‘Innovative‘ development ok‘d for north By SAL BOMMARITO Oakville Beaver Staff An "innovative" development with higher densities and laneways slated for Sixth Line, in the River Oaks community, was given the green light after more than three hours of debate by planning and development council Monday night. Sixth Line housing project will have higher densities (See ‘Development page 4) "I object to being put out of business by the very centres I helped set up originally. I believed their manâ€" date to be the reâ€"training of those who were unemâ€" ployed or who did not finish high school and needed reâ€"training. Instead they are training companies with fullâ€"time employees," Reinsborough said. "I believe the recent transfer payment crunch, both federally and provincially, has led schools into busiâ€" ness ventures bordering upon questionable conduct in the area of business practices, principles, and, in my opinion, even nonâ€"profit status violations," charged Reinsborough. Reinsborough said she believes the board‘s manâ€" date is to educate students under 21, "keeping them in school until they receive their diploma and are able to read it." 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