Ontario Community Newspapers

Oakville Beaver, 2 Sep 1994, p. 5

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Elsewhere in Halton, the RIDE program will be carried out by the night shift officers as part of their regular The funding will supplement the RIDE program in the Oakville district by providing one extra van and 15 differâ€" ent officers, five per night, explained Sgt. Kim Duncan of the Oakville District headquarters. This will cost $500 per night. MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) announced it will donate $1,500 to the Halton Regional Police for RIDE in Oakville. RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) will be out on the roads tonight, Saturday, and Monday nights from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. MADD funding extra officers for Halton RIDE program Mad about provincial government cutbacks in policing when it comes to public education and awareness, MADD Halton has announced it will fund the RIDE program in Oakville over the Labour Day weekend. A group of Halton Region Police Service officers gathered to bid each other farewell this week courtesy of host Jim MacMurray, himself a veteran of the Oakville Police Department. The 11 men were all members of the original Oakville Police Department which operated out of the origiâ€" nal Lakeshore Road headquarters. Retirees included: Staff Sgt. Ron Southgate; Staff Sgt. Roy Teague; Staff Sgt. Dave Garlick; Staff Sgt. Dick Hilton; Staff Sgt. Ted Waller; Staff Sgt. Don Croucher; Insp. Ron Sullivan; Sgt. Tom Davies; Sgt. Ken Bonham; Const. Phil Watson; Const. Lee Smith. UUT "RIDE was one of the major cutbacks, and I‘ m sure the cuts could have been made somewhere else," said King. King said the reduction in RIDE funding is "all part of the cutbacks" announced by Premier Bob Rae about two years ago. As a result we have fewer police officers, and all of them must take their 10 ‘Rae Days‘ as part of the ‘social contract.‘ "The Halton Regional Police Service has applied for a grant to fund RIDE, but it hasn‘t come through," said King, an Oakville resident. She added MADD Halton is prepared to come up with more funding for RIDE at Christmas. "The provincial government, in its funding cutbacks for policing, cut back the RIDE funding," said Norma King, president of MADD Halton. duties, explained Duncan, adding the Halton Regional Police have always had a RIDE program. a.m. to 10 p.m. Discover Ontario‘s Provincial Parks and enter your photo to win! Bronte Creek Provincial Park is holding its second annual photography contest. Your pictures may be any size, color, or blackâ€"andâ€"white, and from any Provincial Park in Ontario. Win fabulous prizes in each of these categories: 1. Wildlife, 2. Scenery, 3. People Drop off your pictures and fill out an entry form at the Visitor‘s Centre before Sept. 3rd. Winners will be announced Labour Day, Sept. 3rd. Bronte Creek Provincial Park is located north of the QEW :Fake exit 109 onto Burloak Drive to the park entrance. The park is open daily from 8 Last chance to enter photo contest at Bronte Creek Park DERMAESTHETICS CLINIC Teenage makeâ€"up, manicure, eyebrow shaping. Special Offer: $38 (Two for $70) Skin Balancing facial, manicure Special Offer: $68 Gift Certificates Available _ (offers expire Sept 17/94) Reflected in mood pools that betray themselves through daily preference of dress. ._. , Open Thurs. Fri. until 9 p.m. DOWNTOWN OAKVILLE *183 LAKESHORE ROAD EAST 845â€"8911 . DOWNTOWN BURLINGTON «389 BRANT STREET 639â€"6165, * .‘ SSSSSSSSS at Garvey‘s 1131 Nottinghill Gate, #203 Oakville, Ont mENn‘s § snors

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