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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver, Friday July 27, 2007 - 17 Removing front tire is a good defence Continued from page 9 Other postings on Kazzio, as recent as last week, tell similar tales. One message, posted July 20, appeals to the thief of a boy's bike, that was stolen off a front lawn in the Glen Abbey area, to return it with no questions asked. "It's an issue everywhere this time of year, but we've seen a lot of bike theft this year in Oakville," said Halton Detective Sergeant Greg Sullivan. The motivation for bike theft, he says, ranges from financial to a thief's unwillingness to walk a long way. "Many of them are just stolen purely for transportation to get from point A to point B and they're dumped," said Sullivan. "There are some very expensive bikes out there, racing bikes and, in fact, there was a report today of a $4,000 bicycle stolen from a garage. That might be resold just because it does have such a high-dollar value." The opportunity for a thief to strike only increases with the warm weather as people open up garages and sheds to more frequent use. "We're getting a lot of garage entries right now. People are leaving their garages open, the garages are being entered and bikes are one of the chief things that are being stolen," said Sullivan. "This group is looking at higherend bikes, so chances are they're being resold." In addition to catching the thieves, police face a challenge in returning recovered bikes. "Most people don't have the serial numbers for the bikes that are stolen so we can't match it up here and quite often people don't bother coming down to the police station and viewing the bikes that were recovered," said Sullivan. Sullivan urges all bike owners to write down their bike's serial number. "If your bike has been stolen and you report it and provide the serial number your chances of getting it back are much much higher," he said. Even if an owner does not have the serial number, Sullivan still recommends people examine the recovered bikes at the police station. "People can come down and take a look and sometimes there will be a personal identifier on it so people can say for sure it's their bike," he said. Sullivan recommends that homeowners start locking their garages. However, for people who are out and about Sullivan acknowledges that no defence will be adequate. "If someone really wants your bike and they have the tools to take it, then they're probably going to." Bike owners can make their bikes less tempting targets by removing the front tire and taking it with them. "What thieves like about bikes is they can jump on them and be gone in minutes. It's a type of theft that allows for a speedy getaway, and if you put obstacles in front of that it decreases the chance that they're going to take your bike." The Regional Municipality of Halton NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL TO EXPROPRIATE LAND Expropriations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.26. IN THE MATTER OF an application by The Regional Municipality of Halton for approval for the Land Titles Division of Halton Region (No. 20), for the purposes of facilitating the construction of Dundas Street (Regional Road No. 5) from Proudfoot Trail to Neyagawa Boulevard, in the Town of Oakville. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that application has been made for approval to expropriate an interest in the lands described as follows: Fee Simple: Part of Lot 21, Concession 1, North of Dundas Street, Geographic Township of Trafalgar, Town of Oakville, Regional Municipality of Halton designated as Parts 2, 4 and 5, on Plan 20R-16277, being Part of PINs 24928-0063 (LT), 24928-0062 (LT) and 24928-0141 (LT); 3 Year Temporary Limited Interest: Part of Lot 21, Concession 1, North of Dundas Street, Geographic Township of Trafalgar, Town of Oakville, Regional Municipality of Halton designated as Part 1 on Plan 20R-17278, being Part of PIN 24928-0141 (LT). Any owner of lands in respect of which notice is given who desires an inquiry into whether the taking of such land is fair, sound and reasonably necessary in the achievement of the objectives of the expropriating authority shall so notify the approving authority in writing, (a) in the case of a registered owner, served personally or by registered mail within thirty (30) days after the registered owner is served with the notice, or, when the registered the notice; (b) in the case of an owner who is not a registered owner, within thirty (30) days after The approving authority is: The Council of The Regional Municipality of Halton The expropriating authority is: The Regional Municipality of Halton c/o Monica Wallenfels, Regional Clerk For further information, please contact: Don Williams, Manager of Realty Services, The Regional Municipality of Halton, Ext. 7238. hed on the 20th day of July, 2007. UPPER MIDDLE RD (REG. RD. 38) KERNS RD NORTH SER www.halton.ca NOTICE OF CONSTRUCTION 2007 ASPHALT RESURFACING PROGRAM, CITY OF BURLINGTON AND TOWN OF OAKVILLE DUNDAS ST (REG . RD. 5) GUELPH LINE (REG. RD. 1) BRONTE RD (RE G RD 25) BRANT ST (REG. RD. 8) Q. E. H W Y 40 7 UPPER MIDDLE RD C VI E D R WESTOAK TRAILS BLVD D NORTH SERVICE R W . Q.E.W. SOUTH SERVICE RD CONTRACT NUMBER: SCHEDULED START DATE: SCHEDULED COMPLETION DATE: CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR: R-2473-07 JULY 23, 2007 SEPTEMBER, 2007 BOB WICKLUND EXT. 7607 280607 1151 Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario L6M 3L1 · Tel: 905-825-6000 · Toll Free: 1-866-4HALTON · TTY: 905-827-9833