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Board prepared to negotiate with teachers In bid to have their side of the story told the Halton County Board of has replied to statements made by president Tom concerning negotiations between the Hoard and the Halton OSSTF In the Tuesday release the board said the teachers were offered a merit pay plan similar to the one accepted in Metro but the plan was rejected without study According to the board on May J the teachers committee and the teachers rejected a large percentage a two year contract to the one accepted by Toronto hint the board committee to an agreement with the teichtrs committee and the negotiator from tin provincial org miration According to the Hoard negotiator and the committee of teachers recommended the settlement to the on June but it was ejected a narrow margin when per cent of those voting voted to reject it Changed position Flic release read It would that the District President has wlthdriwn approval of the salary has enumerated i number of he thinks board w is not accepted and has converted bis members rcjet lion of rccoinmemlation Into a vote of support board reply questions the presidents statement saying per cent of Ihc leathers lct no salary mere ise other than Pit ID ttnt of the teutons would rttHVLtl a to j per men throueli IntrtmtnLs All of those teachers are in their first Minimum salaries remain relatlvtly this jcar Not Imp now Referring to a llaiimutursinhh with not takinc nutate of an additional In ejinLs explained ptretnl of thit figure would have to be paid the ratepavers In mil Hit remainder the bo lalms they the original salary In lilt Inst Flu implication that mains below tin Is no tnif Hie dialed any part In lalnt l time was spent On and tht i laser to common ly a kip still aiiit lo Ik Hit district his that we jirtijriss lo it dist of conditions said tin ritmint Ixtwttn board and tt lit rs salary was lo hi negotiated to a discussion took plat on worklii auditions Hut lht now is to rally an ad It rind e to that lil sal whit Is had to OSS I 1 and tin district ixuutlvi would to the steondary of that the did not confidence to at tipl tin ruomm nidation said tin board llaii Mr Itaniiiut bus slaitit In Hit tint In Is to until Hit liinnl Is pan as It always lias In n to mill arid to the Mills to a sails lln ird ild Pipe dream Scve Year ACTON ONTARIO WLONtSDAY JUIY HUH DING Acton plant Is producing huge V pipe which has excited tin lmngJmtion of the Com and I urn to paw 10 for story and pic tines Stiff Photo Mystery fire death puzzle for police North OPP arc continuing their investigation Into a mystery fire and death on the former R Steele farm on Highway about three miles south of Acton Police suspect arson and have not ruled out the possibility of foul piny the death of an Acton area man Acton recovered the body of Joseph Roger from the front bedroom of the burning Spanish style bungalow early Saturday morning shortly after receiving a fire call about 5am A bam and small shed were levelled in the blaze but only parts of the interior of the house were charred This together with the fact trees on the land between the barn and house were scarcely singed suggest the two fires may have started separately Halton County coroner Ivan Hunter arrived at the scene soon after the body was discovered Later after officers of the OPP identification branch In Burlington arrived the body was taken to Milton District Hospital where an autopsy was performed Polite have not rtvtaled results of the and rtfustd to comment on a report a rifle w ls found tht Inspector arrives Inspector MttCloud of the Criminal Invest it ition Branch Toronto arrived in Milton Monday morning to aid in the investigation Investigating officers from North Halton are Corporal J ick and Constable James Police are now awaiting lub reports from the Scitnct in Toronto Die house ind property were police ill weekend At Hit request of the an im estimator is sent to the scene of fin by the Ontario Fire Marsh il Office in Toronto itted by this paper invtstiitor Terr Murrij said he had the stent of the fire would clve no further details other than that the cist is under investigation by the Hie fire was reported to Acton firefighters by Floyd Foster a who w is from bed whin two passing motorists pulled into his driveway honking the horn Mr lives just south of tht scene on the other side of the At first I thought it was my on her to work but when I went to the window and saw the sky all lit up 1 knew it was a id fire he said Bill ind Roy both of whom live to the stent of the fire ire also reported to have as soon as llity saw Hit bum said he then rushed up to the bouse and went lo the window of the front bedroom where be knew lapointc usually slept Window opt Flit window was open but I anything for smoke he I for him but got no When arrived tirtfichttrs on saving the house which was burnint from the interior The barn and shed were already burning out of control They cheeked tht bedroom but saw nothing because of tht dense smoke Hampering them in their forts to extinguish the fire In the house were live hydro wires believed to be felled and bared by the flames Sparks from the wires dished intermittently as continued to work Deputychief Bern Van Fleet then ordered second truck to tht scene The two trucks replenished their water supplies from i at tht rtor of the ildson property across the hosier said a green pickup truck had been pushed from the dm to the ditch alongside by passing motorists who feared it might wbil fin flhlin ri fin A to lipolnti was Hi THAT a barn and small sh on the former Steele proptrty Highway three miles south of Acton early morning could be seen easily from i itch on fire Tht tap of is t ink is Returns to room foster siid he returned to the window this time s iw on the floor He to tht window J- ireficjitcrs i tht smoke filled bedroom ind brought the body out through the front window lo Acton firefighters there wis little of then motioned firefighters dam iie in bedroom Four car collision hospitalizes three lown Acton firefighters concentrated on saving the house on the property there they found the body of Joseph Roger in a front bedroom Staff Photo I i witnesses reported seeing found no of burned suns of lit injuries on the livestock in the ruins of tin nuns ircflhters when he Sund iy reported there wis blood on the s knew of no stock floor of the liwlroom Die body in the fire is fully ilothtd Stvcral were roaming V in Fleet s he around between the barn and Witn is it tin fin ported si i mi Mr ipuinK In the liar In Alton ilioiit ill in sum Charge youth with possession A Med by two It Ml of from Alton In ll yurold tndi with ssi in of drugs or lh stuff asp lid lob wa ilso in youth suit ihirt is tho ixnlini is tin drugs to two 1 gr eight hi also Ik iri with to dilinqiiuy No win Officers win on tip Wood Mac the two ion ptJC ROCKET RONNIE another member of pi for the Rims while Ron himself is a the rurkosz family of fine goal scorers with the Acton bantams and walked off with at Monday night s Ram brother Pete with Acton Mississauga junior game when he fired two novices Parents of the bola standouts are perfect shots into the circle during the Scoro Mr and Mrs Pete Turkosz Staff Photo contest Ron older brothers Bob and Gary doesnt want park four i collision on iv just west of Acton bund ij an Limine scat three persons to I Georgetown i pissenLcr the second ir is idmittid to District Minion il Hospital with he ill and neck She rim then where si dt scribe r condition is of 10 of is idmiiltd to ilislrul Memori il from disloc ittd lift knit ind whip ish He w is tn ind iter ised Rockwood couple lred Proper B Bock wood in the first wis at Georgetown District Memorial Hospital for lined inkle 1 iter Driver of Bob Iroptr i of address suffered i bump on the head the third car I ickson It of the fourth i IH of jonfit Id id esc uninjured t stimuli dam III Proper highest mi I tin to Ixivtll is stunned the W pin of the First irn of I North investiL Second crash death of collision which took lift IS ear oil lied this il million Hospital is result of injunts rLteivid in the actulent which took life of his wife The itOrville load in Ihtir son la who w is in Hit de is discharged from tboul lOdivs Hie f id livid in for the p ist two Mr lo worked at Ontario Site in Milton for Mr will laid morning from home in to Cross for requiem mass at 10 clock Colin of Churchill the other driver in the two car ish is reported lo be rttovtrini in Joseph Burlington Snapper comes to his end The wedge shaped roadside park at the junction of Highway and County may revert to a reforestation project if no one will pick up the option for it to remain as a park Reeve Tom Hill told council Monday that the county had i letter from tht Department of askinc if the park otherwise it would revert to the township Hill said he suggested the county leave it with the Department of hijhwas because the township docsnt want it Why not have it used for re- he asked The park was ac cessible from Highway but at the curve make it accessible from County Road 3 as it to Picnic tables at the spot made it popular with motorists Two ins swam on object of eve and the scene of i parks drama list wnk the ins escaped somehow their enclosed pool and like tittle Red Riding Hood were immcnstlv then- trip up the unawire that a bit me in turtle lurked in the shallows Old snipper the swans what dinner would m ike and his dtvious design have succeided but of pirks intervention in icer Harold helpers iLsoejul first of But before Old ipptr could the second thev pulled him out of the iter It is swan Hie in the best of all ipp endings and the ins ire still ever within their enclosure returned there by the Onlv weeks old the joung swans ire two of waterfowl just re ids to swim out on I- on their own Mr he figured would be re idv for outside inaboul three weeks Meanwhile ire airded night and irks members me pooh at the fowl would foul up the lake No wa said Mr the fowl help the the do lot foul it up Checking on the GeeGees RE too young to become a harness racing fan Two year old Kimberly Ann Papillon of Acton watches for her horse as the sulkies parade past the grand stand at OrangcviUe Raceway Kimberly Ann was visiting the track with her parents Mr and Mrs David Orange ville Raceway is increasing in popularity among harness fans For story and more pictures see the Free Press sports pages Staff Photo oaoiw irrid