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New policy a milestone new teacher evaluation policy la thought to be another milestone for the Halton Board of Education George Kennedy George town and MZ Bennett school Acton are the schools In the north chosen for a special teacher evaluation policy pilot project Board of Education announced the of schools for the two year eld testing of the new policy Thursday A north area high school will be included in the field testing of the new policy policy was part of the teacher contract Superintendent of Ins true John Botch said the policy is another education milestone for and he thinks the board and teachers arc creating something which will be widely copied He noted interest in the new policy exists beyond Ontario Bolch said the task force developed policy t designed to get at incompet teachers but added it will help weed out those teachers who don meet Ho standards We have our staff and if they achieve them they wo with us dec la Trustee Don Long si hoped the area super would still do spot of teachers work though the bulk of the evaluating staff work will rest with principals vice principals and department heads said area superln will still look In on classrooms from time to time but their main responsibility will be to make sure the new evaluation policy is properly Implemented 27 arrested at corn roast Help Guide and Brownie leaders THIS IMPRESSIVE pound inch salmon are urgently needed for the was caught in Lake Ontario by John Arnold Acton groups Sec the ad Tyler Ave He was fishing in a boat off Bronte in today paper Friday when he caught the huge fish His net broke and a swift grab into the water by one of his companions Dave saved the fish John McNabb and John were also in the boat at the time One Hundred and Third Year No 9 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY AUGUST Twenty Four Pages Fifteen Cents Hinton asks Are any teachers gay ST JOSEPHS Catholic School registration was held yesterday Tuesday Although exact figures are not yet known secretary Helen left kept busy Mrs Myrtle Anderson registered her son Ed ward The new school opens soon in the old stone school by the Robert Little building on the Halton Board or Education knows if any of newly hired tea are homosexuals Acton Esqueslng Trustee Bert asked tendent of Instruction John Boich if any of the new tea starting work next month in are gay Boich said he t know and In light of comments in the past by has given the subject some consider He said he has no way of knowing if any teachers are gay and added he has no idea what he would or could do about the problem if he found out teacher was gay Bolch said he intends to talk to the Ontario Human Rights Commission regarding em ployment of gays He added he is following cases of gays whoareftghtinguork on the grounds of their sexual preference closely re terated his stand that he mind gays living their chosen lifestyle and being allowed to work and have homes as long as they keep their views and action private but is very con about them being able to teach young children He questions their ability to give normal moral guidance Boich also reported new teachers have been hired for next year and are from The other come from other parts of Ontario He noted are beginning teachers and the new tar teachers have an age of years of experience and the secondary school tea 7 said there may be mort hiring next month since hiring has been cautious this year after ended up with more tc ichors than needed Local police solve ups p00 safety 49 of July crime r r District One police officers are keeping about 10 per cent ahead of the entire Halton Region in terms of solving crimes last month according to police statistics District One including Hills and Milton cleared per cent of crimes occurring last month cording to district superln Floyd Schwann To date 50 per cent of the district crimes have been cleared since January In dicated the superintendent In the following figures on Break and Entries the first number represents what hap pened throughout the entire region in July and the second District One Break Enter of houses 81 in shops to 15 and other 24 to There were thefts of motor vehicles in Region including nine in trict One Thefts valued over numbered 70 in 10 of them in District One There were thefts valued at less than in with in District One Seven of the 34 drug occur In the region happened in One And of 165 liquor charges originated in this dls trict Resignation appointment Eva won t be back at Acton High School when school resumes next month Board of Education announced Thursday she has resigned At the same time It was revealed Wally Rowley has been appointed associate chairman of pure sciences at Acton High Kelly Hlsaki has top mark Swimmers in Lions Club Pool will soon have an extra measure of safety A resuscltator has been ordered for permanent and ex elusive use of the Acton pool Lions Club president Ray last week The expected to be delivered almost any day is the second piece of equipment donation by the club to the pool this year A resuscltator forces air into the lungs of a person who Is not breathing or who is having a breathing problem pool supervisor Liz said The device is similar to ones used by firefighters Presence of the device at the pool by no means indicates it will replace artificial respiration the pool supervisor assured In case or a mishap artificial respiration would be started Miss said Thercsuscitatorwouldalso be brought on deck Blueberry patch Ex Barrie Market garden office awards planned south of Acton A com roast which ap parently turned into a nofsy and volatile disturbance near Acton late Saturday night resulted in the charging and arrests of youths between 18 and years old According to police the com roast took place spontane ously in a farmer field north of 25 Sideroad on Sixth Line west of Highway It was attended by to people who Regional Police report were drinking heavily The police had originally arrived at the scene to in neighbors com plaints of noise and dls turban Two Hills precinct officers went o investigate the origin of noise said Staff Sergeant Barrett of Georgetown division When they tried to advise the group that they were making too much noise the officers were subjected to verbal abuse and with purchase of resuscitator Purchase of the was under consideration by the Pool Advisory Committee Mr Evelan said Wc discovered one at the pool and with many people we thought a resuscltator would be needed he said The unit which costs 330 complete was ordered from a Mississnuga manufacturer Fire chief Mick Holmes will instruct the pool staff in the proper method of using the resuscltator Mr Commenting on when the device will be used Miss said since there no ambulance in town we have to wait for firefighters or an ambulance from either or George town There may be times when they can t get here fast and the machine can be used to take over from the manual methodunt she said Previously I ions Club moved to replace pool saunas with new ones However the twomonth long electricians strike in Toronto has delayed Kelly Hlsaki received the highest mark of all pupils trying the Initial grade of piano examination at Trinity College of Music In May she is the daughter of and Mrs Edward Hisaki of Acton and pupil of Dorothy Richardson Scull of George town Initial grade Kelly 88 per cent Jana Clipshnm 86 per cent John Sellar per cent Grade I Diana Collett percent Joanne McArthur 85 per cent Norman 79 per cent Grade Carolyn Gibson per cent David Griffiths per cent Ricky Allen per cent Grade HI Laura Lee Schreiber per cent cent Kim MacMillan 70 per cent Examiner for Trinity College of Music was Gcof frcy Corbelt Hon F T C ARCM Exams were held at the home of Dorothy Richard son Scull 1 George town headquarters for Trinity College In this area Twenty eight acres of weeds on Highway south of Acton could become a productive market garden greenhouse fruit and vege table stand and Implement salesroom If a proposal by Martin is accepted by the town The land across from Bid ley Cartage would also be used to grow blueberries Mr Martin said few blueberries are grown locally but on the advice of University of Guelph who said the ground and the climate are suitable he wants to try It He said it would be five years before they could be brought Into full production eventually he would like to erect a solar heated home on of the property The by 60 foot Implement showroom to be built of glass and stone would be used for equipment for small acre ages rather than full fledged farms Mr Martin said he had been told there are acres In the parcel of land but he said he felt It was closer to He explained a pond would be dug and the area around It landscaped to make the fruit and vegetable stand and implement showroom live We don plan to throw up a shack He said he wanted a com mercial zoning at least on part of the property for the implement salesroom and office The proposal was turned over to the planner for a report beer bottles were thrown in their direction One beer reportedly broke the windshield of one of the cruisers while the other cruiser received damage to its rooftop The two officers backed away from the scene and waited for reinforcements When it was finally over Regional Police of ficers from the precints of Acton Georgetown Milton Oakvillc and Burlington had arrived in approximately 14 cruisers In addition two paddy wag one from Georgetown and one from Oakvillc were called in to help transport groups of rowdy youths from the area The people 18 men and nine women were detained overnight at Regional Police Headquarters in Georgetown and released Sunday mor Cruisers collide officers charged The charged group con sisted of young people from Thunder Bay Rock wood and Acton The majority of those rested are due to appear In Provincial Court in Milton on Sept to face various charges of disturbing the peace liquor out or residence and narcotics charges No one was injured during the arrests Police waited until all the support had rived from throughout the region before converging on the field en masse There was a claim that the group had asked permission to hold the corn roast but Staff Sergeant Barrett said the party was possibly not planned He doubted that there was permission given for the group to hold the roast in the field Regional Police are investigating Two Police cruisers racing to the scene of the raided corn roast near Acton late Saturday night were damaged when they collided on Highway near Side road The cruisers one from and the other from Burlington were part of the crew of 15 officers and 10 cruisers which were required to break up the near riot and transport the charged to Georgetown police said One officer was slightly injured in the mishap The cruisers both 1977 Ply mouths were damaged to the tunc of SI and Both officers were charged in the incident Ontario Provincial Police Burlington detachment are Investigat ing PAUL BRAY 13 won the Junior Woodwind a ward for the age 15- years and under at the C N Music Festival Paul also took the bronze award in the 18- and under class Friday at 2 all woodwind champions will give a concert in the CNE Music Hall Upheaval Construction continues along the length of sliced up this week ail the from Mill to the tracks was considerable concern shown Friday when traffic delays lasted as long as hour The long hot v alts were reported to police Blue ribbon to Free Press The Free Press has been awarded the Blue Ribbon Award in the Canadian Community Newspapers Association competition The Blue Ribbon Award means the paper scored per cent or tore of the score awarded the first place newspaper in the competition class entered page The Free Press placed seventh of 36 papers entered in the category Competition results were announced at the annual convention in Winnipeg in July 675 students travel by bus Board of Education will send students to Acton and area schools this year by bus The students will travel Ml miles daily and it will cost to run the bus operation each day There arc 19 bus routes There will be students bused to Acton High School each day along with 135 going by bus to Z Bennett and Robert Little schools school bus has 134 bus students and Speysldc 138 Hugh MacPhcrson of Eden Mills brought home plenty of wards from both the C N and Barrk Exhibition the past couple of weeks At the his prize birds won 10 first nine seconds 11 thirds two fourths and two special prizes At the big fair he won first nine seconds four thirds He also had the grand champion standard on a silver spangled cock Mr shows his birds regularly and is very pleased with the results of his latest entries Champs at CNE Fred had another very sue year the CNE He entered about birds and received all firsts in his divisions He hud the champion trio champion pullet and champion bantam He enters the each year and Is a consistent win NOW WHAT S SHE DONE Sue Mellor left seems to be the centre of attention as Ellen Karen Glenn and Colleen right point her out The girls were leaders at the day camp and were building a barn structure for The day camp parents night Thursday evening