The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

GeorgetownActon Wednesday Feb 1983 B3 Hiss wrapped in fur lo warm into Ihr on bul people were there lo the ideal at Terrj a Officials number handsome spam horses pulling a jh lowered people In urban areas I know Ihere was snow for around the irreiint murk and a Harm winter sun beamed down at Terra New stumbling block for computers in schools A plan to have all school in equipped with computers over the next five years has hit another stumbling block Board of Education Thursday night decided to have a long range plan Into the usage and installation of computers referred back to administration or prioritization Harold Brathwaitc chairman of the com advisory committee pointed out in the year of a five year plan students from grade to 13 would be learning computers By the end of the plan in five years kinder to grade 13 would be utilizing the machines Every school would have the equipment with every high school having complete labs Director of Education Beevor pointed out the plan is simply a direction and staff would come back to the board every year for a review Trustee Noel Cooper Burlington said he approved the direction of the one year plan but questioned whether all plans designated for year one need be completed right away Burlington Trustee Bill Prieslner said he could not support the long range plan He admitted he liketJJhejeport estimated theongolngisUWouWbMoSOOv per year after the hardware was purchased He questioned how long the computers would be used for teaching He pointed out a few years ago televisions in the classroom were the big thing and the board invested a lot in it as a teaching aid Another municipality he noted went heavily Into audiovisual only to let It alt dormant a few years later Priestner suggested equipping the secondary schools but holding off on the elementary Trustee Peter Abbott Burlington agreed with Priestner have to recognize that 1 do not believe Halton region can afford to spend a lot of money on computers outside the Obituar Township native dies at age 89 A native of Township Agnes Jane McEnery died at age Mrs McEnery the daughter of Agnes Batr and Henry Shortlll attended Blue Mountain School and for many years played piano for her father at old time dances She married Archie S in Acton and lived in the same house for years An active member of the Women Institute and Ballinafad United Church she was known as a musician and dressmaker and had an aludlng interest in local history She Is survived by daughters field Jean King and Garton Another daughter Margaret McLnery predeceased her She is also survived by sons I and Archie as well as seven grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren Her husband and two brothers and Matthew predeceased her Funeral services conducted by Rev Peter Barrow were held at Shoemaker Funeral Home Acton February 1 with grandsons Wayne K Stanley Jim Tim Garton Steve Garton and Bruce Coles panel level Board vicechairman Betty Fisher pointed out the ministry of education is look at program needs or the students com literacy in grades and 10 and then expanding Into science and other programs and then into actual computer technology In report to tho board she could ee no mention of technology She stressed students have to become literate and then learn how to service them Taxpayer M Donclan attended the board warned against the dangers of computers He stressed they are addictive and while as a teachers aid the machines can be useful as slaves they can be dangerous Using computers as a tool of teachers aid but not for children use Hi felt they could learn the basics to retrieve specific information from them but only that But the computer can be extremely tivc he warned He said the machine is a powerful tool that tempts the student and robs him of his desire to want to learn other things His development Is limited he ad The problems the student solves are he computers not- bis own pi elementary schools Donelan said the students should learn why things are the way they are not just use what there To further emphasize how he felt Donelan who himself works with com putcrs explained that some mathematical problems depending on how they are worked out can result In different answers If the student just tells the computer to give him the the student is not learning how to do It himself Bannockburn Metric study The Women Institute met at the home of Mrs Keith Cairns In George town February a and after enjoying a dessert luncheon the president opened the meeting with a reading Ladles Does This Description it Your Job After the roll call was answered and the Linda read a poem The First Day of School The program for the meeting was a study of the metric system conducted by the president Talk to me about RRSP T Bnan Goodet S Suts206 Georgetown 877 5129 451 3460 Board spending hike maximum 8 in 83 The proposed Board of Education budget has already been trim med enough that there will only be max imum eight per cent increase in expend itures Also more work will be done on the budget and Georgetown Trustee Betty Fisher says the 1983 increase could wind up being as as three or four per cent Fisher and Acton Trustee Arlene Bruce attended Fridays ward one councillors dropin in Acton to discuss the new board budget past spending practises and the fiasco over the board s K million In vestment with Crown Trust The eight per cent maximum increase In the budget has resulted from close scrutiny of all board spending and costs and has been achieved without the board having to make any cuts in programs in the schools In working out the budget the trustees and staff have been conservative in their projections of provincial grants for they are budget ting for less revenue from Queen s Park than they reasonably can expect so Fisher predicted the actual bud get increase could wind up being as low as three or four per cent She noted the current budget prediction of an eight per cent increase is over last year actual spending not the budget for 1982 The board had a S3 million surplus last year so that extra money above actual spending 1982 is being used to reduce the 1983 revenue requirements The administration brought the trustees a proposed budget close to the target of eight per cent maximum increase est a Wished at the outset by the board Council lor Daw Whiting said the Town and region proposed budgets for this ear are also close to the targets set by council so a lot of cutting wont be needed on them either The region budget is already cut to the bone Hills budget committee chairman Ross described the board budget as a dirty one to draft since there is more guess work involved in determining the level of provincial grants for the year One reason the board budget is tougher to do Fisher explained is that Queen Park bases board grants on market assess ment while municipal grants arc based on the old assessment system still in use In Halton Hills In answer to a question Fisher said the board spends about million a year on and benefits million a month and that s why funds like the invested with Crown Trust must be available to the board Bruce pointed out the board employs 934 as school staff and another people In other positions F said the board finance committee directed staff to prioritize every budget item and that made it easier to do things chop SI 4 million ROOTS IN THE St John Amublancc traces its roots to the Crusades and an order of knights who tended the ill and injured It was reborn in its modern form in England in the 1B70 It began in Canada in 1883 with a first aid course In Quebec COMPLETE TRAVEL SERVICE FULL QUALIFIED Barber Henley Ltd Main St Downtown Georgetown If S Till- WORLD Phis Complimentary brake inspection with every coupon lone lilt A Trax 12 Radiate Deluxe From r l From HARVEY S TIRE CENTRE Pan qeorgetown Fisher strikes Hi education takes per cent Less than 7 per cent difference yet we are providing the services covering the areas erred by both local and regional councils She challenged Armstrong statement the board had major problems admitting they had a major problem making sure the board the to million intact but were finished with that Turning to Armstrongs Jibe at their concern with the affect of Pay TV on children Fisher contended part of education is the way children function in society Surely Armstrong wouldnt ask us to abandon that to constantly look at dotlara at if we were producing tin cans in our schools She stressed the trustees are c about the impact of their da on the taxpayer and stated we and only we are accountable to them and lac people from other bodies stay out of our business The tax payers of Hills will see it s not the councils problem to take care of these TOYOTA TRUCKARAMA TOYOTA A TON PICKUP Mod RN34RK t monthly Power Train SERVICE NOW OPEN THURSDAYS MO FOR YOUR CONVEWENCE SEE THE PRICE BEATERS AT The Home of Price Beaters GEORGETOWN TOYOTA