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feheiaiERALD WEDNESDAY JANUARY Home Newspaper of Hills so per Single Copy Council to ask for Chapel Street Norval schools Hark Rows and Rick helped haul the following a weekend In the bush organized by the North camping gear back to the waiting can Sunday afternoon Halton Boy Scouta See page IS for the full Red Cross reinstates Georgetown service Halton HUli council has unanimously decided to approach both the province and the Halton Board of Education with a request that the old Norval Public School and the Chapel Street Public School be returned to the people who paid for them Halton Hills taxpayers The request presented in the form of a lengthy resolution came at the end of Monday night a committee of the whole meeting during which the towns solicitors bad been asked In camera about the town position In making the Should the board of education or the province accept Hills request one councillor commented after the meeting It would set an Important precedent for all municipalities dealing with boards of education over the dispersal of old schools andpropertfet The resolution noted that both the Norval and Chapel Street buildings and lands were acquired and constructed by revenues derived from taxation levied and collected from the residents and taxpayers of Georgetown and Township and were turned over to the Board of Education to continue to provide educational facilities As the lands and buildings are no longer used or required the resolution continues this council petitions the government of the province of Ontario to enact a special bill and enact legislation to revert the ownership of the said buildings and lands back to the municipal Jurisdiction from which the board received If there have been capital cost on the buildings since they were OHC land The province has announced that the Ontario Housing Corporation has two acres of land on Street for the citizens bousing protect In Georgetown Through local Jim Snow the made the announcement late last week The OHO noted that the ar chitectural Arm of and Wilson has been commissioned to prepare the ar chitectural drawings for the project as well as to prepare a site plan be presented to town council for the necessary rezoning prior to the project starting Mr Snow also noted that an overall survey of need for senior citizens housing Is to be carried out by the research branch of for the entire town of Hills Homemakers will return Beginning In early February Georgetown will again have Red Cross Homemaker Service The service to Georgetown was discontinued last summer after three years of operation In the Georgetown area when funds were not available to continue the work It was with great regret that we abandoned the service noted Red Cross representative Richard Perrott But after a Tot of hard work we will be able to offer the service again The return of he service was brought about as a result of several meetings the Red Cross organization regional health services and the regional human services committee It was realized that due to physical restrictions of the large area of servlcetbe North branch covered all of Halton Hills and a large part of Miltonthe Georgetown Branch was Incapable of funding the service out of Its campaign fund The lack of definite grant structures also presented a problem furthered Mr When the service was Inaugurated three years ago the town of Georgetown provided some of the funds but the position of regional government provided do definite grant resulting In the service being discontinued With added financing from the Ontario division of Red Cross the service will be undertaken for a period of six months after which further meetings will be held to re evaluate the situation A supervisor has been ap pointed for the areas of Hills and Wilton and will operate from the Milton office as will all programs imiiiumiiiimiiiiiimtitiiiiiiiimimiiiiiiiiiiimiiiimiiiiiiiiimmiiimiimiiiiiimiu Barrow stepping down as head 1 400 turn to Contact Centre Over 1 calls for help were answered donations from local service clubs and by Contact Centre volunteers during first Industries In the past year treasurer Albert year of operation It waa reported Thursday Janla disclosed the agency would be at the agency a first annual meeting plying to the town for support In 10TS Costs be held in Harrison Public School Since Its explained are rising Inception In Georgetown In November The office has recently been moved to a the 24hour listening and referral service has safer and more comfortable location It is trained more than anonymous volunteers especially appreciated by the overnight shift to lend an ear to the troubled and afford members who report the former office was a constructive help where possible There have fire trap and chilly been calls to the centre In the last three Rev Peter Barrow director of the weeks alone centre has stepped down from his training post to be replaced by Ian Carter Rev Guest speaker at the meeting John Barrow said they have enough new vohui Duggan a psychiatrist told the members teers now to keep the roster going nearly all and Their guests the success of their efforts month But new volunteers are always has proven the need for a psychiatric welcome resource centre In North Prom his Publicity chairman Mrs Gall affiliation with the mental health services In Williamson has turned her title over to Mrs Wellington County Dr noted that Barb Johnson u she has accepted the onethird of all the cases are children under position of publicity convenor for the Red He said sometimes mental problems are Cross blood donoi clinics hereditary Recent studies have proven that All other members of the executes if a child aware of this and can recognize remain anonymous to preserve the con the problem he can receive early treatment fldenuallty of the service Duggan la currently Involved in plans Everyone was congratulated for the start a similar facility here He said the success of the operation and special Human Services Council a regional govern acknowledgement went to Bell Canada for local agencies hopes to have the project within IB months on the Inside front cover of the new scheme lnvoivfn tendes hopes to have the project underway Centre Is now listed under Although the Contact Centre has received Peel telephone directory Janice Johnston first alumna on board A Georgetown graduate of Sheridan College of Applied Arts and Technology has returned Sheridan not as a student but Instead ait a member of the board which controls the growth and operation of the college Janice Johnston attended her first meeting of the Sheridan College Board of Governors last Wednesday evening following her recent appointment to the board by the pr government Council of Regents Mrs he first member of Sheridans alumni to be named to the board One of four women on the present board Mrs Johnston will serve a four year term She was one of three new members ap pointed Donald Carlson and Audrey Ryckman Burlington were also appointed Mrs Johnston graduated from the two- year advertising program at Sheridan in She was the recipient that year of the Ad vertising Advisory Committee Award and the Board of Governors Sliver Medal for her outstanding academic achievement She is now an advertising copywriter for the Canadian Champion in Milton Prior to Joining that firm she worked at Air Canada In customer relations Mrs Johnston la the wife of Greg Johnston Georgetown She Is the daughter of Halton Hills Councillor Coxe During the Wednesday night inaugural meeting one of the three North representstives on the board of governors Bert of Acton waa elected chairman of the board A former reeve of Acton and warden of Halton County Mr Is well known throughout the North community the Ontario Counties Association and has served on the Credit Valley Conservation Authority Mr has been a firm proponent of both Sheridan College and the community college principle serving for several years on the executive of the Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario He was appointee to the board by Region Mr Is a charter member board He replaces John of MIsslsssuga who this year completes an eightyear appointment by the Council of Regents The third North representative on the board Is C A Martin of Milton Poles take a beating Hydro poles telephone poles and guard rails seemed to be the targets for Georgetown motorists over the past weekend as Icy road conditions made travelling unsafe Dalbert Page and John Cameron bothof Acton collided at the Intersection of and Mill with damages amounting to The car Francis Damphousc of 18 Crescent received damage in a collision involving two small trees and a hydro pole The accident near Mountainvlew Road Slush and ley conditions contributed to the accident that did BOO damage to a car driven by Christen Dempster and damage to a pole located on King Street Damage was done to the roof hood vehicle which knocked down several wires from the pole Edward Matter of IS Stevens Crescent was alio one of the many Involved In ac cidents on Saturday Damage to the vehicle exceeded resulting from a collision on King Street that did SO damage to a Bell Telephone pole Ellen Nolan of Joycelyn Crescent received damage to her car in a weekend accident icy conditions were listed as the cause of the accident which caused the vehicle to slide Into a pole and sign standard taken over by the board the resolution noted that Hal ton Hills would pay for them phis any other costs or debenture Indebtedness that had occurred because of the Improvements The resolution will be circulated to all municipalities in for their dorsatlon Copies will also be sent to Premier Bill Davis the minister of education the Board of Education as well as Jim Snow and George Ken- Council a acceptance of the resolution followed sharply on the heels of a recent meeting between town and board representatives at which the board of education revealed the prices It was asking for the school Thepricee have not been made public but all councillors present at the meeting expressed shock at how high they were Predicting that the board will no doubt fight this right down the line Councillor Ernie Sykca commented following Monday meeting that council hopeful that If we go this route and are successful well get these two schools for next nothing He added a tone of caution however We hope the homemaker service will become permanent and serve the people in the northern part of the region In a satisfactory added Mr The service would not have been reinstated without the help of Fran Jamleson and Dorothy Craig of the regional health unit and Rev Peter Barrow of the human services committee 4 i during the meeting It would be Important he council to consider other side of argument The board had pointed out if the Halton Hills precedent Is set any time a school in any other part of the board a Jurisdiction Is sold In the future the entire proceeds from that sale would go directly to the involved municipality instead of being dispersed throughout the region as la presently the board regional policy Councillor Era Hyde noted The school existed long before the Board of Education did The property acquired the building constructed and a great deal If not all of the debentures on It were paid for by the people of the township of The people should rightfully tneypald for He added thai school could serve as a much needed community centre for the people of the small community while the Chanel Street school could be used as an or as a complete alternate facility to the overused Community Centre The need Is there for both of these facilities be used by the people who paid for them Halton Hills wins sort of The thorny question of how many members Hills should have on regional committees was decided once and for all last Wednesday afternoon Although this towns original recommendation did not Set much further than preliminary local representatives were pleased with the wsy that everything out Hal ton Hills originally suggested that two regional councillors from this town be designated to serve on each of the four regional committees Following a length discussion In which the lues between and south Halton thickened somewhat compromise of sorts was reached One of the present committees- community services will be combined with the administration and finance committee thus cutting Ihe number of regional com to three Each committee wUl consist of eight members drawn from all four municipalities in Halton will have two represen tatives and Ernie Sykes on the public works committee On the regional planning committee Rlc Morrow and Pat will represent this town Mayor Tom Kill is the lone local representative on the newly expanded community services administration and finance committee Miltons three representatives work on one committee each Hills suggestion that this town have two representatives on each of the four old committees did not sit well with Oakvllle and Burlington councillors One southern councillor commented that representation eight representatives should have 14 representatives on the committees In speaking to Halton Hills Councillor Coxe explained that the Intent to match the towns representation on council with Its representation on the committees members to each committee HaltonHUla would have approximately the same per centage I dont think were out of line or putting anything out of balance by asking for this Councillor Coxe concluded Councillor Rlc Morrow was one of the first supporters of amalgamating the com Into three He noted that much of the hard work has already been dealt with by community services and that to shift workload onto another committee would not be too heavy a burden Following the meeting Councillor IF THE FACE of this fellow seems vaguely familiar it should be Thats Nor- vara Julian Reed Hes not however seen protesting the closing of the old school an issue with which he has been closely identified within recent months The picture Is that appeared coast tocoast in the Canadian Magazine last weekend In a BensonHedgcaclgarettead Like Benson Hedges the longer the better states the ad Julian needless to say Is the shorter Mr Reeds efforts to produce electricity for his home from his own dam were also the subject recently of a CBC news feature chief concern was that we wouldnt have enough Input into the work of some of the committees the chief one being ad ministration However we will have one strong representative on it Mayor Hill plus two on the other two Im basically prepared to accept the outcome Another point in north Hal favor was the agreement that an alternative representative from each municipality may be allowed to attend the committees meetings and should the elected councillor not be able to attend the alternate would be allowed to vote This was particularly beneficial to Milton whose Mayor Anne noted that should one of the three Milton regional councillors not be able to attend any meeting the town would be totally without representation In the decision making