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Current just too strong SUMMER CLAIMS ITS FIRST VICTIM Three men who until last Thursday afternoon bad little In common today share a my painful memory am one which will bo a long time In leaving them Its the helpless remembrance of a futile struggle to save a young Georgetown boys life For what one of them called a life time In one afternoon the three men struggled last Thursday to save 11yearold Kevin Robbtn from drowning in the Credit River Just west of the Town line bridge in A strong current won the battle as It claimed the life of the young boy the son Drive The began shortly after noon on Thursday Kevin and his brother Steves 12 and David of Road had hiked down to Nerval for an af ternoons swim Just above the remains of an old dam which was partially destroyed by Hurricane Haxel in Suddenly all three boys became en trapped In a strong which began to them Into the dam The current runs through a small opening approximately inches below the surface and because of the targe water flow the pull is extremely strong The tow older boys managed to pull themselves free bu the current pulled Kevin further into the dam At that moment Bob Wolfe was pulling Into the parking lot of the Hollywood House about a away His In tentions were to have a quick beer before beading back to work but I beard some kids screaming It didnt sound right at all so I bopped mm the truck and drove down there to see what the problem was When be saw young Kevin being pulled below the surface of the water Bar Wolfe scrambled Into the river and attempted to pull the boy to the surface He found that the rivers grip was Just too strong I tried to pull him up but the current Just kept pushing turn back down Mr Wolfe was touted Just a few moments later by Robert Callahan a Brampton lawyer and an alderman on the city coun Mr had gone to Nerval to see about his boat which had been stored at Credit River Boats Just across the road from the site of the Incident He was Just walking back to his car when a woman from a nearby house yelled at him that a boy was drowning in the river He immediately rushed Into the river to Join In the fight against time but even with two men the current was too strong Try as we might we get him up enough to get his head above water Mr Callahan recalled Be soberly commented that it could have possibly been one of his two sons who with a friend were with him on the trip to Nerval Just before going over to the marina the boys had asked to go over to the river for a swim but hearing the sound of rapids In the distance be refused to let them go Re said children playing In the water but not knowing river didnt consider that they might have been playing In a potentially dangerous area A third man shortly Joined Mr Wolfe and Mr Callahan but they still remained powerless to save the boy Brian a Regional policeman was offduty when be beard the call for assistance on his radio and quickly rushed to the scene Jumping fully clothed Into the river be Joined the two men perched precariously along the It eventually took a number of members from the Georgetown Volunteer Fire Department over 10 minutes to bring the boys body to shore There an Immediate attempt was made by a crew from the Georgetown Volunteer Ambulance Service to revive him but to no avail The boy was declared dead on arrival at Georgetown District Memorial Hospital Release of the victims name was delayed until Ontario Provincial Police In Milton managed to locate and Inform the boys father woo was on a business trip In Saskatchewan Kevin was in a number of sports par ticularly soccer In memory of the boy the Georgetown Minor Soccer Association has planned a special tribute For more details seepages was made to revive the boy but the HERALD WEDNESDAY JULY t ItTI Home of Halton Hills 33 Ontario Scholars from GDHS Georgetown District High School an nounced Its list of Ontario Scholars last Friday There are a total of S3 students who topped BO percent In the school thus receiving a scholarship The highest standing was obtained by Deborah Hunter of Nerval woo earned percent standings Miss Hunter plans on taking the four year Natural Science Course at University Karen of Moore Park obtained the second highest standing of so percent Miss Hauser plan on majoring In math wi hopes of taking the Business option at the University of Waterloo Both girls began their high school studies a Georgetown District High School and thus graduated from the same school Other Ontario scholars listed In alphabetical order and their percentages art Duncan Marie Bolsson- Desalt Mary Breckenridge Steven Burns David Burt Wendy 2 Randall Dubien MO Deborah Dune Robert Lindsay Gum Heather Hamilton Gloria It 7 Usted alphabetical order The honor student are Rodney Beaumont Martha Leslie Catling Cynthia Day Jerry William Mark Lorraine Harrison Peter Hope 777 Laurie Johnston John Lxughton Susan 8 Michael Pierce Vlckl Bobbins and Kathleen Slack Congratulations sre well In order to all these students who worked extremely hard throughout their school years is order to obtain such high recognition All the best success to these students for the future Karen Peter Hurley J Tad Rowley Louise Klteley 817 Peter 850 Kuhnt 901 Frank 89 Patrick McCarthy David McDonald OS Maria 81 Inda Hark Rush 833 Terry Ryder Klm- Schenk 898 Randall Smith 800 Teder J Paul Thompson and Kfsaberlcy Wilde Georgetown District High School also announced the honor students of the school who earned between 79 and 79 percent These students and their percentages are KAREN a Grade 13 graduate of Georgetown District High School was one of the highest Ontario Scholars in the school TOOMAB received an Ontario Scholarship after graduating from Georgetown District High School WENDY from GDHS receiving an Ontario Scholarship Dam should be removed According to one resident of the Credit Vouey the drowning death of 11yearold Kwvln last Thursday Is one more good reason why the dams on the Credit should be taken out Dave Williamson of Glen Williams a longtime proponent of the removal of dams along the Credit commented They are hazardous That has been now tragically proven He recalled the Incident at the Georgetown Paper Mill Dam a few years ago when a participant in the Crazy Boat Race nearly plunged to his death In the chilly waters when be ran Into the dam The danger Is pretty obvious and about time the town or the Credit Valley Conservation Authority took a good serious look at taking the dams out Halton teachers I NDP s candidate get 30 raise Your Morning Smile We beard about a fellow who found out that a gained weight when he tried to cut down fiia I smoke six cigarettes a day now One after every meal Teachers In wlU be receiving an average salary Increase of over 30 percent following approval last Thursday night of a new one year agreement by the Halton Board of Education The settlement which Includes an annual percent Increment sets salary ranges from to for elementary school teachers and from to 33900 secondary school teachers The average elementary salary has in- creased percent over one year rising from an average of 11349 to 19047 The average secondary school salary Is now up 1 percent from The newly approved contract has no cost- allowance In it nor is there any change In the teachers Principals In the system will receive pay increases of between le and percent to a maximum of plus a 900 increment for elementary principals and a maximum of plus an 830 increment for secondary principals The sizable increase follows on top of but years percent across the board increase Fred chairman of the boards salary committee pointed out however that the percent Increase compares with Increases granted in other parts of the province It cant be looked as In Isolation be told the board happened elsewhere whether we like It or not We have to be realists In relative terms I think his settlement is appropriate and In fact a good one trusteeDougWoodnotedthotHaltonhasone of the highest pupilteacher ratios In sU of Ontario at We also have been among the lowest i boards In per unit cost and this salary set- tlement will leave us In the same position As a result of some criticism of the new contract a recorded vote was taken but only six trustees opposed the settlement Having tussled frequently with the provincial government over Issues BUI Johnson has decided that Its about time he got even more closely tangled with Park Mr Johnson a stationary engineer at Domtar in Georgetown Miller objects to plan was nominated last Wednesday in Milton to run in the next provincial election under the New Democratic Parly banner Approximately party members attended the subdued nomination meeting to select Mr Johnson over a second nominee Don Wackley for the nomination for Following the meeting Mr Johnson noted that his platform in the upcoming campaign will be giving the power of government back to the Continued on page Board approves Limehouse quarry The towns subsidiary planning board has given Its approval to the expansion of a sand and gravel quarry in limehouse despite objections by a councillor from that Ward Rubs Miller that the firm has not been meeting lis past promises of rehabilitating land already used for Its operations II I owned a bouse there Councillor Miller told the planning board I would be here at council every Tuesday night ob jecting His remarks were aimed at the sand and gravel operation of Duff Ltd The company had requested permission from the planning board to increase the sire of Its operations In Limehouse to Include another 190 acres north of the firms present quarry near the village Councillor Muter noted that a field ad jacent to six homes Is now an eyesore because of the companys operations on It J C Duff representing his firm told the planning board that his company has been delayed In implementing its rehabilitation plans but is still planning to begin them immediately We hope to have that par ticular area cleared up by the fall I cant see anything that you have done In the past to rehabilitate the land youve already used Councillor Miller and yet here were now deciding on whether or not we should give you 190 more acres which la more than you started with originally The completion of a new crushing and washing plant to handle over- sliedstones has necessitated the requests for the additional 190 acres Mr Duff noted Without the chance of this property coming up we been able to start up this summer at alL He added that because of past problems we were caught with our pants down Many