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TUESDAY DECEMBER IMS Home Newspaper of Hills One of the joys of the holiday season is remembering wonderful folks like you our customers Its always a pleasure to pause and wish you happiness and pros perity Sincere holiday greetings from I Cordon Bell Ken Coulas Gay Bill Evdokimoff Colin Gibson Gilson Dave Hastings Bill Johnston Doris Lindauer Theresa Garfield McGilvray Lee Home Newspaper of Hills Frank Marie Shadboft Iris Tunney Bob Gerry Landsborough Susan De Facendis Mrs John Bellboddy Mrs A W Benton Mrs Frank Smith Mrs Dorothy McLean Mrs A Scott The Carriers Tender on the badly needed addition to Georgetown sewage treatment plant were opened test week and town officials bad feared colt of the project had tripled In be two years that It has been stalled in region and provincial red tape The winning tender was for the project in when he town begin processing Its request for the addition had been la the neighbourhood of The firm which handle the con struction of the addition Is In ternational Ltd a Torontobased con traction company Its tender was the lowest of five tenders the province The highest tender was for Completion date of the project will be after start of construction which is expected in the very Immediate future Town planner Mario Venrfltd blamed the percent increase In the projects cost on the long time It has taken to get the project Sewage plant costs increase 300 now over million through so many levels of government It had been all finalised In with con struction planned to be underway In early but with the onset of regions govern ment It got stalled In the red tape Mr VendfUiaeld The project will be financed largely through water and sewer charge to the residents of the Georgetown urban area Although the town bad anticipated the increase in costs their estimate of million well under the lowest submitted lender of MS million Red tape keeping them apart Christmas tHs year for Zlggy Is going to be very similar to last and the year before Tbe 31-year- old Georgetown resident will again travel into Toronto to spend a quiet Christmas with close Wends Thousands of away his wife Joanna will spend an equally lonely Christinas with her mother In an apartment in Warsaw Thats the way It has been for the young couple for two of the four Christmaaes that have passed since their marriage In their native Poland Between them stands a tangle of political red tape which despite two years of trying to cut through it mains firmly Intact separating two young people who desperately wish to be reunited The story of the began In Sep tember of 1971 only a year after they were married The left their Polish homeland to visit their grandparents in London Once there they applied for and received a visa arriving In Toronto la The received landed immigrant states and be Immediately got a Job as a mechanical engineer In Toronto and everything appeared to be going well until Joanna received news in June that her father bad died Concerned about the health of her mother Joanna decided to return to Poland to be a her mother a side during the funeral She was afraid she couldnt come back recalled but she was also worried about her mothers condition When she eventually attempted to leave Joanna disco that ffltf would not grant her an exit visa That was two years feels that If us wifes detainment has been a pu for the couples earlier decision to leave Poland two yean of forced separation has been quite a suf iKim Asked if be would return to Poland if refused to change their stand Ziggy firmly stated My place is here He values life ite a won derful place most of all because of Its freedom Canadians be said in an interview wtthtbeHeraldaresofree They dont know the types of problems that sometimes can reach into their lives After two years of sitting and hoping for good news only to bear that International Red passport application on behalf of Joanna had been refused on September 18 of this year Zlggy decided that his next step would have through the Canadian External Affairs Department and Prime Minister Trudeau Approaching tbe Prime Minister during a visit to Toronto Mr Psarskl managed to bring the matter to the public a attention Late last month MP Tom brought the matter up before the House of Commons at which time external affairs minister Allan reported that the Polish embassy would be contacted jcEacben during his visit to the Helsinki Conference had actually brought up Joan situation plus those of other similarly The Ca governments standard basic humanitarian aspect of reuniting the separated couple Is based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights signed by tbe Polish government That document states that anyone has tbe right to leave any country Including bis own Poland was also a cosigner of Agreement which states that family be examined favorably With those supporting his requests Mr remains optimistic that something may happen in the very near future It only takes 30 minutes to fill out a passport document In Warsaw He holds more hope than ever before that perhaps Christmas next year will see him and his wife enjoying the special time together Taxpayers will pay million more for education next year Hula taxpayers will be facing one of tbe largest mill rate Increases for education costs in 1B7S Bruce superintendent of business the Board of Education reported to the board last Thursday night that in light of the provinces withdrawal of decrease in funding for various aspects of the boards operations win have to pay an estimated million mora for education in 1976 than in OOn top of that the regular annual Increase In education costs will make mill rate In cresses inevitable be said Mr Lindleys remarks were made followina a meeting earlier that day in Toronto at which minister of education Thomas Wells outlined the provinces education funding to representative from a number of Ontario education boards The province Mr Wells told the trustees and board officials win increase Its financial support for local governments by eight percent for an of mUUon across Ontario Of that school boards would get about twothirds or roughy million Ceilings on ordinary per pupil ex penditures will be increased by eight percent for elementary and second additional too per pupil elementary level The maximum ordinary expenditures In Ontario will be 1 for elementary school pupil and EM for each secondary school pupu Any peroupU spending that exceeds a board grant ceilings will not be eligible for provincial assistance Mr warned The local mill rata will become a strong disciple on education spending Tbe provinces share of expenditures which Include such things as transportation and debenture he cut to percent of the provincial cutbacks Mr Lhday will place more on toe local taxpayers He estimated that tbe provinces education will drop by five percent The local mm rates will then have provide for feat additional five percent There no question about It Mr Lindley There be mill rat In crease A total freeze on new capital projects by the province put the new Acton nigh school very much to Jeopardy be added Thefresn was placed on all building projects not the ministry on November They really didnt dose tbe door on the project Mr said although be did not state that school would still be approved Two additions to public In the would have will have to be for tbe time being Law suit against truck maker planned A class action lawsuit against the Ford Co of Canada hi being planned by a group of over irritated car owners who have formed a Rusty Ford Owners Association beaded by Tom of Georgetown Mr owner of a threeyearold Ford pickup has been trying desperately for many months to get serious rust problems on his truck corrected by the Ford Com Getting absolutely nowhere after dealing with the Brampton dealership where lbs truck was purchased and with Ford Co In Mr decided to channel his efforts through other means Discussing his problem Mr Beeney finally made some headway with Phil of Montreal president of the Auto Protection Association The Idea of creating the owners association was a suggestion made by Mr Ed Mr was on one of the three radio urograms en which Mr discussed the rusting problem on CHIC radio la Brampton Mr story about his truck brought over telephone calls In tbe past month from Georgetown and Brampton area owners of to 1974 Fords with problems With those names In hand Mr on advice from Mr contacted Toronto lawyer Jeff err Lyons who is now In the middle of a similar class action suit against General Motors of Canada by owners of and Mr Lyons stated thai tbe Ford suit will have to wilt until the suit Is settled in the next few weeks was seriously considering he Ford action but hi a not committed himself to It If Mr Lyons to represent the Ford owners the case would proceed on the same basis as suithe would represent every Ford owner In Ontario end they would all share In any possible court award suit may have to be narrowed down to one model before It can be considered by a court Common damages must also be found as tbe basis of any suit Mr Lyons has approached Ford with a view to settling case without litigation but was referred to car firm a legal department A similar suit against Ford Motor Co In United States recently was settled out of courts with each Ford owner Involved receiving some as bis share of settlement Along with all tats Mr Is trying to get as many people involved in this possible A letter to Julian Reed MPP for Burlington will be sent ex plaining Mr a problems and the problems of the over Ford owners Mr wants tbe government to see what is happening and hopefully get some feedback and some action from the government Mr during his CHIC radio appearance ad vised Ford owners with rustingcar to write registered tetters to Andre Consumer Affairs Minister In Ottawa Ford Company on the Canadian Road in OakviOe and to Mr at ad Joseph Bird in Montreal as well as contacting through telephone or letter Tom at Georgetown at Mr Edmonston told tbe radio audience he has received permission from the Supreme Court of Canada to launch the class action suit a Ford will be the next target with Ontario Ford owners the After his ant appearance on CHIC radio he said he received over 900 letters from VFostem Ontario car owners with complaints about their vehicles Many of these related to rust problems