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WedneMlay Septembers Johnson seeks region council seat William Johnson of aucya tilt outspoken environ who was in two attempts to win the Ha I ton scat in the provincial legislature for New Democratic Party has announced his Intention to inter the Nov municipal election as a Milton candidate for council Mr Johnson told The Herald this that he v ill not brandish his political the NDt in the forthcoming election when he lo unseat Wards I and regional councillor Jim Watson Asserting that the days of ti spenders in all levels of Mr Scott Thompson of Georgetown passing motorists The fire extinguisher is ready for an emergency Scott all school buses The axe could punch out a mother drives a school bus and he accompun necessary The first aid kit handles her most mornings he says minor repairs Huns signify double to Seat belts for buses Drivers say no thanks JohnMHi claimed that his vol unt work the years with wide vnriet of to his high regard for dollars and as a stationary at the federal gov rnmenl C Centre for Inland In Burlington Mr Johnson can indeed claim a lonf list of accomplishments he has achieved on behalf of and pjrllcul the residents of weyi in northern Millon Jo yi he has lived In the area Mr Johnson says he has won the respect of regional council is welt as Hills Milton eounclls is an a champion of Even hough scat belts arc proven lo reduce injuries school bus drivers are opposed to having them installed in heir buses We see scat belts more as potential weapons than as safety measures says Anne a bus driver on a Georgetown route II would be virtually slble to ensure that all the kids had their scat bells fastened while we were Even if we made a check before wc pulled away with a toad by the time we got back to our seals half the kids could have buckled their bells and we d never know it It would just be loo hard to enforce rules on using scat belts In school bus Mrs who was providing information on bus and bus safety during Georgetown sidewalk sale on Main Street explained that a number of features have been added to school buses in recent years All buses now have dual braking systems in case of emergency All buses have twoway radios which can con tact other buses or the base yard Bus mirrors are now electrically heated so they fog up or ice over New buses also have a buzzer stem on the emergency exits so that the driver knows when an exit is not properly closed All bus drivers with the company do a five minute walk around check before starling off to pick up era Mrs Kozlowski This includes Inspecting all signals and lights windshield wipers and washers tires wheels all minors the exhaust system the emergency door the brakes and various gauges In addition to a daily in spec lion buses get monthly inspections A mechanic clocks under the bus under ins deund outside the bus and illy takes for a roid lest of receive attention during an A inspection These range in importance from things like cheeking tic rod ends and and clutch checking tie seals for The bus also nets an annual nine point tuncup an deck on the wheels a five point major inspection of the busy body and a road test it Ihc end if school year bus a couple of station in he Georgetown a rei Last year this division which Includes Out Iph had the best safe driving record with he fenesl Occidents for all he are is Mrs While company is con the fitness of their vehicles they are also concerned about the of dm Ihey employ Ins been with for IB years and is ion driver with the 1 believe drivers are much better qualified than they were en fu e years ago she says and they re certainly much I started In those diys they look you out for five to see if you could drive and if manag to get the bus a parking space between two thai was good enough The medical wisn t hard pass either So long as you had an eye on each side of your face and you could move your hands and feel you Todays bus drivers must hive a licence a perfect driving record and he pa hence for the job The government doesn hand out licences indiscn minantly To get one the must be si of age pass Minislry of Transportn Hon and Communication eye and mcdicil ex pass a 100ques lion MTC written examination on signs bus safety and the rules of Ihc road take a defensive driving course and then take hours of instruction with a qualified After that must pass an road test are no go vernment regulullons requir drivers take first aid courses Mrs Koztawski says quite a number of the drivers she knows have taken St John Ambulance courses also demands thai lis drivers stop their buses at all crossings arc guarded or not Travclwas safely director Blake Williams tells his they don I have to slop at crossings if their buses are empty com plclely empty if the driver is In hem and ihus remember not to Ignore crossings she get so used to stopping at crossings I even do it in my car Mrs Hughs People behind me must something wrong with me but it gels be such a ha bit you do jl automatically even when you t driving the workers rights respect he will be great asset in the municipal elect In the late 1960s Mr John son founded the roup United Against Rural Dumping GUARD which successfully fought off Metro Toronto attempts to establish a landfli site in Millon area where it could unload its waste The victory led to his contiuuini affiliation with the Ontario Coalition and has placed him in standing with lie opponents of he regional landfill site proposed for rural Milton by council As well as Ins executive positions with the federal the Hilton Mr Johnson is president of issogaweya Are i Ilntcpavcrs and Ihc I Service Alii a nee which is one of the I civil servants lions in una da A former employee of Horn tar Paper Lid in Georgetown he helped found the Hills Action Committee lo find new jobs fir workers it the plant when he company down its local operation last Mr Johnson was also the company rcprescn who fought lu save after Ihe vn In a lass publicized cam paign Mr Johnson also found 1124 Committee which successfully persuaded Bell Cinada to in C mp- the Milton resid nil residents or Hilts hive considered as much he but few if any ire willing admit that it is possible Mr Johnson endorsed council recent decision rejecting Ihc proposed mentation of uniform water rales is right to eon tin on the chargeback system by which each member mumi pays it own way for icis he con tend Id the dnl jcf Mr Johnson has been con critical of Hal ton handling of the regional landfill issue and on two occasions submitted compre hensive critiques of reports commissioned by regional Things are just gelling 1 he commented Council hashed two studies done that cost something like a of a million dollars and Ihcre no need to spend that much I did my own study of the situation In 1974 and il cost Regional council have picked a worse place to establish a landfill site Mr Johnson said referring the proposed site and Britannia Roads south of urban Solid waste should be dumped where the bulk of it Is generated ho contended Instead of having it trucked north at great cost to have it disposed on prime agricultural land Mr Johnson added was opposed lo Hydros to Milton Inn amission corridor when It was first proposed and will ue lo support its cum opponents Such matters w ever are above Ihe region he said and should be that It is the provincial government that is condoning projects Changes arc possible at regional level out but only If gels the right people elected to its municipal council granted Ih 1 go Johnson Inc Bill JOHNSON on eg Mr d that Ihc parity is obvious among Hal ton councillors I elected I will do to end Ihc disparity by being my usual forceful self he promised Johnson did try lo hide his parochial altitude owurd regional government If regional council cannot meet the needs and demands of citizens he said be the first to vote for Its secession from Some And now introducing the James Snow Parkway regional council is endorsed a resolution appro ved by town of Millon by which northern pari Ion of Drive will be re named the James Snow Council noted to lie ministry of trans port it i and lions it will be many perhaps generations before the Highway and Queen Way seel ions of Drive will be connected if iver hit moiorists and pari emergency vehicles confused by Identi named interchanges lo cited en miles apart approved the remming The new pnrkv repor ledlj pisses or crosses lands owned number of antecedents of he Hon James Snow a Hornby res minister of transportation leal ions MOTHERS FREE COTTON SOCKS by BUSTER BROWN 1 PAIR COTTON SOCKS we every purchase of any Buster Brown and Savage BacktoSchool Shoes Offer Expires pm Sept TEENAGERS Girls and Guys- You will just love our BockToSchool Styles Come in COUGAR NORTH STAR Check our styles and Values CASUAIS CLOGS ATHLETIC BONNIE STUART ENDSOFjTAO LINES Ooff BUSTER BROWN AND SAVAGE BACKTOSCHOOL ENDS-OF- OH LINES Excellent Values MOTHERS Help us to help you All orthopaedic special childrens fittings PLEASE TRY TO COME EARLY PART OF WEEK WHY TRAVEL MILES I Shoppers WE KNOW OUR PRICES ARE LOWER OUR CUSTOMERS KNOW THEY KEEP TELLING US NEXT TIME YOUR FAMILY NEEDS SHOES COME IN AND GET FITTED CORRECTLY WE KNOW YOU WILL BE PLEASED Square One I MISSISSAUGAl No parkway worries Hilton Hills in safe from Ihe land use thai will be associated with Ontarl Park way Bell West Plan town planning director Mar Vendilti Mr Vendilli informed the planning board last Tucsdjy tint the comprehensive long range plan for the prcserwi Ion of forested and recreation a I areas across southwestern Ontario will have feet on the Hills planning area The explained lhat I has made provisions in Ihc land use schedule that will accompany Hills new official plan for the portion of land in the own sou the stern corner Immed of Corners east of Hornby Mr added lhat he has been led to believe most of the land In question has been acquired by Ihc provincial government or a new inter change on Highway All roads lead to Georgetown leading foot fitters MONEY GAS CAR WEAR TIME AND FRUSTRATION WE FIT FEET Stone Road Mall FLETCHERS family shoes WE FIT FEETi Guftlph Shopping Ctntrt GUELPH 102 MAIN ST S DOWNTOWN GEORGETOWN commission needs parental support parents will soon re ceivc a message from asking their support for a commission to provide in form a Hon on how school be revised to make it more responsive to parents wishes in education If there ia sufficient grass roots support from parents the commission will be estab lished and hold hearing throughout Ontario during next lOmonhts says Rev Ken Campbell the founder of Ken alssance Input from Uous parents and concerned citizens would be researched by qualified consul an Is so that recommendations could be prepared and presented to cd minister Betty Funds for the will come from public he says Along with the call for a Renaissance commissions the group has sent a pell I ion to the four Ontario teachers tlons calling on them protest the hiring of Canadian broad easier as chairman of the commission studying the education of the young child Renaissance wants the teachers to oik for Laplerrc resignation so that he can be replaced with a person committed to the view that the teacher In the class room replacing Ihe parent and should be upholding the Integrity of the family rather Mr Campbell says Mr has said lhat Canadian schools arc no longer an extension of the homo and her children arc instilulioml children is not protest need for the study All members arc dissatisfied with theact that Mr Laplerrc is heading when he has already made his views public With such views Mr Campbell feels the results ire already deter mined before the study even begins It would be better he for the chairman of the commission have an open mind until he has seen the facts that are uncovered by the study Mr Campbell is a strong supporter of the alternative school concept in which there would be definite discipline structure of a type such as wis known In the education system some years ago He doesn say that every child should to attend this type of school All he and other mi wnnl Is to see such a 1 for who wish their Teachers too should welcome it he ueeiuse there are tench like to work in of school but it docs exist at this time There is no question in Mr Campbell mind thai expect students to accept without question whatever Is put be fore them Is an easy route to losing our political freedom Young people should be given right to question values morals and the workings of the But not in the public school They the en or the maturity to lhat age he says he ages it by the time enter university or college There is no question of the need for structure lo hove freedom in education he says The question is whose structure should be used Docs the state have the right to determine and enforce the structure or should lure be detcrmind voluntarily by the parents That the difference between the cduca system in Russia and Canada It is Mr Campbell belief thai parents have the right to choose Hie lype of educational environment In which their children will flourish The national Renaissance movement is flourishing Mr Cumpbell says and there brunches of In seven pro vinces In j years since Its inception many of Ihc things Renaissance asked for have been instituted Fewer frills and more emphasis on basic skills core province wide testing greater control over reading material the need for cooperation between Industry and schools to establish apprenticeship programs are among the that have been Instituted or at least suggested Renaissance has three lev els Mr Campbell explains councillor Cordon is chairman of Renaissance Brian Kern a St Thomas lawyer Is head of Renaissance Ontario in education Canada was established to foster academic excellence and respect for traditional va lues in education at a national Robert Thompson former leader of Canadian Social Credit parly Intcrnattonil of which Mr Campbell Is president is organ izjilion It Is a 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