Regions restraint complicates budget Wednesday October Page region councils stated intention hold spending during the coming year to a three per cent in crease over lira lontlnun to play with staff budget requests no being The regional hiillh MialM declined to consider propositi per Lent sj number who are tinder its jurisdiction after agreeing that in increase would be Incompallhli with council s three cent guideline i proposed ijj budget that lonlains no niw programs no lntruses in the level of sen lies the decided to refer the suggested salary Increase is sue to the a dm it Is ration cam or further con its administrative Held reminded the committee that rcionil has been opposed to thneper increase allow inn from thi it will be ix InmiK to nit n of In lis prescntallons hi explained stuff Ins I projected for as wsll is projected losls is would be ihrei cuidelim ounul as result tan specific effects ol NEC opens meetings ends six year policy i possibility of cutting back on Miff in dosed door om mitli i session I Eloolti of lion mime in it it hi ilth lommilUi i within the three runt restriction The hi truces udgit he pointed ml is il ir projections mil rcl in iltir iddui ihil stiff to In lonsidtred In tin per WELCOMES NEW PASTOR After a series of attempts by some of its 17 members open meetings of Ihi Niagara Escarpment Commission to the public the Com mission has voted to lis sixth year of operation by banning claieddoor meetings Ivor McMullln of for the past three years expressed pleas this week the Com mission his decided to members of the public observe Its planning first hand Most NEC meetings arc held at Com mission Square Georgetown headquarters Mr McMullln commented that Ihe NEC decision to go public followed tensive de bale of the proposed policy change thai was fueled by recent criticism of ihe NEC public relations as an pro vine government agency Re lea sing information about NEC decisions and policies has in the pail largely been a matter of press conference and open information meetings CUIUlfc NT EFFORTS Central to the current efforts on behalf of escarp ment landowners and other Ontario citizens is the prepara of a master plan for the future use and pi inning ionic BOO acres of land between Tobermory on Lake Huron and the mouth of the Niagara River A draft version of the plan was completed last and among the municipalities within the NEC control area as well is a member ol other affected agencies Slow response to tin draft lime however Is expected to cause a delay in is required for final vers A prime objectives of involves the preservation of much of land within its control for passive rec national The province presently owns less than half of the nearly acres of land which the NFC would like sec placed into public own The first of the new format meetings is scheduled for to morrow Thursday morning at am in the NEC Georgetown room A second public planning and development control meeting will be held in SI Catharines 19 Limited sealing is for numbers of press and public Everything for your Self- Basted Turkeys CANADA GRADE A FROZEN EVISCERATED Young Turkeys CANADA GRADE A FROZEN YOUNG EVISCERATED SUGAR PLUM OH PR COOKED HALVES SmoKedtiams Smoke Hams PRIDE OF CANADA COOKED BONELESS AVG Dinner Hams SUGARPLUM COOKED COOKED BONE IN Smoked Hams HALVES OH QUARTERS Sausage Meal SCHNEIDERS THE PIECE Polish Sausage SLICED PICKLES PIMENTO DUTCH BOLOGNA OR Sandwich Meats a oz ANNIVERSARY Bill and Annie Bingham of Windsor Road celebrated years of rmrrloge with a gathering in the Oddfellows Hall Saiurday afternoon Mr and Mrs Bingham were married Sept 192a in Ontario and came lo Georgetown years ago The have three sons two and 12 grandchildren This was the second part for the couple They had a family celebration In Iroquois Falls in July which was attended by all the family and many of their friends from Ihe Malheson area s Potato Salad or Cole Slaw Regular Ground Regions interim report limits works budget The regional public works committee last week a million operating bud get for which prior Hallons recent change in ap proach toward solid waste have seen nearly spent on gar bage disposal Committee members last Wednesday that recommendations in a interim report by consulting engineers M Ion Ltd and subsequently adopted by regional council will necessitate extensive alt in budget projections Countryside seeks new director The North Ha Hon tion for the Mentally Retarded Is looking for a full time director for their residence at Hornby Countryside the residence which houses approximately adults have had a temper director for several months The David Williams told The Herald they are now looking for a person This Is no reflection on Mrs competence or quail cations he said She was very helpful In stepping in when needed her but now the time has come to find a permanent director The association has already received a number of applicat ions for the position and he says Interviews to screen will begin next week Members hope to have some one within a month he said Mr Williams declined to say if Mrs Kuikcn has applied for the position of permanent dir One night at the dtniur Cable an son looked at his barrister father and askid the question Daddy when are you going to top practicing taw and really doing It or land filling In the coming The Dillon report weighed a series of alternative methods of treading off an anticipated garbage crisis that could have resulted from Hal ton s short age of apace The Hills landfill site in Georgetown is expected to be come the first regional dump to be filled to capacity next March According the endorsed by council Hills waste will then be trucked to expanded dumps in and Burlington COMMITTEE The preliminary budget pro jections placed before the works committee lost week represented estimated landfill needs and costs calculated using the previous system of waste disposal by which some tons of garbage would be landfillcd across during Also included in the budget projection Is a expend dure for the administration of Georgetown municipal water system Regional staff in preparing the preliminary budget noted that council direction to hold budget Increases for lo a three per cent hike over 1978 would allow the Georgetown witer administration budget an additional but no new programs arc ded and the 1979 costs remain the same a for the previous year Public works administration SOMETIMES FLOWERS ARE THE ONLY WAY YOUR HEART CAN SPEAK Whatever your message- Calf vs Today and E its on lis Way petetiey FLORISTS 82 Mill St Georgetown