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One gentleman re arrested for talking dirty to hit plants The charge Making an obscene fern call Home Newspaper of Halton Hills WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY The big paper with the I big circulation read fiat by I I Reaching more than homes I Halton Kills IKS Parenting course hits ministry board roadblocks Adult Brownie loaders have be pari kid themselves properly to the youngsters under their care accord ing to Pal Van der district girl guide com missioner for Acton This week she discusses her 10 happy years working with girl guides with staff wri ler Maggie Hannah in People Page 19 Societys history The Society began four years ago with only four members but since that time Its numbers have swollen to and he local community has an increased aware ness of local heritage This week Herald staff writer Taylor cusses the with one of its founding mem bers Rev Rick Pa Re nine New Valdy VALDY Local music fans may not have recognized vete ran at his Sunday afternoon con certlnNorval he unveil both a new band and a new approach to music at his WayJay show Page IS Constables cleared Two regional po lice were ac quitted In charge of dis creditable conduct and neglect of duty in connec tion with the socalled incident that took place Aug Char ges stemmed from com plaints by some of the 11 prisoners being transpor ted In police van seven PANCAKE CLEANUP Cadets Brian and David Lawrence Billy Gordon and Rob Kleloedelera washed at a pancake breakfast at Bethel Christian Reform Church in Acton on Saturday morning It was ode of a number of such events held annually to raise funds for the group which has to members Although their councillors may have helped with some or the cooking the boys served and cooked and up themselves and arc well satisfied with community response to their efforts Herald photo by Tony Panned Wood Johnson oppose hike as councillors pay rises Herald staff writer regional councillors hate broken with established policy votmgthtmselve3a52 per cent pay hike although they ore entitled almost nine per cent Bowing to fiscal restraints council voted last Wednesday to Increase annual pay pends for all members by raising their salaries from to 974 The salary paid regional chairman Jack Roftls sow its first increase In two years rising 10 per cent from to OakUlleCoun Laurie Man contended that council should abide by established policy and gear its pay in creases to the Consumer Price Index which saw stipends hiked six per cent in 1977 and 1978 Coun Walter of Burlington pointed out that the same policy would bring about an automatic increase of approximately nine per cent this year however and term the resolution before cil recommending a per cent hike a decrease ralner than an Increase HAD OPPONENTS Even the per cent jump had its opponents Rookie councillors Wood of Hilts and BUI Johnson of Milton rose In turn to tell their that they cannot uav Increase after only and a half on council Johnson added that he will accept ihe increase Opposition was also sea By Mayor Bird who contended town councillors in each area muni of bear a workload than their re and de serve more pay Say ng he had fought for higher salaries at he local level in Burlington Mayor Bird refused to endorse the regional councillors pay hike unless area councillors are better compensated He admit led that he docs not know how a better balance might be achieved TIMr OFF Pat McLaughlin of Burlington pointed out that some regional councillors must take time off from their regular jobs to atlend weekly meetings at the re gion whereas area councillors Corridor foes await Davis summit meeting region Hills and ihe Interested Citizens Group ICG are now all awaiting the outcome of a forthcoming summit meeting with Premier William Davis before committing themselves to specific actions in their opposition to Bruce to Milton hydro transmission cor rldor Following a brief closed door session last Wednesday regional council agreed further direction from Hills council in the matter before voting to either abandon or continue Its own Involvement In the dispute Regional chairman Jack is expected to Join Halton Hills Mayor Pels Pomeroy Halton Burlington Julian Reed energy minister James and exe cutive members of the ICG in forming a delegation that will meet Premier Davis at Queens Park to discuss the corridor issue The meeting was initially scheduled to take this week but may have postponed FILE APPEAL The region town and ICG have until next Monday to file an appeal against the Feb ruling of the Ontario Municipal Board OMB by which Hal ton Hills council has been ordered to authorize planning amendments that would en able Ontario Hydro to con struct Ihe final link of the 100mile long Bruce to Milton corridor through the muni el polity Lawyers Tor all three parties opposed the corridor application during the nme- hearing last month In Georgetown Regional council agreed last week to schedule a special session prior to Its next regular meeting March if Mayor Pomeroy and Hills council decide that an appeal should be launched If it becomes necessary that session of regional council will be devoted to debate over the need for Halton s continued Involvement in the dispute Last week the region chief administrative officer Ernie advised council that any further expenditures would be futile and hard to justify At the same lime regional solid tor Ken Anderson who pre sented case at the hearings contended that there are sufficient grounds for appeal CONSIDERABLE TIME The solicitor feels there is some justification for an ap peal Mr said but I feel considerable time and money has been spent in support of the town of Halton Hills This matter has been before the Cabinet no less than eight different limes I think It would be rather futile to spend any more money now Mllion Mayor Don Gordon recalled the last term plan committee in reiterating Its request to the ministry of energy for an independent study of the Bruce lo Millon and other corridor routes conceded if the request was again denied Ihe region would withdraw from the dis pute Coun Terry Man nelle argued that enough lime and effort have already been spent on the dispute by the region and Its solicitors that council must take that last step and place an appeal before the Cabinet There would be minimal effort In from now on he said Otherwise I think we just be letting the people down Mannell contended We d look like foots if we don t take this last step after spending the past two years opposing the corridor Coun Continued on two fly TAYLOR Hero Id staff writer The board of tion has been told by the ministry of education that it will not approve inclusion of a compulsory course in parent ing in the curriculum for secondary school students but that it could be Implemented in grades 7 and The board was Informed of the ministry decision day when it received a pro gress report from dent of program Dr Robert Dixon on the executive com mittcc s follow up of a propo sal by Wriggles worth Public School principal Eric that the board devise a parent education program lo be included in Its compulsory curriculum While the ministry will not make parent a mandatory component of every child education Dixon In his report a credit course in parenting as outlined In The Family and Child Develop ment area of study may be developed by a board from the resent Family Study guide- ncs The ministry said themes in several of the exist ministry guidelines deal with aspects of parenting PRACTICAL ASPECT In addition as far as the practical aspect of a parenting course is concerned wilh stu dents working in a day care centre attached to the school the ministry has not held any discussions wilh the ministry of community and social vices whose responsibilities include day care services Dr Dixon said After hearing Dixon sum up his report Milton trustee Bill Lawson asked Dr Dixon if the board could have a parent ing program in Grades and a which would be effective and Staff firings bring charges against owners arc required to evening sessions only Coun Johnson countered thai some councillors at both levels such as himself do shiftwork and often take time off from even ity Jobs as well The 2 per cent pay Increase for regional councillors was approved by council 14 Those In favor were Ha ton Hills Mayor and councillors Mike Armstrong Miller Ma Barrett and council Ions McLean Anderson Terry and Ron Planche and councillors Connell Jim Grieve David LaCombe Ted McDonald Pat McLaughlin Walter and Steve Those opposing the increase were all three Milton represen latives Mayor Don Gordon and councillors Johnson and Goutouskl Coun Wood of Hills Mayor Bird and Coun Joan of Bur lington and council tors Laurie Mannell and Bon me Brown USED FORMULA Milton Hills only other re gional Coun Roy Booth was absent from He meeting reportedly at lending a meeting of the Escarpment Commis of which he is also a member The amount of the increase was calculated using a la recently adopted by the city of Burlington which combines the lowest percentage increase listed In the Consumer Price index the industrial compos of average weekly wages and salaries index the total annual job rate salaries of 12 regional employee posl Those rates amounted re spectively to nine per cent 6 per cent and per cent with the latter figure applied to salaries for regional lore Chairman 1979 salary was calculated by adding the per cent salary increase allocated to councillors last year lo the per year stipend paid his predecessor flic Morrow of Georgetown he resulting figure of was then further Increased using the new formula to reach a salary of 720 The new salaries will remain in effect until Nov 30 at which time a new formula lo be developed in the interim per will be applied Herald stall writer Management personnel at Acton Superior Glove Works Limited have been charged under the Labour Relations Act for firing employees be cause they joined a union The Canadian Union of Brewery Flour Cereal Soft Drink and Distillery Workers filed charges Feb wilh the Ontario Labour Relations Board OLRB com puny general manager Frank Gcng and supervisor Vi cr for attempting chill the organizing cam discharging 12 employ because they were mem bers or a trade union A dozen other charges were laid against Mr and Mrs Weaver concerning their attempts intimidate em from joining the union by saying the coming of a union into the plant would raise wages to such a point they couldn I be met and thus the plant would have to close by saying the company would go to 100 per cent imports and thus lay off all but a very few of its 130 employees and by interrogating employees In effort to learn the names of those had had Joined the union CHARGES In the charges presented to Ihe OLRB the union says Mr Geng began carrying out threats made to bargaining tin It employees respect to layoffs about February 1 and Is continuing to do so All of the named grievors and others whose names the Union has yot been unable to obtain but whose names are known to the Respondent Glove Works Ltd were discharged as a pun measure against those who had signed cards and as a warning other employees who might be thinking of Join the Union charges laid off were advised by Weaver that the reason for the company action was that the company intended to Import more gloves they continue Mr Geng was unavailable for comment when he was con Continued on page wo not controversial Dr Dixon said that grade and students were not as interested In parenting at that stage as they would be in a couple of years He also said that ihe curriculum at the grade ard levels Is crowded as it is and other courses might suffer as a result He said however it would be possible to have an effective noncontroversial parenting course at that level A number of trustees said Ihey had received support for the proposal from members of the community and as it happened two items of cor respondence before the board were in support of Mr kind proposal READ PROPOSAL On the other hand however trustee Elaine said that since first read the original she has seen an number of adult groups connected with church es and community lions involved with parenting education at the adult level She suggested It seemed the gapwasbelngfilled and It was no longer necessary for the board to have on overall policy on the proposal She said board should consider letting Individual schools work out methods of Including parent education techniques in other courses on their own wllhout board involvement Hills trustee Barry Shepherd said he supported Mr Balkind proposal from the beginning but feel Mr original nations are being diluted rath POTENTIAL CONFLICT Trustee Fisher also from Hills said she had attended a seminar on the parenting proposal given by Mr during a profes sional development day and lhat at that time she had seen areas in the proposal which could conflict with he home and she suggested that these areas of potential conflict should be ironed out before the board went ahead with any work on implementing the program in the schools Director of education Emcr son Lavender said he and the other members of the execu tive committee would now be looking at alternatives open to the board In the light of the ministry decision not to make parenting education sory at the secondary school level These alternatives will be brought back board at a future date GLT OPENING If a couple suddenly discovered On the day their wedding anniversary that a technicality had Invalidated their marriage how would they read The answer will vary depending on the couple of course bat the reactions of the three couplet at the bean of Georgetown Little Theatre production When We Are Married provides Iota of laugh to problem As with any good comedy compile can be expected to crop up For one of the couples the complication Is an attractive extra lady Grady alias Margaret seeking to collect on the husband promises Alderman Joseph alias Neville does his best to convince Lottie that be was Just having Ml of relaxation while he on vacation The production opens tonight la Howard esworth School at p m and ran throng until Saturday It Is the group entry the Central Ontario Drama League Festival and will be adjudicated Saturday night Herald photo by Maggie Hannah