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I I EXCEL AWARD IN CUSTOMER RELATIONS FOBERT the Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Since 1866 WEDNESDAY JANUARYS 1982 Roadside stops result in 42 liquor charg Spotcheck figures please cops CEDARVALE FUN TAKES A SLIDE IN WINTER Lurking somewhere In Imaginations of these youngsters at Georgetown Park last Wednesday probably winter Olympics In Calgary part of Canada bobsled team Snowfalls aver the Christum holiday assured conditions would be many of these kids received saucers and sleighs and sliding mats for and these needed testing out The hill located a I the corner Maple Avenue and Main Street south hat for years been popularforyntuigiteri winter and as long as there li snow that tradition should continue Herald photo by Dave Rowney Southern Ontario weather system buffets pedestrians downs lines A fairly deep strong low treasure system that moved 10 southern Ontario Sunday night was largely responsible or Monday erratic weather In Which rising and falling tempera lures played havoc with traff and nigh winds power lines and However Halton regional Interest unpaid ItvANlPEDERIAN Herald Staff Although only U liquor related charges were laid during nine weeks of spot checks In which 1 vehicles were stopped regional police are pleased with the pilot project instituted Nov 3 and call It a great success Deputy Police Chief Bob Middaugh attributed sharp reduction In deaths due to car crashes this holiday season to he spotcheck He said there was only one deal this year compared with nine during the same period last year Extremely pleased with the results deputy chief said he hopes to have a program every three months for a threeweek period through 1982 Replying to point that very few liquor charges were laid for all the drivers slopped Mr said the thrust of the program t been to see how many Impaired era police could catch He said the program la designed to make drivers aware that drinking and lug don mix and that they should make arrangements lor getting home IT they plan to drink Speaking to citizens I got ordered a taxi to take them Sergeant Andreas said With overtime No extra personnel area According to a the federal government Tor weather office lis was part of the region sandwiched between cold and warm weather fronts resulting In Monday Instability Considerably warmer lower air masses rose into colder which fells weatherstation adjacent the Toronto International airport averaged kilometers per hour with some strong gusts or up to in kilometers recorded squalls that downed power lines Weather office supervisor Hills remained relatively Brian Kirkpatrick said that scathed although there were wind speeds at the Malton power outages in slated to drop on taxes attributed to Ice and snow buildup on tt c lines More severe wind damage occurred In Woodstock southwest of Halton Hills Temperatures which rose iibiivc Monday minor flooding In parts of southern Ontario have dropped to more seasonal readings and the low pressure area and accompanying warm weather have since moved Christmas parties Deputy Chief Middaugh said The preventive aspect the program was a success according to Mr yet one that cannot be measur ed by statistics released by police How many people slay home to drink Or slept over at their host home Or home when they d had one too a traffic unit they can stay in many Statistics can be the area until they solve the compiled on these cases How problem ever other statistics were Deputy Chief said collected having the program Over MO drivers stopped coat the some money in during the justcompleted two- month program received verbal warnings Sergeant Jim Chapman acting head of the four man spotcheck squad said most or the warnings were given out for mechanical problems like headlights or that t work or for not wearing Over Highway Traffic Act charges were laid over the same time period and Serge ant Chapman said they were mostly for failure to wear During the campaign polite used their ALERT roadside alcohol tester on motorists of whom 14 passed the test it received warnings and Called Three refused to take the test The breath lyter test was given drivers with IS charges laid for impaired driv it charges for driving with over OS per cent alcohol in Ihelr blood and six for a breath sample Staff Inspector Raymond Andress said police will be asking for a similar traffic squad when the 1982 budget comes up for discussion Operating year round five- mnn squad could handle complaints for speeding In certain areas or other problems At the present time we don such traffic urdti We have rone officers who set up radar In areas where complaints have been made they often lured As for the enforcement of the new provincial legislation that went into effect Dec IB allow police to suspend drivers Continued page AS Adaylale AshltttfUaiseGaatitU clocked Bam Jin weighed at eight pounds one ounce Andrea I and Jaime said her mora Vicky Mrs Gaul said she picked the name from Parents Hie family has lived in Georgetown since April when they moved to finish the job because get Street from Mistlssauga called away to other police work like a break and enter i By CHRIS Herald Staff Writer Responding to Ihe recent slide In the prime lending rate town council next Monday night is expected to pas a recommendation from Its treasury department asking that Interest charges on over doe lax bills should also be reduced Town treasurer Ray King told The Herald that the province recently allowed municipalities to peg interest rates on overdue tax accounts closer to the country prime lending rate rather than the previous IS per cent charge White many municipalities boosted their interest charges In October waited Tor the prime rale to drop slightly before raising charges In be province Municipal Act allowed towns to charge the prime rate plus one and a half per cent on overdue accounts When Hills charges rose last month the prime rate was hovering around per cent Rales have since dropped to about IS per cent New charges calculated adding that while he expects No eleventhhour reprieve for firm IrwinDorsey finally closes doors Dec I Adjustments By Herald Writer There was no eleventh hour reprieve last week employ shut down Irwin Dorsey Ltd the Georgetownbased textbook publishing firm Mr King said he didn think caught inn squeeic of conflict the town charges interests lis Am fair considering that utility parent the federal bills and charge card accounts governments Foreign In incur greater interest charges vestment Review Agency tor overdue debts Percent The closure Thursday brought to an end six years of lower own charges further later in the year Town charges will remain low even If the prime lending figure suddenly rises he said Even at December rales Paced with losing money agency which seeks to prevent interest charges were at IS loo much foreign Investment In per cent municipal Canadian business and Dow tatives last year lobbied the Jones Company Ltd of Dela provincial municipal affairs ware which purchased housing ministry to Irwin Company of change the Municipal Act Illinois including Its George- Wllhout prompt payment of town subsidiary In taxes Mr the town has argued that the purchase should Inot Include which may be reflected In that Dow Jones should sell higher tax bills the following Irwin to Canadian In- Despite Dow Jones Halton Hills has four interim appeal to the Sup- tax billings each year two reme Court of Canada and prior lo Ihe passing of the annual budget in April and two officials which have recently students watting tor Ihe books to arrive because It will take that much longer Sadder still he said la that the company waa growing and generating about million a year In revenue Profits for 1961 have yet to be announced All the plans for the future t It was evaluation that which wo laid before the the would no benefit agency were determined not lo Canada In the Dow Jones be of significant benefit to the country Mr Willis That was the real the problem and Dow Jones refused to sell the company Usually when a company Depending on years of Mr Willis added is lhat the closes Its because It Is losing vice former win American parent company money Mr Willis said How employees will receive up lo will still be shipping books ever the Irwin Dorsey shut five months of severance pay Canada and doing business down Is attributed to legal Mr Willis described the here but It will hurt the difficulties and hardline severance arrangement as Ing books Nov 13 following Dow Jones announcement that It would shut down leaving 21 employees out of work The company seven salesmen scattered from Vancouver to Halifax arc currently em ployed by Richard Irwin A 01 year old native of New York City Mr Willis said he plans to remain in Terra Cot La retained by Richard Irwin as an assistant to Its president aiding In the parent company s International affairs The Irony of the situation with each other Mr Willis charged lhat the agency decision to force Dow Jones to divest Itself of Its Canadian publishing arm was completely subjective takeover Mr Willis said Although he Is optimistic younger former employ will readily find work in fad a number have been hired by IrwlnDorsey competitor John Wiley and Sons Lid he expressed concern lhat some of the workers might find It lough on the job market According a company spokesman Irwin Street plant will be leased out and prospective tenants have Indicated they are Interested in the building Mr Willis declined lo say who the interested parties are afterward THE ARTS TWOSTEP Tk town recreation department and library board mail have decided Breads Archer r Georgetown has math laical not to airing rwu Already a familiar perform too local and drama Jan atler Inn high school Breads and treated area joeogittrtU music mime and acting lessons at both the libraries latt Brenda and Heuro Ihe ui of Imagination In en a show for any audience whether it be for the or Singers Herald by ItaraM Icy tracks derail train in Acton There was a train derail due to a buildup of Ice on CNR tracks crossing Highway In Acton Saturday evening was no damage to the west Ira to pass when bound train when the front p event occurred engine wheels on Ihe second- The Ira was brought to a track derailed hall without or damage The westbound train was ami transferred lo proceeding at a slow rale of a and taken lo their No one was injured and there speed to allow an eastbound destination Snow cancels school buses ley back road conditions caused the cancellation of school bus service children living north of Sleeles Avenue Monday Board of Education transportation officer Jim Hunt he dec at JO a keep the boards buses off North roads because although regional roads fairly safe for driving gravel roads the rural areas were with Involved Hills Mayor Pete and Brampton- Georgetown MP John Derrriid Dow Jones ordered plant closed in November While a CBC news crew Imed and chaffed w work aside the plant last Wed other employees dis mantled the rm familiar bold lettering outs de the build In the Irwin ware house to the rear boxes of books piled on skids awaited transportation back chard Ins in Company or were marked for disposal I J YEARS Long since resigned to rm Irwin president Pick Willis shook a head Thursday at Ihe months of discussion which ended the company 11year dory the community Of what benefit this kind of shutdown Canada Mr W Ills commented in an Inter view with The Herald It cuts out suppliers carriers all those things paying lea and federal and municipal taxes are Just wiped out far 11 years Only a few skids of basks sera afffc ntulsTbtndayaaemptecsDfGeargctewaiInriNDiney refused tram lobs the Street Blast for f for work are Ran wrangling among Dew Jones Cm of Delaware Strings Bbam It Carol the Island rear Seven reps Foreign Inveatmenl Review Agency Instated tbla for I yrarthaDeJenesdlvestlfslfeaeCanaaMnhasnnvflrm ftrtn Richard D