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8775213 I I EXCELLENCE AWARD CUSTOMER FOBERT IT J he HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Since 1866 WRESIAY SPEEDY LEO 251 Queen St East Brampton Speed i Helping Hands major beneficiar Grants committee doles out CHRIS AACAAHD Herald Staff Writer Dalian Helping Hand HUH the group which help ed launch Act Van Hilton la porn lion service for physically handicapped residents received a major chunk of the region social services grants as approved by the health and social services commit tee While the grant total about less than figure reached by he last week ill be reviewed by the town regional council next Wednesday is expected to all but of Ml it requested North rep Barb Stevens told The Herald day that the region is a reflection of the group volunteer efforts which over the winter hate ensured that ilderli and shut ins have had their sidewalks and driveways cleared Is currently looking for to help cope with problems around the The gran in presents about Iht About the Hills Time to beware watery hazards spring school children drowned In riven and II not hate happened if we kid awarroMocal spring water we may not see those ugly statistics again Slrns IheitpolnU your children river and creek beds not safe places lu are ler no nailer how safe may and areas bridge are and can suddenl flood without Know he danger of your neighborhood and know exactly where your are playing March 1 Red Cms Awareness Meek Help out of cold water Georgetown and district schools making a request will with a Jim presentation and about Ice MP anticipated move John McDermld was among members of parliament who urged the House or Commons early last week to appoint a woman lo the Supreme Court of Canada Although Liberal MPs routinely denied Mr McDermld motion the unanimous consent needed for debate March 1 Prime Minister Pierre appointed Bertha Wilson of the Ontario Court of Appeal to the ninemember Supreme Court Thursday Mr McDermld had pointed out in the House that no woman had ever been appointed the federal Supreme Court although many women had served with distinction on provincial Supreme Courts Madam Justice Wilson Si replaces Mr Justice Roland Marlland ho retired las month when he reached he mandatory age of retirement High speed police chase A young man spoiled committing a minor traffic east of off with two police constables in pursuit Saturday afternoon The Maple Avenue resident eventually tost control of his vehicle and went into a snow bank putting an end to the police pursuit at Sideroad IS west of He was charged with dangerous driving falling to atop for police continuing to avoid police and passing on the left of with no clear view There to he police cruiser Acid trafficking charge A 16year old youth was stopped by regional police Monday at 12 for a minor traffic on Georgetown and was subsequently charged with possession of a restricted drug for the purpose of trafficking A police investigation of the car revealed there were 17 doses of acid In possession A ball hearing was held Tuesday for the Park Avenue resident received by the group from the region last year Only the region social planning council received more money which will be divided among the agency and similar councils In North Burl and Although each social council applied to the region for individual funding committee members argued that next year the region expects only one grant cation from the regional council It added that this year money will be divided so that the north branch is to receive it had asked or SIB tor Oak ville social planning council 18 for Burlington and 13 100 to the regional council which will eventually pass the other bodies However other north organizations did not fore as well they had hoped as the committee chopped thousands possible to the 319 it se for grants last In its first presentutloi before the committee which listened requests Feb the North hospice care group was unsuccessful in Its bid for of the regional funding this year Not gelling the grant means delays in firmly entrenching a thorough care for the dying vice in north group member Karen Ferguson said However she added that the group will continue regular public forums and will main tain if forts to git more support from Milton and George town hospitals Committee members also refused a grant request from the Bereaved Families of Ontario organization a group which offers a wide range of supportive services to families and individuals who have recently suffered the loss of a close relative It is loo early to fore- cist what effect the commit tees rejection of the North Association far Mentally Retarded 15 grunt request will have on services provided by the group Ml AMR executive director BIENVEJNUE A DES LIVRES Surrounded by a large selection French language children books displayed at Hall n Hills library cultural centre art gallery Is nlneyrar old Georgetown resident St Pierre Marline and her family attended opening ceremonies centre for Hills rench Week and listened Mis speechrs and performances bv I School and folk Torontobased group La It Id nil to Include trench clown gull a it The bo Turunln School board budget may bring 19 mill rate hike Major blaze cuts short firefighters dance Herald Staff Writer Effects on the local mill rate ill be significant if the board of education 1982 draft budget Is accepted Board finance committee chairman Bill Priestner told The Herald at Thursday night s board meeting that mill rate Is expected to Increase by 13 per cent for 19B2 a weighted average of mills He blamed the Increase on salary Increases expenditures approved by the board last year requirements of BUI and on the board reluctance to close classrooms as school populations decrease The board s proposed 1982 budget Of 755 Is up per cent from last year million per pupil at the elementary level has by 17 per cent to from 108 At the secondary school level It gone up from lo 455 an increase of 17 per cent Although enrolment has de creased by per cent eating there should be a pro portionate staff reduction of 106 people Mr sold thai Instead there is an Increased stall of eight He attributed the increase to the special education require ments of Bill and contract negotiations with both Clemen teachers and secondary teachers lOSSTF unions in which board agreed to hire extra teachers Contracts with the teachers unions are making up the bulk of costs for the school board are up 15 per cent over last year while other expenditures arc up only ten We are financially speak ing heading Mr said But at present we haven relinquish the good position once held He was referring to the fart that the board Is third lowest In cost per pupil compared with nine other area boards Do you the cost we are bearing for keeping class rooms open Mr Priestner asked If we maintained the same square footage per student in 1982 as we used In 1381 our budget could be reduced by He said if the board followed its own policy on Ihc amount of school apace to be provided for each student another 2 million could be pared from the budget In order to achieve these savings trustees must help in closing and keeping closed areas of schools as well as entire schools The benefits derived from these expend are at best marginalcon perhaps but not Mr said He said the cost of not closing classrooms as school populations decrease Is when added up It means higher costs in terms of maintenance and en re taking staff Instead of a drop of ten caretakers the board has an Increase of seven ho said Mr also poked a warning finger at trustees in his closing remarks of the budget presentation saying living within guidelines should be a 12 month Job for trustees and not a March consideration Every approval we make keeps adding to the pot he said Wove got to be tough approving expansion of pro grams that ore nice The bulk of the budget per cent Is going toward ins true 1 1 on costs which teacher salaries Another It per cent is going toward building operations and the remainder for transportation and debt costs The revenue portion of the budget which will tally pro vincial grant funding towards the budget will be outlined at the March IB board meeting Final approval of the budget Is expected at that meeting family of four was left homeless Saturday night when a Ire an 160 damage to their sixth 1 1 no In me about one mile north Steele- Left with a burnedout shell their former home are owner Robert Attkcn wife Carol and children Bobby IG 12 The home was insured and nobody was home time The lire reported by neigh Lou was put out through the combined Mill and Hills fire fire Hills and had just in when re call came In tending them their gear The disc J ball ell about ruined jnrt up from St eorgi in he the firchgllcrs ip ihcv Id I oil and I inn d Until the wee hours of lit in iht firth ill hum Iht iil still n an is invesli by tin fire marshal anil il tip BACK AT AGE OF STEAM No more coffee cookies for trustees In a symbolic move free cookies and coffee were deleted from monthly school board meetings Thursday night The cut In ree break time snacks means a saving to taxpayers and a few hundred calorics saving to trustee waistlines You can take away a million here and a million there but you lake away coffee and the cookie and you cause trouble Trustee Jim Bradley joked He was hoping Trustee Bill chairman the finance committee t serious about the snack cut Admitting it was a symbol Ic move on the part the finance committee curb coats Mr said he will pay cents tor his col tec but if the public doesn twin to checking up on them Another frill cut from the budget was the Christmas parly which this year treated trustees to sandwiches and sweets prepared by high school Student LIONS HIGHEST HONOR There was standing room only In the George and paid Irlbnie to who earned him prestigious Lions life membership Cops budget puts limit on new hiring i Li urn Hall tail Tuesday night members j ears of outstanding service with club Zorge was congratulated by District Hon at ihe event which out lo be quite surprise Ihe new life member who originally thought he and his wife Rita were attending a Lions Club ladies nigh The late Dick was the only other local rrclplrnl of life niembenhlp bestowed upon by Ihe club s International executive Mr was president Ihr local club In 1X5 vice president In 1M3 and has for years been flub district level promoting I ions commitment lo community service Herald photo Antimetric campaign has signatures Small Mean Jaan Here Cab Day In fctf Jean by cast packs rrata aw laws Gelling bet suae of intricate rafljMMftag Dark Boyle Ken Toyo Rasa auto and Colby Herald photo new uniformed policemen will be hired for Georgetown and Acton if region approves the new police budget Al their Thursday morning budget meeting police commissioners allowed for 15 new uniformed police men and four civilian compared to the police and six civ man staff Police Chief James Harding had requested Accounting for about per cent of the total region budget the police budget squad which would deal with serious vehicle accidents They also sa id no lo Iw more detect the force is a labor intensive about per cent goes toward wages sod benefits Iresh from a Florida vacn Georgetown resident Rose has resumed her campaign against the federal government ongoing metrication program which recently usurped pounds from grocer favor of kilograms Mrs Rose who began her campaign in late January collecting signatures inside the Georgetown Market Place outlet was asking residents Saturday if they support Canada shift to metric measure So far the nai over J say local consumers don Mrs Rose told The Herald this week the metrication program another attempt by the federal government to govern and regulate every aspect of adding that she hopes to deliver the petlboi mpton n Con Ive MP John McDermld by the end of the month or later depending on continued enthusiasm from the public for her endeavor A similar ami metric campaign launched by the already collected mail in from opposed lu the demise of I pen I system Mrs Rise noted Mrs Hose s can rr to Ihe Canadian Tire store this weekend where she plans to collect signatures all day at well as a stretch Saturday While volunteers have been tarrying Mrs Do Roses efforts Into several area vac there Hill room for some extra assistance