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-877-5213- I EXCELLENCE AWARD CUSTOMER RELATIONSi FOBERT RmI Etat Ltd Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Since 1866 mutter king NOW OPEN IN GEORGETOWN 3 Mounlainviaw Rd 8770151 At Speedy Youre a Somebody Bud chief criticizes school board tax kike Its pay as you go with low town budget Herald Sufi Writer Having enshrined pay a you go philosophy while planning annual municipal ex over the lasl tew years own department heads and budge com millet mem have managed once attain arrive at an operating budget well below the Inflation rale presenting council Monday night with an MI for The amount unanimously by council Is more than last year s budget and follows a decision made In February spend as much as million on projects In town Rural taxpayers can expect an average per cent In crease In their tax bill to pay for Hie operating budget while residents of the urban areas will likely their taxes rise an average per cent the budget to council finance chairman Harry Levy praised town staff for not lading their budget requests tins year and thanked budget committee members and other council ore fur regularly unending Saturday meetings Italian If ills residents he- added can expect the same level of service from ihe he board should be they v The pay a you go Dial hi town will not issue debentures form of borrowing to cover operating lures and the town lias lax incrcas to amounts below the inn rate havering around 13 Villi It lit I hank J those who worked on the budget and lauded the region financial house cleaning Levy was not so gracious with the architects of board of education budget El is a pity I hat the board of education does not appear to he taking a hard look at their financial responsibilities he said According our lockmg laxes Twoweeksago school board trustees approved a mill ion budget The average Halt on homeowner will pay an exln in school taxes if meter Levy said II at school trustees ore Just as concerned about this years school budget and said it planning next jcar wuuld likely be done in consul with school board town and regional overseers Commenting on the budget Mayor singled out the lowns volunteer fire brigades for saving the town I of thousands of dolt Included in the budget the ore worth of projects to be carried out the Region and Valley conserve I ion authorities for flood erosion control Urban service area charges essential charges for street lighting and garbage collect i in will increase this year as town spends ISO to upgrade streetlight int in Acton and Georgetown Another spent on capital works projects not covered the previously passed capital works budget Thanks to a provincial of transportation and subsidy of TOO and a genera support grant also provided by the province town was able I budgeting Ilia with in Departing minister is Actons top citizen Acton choice for its Oil sen of the Year of amounts too resounding vote of thanks from a grateful community and partiularly those who form the congre gation of Trinity United Church Congregation members and members alike lobb ied Acton Chamber of Commerce with ballots nam Trinity s Rev Charles Chuck Beaton who It assume new minister duties In Hamilton in July for the special citation Six years of voluntary community work focusing on Trinity United but passing the whole town earn Rev Beaton the honor previously bestowed upon deserving who collectively improved their townsfolk ssocial cultural climate be yond measure They be honored once more along with Rev Beaton at annual of the Year banquet expected to be held later this month or In early May become senior minister of Olivet United Church in Hamilton some nominal recognized the Acton Chamber annual honor as a timely reward for Ihe minis ter efforts on behalf of Cancer Society local young people the Acton ministerial association and specific community projects The immensely popular Boar Head Dinner has be- Greyhound races coming to fair Rev Chuck Beaton come another big reason why Actonians look forward to the Christmas season Borrow Ingunideo from his previous congregation in Rev Beaton organized lal youth to serve up a bounteous Old feast amid all Hie medieval trappings and the celebrants from all de nominations come in droves Again finding exciting a I for bored young people Rev Beaton helped found The Mug in Murray Memorial building and gave Its teenage patrons a hand dec and promoting It hot the even younger crowd he fostered new in teres in Scouting urging his congregation a I to get involved with new groups and giving Hills its Continued on page lopped off wirlh of proposed expend I lures during Ihe months of budget preparation Capitol Hems In Ihis years operating budget include worth of new equipment I the fire depart ment including a new car new helmets and upgraded lire detection equipment tile diamonds in fairgrounds and Prospect parks will get new lighting this year and recreation and parks department will install creative playground equipment al various schools throughout town on for the physic ally hand capped is planned for Gordo nil on pane BIG DOINS IN lav i I itself oblivion at Ihe hands of government nuclear bomb While production a very large cast there was Senior 1 ublicSchol production of I Aimer which finished a threenight almost large backstay crew and students who hid helped with rout the JIinFllln Saturday Ml of fjvorllMIlaisv Mar 1 Mai and Pappy ok urn joined an enormous and cam leal publicist Greyhound racing may be coming to Georgetown for the first time in Ihe towns history It was announced at executive meeting of the Georgetown Fair that a preliminary meeting had been I eld with greyhound racing representatives and that tentative plans had been made feature greyhound racing at Georgetown Fair which is being moved ahead this year to the second week f September In Ihe hope of attracting It has also been decided by the board to the fair to three days Sept 10 12 with greyhound racing ght the Sunday after noon program To our knowledge grey I racing has never been held it Georgetown Pair says Joyce Gosling dent of the Agricultural Soe We hope it will be a popular attraction for the entire family Its something that many people In the area luvc ever seen in simepartsoflhcworld such as Great Britain and United Slates it Is a very popular Robert Massey of ley of the Racing Fedora lion reports local officials that races are a regular feature of Markham Fair each year and have been enjoyed at several other Ontario lairs including last cnrs Norfolk County Fair at As far anyone knows there lias never been grey hound racing in Hie George town area although lure winch dogs c held at a farm Mr Mussoy explains lhat an average dog race such as those scheduled for George town Fair sees six or more compete In a race motivated by on elect or motorized lure called Withagoodsand track like the one in George town he predicts that spec races Since betting on greyhounds lias never been approved in Cnnidn there will be no pari mutual tog as is done at horse races oul the country President Gosling says that in rcelnt years the Fair Board lias been most anxious to pul the excellent track at Fairgrounds Park into use the way it used to be earlier fairs when George town Fair usually featured six to I Kill sulk heals feel that greyhound racing will offer the same Continued on page Politics delayed cops budget Morrow says Public good Is being con fused wilh political a Ration regional pot ice commissioner charged Monday Commissioner Morrow IT CAN BEATEN Give to the Society- YES IT CAN The Cancer Society canvasser are in George town left right Julie and Judy took a break from their Tnorsday night meeting lo open out banner and spread he gnoO word April lancer and these women along volunteers will be vising ISO businesses in the res their financial support Herald photo of Georgetown said he is concerned that rcg lonal councillors who reject the SIS million proposed police budget last week are getting public good confused with their sense of survival in this election year the basic disagreement was in the number of people police Chief James Hard was going to hire this year Mayor Pete a member of the budget committee said They ask could be phased in over two years to try and keep down for this year Chief Hard has asked for 15 new uniformed pot icemen and four civilian employees four of the uniformed officers would be hired for Hills afraid everybody in on the percentage increase no regard to how our costs compare to other regional police forces Mr Morrow complained The police budget when proper mathematics is done and comparisons made shows Halton budget is more than Justified The region finance administration committee Is to go over the police budget next week before it s brought to council for approval If council rejects the bud get It will go to the Ontario Police Commission for ration where budget will be approved or reduced A GUY oil can I gel a sneak look at Acton High School production of the musical You re Good Man Charlie Brown unless you get special permission or are part of the cast orchestra far It This and pictures In The Herald will have appease yow curiosity until April when curtain goes up for first at three consecutive performance In the high school scafetorlum With a cast of this is first time popular musical has been done wilh a chorus section Increasing the usually six character show Herald photo Popes handshake Rome visit highlight Georgetown District High School teacher Ted Maslach got the thrill of his life on a March break student trip to Rome he was helping super vise when Pope John Paul II singled out in a large crowd for a handshake and a few words of greeting Mr Maslach and fellow teachers Ron Nek on and Peter Wren were chaperon CD US students on a school trip to Italy last week when their visit to Rome took to Vatican Square where the Pope was conduct In his weekly public audience wish happy Easter In Polish Both Mr Maslach and Pope John Paul arc Polish born The Pope him and came over to shake hands with Mr Matlsch and Mr Wren Mr Maslach said later It was something bed never have dreamed of happening The Roman holiday also took the group to the Collisseum and the Forum as well as the Vatican Sic Lino Chapel and Peter a Basil lea Longer excursions took them the ancient ruins Pompeii Capri and Villa Two of the party also enjoyed a trip Trip Ron son said he was pleased with the excursion and hippy about the groups Dehaviur activities particularly the way they accepted minor problems The GDHS party celebrated the end of an exciting holiday with a full fledged sevencourse Italian banquet in Rome