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Woman and 12year old son make sightin on two consecutive Thursda Are disturbing the Glen Williams night By CHRIS Herald Staff Writer A George own woman and her year old son are still mystified by a nighttime close encounter they ex with an unldcntl fled flying object while through Glen Williams April It rocked their car and left them with stiff necks and a lingering drowsiness but unwilling to shirk the ex as an abnormal flight of heir imaginations they returned to the village a week later and claim they saw three more large and brilliantly glowing saucer shaped objects flitting over a field near the Glen Williams cemetery Susan her real name holds a respectable job with the provincial judicial system Through on Inter she agreed to tell her unusual story to The Herald Sunday night She and her son lion said that prior to Inst month ex perl encc they had given little thought to and the subject of life Susan said she like driving through the country at night now unless by a friend A rough sketch of the hamburger shaped Hying object recently Glen by a Georgetown woman and her ion While Hopped near the corner of Line and Ihclr car began to rock and there a painfully loud roar directly overhead although they could not see what was coming the incident nid After visiting an aunt who lives close the Glen cemetery I come out of the house around I noticed bright light in thi sky which kept changing color As started driving from her place the light followed me glowing red She picked up her son from another on tion Street and noticed that the light hovered nearby saw ho object loo and when they returned to the car they decided to follow It for awhile They piqued It through Wildwood eventually turning down the Line The object behind the distribution station the intersection and Susan stopp ed the car Then II i started to rock Hon asked me Whati wrong with the aid We sec but then wis this loud roar which actually hurt our ears arid lasted few ids lOUDNDISt Another approached and the car stopped rocking The driver of the other vehicle didn t stop or appear lo notice anything unusual and they drove toward Georgetown They briefly heard the loud noise again but saw nothing until they reached Highway We were heading back into Georgetown and I saw something out the window again Susan continued I I want to say anything to Ron but then he said Mom did you sec that This time they got a good long look at the object Susan drew a picture describing It as having row of lights between two glowing saucer shaped The object appeared to release another smaller light from its undercarriage or tailend Susan said When they arrived home they noticed a triangular shaped red object circle above the yard and then disappear Hal Ion regional police say there were no UFO reports from the Glen Williams area that evening Hon complained later that lie felt as if he had been sapped energy after they returned home from their close encounter and recalled he was a little lethargic for a few days afterward was pooped be said Usually I a night person I like to watch late movies but after that I stay up Ron drowsiness has since passed and it never affected his mother to the same degree However Susan said that Just after their first experience she could have left the car and fallen asleep on the driveway Both woke up he following morning with sore necks and with a feeling of pressure around the head Ron said his were bothering him and a Continued on page AS -877-5213- I EXCELLENCE AWARD CUSTOMER FOBERT Real Estate Ltd IKS muffler king Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Since 1866 WEDNESDAY MAY 1982 NOW OPEN IN GEORGETOWN 3 Rd 8770151 At Speedy You re a Somebody Fisher responds to towns budget criticism Taxpayers can help us reduce costs trustees By CHRIS Herald Staff Writer A needs task force pro- Hills school trustees Betty Fisher and Arlene Bruce be the board of educations most important tool In keep ing future costs down town council was told Monday night Joining fellow trustee Walker and the board s assistant superintendent of finance Ron Warren to res pond to lingering questions about the board a mill Ion budget for Mrs Fisher said the task force would be made up not only of trustees town councillors and educators but would Include businessmen and taxpayers as well Similar task forces have worked for other education boards she said expressing hope that such a body in might encourage cushions with the province ministry of education which has severely cut back grants paid to school boards this Even if the task force Is unable to convince the minis try that cutbacks arc harm she said it will at least allow taxpayers to tell us what they want in the school system While councillors appeared lo welcome the suggestion of budget planning with local and regional governments they declined Mrs Fisher request concerning a motion from city council endorsed by Hills general committee last general has proposed fur talks about the school budget this year before It has to collect the annual levy from its taxpayers Mrs Fisher asked council not to support the proposal in light of board promises to work together in the future Town councils and bcrs of commerce across the region have condemned the boards budget this year which rose 18 per cent over 1SB1 figures The average ratepayer In Hills will see an Increase of more than In the board chare of his Other efforts which will be made in order to avoid hefty increases in the future in elude maintaining the board finance committee year round basis to keep a closer eye on how the board s money is spent and to scrutinize cost increases as they appear Regular reports will keep trustees informed about where every cent is going Mrs Fisher said She described the board and Its budget as car headed for a collision and gelling hit from the front sides and back The board has been tant in the pas to pierce spending ceilings she no ted and now must do It this year for programs which could have been added carl In addition unlike other SAFETYMINDED POSTAL DRIVERS Trans porta Safety Alloc lallon of Canada has been around for about eight year and Georgetown mall truck driven have been member for six of them logging thousands and thousands of miles without tingle accident Recently the association recognised their safely record and the men received to wear with their uniforms Georgetown finest are front row left to right Bob Freestone Norm wan Bruce Bridle back row Ron Knight letter carrier supervisor Steve and Paul Herald photo boards which have been establishing artificial high budget increases year after year to build up reserve funds Haiti board has stuck to a pay as you go formula and has nothing li cushion the effect on Ihi re ion s mill rale its budget will have And then tin re Is lagging provincial responsibility for public education led in cut grants and the province s stance thai boards pay for special pro grams outlined In Bill passing the costs onto the taxpayer One of the grants slipped In Mr War rcn explained Is because the province thinks the region is getting richer noticing that property assessment Is rls her Grants are also dropping will the board falling annual enrolment There a trustee who feel deeply what this increase has done to the taxpayers in Mrs Fisher said Town budget chairman Harry Levy pointed out that Hills budget planning is designed to stay within the inflation rate and he quest what board used for Its controls Actual board expenditures rose by per cent Mr Warren said a fraction above the 13 per cent which the finance committee had hoped for Board budget cuts including severe slash lag if Us priority list Mrs Walker added recalling the board difficulty In making the cuts Mr Warren assured Marilyn Scrjeantson that the cuts do not directly affect school grants which the board allots These ho said are based on the number of enrolled students school has but increases this year only covered Inflation One thing which the pro posed task force may deal with will be cutting down the board administration As programs art dropped en declines and Continued on page AS FROLIC EN THE FOREST Herald photo by Backed by a veritable lawn of green trees and perky flower Grade one student at Kennedy Public School put on a play called Parents In full force to see their children perform In a gym colorfully decorated with hanging clouds rainbows butterflies flowers and caterpillar The decor was a creative and attractive backdrop for the programs put on by the Grades I and I students of the school Town can refuse to pay school levy hut councillors want chance at review Reaction to this years Hat ton board of education budget appears to have lost none of Us furor in the Halton Hills council chamber Hilts general com millet members lust week endorsed a res passed April 19 by council asking the board to con further cutbacks of Its million budget this year filed It board request far it to collect According the Education the boards share of the total Act municipalities cannot re- tax bill Milton council lias not fuse In collect the school voted on the Oakville proposal board share of the levy and Burlington received and Hills hopes to have its Capital forecast may add million to town HQ fund Town budget chairman Horry Levy envisions a rise In next year capital budget of only six per cent as he unveiled the own long range capital expenditure plans Monday night The document covering ly endorsed by council and at least mi member praised C Levy for keeping in creases low There Is still a Coun Levy said that the town will barrow million within the next four years to pay for a new municipal administration build ng as well as another lo help pay torn storm sewer in Street Armstrong Avenue area In a report presented to council Levy said even otter borrowing these amounts the town will re main under the Ontario Mun Board debt guidelines anticipated in the four year forecast amount to In 1983 It Is estimated that taxpayers will pay about million for capital projects rising 44 million by 1986 Council has agreed to main lain the lown current policy of only spending to the limits of provincial I runs porta tion ministry subsidies for road projects eligible for govern assistance tax bills printed up and ready to send to residents by May 17 and discussions with board officials to trim their budget further will lo be carried out by that time The municipality l have the right to refuse a levy Hills treasurer Ray King I old the general com mil tee But that pre vent you from sitting down to discuss It Hills share of the board budget Is an increase of 312 or per cent Taxpayers In Oakville will pay toward the school boards budget up per cent from last year Continued on page A3 draws enthusiastic crowd Herald Staft Writer The hardest thing for par cats to learn la to say nothing say two counsellors associated with Toughlove a self help group for parents You insult your child a intelligence by saying some thing a thousand times Jcrl Elliott a professor of social work at ical Institute in Toronto said The wife and husband team of and Tom Elliott were out Monday night at Llmehouse Public School raising parent awareness About ISO parents paid a couple to hear what his couple had to say about raising children Too many parents are servants In their own homes manipulated by their own children and that a not how should be Mrs Elliott themselves in the home Mr a counsellor with the Toronto board of education said It s best at the beginning to say nothing until parents are really ready say something Start small he advised s like planning parly Really plan out with your neighbors or don t do anything he said Neighbors arc important In Toughlove Besides making parents realize their prob lems In child raising t unique Joining forces with other Toughlove parents in ho community gives parents support to stand up o child rcn who have taken over a household Advising parents to go after the little things Instead of the big things Mrs Elliott salt that if child isn putting his dirty laundry In the laundry bin then the parent t do It for him The child has to learn that If he follow the rules of the house he won I have Children have to learn to be responsible for them selves and their choices Giving children choices and making them real lie that every act has consequences is Important to their growth t protect children from negative consequences they said Let them lenrn by natural consequences that there are limits Mr Elliott said Thai Is so much better than naughty boy or the use of bribery Parents can engineer It so that children learn from negative experiences in a safe way especially when It comes to life sit like playing with the stove Both counsellors agreed there arc safe ways to gel the message across with out the child having to suffer burns to learn a stove can be learn there arc limits Mrs Elliott said But they should also be made aware of options open to ihcm if they don want to accept those limits If they only get allowance and hot Children have they want more money children should be made aware that they hove the choice of mowing Mi- Browns lawn or helping Mrs Smith with her flower bed Mom and dad t rush to their have lost touch with their gut Mrs Elliott said If behavior Is accent able to you go with It she advised over and over again If you can t live with It don do it You have to be comfortable with il she warned Thirty years didn I need Ihls kind of advice to raise their child They hod grandparents sharing the child raising re sponsibilities With the old folks stuffed In homes for the aged now the nuclear family is facing problems with Its youth The sixties their pcrmisive methods of lid rearing taught parents that if a child a of ex press on was stifled the child would become a crazy neurotic bo children were allowed all sorts of freedoms until they were manipulating their Mr Elliott that kind of situation Acknowledging that children need la express says yes creativity as long as It falls within the bounds of behavior Tantrums arc not acceptable Only elvllized behavior gets re wards Colling peer group more powerful today than at any other time in history Mrs Elliott said adolescents no longer listen to their parents but to their peers To imbat peer presssurc parents hove to be consistent In their dealings with their children giving them love a i support yet standing firm when house rules respected The support of other par enls can help parents stand up to their kids where they may have always before given in Parents can work to problems In child mining Ten coil heads ore better than one I head and give yoti distance and objectivity thit you get because re too to the prob lem advised Mrs Elliott Toughlove neighbors can also hammer out deals with children acting as go- bet weens for parents While negotiating they also make a child aware he lias choices and that if things go bad again In the household what choices ore This way children learn Ihc reality and seriousness of their choices Imported a year ago from the US by the Elliotts Is a philosophy of child rearing pioneered In Pennsylvania by David and Phyllis York Brought to Hills by Halt onboard of education trustees Betty Walker Belly Bruce the seminar was well attended not only by parents but by teachers principals and school counsel lors Parents Interested In setting up support groups In Georgetown Acton and will be returning I IT MUST BE SPRING II was at Kennedy Public School Thursday as flowers and trees full bloom Successfully charming parents the school concert put on by Ihe primary grade wtrt Pearson and Andrew Turner Over parents packed the school gym to see their youngsters on stage Herald photo An