The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

-877-5213- I EXCELLENCE AWARD CUSTOMER RELATIONS FOBERT Real Estate Ltd HERALD Home Newspaper of Hills Established 1866 WEDNESDAY JULY 14 muffler king 3 Rd 8770151 At Speedy You a Somebody X ABOUT THE HILLS Students help crime victims of Ins liie I fficc has Winner work in rkiiiL ill the end all si mm tiles on bit in esses in hi rmi two mil work mi monitoring fnlse inns it two rs will improve police i dimlory and i illiiif up lulitns of mil lulobroikins times for cents In honor of this WildlUst theme Mill be performing their Dame Dram and the Wild Wild West tomorrow is welcomt come the School Cnfelonum J 10 to set ihi show mid meet our leaders The si iw lists minutes and at siwntv fm ii is is week entertain mciil offices last week the lied villi tlosi us offices for holidays between Juli lGand However the article stated the Cross offices in Guilpb ire in in iifnmuniiv The Herald rigrils rnr Cunningham named new fire chief Councillors follow federal incentive Raises held at six per cent what they described us an mccnl ive in federal most rcccnl budget town councillors hut limited their 1J8J increase to sin per tint more Hum their tur move parallels fed minister All limit sahry wage increases in Ihi public servue In six percent this fin per in 19B1 six pir cent major s annual s iry of will increase about council will inercise Although the is still well In low usual rise of per cent lamed hut during tht slump then should be no tip i politicians Coun Ituss Miller coll id in his rijetiunyi spending He was strongly supported by Harry lv the town chief who then is a risk hat town will rid up more money this thin it whin tin municipal budget was passed in April very tut we make will blip us finish the year in good standing lit Mild fluent damage to by recent rim added costs in hi public works department ind the town will hive to find more funds to for tilt incriasid costs of lug the municipality by the provincial budget in May Miller told in the IB years he lias served as a town politician lie lias expected a Increase in his sal hut he added ewer fewer people arc increases as find ways buck He said he felt councillors be any differ Mayer Pete last week that he would encourage councillors to reject the proposed 10 per in accept one pcrcentige points lower this year lly foil owing voluntary wage guidelines council can play a small role in the fight he said isi reps who feel In recorded vote councillors Pirn Sheldon Gcorgt Terry Grubbi ijilyn Dave Whiting toy Booth endorsed Major six per cent increase Counclll Walter Levy Mike Armstrong and Mil were opposed to the recommendation Armstrong said UP UP AND AWAY Ihdlius A old former region police officer bit fire fighting is in his blood has been mined towns new fire chief replacing Mick Holmes who retired earlier this month Bill Cunningham sixteen year veteran with be regional pi bee department most recently serving as i uniformed sergeant in is the second fin chief the town has had since the Acton and Georgetown fire departments were amalgam in Mr Cunningham is a Shelley Street resident and has been a member of he local olunleir in brigade since 1968 Who can resin the allure of a merrily nulling elm with lain of bid balloons many could at Ihr company picnic Sunday passing out candles and little gifts Katie Clown a with the kiddles The company free food Jnd Ihr social club volunteers helped make the da fini together for a wer social hris trrasurrr Trudy gills coin m iuner Diane tllllis and Hilling Mel ljuliirn Duma Helen Den and Barn Inscoe Jim and Duma Herald phi lob regional police constable Gavin Hayes wis hero the weekend when he saved a life The constable responded toan ambulance call it Main Street in Acton and found an unconscious male with noiin of pulse or respiration Removing first a blockage of blood and mucous from year old Stephen Gordon airway Const Hayes applied artificial respiration until the man began breathe again Mr Gordon was taken lo Georgetown Memorial Hospital and kept overnight for Ion The Main Street North resident had been drinking police said and had a bleeding nose when his Paul Gordon phoned for help ore aid required tiring slow growth His appointment was announced Tuesday morning at a press conference held In the town Trafalgar municipal offices and follows an extensive local and cross Canada search Mr Cunningham rgctown resident Crtlghton were honored lust year by the Safely Council for he daring Nov 1980 rescue of a woman who McGlbbon Hotel George own room is set when she fell asleep with a Now in charge of a fire department numbering nearly men in Acton and Georgetown Mr Cunningham said that firefihling In Hills is exceptionally professional f hesitate putting them against fire department in the province he Herald during an interview and said that he was one of he largesl in to have a volunteer force He along with deputy chief Bob Hyde and fire prevention Bob Meads are the department a only fully paid personnel Confident of the department efficiency he said he has no intention of changing towns reliance on a volunteer fire service The recent purchase of a new rescue truck assures thai the department has some of the equipment in tho region he said and Burlington have paid firefighters leaving Milton the only other municipality in the region which recruits volunteers Mr Cunningham father Jack Cunningham was a volunteer firefighter for Georgetown for 36 years and was fire thief for community in the curly IB70A I guess It s in my blood Mr Cunningham skills acquired while working with police will help In his new Job Mr Cunningham AM Herald Staff Writer Poor economic lions In the country ore blamed for the Increase the core of children by the Children s Aid decrease in foster homes available to Society The numbers of homes have been steadily decreasing basically because of the economy the recession and people losing their Job All this places bigger stresses on the family and families arc splitting up CAS public relations officer Theresa told The Herald Monday Although Ihe CAS puyi parents from to a day for regular foster care she said a of families can cope with the of coring for an extra charge With foster children and foster homes now the faoclcly has recently found Itself asking board members lo open their homes children for emergency care We never had lo before Ms said We never been In such a desperate situo lion in which we vc had to ask board or toff members lo help out like this Back In February the Society anticipated pro blems In providing sub stitute families for children cither tempera rily or permanently separated from their parents their annual report they warned that budget cuts in progress since Ihe mid iQTOs would cause a decrease In foster homes We will continue to sec Ihe loss of foster parent resources said the report There will be an Increased difficulty in recruitment over able rales and foster parents will continue to subsldlie our children For 1962 to recruit new foster homes and retain at least BO per cent of Ihe they As well they hoped for increased allowances and rales to parents In order to be competitive with neighboring Hamilton and Peel regions Rates for regular foster care In Metro Toronto vary from IS 50a day Hamilton pays between to s rates arc also lower han Peel Although province which funds all Children Aid Societies allocated an additional Tor 19B2 budget In June the Society needs and is still nego tiating with the Ministry of Community and Social Services Ms Pa lorn said The province sets the amount of money lo be given to each CAS she There no formula They pick on amount out of the clear blue sky Ms claimed There no rhyme or reason to the amount of money they give us We have never Had enough money Regional councillors voted on a budget for the CAS back in March on per cent Increase over their 1981 budget The only thing we can do is to let people know that we need them she said We can t twist people arms Having run camp aign in the year to try to recruit more foster parents Ms Palomosaid the CAS won be running another campaign until next year She said the issue has had generous coverage in the media and leaflets were dropped off at homes con the Society need for foster homes In February we had colls from people inter in becoming foster parents Twenty couples came our meet to get information about it Of that we only took three applications Ms Pa lorn said We Continued on page SLOW PITCHING FOR Thanks of ten team In the town s slow pilch Ira Rut the North Ilallon for the Mentally Retarded richer this week Thr slow pilch clubs played each other recently In a and raised money for he through a draw sllirr collection from among the bleachers tram contributions Pre Renting the cheque Tursda MI president Bert Arnold centre are to rlhl Bill Lane tournament treasurer Lane chairman the tourney and Brian Hill president or slow pilch league The money will bp used for Association own athletic activities The is grateful the slow pilch league which consist of Park Lincoln Choice Air Georgetown r Klnimen Lions Club Elks Lodge Car Club the Newfoundland Club and Royal Plus ti by Chris East end homes and businesses a Ice cream survives power blackout A tractor lor truck making an evening drop at Dm Guelph Street A and Store in Georgetown was responsible for a power blackout that affected the cost end of Georgetown and various rural routes for up to three hours last Tuesday Hills Hydro general superintendent Hugh Campbell said a hydro pole In front of the A and store on Sinclair Avenue was hit and a low Bell coble ripp ed as the truck tried leave the store parking lot around 15 He said there was damage to Hydro property and though power was restored to the area homes and businesses affected the repair work is still not completed He ex peels it will bo completed by day night People can seem to keep cars on road Mr Campbell Joked They keep hitting pole A and manager Jack Schlieman said the power blackout cost his store In fresh He said produce was put into the store coolers imme diately after the power cut and with the cooler doors closed survived We had to down at 15 Mr man said We suffered some loss but I think people understood it was something we do anything about Occasional refrigeration breakdowns occur so A and staff knew how to handle last Tuesday s power cut Mr said At the Miracle food Mart store on Street the power cut created a short blowing out fuses In the computer which controls the cash registers Wt lose com plete power III almost which is closing lime anyway Miracle book keeper Stella told The Herald We have to close the store because we have our own gincrator so we I In total blackness The store generator kept the freezers and shelves cold so there was no spoilage Ms said We have to In this type of business have some sort of back up if the power goes she said The short In the com put meant the registers working even after the power came back on around 10 p m Staff used calculators and add machines to calculate food bills Wednesday morning until the indlvi dual registers were Honing again by noontime Wc pay our bills at this end IGA owner and manager Brian Cromock Joked The Street IGA I affected by the power blackout except in that the store picked up business from the other food stores blacked out he said The Lob lows store in the Georgetown Market Place closed down when the power wcnl Assistant manager Jim Ware told The Herald that although there was a certain amount or light still in the store because the sun t gone down yet cash I work There was no sense bringing In more people and aggravating them Mr Ware said put signs up on the doors t open up again for the night He said the froicn food in the floor freezers didn I deteriorate because stuff covered freezers with stainless steel tops usually put on at end of each working day Even Ihe ice cream which is usually the mosl difficult product to keep froicn didn I require a spoon to lake out of freezer re air conditioned too so the store Is kept reasonably cold Mr Ware said Inside Rdop wraps up page A2 this Introducing Eugenia page A3 Local trailblazers page C3