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WEEKEND EXTRA Friday August Councillor wants to help make chan in regional g Armstrong seeks post with Herald Special A member of council wants the town to have a say on a committee that will advise the provincial government on changes to regional government Mike Armstrong regional councillor for Ward a 10year veteran of municipal pol is seeking election the Association of Munlcl of Ontario AMO board directors He was nominated by council and will be among the targe number of candl dates that association members will vote on at the association Aug convention The board consists of mem from which an exec committee la also Any municipal repre sentative may be on board but a coun cillor who loses at tho polls must resign immediately A lot of councillors don bother with but Coun Armstrong em it a great place for learning how other munic I pall lies handle problems his own also face There are four reasons I I lo get on the board he said AMO has in Ihe past and will the future be making re commendations to the province concerning tonal government I d like In get on the committee that will be making those recommendations because as you know I have very strong feelings about will also be talk ing to the province about tax reform and Hills has been all through that section stuff recent ly so I m really interested A SOLUTION in that too will be looking at police and be making recommendations as to how they should be changed The last reason Is the chance to talk to people from other municipal ties You never get any feeling for how other regions for instance deal with things like sewage charges or landfill sites or lion authorities Usually as a councillor you re sort of Isolated But talking to all these people at AMO li a real education Is a strong body in dealing with the province Armstrong said White have lime in his previous Job to belong to something like that now that he running his own Insurance bus he does hove the lime Armstrong said Hal ion region has Milton Brad Clements and Milton director of Don la seeking re election board Reg chairman Jack Rati Is was defeated last year In his bid lo become a board member Courtesy Mercury Helping to curb the high number of false alarms received by lotion regional police each year this team of summer students is running Open lion HAVE with crime prevention officer Scott HAVE stands Tor Aid to Victims Education Toe student Iwtytag a variety of fields to right Jane Joule Lisa project leader Carolyn Hall and Hants Besides analyzing false alarm situation they re phone numbers finding out concerns of break and enter victims and keeping track of what kind of progress has bren made on break and enter case UFA seeks help input Herald Special Rural constituent often feel left out of the political process Tills statement was made by Tom Foster president of Ihe Region Agriculture Because rural and urban residents are often group ed into the same electoral district Over the past decade rural residents have seen ihe character of their rural community change radically While number of farmers has steadily declined Jersey jury Two of a most prominent Jersey cattle herds will come under the close scrutiny of an international delegation studying Jersey farms as part of special Canadian visit thai takes in the Aug Jersey show at the CNE and later the World Jersey Bureau a tenth annual conference la ton Rock Ella Jerseys in Hornby and Fealher stone Brothers In Oakvtlle have been selected for a delegation visit Monday also seen a great deal of change In the type and size of farms that remain While many of the family farms remain others have become large farm corp orations Still others have Income Today rural community Is a very di verse mosaic a commun ity or rural estates farms hobby farms equestrians and much more I now most agricult ural organizations have primarily enlisted the support of full time farm The that the Federation deals however are Issues which a feet the entire community Mr Foster said Issues such as property taxes hydro rates proper protection landuse planning and land pescrv on are of great concern to everyone not Just full time farmers For this reason the Halton at Ion is inviting the active support and participation of everyone involved In agriculture To this end they arc inviting part time farmers farm managers and hobby farmers to join To Inquire about mem in the Helton Reg- Ion Federation of Agrlcul ture you can contact Fred Nurse member ship chairman Tom Foster president Bruce McCturc secretary Bruce Wood press secretary TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE CUSTOMERS We apologize for any in convenience caused to our customers by an unforeseen construction mishap on Tuesday August 1 7th between 12 15530pm BROWNS Furniture MUSIC LESSONS Learn To Play or PIANO BANJO DRUMS BASS GUITAR We win soon bo booking for September fessons Phase caff 8774919 NEILS MUSIC HOURS Tues 10a 9pm BROWNS FURNITURE WAREHOUSE 334 Guelph St Georgetown 8772828