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the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 29 1984 Region rejects BIG celebration festival funding A COSMOPOLITAN COMMUNITY The Netherlands were among the countries featured at the YMCA Multicultural Celebration Wednesday night Costume from eight different countries were modeled and explained and the audience later got to try seme of the countries cuisines Say that real fancy headgear Lightyear old Alison tried on part of piper Don Bums costume at the I Multicultural Celebration lust Wednesday Several costumes from different countries were featured in the event which stressed the color and Importance of Canada cultural heritage Supply teachers fight pay cuts Police budget Writer A move by the Halton board of education to take substitute teachers from the regular teach ers pay grid and impose a pay drop lndl a loss of pro fessional status for supply teachers claims the president of the Halton Substitute Teachers Association Sutton said Thursday that supply teachers are lea to function in the class- roam no differently from a regular teacher When the regular teacher Is absent for more than a day the substitute teacher is responsible for main the daybook and class program If the board pays us less are they not presenting the idea that children are receiving a lesser grade of education than when the regular teacher Is there the dark haired woman asked trustees at the board meeting We perform a teach ing function when in schools and we feel justified to maintain our pay as the daily rate taken from the salary grid Mrs Sutton said RECOMMENDED In December the boards salary policy committee recommen ded a seven per cent drop In dally pay for MOLLIE SUTTON substitute teachers which amounts to at most an per diem decrease in salary The Issue will be coming to the board table March a It would mean a saving over a 10month period committee chairman Pat Hlllhouse said I don t believe It at the expense of profession alism Substitute teach ers are professionals a I would expect them to continue to exercise that tame level of vice At present teachers without a degree earn 71 a day supply teaching which the board proposes to make in September 1K4 Elementary supply teachers with a degree earn now With the board cut that would be a day Secondary supply teachers with a degree now earn 16 and as of September could be earning Concluding pay rates for supply teachers are higher than a significant majority of other boards the salary committee Is ending that the current method of paying according to collective agreement grids with regular teachers be dropped NEW COMMITTEE The salary commit tee fell at the time that a supply teacher be paid as much as a regular tea cher Halton Hills tru stee Arlene Bruce said Mrs Bruce was on the Con on Page AT Money proposed for spotchecks ByANIPEDERIAN Staff Writer Included in the nearly tie million regional police budget proposal for is money for a traffic squad simitar to the squad on the road each Christmas Halton regional police commissioners meeting Thursday announced the new police budget of 250 pared down from the per cent only a per cent operating budget increase if anticipated workmen on board adjustments are made when the figure comes before regional council Feb INFLATION Commission chair man James Grieve sold inflation Is eating up five per cent of the 1984 budget I pleased with the budget and hope It The dec by the board was unanimous They acted as one in the budget dec Mr Grieve said Mention ng opera nnl changes have been included in the budget proposal he refused to elaborate He told fellow By CHRIS Staff Writer While organizers say the BIG Business In Georgetown on planned for June should bring tourists into the area the event will have to be a success without financial help from the region Last Wednesday regional councillors turned down a grant request from the George tow Chamber of Commerce the organ on which Is sponsor ng the BIG June IS 10 and IT Fa lure to get the grant doom the project organizer Hick West to reporters later Bui he commented regional councillors I appreciate that the BIG Celebration an bit on of to inform and the public is expected to generate lour is I In 120th annlver ry of the former village of Georgetown We re very opt mist about the project Mr West said Its ng full bore ahead SI- COM TIME II was the second I me he bid for the had been rejected by a anal body Three weeks ago the a dm and f nance committee recommmded that unc 1 turn down the request At a local council meeting a week later llors Mike Arm strong and Dave Whit said they support the Chambers d cither They argued it was cult to giving cultural grants to the Chamber and organ such as the Ham 1 meet a few weeks earlier said last Wed that the Cham may not have been given a fair hearing The grant application he suggested should have been brought to the region business committee Mr West commented Ph Iharmonlc Ric request of the goes through Chief The Increase over James Harding told last year Is per cent In keeping with the per cent Increase they received in 1963 Gathered In the spanking new Burllngt on police station on In Street commission estimated there would be a sav on the proposed budget total meaning reporters after meeting The figure arrived at through several meetings with police staff and the can only be appro ved or rejected by regional councillors If rejected it goes to the Ontario police Commis for review Morrow and Reg that he d dn t want to allow the public to have too much Inform a before the budget la seen by regional councillors Com miss loners Pete and Joseph Scime were absent from the meeting It a matter of Mr Grieve said This I the forum under which they receive the budget Orchestra and the Royal Bui an Gardens when needy social ser vice es may be turned down The lack of support from Councillors Arm strong and Whiting also represent the town on regional I a Mr West and the rest of Chamber delegation Lynn Barnard and Bill Ward llors Armstr and Whiting did not take time investigate what we are doing he Armstrong who was absent from the administration Auctioneer part of electricity that highlights the event Section A Visiting Father die Region poshes for United Way GLTs Lion In Winter see pic ture opened Friday Secti B Our mw Family Sec feature report on the Lions Citizen of the Year and Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year Section Five Rebel wrestlers are on the way to See Page CI for the details Abe the have been ousted from the Central Ontario playoffs Section D Real estate mws from REMAX Section A special to tell yea all about Tear bargain By CHRIS AAGAARD Writer He may start off simp ly like this Who 11 give me 5 But very quickly the auctioneer song moves full steam ahead sweeping up active bidders as well as curl onlookers A successful auction has charisma there Is something about watching a person who can turn his tongue around words In such rapidfire success ion and still stay in touch with his audience In the electricity which surrounds a sale It Intrigued me Alfred Spence said as he tried to pin down why be became an auctioneer It years ago I used to travel around listening to auc tioneers I would take from their different dell varies and a in what I could Mr Spence commented He apprenticed under auctioneer Frank Patch and worked his first sale at one of the annual Georgetown Rotary Club auctions of the early 1960s Mr branched out on his own opera ing the Glen Auctions until 1967 Now he does about to sales a year as family commit menta and running the Spence Acres farm allows Auctioneering Is a people oriented trade view the auctioneer as on entertainer Ignoring the fact that he is a businessman first Currently an audi oncer must display a greater degree of com passion and expertise than has been evident in the past Mr said The public Is better educated and demands professional ism In the conduct of auctioneers When he called for a sale It may take a few weeks to prepare espe cially if estates or real years of business in Georgetown and Mr enjoys property are involved Vhile auctioneers watching people as he said work under some they enjoy At some point he sits common parameters watching him sell down with the executor style It something they article after article or principle parties to develop on their own But the public tends to discuss which article ore to be sold On on day Mr and his staff he prefers his own professional and clerk takeover A rural auction may begin late in the morn and finish around 4 p m about the time people beg n think about supper and for the even Mr Spence explain Regardless of the venue Mr approaches an auction In the some way Its objective Is to sell things and got fair value for them I don like under selling articles and don t like overset Hi them The average auction may have about to 300 articles for sale and may draw as many as to people They may have seen the auctions ad vertisements are involved In the sale In some way are neigh bora friends or even curious passers by It a fascinating business a great study of people Mr Spence said know you get one person in the group whos not too interested and sort of drifts oft Then you bring in the item of importance to him or her and the person RED returns to the world of reality People at auctions turn on and turn as articles come and go Mr Spence said The auctioneer he added takes the group through highs and lows of parti alternating articles of high Interest with those which expected to sell quickly later that the Chamber was advised to its request to committee Several councillors opposing he 1 grant said they feared it would prompt other Chambers to appeal for funding for their pro jects Praying for peace HILLS March at Christian women in the Georgetown area will join women from around the world to pray for peace and justice for all All Christian churches In the area have been led attend program in Holy Cross Church The theme of Living Water from Christ Our Hope features readings from the scriptures where our dependence upon water Is emphasized The program stresses the need of spiritual revival to counterattack the materialism of the times For further information coll Withdrawal clinic The Lung Association is offering a SmokngW thdrowal Clinic In Georgetown It will be held at the Georgetown and District Memorial Hasp tal evenings from 30 to 30 Persons wishing to Kick the Smoking Habit arc invited to attend The program begins March and continues weekly to May Fee for this course is You may by telephoning Enrolment is mited Register early Red Cross kickoff March is Red Cross Month The Georgetown and strict Red Cross will launch Its annual campaign tonight with a KickOff Night at St George s Anglican Church at p m Canvassers are needed Volunteers should call or Come for an evening of good entertainment Activity week The Hills Recreation and Parks Department the Acton are offering a Activity Program during the March Break for all year olds in Acton Staff and volunteers will supervise such activities as movies games crafts sports mming skating and more It going to be a lot of fun call us now for more info or Liberal office open The BramptonGeorgetown federal Liberal association has opened a riding office in Brampton at Queen St Says riding president Rick Wciler This will be a focus for our activities in the riding A staffed office will make it much easier for the public to contact the Liberal party Pat Is the office ccordinator and she is looking for volunteers to help out The office number if Neighbor spies thief An Investigation by a watchful neighbor scared off thieves from a break in Into Acton a Jug City on Main Street Halton regional police said the culprits entered the store through a rear window Friday at am Nothing was taken Maple syrup time Are you ready for some fresh maple syrup Mountsberg Wildlife Centre have their sugar bush tapped and are Inviting residents to join In for wagonrldesandsamplingtours The sugar bush Is open each weekend until April 15 You can watch sap being boiled down Into syrup visit a candy house and enjoy a hearty pancake and sausage meal For further Information call week days or on weekends New police programs Police commission James Grieve said Wednesday six new programs arc Included In the 1984 budget Including a f veman traffic squad The traffic squad will be dealing with motor vehicle accidents throughout and drinking drivers Money Is Included for the new computer room In the Burlington police station where the HEART computer will be boused Staff will be required to operate me system but Mr Grieve dldn say how many Additional staff he did mention included a Safety Officer and a clerk for Milton There Is something in relation to crime prevention In the budget Chief Harding hinted with a smile The force has been looking for more manpower for proactive policing and has been turned down at budget time in previous years Raider fever The Georgetown Raiders will open the Ontario Senior A Hockey League playoffs this Friday night against their old Intermediate rivals the Shipbuilders Raider general manager Dave Kentwr round opponent it The Cambridge Hornets who finished first In the nineteam loop picked first and selected the Barrio Broncos Georgetown picked next as a result of having finished in second place Other first round pairings are Petrous Chatham and va Dundas Hamilton