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PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Constituent complaints are of an individual nature By Who do people call when the neighbors dogs are barking non stop or they need a building permit or they want to know how to get welfare Town councillors Any day of the week town councillors can expect such calls from their constituents Most calls are placed at reasonable hours although theres the occasional drunk letting off steam at 3 a People don t call on problems Instead big Issues They think Most times about them instead Whiting said the pro- Ward councillor Dave don t need Whiting told The action and can be Herald Usually calls dealt with the town s are about Individual senior staff The Whiting said the Iine3 of communication between councillors and the public are good If a resident wants some thing brought up In council Whiting said he II take it up for him even if he t agree MANY CALLS Marilyn Scr of Ward 4 said some weeks she 11 get many phone calls and other weeks none It depends on the Issues and what person ally affects Indivldu a Is she said People get on the phone when It directly affects them That when they re ready to stand up and soy Gte this is wrong Many people don know how to attack a problem they re expert that time when they II turn to their councillor for referral to the right staff member or agency If they know who to talk to they rather do it themselves anyway Scrjeantson said It s whtn they get the run around that It fru rating for them John McDonald of Ward 3 said major Issues don necessarily bring phone calls from constituents The Stevens proper ly issue was one of the more contro vert a ones to hit Ihe to vn in some time but while we council were going through dtbati 1 dn hear from any body McDonald Hi- said he only heard from one token Ward resident whom he kept informed by forwarding minutes of council When the purchase of the Stevens property wns wed MARILYN McDonald said it was then that he got feed back from people when he went on errands about the town On a relatively major Issue the public feedback wasn t that great It was virtually nil til the fact he said However when the question of whether to hold an election or appoint a new mayor came up early this year feedback from the public was high Coun McDonald said That was one issue on which I heard from the most people he said When I was in Acton I heard about it when I was In George town I heard about it and when I was In quesing I heard about We don t as many people at the Act on dropins anymore Coun Whiting said As the numbers began dropping off at the five- year old drop- in hosted by town councillors the calls to Coun Whiting increased he noted I think people got complacent got used to it being there he said Also when they discuss their problems many people like to keep it to themselves and arc reluctant to speak in front of report WORD HOUSEHOLDER RUN UP TO WEEKSONLY Injured workers meet Changes are being proposed to the Worker Compensation Law that could make tbe lot of injured workers worse To find out about the proposals come to an Information meeting being sponsored by the Hills Community Legal Clinic Injured workers and the general public are invited to come to St John United Church on Georgetown Street July at pm For more information contact Rebecca Blither ford at birthday Sunday By KAY WILSON Herald Correspondent Mrs Mae Cleave of Brampton a former Norval area resident celebrated her 90th birthday Saturday at Grace United Church Up to relatives and friends called to extend this lovely lady their best birthday greetings Numerous flower arrangements graced the hall and Included plaques from the Brampton mayor and the MP John Mrs Cleave a two sons and their wives Jim and Shirley Cleave of Georgetown and Barry and Beth Cleave of Waldemar Ontario helped greet guests as did granddaughter Christine Cleave of Georgetown Welfare lists down The regloni welfare load ia IS per cent below what it was for the tint five months of the year last year If this trend continues the region will be able to save approximately Regional treasurer Joe points to a general improvement In employment and other economic trends as the underlying cause for the decline In welfare handouts A report due next month will examine this situation in more depth Travelling puppets Mountsberg Wildlife Centre has a puppet show troupe that will visit your group with their environmental message You can learn about all the creatures of the wild in a creative entertaining way The puppet shows are suitable for day care library camp hospital summer school and other groups of children ages 7 yean If you would like the Frog and his travelling puppet troupe to visit your group they will be touring Wednesdays from July August For more information call 8784131 Candidate selection The BramptonGeorgetown Federal Liberal riding association are holding a meeting to select a candidate to run in the next election The date Is July 10 at 7 at Central Peel Secondary School a Kennedy Road North In Brampton For more information call or Section A Acton A student wants to organise Injured workers Scoutmaster honored as Glen Cltlsen Btewart- Sacre and Holy Cress Section A picture page about our Canada Day celebration In Hills Lota of picture from Centennials graduation ceremonies hosts a bicentennial craft show and tea for residents Section Georgetown Mike Hurley defeated top two seeds en route to winning the Ontario Closed Junior Tennis held Saturday la Hamilton The 15yearold now will compete In the provincial championships slated for Toronto In Au Home Newspaper of Hills Established 1866 WEDNESDAY JULY 1984 HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANADA Who a Certainly not these colorfully painted girls Sarah left and her smiling churn Cheryl Anne 11 tickled the funny bone of youngsters at the Glen Williams Canada Day celebrations Saturday Sarah a prize for having the best costume Motorcycle crash kills Acton man Mark just finished up working on a Town of Hills Incentive program at George town hockey arena He had worked on con struct loo and an He liked working on cars and tinkering with motors and was a nan dy man type of person said Jim Mark was a very help ful type of and would assist others if they needed work on their motorcycle He never asked for any tiling In return Jim said A year old Acton man dead at Georgetown District Hospital after he lost of the motorcycle he was driving on June at approximately Mark Kevin Bannon while driving east bound on 17 at the Line lost control of bis vehicle and struck the guard rails the north side of An Investigation into the accident is underway Funeral services were only two months when held for Mark Bannon the crash occurred but Tuesday in Acton all he has been riding bikes p He will be sorely for a number of years missed by four brothers said older brother Jim Kelly Jim Gary his brother on their way to look for a Job when Mark bike crashed Mark had his Honda motorcycle for At Technical courses down 56 per cent Herald Staff Technical education has lost more than half of the Grade 9 students it used to attract at Georgetown District High School Principal Don Baker said technical education enrolments for September 1984 are down per cent over last year they re down per cent In high schools Why such a large drop at GDHS The drop has been blamed on the Ministry of Education a second ary school reforms OSIS that take effect this September with the Incoming Grade stu dents Students are now re quired to take 10 com courses for gra dilation an Increase of BERT COCKS seven courses There very little space left to take any options GDHS machine shop teacher Bert Cocks said Mr Baker said factor in the large of Credo technical education dents at GDHS cd to high schools else where In the province Is the fact that had a very strong Grade 9 tech program to start with A very high percent age of Grade took tech Mr Baker said Last September thero were technical credits taken by Grade 9 students For Septemb er 1984 technical credits have been selected Grade enrol at the school I dropped according to the principal Its really cut Into the Grade 9 double credit in tech Mr Baker noted The school tried to prepare itself for the provincial reforms anticipating the effect it Continued on page A3 Armenian Boys celebrate Canada Day unveils spirit of a nation Herald Staff It was called a fitting way to be Canada 117th brthday by Brampton George MP John McDerm id Sunday as he and other politicians turned up at Georgetown Ccdarvale Park to attend the unveiling of a memorial plaque The to be put on the outdoor wall of main build ink memory of the 109 boys and two girls brought to Canada by the Relief Assoc back in the 1920s ThL youngsters became known as The Georgetown Boys as they were housed and trained until 1929at Ccdarvale Farm The children were orphaned during the 1915 massacres In Turkey in which 1 million Armenians were killed CHORES After learning farm chores at Cedar vale the boys were dispatched to farms throughout Ontario Today some arc still Involved In farming like Albert who has a fruit farm In Winona and is secretary trca surer of the George town Armenian Boys Association Sunday Mr shared the master of ceremonies position with Aram president of Alexanian Carpets and son of Ans the man who taught the Georgetown Boys at the farm Over 150 spectators most of whom were Georgetown Boys with their children grand children and friends sat through scaring sunshine as the hour- long dedication cere mony took place near the Cedarvale buildings I can think of a more filling way to be celebrating Canada 117th birthday than to honor those who came here years ago and hose that to I towed to find a new home In Canada and port pate in the building of what I think is he greatest country in the world MP John McDermid said He recalled his father having wheel less old Toronto Transit Commiss on bus near Ccdarvale Park which the family used as a cottage At that time the farm had changed hands and was a girls school I can remember my grandfather talking to me a tout the George town Boys an Reed said All of you have made your contribution to this country and a great contribution that Is TRAGIC He said tragic that orphaned the boys and brought them to Canada should remind Canadians of their responsibility to keep Canada good and com passionate It an honor to have you look to Georgetown as your home and wo re proud of you forming part of Georgetown story Mayor Miller said Ministry of Citizen ship and Culture live Director Morris said that although Canadians lend to look at refugees as helpless and they t under estimate their dedlca tlon and toughness He pointed to the George town Boys as an example of those quail Cedarvale Farm has many fond memories for us Here we played as all boys do George town Boys Association chairman Paul Adouri It was cool picnicking under the tall trees at Park Sunday afternoon for George left and his dad The two men munched on Armenian fare Including the traditio nal pilot labmajoun like olna an What we are involved with the town doing today will keep that the name of the the name of the George- town was eventually town Boys and George- given to us he said town Cedarvale Home Now after years alive May this plaque we have become a part stay on this site for our of the Canadian social children order The author of the Our children and page book The George- grandchildren born and town Boys educated here work said he wos only piny socialize and Inter eight when he arrived in marry with Canadians Canada of many racial back So closely vere we grounds TOP OF THE CLASS Canada Day celebrations Activities In Lime house over the weekend wore called successful as the Canada Day week end wrapped up Craft displays in tbe Memorial Han attracted local real dents as well some from the village and towns Sharing the ball with the and candle- wick needlework and other handicrafts were the history books As usual old pictures in ihe history books gathered a crowd A display of clothing go as the tone skirted suits over and the exhibition by beta of the that resi dents ball viewing and was held Major award winners last week at Stewart town Senior Public School were front left to right Lisa Halters Jim Tom Cottaln Vullance Meredith and KuboU Tara and Tom won the award presented by Mrs A with her 87 per cent average had the highest Handing Lisa with an i per cent average had the second highest markai Meredith won the drama award Jim was the reclpleni of the J Lent award for most Improved boy student from year to and Carolyn won award for the most Improved girl from year to