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Pupils train to revive heart attack victims Herald Don forget to thank the Halt on Board Education If one its students saves you or friend life someday The Board is considering cardiopulmonary resuscitation raining for Grade 11 students Almost nil Grade students high schools the training as part of their health The cost of introducing the uro gram in Hills and Milton in Is estimated it a Board report states That is the total cost there is no community support and it is a start up cost The estimated cost of maintaining Hie program 91 12U0Q people die of heart at Licks every in Ont Aboul 3J per of host could be prevented If the public sinptomt of a knew proper Pit methods In Hit Court Club helped with instruction and cost of equipment for Grade li In June 19110 the May Court Club tklivcred three adult tin infant to all schools except Wolfe The total cost to From Hills and the Hoard would hope to it III from tin of to start the im Costs could be reduced if man qui were shared between schools or if com members with CPU train helped with the Mining a stales Dick sad that not all Grade it students tike physical education and that the Pit tram would be missed by some per of all high school students take physical education in Grade said Jick Richardson the Board en of physical duration training could be on elective hi said At the next board melting trustees will vote on maintaining the It program In and expanding the program Blood clinic this Monday The Cross Society Is hosting a blood donor clinic in Georgetown at the Holy Cross Auditorium Feb The clinic hours arc 1 to 30 p The Toronto blood bank Is low on negative blood and below the critical Inventory level for A positive and A negative rv4 Lifetime Service Guarantee In the hills Poems for parents Pour open your heart to your parents Children can treat their moms and dads to something really special this Valentines Day The Herald is sponsoring a poetry contest for kids The winning poem wins a dinner for mom and dad at Belamys Restaurant For contest details see inside speakers Three informed speakers will be part of the Acton Against Drinking and Driving presentation at Acton High School Feb In addition to a from tht Hamilton Wentworth Trauma Clinic and an ambulance atten dant a surprise guest guaranteed to generate plenty of excitement may be coming Coffee tea and home baked goods will be served Fair meeting The wheels are being put into motion Tor the 1987 edition of the Georgetown Fall Fair The fall fair board is holding a meeting feb 9 to establish com pass a budget and talk about publicity All interested par ties and new members are invited to attend at the Optimist Hall Highway Tat sharp For more information Levies raised Should Him nil lot luies I fair Tint stud by Hilton Mil look Lot leues in thirled homes It in tliu 1 r i provide i the t Hilton Ins ludMtwl Sir WK r tht Its In l Correction The caption under a picture on last week Family front page was Incorrect The three kindergarten students at Joseph Public School arc left to right Whitney Young Hobble Stiles and Cheryl Guise They took part in teddy bear day with the rest of the school The teddy photo on page of the same paper was also taken at Joseph Gibbons The Herald regrets the error Weight watcher Want to lose the five pounds of Christmas The Regions latest nutrition update has some tips to trim you down Give up one tablespoon of sugar a day and you II have saved 14 GOO calories over the year Cut off the fat from your meat and use less butter margarine and salad dress ing Choose fruit instead of those tempting chocolate bars for ana cits Instead of trench order a baked potato at least Best farmer Tht irmir if man Jim wis aimed r of the Year by Hit red lion of Agriculture Livock family iwn a purebred farm on the Sixth Lint in and grow livestock feed ml crops Bylaw freedom traffic and tht Regit other municipalities mot nan to to Regional until for up That the decision II ilton conn 1 will muki today reels the Region public works director iff at both the Region and tin ana municipalities ire in regular con tact with other do make sun there are no conflicts House fire Children are believed to be responsible for starting a fire in a house under construction in Acton an from the fire depart said The fire at Church Street West was Sunday at It was noticed by a neighbor who put It out There was no damage the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY I 187 OPEN 10 7 DAYS A WEEK Its Worth the Drive to Year of the Rabbit HAW welcomed in in the joined to iclehrjir I held In I Mi t In Mike Driver in bridge crash found guilty of negligence By SANDY Herald Mail Almost a year to the day after the destruction of the James Snow Parkway and the death of a man in an accident a Burks tolls trucker will be sentenced for his part in the crash Friday in Milton District Court Judge James Clarke found Arthur Jeffrey guilty of criminal negligence causing death He will be sentenced March at 10 a m in Milton District Court March at about a the accused dnnc his truck pulling a flat bed and a pup trailer so tha it completely blocked east bound fie on Highway While across the cast bound lanes the truck was hit by a passenger car and a tractor trailer a tank of fuel The tanker exploded sending a fire ball Into the clear crisp sky Judge Clarke said Both trucks and the James Snow Parkway were destroyed The parkway burned for Frederick nulls of Snrnia was killed in the crash The trucker of the tanker was for Eagle Transport of Mlsslssauga Mr Jeffrey was found guilty of four charges In addition to the criminal negligence causing death charge he was convicted of dangerous driving causing death impaired driving and driving with more than milligrams of alcohol inlOOmillllltrcsofblood Before the crash the accused was weaving his lane causing cars behind him to slow down Another truck dmcr tried lo contact him on his radio to give him a piece of his mind but got no response J Clarke The accused pulled over onto the shoulder of the metres from the parkway He then moved his truck so thai il was the three lanes of until the nose of the truck reached the barrier dlvi ling cast bound and westbound traffic Judge Clarke said A forensic determined Ihul the amount of alcohol in the blood of the accused was between and 227 milligrams of alcohol In 100 millilltres of blood the case the accused that is the equivalent of R J bottles of beer or 1 ounces spirits police observations erratic dnv before the accident and failure to perform many physical tests led to the conclusion that the accused was impaired weeks prior to the accident the accused had Just completed a three month suspension of his licence or drinking and driving That was the first charge of drinking and driving against him In Judge summation he concluded that the Crown proved the accused showed reckless disregard for safety The accused Mr Jeffrey is mar ricd and has two children McDermid gets ribbing What kind if pestering does a number of House of commons have put up with Here an ex ample of what Brampton Georgetown MP John had at him recently during a Commons of softwood lumber products export charge Lloy number A three In rthy our Run McDermid I mlght say Axworthy You are ninning behind the Rhinoceros I Madam Speaker The Speaker please Axworthy You look like a rhino so you should be running with them The Speaker Mr makes it very difficult for anyone to express his or her ideas 1 think il would fair and normal to listen when Hon Members are debating Block Parents group finds new lease on life Block Parents has been re juvenated in Hills Last week Acton and Georgetown Block Parents voted to amalgamate Silting on the new Hill Block Parents executive are Bon Guise chairperson Rosemary secretary Pearl Wilson treasurer Shelly Georgetown Kalhryn Lunch Acton Clark Georgetown school liaison Pat Acton school liaison Ann Mulr Georgetown sign registrar Glen Leslie Acton sign registrar and Const Bill of fleer Unison Hey we re here we come alive said the enthusiastic new committee chairperson I got a great bunch of ladlea helping out Bonnie Guise has been involved with Block for seven years This summer she moved to Georgetown from London Ontario I came here looking to help and I ended up with the whole platter she laughed The mother of three school age children wants to bring Block Parents more Into the public eye and encourage more volunteers to IS We need more volunteers to represent the districts they live In so we know what goes on there Mrs Guise said Her attitude Is more hands less work She emphasized being a Block Parent not a full time job It t take a lot of work to help pro tect the community children Mrs Guise said a great organization for the community and a little bit of work on everybody park makes it a safe community she said Block Parents ore easily recognizable They re the ones with the red and white mother and child sign In he front window visible when they re home I Just get sick every time I walk down street and see no signs Where the protection 1 walk a lot and I seen only a handful of signs Mrs Guise said Part time Block Parents arc better than no- time Block Parents Both Acton and Georgetown Block Parents have been fizzling out over the past five years she said with Mrs Guise aims Block Parents membership list will start that move She estimates there are about members In Georgetown She got the support of the Boards of Education and Regional Police Looking for a mascot for the Halton Hills committee is one of the first things Mrs Guise will be going after with the help of school children Children will be Invited to draw what they think the mascot should look like and an official draw will select the winning mascot Block Parents will take the mascot to the fall fairs and to parades In lown Wont to be a Block Parent or want to find out more about If Then call Bonnie Guise at or Kathryn Lynch at Prebudget school tax rate 82 I Herald Staff An per cent increase in Board of expenses in 19B7 was put to at their first budget meeting of the Monday Thai was part of a preliminary budget presented lo trustees and means 1987 expenses will be million Tilt amount local taxpayers pa depends on government grants to the Board By the end of February or by early March the Hoard should know how much money the provincial govern menl will be contributing said Jerry Jenkins Ihe Board superintendent of business services Expenses of Board art paid for provincial government grants and lax assessments from municipalities The Increase in assessment is expected to be bet ween and per cent Grants ire not expected to increase significantly Mr Jenkins said In addition to an insignificant in in grants and assessment other problems faced by the Board are a drop in enrolments the effects of extended funding and the need for Improvement in education a report from Mr Jenkins states In September 1980 enrolment at elementary schools declined 100 students which Is per cent There were or per cent less students attending high schools in September 1986 Trustees will be meeting every Monday for the next weeks to come up with final budget Next Monday they will begin items in that budget Mr Jenkins said The budget is not vcr flexible Major reductions can only be achieved by changes in policy par in the area of staffing Mr Jenkins said Reduction in Ihe Board operating budget were not recom mended by Mr Jenkins He said it would have an adverse effect on education in The Board will be spending more money In 1987 to reduce the pupil teacher ratio That Is part of heir two year contracts with elementary and school teachers In i960 the Board added teachers and ID secondary teachers to Us staff In September 1987 It plans to add elementary teachers and 16 secondary school teachers Those 18 secondary school tochers will moke the high school pupil teacher ratio 15 a figure closer to the provincial average In September 1B87 the pupil teacher ratio at elementary schools Is ex peeled to be 18 29 Salaries were the largest Increase in expenses for the Board in lis 1987 budget That increase is I million or a 5 per cent Increase Employee will be up 10 2 per cent which is almost a Si million in crease Transportation of students to French Immersion centres will begin In September 1987 This pro ject is expected to cost A grant of is expected from the Ministry of to help pay for Ihe transportation Debt charges are believed to be 3 per cent higher in 1387 Debt charges will total over Over smaller projects undertaken by the Board In will cost million Such projects include to the curriculum purcha3- books buying specialized it and Classrooms grant for Catholic Bpard The Roman Catholic Secondary School Board received 93 million from the Ministry of Education for relocatable classrooms it was announced Monday The total cost of the classrooms is 95 2 million The school board will make up the difference bet ween Ihe two amounts said Don Knight who made the an on behalf of Hon Minister Scan Conway The province is Increasing its 198687 capital funding to school boards by K0 million bringing the total to million Mr Conway noted a press release The relocatable classrooms ore not the traditional portables usual seen outside schools but they arc self contained units holding up to six classrooms with plumbing Little angels our year old lane McNeil flic year old John Patrick were a big Ml the second annual Bridal Show spoil sored by and Boutique Sunday The were picture pro as modelled outfits the Hotter drill and ring bearers will be this Spring Herald photo