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Steeplechase not on track for 87 Neither the town nor the Italian Board of Education are willing to fund a steeplechase Georgetown District High School afternoon turned down lie request for funding the to the door track request came from GDI IS principal Barb Singleton in a letter to the towns TomShtpard I said no not when still looking for a place for the Credit Valley Artisans Mi said track Is being built would cost less ment for a sleep let ha Hum adding it later It will allow the I get increasingly upset We are 1 the Hoard wants us to help town to host Regional Ontario saying no because Its not our fund it the has to come Federation of Secondary Schools responsibility Its the Boards from the Board here has to be Athletic Association and responsibility We have a million clear message to the Hoard to put Ontario Track and Field Association budget and they have a million Ihiir employees line that they events budget she said I dont like that have no right to nuke J request to The interest in the school in the Increasingly com council past has been such thai the students lD defended the actions and staff have made their own Coun Marilyn said if vh steeplechase liurdie to practise end tlw town had the money shed be have been successful in the top 10 pushing for funding a steeplechase at provincial level in the past he said the- facility would bring peo- Although the Board ha- ap proved the installation of a new out door track for the high school the year they have turned down schools request for a steeplechase Singleton says The request caused strong emo tions among members of the towns budget committee Friday afternoon I m so angry I shaking Iam Sheldon said steeplechase put i obviously barking up the wrong In the last logetmoney he couple of months weve had the Coun Betty Fisher said she Board refuse to lake responsibility to the Board Chairman and bridge at Actons Little while the School Singleton did nothing different from what any other printipal would do He said he frequenllv asked for help from principals wanting to im prove their with Sheldon doesnt leave playgrounds or Bon What 1 don want is negative principal feelings towards Barb Singleton the principal Mr stressed Sheldon said be hoped the community at large would help fund Mrs Singletons request and said she blame the principal for coming the town Coun Hick Bon Bruce had no knowledge the pool agree- had also received the request Noise enforcement study prepared on Croatian site Discussions with he solicitor of the Croatian Cultural Centre and the town are still going on to up with a way of controlling noise and activities on the Fifth Line and Winston Churchill Boulevard pro perty Monday night the towns Deputy Planning Director Bruce MacLean said a draft agreement has been prepared However the Centres solicitor wants more discussion on it before its brought to town Coun Joe Hewitt and Mayor Miller said the residents near the Centre have been Ignored in this pro cess They were reminded council instructed the planning department to try and resolve the problems his he anticipates bringing council a report on the agreement within a couple of weeks discussions originated after council put off the Centres application pending solutions to noise and enforcement problems on the property Coun Betty Fisher said it would be the courteous thing to do to let the residents near the Centre see the planning department report on the Friday when councillors will be receiving it Instead of on Monday afternoon when it is traditionally available lo the pressand public Town Engineer Bob Austin said the policy of releasing town reports and he Monday night meeting agen da on Monday afternoons was to Planning Director Ian Keith said SPORT Lifetime Service Guarantee the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1 WEDNESDAY MARCH 11 866 OPEN 1010 7 DAYS A WEEK Hide Housed wy Its the Drive to En the hills Spring fashions Catch the latest designs in swim suits and summer wear when the Georgetown Hospital Auxiliary presents Its spring fashion show March Elizabeths and Cameron Fashions are the two downtown Georgetown retailers who v ill be providing he models and clothing for the show at Cross Auditorium Dessert and coffee will be served at m but the show itself begins at p Admission is For more information and tickets call or Magna man comes The Town of will be hosting a business luncheon March at Ihe Hills Cultural Centre through the Towns Business Advisory Com Frank of Magna Inter national will be speaking at the luncheon and the Town will release municipal brochure and in formation on its business develop policy All members of the business community wishing to attend should contact the Clerks depart ment of the of Hill Tickets rare and I limited Hold out your arm Hold out your arm and give git of life The Red I hosting a- blood donor clinic 24 at the Acton Royal Legion The IGA is sponsoring clinic which begins at ends Stops nixed McDonald Boulevard in Acton councillor decided Monday night However they asked the town igineer to look at problems in he area like speeding and a tial fence that blocks visibility Town Engineer Bob Austin said new radar counts will be taken the spring of that area Councillors have received a petition asking for a three way stop at the intersection Water testing Youll soon Gee drilling rigs as the iupply Regions gets underway The Region is starting a well testdrilling program to find water and has asked the town for perm la to install four observation wells within the Tenth and Eighth Line road allowances The additional wells are needed to allow Georgetown to grow to polu la Ion Stormwater plan The Georgetown West Master Drainage Plan Study Is ready and will be presented at a public formation centre shortly Prepared by Phillips Planning and Engineering Limited the Plan looks at management in Georgetown West After receiv ing public Input the town will Ing the document to council for adoption The document is to act a a guide for development Georgetown West Plans not ditched Town councillors approved a dit program for subject budget approval Monday night The program will clean the Commerce Court Industrial outfall which wasnt done last year and undertake other ditching programs deferred In Ditching damage to the roadway or private property Spring fitness The Acton YMCA is meeting your fitness needs by offering nlng and a new evening fitness claw Spring Morning classes are twice per week from am with weekly weigh Ins for those trying to shed tiiose extra pounds Evening fitness classes begin the week March every Tuesday and Thursday from m Dont delay Join now Town needs 12 more staff council told AM Herald Stair Hiring 12 new permanent staff will definitely hike up the towns 1987 budget Town Treasurer Ray King a rued Friday morning at Ihe town budget committee meeting Moreover the new staff will turn into budget expenses tamed in the Administrator Clerk Joe Simon As for the engineering technologist the intent is lo put a middle management person in Mr Austin said S other day In March tliisc you inrii might wen as Irving to for a Polar Bear Club but not weekend Seen enjoying the heal and sun are dram I In left Dave rim Department heads told its time to cut their budgets ll llprald Stall A mornings worth of budget ing was thrown out the window day us town councillors voted to res earlier decisions and give the job back to the department heads budget although cut To by from last year down and go through this the per cent of previous years We seen the symptoms of the eroding on the bases Its been com for years Town Treasurer King said he was caught by surprise when the capital and expenditure requests from the various departments tame in this year morning was councillors for refurbishing j7i pumper in At tons lire station Slum iriim the Anti Drinking and Driving Commit tee from the EM in grants ind in eountillors Administrator clerk Joe Simon wants another full lime secretary to help out his deportment and the bylaw enforcement officer There s a part time secretary now The town treasurer wants a com pulcr programmer who has been on tontract the last two years mode permanent The lire department wants a full time secretary instead of a dasuweek secretary and a fire prevention officer In Engineering Department Town Hob Austin wants three new staff an engineering technologist a construction ins pet Kir and a works employee He also wants four monlhs overlap time in to train a new chief building inspector Current inspector Doug Sargent retires In February Town Planner Ian Keith wants one draftsman and a senior planner And finally in the Recreation and Parks Department Director Tom wants two porks Total impact on the 1987 budget Ml If the Property development goes il would ap pear we II need a construction in to look at that project We re not doing bad getting con tracts called but our follow up is terrible We have chums that are outstanding As you kilo- the planning department has a long list of reports on their plate complete Mr get their Town Keith said the senior planner would concentrate on business development and do special reports The draftsman will allow the planning technician to move into a support role for develop ment applications he said It s a up game Mr Keith said The Region generates of reports He Metropolitan I being to and being Dart by line would take a year Johnston said We cant do that look how much got Approximately was trimm in J hours I feel it would be much better if we adjourned for the day and asked the department heads to come back with more cuts Mayor Miller suggested In the past this system of budgeting has worked very well but tills year a per cent increase is unrealistic John McDonald said he was hoping Fridays budget meeting would have been the last round In terms of staff making reductions Deity Usher said shed like to see staff bring forward lists of what and per cent Increases in the budget will buy She said there may be budget items council feels should be included whereas staff may drop them Putting items in priority in the budget and making the cuts arc a council responsibility Sheldon said You may end up rubber stamp ing i budget instead of doing it yourself she warned I dont think we II be able to get it down Church members join peace team Rev Walter Ridley welcomed Janet Duval and Art members the Presbytery Peace Team at the United Church at the bun day morning service Both gave messages Dorothy McLean read a of a letter to Prime Minister Brian urging him to use his diplomatic abilities to persuade both leaders of the Soviet Union and the United States to sign the in- termed i ate range missile agree- merit also urged them to press forward reduce further arms reductions Members of the church signed the petition at the close of the ser- vice The senior class of the Sun- day school put on a skit The Good Samaritan celebrating he Lenten season Others taking part were Sharon Deanna Cleave Fred Paul Leslie Thompson A sandwich lunch followed the vice a film was shown Be Not Afraid J Searching far a better apple By SANDY I Herald Staff Scientists from as far away as Japan travelled to a apple or chard last week lo do a little two dozen research tlsls professors and an entourage of over orchard owners were at the Aldo Ferrl and Sons Orchard on Heritage Road to study pruning Not pruning for beauty sake but pruning for the sake of a better fruit yield The orchard growers and were mainly from North America They were attending an annual fourday convention where the latest pruning techniques were discussed Having the specialists the or chard was quite an honor said Ray Ray and his brothers Hob and Jim work the orchard with their father They arc not strangers to pruning Aldo has lectured on pruning at the University of nd at universities in United Slates The orchard was picked for pruning demonstration because It is near Toronto where the conference is based and because of the types and quality of on the Fern or Ray said Pruning trees Is very important Proper pruning con reduce the amount of time farmers spend in their orchards and that means lower apple prices for everyone Ray said If a tree pruned correctly it will produce leas wood more fruit Leas wood means less time pruning The apple orchard Is acres The will spend lo months pruning trees That pruning lime could bo cut to one month Ray said What orchard owners arc seeking Is a method which will stunl tree growth but not take away from the fruit yield So far nobody knows of method stops growth com pletely and allow- fruit to flourish Hay said are mmv who study fruil tree pruning in the world and many do not agree on how it should be done Same experiments do prove to work better than others Ray said there is no definite answer best While pen men ted on ees The success of methods wont be known until well into the apple growing season Pruning at is one method primers arc working with By pushing a blade into ground the roots an- tut Nobody knows when is best time to cut rrtots or how much root lo cut before the tree is killed Hay said Also different kinds of fruit trees have different root systems Other methods of stunting a trees growth Involve chemicals or growth hormones and tissue analysis may also hold muth sought after Less pruning and larger better colored and shaped fruit are the goals Researchers will go great lengths to achieve those goals even if It means making an apple tree not look like an apple tree One of the pruning experiments at tempted at rcrri orchard will make the trees look quite strange said Ray The trees will be cut so they look like u large coin about a fool wide sitting on bowl By cut ting all ihe top east and west bran dies off the tree will receive more nllglil Roy said sun rises In theei in Ihe Experiments on apple trees arc also being tried on other fruit trees The goals are the same but methods may differ Ray said In the end the consumer will benefit he said some handson pruning en tourage of three busloads toured the farm on the I- Road near