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LrfeHme Service Guarantee the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 WEDNESDAY MARCH OPEN 10 DAYS A 33 increase expected for 87 budget PEDF Herald Staff It looks as If the town portion of your tat bill will be about this year an extra more if you live in the urban area Those In the rural area who don pay urban service charges for municipal garbage collection and street lighting may be paying an extra over last year After several lengthy meetings the budget committee wrapped up its work Monday night settling on per cent Increase over last budget The budget now goes to the town council for final approval Monday night Not all councillors were happy with the per cent increase and what It buys for the town Coun Norman Elliott was upset 800 intended for upgrading I he books and audiovisual collection of the Hills Public Libraries was cut back He called the move a slap in the face for library board members and Map unveiled After months of preparing Tre- malne map of County will finally be unveiled April 8 at the Historical Society will unveil the map in the reference department of the Georgetown Public library The will be followed by a elk on The Irish in Canada by Cecil Houston of College Knox but once Opportunity Knox miss the roast beef dinner and choir con ceit at Knox Presbyterian Church in Georgetown The evening begins at 30 March Tickets are and ran bo purchased by call lag 7tteS Money raised will be donated to the Crieff Con Fund Injured workers The North Association of Totaled Workers will meet tonight Wednesday at at the Optimists Hall on Commercial Street in Milton For more In can or write to Milton Social time Physically Handicapped is hosting social even- ing Hay I Tickets are per person or per couple Inquiries Abo anyone please do so possible Stop smoking Are you smoking more and en joying It The Lung Association offering a liveweek smoking cessation clinic The clinic is being held at Central Library from April 7 May It 91 operate every first and third Monday and every Wednesday at a cost of To register call ABC meeting f AsiwStrtioir for Bright Children win be holding meeting March SO at p at Brant public school Allen Street North Topic is and Board Policies on Gifted The speakers are Garry Grossman superintendent of Special for Board of Education Ellen Consultant for Gifted for Roman Catholic Board Jerri Primary Junior Consultant additional information call I or Everyone is contract Instrumentation Ser- vtee Ltd of Georgetown has a Government of Canada contract to supply airport security equipment to Transport Corrigan Instrumentation will Xray baggage Inspection rat metal detectors for Canadas drive and Venturers a bottle hi the Swfisniy April form thorough disregard far their work and concerns Chief Librarian Betsy Com well said that the would be ab sorbed in replacing book losses to theft and vandalism over a couple of years and would mean no incremen gain to the library collection In reality that 10 is your replacement value for books Coun Sheldon asked It close Mrs Com v ell in reply Million Hills is being singled out by the other libraries In the Central Library System as being parasitical Coun Elliott said They re saying Hills carrying its share of the load The councillor thought cuts could be made elsewhere in the budget Sheldon was another one unhappy with the cuts we keep saying per cent Is a guideline When we get to the crunch all of a sudden it becomes carved in stone and no longer a guideline she said Did anybody that per cent figure and look at what it does to our level of vice Sheldon Was concerned about the cuts to grading asphalt resurfacing and hot pat all of which affect rural drivers budget process of having staff suggest the cuts also left her dissatisfied She said it was difficult to defend project when staff had suggested it be cut The new staff being added in this budget concerned Johnston They will have enormous impact on next years budget she said It going to be a lot of money going to stay with us In future years Wed better start thinking of what this Is going to cost us next year and In succeeding rs The 198 budget adds two full time recreation staff one WORM COOKIES What do yon say to worm cookies Or how about gum fur breakfast lunch and tup per Thai what Ellen Iuise Matthews Harrison Public School student thinks will be the food of the future All the vitamins yon need will be In the gum you chew explained Thursday tog part In Public library umrupol forecasting Hi- photo Penrice tops list for new Chamber job Doug plic for Ik it out other senior planner one computer pro and one engineering technologist Most arc to be hired late in the year so their salaries won Impact on the budget Even with this department heads ore left unsatisfied Town Engineer Ing Director Bob Austin com pared to other towns the size of Hills he short about six stall Planning Director Ian Keith said Halton 1 tills is in its pro to Toronto and the number rural and urban planning Issues It must deal with compared to other municipal ties of the same size Some highlights from the town budget include A reserve for computer replacement was cut Road improvement work to Arm strong Avenue was cut by BOO leaving for ditching sodding gravel shoulders and culverts An emergency power system for the department worth stays in the budget Bairstow Crescent gets for storm sewers and Bruccwooa Street does without those improvement dollars for another year Maple Avenue East tlongetscutfrom10000lo5 A reserve for a sand and salt dome was cut There to replace the leak Georgetown Memorial Arena lobby and canopy roof Improvements to the Ccdarvale roadway and parking area will have to wait for another year The Acton Arena will have to do without a new condenser The Gordon Arena gets new ice resurfacer and a brine pump control There be lor a new root at the Cedarvale Community Centre but no money to make structural repairs to the Cedarvale Cottage Mill Street and Cobbiehill Road In improvements were put off There to replace a left in for parking lot Hornby Park Blue boxes to encourage recycling of tin glass and newsprint be ing bought this year saving the town 375 5000 for creative play equipment has been cut There a 10 for tourism promo Hon 450 for Wildwood Road phase 1 construction but nothing for cnglneerlng phase reconstruction manager offered by the Gcort clown Chamber Chamber director it selection committee in Dive Whiting made the Mr is a former of Commtrct president who served from 188083 lull time the has hired a pennant nt full time staff person to help with promoting business and tourism within the community along with other duties A vote was token by the full board of directors and the choice of Mr was an unanimous decision A Chamber director for over 10 years Mr Pcnricc will be cased into the job on a part time basis ing sometime in May said Mr Whiting He will then take on full time duties around the end of the Mr was considered the top candidate because of his knowledge of the local area businesses the town and the Chamber said Mr Whiting We had a number of didatcs but most were from out of town Mr Whiting said Mr is a past president of the service club is a lifelong resident of Georgetown He lives on Caso Court with wife and children Sandra 16 and Christopher He Is the former president of the Beaumont Knitting of Glen Williams which was sold to Industries of Guelph Acton couple wins 10000 A trip to variety store made an Acton couple 10 richer last Bill and Watt of Acton won 10 in the Scratch and Win lot on their second try The tickets were bought at the Royal Mini Mart on Queen Street It was good omen for the retired couple who moved to Acton only a month ago from Toronto They moved to Acton to be closer to Mrs Watt sister Anita She Mrs Watt bought one and told me to go In and get another one Mr Watt said She borrowed one cent from me to scratch It with and I haven t got it back yet The couple plans to use money to travel to Edmonton to visit their daughter They have another daughter in Toronto purchased the knitting company from Mr and offered him position with its textile division The new general manager said he was quite happy with the decision was looking forward to the change considered the position a fun job I had a long lerm relationship with the Chamber and hove lime to devote to the job he said It Is an interesting time for the Chamber with the town set to grow in population he said Business will have to be aggressive he said A key role will be in the areas of tourism Members of selection commit tee Include Dave Whiting Murray Lawton Rick West Page Wnlt Dixon Tanas and Joe Simon the administratorclerk for the Town of Halt on Hills The next goal of the committee Is to select a site for Chamber office probably within the next two weeks said Mr Whiting Then as Murray says we 11 have all our ducks in a row he Thief enters occupied homes The residents of three Georgetown homes were surprised early Thursday morning when they discovered an intruder In their midst Police suspect the some person Is responsible far all three Incidents The first break and enter at 145 on Mountolnvlew Road The screen to the kitchen window was removed and the Intruder entered the home Someone from upstairs came down to the first floor and the Intruder fled Damage to the screen was 50 Just minutes loter a person sitting In their kitchen in Gibbons Place home was startled when so entered The intruder ran when he discovered someone Imme Entry to the home was through an unlocked side door police said The same night at a pie in a Gray Gate home were woken up when their bedroom light was switched on Ambulance time unacceptable By Herald Stair The average 10 minute wait for an ambulance that Acton residents now have is been called unaccep table by the District Health Council The Health Council recent Services Report for Region shows Acton has the highest response time for am services in all of By sharp contrast ambulance response times are the Regions best for Georgetown residents at minutes The average ambulance response lime In is minutes this is again unacceptable Council Among its 13 recommendations the Health Council report stales an wait longer Ihnn seven minutes is unacceptable in an emergency Hills Mayor Miller has brought these facts to the alien lion of ihe Ministry of Health in a let to Murray tost week He w mis ambulance service for Acton viewed response time Coun Rick brought his concerns over how long Acton residents have to wail for am up list spring the Region The recent Health Council rtport tacks him up Looking at the response times pointed out were done in March ll it ippens in February with the worst snow conditions Coun demanded Instead of 10 minutes residents will surely have to will longer for an am to come to their aid With development slated for both Georgetown and the Georgetown Ambulance Service will be further hard pressed to meet the needs of the two communities Don Knigh Burlington will have to play a very im roll in for us to get a bet ambulance service In Aeton Coun said Mr Knihl is on holiday and unable to comment The Herald was told morning by his office Wit it his happened as a result of lint response time is that Acton residents arc relying more and more on the Acton firefighters to turn up for emergencies As the town fire chief said last month calls to the fire department have in creased considerably putting a heavier workload on the volunteer firefighters Georgetown Volunteer Ambulance Service Vice President Bob Crawford said 35 volunteers do a great deal of work with the Acton firefighters compared with the Georgetown firefighters That mainly because of the distance in volved in getting to an Acton call They Acton firefighters res pond to many of our patients and to motor vehicle collisions Mr Crawford said They will do first aid and have helped stabilise a pa tient until we gotten there Three to five minutes is the crucial time if breathing or a heartbeat stops Mr Crawford said and it can be too late by the time an ambulance arrives even with minimal response However if a person is in trouble firefighters can do a lot to stabilize his condition till the ambulance The Acton firefighters do a very good job Were working more and more with hem Mr Crawford said I don think we could do without their help The two groups are sharing train so that each organization volunteers know and what the other ones volunteers can and will do Familiarity will foster better cooperation between them Mr Crawford said The Georgetown Volunteer Am service was started in It covers all of Hills which is on area about square miles with Certainly to get to Acton from our Georgetown base 10 minutes t a bad response tune Mr Crawford said He aid the Health Council recommendation for seven minutes ambulance response lime is a nice number 1 wish we could get everywhere within seven minutes too he said It depends on road conditions and other conditions too Problems with signage inadequate directions tilbenon on the Volunteer Ambulance Service executive sayi he ham l heard any complaints about the Ambulance Service taking too I d nay cent of the time usually when we gel there they want la know how we there so last Mr Glbersoniaid Naturally It lakes longer to drive to a call thai hallway between lock wood and Acton o one In Georgetown One major problem service experiences Is road signs misting down or twisted been changed Then there are those city folk who ve moved out Into the who don really know where they live They don know their concession or tol number or what rural road they live on or even whether Its Peel jucsing or Township Mr Glbenonsald That can slow down Ihe arrival of Ihe ambulance as It I forced to creep along looking for a red home wllh two trees out front Into the How many did she bake Even Hetty do t know The Georgetown District Christian School spring Saturday the school The batanr starts la m an auction st 3 30 Mrs has already sold SO loaves of her cur rant raisin bread to friends and raisin bread for the Georgetown and neighbors Herald focus Read about business in Halton in todays paper