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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), November 18, 1987, p. 7

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SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday November IS Page Park students remember Students of the Park School at tended a Remembrance Day Remembrance Park Wednesday Mayor Run Miller and North Wall Elliot nave short speeches before he children circled the war memorial to pay their respects to Georgetown honored dead Herald photo Bishop Reding sodturning Catholic high school built with pupils in mind Nolan Bishop Paul Francis Reding Secondary School will be ready to accept over students by Sept 1088 Various dignitaries helped In the official sod ceremony Nov The west wing of the school will be ready for next September and the entire school should be finished by Jan 1 1969 said Roman Catholic School Board Superintendent Dennis Nolan The school will be located on Main Street Just east of Thompson Road In Milton The figure eight shaped building will be a comprehensive school with facilities for vocational and academic students Mr Nolan said The facility will have three full- size gymnasiums a full size football field and a metre I rack Inside the building all the educa tional and technological aspects of the school will be together said Mr Nolan Some of schools facilities in clude five science laboratories two geography labs a large library a cafeteria a arts depart ment a stage in cafeteria for theatre arts and school functions and a daycare facility The daycare facility will be fund ed separately from the 15 million school by the Ministry of Education said Mr Nolan The school will also contain several tennis courts and a facility for trainable retarded children A separate space has been plann ed for retarded children with the hopes that they can be Integra ted with the students said Mr Nolan Bishop Reding will also be fully equipped with ramps and an levator for handicapped pupils When construction is complete Bishop Reding will have the capaci ty lo educate over students Bishop Reding Principal Art Kelly said the school Intends to odd a grade each year bishop Reding is currently using Public School 10 Grade 11 will be added in 1988 Grade will be added in and OAC Ontario Academic Credits formerly Grade 13 will be added In ho said The school Is designed In a figure eight with a central piazza said Mr Kelly The thrust will be maintain a unique school spirit sold Mr Kelk When students go from class lo class they will have lo pass through the central piazza said Mr Kelly That keeps all he students visible to each other rather than Isolating departments In separate wings of the school he said Its a firstclass building said Mr Kelly The school is being built with the students in mind Increase in calls for medical aid chief The Hal Ion Hills Fire Department is receiving an alarming Increase In colli for aid and Fire thief Dill Cunningham li worried that he fire department Is being as an service The Hilts tire department received II calls for aid In October Mont of Ihem were received by the Acton department sold Cunningham Its gelling to the point where were being abused Volunteers ore being called nut entirely loo many times he said Calls for aid are received through the Ministry of Health com munications centre which receives all the emergency calls from the number he said Because there Is not a proper level ambulance service in Ihc Acton community they are uilng us be said If It slop then Ill be back council looking far action as drastic as refusing go medical aid calls he said At limes this year the fire department has transported patients to the hospital in their vehicles be said We are doing we can lhal Is humanly possible not to transfer patients In our vehicles Were not equipped to do that Chief Cunningham said Georgetown Legion bowlers tops Herald Special Anne Nicholson your sports of ficer tells me Georgetown was a win ner again In district bowling at last Saturday The team of Marion Carney Barbara Burns Jean Foster Hazel Dumper and Anne Nicholson came in third Con gratulations ladles We wish good luck the teams playing off In district crib this Salur- cast Hamilton Anne reports that sports add up Red Cross has channelled millions of relief dollars aver the years Every penny of every dollar went directly to tbo relief efforts because pennies add up Not one cent was kepi or la kept to cover administration costs Red Cross Is extremely proud of this tradition and wants to continue it And Red Cross will with your sored euchre Inst Friday night was a success and will help to swell the cof fers sports fund Well done Anne This Thursday as you know is your meeting night and we will be accepting any and all donations for the bazaar Nov For the ladles that are not able bring your contributions lo the meeting board room will be open Thursday and Friday to accept them For all baked goods please get them in as soon as possible Saturday morning so as to avoid the usual line tip on the stairway The bazaar starts at a and will end at p m The penny sale draw will start al p with main draw and sports drawat4pm any of you wish to purchase tickets on the of beef Anne will have tickets to sell at the bazaar These monies will also be going into the sports fund See you this Thursday and Satur day ladles If you can come out and help on Friday night would be ap preciated Custom Meats I I LI STICKS 49 LB TRAFALGAR ROAD GEORGETOWN PHOTO 8x10 COLOUR ENLARGEMENTS SALE 3 Regular EXPIRES COLOUR REPRINTS FROM SLIDES 88 Regular EXPIRES NOV ORDER YOUR XMAS PHOTOS TODAY Town could be affected with rep by pop changes ByMAHYLlZSHAW Herald Trustees representing rural municipalities such as Hills may end up fighting a larger army at regional school board meetings The Ministry of Education has lust released a report recommending that school trustees be elected by population Instead by property assessment Members of the Joint Committee on Trustee Distribution arc recom mending the new system be used to elect trustees during the next municipal elections in November According lo Ministry spokesman Ruth the system would streamline municipal elections School trustee elections ore the only elections In Ontario not based on the principle of representation by population Ms Flynn said Its an enormously complicated system right now said Many felt why not Just have one simple formula we can apply right across board The system lends to favor rural areas right now But In regions as In which population differences bet ween local municipalities are ex treme the smaller areas may end up losing because they arc not large enough to support more The potential certainly Is there said Hills trustee Bruce Hills Milton are greatly outweighed by Burlington and now Under Ihe current system has five and Burl ington has seven Hills and Milton each hove I wo represen tatives The Ministry report recom mends that board increaw lo IS truslees If a strict code of Is may get the extra trustees Bruce Chairman of the Halton School Board noted thai an increase 19 would benefit board by distributing workload comes out of committees But Its important have represen tatives from smaller areas or it wouldnt be a fair system she add ed The report does no I indicate how trustees would be distributed noting that the Regional Clerk and the Director of Education would have enough flexibility decide whether on area Is getting enough rcpresen- tons Director of Education said he agrees with the popul Board has had no background on this report at all Im not clear on how they will make certain some municipalities like Halton get he said Ruth stressed that report Is far from law and recom mends a board by board analysis determine a fair svstcm Seminar on unemployment A seminar has been planned for employers involved In Commer cial and Private Business Manufacturers Government and Institutional Operations It will be of interest to involved and concerned with proper pro cedures for hiring supervising discipline and dismissal of part- time sjaff The workshop takes place at the John Elliott Theatre in Georgetown from 1230 p m on Wednesday Nov before Nov IB and pay l The important thing to remember is that no area will not be represented even if the recommen dations arc passed she said School Board vicechairman Pat who is an trustee said she would be surprised if the changes made a big difference to Board She noted that Ihe November elections will in clude the election of trustees or francophones There is going to have to be a number of changes anyway Pat said If they are going to make this change it seems a good Idea to pool all the changes together at one time Mrs added that If one of the new trustees were allotted to the position could be uaed lo represent residents of the River Oaks area a section of North that is growing rapidly But the decision would be left to the Regional Clerk following discussions with Director of Education Beevor she said Regional Clerk Dave Vsrley agreed that the current system of too complicated I think If you asked a voter Hey gee do you know how our school trustees are elected he would probably say no Mr Vorley said But the Clerk added he has bad no Indication from the Ministry on how to distribute new trustees Thursday a Friday pm City Stvlss Guelph Street Georgetown CENTRE SAFETY TIPS FOR INFANTS CRIB SAFETY To be sure your crib compiles with regulations under the Hazardous Products Act check that it meets the following requirements drop side requires two separate positive and simultaneous actions to release he side and engages automatically crib slats no more than cm apart no gap between lower edge of end panels and upper edge of mattress support there should be at least cm between mattress support and top roll when mattress support is at its lowest level and drop side is at Its highest level there should be at least cm between mattress support and top rail when mattress support is at its highest level and drop side is at its lowest level Also ensure that all small parts are firmly attached and able to withstand pounds of force pull or push there are no split cracked or broken parts loose or missing hard ware of screws threaded bolt ends are cither inaccessible or covered by an acorn nut mattress support mechanisms are firmly attached so that they can not be released with an upward push from under mattress support there is no more than a cm gap between the mattress and the aides or ends of the crib when the mattress Is pushed Into a corner Ihe labelling on cribs cradles and their containers clearly identifies the manufacturer model number and dale of manufacture comer posts are no more than 3 mm In height and the size and shape of flnlals are designed to prevent entrapment of childrens clothing nil open holes ore too small for a childs finger to become caught Literature which must accompany the crib should state and show clearly how to assemble the product contain a warning on proper use of the product including a state ment not to use If child is able to climb out unaided or In the case of cribs is toller than cm PRECAUTIONS There are also certain precautions you can take to make sure your babys crib Is as safe as possible MATTRESSES Crib mattresses should not be thicker than cm They should also be kept in good condition If theyre too soft or worn down in any area a gap or hollow may be created where a baby could become trapped and suffocate Some people like lo protect the mattress with waterproof sheets but these could hamper a childs should not be used BUMPER PADS Bumper pads are used to protect a babys head if he or she happens lo bump it against the side of the crib Bumper pads often come pro tected with a plastic cover which should be checked as often as possi ble If is punctured or torn it could be chewed or torn even further and a baby might swallow or Inhale pieces of It choke A torn cover also leads to holes In the bumper pad and babies have n known to stick their heads in these holes and suffocate MATTRESS SUPPORT MECHANISMS The mattress support mechanisms or hangers an some cribs may not be secure Check them by rattling mattress support thumping the mattress from the top and repeating the thumping on the support from Ihc bottom If the support dislodges your childs life could bo4n danger To prevent this prop up the mattress support firmly from underneath perhaps by using large boxes POINTERS TO KEEP IN MIND Its amazing how easily babies can get into hazardous situations It is your responsibility to keep your crib in top shape check your baby as often as you can and to make sure he environment Is safe The following arc a few more painters to keep in mind Always make certain thai your crib Is assembled strictly in ac cordance with the manufacturers instructions and that each compo nent is properly and securely in place at all limes Never leave a baby In a crib with something like a necklace clastic scarf or with a pacifier on a long cord These could become wound around the babys neck or get caught on an upright or on a protruding part of the crib and endanger the babys life Babies should never be tied or harnessed In a crib Cords and straps could cause them to strangle If Ihey struggled to climb out of the crib As soon as your baby Is able lo sit up remove crib exercisers or other toys that are strung over the crib 11 is the bumper pods from Ihe crib as well any largo toys that could as steps for climbing out When your is old enough to climb out of the crib it is time to stop using It nursery furniture accessories maternity fashions infant wear gifts toys St CinadltnTIra CENTRE 8732448 Georgetown THE BENT REVIEW GUIDELINE FOR 1988 IS PER CENT The rent review guideline for next year has been calculated at per cent This is the amount by which a landlord can increase the maximum rent for a unit during 1088 without approval from the Ministry of Housing The rent for a unit can he ma eased only once in a 12month period The per cent guideline applies to all private rental units in the province for rent increases that take effect from January 1988 to December 1088 The guideline of per cent continues to apply to rent increases which take effect on or before December It is illegal for a landlord to increase the maximum rent above the guideline without applying to the Ministry of Housing for rent review to justify the increase In cases where a landlord does apply for an increase above the guideline tenants can examine the application and make their own submissions before a decision is reached For more information about the 1988 guideline please contact your local rent review office listed in the Government of Ontario blue pages of your phone hook under the Ministry of Housing if long distance ask the operator for Zenith i Ministry of Housing Ontario Hon Chaviva

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