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to Santa I Shopping for your twins A3 sporrm BE Service Guarantee the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established I TUESDAY DISTRIBUTION OPEN 1010 May the wondrous sights and sounds of holiday embrace you and yours this season and all the days through children on day care waiting list By BRIAN Herald Stair Despite a per cent rise in day care spaces in the last IS months still has over children on wailing lists For of those children the need is immediale according to the Region Commissioner of Social Services Bonnie Ewart In Halton Hills alone children are on walling lists to one of the five daycare centres operating in town By far the most pressing need is spaces for infants I odd era and preschoolers While Ms would not classify the need for more day care spots in as an emergency situation she does think there is significant expression of need for more spaces There are almost 2 censed child care centres throughout the Region About 1 of those arc located in pro vinci ally licensed diy arc centres the rest are in private or before and after school programs Two years ago the Reg on created he position of Coordlnator of Day are development That has esulted in the dramatic increase in ev daycart spaces but it has not olved the problem completely said Ms Tie Region will subsidize a parent or parents if their child is in need of day ore Parents urn apply d to the Region for subsidy or be referred through the day care centre said Mr Fwtrt Most of the children on the waiting list are seeking subsidired daycare But must have a contract with the daycare centre in order to provide the subsidy That is known as pur chasing a space Currently parents must fill out a needs test to determine how much financial help they get But that will soon change A new system based strictly on income is going to be in said Ms The lack of Infant care spots In Hills can be to the higher costs of running an infant cue centre said Ms Ewart There are currently no infant spaces in Hills Supervisor of the Hills Day Centre on Main Street said government restrictions make the care more expensive The ratio of super visors to children j the higher age levels is one to eight for toddlers age to months and infants up to IB months He ritio must be one supervisor for every five children said Ms Kay ess Then are also space requirements for each child Hills Day Care Centre has IT children on the waiting list now There arc 16 children in entire program with more on a morning and afternoon nursery program she said Parents who can find a spot in day care centres ore coping For the most part they find a baby sitter during the day until spot in a day care centre comes up Day care centres in Georgetown cost about to a week Candlelight service The Church is holding its annual Christmas Candlelight Ser welcome to attend The church located a half mile east of the Line on 15 Teacher honored Georgetown teacher To was presented with a pen and pencil set recently along with a Sheridan College ap preciation certificate Mr Ramautarsingh served unprecedented term of five years as chairman of the Liberal Studies Advisory Committee of Sheridan College Oakvtllc Com pus Jan Thompson praised Mr Ramautarsingh for his guidance and leadership He spent long hours meeting with officials and presenting a brief outlining the issues and works out to be cheaper In a day care centre In the long run said John Mr Kuonzig and his wife Donna own the Georgetown Day Care Centre in Norvul In 198ft parents whose children arc in day care centres will be able to deduct up to a year of their taxable income said Mr He agreed thai infant care is badly needed in Georgetown The Day Care Centre has children in its program and on the waiting lis There hive been a lot more in but didn t want to wail The wait for a space at the centre can range anywhere from two weeks to several months The Region Is actively pursuing purchasing subsidized day care spots but that make more spaces it makes existing day care easier for lower families The Region is now targeting tain age groups In the different areas of the municipality sold Ms Ewart The express on of need can be helped said Ms Eighteen months ago had the money to purchase subsidized day care spaces but were none available Now with the per cent Increase in spaces Hollon is carefully pur chasing spaces where subs day care Is most needed But will not up new day care centres the Region currently runs three day care centres one in Georgetown on Maple Avenue and two in There arc no plans to add to Region owned centres Easier to smoke for employees in Hills Santas helper gets into shape By DONNA KFIL Herald Special It easier to have a puff on a cigarette in Georgetown than it is in the City of Toronto The Herald talked to business managers following Toronto restrictive March I smoking bylaw In three months Toronto firms will have to provide a smoking policy for workers The policy will have to be mutually acceptable and if there is a disagreement smokers wishes will prevail I have my doubts that the bylaw will affect the policy here said Evelyn a worker at Cobra Manufacturing Evelyn Is a smoker in an office of 10 people where there are no established smoking guidelines Out or those people six are smokers Barry Kcdwell of Curwood Packaging in Georgetown real lies and accepts the smoking problem We have an overall policy of discouragement said Mr Kedwell but we re trying to recognize that smokers have a habit that cannot be overcome simply by hanging a smoking sign Coon employees at the CO OP Farm and Home Centre have guidelines of common courtesy explained Mr Coon He dlsup- roves however of retail staff who cigarettes dangling from their mouths while they serve customers There is no smoking within tht retail square of Hit store during normal business hours said Mr Several companies find a smoking policy to be unnecessiry of Bell Wcslee explained that his office workers do nut tunc a problem with smoking rules because out of the whole crowd there pro bably two who smoke Bob Bums of Bums Transport Company on Trafalgar has many employees out on the road making It needless to construct a policy Some companies find it essential to discuss a smoking policy because of Toronto impending bylaw in March We re just discussing a smoking policy said Jerry of Hills Hydro We don t have complaints he pointed out but we re putting a policy together At on Todd employees handle it said manager Don Constant There is no smoking in the factory We have a designated smoking area which Is the lunchroom Workers in Mr Constant office choose not to light up Here at the Hen Id there are no plans for a change in policy Herald Publisher Don said most of the front office smokes but I vo never had anyone complain about it Mr described to new smoking bylaw as the most stringent of all in North America is gelling in shape for his Christmas Eve duties by walking it s Santa helper resident Bill Mole and he will be walking 183 kilometres from Toronto City Hal to London University Hospital starting Dec Mr Mole is walking the route to money for the Fred Schauten Annual Memorial Lecture and to deliver a radio and cassettes to the Home for the Handicapped In Hamilton Fred a Georgetown native was the father of Baby the Infant born without a brain and kept alive so her heart could be transplanted into another child Mr Schoutcn who lived in Georgetown for almost years died of a heart attack Dec Mr Mole s youngest sister Jackie is a patient at the Mr Mole moved to Georgetown from Toronto three months ago A fond has now been set up In honor of Mr Schouten to establish in annual memorial lecture on transplants The idea is to raise money and awareness for the Memorial Lee ture said Mr Mole a veteran of many such walks will be dressed as Santa to give him an edge over all the other organizations competing for dona said Mr Mole The walk was originally scheduled to end in Hamilton but one day lost week Mr Mole found himself play cards with some people who knew Mr He said he hud been following the story from the beginning So I thought why not go all the to London he sold The walk should lake three days said Mr Mole It starts Dec 10 a m at Toronto City Hall and Mr Mole is hoping that Mr Schouten wife Karen will be there to see him off He be walking about miles an hour Mr Mole has supported many dif ferent causes since his first walk for a fundraising concert for the Inter national Year of the Child in 1979 Same of the causes he has sup ported include he Tornado relief fund In 1935 a walk for Barbara Turnbull who was left paralyzed from a gun shot wound to her neck during a hold up In her store a walk paign to help Metros hungry in the summer of 1966 Mr Mole plans to walk St in Toronto the longest street in the world 200 miles backwards in February He t yet decided whether the cause for that walk will be child abuse or to support free trade New Years levee Everyone is welcome to attend the Annual New Year Day Mayor Levee from to at the John Elliott Theatre If you need transportation to the levee call at m on New Year Day Mother credits nurses care at Georgetown hospital Christmas spirits lifted after coma patient speaks Herald Staff A 20yearold coma patient has given his mother a precious Christmas gift full of hope and gladness Mary Franks has recently heard the first words from her son Paul since he was in a car accident seven months ago The former employee of survived a single car crash in Fergus but was left in a comatose state Since arriving in Georgetown and occupying a bed at the Georgetown District Memorial Hospital Paul has been steadily improving thanks to nursing staff Mrs Franks said Doctors at Hospital In Toronto told her that Paul suffered 90 per cent brain damage When Paul came to Georgetown he was not able to move or speak After constant visits to Sun hospital and Georgetown hospital to sec Paul Mrs Franks felt she needed a break So she left Oct for a twoweek vacation to visit relatives In her native Scotland When I was away I phoned my husband Jim to see how he was do ing said Mrs Franks They had him sitting up In a chair two or three hours a day They started him a once week The orderlies say when he gets the shower the water really stimulates him When I back Nov 11 I couldn t believe the difference in him He just seemed that much more aware He was sitting up and looking around she said The hospital staff had started blocking tracheotomy off ten minutes a day to see if he could breathe on his own Before Mrs Franks returned doctors had removed the tracheotomy complete ly I Hunk the nurses worked extra hard for me to sec a progress In Paul when I came back said Mrs Franks It really worked I was over the moon when I came back Every time I phoned from Scotland he seemed to be doing something different On Dec Paul spoke his first words since he was injured Mrs Franks was In his room at the hospital when Paul started moving his arms and legs I said what a wrong Paul recalled Mrs Franks She thought he was in trouble so she sent for the orderly He said dad I believe It I couldn t believe he said It that well said Mrs Franks Since then Paul has mentioned his brother Brian name as well said Mrs Franks The orderlies attempted to sit Paul up a chair twice a day but it made him too tired and he slept nil the following week said Mrs Franks She finds the ups and downs very very hard She credits the staff of the Georgetown hospital and her friends Jack and for support over the last few months Doctors at Hospital told Mrs Franks that Paul would never do anything That it would bo a miracle for Paul just to wake up and know that it me that talking tohlm said Mrs Franks But Georgetown nurses and orderlies have given Paul new hope she said They even make you feel as though you are a person again Mrs Franks said the personal at Piul is getting now hat he hope to get at he busy Sun Hospital is making the dif The nurses sit In the nurses centre and they re always passing by and saying Hi how are you today she said I feel he nurses in have been rewarded In Ihelr work They must feci an achievement when they look at Paul she said Mr and Mrs Franks and their son Brian will continue to visit Paul fre quently now that close to home In the hope that the familiar faces wilt stimulate him 1 not expecting Paul to come out and be Paul and go back to work Even if ho knew that Brian was Brian and I his mother that all 1 m really asking for said Mrs Franks SLOW Paul Franks was Injured in a single car crash seven months ago He has been In a coma ever since but now that he Is back in Georgetown hoi pit a 1 Paul parents eel he Is ponding to hli friendly environment