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Local homemakers join march on Queens Park Local North Halton Red Cross joined over peo ple in a march on Queens Park Monday to lobby the provincial government for higher wages North Halton Supervisor Valerie Cook said Red Cross hit the pavement at Mondays rally demanding star ting wages be upped from to The provincial government presently pays Red Cross a total of for each hour worked by homemakers who perform ser vices for the elderly and infirm cooking cleaning shopping and doing laundry Wed like to pay the women more said Mrs Cook who said the wage range is between an hour and an hour One woman working as a for IS years makes only 62 she said But Red Cross cannot afford to pay its workers more without government assistance North Halton operated last year on a deficit The overall deficit for Ontario is 1 million Where would Red Cross get this money said Mrs Cook By the time you pay the girls transporta tion and office staff wages your moneys gone Since Red Cross lias- sent several letters to the provincial government including the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Community and Social Services requesting more fun ding We were ignored said Mrs Cook so we threatened to go out of business by the end of June In a Dec 5 letter to Ontario Treasurer Robert Nixon Red Cross Commissioner Douglas Franklin said if Red Cross could not break even during the fiscal year there would be an immediate orderly withdrawal of services province wide And the areas hardest hit by such a withdrawal would be the rural clients said Mr Franklin He said per cent of the elderly and infirm served by are in rural areas Mrs Cook add- OPEN 10 DAILY Stfrt Florists Welcome Spring Into Your Winter Homo Spring Bouquets NORTHVIEW CENTRE 211 Guelph St Georgetown 8776901 Newcomers meet New to town So are we The Georgetown Newcomers Club holds meetings that are of in terest to women but there are also family outings offered and mon thly social clubs to include Georgetown Newcomers will meet Wednesday Jan 18 at St An drews United Church 89 Moun- Road South in Georgetown at 30 Guest speaker is Barbara Martin a skin care and makeup consultant from Mary Kay Cosmetics Scarftying will also be demonstrated For more information contact Deb at or Elaine at Car wash The public will have their say about a proposed new automatic car wash to be located on the grounds of the Georgetown Toyota dealership on the northeast corner of Guelph Street and Armstrong Avenue The application submitted by Georgetown Chrysler Ltd will likely mean the land needs a planning report says Currently the land is being used for overflow parking for the Toyota dealership The town will be holding a public meeting on the application Town retains same law firm The Toronto law firm of Thom son Rogers have been hired by the town again to help fight the pro posed Acton landfill site The town passed a motion to hire the law firm late last year but on a request by the citizens group POWER Protect Our Water and Environmental Resources the town asked for proposals from eight law firms including Thom son Rogers Seven proposals were submitted to the town and four firms were interviewed The interviewing team of ad ministrator clerk Dan and lawyers Fred Helson of Kogan Ashbee and Schaljo and Peter Walker of Walker Wright Young and Associates unanimous ly chose Thomson Rogers said Mr Costea Chamber OKs amalgamation The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce voted unanimously to accept bylaw changes allowing for the amalgamation of the Acton and Georgetown chambers Tuesday Georgetown Chamber president Murray Lawton said the bylaws were accepted relatively quickly at the chamber meeting in Georgetown More than 30 directors and member w present Actons chamber members voted to amalgamate at a meeting November The two chambers will rubber stamp the amalgamation at a meeting on Jan 28 at the Acton Legion That meeting which was originally scheduled to be the an nual meeting of the Acton chamber will be more of a celebration said Mr After a snort meeting to approve the amalgamation a dinner and dance will follow Mr is expecting 200 to 250 people at the Jan 28 meeting Tickets are each and are available at the Georgetown Chamber office at Gordon Aloott Memorial Arena or by calling that many clients in North are in the rural areas in cluding Terra Cotta The provincial government agreed to consider paying the provincewide deficit of million said Mrs Cook but not without a fight We screamed and were getting some action she said Mr John Sweeney Minister of Com munity and Social Services and Mrs Elinor Caplan Minister of Health have to sit down and decide where we get this money from to increase our rates she said However the provincial govern ment will release details of possi ble funding at a Jan 21 committee meeting of the Red Cross at their Mississauga headquarters said Mrs Cook The Red Cross will be discuss ing the funding ultimatum given Nixon she said Horticultural meeting The Acton Horticultural Socie ty will open the new year with a meeting this Tuesday Jan at Knox Presbyterian Church in Ac ton Guest speaker for the evening will be Bob Hankinson of Domi nion Seed House who will discuss Whats new for 1989 The meeting is scheduled to begin FREE DISTRIBUTION SATURDAY JANUARY PAGES Crooks Captureed live Convicted suspects in Halton Region will be captured on Cap ture a video system that files on a computer disc Capture was implemented by Halton Regional Police two months ago when Identification Systems Incorporated a Canadian com outer firm lent the system to the force on a trial basis ask ed police to demonstrate the system to other police forces Some forces including Metro Toronto Peel Hamilton- Wentworth and Durham visited the Regional Police Head quarters in recently to preview what is considered a first in the world Were the only force doing live entry of mugshots said Iden tification Technician Cbriss Ellison mr Ellison said one Cap ture Computer disc holds 29000 im ages and descriptions and cost on ly per disc based on a twoyear replacement The equivalent number of photographs taken with 35 mm film would coust for the blank film itself and added costs for chemicals to process the prints Capture would pay for itself pret ty fast he said To set up the video shot Mr Ellison perpares the subjects ormation beforehand entering he criminal investigation number into the computer The subject is taken to the videotape room where be is told to stand in a designated spot and to bold his bead a certain way as is done with A monitor screen in the background lets the technician see his film work taken in the last year on 35 mm film will be entered into Capture But other from among the colle by Halton police since i960 win be selectively added to Capture The list of entries will include repeat offenders and those con victed of major crimes such as Regional Police ID technician Chris Ellison captures the image of a sample criminal on the Forces new system for listing murder or armed robbery There are presently 700 to 800 images on Capture said Mr Ellison To protect against the catastrophe of losing disc informa tion Captures disc information will constantly be recorded on a backup system said Mr Ellison If toe disc holding the up to images doesnt want to work anymore you might as well throw it out be said because all the information would be lost But Halton will reach its goal be to get everyone convicted of an offence on the video disc Capture is another first for a police force that is worldrenowned for its breakthroughs This sum mer a group of officers from Australia and the United Kingdom came to to study the forces methods TfPTaped Interview Pro cedures now widelyused in was first initiated in the Burlington area several years ago mugBbots on a computer disc The volunteer on the screen Is Sgt Carey Smith Herald photo TIP is a system of videotaping suspects during their police lnter- Statements are recorded as a clock ticks in the background The film sequence without disrup tion is admissable in court as evidence Regional Police also came up with Scenes of Crime Of fleers field officers special trained for investigation The of fleers are taught to take photographs and to dust for finger prints at a crime scene in addition to then regular duties They can eventually becom investigation Elision Regional Police havent revolved final approval on Capture that will be in the January budget meeting of the Police Board but Mr Ellison Weve put Capture In our budget and were hoping to get it he said C0RNER0FGUELPH8THWY7A MOUNTAHWIEW GEORGETOWN BANQUET HALL AVAILABLE gSlM fff