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A need for blood increases Hie Inaugural meeting of Hills Chamber of Com merce took place on Jan at the Acton Legion with former Acton chairman Mike Manes left and exGeorgetown chairman Murray ushering in the amalgama tion with an official proclamation Mr I aw ton will serve as Chamber president with Mr Manes vice- president as the new combined Chamber will serve all the six ur ban areas of Hills Herald photo Local Red Cross blood clinics are feeling the pinch of a Metrowide blood shortage said Georgetown cochair of Blood Clinics last week Flo Street said the local Red Cross Society has called at least 1000 people on their donor list to persuade them to come out to the Feb clinic at Holy Cross Church on Maple Avenue We would like to get about 350 to donors said Mrs Street If everybody on our list came twice a year we would more than hit our quota she said The Red Cross quota is generally 800 units of slightly less than a pint of blood daily But with the average tallying in at only 710 units daily the Red Cross headquarters have asked blood donor clinics from to to increase the daily total to 1000 units a day They are very very short of blood said Mrs Street She ex plained that areas like Hamilton where there is a surplus must com pensate for Metros shortage Halton Hills has increased its advertising to attract donors Posters were put up around town and banners advertising the next blood donor clinic were provided by the local Ontario Hydro said Mrs Street The local Red Cross holds a total of seven clinics per year The four public clinics are held at Holy Cross Church The other three are held at the local high school and two large companies in town The blood shortage hits Georgetown at a tune of change in the system The Red Cross Society has prepared a new questionnaire and will increase nursing staff to ensure the safety of both donors and recipients said Mrs Street The new safety methods not only safeguard against AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome but also will guard against whatever a patient might have had said Mrs Street Some donors will be rejected on the basis of their own health If you have for example high blood Continued on Page 2 OPEN 1010 7 DAYS A WEEK ACTON Its Worth the Drive to Acton S4LES j LTD Chock out our frae Lifetime IXJ Service Guarantee EHUD Lifetime Service Guarantee of FREE DISTRIBUTION WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 1989 PAGES 35 tax hike expected By BRIAN Herald Staff Halton taxpayers are facing a increase in their tax bill in 1989 If the proposed taxsupported budget containing a 716 per cent increase is approved taxpayers in will pay just under for all Regional Services this year The Regional tax bill is made up of three components water and sewer rates a taxsupported budget for Regional services such as police health public works etc and the solid waste disposal budget The water and sewer rates containing a 25 per cent increase were approved in the fall The solid waste disposal budget is expected to increase by per cent to just over 44 per household The Region is now con sidering the taxsupported budget which contains increase to about When alt three components are combined taxpayers should pay more for an in crease of just over seven per cent That compares very favorable to other Toronto area Regions many of which are facing increases of up to per cent said Chief Administrative Officer John Flem ing It will cost about million to run Region in That in cludes everything except educa tion The taxsupported budget now under consideration represents about 51 per cent of Haltons total budget finance wizards ran into some substantial problems in an attempt to keep tax hikes low this year In December the provincial government announced a freeze on unconditional grants to municipalities That move will cost next year alone Continued on Page Slipslidin away Halton Hills roads were treacherous on Thursday following a night of freezing rain All sorts of vehicles could be found in various positions in ditches throughout the town Sanders were out in the night attempting to make driving safer but some unlucky motorists like the driver of this car still slid off the road Shortly after this picture was taken the car was towed out of the ditch with no significant damage Weather across Southern On tario has been unseasonably balmy all week but the chill should be back by the end of the week courtesy of a blazing storm now gripping the west Herald photo CONSOLIDATED 1989 OPERATING BUDGET TOTAL EXPENDITURE REGIONAL POLICE HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES I2S737