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THE HERALD Wednesday October J 1389 Pages Cab fares up 5 per cent Taxi cab rates increased Mon day morning by five per cent mak ing the average cost of a ride in one of Hilts 21 taxis Hills councillors passed the bylaw at a council meeting last week The bylaw gave taxi com pany owners half of what they re quested The owners of three companies in Halton Hills met with town of in July to discuss rate in The drop rate the initial price of entering a cab increased by 25 cents to SI 75 Taxi drivers asked for a 50cent increase making the drop rate 2 but the town refused said Halton Hills Taxi owner Willie A threekilometre ride was but increased Monday to The hour waiting time ap plied for by the cab drivers was ap proved by Halton Hills council This means an increase of per cent from the previously charged Mr said the first two kilometres of a taxi ride will cost riders The price of 20 cents for each onesixth of a kilometre after the first two will stay the same he said Taxi drivers did not ask for a per kilometre increase Taxi drivers sought hikes for the first time in the past three years Mr Wilkonson said He said the price of tires gasoline insurance and ching taxis pushed up costs for taxi company owners are standard reasons for increases gets grant from province Sandy Black directs Fiddler Kitchener native Sandy Black will the epic musical Fiddler on the Roof to life on stage at the John Elliott Theatre this November Globe Productions has chosen Sandy Black as the artistic direc tor of the play Mr Black is the director of the technical production program at Theatre School in to In his travels throughout the world he has directed over pro ductions and he is the author of Production Paperwork System After graduating from the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London England Mr Black studied directing under Michel Saint Denis at Supeneure Art que de Est in Strasbourg France and he later served as director of for the London Players in Belfast In 1959 he was granted a Canada Council Award for a study of Euro pean theatres Mr Black worked as stage and company manager at London s POLO by Ralph Lauren NOW AVAILABLE 211 Guelph Street Georgetown 8777361 NORTHVIEW CENTRE Royal Court Theatre the Ludlow Festival and the Central School of Speech and Drama In he join ed the Royal Shakespeare Com as assistant to Mr Saint Denis and manager of the Royal Shakespeare In he became assistant to the director of the Royal Lyceum Theatre Com in Edinburgh That same year he became a staff producer with the English National Opera in London In 1969 Mr Black returned to Toronto to manage Burton Auditorium at York University He was appointed to his present post tion at in 1972 In 1978 Mr Black was the foun ding artistic director of the Laughing Water Festival Meaford and in he became the artisitic advisor for the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts Summer Season From to he was a member of the panel of judges for the annual ACTRA awards He is currently a member 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m Tickets are available at Royal Real Estate Guelph St in Georgetown A provincial government grant of to the North Halton Association for the tally Handicapped will improve the quality of life for eight ban people executive tor John Ellis of the Georgetown centre said Monday Months of negotiating with the Ministry of community and social services produced the grant an by North MP Walt Elliot last week Slightly over will pro vide increased staffing and operating funds while 000 will be used to upgrade a residential program in Georgetown and a day centre in Milton We ve been negotiating for several months with the govern on this We had originally asked for more than this but we re very pleased with what the govern ment has given us Mr Ellis said Its a tremendous help at this time because it will allow us to con ttnue our of helping people who are in institutions to live and work in the community Three new clients from group homes will be included in an Independent living program Mr Ellis said Two more cleints will move from an institution Into a residence and three clients will move into a residential setting The serves clients in North Halton From 80 to 100 per cent of funding for its projects comes from the Ministry of com munity and social services There are two sheltered workshops that provide day pro grams for the handicapped and there are life skills development programs for those who can t in sheltered workshops Mr Ellis said The workshop in Hornby serves 50 handicapped clients The NHADH also provides hous ing for the handicapped The cen tre provides rent and owned townhouses and apartments North Halton and a Weber Drive residence in Georgetown for the severely disabled There are plans to renovate the residence which will include ad ding wheelchair access and proving the day life skills pro grams DONTBELATE FOR CANADA SAVINGS BONDS Once again if s time for Canada Savings Bonds and this year the sales period is from October 19 to November 1 Buy your new bonds 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