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Local involved in war of words By BEN The Herald A legal battle appears to be brewing between three Georgetown residents Millie Adams Fred Harrison and Monte Jackson and North Noel the Herald has learned Noel Duignan The three residents are directors of the Sands Condominium on arlane Drive in Georgetown and as part of their duties they manage the building The three have hired Burlington lawyer Noel Bates in response to a letter Mr Duignan sent Sep tember to some of those who live in the building Ms Adams Mr Harrison and Mr Jackson none of whom received a copy of the letter believe its contents defame their characters In his letter a copy of which the Herald obtained Mr writes as it appears there are several anomalies in the ad ministration and operation of The Sands and Halton Condominium Corporation and its management the Condominium Officer and Policy Liaison of the Business Regulation Branch and the Legal Policy Ad visor of the ministry have recom mended an investigator inquire into these matters Mr Duignan also indicated in the letter a meeting would be held Sept 25 during which guest speakers would talk about con education and protection issues A Regional Police spokesperson was to speak on many issues including building safety a Ministry of Consumer and Com Relations official was to speak on the Condominium Act and a Canadian Law Society representative was to speak on legal issues related to condominium ownership The letter implies weve done something wrong when we haven t done anything wrong said Ms Adams Friday Through their lawyer the three informed Mr Duignan that they would take legal action against him for defamation if he didnt issue an apology and cover their legal costs The request for the apology was done through a letter dated Oct The three wanted the apology by Oct 18 According to Ms Adams no apology has been issued to date Although no legal action has yet been taken Ms Adams said there is a good chance it may happen very soon Mr be reached for comment at press time However according to a letter Mr Duginan lawyer Paul sent Mr Bates dated Nov 12 a copy of which was obtained by the Herald Mr has no in tention of apologizing In the letter Mr writes I am at a loss to explain what is defamatory about the correspondence referred to Farther on in the letter Mr writes that should you be retained and receive instructions to commence an action against Mr or his staff for defamation against any of those individuals a lawsuit will be vigorously defended and my client will be seeking rein bursement of his legal fees and court costs Special conference A one day conference to stimulate the community to examine nurtunng as a solution to violence against women and children will be held Jan 23 in Le Dome Banquet Hall in According to a press release the conference calls on citizens to ex the idea of as a method of breaking the link bet ween masculinity and violence Keynote speaker at the event will be Myriam the author of Boys will be Boys Sponsoring the conference is the Halton Rape Crisis Centre with assistance from the Board of Special edition Attention Hills residents Look for the Heralds 1991 Year End Review a wrapup of whats gone on in Town during the past year in the special Dec 29th edition A list of the 1991 baby arrivals will also be included in this special edition of the Herald The Heralds Town Buyer will return Sunday Jan A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all from everyone at the Herald Education Roman Catholic School Board Halton Regional Police Service Crown At Office Oakville Chamber of Commerce Childrens Aid Society Sexual Abuse Program COHR Family Services Ministry of the Solicitor General Womens Place Family Services and the Regional Health Department There are spaces available for this conference Registration is determined on a first come first served basis Registration forms must be mailed by Jan 1992 to Rape Crisis Centre Suite 3- 3350 Street Burlington Ontario L7N For more information call the Rape Centre at 416 sys tem is very fragile I feel society could fall apart if the system is abused Graham Leslie author former BC bureaucrat THE VOICE OF HILLS SINCE 1866 125TH YEAR NO 84 28 PAGES SINGLE COPY GST HALTON HILLS ONTARIO DECEMBER 1991 Santa for PM Despite these held by Grade 3 students at Glen Public School these children in the play Santo for Prime Minister are trying to convince not to run for Canadian Prime Minister and Instead remain as he has always been for children world wide the jolly old man in the red suit the- ploy was one of several performances put on Wednesday during the school s Christmas concert Herald Photo Special schools have serious flaws By LISA The Herald A government review of schools for the deaf and blind including Er nest C Drury School in Milton and other special schools has covered some serious flaws in student care says North MPP Noel Duignan The review was initiated in May following reports of sexual and physical abuse at E C and Robarts School in London A report on the review was released last Monday by Education Minister Tony Sihpo Mr Duignan said the serious flaws include practices in procedures surrounding sexual abuse reporting and fire safety regulations Fire safety procedures are right now being toughened up in these schools said Mr New policies on residential care repor ting abuse and hiring practices are also being drafted Mr Silipo said specifically the government has ordered the schools staff to report allegations of abuse directly to the Chrildrens Aid Society instead of superiors within the school system The review report also noted that supervision of students par ticularly overnight was inadequate furthermore building security in some schools is poor with security guards not knowing who enters Or leaves the building what doors are unlocked and who has master keys The report also revealed that residential records were in complete both in respect to per sonal matters affecting students and education progress reports In response to the findings 38 recommendations for improving the health safety and welfare of KnechtePj For Meat That Does More Than Compete children in the run schools were outlined in the report Mr said as the govern enacts upon these recom the community will be consulted for its input The Ministry will work closely with existing advisory committees and set up a special advisory com mittee to assist the changes he said The new committee will draw membership from various groups and organizations The government report will be distributed to parents students and the schools staff Currently students are enrolled at the seven schools which include Ernest C Drury in Milton Trillium School in Milton Ross Macdonald School in Brentford Robarts School in London Sir James Whitney School in Belleville Centre Jules in Ottawa and Sagonaska School in Belleville GEORGETOWN 4166734996