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The Acton Free Press Wednesday 14 Second Clou Mill Number Free choice of schools vetoed by county board A motion that would have made it possible for students in Halton County Schools to opt out of the school they are sent to and theoretically attend a school of their choice in the county turned down at the regular meeting of County Board of Education Thursday In Oak vu Esquesing Trustee Bill to d the board the change would cause administrative problems and would not work because of the lack of public transportation No value Trustee Bill echoed Mr sentiments and said he could see no educational value in the Idea He pointed out the existing policy that allows transfers If certain options ore not available in the school where student is sent Georgetown Trustee Ernie Bodnar saw it as a means to provide administrative flexibility and staff to sort out thorny ixoblems Some value Assistant to the Director Em Lavender suggested the plan had worth He cited cases where parents move to the county from a place where their son or daughter had attended open concept schools He said parents often wished to keep the child in sort of school and others preferred to stay in the con school Under present board guidelines the only reason for a change to another school Is to take advantage of an option hot offered Trustee Judy Alexander spoke in favor of the motion She spoke of a case where a child in another area moved to Halton was placed in a school that stopped at grade five She suggested child could have benefitted from being In a mixed the beginning of the next school have had to provide their own would allow program transportation and changi grade five and six class Some restrictions In the criteria laid down by the analysis staffing and school would only be allowed after administration it was noted that budgeting It would also prevent serious consideration on the part requests for moves would have to impulsive decisions of the student and bt In by mid December prior to those wishing changes would only if pupil pli Liberaf leader Nixon charges farmers ignored Ontario needs a revitalized De partment of Agriculture and Rural Development Liberal leader Robert Nixon told a gathering of 300 Wellington Liberals in Arthur Wednesday night Mr Nixon lashed out at both the government and the for their apathy towards agricultural problems Nixon charged Agriculture Minister William Stewart with taking a caretaker stance on farmers problems Hog prices In Ontario ore lower this year than in any year since 1950 he said While egg producers require pnee of 32 cents a dozen in order to break even the price of eggs is only 10 cents a dozen the same time Nixon claimed he was ridiculed by the NDP when he brought up the matter of hog and egg prices before the legislature In my view the NDP is little or no threat In this riding or tew others he said Farmers ignored Nixon also charged members of the legislature who have farm Want policy Halton County Board of Education went on record as being opposed to a statement made by an official from one of thcOntano Colleges of Education to the effect that students with honors degrees would be ac cepted before those without Trustee Bill initiated the action and Trustee Fred Armitage asked that OCE pro vide the board with an idea of what their policj will be Mr said the minister on same breath teachers salaries go up He explained the teachers with honors degrees would command a larger salary and boost costs considerably backgrounds have been largely ignored in farm matters to regional government Nixon charged Municipal Affairs Minister McKeough left the department In a state of chaos He pointed to the decision of St Catharines city council which recently voted to petition the provincial government for the right to secede from the Niagara region to up his charge of soaring costs brought on by intro duction regional government Regional government has no role to play in any area where it s going to increase costs with no comparable improvement he suggested Promises reform If elected Nixon promised to reform the cabinet and cut It In size He claimed a cabinet of sensitive to the needs of the community is what needed The government should be de centralized he said Re locating offices of the govern of agriculture in another part of downtown Toronto was a waste of money according to Nixon Criticizing what he called handout programs designed to buy votes Nixon belittled the government action in mailing out cheques to senior citizens just before Christmas What a way to treat an important block of the of this province he charged He laid the blame for previous 4H horse club has busy plan On March at the Agricultural office the Organization meeting was held for the Halton Horse Club There was good attendance with members present This was six more than last year Mr Cooke discussed the plans PRANK phone calls haw been reported TWO BAGS of marijuana and apparatus were seized by Georgetown police SEASONAL sales of Idles and chocolate rabbits were booming WATER is gushing the falls b the mill LOWER beds and lawns certainly needed the spring cleanup man of them got on the warm weekend JUST a mile or so north of town snow fell Tuesday night ONLY vacant store now in the business section is where the Boutique was next to the bus station YOUNGSTERS were talking about going swimming Monday when the temperature was over HOLIDAYING schoolchildren thoroughl enjoyed their day IN GEORGETOWN there are on the waiting list for a possible second Senior Citizens apartment ACTON wdl soon have Red Cross service although there is no Red Cross branch here to coordinate projects and raise funds STREET sweeper is spring cleaning Sidewalks appearing from their weekslong cover of ice are laden with stones and sand are the latest fad They ve just been banned from Milton schools possibly danger ous they say there WELl Board of Education is deluged with applications for teaching positions The public schools already have 2 applications double last year for the following year meetings achievement day quizzes and the trip to Ontario Place An interesting film was shown on horsemanship Elect officers Officers for the club were then with the following results president Mousteven vicepresident BUI Stokes secretary Marianne press reporter I aura club representative to the County Council Jan English The members then discussed where the meetings would be held and Ideas for events at the meetings Some suggestions were a horse shoeing and a showman ship demonstration a judging competition and visits to some nearby horse farms SUN THROUGH THURS I J SAT I SNOW TIME IS Kwh LEE VAN WILLIAM available in the school he or she wished to go to In his report to the board Mr lavender noted some boundary of the student and parents and changes will be necessary If the were optional attendance area was adopted not not Fred Armitage said if the move was adopted It would be an Irreversible pattern You be able to turn around and no hack he warned lack of action on senior citizens behalf on both the provincial government the Federal liberal government of Prime Minister Trudeau Congrats to Cam Nixon congratulated Cameron lAish for showing the willingness to accept the liberal nomination in an area where he admitted liberal fortunes have not been ood We been making progress slowly he said We II win because we discuss the issues and we offer an alternative to the party in power lie predicted He forecast GO other I including himself Mr I and Mr will be successful In the upcoming election Present legislature count is Conservatives and Independents 1 First grass fire Sunday hirst grass fire of the season occurred Sunday afternoon about in a field beside the home of Matthew Welch Cobbtehlll Road Mr Welch noticed the burning grass from the window of his home and notified Acton i re fighters Although winds caused flames to spread over a portion of field had no trouble smothering It