Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), September 3, 1980, p. 3

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Lee Brads haw puts the finishing touches bulletin board In his grade seven classroom at school Students may have started school today Wednesday but teachers have been busy preparing themselves for the big day or the past fen weeks Gibson sitting and Anne Usher look new Sue Bums sitting and Audrey Pendleton may be oday wo who making a list and checking it twice Middle School Santa s helpers Burns is head of the student The Acton Free Pics Wednesday Sept 1980 3 Councillors run again All three of Acton present councillors will be running In the November municipal election Ward One regional councillor Ed Wood and both area councillors Terry and revealed they will run again this year Voters elect one person to sit on both regional and Hills councils aid also elect two add people to sit on HalCon Hills All three are completing their freshman terms in politics Wood was elected regional councillor the 1978 vote and earned his Halton Hills seal in the same march to the polls was elected in a byelection last October to fill the vacancy created by the death of Duby Region CAO replacement not expected soon The vacancy left by retiring Regional Chief Ad ministralive Officer Ernie He d will probably not be filled for some months Jack Charlton Centennial Manor Ad minlstrator has been made the acting CAO until a full time replacement can be found Regional Administration and tinance Committee has decided to defer hiring a new CAO until its management study report Is completed This could take four or five months Regional Personnel Director Dennis had suggested three methods of conducting a CAO search but it was decided it would be best to have the complete management report Hotel fire hearing set A preliminary hearing for three Acton men of second degree murder is scheduled to start Monday in provincial court at Milton The men Mercun M and Leonard are accused in the Dam Hotel fire death of Howard Gibbons in August 1979 Since January all three have been released from Jail on bail Regional Police arrested the men just prior to the New Year Gibbons a resident of the hotel died of asphyxiation during the August 19 1979 fire which gutted the century structure Grade four students in Penny Carlos class were greeted with a welcoming sign this morning at Z Dennett school The colorful sign makes going back to school a little more fun Hall time Robert Little Public School kindergarten teacher Anne Mclntyre Teacher Cindy Blades looks forward to her first dresses up the room for the arrival of new pupils The kindergarten features new year instructing grade four pupils She was busy carpeting for youngsters to sit on a new sink and shelving plus eight foot high cutting letters for a bulletin board last week at M bulletin boards and new furniture I- our other rooms In the school have new desks Bennett school The improvements also include a new piano and stalls In the boi washrooms Salt sand budget may be overspent Halton Public Works Department has already overspent its budget to date and there are no re serves to fall back on Halton elementary school teachers will vote Friday on the terms of the new tentative con tract agreement Details of the pact will remain secret until after both sides have ratified It Most of the region elementary school Elementary Teacher Association President Jerry Dunn said last week he hopes for 1 teachers to turn out for the In formation meeting The Board of Education and ended eight months of on and off negotiations teachers learned of the August lfi with a contract details today agreement Wednesday during an The teachers afternoon meeting In Hon vote Is expected to be Milton Roma Hall followed by the boards Public Works Director have only been 58 per back on reserves Mr Bob Moore told his com cent spent by now Moore said that every the roads main When it was suggested dime of the reserve had budget Is per by the committee the been taken away to help cent spent while it should department could foil up the Region attempts to make good its budget deficit In addition Mr Moore Teachers vote on pact ballot warned there must be Dunn noted that in the cutbacks and or Firefighters air kitchen Acton Firefighters checked and aired out the home at 170 York after a kitchen fire call Tuesday at lunch time The fire was when the fire truck arrived were at the scene forabout minutes past recommendations from negotiating committee have been accepted by the teachers The old two year contract ran out in June The board threatened with a formal motion to expose terms of the proposed- contract if an agreement was not reached August Neither side has released details of proposed agreements In earlier talks More than 30 issues including salaries working conditions lesson planning time and lunchtlme supervision were negotiated reduction of current spending If there is going to be enough money to handle any snow or Ice emergency between now and Jan 1 Our total winter con budget is expected to be underspent although the sanding and salting portion of it will possibly be overspent depending on the weather at the end of the year he said Mr Moore said he Is hoping against hope this winter will be as last winter Public Worts Com Chairman Ron Plan die said he wanted to know If some money could be saved by reducing amount of salting on roads He said he thought he I ad been the victim of something like a writein campaign In the winter of this year by residents complaining of too much salt Mr Moore said the amount of salt was not above average however Speaker service Need a speaker Need a Resource Person Need an expert from the community or beyond If you or your group requires any of these then call the Acton Library at Halton Hilis libraries have Introduced a new speaker service noting We have the connections David Estnn Environmental Energy Law ACTON COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTRE i- Mill SI UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO FALL 1981 LECTURES AT THE ACTON PUBLIC LIBRARY INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WORK Mondays 710pm September 8 December 1 1980 THE EVOLUTION OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION Tuesdays 7 10 p September 9 December 2 1980 DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY Thursdays 7 10 p m September 11 December 1980 CHILD ABUSE IDENTIFICATION ft TREATMENT Social Work 355RRZ2 Mondays January 30 1981 You can attend these lectures free of charge for personal interest or you may take them for university credit For more Information call the Acton Public Library 0301 or the Georgetown Public Library 416477 2681 End Of Season Final Clearance Pool Sale YOULL NEVER PAY LESS FOR TOP QUALITY POOLS POOLS f Automatic Chlorlnator Automatic Pool Cleaner Winter Cover all SEA POOLS Completely Fenced and Decked 500OFF Regardless of Size ABOVE GROUND POOLS 200OFF 20 ONLY Regardless of Size POOLS Completely CAVE OVER By Your InaroLnd Pool NOW 4JIII 4970 1200 MCMAII A PIONEER POOLS A RELIABLE SIGN OFSUMMER FOR 16 YEARS BRAMPTON AUG A mi

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