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Numbers collecting unemployment benefits double number of people in Hal ton Hills collecting unemployment benefits ibis year has iky rocketed to I tbe amount of last year The manager of Brampton Employment Centre Bruce does not see any Improvement in sight This is the worst year eve seen by far he stated We haven seen any positive signs so far but v ere still hoping At tbe same time last year people claimed unemployment Insurance benefits That been pretty stead since September said In of this year people collected unemployment That figure rose dramatically to in August Whyte mentioned Brampton is men worse than Ha too Hills with its unemployment figures tripling in 1962 There are people in Bramp ton claiming unemployment while in 1981 there The office which handles Milton as well has shown a similar increase to Ballon Hills Although the manager of the office Tom Williams stresses many the claimants are on temporary layoffs there are collecting unemployment up from SOU last year pointed out not all of the S2 are collecting unemployment benefits About 2D per cent are on maternity benefits sickness or retirement But it some all over the country says There be the odd pocket that a doing well but that s the exception not the rule He attributes the high increase to a general slowdown in the There are layoffs Time will tell I guess he said Statistics Canada has just figures that the federal government paid fc billion in unemployment insurance benefits in the first months of up per cent from saint period in 1981 tint A Metroland Community Newspaper One Hundred and Eighth Year Issue 26 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JANUARYS JOVIA Horn It a Judy and John of Arthur home In a lev days to her older sinters Klmberly Si ore he proud parents of the and area and Tanya She the granddaughter of Wall and first baby or Janel May was born January at or don and Dai Id jnd I am init io am In General Hospital Janet tip- Kit the scales at lbs Willi be going 116300 allotted New job program hindered by rules Hills has bed allotted 300 for a new employment program by the federal and provin governments but because of the program complex and strict rules it is uncertain when that willbeseenoriftheTownwilIevcnparlici pate in the program Recently the two levels of government in million has been slated or the Canada Ontario Joint Employment Program designed for unemployed people whose benefits have ended Its got a lot of merit staled Mayor Pete who said he was uncertain about parts of the program But there arc clauses in the pro gram that are unclear and are of some concern to me personally The fact municipalities ore required lo put up about per cent of the cost of any local projects the project has to be labor intensive it has to be one that has not been budgetted in and the funds have a time limit are some or the strings attached is worried about Tbe long process of approval of the projects is another problem The Town has to fill out an application identify a project and await approval by the government The application goes the inside todays Free Press A BatUaafad family baseless Local to deafer gas station Wowing a fire la their mmt nude new Monday when he took a tanker to Tarsal to hay cheaper Meats are already review the cartota tanl go up Mm It Aprfl9etlM7pagB7 Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs then lo Employment and Immigration which gives it to local field offices Then a joint committee under the Canada Ontario Employment Development Program will look at the proposals and set if program is worth It menas we hove to have brand new project that would employment the mayor ex plained An example of a labor intensive project would be the building of a soccer field but that only in example said is most concerned a stipulation that the municipality has to guarantee the employment will continue after the project has ended Projects are supposed to last about three months With the economic situation the way it is were finding it difficult guarantee existing employment he It as easy to implement as it sounds he added Once a project is approved according to the mayor from Canada Man power Centres Mystery why air raid siren sounded By Murray The reason why the air raid siren went off and awav for over three hours fate Saturday night and early Sunday morning Acton remains a m The only explanations now for the length of time it took have the siren turned off are communication procedure and technical breakdowns Col Bcv Totman public affairs for the of Notional Defence in Toronto said the Provincial Warning Centre for Regional Government Headquarters at Base Borden that the Premier bomb shelter is totaled and where buttons are pushed sounding the sirens in a rtal emergency has confirmed there was an accidental sounding of siren in Acton from approximately 10 January 1 to approximately I JO a January He explained there is a procedure to be followed but of communication breakdowns pre caused difficulty in reaching the appropriate people during holidays he dure t followed He said the military yet where the down occurred Presumably it was which the siren to remain on so long He said normally the Hilton Regional Police would contact Bell Canada tht commercial car for the signals going to tht sirens and Bell would have illumed off said Bell has checked its system and found nothing the matter and so now the Depart National Defence is its system to see if where the of accidental sounding lies Mayor Peter Pomeroy who said he received numerous about the siren It also member of Police Commission and Is checking out why the siren sounded and why it took so long to get it turn id off but allowed he is having difficulty piecing it ill together As he understands the situation from talking to the police they followed procedure and contacted Bell However the person on tlidn I know the that a delay explained Bell has i control panel and flipping i switch on this panel should hive turned off the siren in Acton However when the switch was flipped nothing happened Ihc siren just kept on going The Provincial Warning Centre for the Regional Emergency Government Headquarters Borden was contacted for clearance to cut the power lo tht siren Pomeroy noted obtaining the clearance look Once was given the police contacted Hills who turned off the power H dro spokesman Hugh Campbell said the were asked to turn off tht power Sunday morning and they disconnected the power supply and it been reconnected as fir as hi knows lie will have to come back us to the power reconnected said if I again this weekend would hi dull with in in and ivirvoni know- now how logtt it shut off however voujusld i go around turning off sin in Pom troy noted lie lias bun tin heard as far own from is Willi mis He added have m fl in Hills be fort It Col tilted llu in IK turned off quite mm tail ind n were onlv siren sound Skit issistjnl tin on for inning I slid whtn thtsirui went off who in red if it is malfunction or an should h ivt turned on ir radios If was r Ihe in would li on giving inform who I to turn on their found t so of course tin re wis She referred to is in devise a warning or to people to turn their radios for information lit siren sounding mean Hut then in plant carrying atomic bombs overlaid She noli in their minds lit siren vilhlhc airraid sirens of World War Sht said there are a number of prohibit causes for sirens illy off human error by Bell accident table damage voltngtbjf I strikes and vandalism or problem might been something else altogether in had no idea either why Hie siren Col In in sin went oil and why there were once ill hecks of svsluiis his been in Besides tailing municipal i it were also calling firefighters in I workers to the turned off jVJ Town staff prepare terms of reference will tender municipal complex studies b Murray Terms of reference for the municipal complex studies announced by Hills council last month should be presented to council next Monday for approval Thursday the new building committee met to discuss what they want to find out from the studies ind how to select the consulting firm which will conduct them Thej reviewed some study lines framed by staff also In interviews this week committee members Mayor Peter Pomeroy and Councillors Dave Whiting Pam Sheldon and Finn Poulstrup discussed the committee plans Coun Milter also attended the meeting though he a member of the committee and Councillor who is on the committee touldnl attend because she was out of are contents of the staff suggested guidelines for the studies To study and report on the space requirements necessary to provide municipal services for town population which will grow from to GO people To the kinds of municipal services which may be to provide as the municipality grows To analyze the space requirements of municipal government and rchted functions To comment on the feasibility of staged construction in rela tionship to growth patterns Suggested study procedure 1 Slud reports and pertinent to project personnel Review present and com upon Study special use areas le council chambers Centralization of facilities and personnel be used in common de part Facihtv parking needs Councillors will also be reviewing studies and reports from 1976 when the Town previously considered building a municipal complex Whiting noted the present central administration building on Trafalgar ltd was built for Township with a view to expansion but expansion wis envisioned for a Township not a larger grow urban rural municipality The ward one representative on the committee explained the staff contacted other municipalities which have built or are building municipal Ires to find out how they did their studies What they learned from other municipalities however dtdn prove to be too use ful to what Huh has in mind All of the councillors reported once terms of reference for the studies are approved by council the studies will be advertised to obtain proposals well a few firms will be invited to submit pro posals Whiting explained the municipality te aware of some firms which do Una kind of work but also believe there are other firms which might be able to do the studies Also they ligure ttiere may for the future the lonsuliiif be some local residents who work for firms which v ill be looking at cost sivings ton want to do the work By advertising solidationas well us whiihdcparlm studies and having lenders submitted the process will open explained once needs art pro centre lit suit pro fire department shouleln 1 be In i Continued on pa ThfWirlh family still trouble ing won tail Thursday draw The mono ha gone Into Ihe bank until they decide how to In vest il In the mrintlmr Mom has heard rumors of a few llrrs need to be repaired The excited familv lei right Jim Had Kirk Mom Miring and Hill Jim Is holding winning tkkrl Wirths ring in new year with 100000 lottery win The family on Avenue end ed with a roar lost week when they won MO in the weekly Wmtario draw were the third Acton and area family to win a big lotterv prize and the fifth In recent years Shelagh and Kirk purchased their ticket at the Glen lxa Drug Mart where the chances to win off and on Tor several Depending on what store lhc are in they buy Provincial or tickets Right now the money is sitting safely In bank Vtirths and sons Bill Jim and Jason come down to earth Then hey will decide on the various ways to invest It Both and Kirk on continuing a normal life at their jobs Kirk with American Airlines and with iffice here in Atton She also sells Mary K osmetics which she also plans 1 keep do ing at least for a while she Al first the family bought had won when son Jim who had been watching the draw brought the wiiminp numbers to Ins mother attention Thursday evening He thought the man on Ibr television said they won which pleased as it was However after listening to the news that evening Shelagh snd Kirk realized they had won They were pretty sure of their win but Kirk says they bought a paper next day just verify it The say they will continue buying loltery tickets and hope they get the chance to see the reaction of people when they in big for ft second time