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Police contract talks break down by Alex Matbesoo Contract between the Haltoo Police Association and the Halton Regional Commissioners of Police have broken down with the of rejecting the commissions final offer Both sides agree that the main issue in dispute is the interrelationship between the contract for the officers and the contract for the police departments civilian employees Treasurer of the police association Sgt Gary Bogue said that the commission is try ing to force the officers to accept something they don t want to order that the civilians be given something they Bogue stressed that they are two separate contracts One of the mam issues for the officers is the reduction in pay demanded by the commission for working as detectives in the criminal investigation bureaus Currently they have been paid sergeant rates which Is about a more than the that first class constables detectives to accept pay at a rate between the two That would mean a loss of about per man and It would affect about constables If the commission wants concessions in this area it must be prepared to give the benefits back somewhere else added Bogue The number of officers involved accounts for about of the strength of the C1B units he said The commission is countering this refusal to agree by putting the detectives back in uniforms to do essential the same job be said He said this is being coupled with a change in iillefor the investigator Now the public instead of being told that a detective will be around are told that the investigating officer will be around said Bogue The arrival of a police officer at a person s borne is now more conspicuous added Bogue For the civilian staff an increase of SI annually can be granted for those making less than CO Others are bound by a limit of a five per cent hike said He added that pay increases have been in effect since the first of the year Bogue said that the commission wants to tie the increase to civilians with the officer contract It is not bargaining in good faith if agreement on one contract he added The commission s final offer was brought to the membership and rejected by the majority at a meeting said Bogue The entire Ice surface Alcott arena was covered with Halton Hills equipment for wnkhwatheldfroaTaesdaynntllFrlday More on Page Georgetown Acton Wednesday June 1 REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD REALTOR San key with tome of her work Gretchen Sankey starts long climb to top in art A Speysldearea teenager is one of the four per cent of foreign students accepted into the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design Gretchen Sankey Acton will be studying art In the Providence school a continuation of her work of the past four years Gretchen has also studied art in England for part of grade nine and 10 while her mother Deborah was taking a landscape architectural course Upon her return to Acton High School she found she could no longer fit Into the regular classroom routine ana was not challenged enough by the academic program She hag since been studying Independently at Ind EC an alternative school In Gretchen describes Ind EC as a college type atmosphere but at the nigh school level She now living to Toronto and has her own art studio She has Just completed grade 13 and her marks show she will be an Ontario Scholar earning an average of BO per cent or more to her final year The Rhode Island school was chosen by Gretchen she explains because she wanted a balance of the humanities sociology and philosophy with fine arts Rhode Island provided the balance she was seeking She has already been accepted to Brown University an affiliate of the school of design where she will study political science American universities are only allowed a foreign student population of four per cent to the freshman year Gretchen says and she is excited about being in that small per centile Only two others were selected from Southern Ontario she says At Gretchen already has done a lot of work in pastels and gouache water based and acrylic paint on paper She is tost storting on canvas Gretchens work Is difficult to define she admits To best describe it she says she makes physical that which Is unintelligible such as emotions She takes universal emotions like loneliness and pleasure and puts It on paper I want people to look at my paintings and feel something in their hearts Gretchen Is fond of German expressionist and post Impressionist work and especially admires work by Vincent Van Gogh Already Gretchen ha sold some of her fleets and currently has an exhibit In llsstssauga where some of her most recent pieces are on display Last year she was commissioned to do a mural in Toronto Gretchen is prepared to starve for quite a while realizing it takes a long time to make a name In the art world However she has already decided she does not want to work as a commercial artist in the interim She tried It once at Harbourfront working in the Graphic Arts department She found It deviated from her definition of art which Is the soul To pay ihe rent paints houses literally She Jokes about the day when her name will be as well known as other artists and a few homeowners can say the artist did their home For the next four years will be busy taking her course probably only making it home at Christmas In her fourth year of study she will be in Paris France or Florence Italy studying various artists She may spend a fifth year taking art education so she can teach But like everyone else she cant predict the future Comedy of errors Bank robber gets three year sentence A calamity of errors during an armed bank CampbellvUle to March has tod an llyearokl youth to a three year prison sentence Michael McDonough RR 1 Acton pleaded guilty recently to armed robbery use of a firearm while committing an todkt able offense and two counts of possession of a narcotic All Una because be was trying to get money to go to Sheridan College where to could better himself Crown Attorney James ex plained that on March en tered the Bank of Nova Scotia to the small hamlet with a stocking over face and a motorcycle helmet on tos bead Be bad acquired a snot gun and sawed off Use end the weapon and waved It was kerned ft mis not loaded bat to working order the accused bad a gym bag with to which be placed handed ever to by the Daring robbery stocking fell from his face and he stepped on a calendar which bad fallen to tbe floor leaving an imprint of tus shoe Part of tbe weapon also eD off Tmeaveo continued that after he fled scene on a motorcycle be tossed tbe rifle away However he toon ran out of gas and had to take a taxi which dropped him off at the Hotel He was arrested two days later at his home on the Sixth line of and to his possession was found one ounce of marijuana and a of hash oil Only Mia was rec from tbe stolen money said Some SIM bad been spent on taxis and liquor to Toronto went to pinchase drugs and another to Sheridan College part of which was returned by the C Thursday the day of lawyer Fred cited many p to at tlgMfT penitentiary term or a reformatory sentence Ha noted toa client had a alcohol and drag which according to a psychiatrist report he is unwilling to accept Court learned McDonough is on probation for a break enter and theft conviction from September 1981 but has never been to jail Forsythe Indicated a penitentiary stay Is pretty harsh for a first time incarceration told Judge said he would like to go to Correctional Institute in Milton be with some of his buddies Federal prosecutor Tom Sutherland reminded the judge pre sentence report Is not good Upon delivering his sentence Judge Cam wartb noted be took into consideration McDonough a age fact this would be his first time to Jail the IK months be has already spent in custody and his criminal record He sentenced the teenager to two years to prison for armed robbery one year to for the firearms charge to be served consecutively with the other charge and days for each narcotic Group irked over Board of Educations lack of communication The Board of Educations apparent lack of communication with a group the altering of criterion used to identify gifted children and the rumour that two consultants could be dropped in the next couple of years has Irked the Chapter of the Association for Bright Children ABC a gathering of about 35 people In Georgetown last Tuesday evening ABC president Liz Wallace said that there were many concerns the group had about the actions of Board of Education We have grave concerns about the changing of the criterion said Wallace explaining the Board recently Increased the I levels for the gifted program from to 13S Does this mean children that would have been gifted are no longer gifted This was done very quickly at a most inap propriate time She went on to say that she has It on good authority that two gifted consultants are going to be phased out In the next two years Why when the separate school board has Just hired a consultant Is this Board taking such a regressive step she asked And there has been a breakdown of communication with tne Board which was not on the same level it was In February she added But Heaver now Superintendent of Curriculum Services which Includes Special Education said that if anything communication has improved and that there were no problems There were initial difficulties but they have been overcome he said Asked about the possibility of the con sultants being phased out he replied that there may be a reorganization within the Board A reorganization is certainly being con sidered and all the consultants will be looked at but no decision has been made at this time he said adding anything like that has to be approved by the Board According to Heaver the altering of the criterion was not because the Board wanted to restrict the numbers of children In the cl as was suggested by ABC at the meeting I realize that was their ABCs feeling but it was not our motivation he asserted It was changed to provide a program for truly gifted children He explained that normally the Ministry of Education sets the criterion for all ex ceptlonalltles But the Ministry does not set out I levels which I might add are only part of what is used to choose a child for the program Other Information Is used as well He went on to say that the Board may make any decision it wants And after all the controversy this Is one where it will set I levels he stated He added that many parents want their children in these programs unlike other exceptionalities Present at the Tuesday evening meeting Special Education and Special Services Coordinator Loma Scott stated that the criterion was altered not to reduce the number of students but to equalize oppor tunity We wanted to offer total equal tunlty to students she said As of February of this year there were TOO gifted children enrolled in the programs were from Milton and Halton Hills Oak vilie bad children enrolled while Burlington had the highest number of chll 308 to gifted programs Gifted expert says Higher marks not the issue An expert on gifted students told about 35 at Georgetown High School last day evening that she was fed up with the competition for marks which she believes Is ruining classes Dr Helen Woodllffe Special Education Coordinator for the Borough of Board of Education said the Importance of offering programs for gifted students is not to have them receive Better marks Im not Interested In getting them better marks so that they can get better Jobs and make more money said Dr Woodllffe author of the book Teaching Gifted Lear ners She was speaking about gifted children to Interested parents and teachers The even ing was sponsored by the Halton Chapter of the Association for Bright Children ABC Stressing the need to recognize people as Individuals Dr stated that gifted are important to society It is important to better our society so that there will be cooperation she said adding that the present competition for marks underlines the Idea I am better than you are She claimed tbe type of education that can aid the gifted child to free his or her mind Is crucial But it also needs teachers who de- emphasize competition In favor of Individ ual development she noted We are at Orwells 1984 and we need these people to help us with tbe continual change and grow technology A teacher tor years WoodUffe cited a notion of the gifted as being elitist There is always continued concern about elitism and the general conception remains that Is too elitist she said advising teachers to not treat the students as superior summed up the need for education for the to aid tbem to developing self concepts relationships skills at their own level and to keep alive the joy of learning Help tbem learn to learn added Woodllffe Dr Helen French Daft Leotard Kay lis Wallace answered from aadkacc at a torus Gifted and programs last Tuesday evening at the Georgetown High People frees ever gathered al the Informs lion Permits up 8 million The construction picture to Hills brightened In first four months of this year with a total of S3 J million to building permits issued compared to S3 minion last popular tray of extra space In the Housing starts to AprD were up 13 from tour months TO such permits taoed compared to si previous four last year Tbe of house permits rose from to O to in The 13 bouses are to Ontario Place Hestop Court and Drive Addition and