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Carriers get driving awards Four letter earners from the Georgetown Post Office received Safe Driver Award from he Transportation Safety Association of Ontario in a recent presentation The awards are in recognition of one year free driving and are awarded annually Bob Freestone of Georgetown Bruce Bridle and Norm McGowan of Glen Williams received awards for eight years of accident free driving while Dave Howitt of Erin ved award for six years of accident free driving Veh safety is a major Canada Post a nee the corporation operates one of the largest truck fleets in Canada Canada Post encourages and recognizes safe driving habits and on he part of Its vehicle operators Employees problems Board cautious of adding staffer Post Office drivers who received safe driving awards recently are congratulated by supervisor Hans Janien left They are Bob Freestone Bruce Bridle Norm and Dave Board of Education was not en about adding a fulltime staff member to the Employee Assistance Pro gram The program which now has one half time facilitator helps employees cope with mental alcoholic psychological or family problems The facilitator may handle a pro himself or if necessary turn it over to Family Services with which the board has a contract Superintendent of Employee Services Rae claimed in 1978 the average ab sentee in all fields across Canada was days a year He hastened to point out the average In school system is days a year Asked about the cost Stoness said the cost at present is and would rise to ap proximately by 1986 He explained the staff bargaining units contribute with the board paying the remainder Trustee Ivan Armstrong predicted the program would keep growing and In another year or two there will be three or four facilitators To another question replied the employees do not contribute to the cost Trustee Bill Prlestner would not support the additional cost and said he would have to be shown its benefit by a proven reduction in the use of supply teachers He said that had not happened so far The program has been existence for two years Stoness explained the cost is 28 per employee with the bargaining units paying 2 per capita If you ask the employees if they d pay the 28 each I know what say commented The subject will be discussed again at the next board meeting GeorgetownAc Ion Wednesday May 30 Georgetown LTD RdN GEORGETOWN Toronto Una Tom shows combatants tobe one of the plastic pellets con taining red dye that they be firing at each other from powered machine gun replicas It a nil part of the Capture Game a Battle for the Ponderosa bit of ferocious fun played out by adventureseekers In the hills above Acton Keith Perkins of Glen Williams is one three part ners behind the independent venture continuing each weekend Capture game issues its call to arms by Paul The gunman suddenly materialized out of stand of cedars his camouflage gear a blur of green and brown Three enemy troops swung around and fired but the element of surprise was against them With a blast from his submachine gun leapt 11 and snatched the red flag from its station Victory was In sight Such is the near authentic action of the Capture Game an hourlong shootto thrill session of military hideandseek played out as though for real on Acton s ere Ponderosa the rolling bush land along the First line n a flak Jacket peaked cap with in signia and Keith Perkins of Glen Williams commanderinchief for this particular operation looks for all the world like a Viet Nam vet at a Saigon reunion He had experience in the militia but his real claim to fame here is a hunger for adventure and new experiences I do foolish things he laughs For every birthday my wife gets me some thing really unusual le taken soaring lessons I gone sky diving Most recently Perkins says his wife tried to him up for the increasingly popular civilian war games run by a Toronto company Unfortunately it was booked solid The obvious solution Perkins explains was to launch his own company to enable adventurous types like h mself to play out their military fantasies Tom and Bill Roberts of Brampton were enlisted as fellow chiefs of staff the as it known colloquially was leased and the recruitment ads went out Throughout this summer until Nov 18 the Capture Game will be played rain or shine each weekend participants from near and far paying each for evening sessions or for day sessions For you can come unregistered but you run the risk of not finding openings Capture Game troops sign agreements attesting to their age IB and up health and awareness of certain risks that should be anticipated in such an active game played on rough terrain They wear camouflage gear heavy boots and goggles to protect their eyes against stray bullets actually plastic pellets con mining red dye that are fired from plastic copies of the infamous Israeli Object of the game is for one team to capture the flag of another and return it to their own home base Players are eliminated once shot with the dye pellets Blasts from handheld air horns begin and end the sessions recall tig all troops to home base for dec dedly nonmilitary As eager as participants ore to get started with their first game of the day there a pervasive feeling of prehension as teams head out to their starting positions Everyone is all too aware that are adults playing a kid game and no one really knows what to expect That all changes w thin the hour A strategy chosen and missions assigned the players settle into a remarkably Intense battle of wits and marksmanship Emotions build from the sneaking fear and trepidation of skulking through the bush listening for the snapping of twigs perhaps signalling the enemy approach to the first flush of victory once the word passes down the line that the enemy flag is captured It the thrill of the hunt Perkins comments hunting something that smart and you know you can t fire til you see their arm band denoting their team The scene back at home base is entirely different from that of an hour earl Both victors and vanquished are elated celebrating their vigorous involvement and raring to start the second session Board considers retirement plan Board of Education Is considering an early retirement plan for teachers over yean of age The offer has been sparked by declining enrolment and the resultant layoff of younger teachers with less seniority A salary report points out the soonna balance of all ages of teachers in school is being affected The plan if adopted would be available only to teachers Intriegihle for the full per not of salary pension at the time of retire ment A teacher retiring four years before full retirement time would receive too three amount two The early retirement plan would be a pilot project Tor three years The board would decide whether to continue It after that period Trustee BUI questioned the clause stating only two per cent of the entire teaching staff could use the plan in any one year He auggested a legal opinion be sought The report says the costs of early retire ment would be offset by replacing longtune teachers with teachers at lower salaries Reed states Criminal Code should control film cuts Julian Reed MPP dismisses suggestions he puts the abuse of animals before the abuse of children and claims anyone who would believe that of a father of three I just can t fathom He points out statements he made to the Committee on Pornography and Prostitution quoted by a letter to this news paper are accurate but certainly were never meant to Imply animals were more important than children He contends the Censor Board is hypo critical in Its structure since by far the majority of cuts made In movies are straight sex scenes not child sexual abuse forced sex bondage or mutilation In there were 135 cuts of straight sex scenes but only two of children in sex scenes and 81 of forced sex or implied bondage or mutilation He maintains the whole issue should be covered by the Criminal Code and points out at present to be considered obscene films or sections films have to be sexually stimulating That means someone has to say In court a scythe going through someone chest is sexually Instead of the present system he would like to see the Criminal Code amended to eliminate sex and in its place have specific acts such abuse of children sexual use of children mutilation bondage and degradation spelled right out and banned In addition he wants the abuse of animals Included and cited scenes in Coine where horses were set fire and Apocalypse Now where a heifer was cut In two with a machete Reed stressed the Censor Board allowed these scenes uncut The distribution and importation must be stopped and this can only be done through the Criminal Code not through the Censor Board Reed explained the Censor Board reports are available to anyone He believes the statistics of the type and number of cuts in film would give people a better perspective on the Censor Boards activities He concluded by Baying I would never have answered the statements made by Gall Rutherford except she suggested my concern for animals took precedence over children I have three children who have all appeared in films April fire calls double Halton Hills firefighters are responding to more calls for assistance this year than last but damages are down In a monthly report received without comment by town council last week Fire Chief Bill Cunningham said his department answered calls during April more than twice as many as April 1983 April tally brings to the number of calls the rcfighters have had so far this year compared to only 110 during the first four months of 1983 Damages thus far In 1984 total down from last year And while fewer firefighters have been In more members of the public susta ned injuries Four firefighters were injured through April of last year none this year Injuries to the public totalled three last year but six this year Cunningham reported that of last month s calls involved open f res while 12 were building fires two were ace dents and were of varying nature Cunningham attributed seven of the re calls lost month to accidental causes four to maintenance problems and three to negligence He did not specify the causes of the remaining Tot Lot program yearolds Hilton Parti Department one toe time to Hi program lb bow in motor aula toe to rftnprofrrtlt mm ate aim half days ore Activities it For teachers who would never be eligible for a full unreduced per cent pension because of mandatory retirement at age the amount would be 000 if retirement occurs while the teacher is between years and of age 14 if retirement occurs while the teacher is years of age til if retirement occurs while the teacher Is years of age if retirement occurs while the teacher is years of age SO if retirement occurs while the teacher is years of age Jessie presetted the f Presbyterian Chart with a water coke of the church by Ken MeCauley of Georgetown si the annual Accepting on behalf of the congregation