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ED I 10 10 Home Newspaper of Hills Pagos Questions raised about methods used to tender work on town building Questions have been raised over the methods town councils committee for the of new municipal administration property and buildings has used in selecting tenders for the addition lo the works garage on the Seventh Line The question have centred specifically on why the towns ng Hugh Patterson who selection of tenders four projects con addition and why so accepted The liter illy n in the vas not consulted at all iccted the imc low lend rs were not up at Monday PICKETING outside of Georgetown Health nd Tuck In on hour 16 I Itait Monday were throe a their pet on he deft to right Molly Mulhollond Joyce Wood province w demand for titration Public nurses strike Local public health nurses left the picket line in front of the Georgetown Health Unit this morning Wednesday to demon atrate at Queen Park Expected to Join them were many of the Ontario Public Health Nurses legally eligible to participate In the fiveday province wide strike which began June 14 Sporting ness Is Community Health buttons and boldly waving signs local public health nurses Loveday Tuck Joyce Wood and Molly Mulhollond hod 16 names on their petition after one hour of stopping cars entering Georgetown Health Unit Monday Tuck Cha woman of the On tario Nurses Association ONA Bargaining Committee for Local Number One employed at the Georgetown branch stated that heir demand is for compulsory arbitration end strikes and lockouts F for a larger part of the region Health Care budget now allocating two percent for preventative health care is a secondary Issue Tuck sold Chief Administration Officer for Ernie C had a different interpretation of the reason for the impasse in negotiations held regularly since the contract expired an December 31 From our viewpoint we thought the main Issue was salary They public health nurses arc requesting parity with the nurses In hospitals They were offered the maximum permitted by the inflation Board an eight percent wage Increase over the period of the contract but there was no resolution of negotiations After the Board received a telegram ONA executive director Anne announcing the strike a meeting was held the result being a letter sent to Tuck by Halton Director of Per Dennis Camm stating I am insturcted by the board members to advise you that those members who stop work June 14 will not have work available to them until a new collective agreement is reached In a broad sense explained this means a lockout for those who went on strike nurses are already locked out and Is one the other branches which will be Joining them next week Those who did not strike can carry on as usual pointed out and supervisory persons will have to work out some kind of plan to deal with the emergency situation in services Including pre natal classes and other progarms in wiving schools and senior citizens has throughout the province The exact number of strikers In is unknown but Held counted of the regional nurses headquarters it am nn I pine ihi offices local d few M Hon and orgetown night personnel and committee meet by Councillor Rusa Miller who told Ihe ttce that the purchasing agent had not been consulted by the development committee prior to tenders being drawn up or when they were being considered Councillor Pat McKcmie a member of development committee admitted that he wis unaware that the purchasing agent had been lift out of the tender process but that Patterson should have been consulted right from the start No committee members argued with that Town treasurer Kay King in fact commented No town tenders should be let through unless he is In on It It was however explained that because dots not have sir guidelines to follow when call for tenders the lopnent committee was not beyond Is legal I mils in do as it had done M Her also told the committee that he w is disturbed the word of the tenders wheh lhatnoother mun pal asks for He out that one tender that was a was actually than the lowcs lender tied and he questioned reasoning bin that decision Us businessman Bob Reynolds of Hob and Son Masonry ted no brought up milar guest about the tendering process after his or the work was turned down desp Ihe 1 I wis lower than the bid a copied Mr notes I is letter found Herald led bee use had not been d by a percent Performance Bond Tt word ng of the ads calling for the The successful tenderer only be requ red to furnish that pre Bond 1 el that Is unfa r and improper for the lo the lions of ng thout allow ndi duals such as myself an opportunity submit a bid In the newt noted I THf TOSS is one of the sports practised any Highland the first Games were ft on When gust of wind caught entrant ng the wrong way he sent a fellow contestant and some of the s Judges tea tier d the descent More photos and stories about the first ever Highland Games on page 13 Threescoop cone downed in 49 seconds Local resident dies in weekend auto crash A Georgetown nan Lowell died in a car crash Ave and Winston Church Blvd truck car In the intersect on A M ssissougn man Keg bar weather a passenger in the car also died the fiery crash ich Brampton firefighters were called in the crash and token lo Peel Memorial tal were Garry Cameou of and John of Toronto Their tlon were reported to be satisfactory In the collision both vehicles rolled and truck burst into flames after coll ding in the intersection Lobslnger was westbound on Steeles Ave and as southbound on Winston Churchill According to police the crash was such a was not I Sunday that it ncd who vuigthecar Funeral ser ices for well Lobslnger were held yesterday Ho church He bur at He by his wife Lena a Gemma mother and and three brothers and one sister Fire damages Wright house Fire Tuesday morning caused lo damage to the of Denny ght 1 few son the Georgetown re part Volunteer firemen to the Wright home at a m and spent about in hour and a half at the No one was In the blaze Most of the damage was contained to liv room although the entire hemesuffered extensive smoke a re department til said On Sunday the volunteer firemen were called to the home of Julian Reed MPP for Burlington extinguish a tractor Ore at 10 16 m Two small rca were extinguished Saturday One was a tree on Hwy and the other was a fuse box re Noble Court where residents called the fire depart men after the power went off and they not an odor from the fuse box MORE ENTRIES ARE NEEDED In the first ever Ho ton Hills Ice Cream Eating Contest Jointly sponsored by Dairy Bar Steens Dairy and the Hills Herald Eliminations will continue this Sunday from I to and next Wednesday Juno from lo with the big taking place on Saturday June as part of the downtown Pioneer Days Here Doug Crawford slurps his way through bis threeecoop tee cream cone but not In record breaking time The honours for that went to Carolyn for the girls yean and under four and seconds Roberta Burke girls ID to in two minutes and 40 seconds Cindy Crawford women over IS three minutes and 34 seconds Jeff Richardson boys to IB one minute and seconds and thus far the grand champion Terry Harlow who in the men over category a to his Icecream cone seconds Each category Is still wide open for new entries particularly the boys below years of age thing that required Is an entry fee of cents which goes to the North Association for the Mentally An entry form located In this week Issue of the Herald really Three live in car in Acton works committee will ask police to move three cars which are parked at the northeast comer of the park lot the Presbyterian church on Main in Acton Word One Councillor Joe Hurst said that three young people are living in one car another cor Is on blocks and the third has two flat tires The police are aw re of the problem Hurst said but an not sure of force of It overnight parking The lights were out After claiming April that the traffic lights at St and Mauntainvlew Road are out of whack and strewed up inspltc ob jections from the town engineer that the 1 ghts ore as Ihey should be Councillor Em Hyde learned Monday night thai he was right all along Deputy engineer Ted Belanger told the works committee Monday that ministry of transport and mm I cations had timed the lights last week and agreed something was wrong e ministry officials felt the problem was with the traffic detectors which are under the surface of the road said The traffic detectors monitor the number of vehicles waiting at the In Belanger said the ministry would examine the situation Tuesday and likely ream mend that the timing be changed until the detectors could be examined Two barely escape fiery auto crash Fire completely destroyed a Dodge on the Fourth Line June after car went out of control on loose gravel rolled and struck a hydro pole Cheryl Reed Ray I awn escaped unharmed in the In which occurred at OS about 300 feet south of 17 Owner of the car Is Michael K Temple Road In Georgetown of tne vehicle Police estimate damage at 22- passenger both John of 39 Prince Charles was struck behind on his bicycle on Shelley St June 11 at six clock The driver of the car