Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), August 31, 1977, p. 1

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Larry AUGUST IS71 Home Newspaper of Haitian Hills TWtNTY EIGHT PAGF3 The fullshe paper reaching more than 12700 homes In Halton Hills Picked Up in Passing No future listings region public works committee has author lied payment to a real estate agent fees for listing and completing sate surplus property In Stewart town but it t want to use another agent if possible for similar actions in future The committee feels the regional property agent can handle such matters in future and a sign could bo erected on ihe property notifying ihe public of sole The property In was sold for 57 and a commission of S3 was paid Budget restraint Hal I on administration committee has urged a per cent maximum increase over the regional budget The regional budget this year increased by per cent over 1B76 Chief Amlnistrative officer Ernest Reid said he has called to be realistic In setting next years budget figures It is possible that maintain a seven per cent Increase some programs might have to cut or delayed Water office hours Georgetown water office hours will change Nov to Mom to to conform to the hours operated for hours m which were in effect when the regional government took over responsibility for water In 1974 The change in hours comes after the number of customers paying their water bills In person is gradually diminishing and the number of customers paying bills between 30 p and 5 has become very minimal Transit study aid Halton region planning department is seeking from those residents for participation in a public transportation survey The department would like the completed questionnaires returned as soon as possible to allow conclusions to be reached The questionnaires were mailed to selected areas of the region during the week of Aug 15 Of questionnaires sent out more than have been returned but the staff feels a more live sampling could be arrived at if at least another 1 questionnaires are completed and returned Analysis of he survey will be released to the public once the survey is completed Fundraiser named Burlington resident Marg Turner has been named chairman of he fundralsing committee for Prolife a organization providing Information on basic life issues Mrs Turner has been executive director of Coalition for Life a national pro life lobby group She has also done volunteer work for Girl Guides and the Canadian Mental Health Associotion This will be first fundraismg attempt by the ProLife Scholarship Aian Robert Reed US Drive received a scholarship to Brock University in St Catharines Students applying to the university with a grade 13 average in excess of percent were eligible for an award Mr Reed did attend Georgetown and district high school fire damage The innual report of the Ontario Marshals Office shows Hills fire fighters responded 92 incidents during which resulted In seven injuries and damages totalling 4H competition Billed as the most demanding of all shows the annual Silver Dollar Competition this year will see four They arc Donna Stewart of Hornby Marilyn McNabb of Georgetown Beth Marshall of Milton and Holly of Campbellvlllo The competition will be judged at Enn Fair Sept Contestants must enter calf for judging have a senior level knowledge of cattle and write an essay on Public Relations sells Milk Federal grant Halton MP Frank announced a grant lo the Human Services Council Regional Planning SubCommittee last week Dorothy Craig of Milton will be in charge of the project which will inventory existing health and social services In the region document standards for same services In other regions and set a regional standard for It will also hold workshops to inform the community on how to use the health and social services available In the region Treat warble now The Ontario ministry of agriculture and reminds beef and dairy farmers that September to November Is ihe lime to treal for warble fly larvae Warble control products arc available at farm supply centres and cost only to cents per head yet prevent large financial losses to the producers Glider wings earned Motor Vic Brldgelte Chief Flying Instructor at No Gilder Pilot Training School Mountain View presents Cadet Glider Wings to Ken of Georgetown Ken pent six Trenton Air Cadet Camp and completed Glider training up to the solo level He had Nerval residents prepared to march over water problem Nor vol residents are gel ling ready march and fight for their rights lo receive town water of suffering wilh dry and polluted wells Hugh McFarlam president of Nor Comniunit said inanlntrrMn rhursdas A Intlnsl slit wed only 12 Hi 17 cent S5 wills tested throughout arc polluted Of t persons contacted only per cent had an water supply irlane said t believes the actual number of Will higher I it pit lo say their wells ire polluted Ratepayers are forced to buy water In winter and sum mer when the wills dry up and Pat said town would cost lot less linn the present situation homeowners face Norvnl taxpayers pay higher fire insurance and health ins urancc because of polluted well situation Mr Patterson Hon Gilmer a Norval rcsld tut was quoted during the survey as saying ratepayers of pay taxes and de- si Hit same rights is other Hilton Hills residents tiun Pat Patterson believes residents pay her tuxes than Georgetown The Herald pondcnl Dorothy McLean said is polluted e is lo bring in drinking water and put baking soda in bath It is a frightening situation for someone on a fixed in come she said I am fed up with persons responsible that keep passing buck she Mrs McLean mover MOO this year to a new sure system installed that pumps polluted water into the Morrow regional chairman In a tiller Mr lonstruc lion for pumping would start this fall However Iht ministry if en Ins 1 approved a subsidy total eost Is Mr Mclnrlaue said a logy meeting will be held between MlP Julian Mr Palter son and himself soon residents ranks furm Hit Assoc tin w It is been its main concern Il Is one of reasons have been so well attended Mr McFarlane salt Hut he said ihe arc starling lose foith 11 annoys he ratepayers to hi ir the commotion over nine wells in Glen Williams drying up suffered for three yuirs he said 50 OF INFORMAL SURVEY SHOWS POOR WATER WELLS it Herald correspondent Norval Association took a quick telephone survey of the wells in lost week up dole information on Iht and the qunlily of the water wtreow on but homeowners out of wells win They wire report the condition of their wills it he present and ex press their thoughts on jlht years or delay in citing piped from survev showed that per of the wells had inadequate supply Si wells had itear iter all the rest wire polluted to varying degrees A very and serious situitian It is costing some home owners a year to iter ftim irks on the delay ringed from ridiculous frustrating stupid to we re not for luxury just he Sonic were worried about the health of their families For the patience is at an It Is no help to tell homeowners with polluted wells or dry wills that money for the may be In eluded in next years budget especially when they hove heard the same thing for several years now Art Iteinhardl chairman of hi wafer committee for the village will hold i meeting soonlopljnwhal Bleak outlook for jobs JUST ALONG Just letting the breeze through your hair Is obviously part of the benefit from riding a trusty steed At least that the impression year old Laurie McQueen seems to convey as she rides the merry go round at the Mr Mrs Don McQui Georgetown Market at the weekend And to enjoy oneself during the last two weeks of August one obviously hove go to the Canadian National for the and enjoyment of a ride Laurie is the daughter of of Crescent Herald Photo by Bob Meals on Wheels expands service WARD North Meals on Wheels which was In serious financial and organizational trouble in June has hired a new and is planning to expand their services of delivery meals to senior citizens and disabled persons lo Acton dl ret lor Ruth said Monday Acton has been screaming for delivery or meals for a long lime and we ore shooting for November Mrs Thenewcoordinatorls Nora Vilkauskas of Georgetown She Is a housewife with lots of spare lime which she wants lo donate to helping in Ihe Mrs Mrs Vilkuuskaswillnliohrmg knowledge from her nursing background the position Although not prtviously involved with Meals on Wheels she has bun out on deliveries meeting tin recipients working with drivers Mrs his also n board pledge around assist on Wheels The plans for expanding to Acton are very exciting for Nora and her back up sin ltd si eilizi 27 at party charged A r organization of Minis on has resulted In four numbers board of with director Ioulos Jean villi of orfetowii and Terry Alton Mrs Poulos said she will hire another ehurtc disturb line will Milton lourt on Sept fallowing a Aug on the Sixth 1 me north Itnid where bottles Wirt thrown at pohtc iruisers A front windslueldof police forte chicle was smashed and minor dents and scratches to oof of another police vehicle win caused police said from unknown parties beer required to irnst thi persons and transport them to police headquarters CHARGED WITH UNNECESSARY INJURY Struck spurred horse court told Olympic equestrian Jim Day frequently spurred a 000 horse In the neck and beat It on the head with a riding crop during two schooling sessions a Provincial Court at Milton heard Monday The incidents happened at Sam Son Farms on Trafalgar Road three miles south of Hornby on June and as Day a general manager of the equestrian centre rode a bolt Ing rearing and spinning show jumper named Pled Piper Day a member of Canada gold medal winning equestrian team at the 1B6B Olympics in Mexico City pleaded not guilty wilfully causing unnecessary Injury to the 12 yearold chestnut geld Ing owned by Susan Franklin 17 of Provincial Judge William will hand down a dec lion In Hit 12 charge was hid by Ihe Ontario Humane Society The court thai Pled Piper was found to have spur mirks on each shoulder and welts thrct five Inches long over Us sides rump and neck when examined by vctcr inarlans following Days two session at riding the horse Also llic horse was bleeding from one nostril and us of July had only to cent vision In one eye as a result of injuries suffered during this Imrj Mlvs Franklin testified slit Day ride Pied PI bought for oo in an effort to break rear boiling and spinning be on occasions when f with jumps Shi during the Iirst when tiy rode Ihe horse for about mlniilcs hi it one point had three i reins on Pied Piper and put spurs In an to control gelding Day testified he Pied Piper at Miss franklins re quest on June I because the behavior Of the horse was dangerous to her the horse reared and spun and nearly knocked him off At one point Pied Piper boiled and galloped Into side of a barn Day agreed that he had hit horse on the side the head with his crop and dug in his spurs repeatedly If horse be straightened around he explained t be useful for any type of competition Day indicated he had a similar experience with the horse the following i vcninK when was pretty well out I hove never had a horse that difficult Day said It was a very tough situation Day said he would whip a horse on the head only under extreme circumstances and claimed the welts and spur murks he left were superficial Jim of Can Team told Ihe court that under the he would have definitely done the Same thing Day You arc talking about one horse in 10 which presents such difficulties Elder Bald eMiiuj Herald Muff writer People for work In and around Hills this fall and winter will have a lough time according lo a number of Canada Manpower spokesmen contacted this week by The Herald Generally there an in the fill Hemic Tolson counsellor in Georgetown This I feel that upswing not as great is in the past few Unless couple of tentative plant expansions such as the proposed Scott Piper Ltd move into vacant plant and the expansion of operations by Ncilson Ltd takes place employment picture this win Mr People under ynrs ire the most prominent un employed Mr Tolson slid That because the great per of them have no skills to offer on the Job niirkil Older unemployed workers so have problems mostly Ik cause is employers mur and Ihey have a irdir lime making justment to btin out of work he Mr pointed out it penetration by Manpower of the market Is between to GO tent In this period of high unemployment G per cull adjusted for of July employers il more job applications on file to draw from he said Kay for Brampton Manpower jobmarket this f ill and winter is going to tic llr sees no particular rise in In Its are she suid but added that there arc always jobs for skilled to tra vol Mrs feels that there be a push in the service Industries just before Christmas If the public start to buy Bui in general any up swing In jobs in he future won be fantastic Albert manager of the Manpower office Intel 1 he in n telephone Interview that he sees a lltlto improvement in last few months of the year when a few manufacturing firm may expand their operations There have been mass lay In diversified manufacturing sector Mr Diugman said but a recent telephone survey by Man power determined that in the last few months all the laid off workers have been rehired Jobs intlieservitcindustnes been all long Mr said but people don seems to want take such jobs Mr is hopeful that fall would bring a stabilization the unemployment in winch is usually below inns seisonally rite but that he is not all thai optimistic Dob of tie Milton Manpower office Mid there is always a demand for he skilled licenced trades Milton with restaur has a good supply of service jobs but clerical Jobs arc in short supply The job in Milton m pick up in October when Wheel Corporation or Canada I moves into the Barber Green plan which closed recently Mr Wheelabritoris about 1jI employees from its present Ignition In Oaktllle plans to build a squire fool extensions to the square foot building purchased fi Harbor Green Camda I Id Milton could use a number of smaller enterprises employing 15 to It workers Mr siid there should of service and jobs he Hi predicted that the job market in Milton would not be too different from the Metro Toronto labor irket Integrated service for jobs by spring The integration of sen ices that people seeking ihiquis registering for work can go to only l lorgilown in May lints whin the in GtorRttown will be men lirgcr premises eounseilor it pre int on James Strut mote on the and level he is an effort to streamline the service to the public to make a one stop service The closest Unemployment Insurance Commission office is it Nelson St Brampton too a distance for unemployed In Hills lo travel residents claiming insurance hove been mail their claims Mr said the Man powir office in Georgetown is from a once a week visit lo full lime office We vt become part of the community as a community imployment agency he said Industrial report due next month Marketing strategy for new industries lo will be brought before regional council by mid September says regional development officer 1111 Marshall Promotional materials and the beginning of an advertising campaign should be ready by late fall he says Marshall confirms that discussions arc continuing with Paper Ltd and with two or three other largo companies but refuses lo reveal any details Until the company opens its doors you can bo sure that the negotiations will be sue he says It be right to predict a certain number of Jobs will bo available in the area in two or three years from the discussions we ore having now Marshall says he has spent past eight weeks meeting with people from Sheridan College Banks Canada Manpower and local planning In order to get overall view of the local municipalities Once he knows the strengths and weaknesses of the region strategy can be developed and the advertising campaign it the appropriate area We ton offer tax In druw industries to Hills he soys We won t be able to offer any special Incentives Local planning wilt have to examine the needs of any Industry wanting to came Into on area and determine whether or not they wont it If they want It and can meet some special needs then the region would be ap proached to see what help we can give

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