The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

THE HERALD My Page Reeds floodcontrol idea okay with CVCA not town The lonn general commit lei has a suggestion MPP Ju Heed which would have seen an earth in the Glen Williams boll park rcmo in the hopes alleviating annual ice jimmtng along he Mr Reeds was indorsed by the Credit Valk Conservation bill drew prompt ob jections from the ball park The committee voted Mon day night to inform the CVCA thai the luwn will not remove At Mayor Pete suggestion the was requested to channelling the cent portion of the river a committee members agreed might do more to prevent ice and flooding In On CVCA Mr Reed who lives the Credit banks in Nnrval applauded i Authority for lis plans to install a water flow control deuce in the Glens paper mill darn As another method of ice jam ming during ihe spring break up hi the hall park earthen level should removed I lhat the river seems lo be artificially con lamed in by levee on ll ball park side and it is that del of channelization which seems be giving cause to a good deal of the of the jam Mr Heed I an engineer but it would seem to me that the natural desire of the river Is to flood the ball park area during times he said Per nips that is not politically desirable to say However it sure would be a lot better than causing flooding at Preston Store and the neighboring houses which it did with some Mr noted that there Is one home in the low lying ball park area but suggested that then are ways to protect it while at the same lime allow ing the river ice floes to be pushed over the bank and across the ball park BAD JAM spokesman or the ball park trustees told the lhat there has been one bad jam which ice found their way around the earth and damaged fences and build in ball park But may as well forget about having ball diamond there if you re going to take that out he Mid Coun Pal Patterson com plained thai he cannot under stand the philosophy of con servation when the CVCA is suggesting the at Mr Best that authorities should find some way of alleviating flooding on ihe west bank but not at the expense of the east bank Residents erosion problem examined MOISTESSORI OMEN HOUSE Jcniu was the children who a ended open house less or I School in Saturday The school new owners and Clare held Ihe open house lo give a to learn about Ihe school anil how It works The Is located In the old public school liter aid photo I Taylor Mayor may get credit card Mayor Pete Pomeroy will be given a credit card to help cover expenses incurred in Ihe line of duty if a lion by the town s general committee is accepted next lueek by council Monday night committee was ihe second tunc in two years thai council mem tickled town surer Ray King a rath ir tricky problem Mr King reminded the com millee that council bud get steering committee had tentatively agreed pay Ma or mileage and pocket expenses using Ihe same as lhat used for former mayor Tom Hill a flat allowance Mr King recommended a flat of a month for Mayor but ad milled the amount is fully taxable and represents no real bet to the mayor office Coun Hoy Booth contended that the town would have to jack it up so that ihe allowance docsn disappear in lines or else forget the allowance altogether Serjeantson that the mayor Policy a small step i The author of the proposal ifor a course in parenting says he Is nowhere near finished with his efforts to persuade people that such a course should be Included in a child education Howard Wrigglesworth principal Eric said he is encouraged by Ihe fact that Halton board of education approved a policy statement endorsing a program in human growth and child development I hopeful in one way If that a policy statement I happy they ve laken lhat first Mr said At best its a small step though It nowhere near what I want it s a step Mr said he was feeling a little cut off from the progress of the proposal through ihe board He waan t in attendance at the board meeting Thursday when the policy statement was passed because he was speaking to a group about parenting education I still going to keep plugging away because I m nowhere near finished with It Mr Balklnd said Health and physical education Jack Richardson the board will be compiling a writing team this summer to write a unit of study on the family for the primary and Junior grades and a credit course for In elusion in the secondary school curriculum Such a course would not be compulsory Mr Richardson said that much of the program already exists in different areas of the courses on health and family living The idea of drawing up a program will be lo draw the elements together and identify the gaps The result of Oils exercise will be a unit of study on the family to be fit in some time from kindergarten to grade three another one for children somewhere between grades four and six one for grades seven and eight and one for grades nine and ten salary should be in creased a month reflect ihe expense allowance The allowance would then be at least one third taxable she said Booth praised Coun Mike Armstrong suggest on tint them should be given i credit lo cover minor expenses nothing that the ma of and ire similarly Mayor prevented from partaking in the commit tot debate by his conflict of interest commented lhat his only real out of pocket expense stems from entertaining tors lo the town His routine drues lo locilions around town are dilficull lo keep track of credit card suggestion a good idea Bills from the card com pany would be presented to council or approval Tic town appears ready to take steps that would help rectify on erosion problem on some private properly in Glen Williams but the property owner will have to pay the A reeeiv id only support from the towns general committee Monday night when he recent alterations in the Credit River which have along his riverside property threatening his 120- old home next door In the Beaumont Knitting Mill reported thai it look private engineers discover the chief cause of the very rap d on on angled weir or underwater dim which was apparently installed two or three years ago and subsequently over looked by Crcdil Valley Con investigators The landowner explained that the weir about 15 yards upstream from his property is directing the river current at right angles into the bank no one seems to know who instnl led the weir or why he said pointed out that the weir Itself has been largely worn away by spring flooding hut asked the town to pay the cost of repairing his eroded property He said that has estimated the cost of depositing rocks and fill the site at about SI Concerned thai any town expenditure might create a precedent lhat would bring other erosion victims to future council meetings the commit let declined lo pay either hi it cost of fill or the to estimated cost of installing gabion walls Its recommendation to would sec the town ask the CVCA to repair Ashen hunt properly but only if the doctor is willing to bear the cost himself The property owner would have pay the town share of the costs per cent of the overall cost That river is the llty of Ihe Conservation Aulh Coun Patterson con tended Someone once told me don have a lot of money iheydohavcalolof authority If I was position I would not settle for just a of boulders going In here DUCK THIS The Conservation Author seems to be ducking this Ross agreed It sure comes closer to their responsibility than ours Coun Roy Booth pointed out that river bed adjacent to property is owned by ihe party who owns the land on the opposite side of the river and suggested may be held responsible for part of the project costs Booth challenged Ashen hurst contention lhat his problem is a unique situation predicting that many riverside homeowners could approach the town with similar problems A motion to refer the matter to the town engineering was after Mayor Pete com plained that the motion was avoiding question The will be asked to repair prob lem if the owner agrees lo cover the town s shire of the costs Let us put your wedding in bloom The day ts ap And arrangements are being made Call us lor bouquets cor sages boutonnteres lowers tor church or table center pieces We have everything to make your day a beautiful occasion 2 Mill streel Halton Hills ACTON Ys MENS ANNUAL AUCTION Com One Come All to the Acton Arena June 6 pm Auctioneer Max Storey All proceeds to the YftACAs special main expansion project Parenting step closer Continued one boird re idy has a policy to permit municipalities day ire centres In set where space permits their own expense and he felt that this would the boird as far as gelling involved with day care centres Trusicc Cam Jackson expressed his concern that this would prevent from laking of Ihe learn ing centres for small children which arc currently in opera Hon in Iwo Burlington schools The amendment was defeat Trustee was concerned ihit the program was encroaching more and more into home and ex pressed her concern the currently be taught in schools with the teachers ending up by imparling their own philo sophy to students I wonder it going to teach the children in twice a week she said The rest or the system is in such a mes We have to get back decency and respect and d Dixon i himself lo Mrs concern about encroaching on areas normal considered preserve of family saying A great people working with children parents So many people are Inter with small children would be nice leach them about how to Inter act with them he continued Balkind must be disappo nled with what this has out lo be because il nothing close to what it was intended to be Barry Shepherd sid But be voting for It we haven I got anything better on Vie re no talking about values in education we re talking about how people grow Gary Morton I would like to see us slick wilh a program of human growlh there ore risks but the alternative Is playing like an ostrich and I don like idea Belly Fisher for and made an amendment proposing a compromise give the ad ministration ihe go ahead lo proceed wiih drawing up the program requiring them to bring the program back lo Ihe board for approval before it is Implemented Programs arc usually merited without direct appro val from the board Itoblnson op posed the amendment John Bradley separate school iruslee from said a cardcarrying op ponent of Mr parenting I m going sup this there in policy lhat offend anybody or change anything were doing Or Dixon reommendatlon board endorse a pjo gram in Human Growth and Child Development was pas trustees Elsie Elaine Ivan Arms trong and Noel Cooper LOGOS DESIGNS FOR ANY BUSINESS OR GROUP Artitl Personal Consultation Camera Ready Artwork complete with colour scheme No payment or obligation until completely satisfied design in your hand Call- Logos Logos 8777725 THEN COME AND SEE YOU SCOUTS WIN HIKE AWARDS A three man from lit Georgetown Scouts took the award daring the recent mile threeday explorer bike along the Bruce Sixty four boy competed for the ward which was woo by Tim Hancock centre back Mike He Murray fright and David Lemon kneeling 1st Georgetown Seoul leader George Henderson left holds the lor award to the troup making the best showing as group Herald photo MEETING And Election of Officers Tues June 5 1979 Community Centre 730 The Public is Welcome PAINFUL CALLOUSES ANY HARD SKIN REMOVEDl EASILY SAFELY PAINLESSLY AND CLEANLY III cur CALLOUS REMOVER Our buy I you inn Your REMOVERS do complete job my bough more Try one truly At your elive YOUR GUARANTEE You mult be completely with your CALLOUS REMOVER if not simply return within 30 days for a full refund FLETCHERS family shoes foot 103 Main St Downtown Georgetown