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First big drive for donations August as Herald staff writer With the arrival in Hills at least a families of Asian refugees only weeks away the Georgetown and Acton of Opera lion Lifeline an making their tint hie to collect offers of accommodations food clothing Jobs and parti furnishings from area residents of the town Lifeline told Herald this week that Industries lias donated squire fed of space in the collected read distribution to the of float People lmmi has been sponsored bj lotal Howard another Georgetown mem ler this tint the in has fmall processed its list backlog of sponsorship forms As of now the four wetk IN We thingr to in Don The red tape Hamilton or which Hills is part made imi with he federal I members the have completed the first of three sponsorship forms hop ing to take responsibility for site of fill the a tin ins to lorms which ma speed thi of the held of flu rnei lis f irmeil sponsorship committee at Holy Cross man Church in told Herald DOG TAKES A DIP rive earold Mike etts OH after In the annual dog in Toronto Miss 1 falls Mas rcfiigic family Mr eight number con nutter formed during two recent has aire for for its refugee if the refugees speak either Mindann or Chi d can provide language instruction Mr who can be j832 said Ik is unaware of any similar eampiigris at Cocur Catholic Church The town only other Catholic parish Joseph sin has joined six other churches in that community in jont ecumenical effort to sponsor refugee Among the nishlngs being by the Georgetown committee to meet the needs of arriving refugees are beds and bedding tables and chairs living room furniture pots and pans dishes and cutlery lelevi and towels and linens Mrs added that the has done well in collecting offers of food special services for the tecs but clothing continues to pose problems Would be do nors she said should that the Asi in people are smaller in stature on the and thus require clo thing in smaller sizes she added do are being asked to hold onto clothing and other items until the refugees begin to arrive at which time commit tee volunteers will collect and distribute them The attention to specific details about the refugees and their needs which Is being displaced by committee mem and other benefactors was acknowledged by Mr Long who noted that the lime has arrived to finalize plans The various sponsorship groups arc now concentrating on the details involved In getting the refugees settled once they arrive he That where the emphasis will be from now on Toronto Publicize cost of vandalism Coun Serjeantson suggests The taxpayers of Ilalton Monday in re Hills should be full to aware of how much money questioning He wis to vandalism is costing ly whether vandal m is on locally according to the however ind Marilyn Serjeintso wa kid to prepare a report The results of vandalism are on the problem more obvious to the public Georgetown Metcalfe town engineer Bob Court ratine where erosion Austin told the general com control work is continuing is a major problem area for dils Mr Austin Mm holes storm scweroutfalls other of the have been damped recently he said lhc weekend saw five ivctones in local toppled ind broken by vandals Mr Austin added Parking tickets coming for fire route offenders Motorists who their it in the raw soon be finding tickets on their windshields us resull of in I Hills ilrndj a new being considered by town council Adrift vensioii of lined approval from the town il com mghl but Iht onus for hiving the to rest with tt the owners of roid problems I ist In prompt where has hrc t j Suspensions for misconduct expressed willinj igreements with the Ihrotigh which the dis Hid is fin kcjitcli irbj tin Hilton police pirkiii in ii his suggested i the ige of m street signs his been a const in nee they were first install Coun asked Mi to the situation for the town and try to mite the amount of damages caused by vandils in Hills of the cost ix doll irs she speculated might help convince citizens it it is their responsibility to report any crimes they wit John McDonald noted it Neighborhood Watch the police sponsored campaign which sought to ill rt of their responsibility this summer offered some statistics on the crime in Concern over the hazardous locilion of light si near the Mountain view Kind entrance to the Market centre his prompted the towns general committee to seek the com ments of the pi owners Noting that there his been no light the concrete bised si for months Mirilyn Serjeantson questioned the need for the insi at Monday night lommittce meeting Clerk administrator Ken Richardson agned consult the plaza owners about the problem With or without nun the stmdard Ins been it the centre of seven traffic colli on which as Hoy Booth noted do not always drunk dncers He and Mike Armstrong eon tended that the standard is simply in the wrong place though Booth pointed out that it serves to divide the plazas through truffle into opposing lines The standard is situated a few feel from the entrances into the plaza Tire and outlets Despite Ins Coun Armstrong appeared lively unimpressed by the discussion It funny when you have a small you talk about he Joked The public portion of the committee meeting listed a record minutes this week members went behind closed doors to discuss a matter students who have been involved in extreme misconduct may find suspended for up lo school days in future The board of adopted a motion Thurs day which says that for ex cases of misconduct a principal may suspend a dent for up to 30 school days with lhc approval of the area superintendent Hills trustee Barry Shepherd who made the motion says that under the present policy a principal may suspend a student for a maximum of ten days only He said that a suspension of days means the student ill be missing six weeks of school and almost certainly lose his or school year Mr Shepherd said the board not have serious pro- but In my opinion if wc are to be a progressive board we wait for it to happen The original motion said such suspensions could be hinded down for conduct injurious to the moral tone of the school including such of fences as attacks or threats to staff members or other den Is sexual acts or drug and alcohol related offences The motion was amended to leave out references to specific of Superintendent of special education Bon Chapman siid that if the wording were too specific a lawyer acting on behalf of a student would be able to get the ease thrown out on semantics In June the bo ml had suspensions for to the of the Announcing Opening Soon A Second Location 32 Mill St DOWNTOWN ACTON J my a rose is a rose Look for our advertisement in this weeks backtoschool issue of the Herald roie St 8772648 FASHIONS LTD PLAZA GEORGETOWN BACK TO SCHOOL SPECIALS LADIES Foxy Jeans Reg Straight Leg A LARGE GROUP OF LA TOPS Ladies Casual Ladies Femme Fit GWG Jeans Ladies Dress M Pleated or 921 Reg Styles WMm ladies Style Pleated Overalls Road Runner Straight Leg Jeans MENS 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