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Letters to the Editor Hospital i staffers await schools versus languages JJ French course on the wane word strike To the Editor of The Herald Quietly and without much concern the parents of north an about to lose one for educating their children In Canada lvo off languages Since 197B It has been possible to send Grade I to Joseph Gibbons S hoc in the Moore Park area of Georgetown and to them educated in both Engl and French under the French Immersion pro- It is predicted now by the school that there will not be enough registrations th month or September 1981 to offer a Grade French I in cm on class Therefore will have witnessed the birth and death of French Immersion in this part of north when the cur rent French Immcrs on Grades 1 to pass through the grade system There is a question In my mmd as to how excellent program has been advertised as being available at Joseph Gibbons so that parents of Kindergarten pupils and new residents in the Hills area can register their children with a view to havirg them fluent ly lingual by ages 12 to Via this medium wish to bring this opportunity for French Immersion education to the attention of your reader so that those as Interested as lam will enroll their child now for the 1991 program at Joseph Gibbons and so keep this NOT The Herald shares Mr Walkers concern about the demise of Joseph Gibbons trench but found there such a avail able lo pupils If their parents are willing to Irani port them to George Kennedy School See story Ibis page Coverage makes difference grateful reader says thanks I have put this letter off far too long For a long time I have felt especially to The Herald for the caring approach and support service coverage expressed to over the years The media being the newspapers in Ilalton Hills played an integral role in getting Information viccdellvery and community participation the pubh That role has been an essential part of our develop ment In the north First Maggie Hannah and then Taylor have constantly expressed an objective con while always giving me the feeling of personal as well as professional support The to follow through by malting sure that whatever the message the public Is sure to see the Information perhaps because of the choice of type used or Its position in the paper or more likely a combination of all In my cose I cannot let another year go by without saying so that others may know that The Herald start care about community I wish you and your report era Is the only one I know by name the best in new year Moat gratefully Barb Stephens participation lo the public because of the choice of type French at Joe Gibbons Parents say non merci Applications for admission in a Grade 1 French Immersion program at George Kennedy Public School will be accepted until Jan The Grade 1 French immersion class had origin ally been planned for Joseph Gibbons School where It has been active for three years but there weren enough enrollments for a 1 class for September 1661 The classes at Joseph Gibbons in grades and will AHS teacher Continued from Page Al matters would constitute a violation of his contract If Mr Black is fired he could seek a board of reference to hear his case The federation would work politically to be sure that the minister of education deal with his case if the board recommends Mr Black lose his leaching Black has had to pay was Mr Ness said I ve never bad a simitar situation to deal with and I hoped It would be resolved tonight Mr Black told reporters he has lost his family farm in and his I devastated he said suppose I should go Into personal bankruptcy but so far I ve refused I don t feel that right Even the Judge said I should keep my Job Mr Black Is a lifelong area resident with years teaching experience including eight years at Acton Robert Little public school and 10 years at the high school His wife is also a teacher and they have a four year old son It archaic was the way one of Mr Black supporters described the board handling of the matter If the Judge thought he was guilty he d have given him time in prison another supporter chimed in But he didn He suspended his continue at that school with the students attending grades 3 and there this fall Jack Reed principal at George Kennedy said he expects there will be enough students applying to have the class at his school this fall George Kennedy has so for received 33 applications To start a class students are required We advise people to apply anyway because some of the applicants may not pass the screening and others may not choose to enroll Mr Reed said Parents interested in enrolling their children In a French Immersion program which educators say will see children fluently bilingual by the time they re or years old should submit an application at the child home school Deadline for applications is Jan 28 No French immersion program is being offered in Acton but parents may enroll their child either In George Kennedy or In the program at Martin Street Public School in Milton whichever Is closer TOWN OF HILLS LIBRARY AND CULTURAL CENTRE Murals a sellout for complex By JOHN ROE Herald Special The first big fund raising happening of 1S81 is off and running Hills Arts Council sold the lost space on its gigantic historical mural Friday thereby realizing Its target of 160 towards the new Library Theatre Arts Centre Prior to setting off early this week on a tour of all 18 participating schools a delighted Arts Council dent Day said It finally happening Were not sure what Its the murals going to turn out like but It will definitely be an artistic happening I At the schools there is mounting enthusiasm In the unique project as students begin designing the different scenes of old time Hills which are being painted on 38 Individual eight foot high by four foot wide hardwood panels As yet there is guard ed secrecy as to what each school Is choosing to depict thc choice of subject matter being left to the students In consultation with the teachers The names of those sponsoring the different sections will appear at the top of each panel The final sponsors are Towels n Things Barber a Gifts Toy Magic Royal Trust Neil a Music The Carpet Barn The Old Glen Mill Anns and Piano Movers University Women Club of Georgetown Florists Gerrle Electric Hallon Cable Systems The Goblet Restaurant Stationery Co It A Small World Georgetown Chamber of Commerce Mr and Mrs John the McGlbbon Hotel The Cellar Dining Lounge Georgetown and District Armstrong Insurance Agency Mrs Day said she knew the happening was getting to her when she dreamed that the students were painting the panels lengthwise Instead of vertically Just to be on the safe side she checked with the schools and discovered that two were originally planning to do as she had feared in her Thank heavens I phoned she laughed in recollection It have been so funny If they had been painted that way In addition to painting two panels the students at George Kennedy Public School are also sponsoring one Principal Jack Reed said the proceeds wen raised primarily from a Santa coke raffle Georgetown Little Theatre donated two tickets lo lis Christmas production as a consolation prize Plans call the different panels comprising the mural to be completed by the end of this month at which time they will be collected by town staff and erected at the Church Market Street construction site The mural is expected to be on show for the next four months Not to be outdone by their younger peers 30 Georgetown and District High School students went out carolling at Christmas and collected for the Library Theatre Arts Centre Fund member president of the school Musical Drama which organised the event presented the proceedings to the Little Theatre fund raising drive at last weeks general meeting The GLT drive now stands at Most recent purchasers of plaques Mrs Linton and family Georgetown Utile Theatre Founded 1980 Irene and William Klnrade The complete list of plaque purchasera Is presently on display In Georgetown Library Details of the Utile Theatre fund raising approach can be obtained from John Roe at or Mary Main at 8770805 Supervisor Hal ton Helping Hands S This Is definitely not a bribe even when you may bury future Information I II still be grateful for what you ve already accomplish ed But of course you hear the end of it Stanlo at re Herald Special While non medical workers on hospital staffs across Ontario prepare for a strike vote tomorrow Thursday their counterparts at Georgetown District Memorial Hospital arc adopting a wait and see attitude Jerry Wright president of Local of the Canadian Union of Public Employees CUPE says the union central bargaining unit hasn contacted Its local about the much talked about strike vote While cleaners kitchen staff tradesmen and registered nursing assistants are represented by the central bargaining unit of the union the hospital Itself does not belong to the central bargaining unit of the Ontario Hospital Association and therefore the local is not officially recognized by the union This unofficial status has lis good points in one sense Mr Wright said Georgetown workers won I get caught In he same bind possible for officially recognized locals elsewhere A positive response to the strike vote could find workers being told to strike by their union although legally don t have the right to strike under provincial legislation Hospital administrator Fred Morris said the union contract expired in September Because the hospital doesn I belong to the central bargaining unit Local 145 must bargain on Its own with the hospital and their contracts arc usually worked out after CUPE and the hospital members of central bargaining reach agreement on their contract CUPE workers now receive an average wage or 64 an hour and the hospitals have offered an Increase of cents an hour across the board in each year of a twoyear contract CUPE national president Grace bald a strike Ontario Hospital Association 11 days to continue negotiations if tomorrow a strike vote Is positive Dumps a letter word for Burlington aldermen By CHRIS Herald Staff Writer Despite Helton Hills Mayor Pete Pomeroy statement that Burlington is trying to re establish battle lines between the municipalities and the region regional councillors from that city have refused to hear private proposals for an additional garbage dump In their munici Burlington will take the position that we don want It at any cost Mayor said during last Wednesday regional council meeting National Sewer Pipe of Canada Ltd has offered to lease the region Its clay quarry adjacent to Burlington s King Road landfill site Site A as an additional interim dump Regional staff National Sewer Pipe and the authors of a groundwater study conduct at ihe site want to make a special presentation to Burlington city council Burlington regional council Insisted last week however that the study should be circulated among the city staff before making any decisions on who should be part of the presentation People living in the area What price planning The costs of copies of the town various official plans will rise according to a new bylaw expected to be approved TheActonpUn which originally coat will now coat per copy as will the Georgetown plan last year The official plan will double In cost from to Records accounts and other municipal documents cost cents for lettersized copies and cents for Maps of the town have been set at S3 each Heres why The rent has risen at Ihe town planning offices at 232 Street The town which leases square feet of office space from Colossus Development Corporation Ltd had Its rent increased recently from MM to The town general committee decided to sign a twoyear lease for the Street office Monday night Plans for consolidating municipal staff under one roof are being settled New police HQ has monitors but no muzak are very concerned that it is not suitable for a landfill site Burlington Conn Walter Mulkewich said Underground streams have already been polluted In the area because of liquid percolating through garbage burled at the existing dump However Milton Bill Johnson strongly supported the Idea of a presentation on Site A lo Burlington council and speeding up the search for solutions to balloon waste disposal problem Garbage is going to Site A he said It no longer economical to ship Burling ton a garbage kilometres to Site F its a good hydro- geological study report and I 100 per cent behind these recommendations The town of Milton and a local member citizens group are protesting the region proposal to use acres of prime agricultural at the northwest corner of the Roads Intersection as a landfill site Acting chief administrative officer Dennis Perlin maintained that the region has not committed itself to using National Sewer Pipe lands in Ihc future The region Is trying to get comments from crucial people before fitting Site A into its solid waste manage ment plans he said While Burlington councillors received enough support from around table to defeat the presentation proposal council decided thai regional staff should investigate Site A inclusion In the solid waste management program Costs associated with turning Site A be studied Police officers at the new Hills precinct on Georgetown Guelph Street will have six monitors lo keep an eye on prisoners In the cells but background music for the station is out at least for the time being The Regional Police Commission approved the purchase of a security system for the cells which will include five cameras two triple monitors and a playback system At a cost of It was brought forward from the I960 budget to allow the building to come in under budget The commission also approved an expenditure of for an Intercom system for security at the rear door of the building Several members of the commission questioned the need for background music Chief James Harding respond ed that studies have shown such music helps reduce stress and studies show Ihc Job 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