Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), January 28, 1981, p. 5

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TOWN OF HALTON HILLS LIBRARY AND CULTURAL CENTRE Cops get lea year bonus A Wednesday January 1081 Pages Canadas Voice of racing to emcee fashion show Payroll error cost 300000 By JOHN ROE Herald Special Canada Voice of Racing is coming to town March 10 But Daryl Wells will be temporarily relinquishing his usual announcing responsibill tics The track he will be appearing on in Georgetown will be the 20foot long ramp at the Spring Fashion Extravaganza The only thing that would prevent him from coming is If there was night racing that evening said businessman Henry a long time close friend of racing answer to hockey a Foster Hewitt Mr He f ant Is owner of Henry s Men Wear and one of seven downtown merchants combining efforts with the to put on the special fashion show at Sacre Church hall March 10 to raise funds for Ha It on new Library Theatre arts Boutique It A Small World John Jewellers Towels N Things and The Village The fund raising spring fashion show is the brain child of Barbara Young a an at Irma a Beauty Chalet who also runs both a Brampton based modelling school called Elegance and a evening school here in Georgetown Mrs Young who will be both Fashion Co and Commentator at IhQshow said the seven models taking part are all professionals gradual of the Elegance Schools in Brampton and London Ontario Two children will also be modelling in addition to Mr Wells as the celebrity and only mate model Marie Simpson president said the club hopes to raise about WOO If oil Admission has been set at IS and there will also be light refreshments Georgetown Little Theatre is supporting the event by The intention is to take the supplying the modelling ramp wagon round the different free of charge by reassemb community events this year in sections of the stage order to make everyone aware addition it is using Tor its as to what the new Library current production Count Culture Centre will mean to Dracula Sacre the entire town said Mrs which concludes the weekend before the fashion show sec Entertainment All Hal Ion Hills residents are urged to get on the Bandwagon this year But first Edith needs a wagon The wagon the focal point of a community wide awareness blitz that a commit tee under Fran Balnea has decided to hold Instead of a door to door campaign Tor contributions to the new Library Theatre arts centre Mrs well known in the Acton area for her community work with Trill United Church and the Assoc for the Mentally Retard Is heading up the wagon liniments Public school murals ready for art complex Town works crews begin collecting the finished works of art tomorrow Thursday from the IS Hills schools participating in the Hills Arts Council fund raising project to decor ate the construction site of the new arts complex The arts council organized the project which calls for each school to paint a mural on two panels depicting some historical aspect of the community The murals are being collected over the next two days and will be mount on the construction site Local businesses Individ uals and groups have spon sored the murals with ail proceeds going to the con tres coat and the George town Decorating Centre pro vided the paint for each Centennial Middle School choee as its subjects the old Barber Paper Mill and child clothing of 1B0G Glen Williams Public School chose to paint a scene depicting the appearance of the area before the settlers arrived and their subsequent progress Students at Joseph Gibbons Public School chose to portray the Lome Scots leaving for overseas In World War II from the Georgetown train station Limchouse Public School has painted scones depicting the origin of McKenzie Smith Middle School in Acton to paint buildings from Acton post PARKS FOUR The mural from Park Pub lic School will feature four scenes The Georgetown station as it appeared in 1910 Main Street as It appeared In 1919 thcfirstcarsin the area and the fire in Knox tcrian Church in 1901 Students at Pine view Pub lic School chose to paint buildings from the past Including old schools factor and homes The mural from Robert Little Public School in Acton will show the old school which once stood where Robert Little now stands The mural from Si Joseph in Acton will show the Acton train station as it prepared in Spcysldc Public School students chose Two men rob taxi Two men have been charged with armed robbery follow rig the theft of MB from a taxi driver on the Fourth Line near Steeles Avenue When tne cab reached the Fourth Line one man pulled out what appeared to be a revolver and demanded money They escaped with only to paint a pioneer farm The mural from Stewart town Middle School will have five scenes the original School an old farmhouse and harvest a own scene a sawmill and the Georgetown station The mural from Sacre Coeur will feature the history of the school showing a little boy sitting in a tree looking down at the school The mural from George town District Christian School will feature a scene from downtown Georgetown in the past Holy Cross students chose to paint two scenes the old Georgetown District High School and lime kilns St Francis of Assisl stu dents painted a picture of the Grand Trunk Railway and a scene depleting pioneer limes The mural from George Kennedy Public School will show the railway tres tie near Armstrong Ave nue with a train from the on it and a pioneer scene with a cabin The mural from Howard Wrigglesworlh Public School will feature four buildings from Georgetown past the old library the Georgetown station Chapel Street School and on old mill dm BOOKS LIMITED CHRISTIAN BOOKS RECORDS GIFTS STOCK REDUCTION SALE OF RECORDS PRICED AT FOR OR J6 EACH Shoe Store Village Acton Come to Church GEORGETOWN ALLIANCE CHURCH SUNDAY FEBRUARY tit School Mo n no Woi Evoryono Wulcomo RALPH ST GEORGES CHURCH SUNDAY FEBRUARY HI Bum Holy Eucharist Holy nor si Junior Church Nursery Mom MAPLE AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH EDWIN MITCHELL air SUNDAY FEBRUARY 1st 11 GODS LOVE GIFT SERVICE CAROLS MUSIC CELEBHATECHRStMAS WITH US IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH SUNDAY FEBRUARY 1 it 1981 PASTOR REV JM Sunday Nov 1980 am Church Scrvco Sondny School Horn Church Church of the Lutheran Hour I fairly confident can obtain a tractor but I m having more difficulty locating a haywagon It Is expected that the wagon will feature full information about the new centre plus materials about the different organizations fund raising activities Anyone who can assist in the location of a is requested to call either Mrs Hilfman at ES32503 or Sheldon at Starting today Ac will be able to get a first hand look at the new Hills Library Theatre arts centre in downtown Acton The scale model of the new facility commissioned by own council goes on display in the front window or Stedman following a suggestion by Hills Aria Council vice- president June Levy The model will conclude its Acton visit with an appear at the second of the Arts Council Musical series Tapestry Singers Theatre Tapestry in Acton High School Teh TAYLOR Herald Staff Writer A clerical error has resulted In Regional Police officers receiving an extra two weeks salary in 1380 costing the police commission an unexpected expenditure of for the year Dennis newly appointed chief administrative officer for the region told the Regional Police Commission Thursday that overpayment is not the right word to use when talking of the error The payroll had been drawn up so that the cheques 1 and thus covered in the budget but through a clerical error the cheques were dated Dec According to the commissi on this error means the received two weeks more salary than they are entitled to under their contract because their weekly salary is based on the annual salary In the contract being divided among pay periods With the salaries issued Dee 31 the officers received paychequ during 1980 Mr however says the extra pay is just a consequence of the policy or paying salaries every two weeks Once ever eleven years the system catches up and instead of pay periods there arc in a year Bruce Richards president of the Regional Police Association agrees with Mr From 1970 on police In who were Joined together by regional govern ment have worked a day a year for free and in Leap years worked two days for free he told The Herald In it catches up to Ihc regional pay roll and this socalled overpayment should have come in 1981 The cheque was dated incorrectly so it We have not been overpaid We have worked the days eleven years we get pa for It Constable Richards said he had not yet been contacted by the commission to arrange a meeting between the association and the commissi on to discuss the matter Oakville Mayor Harry Barrett chairman of the commission indicated his unwillingness to simply write off the BOO ooo He suggested he extra payment would be in violation of the police contract which can not be changed unless both parlies agree The extra payment could range from for a fourth class constable toll for the chief of police The commissi on would have to have Its staff go back through pay records to calculate the payments received by each officer I Just haven got the people to go through each and every account Mr said If you wont the commission to pay for a part time person to find It then we do it Mr I the region will issue a similar overpay its employees who are paid by the week by the end of 1981 and will switch to a policy of paying salaries twice to the police force however Mr Richards said under the terms of their contract police officers arc paid every 14 days Any change In that format would have to be negotiated In the contract Mr Perlin has suggested two forms of possible repayment should the police officers agree to return the money The extra payment could be deducted In a lump sum from retroactive pay when the contract Is a month rather thanevcry two signed Alternatively the weeks in 1982 This will money could be deducted in resolve the problem in future small amounts from each pay cheque until the total repay This may not mean anything ment is made tops list of handicapped van names AnActonmonlias come up with the winning name for Hills niw transportation service for the physically hand capped Doug of Mifn Street came up with Acllvon name incorporates the idea of action and activity for handicapped aduits Activan committee chairman Marilyn Serjcantson said Monday that her group is preparing its for council and is soliciting interest from service clubs In town to help support the vans operation once it goes Into service possibly by April Letter to the editor John thanked for GO bus return To the editor of The Herald More often than not it scenis our town councillors arc the object of public criticism On this occasion I would like to record my thanks for what I feel was concerned public interest on the part of John McDonald His successful efforts to have GO bus service restored to Moore Park Plaza is in the Interests of Georgetown residents In the Moore Park area and should be appreciated by them Yours truly Mrs Percy 18 land Ave Georgetown Throughout Hills this week scores of elementary schoolchildren were putting the finishing touches to Hills Arts Council gigantic mural No less than 19 schools are now involved Students at Coeur missed in the original planning through an administrative oversight volunteered to paint the Arts Councils logo on the link Said a delighted Arts Council president Day It wonderful to sec all these youngsters get involved They re so particular over the lettering of the different sponsors names Once installed the mural should really brighten up the construction site The panels comprising the mural are to be collected from the different schools tomorrow Thursday and erected on the Church Market Street construction site Friday Viet refu amon first visitors to new police H Learning the laws of a new land The of commemorative plaque- purchasersdonors to the Library Theatre arts centre presently on display in Georgetown Public Library continues to grow Most recent donors Mrs Wellstead In Memory of Lorna Campbell Rogers Arthur and Jan Cook Andrew Trevor Sara and Jennifer Shirley and Larry Scott Details of Georgetown Little Theatre unique fund raising scheme can be obtained from John Roe 877 or Mary There a big difference between the police forces Canada and those in Vict Nam as some of Hal Ion Hills Vietnamese refugees have been teaming this past Five of the refugees met with Regional Police McQueen this week to learn about how the police force operates in Canada and to tour the new police station oi Guelph Street Police Chief James Harding hopes to arrahgc a meeting with as many of the refugee families as possible to cxpla to them the legal system in Canada and the responsibilities of policemen McQueen who has vliitcd Korea Japan and Singapore but never Vict Nam talked about the phy si requirements for being a police officer and described a policeman res pons bill as protecting people and property and apprehending criminals He talked about the system under which the police department operates in Canada In Viet Nam the police are controlled politic ally while in Canada a public body Is responsible for overseeing the forces He also en plained some thing of the arrest procedure and a person right to have a lawyer represent him and to appear in court after he has arrested Song Ton Ma An Ma and their teacher Pat Norrls got a taste of life on the other side of the ban for a brief time Monday during their tour of the new Georgetown police station The four ore among the if I refugees who have In Hills Police McQueen arranged he tour for them after talking to hem about the way the police In Canada works Police Chief James Harding is hoping to arrange a meeting with alt the refugees to explain talk about policing in Canada Herald photo by Lorl Taylor LIQUIDATION SALE CHRISTINAS BOUTIQUE OFF EVERYTHING IN STOCK CHILDRENS SAVAGE SHOES Vl PRICE SAVE ON EVENING SHOES CHILDREN SDRESSRUNNINQSHOES 8774686 Prices Slashed THE OLD BANK MAIN STREET DOWNTOWN GEORGETOWN has opened a Real Estate office in Halton Hills eluded n dure F Ft I Manager Irene Z I Trgdy S Glenda Joyce Vandol Tom Cooper F I John Colon Carol Sandra Hurley Sandra Nam Elconot Wendy Saxo Jack Carabon AnnMclniyro Absent photo are T Helena Baker CorngDoPaol Not just another real estate office Serving Halton Hills Including Erin Hlllsburghandiuirounding township A lull stall of professional raaleslaloeiperta Interlocked with a national and International network roal offices Full estate sarvlCBS Invealmoniandmofigigefinandng Appraisal and consulting Full advancing for protects Now a real estate office 170 Guelph Street Georgetown 8770173

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