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I EXCELLENCE AWARD IN CUSTOMER RELATIONS HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills I DOWNTOWN GEORGETOWN No need to roam Its right here at home WEDNESDAY MAY ESTABLISHED I860 There are good reasons shop Downtown FREE PARKING 10 me I m About the Hills Pleads guilty to manslaughter Georgetown resident Brian Held pleaded guilty to manslaughter In the Feb I death of Hubert Wild it Milton Provincial Court Monday Crown prosecuter Anthony ale withdrew the original charge second degree murder At the request defense counsel John Smith who laid he believes Mr Held Is a severe alcoholic Judge J Latimer postponed the trial until a presentence report Is completed by social workers to suggest appropriate rehabilitation In spite Mr t alleged drinking problem there will probably be a substantial period of imprisonment Mr Smith The new trial date la June I Off the bus Schoolbua drivers of the Canadian Union of Public Employees went on Strike Monday Morning The strike will affect all buses originating out of Burlington Allen union representative In Hamilton said that the drivers went back to work In good faith In December when management promised them a new contract The contract offered Sunday night fell short of drivers expectations and included an item that was rejected in the collective bargaining That was a deceitful tactic Mr Alien said Although the managing operation TTavelways Is the same as that In he Georgetown area there is no possibility of a strike here as local workers ore not unionized Collect packs Red Cross officials reported that donors attended their blood donor clinic Monday and donated blood There were 34 people rejected for various reasons Including medications active allergies etc The Kinsmen Club Georgetown sponsored this successful clinic tending special assistance with poster distribution advertising and the clubs Bucket or Blood Award for having the most donors In the Inters club Next regular clinic for Georgetown will be August 17 Attendance Is very Important during the summer holidays LIFES GREATEST GIFT There was plenty of generous giving and grateful taking at Monday Red Cross donor clinic Here John Nichols does the giving and Red Cross aide Da I Ion docs the taking thank you very by Astra Pape SKKTjriTS apt A Council sets objectives Official plan first step taken Howard Public School on George town Street held a giant fun day and fair for parents as part of their Education Week activities and these youngster decided take lime out to ham It up Demonstrating a Utile new wave acrobatics In photo above are left to right Charlene Christie Bobby Christie Teresa Pea re and Hyde Bringing in the rear are Wayne Campbell and John These Ihree girls With only one change the town planning board has approved a list of goals for the Hills official plan cur rcnlly being revamped by a special task force appointed about four months ago by council Asked by province housing ministry last January to expand the time frame encompassed by the official plan planning staff the task force presented their goals to the board Monday and hope to have more detailed policies ready for scrutiny by September In a letter the board task force chairman Sheldon said her committee has attempted to streamline parts of the plan cutting out areas or repetition where the plans of Georgetown Acton and Esqueslng overlap and rccrea transportation and objectives were expand Goals the town industrial growth community energy use mineral re sources were also added lo the new plan Supported by fellow board members Ra Booth proposed that the town energy goals should encourage energy efficient housing prompting builders to con struct well insulated homes or homes which incorporate forms of energy for heating In while ling something with a little more teeth later on 1 so he hoped the wordinj of Hit mineral resources mdi Co he province thai the town distinctions madL between ongoing pale mining woyslde pits Describing wayside gravel pits as something th the province Is trying to jam down our Ihroals Booth lied on tie province distinguish one form of aggro Rile production industry ami the other as As outlined in objectives drifted by the task m resource in Hills should be lied hit lime ensuring tint future licinsod I const sliaH be to lit town in the terms of ttie prill tes use plan to with tin ist August by lou iflf minister Bin nitt slid Jut own rural not necessarily follow tl two per growth rati by refit is build iln left right mle Julie Perry men land Karen Dickson ore joined by a few chums to settle who s better at blowing ping pong ban the oppo nent goal line Herald photo by Chris Council awaits H fi Annual report puts town ahead tullunl He Hut the I number rtferuict to or i is I until I In subject a i of fn m dcviloptrs CAS director says Acton offers better foster homes The town financial state ment released this week shows a surplus at the end of the isso fiscal year more than budgeted in the operating budget Although Hills Hydro Commission has not yet submitted Its figures to be Included in the overall finan wrapup Mayor Pete assured the own general commit Ice Monday night that would likely close the fiscal year with per cent profit margin The delay in getting Hydro figures Mayor explained is largely due to a shift in auditors for the commission caused when for the utility was moved from the Niagara region to Ontario Hydro Central Ontario district The financial statement includes figures received from the town park ng authority the Georgetown Acton Business Areas and the own library politics for tie plan will from prime jr iwii nl lower gride laid i period ind tluiiult for rti on fiv IK intludcs goals I the needs will on facilities expanding and diversifying industrial lunllits in inline commercial ml fmU trans portnton ind urns v ro id residents with sotial mitt ihinglnt in Is and build The task forte I ir I turn the revamped for count I Hit end of December it has pis 1 i of public mill i during he previous month InJjnuary it be I to and es will be irtkd to the in for nil By MAGGIE Herald For the site of the Acton produces more good foster homes than any other area in region the director of the Children s Aid Society CAS says Ron told a small audience at M Bennett School Thursday that there arc to foster homes in Acton which on a per capita basis is larger than the group the society has in CAS works with about 1 families a year he Limehouse women concerned over proposed deer hunt By CHRIS AAGAARD Herald Staff Wrller Two women successfully managed to convince regional council to withold approval of a proposed threeday deer hunt in Halton until it has been further discussed with farmers representatives of the provincial natural rcsourcoa ministry and the region public works committee Debbie Kilmer and Pauline Mart land told councillors last Wednesday they ore concerned that not enough info rmnt ion collected on deer population during last years hunt to Justify continuing with the controlled hunt this coming season Warning that they would organize a petition council approves the hunt without considering new information the women charged that the MNRs method of assessing deer population based on road kills falls to take into account the increased traffic on mony roads throughout The MNR maintains that road kills up almost since a total of about 100 indicate that deer population is large enough to warrant a controlled hunt Formers in the Cambridge district of which Is a part blame large deer populations for ruining acres of corn crops and destroying seedling and new growth on apple trees But Mrs Kilmer pointed out that along Borne regional roads notably Highway between regional road and Churchill Road In Acton and Highway between Trafalgar Road and Highway traffic has quadrupled in a 20year period An additional concern for council Mrs Kilmer said should be which will start to kill livestock If they can feed from the deer population While some councillors Pauline Mart land and Debbie Kilmer are two residents who have decided to ask some serious questions about next threeday deer hunt proposed for November At last Wednesday council meeting the women maintained that the natural resources ministry Inadequately assesses the deer population In the Cambridge district and any hurt should be handled by excellent marksmen or provincial game wardens They warned that seriously depleting the deer population could mean the area coydoga and coyotes will start feeding on livestock Herald photo cautioned against succumbing to the Bambl complex refusing a hunt on sentimental grounds Mrs Kilmer said they didn object to a hunt as long as it Is strictly controlled by the MNR well reserched by qualified game wardens However she said the MNR got the manpower to keep as close watch on the three day hunt as would like adding that permits for the hunt should be Issued only to hunters who show competent gun handling techniques Holding up a bullet ridden no trespassing sign and expressing con tern for the of residents In rural areas Mrs Kilmer and Mrs recalled how their families treated one deer last year which was left faceless from bad If this is the kind of people lhat we have hunting in he forest Mrs said hen I don agree with any hunting Supporting the proposal to delay a decision on the thrccdoy hunt Coun Terry sold the report submitted to the region planning and public works committee three weeks ago failed to give adequate evidence that he hunt Is needed Techniques used In assessing the deer population fly he face of reason he said questioning whether or not the hunt was proposed for Continued on page said At any time there arc about children under CAS The society has two years help a child taken from family and if lhat child needs to be transplanted into a new home environment Acton Is he bcs possible location Mr said Since foster children often feel like second hand children or cast offs the school role in helping them to adjust too new community is very important with help there ore about per cent of children who will never realize heir full potential he said Acton Toiler parents are more supportive of each thin parents in other communities he Bald They help each other In babysitting and in crisis situations such as when a foster child goes off tit rails ond the parents arc stretched to limit and need support and landing The sort of community spirit these families give place Acton almost on the level of what Mr terms a closed system community Old rural communities has this closed system he added where found It hard to bo accepted families were very open CANCER FUND Please help Ihc fight against cancer by for warding dona Hans to the unils office at WesJryan gA Street George- town or by J phoning systems and ireeiy so lhat children had two or even three age group In heir home parents grandparents and great grandparents who were willing to care for them Modem communities tend more to open systems where it is easy lo be accepted into a new community and easy to leave it If a Job necessitates a The dosed family is usually small and totally self contained Often there any relatives In the to help care for children This isolation as a family unit Mr said means are no outlets for frustrations except among family members It also means there Is no safety valve available for children tobe taken away from a domestic dispute until parents relax and tempers ore reduced This pressure results in family separations and divorce II is also producing blended families something people have no experience in dealing with since It re In lively new phenomenon where partners ore living together with children from separate previous marriages Child abuse is also an the increase because of this isolation and tight family system Since the church has ceased be such important part of Ihi open community tht school remains the centre available new families in a community for developing heir community Iwnds He also sees he school principal as one or the key figures in new communities because often when families break up the school remains the only family doctor that docs not change For boys in femaleled singleparent family the school principal may be the stable male figure in their lives hi male principals can also have a heavy rolo responsibility since the Incidence of women deserting their families Is increasing and more men arc attempting to raise daughters alone DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC Jimmy Scarborough better known as Conrad the Magician delighted of 1 1 Ills youngsters Saturday with back toback performances at the Ac ion public library and Georgetown Park gym Lager assistants from the audience like Johnson and Paul above and fiveyear old Elaine Baker who proudly displays her Magician a Helper certificate aided Conrad as he wove some Herald photos by Dave Bouncy