Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), March 12, 1986, p. 1

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Raiders eliminated Jobs for students A8 Lots of letters A4 K Cleaners QUALITY AND SAME DAY SERVICE 8771834 360QualphSI Blown the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established HI II Itnrll 1 Dennis takes Toronto posting new job makes women angry Region is losing its chief administrative officer to city of Toronto and the head of the city equal unity movement is not pleased The appointment of Mr I welcomed by Toronto director of equal opportunities Mary Bruce was disappointed Patricia long time deputy and acting city solicitor since the retirement of Bill Callow months ago given the Job Dennis of Region since 1980 told council Wednesday he will take on his new position as head of the ellys taw department April 21 Parents want guarantees alternatives Parents guarantees Rested alternatives and asked Tor reasons why Joseph Gibbons Public School is slated for closure A public meeting last Tuesday night was held to give parents a chance to ask questions a Halton Hills Consolidation Study Not all questions were easily answered One parent wanted to know what it would cost have children bused to Park Public School from the Joseph Gibbons area Committee co chairman Hon Chapman said a fixed cost t be tabulated Costs depend on how many children ore bused where Bruce broke down and cried Wednesday chose a man instead of the city deputy solicitor to head the legal department I worked years or this opportunity work specially not hen at city hall she said Ms Bruce wore a black armband to protest tht decision This Is a distressing message to the women at city hall Mr was hired by an in formal vote of council on Tucs over city deputy solicitor Patricia Toronto council the choice official in less than three minutes Wednesday by a of J Mayor Egfilcton who ported Mr appointment said management qualities and skills wen a key selection process While Ms ha marly Iht of legal 16 years Mr hns headed the bureaucracy of since 19UI and is completing a master thesis on public administration stocky old has hem hired by the City of Toronto to head its it salary of Willi since 1J7B Ihe Hurl resident was originally hired as a for the moving si into tin top servant pit tin at tin conclusion of I week council mietini Region il in Peter ionfr his working emplojee and said hi is to mi Si him loudly to show their on for the Mr apponilnnnl lakes iffeit April At Toronto legal department he II be responsible for a stair of Milton Coun Bill Johnson has a few wrangles with the Chief Administrative Officer over the years and said he was sorry to see Mr I don bear any animosity He will be hard to rip ace Coun Johnson said lie Mr very man with a strong personal ty There one thing about Perlin He Mimed to have food handle on everything and was a polltkal not tarred by any party brush Johnson Regional councillors decided to meet in camera at the next council which will be next Wednesday and discuss how to go filling Mr shoes at the region shelm Coun Johnson said like to set the position filled in house they live and the firm that Is con tractedouttodothejob he said One man suggested that Ccnten nial Public School be used as a Roman Catholic High School Trustee Dick Howitt said the separate school board had an op portunity of sharing a high school in but they in terested Why t the issue of trolnably mentally handicapped 1TMH1 students considered in the process asked one mother Joseph Gibbons has a unit In the school Mr Chapman said early last year committee members decided the TMH Issue be used to in their decisions We sold that if you kept the kids in Joseph Gibbons you arc projudging 1 1 he said Committee member Jim Kinncar said his first impressions were that because Joseph Gibbons was a new school and it had a TMH unit the school would be exempt from a closure recom ion All through the deliberations the kids were our main focus he said However there were other matters to consider and In the end Joseph Gibbons have enough in its favor he said Committee member John Minns said one of the tough questions came down to the costs of upgrading Stewarttown Public School versus Joseph Gibbons A parent questioned the lions of new students In the area over the next five years Ron Chap man said both board of education and town planners researched the information they had Die man replied no one s knock on my door your report thorough It crazy We had to look at the school with the greatest enrolment Park Public School and that was the major con sideration Mr Chapman said Tar ten dance Pull on your kill and snap on Sour tartan knee socks The Peel Highland Games Association be hosting a din ner and dance April Ticked ere available now for the event to be held at the Acton Legion Hall starting at m The cost Is WO per person The evenings activities Include a salute to the Royal Canadian Legions Diamond Jubilee Music will be provided by the George Group For ticket Informs flan all or Child writes An yearold recently visiting council sent off a letter to his coun cillor Gerald Master Louis as Coun Rennle referred to hi young correspon dent Uvea at Lake Ave and had a complaint Lotus wrote that on hit street the road down to his house and while every other street has a BETWEEN Lincoln auditorium and the Tim my Victor 12 share a quirt honored or his man moment The two were special guests at the Hockey hockey as a supporter Heritage banquet Monday at Holy Cross resident Waller llianchi years of in lit sponsor Herald photo has special Gov Lincoln Alexander enjoys working with children and he has a special Interest in the handicap ped That s one reason why the lieutenant governor was in Georgetown Monday night for the Hockey Heritage din He told a crowd of about 100 that he is a supporter of young children and Seals The Vic tor 12 sat with Gov Alexander throughout the night and he received a cheque for the Easter Seals from the family of Walter the Hockey Heritage Award recipient I am paying homage to a great Canadian cause the lieutenant governor said and LI Alexander have spoken together at about four functions together The and Tarn my for present bo many good things he said As for as being a hockey fan he said being the lieutenant governor Im for all teams mn they all win He used to piny minor hockey in public school in Toronto The lieutenant governor finds his Job extremely demanding but enjoying it Its very especially meeting so many people from all of life working with youth he said Flu bug bites Halton area If you re sick in bed you re not the only one According to the Georgetown District Memorial Hospitals nursing supervisor lots of the townspeople are home with the flu I know we have seen lots of flu like symptoms she said Fever vomiting diarrhea general malaise headache and upper respiratory infections are just some of the symptoms decimating the workforce With young children and the elder you can run into the problem of dehydration the nursing supervisor warned Because they feel so they don feel like drinking or eating However it important to drink lots If your fever doesn t away after a couple of dnys you should get In touch with your family doctor she advised This hits every year and usually it Just passed from one per son to another until it just snowballs town engineer Bridge delay Replacing the single lane Nerval bridge on Winston Churchill Boulevard has been put off to by Halton Region Councillors voted to defer reconstruction of the bridge to a standard twolane cross section at their council meeting last week The bridge has been called hazardous for vehicles because of the limited weight it can support and the single lane width of lt Making it a two lane bridge is estimated to cost MOM BOD In eluding engineering design pro perty acquisition and bridge con structlon The region is eligible for a Ministry of Transportation and Communications grants for Ihe project and from Peel region which shares responsibility for Winston Churchill Saloon readers The second rend through of Saloon Keepers Daughter will be held on Sunday March at p m at St John United Church First additions will be held on Wednes day March 19 at at St Johns tor more Information call Grossman speaks Tickets are still available for the dinner being hosted by the Burlington Progressive Conservatives Ontario Leader of the Opposition Larry Grossman Is guest speaker at the dinner at Halton Hills Place Milton Wednesday March evening For tickets call Pom Johnston at First aid The Canadian Red Cross will be hosting a first aid course starting March at 7 m To register call Dennis Perlin Halton North new proposal for riding By AM iLDFKIAN Herald Four new electoral ridings for should be in place before the next election Burlington MPP Don Knight says The Ontario Boundaries Commission has come up with a Sup plementary Report this month which further revises the electoral districts for keeping them within the regional boundaries This final draft of the Commission is to come before the Ontario Legislature in May If accepted It will take days to Implement Mr Knight said Redistribution Is a necessity It has been years since the Inst realignment the MPP said The Commission recommends four new ridings for to be called North Centre Burlington South and South North consists of the Town of Hills and a part of Milton which is north of Derry Road Centre is made up of Burl ington Milton and with its southern boundary being Highway 403 and Its northern boundary Dery Road Burlington South is south 403 and he queen Elizabeth Way lis eastern boundary Jogs south on Dmc west on New Street then south on Appleby Line What left over is the nding or South To me it ideal Mr Knight said Saturday night Im really happy with the recommendations The keeping of rural with the rural portant The community of interests that exists between Hornby and Milton is more important than any interest Acton would have with Glen Abbey in Oakville This Is the third proposal brought forward by the Commission in the last two years There are currently ihTec ridings in the region Burlington population 91171 Burl South population BE and population The Commission last proposals for were presented in November 1984 They joined Hills with he easterly part of Milton and the northern portion of calling It East Mr Knight objected to these pro posals at the subsequent public hear recommending instead he cur rent districts being proposed by the Commission The one drawback to these districts may be the combination of of three municipalities in lalton Centre the Commission report says However this recom mended division has been adopted The first proposals made by the Commission joined Kills with the region of Peel to form the Peel riding regional councillors objected and told the Commission they wanted electoral districts within regional boundaries Based on the Commission population quota with its population of 883 can support ridings Kids In school arc notorious for pass it around the nursing super visor sold If you re laid low drink lots of fluids rest lake Tylenol for your fever and see your doctor if things don t Improve in couple of days she said Over in the medical centre the doctors are absolutely swamped with patients hit by the flu bug cording to a receptionist It rotten really rotten she Even Or Boyd was off Friday because of It Public Health Nurse Public School Shirley MacKay said there seems to be more people by this year flu bug than In previous years as well as leaching staff have been lilt by It Most of the youngsters don t bother showing up at school when Ihey reill We ve hi J several of our staff off loo were not spared either Nurse MacKay laughed tab The Regional Police Commission cost to operate last year to figures released last week salaries of each were paid to Reginald Monnghan and Morrow of Georgetown Benefits were Fellow eommlssloners Judge Joseph Regional Chuinnnn Peter Pomeroy and Regional James received no remuneration for their attendance Car mileage expenses tallied and expenses were posed by the Commission over final report from the Ontario past wo year It Joins Ilitlon llllli Electoral Boundaries Commission with Milton north of Derry Road Rive four new ridings Originally the torn minion had North Centre Burl geiled linking Hilton llllli with Ington South and South region a proposal strongly opposed This li the third configuration pro- by Ha lion region

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