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8632030 Lifetime Service Guarantee the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 866 IIAI TON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MAY li 3StCTIONb FREE DISTRIBUTION anada I the OPEN iHide SUNDAYS It forth I he Drue tclon Standard Products strike Settlement is reached Standard Products employees have gone back to work The seven week long strike ended April when the two sides got together for only the second lime since the members of the CAW local walked off the job March Employees returned to work Monday At Issue during the negotiations were pensions wages sick and dent pay and long term disability The strike appeared to be over March 30 when a bargaining session solved every Issue except the cost of living allowance COLA But there was a fference in the COLA between the two sides That Issue was settled when both sides moved In the April bargaining session said CAW local President Jerry The walkout was the first strike at Standard Products in the history of the union Mr admitted that workers became frustrated at times in the strike Workers were charged with various offences Including throwing eggs seven times The union voted per cent in favor of accepting the contract offer on April said Mr The three year contract gives the workers better vacation benefits in creased wages new long term disability benefits and a major in crease In sick and accident pay Workers also won a major in crease intension benefits A 30year employee can now pick up a month plus Canada Pen Plan and old age security benefits Mr Klatt thinks tabor relations at Standard Products have been per ma altered For man relationship In Georgetown Better Than in any Standard Products division he said I do not think that it will be the same when we return to work Standard Personnel Manager Barren said the company Is pleased with the deal She thinks good labor relations can be restored I hope that we can put it behind us she said The firm Is now trying to catch up on seven weeks of orders which were put on hold said Ms Harren Standard Products did lose same customers during the strike but hopes are high that they can be p Only of the workers returned to work Monday The remaining workers about will likely be recalled as business picks up near the end of May said Ms BIG on entertainment When a town puts on a BIG I celebration you can bet everything will on a grandiose scale And when the community celebrates their BIG Business In Georgetown event June 35 there t be anything small about the entertainment At the Gordon Alcott Arena along with over 150 displays depicting local businesses and services there will be a wide range of entertain to delight visitors Continuous entertainment will be featured on an elevated stage situated In the midst or the many displays And who better than The Wilkle Ranger better known as Fred likens to serve as Master of When Georgetown tiki about a BIG celebration nobody kidding around Daddy Lang Legs will be on hand to make sure things get oft on the right foot June 35 the RIG Business In Georgetown tfoniiheld Photo Ceremonies and keep the ball roll Ing The Ranger will keep the at a high pitch with can tests lucky draws and his own special brand of humor Fred will serve as the catalyst in organizing the wide variety of acts performing during the weekend which will include the Ivatones a band well known to Georgetown audiences for a number of years Iva Davidson is the Iva of the Ivatones and plays piano with the group She is accompanied by Bob Armstrong on banjo Scotty dy on violin Lome Cunningham on guitar The lvntqncs will perform all the favorites and singing along is strict encouraged Also performing will be the Centennial Alumni Choir under the direction of Paul This dedicated group includes high school and university students who former ly attended Centennial Middle But this is no ordinary choir and visitors to the BIG celebration will be greatly impressed by their pro fessional presentations Patrons of the BIG celebration be too surprised if they find themselves strolling up next to a 10ft tall man This Is simply Daddy Long Legs who will delight old and young alike with his adept skills on stilts Fashion conscious show goers won t want to miss the fashion shows which will be staged during the festivities A number of local mer chants will be showing the latest in fashions for the entire family Tied In with the BIG show will be a dance to the unmistakable sounds of Lewd own at Memorial Arena on the Saturday night This threeman band gets the dlcncc rocking with their energy and takes back to the rock roll era of the 50s 60s and 0s The weekend promises to be a great one for all those who attend and the slate of will cater to the entire family For information on renting booth space or to sign your group up to participate In the BIG festivities contact the Chamber Office at 711fl Nichols pulls on hi Pauline hell fashioned a fishing booti juil In caw Sandra rod out of slick but it did the trick reel In a big on at the Old IUhlng season opened 1 am Mill Dam on Sunday Behind Saturday photo Acton Seniors Input called for on proposed centre Seniors in Acton arc going to be asked exactly what kind of services they would like to see in town The Acton Seniors Community Centre Committee has prepared a survey for the m 120O seniors in town asking them what kind of seniors recreational com munity centre they would like to sec in Acton The committee chaired by Coun Gerald is targeting people over the For several years seniors in Acton have recognized the need for a seniors recreation centre for social cultural and recreational pursuits the says The boy scouts delivered about surveys yesterday Tuesday and the girl guides and pathfinders will collect them on Saturday May said Once the survey Is complete the results will be compiled and presented to council If the en dorses proposal for a seniors recreational centre in Acton then the proposal will go to the province said Coun province funds per cent the town pays per cent and the community must raise per cent of cost of such a centre Georgetown Is going through much the same process but trie seniors advisory committee is not as far along In the process said Coun But Georgetown has Identified Howard School as the location for such a centre while Acton must look for a location he said Coun is asking any senior who d d not get a survey yesterday to pick one up at the Acton Social Services Centre The committee will meet towards the end of May to discuss the results before going tocouncil Smith and Stone no closer to making agreement There to be no end In sight to the eight week old strike at Smith and Stone In Georgetown About employees of the dlan Auto Workers Union walked off the lob March demanding better pensions increased cost of living allowance and better wages and vacation benefits Chief Negotiator Davidson said there arc no lions planned for the future Mr Davidson feels the settlement at Standard Products where about ISO fellow CAW workers went back to work Mo day will not affect the Smith and Stone strike If anything the belter pension benefits will increase the workers resolve to stay on said Mr Davidson He sold the Standard Products set tlement gives employees tie a month times the number of years worked for pension benefits But Smith and Stone employees only get 50 a month times the number of years worked The company offered another 50 a month bringing the total to said Mr Davidson Union officials speculated the pen sion issue would be the major issue it the beginning of the strike Mr Davidson said he has con Smith and Stone officials in the past two weeks but negotiations are still stalled Region likes review plan By BRIAN Herald Staff The province is going to review Ontario environmental assess process The Environmental Assessment Act which was first introduced in has been the subject of intense criticism by Region among others because of its sometimes unci r Irom en la Halton Region is now in the middle of environmental assessment hear Ings necessary to establish a new landfill site The Region expects to spend a total of million fulfilling the re- of the EAA once the site Is identified The provincial review will seek public comment and make recom mendatlons to improve both the pro cess and the Act itself Halton recently asked Its lawyer Thomas Lederer of the low firm Osier Hoskln and to analyze the and come up with some suggestions to improve It Mr came up with six recommendations mainly dealing with clarifying authority and re quirements of the act The act which is directed at public organizations rather than private applications Is subject to significant political judgements said Mr Lederer Until his confusion between politics value judgements and science can be put in proper perspective the responsibilities defined by the Act cannot be clearly understood and the process represents will remain confused The Region Planning and Public Works Committee recently endorsed the recommendations and sent them off to Environment Minister James Bradley Halton Hills Coun Pam Sheldon agreed with the provisions in the report but she criticized the province for walling so long to conduct the review 1 am very clearly convinced that the only reason this review is being done is because Toronto Is In a gar crisis said Coun Sheldon People in Limchouse have reason to be fearful of that Toron to crisis she said referring to a proposal to put a dump In a quarry there But one paragraph in Mr report sparked an angry reaction from Burlington Coun Joan Utile The current legislation falls to clearly delegate responsibility and authority for providing landfill facilities said Mr Since the area municipalities within a Region want to keep the dump out of their areas they tend to fight a decision made by the Region Then the hearing can degenerate Into a fight between the Regioial municipality and one or more of its own area municipalities Since Regional councillors also alt town council hardly anyone That results in the two sides hiring consultants to back up their cases which greatly Increases the cost and length of the process hesaid Mr Lederer wants area municipalities prevented from ap pearing before EAA hearings Currently that exact situation Is happening In where Burt Is supplying Its citizens groups with money to fight that d ty case against the Region a preferred dump site in Aldershot You can Just take away any municipality right of presenting something to the presiding tribunal said Coun Little She suggested that municipalities should have the right to appear before the hearings but not to appeal their decision to courts Halton Hills Coun Marilyn Ser Jean son agreed The municipality should have the right to make some form of representation The hearing should have the opportunity to hear one dissenting voice she said But Coun Sheldon said debate at the Region should be the forum for a municipality to fight its case From the Regional point of view It Slight on she said We ve been spending money to argue against ourselves Chairman Pete said no power Is being taken away from the municipalities They re fully entitled to lake part in the process right up to the hear ing He warned that changes in the EAA might not come easy Groups like Pollution Probe can hardly wait to get this opened up to make It the EAA more difficult In the hills Keep it in mind Mental Health Keep it In mind is the theme of Mental Health Week May 17 The Ookville branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association invites everyone to its Official Opening at noon on May Open House Is from noon Call CMIIA at for details Board meeting An open meeting of the Georgetown and District Hospital Board of Directors will be held on May at 15 m in the board The agenda wilt be posted by am the day of the meeting in the administration offices Those wishing to address the board must forward a request in writing to The Chairman Board of Directors Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital Princess Anne Drive Georgetown Ont by May 1988 Blood donors The Georgetown and District Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society will hold a blood donors clinic at Holy Cross Auditorium on Monday Mays The clinic will operate from p m and is sponsored by the Kinsmen Club Correction A front page story In the April edition of the Herald incorrectly Identified the amount of money spent by the three political can didates In North on last sum selection campaign The Herald reported that the Liberals in North spent the Conservatives spent 000 and the New Democratic Party spent But the Commission on Election Finances said the riding associa tlons had already folded in their ex penscs to the candidates expense In fact North Liberal Walt Elliot spent only PC can didate Dave Whiting spent and NDP candidate Fern Wolf There was a spending limit on the campaign in Halton North for the provincial election A friendly place to visit says architect New Halton Hills civic centre will exude warmth By BRIAN MacLEOD Herald Staff The atmosphere in the town s new civic centre will be so friendly thai residents will be able to tie the knot in the council chambers according to the building sarchltcct Carlos Ventin explained the vir of the new building Friday The new building will be an open concept structure where the at Is comfortable and friend ly said Mr Vcntin We want the building to be Not somewhere you go tc pay taxes To that end town councillors are planning a fund raising drive to add those extra touches to the civic which were not Included In the i million budget The drive will kick oft on May 11 with a reception at the Cultural Centre Mr Vcntin wants about large trees to improve the landscaping and a reflecting pool In the front courtyard would cost to tie The reflecting pool was initially planned for the building but It was Initial plans for the courtyard in front of the entrance of the foot building call for an open and flexible area said Mr The town can hold displays ceremonies other activities in the courtyard said Public Relations Committee member Pom Johnston Mr Ventin who has worked on restoration projects for older municipal buildings wants to enhance the community at More than 100 years ago old municipal buildings included opera houses The intent of this council is to provide a place whore people feel comfortable said Mr Vcntin The Interior will be designed with natural materials including cedar ceilings The town Is also looking at turning photographs of older municipal buildings and sites in town into murals on the walls In the interior of the civic centre Mr Ventin wants to use special paper to make the photographs look older Such murals would be Conversn pieces the architect said Another plan Is to construct a walkway from the civic centre to the fairgrounds said Mr Ventin Donors will contribute to tangible items like that to help beautify the area he added The sign outside the civic centre will be silo sliced In half vertically and separated The half sides of the silo sym the bringing together of Acton and Georgetown said Johnston The color of the outside green trim and reddish bricks was In spired by a farmhouse lust down the road from the administration building on Trafalgar Itoad said Mr Once the building is complete In December some employees will work there When the expansion of Georgetown In Hills Village is complete more administrators will be needed so tie building is designed to hold another people said Mr Venlin Construction is on time and on budget said Mr Venlin But he would prefer cold dry weather in stead otitic rain My only claim to glory is to deliver on time and on budget said Mr Civic Centre architect Carlos Ventin and Public Rela Committee member Johnston the list rendition of what the new civic centre will look like when It Is completed In December The ft million building will be able to service Hills well after Herald photo