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Council decides to clam up on pool issue Halton Hills councillors voted to muzzle themselves Monday from talking publicly about the Halton Board of Educations pro posal to close all six school pools Halton Councillors voted not to discuss the pools issue in an open session on the advice of their lawyer Im totally disappointed This council deserves all the public criticism it gets said Acton Coun Norm Elliott after the vote Coun Elliott had begun a detail ed background of the pools issue when he was cautioned by Coun Marilyn Serjeantson about discussing the issue in public because there could be legal action involved Coun Elliott then asked for the vote to rule on whether or not the issue could be discussed in public Its time this council takes the opportunity to lift the code of silence surrounding the swimming pool situation said Coun Elliott adding that he had numerous phone calls from the public on the issue Newspaper articles over the last two months have given onesided views from the Board of Education on the pools closing issue be said The school board voted last week to investigate the feasibility of closing all school pools in the Region The board says its costing them more than million a year to pay for the maintenance of the pools The issue arose two months ago at the board when Milton trustee Bill Harrison submitted the motion to examine the possibility of closing McKenzleSmith Pool in Acton An amendment was then added to include all school pools including the Georgetown pool The other pools are located in Burlington and Oakville Mayor Miller said last week that the town has a 20year agreement with the board on the Georgetown pool ending in The agreement with the board states that the board wouldnt have to pay for the pools but they would have to pay the maintenance costs said Mayor Miller Halton Hills will continue to pay Local municipalities poured the debt of the Georgetown pool un- than into building til 1996 said Mayor Miller the two pools and the town of Continued Page PLEASE GIVE The need for blood has never been greater lion it is today Demand has diminished the supply of blood and the Red Cross is urgently in need of donors The Georgetown and District Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Socie ty is holding a blood donor clinic this Monday Feb 13 at Holy Cross Church Auditorium from 130 pm to pm in con junction with the Georgetown Optimist Club Please give the gift of We r OPEN 1010 DAYS A WEEK n EASTERN AVE ACTON Its Worth the Drive to Acton I A SALES 8632030 Chack out our Lifetime Service Guarantee Lifetime Service Guarantee HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 FREE DISTRIBUTION WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 8 1989 PAGES United Way drive goes over the top Have a heart Mark Fantegrossi had a devil of a time when his kindergarten classmate Emily Ferguson passed on this little valentine at Holy Cross School in Georgetown week Students throughout Hills are busy making valentines for that special person Dont forget Valentines Day is coming up this Tuesday so youve got six days to find your sweetheart that something special Herald photo by Brian MacLeod After officially closing down in late January the United Way of Hills has met its 1968 cam paign goal of mostly through the unprecedented success of special events f undraising The United Way set their special events target at but sur passed that goal by almost three times the amount tallying in at In 1987 special events donations raised Events like the Chairmans Ball the Egg Nog Jog sponsored by the Credit Valley Conservation Authority the May sponsored by the local Kiwanis Club and the berry festival spon sored by local growers helped the United Way color the red in their annual goal thermometer But other areas beyond special events were successful In Acton residential amounts tripled over last year according to Hills United Way chairman Steve Williamson The residential donations goal for 1988 was for Hills an amount surpassed by said Mr Williamson Other strong areas included the professional sector donations from local lawyers teachers and doctors which returned on its goal of 5000 National firms contributed twice the projected amount when was estimated and 6000 was rais ed two boards of education contributed a reliable said Mr Williamson The educa tion donations goal was set at but the boards could not bend in their budget allocations said Mr Williamson Areas where the United Way fell short of its projections included government contributions The United ocal United Way miscalculated this year after receiving a grant from the Regional government last year Donations this year were 8500 Mr Williamson said be didnt realize a large grant was in cluded In last years donation when he set the government goal at Industrial donations were pro jected at 22000 because the United Way has increased their campaigning in local businesses But the business campaign was overestimated and was raised leaving the United Way 6500 short of the industrial goal Over all the United Way of Hills is 25 per cent over last years total which was 104000 Last years projected goal of was unrealistic said United Way Executive Director Betty Fisher The United Way has campaigned in Hills for the last three years steadily increasing their final goal and the donations receiv ed This years compares to 104000 raised last year and 80000 raised in Some of the campaigns success this year is due to the can vassers in Acton and Georgetown said Acton campaign chairman Jim Lindsay A large number of campaigners means less burn out said Mr Williamson Condoned on Page 3