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Page THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday February 11 1989 on Hills CMC St Francis students show civic pride ByLOISFRASER Herald Special The Civic Centre is taking shape and Hills citizens are gain ing enthusiasm for the project The school children at St Francis of Assist School have raised enough money for a bicycle rack and the Hills family of schools are in the midst of raising funds to buy three flags for the building Why are the children getting involved in this Surely the town can af ford to buy some of these items with tax dollars The answer is civic pride As I spoke to the group of youngsters at a local school I could see the pride on the faces of these young students They were doing something positive for their town and felt good about it Of course there was some confusion on the part of the younger ones When I asked who owned the Civic Centre one said the Mayor maybe we should send Russ the mortgage huh Eventually we reached the conclusion that we all own the building The Civic Centre Donations Committee is anxious to involve the townspeople in the creation of our Civic Centre One way people can feel part of something is to donate time or money to the project A group of children raising could easily be equal to the effort of a corporate donation of thousands of dollars It is the thought that counts How many times have we heard that expression Well we believe it Thats why all donations large or small are recognized on a list contained in the time capsule In addition a tasteful plaque will be erected in the front lobby con taining names of all citizens who have donated or more The committee has a wish list of items to enhance the building and en virons of the new centre For more information on how you can be part of it all call Gary Brand at or Fred at 8775206 iHl St of Roman Catholic School relied tat to donate a bicycle nek to Halton new centre School Kevin Gahray cheque to Loll Fruer of the Civic Centre Donation Committee while Mayor Run Miller look on Herald photo Police warn skiers to be wary Trusting skiers at Glen Eden have been told by police to lock up their equipment Tallowing a rash of ski thefts this season Halton Regional Police issued a warning last week to people who ski at the Glen Eden resort in Kelso Conservation Area following a report of 16 thefts of equipment valued at a total of The value of the equipment has gone up over the years People just dont seem to think about locking their things up when they leave them alone said Sandy Bell Manager of the Conservation AreaB Division of the Halton Region Conservation Authority There are people out there who are going to take advantage if so meone leaves a valuable set of skis there And its something thats very hard to catch Police say in all but two of the reported ski thefts equipment was left unlocked and unattended Police are suggesting skiers lock their skis and code them with serial numbers The Property Identification Pro gram encourages skiers to engrave or mark their drivers licence number on their skis bin dings and poles and to affix a special ski check sticker to identify the skis as being marked for police identification Halton Regional Police invite anyone to go to the local police sta tion and pick up a kit on loan take it home and mark their skis An identification card is also provided to record serial numbers already inscribed on some equipment Police will make increased patrols of the ski area in the next few months but encourage skiers to safeguard their equipment And Mr Bell warns that the ski area although private property should be treated as a public place in regard to theft People wouldnt leave their skis sitting out on the street he said STORE HOURS 930 pm except Thursday Friday am9 pm CttyStyhs Ctosa Build your RSP with even more options Royal Bank Retirement Savings Plans now offer you more investment options Which means more flexibility Choose between guaranteed high QUEIPH STREET 8772244 interest rate deposits daily savings with higher 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bottles out with their garbage and toe box is emptied by town workers About 80 per cent of the households in the Region are using the blue boxes Haltons public works commissioner reports Once the ban comes into effect waste pickup attendants will keep an eye out for blue boxes If a household continually refuses to use its blue box their garbage wont be picked up banned newspaper at its waste disposal facilities in and industries were forbidden to send corrugated cardboard to Haltons landfill site last year Halton is also considering in troducing mixed plastic bottles in to the recycling efforts Oakville Janet Mitchell wants Region staff to study the possibility of including mixed plastic bottles in the recycling pro gram Region staff were instructed to study the idea and report back to the planning and public works committee Meanwhile Halton Hills Coun Joe Hewitt is worried about the ef fect of the ban on the towns huge rural area Blue boxes havent even been- handed out in the rural areas yet said Coun Hewitt He wants more time to allow the rural residents to implement the recycling program Speed limits remain A proposal to lower the speed limit on all of Haltons Regional roads to kilometres per hour fell on deaf ears Wednesday In the midst of a lengthy and detailed debate on proposed pro vincial legislation governing ag gregate production Milton Coun Bill Johnson made the motion to drop the- speed limits until the provincial government hands over the money to fix them Haltons roads are severely damaged by aggregate trucks and the proposed legislation doesnt give regions and municipalities enough money to fix them said Coun Johnson at the planning and public works committee meeting Some areas are death traps said Coun Johnson singling out the Guelph Line Our roads are safe but they are not up to standard said Haltons public works commissioner Robert Moore Only Coun Johnson voted in favor of the lowered speed limits Learn to Drive and Survive THE PRIVATE SCHOOL 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