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THE HERALD Wednesday Jane 5 Full of hot air Back to Acton Days were a hit on Saturday with Queen Street closed and packed with good bargains One of the many displays on hand for the day was a performance by the Acton Citizens Band Here a tuba player gives the tunes that special pitch Herald photo Storm causes 20000 damage to Wildwood Rd An estimated damage was caused to Road in Georgetown during the rain storm on the weekend One house located at 27 Wildwood Road was covered in asphalt and gravel loosened from the roadways said Halton Hills Joe Hewitt We always had a problem with that particular property said town engineer Ted Drewlo The road needs reconstruction he said But reconstruction estimates have been put at Last year the town spent over on asphalt and gabion walls to im prove drainage Im not an engineer but if we paved the ditches theres got to be something we can do said Coun Hewitt He asked town staff to prepare a report on the drainage system which Alf Spence said was running at percent capacity on the weekend Halton Hills Mayor Miller said a report would not be A second report would say Its going to take a complete reconstruction job at Wildwood the mayor said The town had previously thrown out the idea of spending half a million dollars to fix the problem said Conn Hewitt Rural Halton Hills Coun Spence told the neighbors on Wildwood Road to take samples of the erosion materials flowing on their property Although the town recognizes the problem and says there will be no further action Coun Cook said the money spent on temporary measures is wasted How much money literally went down the drain on what we spent to fix Wildwood last year he asked Mr Mr compared Wildwood Road to another area where the cost had been but he said I couldnt pinpoint exact dollars at this time He added that the storm presents a problem for the town But you try and be economical and take the majority of storms Mayor Miller said there are two choices for Wildwood Road drainage The town could bite the bullet and go for the entire cost or put funds into remedial work he said WE ARE DEDICATED SERVICE Wt tan asked our to ttwlr is as If your Herald not to your boon pleas phono our circulation department HOURS from am to Monday to Friday WELL DELIVER TO YOUR HOME 8772201 A Fairy Lake Trustees are cautious be about programs future urtum Utile Fairy Lakes new beach will be closed when the Halton Hills Recreation and Parks Depart ment begins swimming supervi sion next week The park is scheduled to open July 3 But high bacteria counts in the new beach area near the wading pool and concession stands caused the beach to be closed two weeks ago by Halton Regions health department The current status is that new beach is closed at the present time said parks and recreation superintendent Bryan Shynal He said there are higher than ac ceptable bacterial counts in the water Were closed down until the health department tells us other wise The old beach at Fairy Lake will be in operation for the parks opening Supervised swimming will run from July 3 to Aug 27 Seniors centre draw winners Three winners of the Acton Seniors Centre draw took home 600 in prizes while helping to raise over for Acton seniors First prize winner Brian tyre of Acton won The se cond prize winner Claude Monssette won Joyce Buchanan also of Acton took home the third prize of Some Halton Board of Education trustees are less than enthusiastic about the future direction of educa recently proposed by director Bob Williams Mr Williams plan calls for the board to create an environment in which schools can act with greater However some trustees in cluding Hills Dick Howitt Judy Watson and Burl ingtons Noel Cooper said Mr Williams was too vague in proving that his plan will better the educa tion a student gets in the classroom As the board heads into the century Mr Williams wants a system In which the role of prin cipal as school leader is enhanced and that of teachers to be based more on interaction among each other In this way teachers will be better able to stay abreast of new teaching strategies Mr Williams says As part of the report Mr Williams also calls for an increase of resource leaders from two to 36 to ensure the model evolves pro perly There would be one leader for every two Their job would be similar to that of a con sultant Leaders would work close ly with their assigned two schools in the areas of curriculum im provement and new initiatives Trustee said he was convinced teachers and principals would be receptive to this influx of new people Mr Williams said he has surveyed four of the boards 66 schools and said their reaction to the plan was positive Trustee Watson expressed con cern there was no system of ac countability in place to ensure all teachers take advantage of a resource leaders talents She said it was a foregone conclusion good teachers would seek out advice That is part of the reason they are good teachers in the first place she said However the teachers who need the guidance are unlikely to seek out the available help she said Mr Williams explained resource leaders will be held accountable by the performance of teachers Ms Watson was also troubled by the possibility that attempts to make large changes to the present system imply there Is a problem with the current system However Ms Watson said it is unlikely if any one would ever admit that He said Mr Williams has yet to prove to him reallocation of resources wont work NORTH END NISSAN MARTIN STREET MILTON ONTARIO 8784137 ORGETOWN SPA TIMESS MONTH RSHIPI For Men Women 1 2 Street GEORGETOWN 8771924