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Pages THE HERALD Wednesday May 1990 Rifle incident Halton Regional Police say a yearold youth who was being verbally abused by students on a school bus opened fire with a pellet rifle near the corner of Highway 7 and Town Line in Ac ton No injuries were reported but the bus received 40 damage The incident occurred at p Mayl Stolen property Police have arrested a man for possession of stolen property in connection with a theft from an Armstrong Ave business last December The trailer that was taken was not reported missing because the owners thought it was a one of a kind trailer that they would find When they spotted the trailer the owners approached the person who was in possession of it and asked the man to return it 20 The man followed the owners back to the Georgetown business and left it there After several failed attempts by the owners to contact the man later on they decided to press charges Police arrested a 30yearold man The man will appear the Milton courthouse Tape deck stolen A tape deck stolen from a Chevrolet parked in its driveway on Trafalgar Road near Sideroad The car door was locked but open police say The culprit left an amplifier that was situated beside the tape deck The theft occurred at p m May Purse stolen A woman had her purse stolen while attending Club at l a May police say The woman was standing at a bar and put her purse on the floor beside her just before the purse went missing The value of the con tents of the pijse is approximate ly Probation breach A 44yearold Georgetown man has been charged with breach of probation after being given an order to stay away from alcohol At 40 p m May 5 a man went into the Guelph Street Police Sta tion in Georgetown to sign in after being released with for another offense The man was originally arrested by Guelph Police for a charge of threatening Motocross theft A Honda worth approximately was stolen from an unlocked garden shed on Irwin Crescent in Georgetown between May 3 and 30 Mav Police are still in vest ting the incident Fraud charge laid A man has been charged with theft under and fraud police A Acton man was arrested police at 9 at his Acton home A man used a company credit card for personal use at a Highway gas station in Halton Hills police say Failing to stop A man has been charged with failing to stop following an acci dent at 11 a m May at the in tersection of Back Street and Street in Georgetown A 1988 Cadillac driven by a 61 yearold Georgetown man ed with a Ford driven a 36 year old Georgetown man The Cadillac received severe damage and the Ford received moderate damage Officer assaulted A Halton Regional Police Officer was outside an in Georgetown a a Iipm a The female police officer stopped the business after see men a woman and a small child standing around pickup truck The adults were drinking beer The officer then escorted one of the men who said the beer was his to the police cruiser While he sat in the back beat the officer discovered the man had two outstanding traffic tickets Once the of ficer questioned the man about the tickets he became agitated and verbally abusive police say The man got out of the cruiser and returned to his and child He them picked up the child and held the child in his right arm while kick the officer in the legs and groin area The kicks caused bruising to the officer police The officer stood back to present injur to the child during the scuf fie f During the incident another man stood in the of the officer and refused to move when asked pohcesay Charged with assaulting a peace office is a year old Georgetown man Charged with obstructing a peace officer is a year old Acton man Both men will appear in Milton Court June HEY MOMS Check Out My Ad In The Entertainment Section GTR TAPES CD S Units Georgetown Ontario J MAKE ANY OCCASION SPECMU now for St FINE FURNITURE CUSTOM DESIGNED FURNITURE ReUpholstery 359 38 Mill St E ACTON VIDEO RANCH NINTENDO VMS CHOOSfHKM10W OF 1 1 THURSDAY SPECIAL Ran One Movie At Prco and Gel A Car a FREE No VoiJWMO Co J 1 1 MACHINE RENTALS CAMCORDER VCR NINTENDO SSBT Government grant is welcomed Continued from Page of Education Lou said the school will only be for French speaking students To introduce a French immer sion course into the would only slow down the learning pro cess for the majority of students whose first language is French he explained In accordance with recent pro vincial government legislation a daycare centre will be part of the new building Although all ratepayers will be allowed to send their children to the centre Mr hopes there will be a leaning towards teaching the French language As for school public school board is still unsure what it will do with the building once the lease with the Catholic board has expired said the boards assistant supennten dent for business services Gord Dixon But its likely explained Mr Dixon the board would need to use it again as a school Mr on like most agree Halton Hills is expected to grow significantly in the future Hills public school trustee Dick agreed saying the province s requirement that On school boards in in four year old junior kindergarten and the emphasis on smaller class sizes means the school board will probably require more classrooms He also sug a possibility exists that the school could be used for a public school French immersion pro gram Childrens Aid Society workers looking at strike possibility By BEN DUMMETT The Herald The Halton Children s Aid Socie ty could be faced with its social workers sinking in the near future if their salaries t substantial increased said the new presi dent of the CAS board of directors Kevin in an interview Mon da Contract talks between the Society and workers is cur rentlv ongoing The social workers last contract ended in December Thev are starting to get impa tient said Mr Flvnn of the social workers who he says are grossly underpaid I hope it never comes to a strike That s the issue has to be addressed by the board and timly by the province The salary of a social worker at the CAS as of last year ranged from to depending on education and work experience Mr who has sat on the CAS board for the last five years was appointed new president last Wednesday at the agency s 76th annual meeting in Oakville Mr Flynn is also an Halton Region councillor He replaces outgoing CAS president Grant Dickinson The CAS must rely primarily on the province for increased funding to pay the social workers what they deserve explained Mr Flvnn because the province funds per cent of the CAS budget During the last several years the province has only increased funding by per cent which is lower than the inflation rate he said Region funds 20 per cent of the budget which is 5 million this year As the Region continues to grow so will the problems children in AFTER THINGS TO DO PLACES TO GO FOR YOUR LISTENING AND DANCING PLEASURE MAIN ST 8773388 WERE YOUR INSURANCE BROKERS WE UNDERSTAND PAUL CARMSTRONG INSURANCE BROKERS LTD 143 MILL ST Halton Mi Georgetown Ontario 8770133 Halton have toface The CAS s case load doesn magically keep pace with the tionrate said Mr And the Halton CAS the only CAS facing CAS across the province need monev to do the job he said The CAS s in Southern Ontario are running deficits And s unlikely it because we are all poor money managers But Mr s experience in dealing with the province as a board member doesn I leave overly optimistic that sed grants will be forthcoming However he did concede the pro vince has started to admit that there is an under funding problem Besides trying to acquire better provincial funding another of Mr s goals is to have the CAS provide more preventative ser vices Most of the CAS expen ditures currently go towards pay for outside paid institutions In this capacity said Mr the CAS pays the expenses for a child in need of a specific and specialized treatment The cost of such treatment can cost the CAS up to per child per day he said Children whose problems have gone undetected or unchecked for a long time require this kind of care explained Mr He hopes the CAS works more closely with both the Halton public and Catholic school boards in the future to prevent potential pro faced by children from developing This way a family might not have to be separated said Mr It a lot harder for children to grow up today As grows larger there will be more runaways and family break predicted Mr As part of the CAS general meeting Mr Flynn along with other CAS members in attendance listed to guest speaker Dr Dan Of ford of the Medical Centre say that while the majority of children don t have mental health problems children who have one problem tend to have several Such nsk factors as poverty parents living on social assistance parents living in subsidized ing or a child having a chronic health problem make it more like ly for a child to have mental health problems THIS WEEK AT RASPERS STREET SURVIVORS RD S MAY 11th 12th The finest Skynyrd tribute band weve t ever seen Ghost Ryder NOT TO BE MISSED CORNER OF ST GEORGETOWN and 8772418 THE CORPORATION OF THE Town of Halton Hills Halton Hills Drive O Box 128 HILLS Georgetown Ontario L7G NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE TOWN OF HALTON HILLS THE ONTARIO WEED CONTROL ACT AS IT PERSONS IN CONTROL OF LAND WITHIN THE TOWN OF HALTON HILLS Unless noxious weeds are destroyed by May and as often as necessary throughout the season prevent tho ripen of their seeds and dispersal of their pollens the Town of Halton H lis may enter private property and destroy these weeds The costs will be charged against the property owner and collected like manner as taxes thistles poison ivy ragweed wild carrot and milkweed are among the weeds considered noxious and must be destroyed wherever found Complaints ng and golden rod will not be ted as those not cons dered under the forms of The Weed Co will not bo accepted Kethleslo Weed Inspector Town of Halton Hills 416 3283 or Monday to day a