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Fingerlicking good The more cotton candy you can get on your face mom when she has to clean her son of the sticky con the better It tastes Is what five year old Michael Ad For more pictures see Pages 16 and 17 cock of Georgetown seemed to be think ng while he Herald photo filled his face with the sweet candy Good luck to his Abuse investigation expands at Milton school for deaf By USA BOONSTOPPELPOT The Herald The number of sexual and physical assault incidents Halton Regional Police are investigating at Ernest C Drury school for the deaf in Milton has risen to five said Detective Sergeant Michael Eacrett Two other cases have arisen as a result of looking into the in itial three allegations of abuse by former students he said day All five cases involve allega tions of various degrees of sexual assault from the touching of parts to actual sexual in between teachers and the former students who were between and 17 years of age at the time Since May 9 when the first vie complained of assault police have been locating and interview ing witnesses This week criminal investigators from Halton will meet with London Ci ty police who are investigating similar allegations at London School for the deaf We 11 discuss the investigation to date and compare notes was all Detective Sergeant Eacrett would say about the meeting Due to the sensitive nature of the allegations few details of the in are being released by police Police have laid no charges in the case but three male teachers two of whom are employed by Robarts schools and one employed elsewhere by the Ministry of Education have been suspended with pay The Ministry of Education has become very involved in the case Education Minister Marion Boyd said her ministry has seized stu dent and employment records from all eight of the province s special schools for the sight 1m paired hearing impaired and physically disabled students The Minister told the Ontario Legislature Thursday she Is en the parents of students at all eight schools to use the ser vices of a team of psychologists social workers and educators she has set up for advice and counselling Ernest C Drury School has students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 It operates out of an ad joining building to EC Drury High School on Ontano Street in Milton Social services lacking for children teens By BEN DUMMETT The Herald Social Services for children teens and their families living Georgetown and Acton need proving according to a Com Strategic Plan for children and teens scheduled to go before Regional council today Wednesday for consideration According to the report in itiated by s Children s Services Coordinating and Ad Group there is a lack of services particularly mental health services for children in the Georgetown and Acton Com munities The few services that are available cannot meet the ex needs and are generally not based on their communities The report goes on to indicate Halton wide agencies and governments at all levels have a responsibility to assist in the development of services in North To address the lack of services in Georgetown and Acton the report recommends a multi service centre be established in Georgetown and the Acton Social Service and Information Centre be expanded Halton s Social Services Com missioner Bonnie said day the Georgetown centre would house the various social services offered in the community under one roof In this way better coor dination between services could be offered to the public explain edMs According to the report has existed in Acton for a number of years and is recognized as a key source of services However expanded and new programs are required within the Centre to serve the needs of the children and teens in the community The recommendation for Georgetown and Acton as well as several others for different areas of the Region arose from in formation provided by social vice and educational profes sionals and parents and teens From the collected data 37 recommendations were made and the plan is to implement pro grams over the next 10 years bas ed on the recommendations said Ms However implcmen of any programs will de pend on available funds she said Research showed the key issues among Georgetown teens children families and social ser vices professionals are as follows the necessity for mental health improved awareness net working and coordination of resources improved transportation vices a need for more social vices In Acton the key issues include more Mental Health and Behavioral services the issue of parenting more housing According to the report of the parents who responded to a tionnaire for the study 91 per cent indicate the Georgetown community was a good or very good place to raise their children The percentage was per cent for Acton parents Asked the same question per cent of the Georgetown teens who responded said that they liked somewhat or liked very much in Georgetown Com paratively 75 per cent of the responding Acton teens said they somewhat liked or liked very much the in which they live An Inside Look SECTION A Beat 2 immunity Forum 2 tonal News News 8 10 s Forum Forum 11 History Community In tout 13 Lines Money Matters 15 Political 18 Calls School News SECTION B Sports IB Arts Ideas 7B Lifestyle Entertainment 10B Business 14B Health Watch 15B Classified 11B1C Showering stars Starbursts showering stars and ear popping cracks made up the fireworks display for star gazing spectators at the Georgetown Fairgrounds Monday night The show was put on by the Georgetown Optimists Herald photo