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Today‘s Paper SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS The Bay, Consumers Distributing Ralders lose final Dark day for Aquinas soccer squad Mayer Ann Mulvale gets set to embark on a motorcycle ride to Burlington last Saturday to promote the annual Ride for Sight event slated for June 18th to 20th right across Canada. Funds raised from the ride go to research at Canadian universities to find a cure and a means of preventing Retinitis Pigmentosa. To the right of Mulvale is A Metroland Community Newspaper Vol. 31 No. 63 FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1993 Page 20 Community groups and corpoâ€" rations could provide their own labor to complete the work, or make a cash donation towards The adoptâ€"aâ€"highway program is widespread in the U.S. where cashâ€"strapped state governments can no longer afford to pay for costly roadside maintenance proâ€" grams. A variation on that theme, "adoptâ€"aâ€"road" is one of a number of alternatives being considered by the region to address the deteriâ€" orating state of Halton‘s roadsides, said Art Leitch, the region‘s comâ€" missioner of public works. Â¥alton Region residents may be asked to "adopt a +. k. road" as an alternative to taxpayers footing the bill for regional roadside grass cutting and cleanâ€"up, the region‘s planning and public works committee was told Wednesday (May 26th). By SAL BOMMARITO Special to the Beaver Region may asks residents to adopt a road MAY 30TH is the 2nd Annual Discover Oakville Amateur Photo Contest Drop into McCutcheon‘s Camera and Video Store and register by Saturday May 29th at 5:00 p.m. The contest begins after 5 a.m. at Tim Hortons on Cross Avenue For more details call McCutcheon‘s Camera and Video, 226 Lakeshore Rd. East, 844â€"6991 Proceeds from the awards presentation will go to the Tim Horton Children‘s Foundation. Using work crews from the Maplehurst Adult Training Centre in Milton to mow lawns and pick up garbage along regional roadâ€" sides is also being considered as another alternative "to completely abandoning" roadside mainteâ€" completing the work. In return, the region would erect a sign near the road acknowledging the group‘s contribution for the work, said Leitch. "I am really upset that this happened in Halton," said Willie Campos, president of the HMC. Campos was commenting on the news item regarding a 13â€"yearâ€"old Oakville boy who sufâ€" fered burns on his face when two Caucasian teenagers held him and tried to stuff a lit fireâ€" The Halton Multicultural Council is extremely disappointed that a raciallyâ€"motivated attack on an East Indian boy by Caucasian males occurred in Oakville. Multicultural Council shocked by racist attack No money for grass cutting Ride viceâ€"chairman Jack Irish on whose bike Mulvale rode to Burlington. Once there, she transferred a symbolic white vest to mayor Walter Mulkewich who in turn continâ€" ued the journey and made a similar gesture to the mayor of Hamilton. This year approximately 8,000 riders will raise as much as $1 million. (Photo by Riziero Vertolli) Following the meeting, he said the goal is to stop funding the road maintenance program through the regional tax levy. If the region were to use GWA recipients to do the work, the region would have to provide a subsidy over and above Leitch said having Halton resiâ€" dents on _ General Welfare Assistance performing the work has been ruled out as an option. nance, Leitch told the committee. The HMC‘s Race Relations Committee has been working hard to eradicate racism in Halton, said Campos. The Council has been working with the police and made presentations at schools to educate the students about the evils of racism. ‘"We obviously have to work harder, because we cannot tolerate this," Campos added. cracker in his mouth on May 22nd, in Grenville Park. Earlier they were alleged to have made racial remarks. 36 Pages McCutcheon‘s Leitch said roadside mainteâ€" nance is only one of a number serâ€" (See ‘Long‘ page 4) "It wouldn‘t save the taxpayers any dollars. (The region) would still be paying them to do the work. We want to work it so taxâ€" payers are no longer paying for roadside maintenance," Leitch said. what it currently spends on welâ€" fare payments. 75 Cents (GST included) Camera and Video