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Mn \ "V\""'T C#\ 'r"w-'vmr-'â€"vâ€"â€"-vv"v Ex «ul P20 El En io firck ts .5 w d sns B is Cl i) t in E’ ; E ; THE OAKVILLE BEAVER 40 Pages hy V U.S. TIRE DEPOT 1029 Speers Rd. Unit 7 845â€"8021 75 Cents (GST included) Even though his golfing buddies don‘t seem be showing much sympathy, you can‘t blame Russ Browne for catching a few winks â€" even on the golf course â€" before Wednesday‘s Longest Day of Golf event at the Glen Abbey Golf Club. Browne, the fundraising chairman of the event, will be joined by Jeff McCarrol, head tennis professional at the Ontario Raquet Club in Mississauga (left), Rick Sikorski, head golf professional at Greystone Golf Club in Milton (above swinging golf club) and Peter Mickus, of Burlington. In the centre tryâ€" Cancer Society. . ing to wake Russ is Jack McClelland, director of Golf at the Glen Abbey Golf Club. The foursome will tee off at 6:20 a.m. and continue â€" hopefully â€" until 10 p.m. The golfers have received pledges on a per hole basis and all proceeds will be given to the Canadian (Photo by Peter McCusker) Region begins cutting $2 million from budget By ROB KELLY Special to the Beaver % he first stage of provincial belt tightening will mean scaling back Halton Region‘s spending by almost $2â€" million this year. In a strategy to cope with the provincial expenditure control plan, as it‘s called, Halton‘s budget committee met Wednesday and approved docking boards and agenâ€" cies it funds approximately $1â€"milâ€" lion, then cutting the remainder from regional government proper. Halton‘s budget committee wants to slash the $40â€"million police budget by $897,000, cut other agencies it finances by â€" $117,000, and eliminate $925,000 from regional accounts for a total of @125 Cros Ave. @135 Trafaigar Rd. 849â€"6356 +2303 Lakeshore Rd. W. 827â€"0738 845â€"0421 «1027 Speers Rd. $1,939,050. Within its own sphere Halton will â€" if full council approves the recommendations â€" eliminate $268,000 in health and social serâ€" vices expenditures; chop $176,000 from administration and finance budgets; trim $113,000 from planâ€" ning and public works; take $261,000 out of the utility budget; and $60,000 from waste processâ€" ing. Another $47,000 will be cut here and there. The moves stem from the provincial announcement that municipal governments across Ontario will receive $175â€"million less from the provincial governâ€" ment this year as part of the general $4â€"billion cutback under the expenâ€" diture control plan. Of that, $111â€"million will be taken out of general financial transâ€" fers to municipal governments, and $64â€"million from specific provinâ€" cial project funding, mostly for roads. In addition to the $175â€"million hit under the expenditure control plan, municipalities expect to have to find another $275â€"$290â€"million to cope with provincial funding clawbacks under the controversial social contract legislation tabled at Queen‘s Park earlier this week. Under the terms of the social contract, municipalities will have to achieve the expected savings by paring back employee compensaâ€" tion, so as to alter the structure of local government. The money can‘t be taken out of other budgets such as building, equipment, or roads. Halton estimates another $2.8â€"milâ€" Uthtt 842â€"0954 * 386 Iroquois * 754 Bronte Rd. if" A FRESH WAY TO SAY, HAPPY FATHER‘S DAY Show Dad he‘s a hero with a freshly baked Father‘s Day cake from your neighbourhood Tim Hortons. Shore Rd. 840â€"3486 . o Huy #5 Hwy 425 d 845â€"8600 +238 Wyecroft Rd. lion in cuts through the social conâ€" tract. The Halton Regional Police Service Board has yet to formally respond to the regional proposiâ€" tions. The board is expected to disâ€" cuss the matter at a meeting next Thursday , regional officials said. Burke also warned that financial difficulties at Queen‘s Park are far from over, since the provincial govâ€" ernment is still expected to add roughly $10â€"million in deficit spending to its debt this year. Regarding further rollbacks in transfer payments, Burke said Halton could well see "expenditure control plan two and expenditure control plan three" in the future. Likening the situation to a hockey game, he noted, "We‘re still in the first period. There‘s more to come." INSIDE Today‘s Paper _ «l 5 Let‘s Take A Stand Student wins environment award for essay OT strikes gold Musicians awarded national gold rating Page 17 Allâ€"Star game pitted best against best C * Page 22 DRUG AWARENESS.......24â€"25 FRIDAY 15 ..26â€"28 29â€"31 CLASSIFIED.................... .32â€"35 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS The Bay 827â€"5200 «Hopedale Mail 845â€"8220 * Oakville Place Tim Hortons Oakville Soccer Club‘s Timbit Division Player Of The Week: John Raischâ€"Berkoff. 827â€"6981 «2322 Royal Windsor Dr 338â€"1966 842â€"4566 «270 N. Service Rd. (Town Centre 1)