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By ROB KELLY Special to the Beaver "I suggest we should probably have a very grave concern with the (proposed) funding withdrawal from CAS. The Society Two Halton regional councillors, who are also board directors for Halton Children‘s Aid Society (CAS), have urged the agency be spared proposed acrossâ€"theâ€" board cutbacks in funding. Don‘t cut funds to CAS councillors urge A Metroland Community Newspaper _ Vol. 31 No Clean Air Commute a hit at firm By SAL BOMMARITO Special to the Beaver mployees at Smith Kline EBeecham Pharma Inc. left traffic jams and parking hasâ€" sles behind Tuesday, in favor of cycling, carpooling, public transit and walking as part of Pollution Probe‘s Clean Air Commute. The 116 employees at the Bristol Circle pharmaceutical manâ€" ufacturer were asked to take up the challenge and the majority responded in a big way, said the company‘s marketing and sales support manager, Catherine Dixon, who helped organize the compaâ€" ny‘s participation in the event. "Over half of our employees participated" in the Clean Air Commute, said Dixon. "Even our president (Ger van Amersfoort) rode his bike in from home," said an elated Dixon. Dixon said 55% of the compaâ€" ny‘s employees, some living as far away as Georgetown, left their vehicles at home in favor of other transportation alternatives. That translates into 61 employees who took up the challenge. ‘I was amazed that our parking lot was half empty. We usually don‘t have enough parking to go around," she said. Dixon was so excited with the company‘s total, she immediately phoned in the results to Pollution Probe‘s head office in Toronto. In fact, Dixon was among the first to call in results. SmithKline Beecham Pharma workers left their cars at home (See ‘Program‘ page 2) could well be faced with the closure of cenâ€" tres. We would be threatening care and the provision of services," said Burlington councillor Don Carter at Halton regional council this week. Under recently unveiled budget cutting strategies to cope with provincial belt tightâ€" ening. Halton Region has detailed plans to slash almost $2â€"million from expenditures this year. Halton proposed to pare approxiâ€" mately $1â€"million from the boards and . 78 FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1993 agencies it funds, such as CAS, and the rest from its own operations. In the Halton plan, the CAS would lose $41,000 in regional funding, to drop from $1,864,600 in regional dollars to $1,823,600. That‘s consistent with Halton‘s general guideline of trimming an average 2.2% from agencies in finances, as well as its own departments. Ron Coupland = the executive director of Halton CAS â€" warned in an early June 24 Pages letter to regional treasurer Joe Rinaldo, that the total impact on his organization of the cuts would be $205,105, when one factors in provincial clawbacks as well. "The ramifications of this are considerâ€" ably more than we presently realize," Carter warned. Halton Region is facing almost $5â€"milâ€" lion in possible cuts through the combined austerity measures of the provincial expenâ€" (See ‘CAS‘ page 2) s Paper HEALTHY AND CLEAN TEETH MAKE SMILING A LOT MORE FUN A landmark on Lakeshore Road always has something special to offer Just for Fido Special car restraint system keeps your dog safe 75 Cents (GST included) Dr. STEVEN SOLOMON Dr. JONATHAN KAZDAN Love that flavor Oakville Place Mall Q.E.W, Trafalgar Road, Oakville Page 15 Page 10