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_ School board officials had expected proyincial grants to be reduced and they evenâ€" built in a 7% decrease in the 1994 operating budget. What they hadn‘t preâ€" pared for was a 11% drop â€" or $6.875 aillion less â€" in Ministry of Education By KATHY YANCHUS Oakville Beaver Staff But public school trustees at Monday hight‘s finance committee meeting Lveren’t ready to take any blame for recâ€" ommending a 1.34% mill rate increase and quickly pointed an accusing finger at (he provincial government. "He was right out of it," Scott, 16, recalled in an interview over the weekend. "I don‘t think ie knew what was going on. He was totally limp and everything." Scott is among 12 young people to be honâ€" ored for quickâ€"thinking heroic actions. He was to receive his Kids Sense Safety Hero Award today (Wednesday, April 27th) during a special }ceremony at, Yorkdale Shopping Centre in Toronto. today (Wednesday, Aprnil 27th) during a special 4 Lceremony at, Yorkdale Shopping Centre in M M e Toronto. Scott Armstrong: lifeâ€"saving efforts Kids Sense is a national public service proâ€" . rewarded. think her husband would have survived if Scott gram which promotes safety awareness among parents and children | hadn‘t got him out. She said her neighbor couldn‘t have held onto her aged four to 18. The program is sponsored by Canadian members of â€" husband for too much longer. Jhe nonâ€"profit International Council of Shopping Centres. "I have no doubt he (Scott) saved his life," she said. "I think he is Scott â€" a Grade 10 student at Thomas A. Blakelock High School (See ‘Hero‘ page 10) Weatherall and his wife, Muriel, later visited Scott‘s home to thank him in person. In an interview, Muriel said she doesn‘t Jhe nonâ€"profit International Council of Shopping Centres. "I have no doubt he (Scott) saved his life," she said. "I think he is Scott â€" a Grade 10 student at Thomas A. Blakelock High School (See ‘Hero‘ page 10) Board mill rate hike blamed on province After months of deliberation, the Halton Board of Education fell short of its tarceted 0% mill rate increase. Scott Armstrong â€" of Maplehurst Avenue â€" over a sixâ€"footâ€"high wooden fence last Sept. 20th when he saw a woman, Elizabeth McKluskey, struggling to hold onto her neighâ€" or, Donald Weatherall, tangled in a pool cover. Scott pulled Weatherall out of the pool and nelped carry him to safety in the man‘s house. An Oakville boy‘s rescue of a 70â€"yearâ€"old nan in a backyard swimming pool has won him raise and a hero‘s award. 3y BELINDA SUTTON special to the Beaver According to police the two women, both in their iidâ€"twenties, were walking along Trafalgar Road ound midnight when a man began chasing them. acing up to the doors of the White Oaks Boulevard ation, they saw a sign indicating the facility was losed weekdays between 12 midnight and 8 a.m. iven the current policy of locking police staâ€" tions at night, it‘s blind luck two women escaped a Thursday incident unharmed, says alton Regional Police Association (HRPA) adminâ€" trator Paul La Course. Ieenager shrugs off hero label after ‘umping into pool to rescue senior A Metroland Community Newspaper HOWARD MOZEL kville Beaver Staff ocked police station a frustration to women and Training grants. After learning about the grant reducâ€" tions, trustees had to approve further cuts to the budget to bring the mill rate down from 1.91%. To meet their targeted 0% mill rate increase, trustees would have had to shave the budget by an additional $3.8 million, or $1.8 million to reach the 1% target. Instead, trustees recommended approval of the $282,710,980 operating budget which requires a 1.34% mill rate increase. This translates to about an extra $17.94 on the educational portion of the average property tax bill. The recommended budget goes forâ€" ward for final approval at tomorrow night‘s meeting of the Halton Board of "Canada‘s Best Community Newspaper" CCNA Better Newspapers Competition 1993 Vol. 32 No. 49 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1994 and fled around back where they pounded on a rear entrance. The sergeant on duty heard the commotion and finally admitted them. "That‘s the exact reason the association has been against the closures from the beginning," said La Course, explaining this was the first such incident he‘s aware of since the policy went into effect Jan. 1st. "Clearly the idea of saving dollars is taking a priority over the health and wellâ€"being of the comâ€" munity." Had the women â€" in spite of the sign â€" opened the outer door of the station they would have found the â€" said he was walking home from school about 3:30 p.m. with three friends when a woman started screaming from a Lees Lane driveway. Scott said he went into a backyard and looked over a fence to see a man in trouble in a pool and a woman holding onto him. The man, who was later identified as Weatherall, had fallen into the pool‘s deep end after tnppmg on water bags used to anchor hlS swimming pool‘s cover. About a week later, Scott said he came forâ€" ward after hearing an announcement on his school‘s public address system that the man‘s rescuer was being sought. "I went to (the school office) and they said they wanted to congratulate me." ""She said, ‘There‘s somebody drowning in the pool next door.‘ " After pulling the Oakville grandfather from the pool, Scott said he went home. Education. Finance chair Penny Siebert called the Ministry‘s announced decrease in funding â€" which trustees discovered only last week â€" "far worse than our worst case sceâ€" nario." "Though the ministry froze the pot of money that grants come from, there are many new costs that have to come from that pot. Those costs include JK and increases in student enrollment....," said Siebert. "Apparently we are considered assessment rich by the Ministry of Education and it seems to me they are continuing to take money from our schools and pass it on to assessment poor boards." Oakville Beaver Staff His parents prayed for a miracle from the time their son was diagnosed with Ewing‘s Sarcoma 11 months earlier, through the radiation and the chemotherapy treatments, the paralysis which eventually struck, and the excruciating pain he endured as the cancer spread. By KATHY YANCHUS yearâ€"old son, but already she has raised $12,000 for research into the rare form of bone cancer which claimed his life. In his relatively short time on this earth, Dean Hutchinson touched many people as was evident in the more than 400 people who attended his funeral in early March. I t has been less than two months since Colleen Hutchinson buried her 17â€" As a memory to her beloved son, and as a measure of hope for others afflicted with this horrific disease, the Hutchinson family â€" including Hutchinson‘s husband Lewis and daughter Lisa â€" have established the Hutchinson Foundation for Research (Ewing‘s Sarcoma). "We set up this foundation to help find a cure," said Hutchinson. Aside from the Foundation, which will raise research dollars for Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto where Dean was hospitalized, Hutchinson is also fulfilling a promise to her late son to make life a little more bearable for others suffering from Ewing‘s Sarcoma (and Osteo Sarcoma). Her efforts involve persuading certain people that a little generosity can go a long way in brightening a bedâ€"ridden child‘s life. For example, simply being treated to a fast food meal or having a free TV rental. She also has a message to bring to the parents. When Dean had reached the final stage of his disease and the family resigned itself to the fact he was dying, they chose to bring him home, something few people do, admitted Hutchinson. "They‘re frightened. They‘re afraid they can‘t cope" she said sympathetically but with a wish that more parents would take this course of action. "But Dean Dean‘s life remembered in new cancer foundation (See ‘Province‘ page 10) inner ones locked, but would have seen a telephone which they could have used to call for help. Unfortunately, La Course explained, this is not a directâ€"access line and all calls are sent through reguâ€" lar communication channels. For example, in Milton â€" which also began closing overnight Jan. 1st â€" such an emergency call must first be cleared through the main switchboard in Oakville. "It‘s crazy," says La Course. "We can be shown all the statistics ... but the bottom line is that crime doesn‘t work nine to five." The Halton Police Services Board reluctantly (See ‘Miracle‘ page 4) Julie Marler from River Oaks Public School was just one of the comâ€" petitors in the flat top racing competition segment of the Halton Skills Olympics held on Saturday. The competition drew 400 secondary and elementary school students who competed in 25 areas from building a brick wall and auto repair to making Lego models. Top finishers are eligible to compete in the Ontario Skills Competition next month in Hamilton. (Phioto by Riziero Vertolli) decided on the controversial measure late last year in order to deal with Social Contract obligations and cutbacks in provincial funding. Oakville and Milton are already locking up at night, and stations in Burlington and Georgetown are expected to follow suit. For Board chair Barry Quinn, Thursday‘s occurâ€" rence was "just a misunderstanding." In order to avoid something similar, the sign declaring the staâ€" tion lockâ€"up has been moved to the inside set of doors. 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