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Hydro land Continued from Page which recommended the line from Bruce to Milton Trims former Station said Dr Solandl foiled make a public declaration of interest that the line 1 1 differ route than the one con with hear ings would pass within a mile or a mile and a ilf of Dr Solandl property Solandt property was about 10 acres in Albion Township on the Con cession said that the line Ihrough Albion was then favored by Ontario Hydro and that it would hive been clearly visible from Solandt house Since the by Paroian Sol mill said he mentioned several times during the commission hear that he owned property near the proposed line drew from Wed testimony which introduced s decision to take a lint through thi Swamp recommended he line against his advice which would have pre served swamp and would saved 400 million in production costs said In arguments on the ob jectives or path Ontario Hydro proposed to transmit power from the to south the two sides split on the narrow or wide inter of the word lives Ontario Hydro lawyer Mar shall said thai in notices to land owners he in eluded for purposes of In formation only a section on the objectives This involves a linkage of Bruce with Mil ton through Bruce Grey Duffcnn Wellington and Counties the notice states Hearings Pdroian Paroian criticized Mar shall s presentation to the hearings because the Ontario Hydro lawyer specified that the line is intended to go be tween Hills Lines Pour Five No where in thil docu except by argument is there any restriction on the objective said We should be entitled to open up all the alternatives said the former hearings officer Anything I put in this is inform regardless of what heading I put n it said hid pointed out that in document sent to land Marshall had in broad terms that the was an of an overall system design respecting the distribution of power to the major id centers of of Hydro s objective but the lawyer could only refer hint to the detailed order in council which out lines the lots and concessions that Hydro would like to acquire It educe The objectives are often reduced in writing for Inquiry officers Meyrick said to Marshall I can find com fort in whole in part yes in the order in council The move to lake the dis pule on- the jurisdiction of hearing officers to the courts and the Legion hearings are the latest manoeuvres in the contest between Ontario Hydro the ICG and other groups which spans about five years Several ICG members voiced their concerns during the two year long Solandt Commission hearings and followed up with appeals to Ontario Premier William Davis on energy minister Dennis Timbrel I Earlier this year Ontario Ombudsman Arthur Moloney attempted to intervene on be half of the ICG but found his way blocked by an order in council year lost summer the Environmental Hearing Board set for about six weeks at and explored the pros and tons of Ontario Hydro s selection of the Brad ley Georgetown route The board made recommendation for a minor shift the line Hydro office remains open Property will continue lo work out of the recently opened Ontario Hydro office on Mill pile the adjournment of ex he at the legion list week Senior property agent Jim says that three agents are w irking on the offers of compensation in ist G and East I ind they will continue to do so and tin offers of havt all been done in Hilton Hills a result hid an estimate f the money they would Halton steer champ Guineas Shorthorns Mark J The Queen s Guineas competition was held morning at Roy il Agricultural Winter Fair Over entries were judged and sold during the s program Six members from took part and were quite successful In the Short horn Steer class Kinnon had the animal placing in the In the Hereford Steer class Jim placed third in the first Keith pi iced in the select first in the class In the Crossbred Other Breeds iss Charlotte Jaf fray and Dave Stanley were placed in the first Ml contestants very stronj showing for steer auction followed in the s steer as Champion sold for cents a lb Judge for the steer show was John of for merly of Milton this s Hoy receive at the time of the ex hearings If we slopped now Mr explained we would be way behind if the decision is made to go ahead He explains they are not miking any commitments with the landowners Information He expects their task in this ar a w ill be done in but the office litre will rem tin open for information In Durham in office remains open for information only Construction personnel ire presently usinj Acton office as they continue with their work They are looking over the locations for the pro posed hydro line and deter mining access roads They also talk personally to the landowners involved as did the property agents Choice PRIME RIB ROAST 1 Choice WING ROAST BLADE SHORT RIB ROASTS Lean SHOULDER ROAST 99 STEWING BEEF 1 29ib Extra lean ROLLED POINT 4A BRISKET WING TBONE STEAKS 1 Lean GROUND BEEF I Freih SMALL LINK SAUSAGE 95 c Maplo Leaf lb SLICED SIDE BACON GROUND BEEF 77 Mill St E LOVELL BROS MODERN MEAT MARKET 853 2240 JANUARY SALE IN DECEMBER FREEPORT Dec 31 Jan 14 Nights Set Meal Plan INCREDIBLE PRICE NASSAU HOLIDAY INN Jan 9 1 week SALE PRICE Villas Manor JAMAICA UPPER DECK Dec 31 Jan 7 14 21 28 HOLIDAY INN Dec Jan 7 21 2weok MIAMI Jan 2 9 1 week IVANHOE 249 CAESARS a mm ACTON 853 1553 TORONTO 1034 A NEW CLINIC for veterinarian Ben on Highway 24 west of Ospringe means expanded facilities The recentlyopened building is a converted bungalow with complete offices kennels recovery room operating room and treatment centre Theres even a portable X ray unit waiting to help diagnose the problems of Ben s canine and feline patients Girl Guide news By Jean Vaughan The second Acton Girl Guide Company held on November 1976 at Robert Little School The girls who became Girl Guides were Dawn The Acton Free Press Wed Dece l capabilities in her role as patrol leader Guides are us ually older and more before being able to handle such responsibility Her efforts highly qualified her for this award Cook Monica Mussel Sandra Firth Lesley Kenny Carol ChaPpel Lisa Mason Beverly Le Clair and Sandra Clair The following girls were invested as patrol leaders and seconders Leaders Theresa Conroy Ruth Alexander Patricia Henry seconders Cindy Petti bone Girth Connie Crib tall Gordon The Guide of the Month award for November to NadineEwart who old has displayed unusual The patrol leaders and seconders were officially invested Everyone received a service star and the following badges were presented Mir iim Alexander landglrl Theresa collector and her lanyard Patricia Henry baker lifesaver helper and little house em H BERT HINTON EXPERIENCE PAST AND PRESENT Charter Member and Chairman of the Board of Governors of Sheridan College Charter Member and Pre Id of Allocation of College of Applied Art and Technology of Ontario Halton County Elementary and Secondary Consultative Committee Allocation of Canadian Community College Canadian Vocational Institute Ontario Canadian and World Craft Councili Reeve of Acton Warden of Halton County EDUCATION IS EVERYONES CONCERN ELECT HINTON HALTON BOARD OF EDUCATION WARDS AND 2 CONCERNS ISSUES Cost of education and resulting high taxes Back to basics and discipline of core curriculum Structured programs to ensure student mobility within the school system Competition minimum standards and goals System should rest on accountability of everyone involved Involvement of community In educational process Facilities should be functional not expensive Add proven new methods while retaining the best of the old Consider returning a portion of ran teaching staff back to the classroom Expenditure of approximately one million dollars on a new board room is highly questionable Control he excessive growth of administration Policies on reorganization would benefit from further evaluation ion lawny evaluation Written address presented by Mr Hinton at the candidates meeting ie compounded No private enterprise could survive such education as currently exists In Halton EDUCATION 15 EVERYONE BUSINESS Increasing cost of education is the concern of the great majority of our taxpayers The argument that cost In compare favourably with the other boards In Chtario Is essentially irrelevant because has probably the smallest land area with the highest population density so savings are expected rather than earned Our board Is responsible or millions of dollars of unnecessary expenditures For example Almost a million dollars for a trustees board room enough money to build a new school 33 surplus teachers a costly error caused by overestimating student enrolment Incompetent salary negotiations which resulted In high increases at the top of the scale and low Increases at the bottom of the scale The trustees voted themselves an Increase per cent from S3 000 to the highest amount allowed by low lor eleven months of the year In 1969 the budget was approximately million dollars In It was over million dollars This represents an annual increase of IS per cent compounded No private enterprise could survive such a cost escalation They would be forced to look for efficiencies This board Is carrying almost two million dollars of the taxpayers money as surplus or reserves from which they have purchased things such as their million dollar educational Ta Mahal Board Room In spite of million dollars of new Assessment In In the last four years Educational taxes continue to soar due to Inefficient spending by the board They spent almost a million dollars on The Primary Task Force Exercise and then they scrapped It s high time that the Halton County Board of Education became less Innovative in dreaming up new and costly experiments to Inflict on our children and became more Innovative in finding ways and means of curling costs to make education an affordable reality for the taxpayers of this region In changing the school system to a permissive ran competitive experimental stance the Board has allowed the educators to throw out the baby with the both water The Chairman at the Board has promised next year and I quote To continue the mix in education as currently exists In Halton unquote but the people arc demanding that we get back to the basics and to the discipline of core curriculum Perhaps the Board is not capable of defining The public wants standard curriculum to ensure student mobility They want standard examinations so that a graduate diploma will be recognized by Colleges Universities and future employers They want competition to prepare the students tor the harsh realities ot their society and the working world The student wants to know where he stands by comparison not only In his own school but In similar schools across the Province A student In the elementary school system needs a strong emphasis on the basics of education such as the R a spelling and grammar in order to cope with the subjects he takes In the secondary schools The Board Is playing with words and deceiving the public when It says they have been back to basics for years We must start now to create a climate In education In which our children can grow up to assume a meaningful and rewarding role In fhelr society Is H Bert I spell it an Please remember this when you vote on December QUESTIONS and ANSWERS The Incumbent trustee has stated clearly and on a pub lie platform that a reduction In Halton Board of Educa tlon costs is Impossible On the other hand I state sin that It can be done and I further give a covenant to the people of Halton that I will not sacrifice the quality of education but rather en It In the process The Board of Education Superintendent of Program Is reported In the CBkville Record this week as quoting the high percentages of Halton students who are taking core curriculum sub jects and suggests that the public has a mistaken Idea that they are not taking these He quotes Grade Nine and Ten English courses as having percent ages of per cent and per cent He feels Minister of Education Mr Wells Is bowing to political pressure This Eudcator is able to correctly define core AS meaning that a core of knowledge or skills Is to be common to a sub eel wherever It Is taught What this Educator falls to understand and what the people are seeking is the need for example In an English course lor compel Instruction by the tea and proficiency by the student in grammar composition and literature to develop an adequate know ledge and skill In the English language to prepare the dents for post secondary education or a This is the basic problem as It applies to all courses and the point those who carry the ultimate responsibility In education are missing Does this Educator have to wait until the Minister of Educa so rigidly defines the curriculum for him that good teachers will lose the ad vantage of the flexibility of their Individual approach to teaching any given and thereby decrease the quality of education and the desire of a good teacher to teach It Salary Increases The Board gave the tea the maximum In creases possible 7 per cent plus Increments or a total of per cent costing taxpayers approximately million dollars or mills Then on behalf of next year Board still to be elec ted there followed Increases to the and the caretakers to hike the 1977 mill rate to mills All Trustees the north voted for this five Trustees from the south voted It The teachers have had over a SO per cent In crease In three years with obviously not a per cent Increase In productivity Not all teachers support wage escalation was the first Board to settle and that made It difficult II not Impossible or other Boards to go against the stream A good reason for having all salary tlons on a Provincial level The Administration has no objection to these Increases because they know the board will grant them a percentage Increase also Our Incum bent Trustee s comment was I know we have a good agreement Its one of the It first Salary Negotiations Experience proves that a local board of education does not lose autonomy by pass responsibility of salary negotiations to the provincial level where union management negotla tors of the highest can come together on com mon problems On the con trary benefits accrue to both sides The Union establishes parity with all Its members throughout the Province so that all are treated fairly and equally It enhances com munlcatlon and public rela lions between local boards and their employees because both know that they are beyond confrontation frustration and turmoil on these matters The Board has still the right to hire fire control and discipline Its employees under fair and honest guide lines The Community Col leges have benefited greatly by operating on this system The Chairman Concept Versus the Department Head Department Heads must have academic qualifies which are set out In the regulations of the Education Act They are specialists In the subject concerned On the other hand the Chairman an Innovative concept of the Board must qualify for leadership only They do not require the academic qualifications of a depart head and have juris diction over a large variety subjects of which II would be Impossible for them to be specialists Even their legal status is In question because the Education Act does not provide for the position of Chairman It Is passible that any tea cher who polishes the clpal apple could win the ob At the Queen Elizabeth Park School in Oakvllle a chairman has been ted who does not have the qualifications of a Depart mart Head We are risking further deterioration of the quality of our education by these proven Innovations The Department Head has a normal routine of teaching duties on the other hand the chairman may be required to teach one or two periods a day You therefore have taken your best teachers out the classroom and add them to the costly bureau Where Is the economy of this and how have we In creased the quality of tlon Primary Task Force Project This Is unique to Halton Board They have spent almost a million dollars or this exercise and now they have scrapped It This pro ect takes teachers out of the classroom and pays to train them In questionable Innova live methods but the people say why The Province has already trained these teachers at Teachers Col lege Now the Board could have workshops at no cost to the taxpayer and no loss of lime In the classroom to do this If and when It Is necessary The system has for years been seriously behind other lurlsdlctlons In the academic achievements of students Is that why they thought they needed to spend a million dollars on the Primary Task Force Pro ject to buy what other areas got for nothing but effort and Integrity Values Education Halton Style The teacher can not a student he Is wrong He has to let him evaluate the himself and clarity his own Ideas to his personal satisfaction Under this system they teach that the parents or anyone else should tell a child what Is right or wrong the child has to decide this Parents rebel at this Inter with the training a child Is receiving at home They feel this philosophy undermines the confidence of the child In the parent and results In destruction communication and trust Educators who sincerely believe In this system should have all I he children and thus solve the world s future problems The students can evaluate the teacher A form Is provided for this I do not know who gets these forms or who evaluates them I do know teachers feel three by them and this affects discipline In the class by uncertainties in the tea s mind Discipline must be built up within a child by the teacher because he must before he can Rubber Stamping The Board has been accused by the press and the people of rubberstamplng recommendations their administration Many of the board s problems would not exist If closer scrutiny and study occurred and If they opened up problems to the public for feed back and had enough trust to seek out an opinion from their staff and teachers on so many matters In which they have a con My experience Is that better decisions are made when you allow yourself to be Informed on both sides of a discussion The only way people can provide intelligent con criticism Is to give them all Information before rather than after decisions are made For ex ample the method used to close the School Our Trustee told the Ratepayers that he moved to the motion to close the Nor School to get reaction fromthclocal people declining enrol was the Boards major reason If you take away the kindergarten and all grades past six you can guarantee decreased enrol ment I and encourage their partlcl patlon at all levels when poll are being formed The Halton Agricultural Representative in the November Halton Fan News reminds his fan readers to ask questions In this election on such as What and how our children being taught In school Are there sufficient basic courses Are they teaching values that are really Important Compulsory Physical Fitness and Health Education Education for Life It has been suggested that this course be made scry for at least grades and The following are some of the reasons Government statistics and surveys indi an ever increasing lackof physical fitness In our population resulting In a generation of youth whose bodies will not allow them good health or an adequate life span The present physical education program presently being offered as an option caters to the ready physically fit Those who need It most opt out The lack of nutrition and con sum or knowledge the high Incidence of venereal disease and pregnancy are good reasons for all grade and students to receive health education but only from highly qualified per Medical doctors Nutritionists etc It Is a well established fact that those who are physically fit are and men tally healthier than the unfit and better school grades The grades Improve as the fitness improves Any Increase in the fitness level of our youth Is plain pre medicine and will make or a belter society for the future Since Bert Hinton and members of his committee cannot call personally on every resident of Wards la 2 we urge you to consider the issues and cast your vote for Bert Hinton This advertisement sponsored by the Committee to Elect Hinton