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Acton Cubs do well at Georgetown rally and Scott Hamilton Second Georgetown were the other five finalists Brian Sleckley Acton and Jim Eighth Georgetown will see action if any of the eight are forced to withdraw from the race Two Acton cubs were In the lop three winners Saturday at the Kar Rally held in Knox Presbyterian Church Georgetown Phil and Darren placed second and third respectively following Fourth Georgetown cub John Jameson in first place They will advance now make their own cars The kit to the regional meet in Milton consisted of a block of wood this weekend four wheels axles decalsand Anthony Walton Acton instructions They could James Erskine First either work on the project Georgetown Victor themselves or have their Eighth Georgetown John fathers aid them Maximum Fifth B Georgetown weight for the cars was five ounces and they could be no longer than the original block of wood Pharaphenalla from other kits such as steering wheels drivers etc could be used Two tracks were used one made by the leaders in the Each cub was given a Kub Eighth Georgetown pack and Rally Kit and had I one by the Acton cub leaders The Acton track had an Ironic finish line which would flash a red light in the track of the winning car There were boys par licipatlng Saturday event with expected next Salur day Opinion Chairmanship battle might bring strike by Murray A strike by Halton high school teachers next winter if trustees and teachers don budge from their current diametrically opposed positions on the issue of chairmanships is possible Parents and ratepayers haven t shown much interest in the battle which has been raging for almost two months They likely will if the argument mushrooms into a strike with teachers on the picket line and students out of class Halton Board of Education has decreed all high schools must dump the old de partment head system of school management for the innovative chairmanship system by next fall Teachers are strongly opposed The idea of changing school organization they have never out chairmanships being endorsed mandatory change scrapped They have been asking for Under Bill 100 provincial evaluation of how chair legislation governing teacher arc working in the negotiations the two sides six schools which have have seven months to come to switched They say an an agreement after notice of evaluation of Lord Elgin intent to negotiate is given system I sufficient since Negotiations started early the entire school was an this month so both sides have experiment until June to reach a Teachers claim chair ttlement and can call on a have not been mediator at any lime for as proven to be educationally The Acton Free Press Wednesday February 1977 B9 GEORGETOWN AND Acton Cubs gathered at Knox Presbyterian Church Georgetown Saturday for the first annual Rally The Cubs watched intently as the cars left the starting line zooming down toward the finish The past weekend was a very busy one for the Acton Scouts and Venturers as it was time again to haul out all the camping equipment Not one group was camping but both groups were busy pre paring for a cold battle with nature The Scouts made tracks up to Good Year Scout Camp in while the Ven made their way lo Barber Scout Camp in The District Scout Camp was attended by about Scouts and 15 Leaders The program this year was set up a little differently to the other years because each group was responsible for running an event These events ranged from cliff rLpeling to log sawing to log transport race to compass work I believe a good lime was had by alt boys and leaders The all round group winners for the camp were i irst Gtorgtlown Scouts I mentioned earlier lhat the Hold over A request from Ihe Acton Agricultural Society lo the township council for grant for has been held over until budget lime By Rick Venturers of Acton were camping in Guelph After many telephone calls were made and letter writing and trophy making it was time to present the companies work other group of the district and surrounding area Acton hosts it was First Acton turn to do the Winter Venturer Camporee Some of the program which look place included the marked trail sled race first aid and rescue snow shoeing skiing fire lighting and cooking The program was enjoyed by groups from our own district also groups from as far away as Woodstock and Grimsby attended There were boys and advisors in attendance The Venturers also had the assistance of the Fifth Georgetown Rover crew and would like lo thank them very much for their assistance When camp came to a close the top winners of the camp were Fourth Trafalgar and second place went to Fifth Georgetown Ven Hirers and third went to Fifth Georgetown A Venturers Weil that is another year of winter camps over with Now we are waiting for tho summer While the Scouts and Venturers were out camping the Beavers were eagerly at work with a sharing session held at the Acton Scout Hall So as you can see the Acton Scout Hall was the centre of lty on this past weekend Calendar of events 1 would like to remind you of some of the events taking place this month First of all to all section leaders don t forget to attend this month outers Club which is being held tonight Wednesday at Acton Scout Hall at 30 in the new hall Some other events are the Acton Scout and Guide Banquet on Febru also the Acton Church Parade on Sunday at at Knox Presbyterian Church The District Church Parade lo be held on the February 27 p m at Holy Cross Church in Georgetown The biggest event is that of Lord Baden and Lady Baden Powell birthday on February 22 From the to the is Scout and Guide Week Let us all get out show people what we arc all about and thank those people in our community for their support toward scouting sound and won t do much for morale since over BOO b h year teachers in the nine schools If Ihere isn an agreement which must switch over to the new system have signed petitions protesting the move Well the long simmering dispute boiled into open sets out three alternative routes they can follow First they can go to binding volun tary arbitration Another option is called confrontation in December final selection where an when local teachers federa takes the best offer Bus drivers tell their side School bus dm who lion officials called in the big presented by both sides and uicndcd the inciting Pint news icw School incident involving one of their boys from provincial head picks Ihe one he view management from the top office for help after falling to fairest heavy system of major de- persuade the board lo change The third option appear to children partmcni heads minor its mind be the one teachers would he Friday heads and assistant It didn I take the heavy m0 want department heads to the weights long to start flexing l0 mandatory chair of ting of tin frostbitten dcualel art concerned their image been by is ihe of y smaller and supposedly more their muscles A short time A fact finder would efficient system of chairmen coming lo the rescue appointed to investigate nr and associate chairmen was they slapped an embargo on negotiations have first hatched when an ex the board and lold members proceeded and make rccom school In Ihey apply for chair on how to get Burlington was built back at manship positions in i back on the rails the start of this decade The embargo worked too The board others eval The board received only fmde seven firm applications from report is filed the wo sides teacher all the can either go back to the province for the over well bargaining table or else paid positions of authority The embargo displeased trustees who viewed it as a threat to their rights of man agement and a violation of the collective agreements The board has filed a greivance against the teachers and the problem is now the hands or an arbi tration learn To further complicate the teachers have made it he Lord Elgin ex peri men and branded it a success including the ture into chairmanships In fact everyone thought so much of chairmanships the board decided all schools should have same system time the board was realistic Trustees surmised there would be re sistance to the change so in true ted all schools to make pre para I ions for the changeover and thin do it when they were How ever it was made clear right from the 1973 beginning that while switching over was a voluntary move for the time being the day would come when it was made man da lory The period of grace was there so schools could make the transition The board principals as bung selves ire not the unfeeling uncaring drivers thai is implied Wc do our jobs with care to the best of our ability We ire human beings not computers art sub to human fillings just like any other human being Ihey irtd in a release to this newspaper It seems to us from It is Ihought the two sides lnL meeting arent far aprt on any issue except the chairmanship question If the board wants to avoid a strike it could give in and abandon a plan which if forced through might not work well in the face of so much opposition On the other hand the board might expect public abundantly clear mandatory sympathy will be on its side reorganization would be an and stand firm allowing the issue in this years contract teacher to go out on strike negotiations It could be the No matter what happen to babysit hi child psychologists nurses and thini else parents feci we should be the drivers said They pointed mil ihiy ire professional drivers special luencis and driver reiesl three workshops meet ing7 a fut of which they most parents are uinwari Bus drivers trim the thorniest issue the two sides it is clear teacher board how to behave how to cross ind in numerable other things listen try to correct abusive language as well as contend with traffic conditions children dressed parents other days or id we lions 11 WW Hilton ire dailv lo from school note Then was one isolated incident during tin snowstorm and no defense is allowed to jiven bus drivers present it meeting to for rem irks aboui bus drivers in geninl We an not workers if that theiasL we would be paid is such jusl hum in bus The drivers siid wen ippreinlive of Ihe fiw who during Hit storm Willi special thinks to McDonald f irtlown school for Ins litter of lo in in iinunt anil drivers is signed on Bus Drivers of township ON COATS BLOUSES SHIRTS SWEATERS SKI OUTFITS ETC DARREN Acton left placed third in the Kar Rally held in Knox Presbyterian Church Georgetown on Saturday Greg Barrett first Georgetown Cub pack and Darren place their cars on the starting line and watch for the go ahead signal Liquor charges Sale Ends February 26 OFF ON DRY CLEANING WITH PRESENTATION OF THIS AD 13 Mill St E Acton 853 2310 It might not be long before the board is calling the province for help Maybe even back to legislation to end a used to drive through the storm they said but they kepi going and all children were trims porled home by no acudents incurred despite the conditions Drivers not ill the drivers were told to return children to the school is tackle during talks to work relations in will take out a new agreement to long time lo recover replace the present one which sides have always expires August been proud of the fact all That to this point dealings were conducted by but speculation as to what lies local people Teachers have and teachers fed ahead for the two sides isn broken lhat long tradition by drivers mai all got involved in difficult calling Toronto for help in the Drivers helping schools gel organized The board is holding far form of Ihe embargo They for the changeover Six fewer trump cards in the con are also getting provincial schools reorganized volun than the teachers assistance in The other nine resisted If the arbitrator rules negotiating Ihe contract the move and so were ordered against the board over the last spring lo switch over by embargo then the embargo September 1977 slands and the board is left The board figures that by with nobody to be chairmen doing away with the old There Is also a question of system it can reduce the Ihe legality under the number of bosses in each Education Act of chair school give the principal a as a replacement more effective and efficient for department heads The cabinet improve com board could lose there too If mimical ions and better they did the entire system ordinate intcrdlsciptlne would go down the drain and course development and op- not just at the nine schools which haven t switched Under the new system On the flip side the teachers here will be a chairman of appear to be in a much better social sciences with a couple position of associate chairmen in If they win with the stead of a history head and a I ration team the issue geography head along with probably disappear since some assistant heads In ad without chairmen the system ditlon money now used as re- won t work sponsibilily pay for people The same goes for a win who won get it under the court battle new system will be used for But even if the teachers 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