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Ontario finals Budget is tight The Acton Free Press May 3 3 for Steve Saxon Welfare cases up this year Stove Saxon of Churchill Road Acton took first place at the Optimists club central- Ontario finals public speak ing contest on Saturday This marks the fifth victory for him In the last few months Steve a grade eight student at won the school competition and then took first place at the North Hal ton public speaking finals in February He also took his prize- winning speech on Com muni cations Between Parents and Teens to the Georgetown Optimists club contest where he placed first and continued on to represent Georgetown for another victory In the zone finals The Central Ontario semi finals victory on Saturday followed Out of IB speakers eight boys and eight girts Steve placed first in the boys division Ruth Gould of Arthur placed first In the girls division Sieve will now proceed to the All Ontario Optimists finals on May 13 The com petition will be held at the Optimists Convention In Toronto The six speakers JOHN HORNING left holds up Acton resident Steve Saxons hand in victory after the Central Ontario semifinal public speaking contest on Saturday Steve was the Georgetown Optimist winner and will now proceed to the All Ontario finals in Toronto Oldtime concert by Citizens Band Sunday from different Ontario will compete for first place The winner will receive a scholarship for the college of their choice This Is Steves third year of competition In public speaking In 1976 he took second place In the All- Ontario finals second In the central semi finals last year and bo far first in the central semi finals Steve says this will be his last year of competition Steve enjoys animals and would eventually like to be a veterinarian so naturally he is very happy to be receiving a horse as a gift from his parents for going as far as he has Police erect office signs Halton Regional Police have erected the familiar blue and white identification sign outside their new offices in the Murray Memorial building on Mill Street One sign hangs from a post and here is another one in one of the front windows Inside the doors there is a smaller homemade black and white sign with word police in three languages English Dutch and Chinese Regional welfare expendi tures are greater and the number of applicants and recipients are higher In 1B78 than for the same time period last year a staff report shows Already Its taken a chunk out of the welfare budget which Is only slightly Proclamation Halton Hills council pro claimed the week of May to May 14 Respect for Law Week which is sponsored by Georgetown Optimist Club In accordance with town policy if the Optimists Club wish the proclamation pub lished they do at their own Concert Sunday The Community Players Wind Quartet played a con cert Sunday evening at the United church Dave Sale and Dave Mashinter or Acton are in the group The program of chamber music was enjoyed by a small crowd Increased over last years By the end of March almost a halfmillion dollars in general assistance was paid out This figure repre sents 33 per cent of the mated budget and is more than over the amount paid out in the first quarter last year In 1977 slightly more than million was spent on general assistance as the regional welfare program Is known For 1978 was originally budgeted for the program but was chopped from that figure at budget revisions last month By the end of February residents were collecting welfare from the region 133 more than at the end of February last year The proportion of recipients classified as employable has risen substantially but there has been an increase In the number classified uncm ploy able as well In the first two months of this year new applications for welfare were received over 100 more than in the first two months of 1977 The decrease in case load of employables depends on whether the Individual can find a Job and whether unemployment insurance payments come through Rene Vivian administrator of family and social services told the regional community and social services com mittee last week What kind of control do you hove on the Individual who comes in and says Hey man you don t have a job do you asked HillB Councillor Roy Booth a former business man Mr Booth said on six he had asked Canada Manpower to send him job applicants None of them wanted a job and they made it very clear to me they didnt want a job Unfortunately I hired one or two One stayed two weeks and the other one day Councillor Laurie a former conlrac tor said Manpower tries to unload those who have been on welfare longest regard less of their Interest In work Theyre under pressure to get rid of people This makes it very difficult for the guy who really wants to work and for the employer Mr Vivian said problems such as Mr Booth described were few in Checks are made on welfare reel plents he said adding the hiring of another staff person for the general assistance program in the near future should tighten controls and leach people how to gel jobs It was in anticipation of decreased welfare rolls resulting from the hiring of an additional worker that the committee recently cut from the welfare budget a move Mr Vivian at that time referred to as folly The regions general assis tance program pays out wel fare on a short term basis only Its general assistance budget is BO per cent sub sidized by the province The region is obligated to provide assistance to people in need even if it runs over budget People on long term wel fare such as single mothers or the permanently disabled come under the provinces Jurisdiction through Its family benefits program In had one of the lowest welfare papula tions in Ontario For example in June per cent of the assessed popu lation in Halton were on the region welfare rolls com pared to the Ontario average of I per cent The percentage receiving provincial family benefits In was less than half the Ontario average according to figures available for Oclober of last year An oldtime concert will be Citizens Band Sunday night in the schools Admission is free and the concert begins at 15 Recently the bond pur chased the entire collection of music from a retired band master in Some of these selections are being Comments sought Truckers as well as resi dents will be given an tunlty to comment on a draft by law prohibiting heavy trucks from using 17 and 10 Sideroad in Hills A draft by law allowing the town to issue permits for trucks on two roads has also been prepared Monday Halton Hills works committee reviewed the two by laws and Councillor Mike Armstrong said he wanted comments from both truckers and residents to see how they feel about it He predicted not everyone will be happy with the bylaws Armstrong wondered if il would hurt the truckers much J They place an ton limit on the two roads tight across the town and provide for fines and permit fees Permits cost for a year for a single project and for a single trip Fines can be as high as Engineer Robert Austin said that while it isn t In the by law bis department will decide who gets permits to run vehicles weighing more than 11 tons based on their destination There will be no special consideration for resident truckers he said If a trucker Is going to Georgetown hell get a per but if its for Toronto he wont Austin explained The trucker must justify getting a permit for and show It is the best route to the towns satisfaction He said the draft by law should be sent to the solicitor for his comment before It goes to council For several years the town has been exploring ways of reducing truck traffic on 17 Sideroad following numerous complaints by residents I played Sunday fitting in with the traditional tone of the evening The atmosphere will be from the turn of the century when Acton like towns all over the world had regular band concerts which provided pleasant entertainment in days There will be old time over lures and marches and typical of the period One of pieces from this collection is the American- composed Atlantis suite which is a dramatic one the players enjoy You can hear the waves coming up and covering he land they promise Two or three of the num bers will feature the E flat alto horn which recently has been replaced by almost all Police nab man and loot Halton Regional Police charged a man and recovered most of the cash which was stolen from a Crescent Street address last week More than was taken in the theft which took place April bands by the French horn All are welcome to the concert Get police deal Georgetown Chrysler corralled some more police tar business Thursday Regional Police Com mission decided to buy three Colls The police commission meeting at en Police Chief Skerrett rccommendatioi to purchase the for Th purchase leaves in the police vehicle budget cording to Skerrett Georgetown Chrysler wa awarded the police cruiser contract earlier this year Burlington commission David Coons quizzed Skerrett about the reasons for going with the Colts Is decision predicated only on the fact it uses unleaded gas Coons asked Skerrett said the type fuel figured in the decision but added that four years experience also played a part He also pointed out that Colts use leaded and unleaded gasoline CIKmm Band SPRING CONCERT Band Plays Band Music A SELECTION OF BAND MUSIC FROM THE TURN OF THE CENTURY UNTIL TODAY- MARCHES OVERTURES SELECTIONS and SOLOS Sunday May 7th 815 pm MIDDLE SCHOOL ADMISSION FREE HILLS FURNITURE and APPLIANCES Gigantic Clearance Worth of Quality Furniture QUICK SALE SAVINGS UP TO Larrys Gift Specials Just For Mom SLACKS 12 Compare at While They Last Only Ram ladies BLUE on the muffler tailpipe exhaust pipe and labor li1enfMvainnyac DHplltlJtvtBUMplpl RICHS RR ACTON JEA Kiddles SPRING RUNNERS Kiddles SUN WE JUST ARRI Girls Ladies WHITE JEANS MOTHERS DAY SPECIAL GOOD UNTIL MAY 13 HOUSE BUYS MILL ST E ACTON NEXT TO CANADIAN TIHEI Hurry For First Selection BRAND NAME MERCHANDISE SUCH AS SKLAR ROXTON SIMMONS- HEIRLOOM PANASONIC SANYO MOFFAT GIBSON INGLIS SIMPLICITY ETC ALL DRASTICALLY REDUCED DOOR CRASHERS RO AC BATTERY PORTABLE TRACK PLAYER HELP THE MENTALLY RETARDED Support the Flowers I of Hope CONTRACTS Sale Wednesday May 3 HALTON HILLS QUEEN ST ACTON ION WED 10 10t SAT CLOSED SUN