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The Acton Free Press Wednesday Feb 7 1979 Drop in grants to schools means higher local taxes Arch Harking replaced the wall sockets In his home because he said they overheating and arcing The sockets were discolored and much of the covering burnt of Wiring problem worries members of Harkins family Members of the kins family count them selves lucky to have found a problem with the aluminum wire elect outlets in their Rosemary Road home Arch spent most of Siturday replacing the outlets in the upstairs and I hi rest downstairs At least one neighbor in the sub division is doing the same The problem Some of the electrical wall outlets last week However Mr indicated the fuses were working tine As Mr was liter unscrewing the front of an outlet hi said saw a steady are in side the outlet Inspection found so mi of the aluminum wires leading into the outlets were almost bare of insulation Also there was a yellow discoloring of the plastic between the receptacles Obviously looking at the wires it has been arcing and overheating for some lime he said The discovery wis unnerving to say the least he said in an interview in the home Saturday I was nervous about to sleep Very disturbed sud No hint of the size of the problem occurred the family when the alarm dock failed to off last Wednesday However M was puzzl th television 1 worked th did not fun afternoon night 1 y down to electrical The wall t r pi AI V They were nude in mirkod with the Standards Association sym The wires from the wall slip into the outlets Mr indicated there is no question the rcicptaclis and the aluminum wire con formed to the building eode when the horn six y The outlets Mr kins is replacing older units with marked CO ALB Tl the bo too Wires ire joined to these receptacles by mean screws The screw were bought in town he said cost of is be and Mr an industrial relations officer tele phoned the Bo vis comp- Jennifer Local ratepayers will have to pay more for cation in Ontario cording to Hal ton Board of Education finance superintendent Bruce latest figures The increase is a result of Ontario Education Minister Stephenson announce ment last week that the average increase in pro vincial grants to the school boards will be per cent for a figure well below the current inflation rate Mr Lindlay said Ihc provincial government his reduced its level of support by onehalf to one per cent Mr is still awaiting further information before he can give an exact figure In 1978 the provincial grant accounted for per cent of the board expenses Mr Lindley estimated this year s grant covers to SI per cent of expenses The half or full percent will have to be picked by the local ratepayers Mr I indley said Since 197 j school board s have had to get by on grants amounting to per cent or slightly more to cover expenses Provincial government subsidizes from 1973 reached the GO per cent mark Ten years ago the grants figured in at per It just that the funds are not available not only in education but in all facets of provincial grants Mr Different Halt on have a different mill rale but the current average of mills for education will have to be increased according ti Mr He Ins not d cations received the figures for no rale increase Betty school board trustee for Acton and said It before reaching an was say what tca impact the reduced level realized Ihe Mr said If the government is going to restrict the funds then they should put guide lines on the people who use most of the money The instructional part of the funds should not be allowed to increase more than the provincial grant 96 dogs destroyed etyabt dogs were We realized the repercussions of reducing the teacher- pupil ratio Hartley Sherk have on the board until the budget was brought down I must admit though I would like to see the government not bollrd trte being restrictive he not the grants Mrs Fisher said She also said it was the provincial govern merit which encouraged will the impact because the board had not come down with budget yet Mr and school boards and increase he said are suffering Mr said he was disappointed but not surprised at the an noun cement of the grant The handwritings been on the wall for the past three years he said Ivan strong ton trustee said he would like to criticize the government for Its however he knows what it is doing I have no trouble seeing why the province did this However we won be able to keep the budget within these grants The sad part is we have to now go to the taxpayers Armstrong said Armstrong said the destroyed or sent for re finance committee Is in search during the last the early stages of the three months of planning and so is too cording to a report from early to say what will the Halton Hills Animal happen I would doubt Control officer Joe Kir whether we can slay ley within the grant allot The service answered ted he said calls during the three trustee for month period and placed Milton was not available dogs in homes Owners for comment at press reclaimed of the 189 time programs Now they have not come through with the money she said Barry Sheppard Georgetown school board trustee feels that the possible Mr Sherk said the res son for the cut backs was due to the government not keeping Its Dart of the teachers superannuation HOLLINGER MINES LIMITED AND LABRADOR MINING AND EXPLORATION COMPANY LIMITED trustee me province is expecting the school boards provide trying make up for lost education but are education but they are not providing the funds making it difficult for all the school boards to live up to this expectation We also have a constant pressure by taxpayers to keep tax costs down Sheppard said Mr said de spite declining enrol costs continue to rise There is no decline in the cost of education Seventy four per cent of the funds go iO the in budget Even the slight drop in numbers of teachers will not bring the cost of education down he said Mr said the slight reduction in the leather pupil ratio recently negotiated in the teachers contract will have quite an effect on the costs This Is why the board went so long superannuation fund is more than WOO- In the hole The government did not keep up its part of the fund and was borrowing from it In Acton Pet Food and Supplies Fonturos of Purina DOG CHOW DAIRY DINNER WAYNES DOG FOOD 853 A L JFt P C QC C BRUCE ROSS A Chairman of the Board of announces following changes of officers have Been made follow the retirement of Mr A L Fairlay Jr as President and Chief Executive Officer of Holl and President of Labrador Mr Fairiey has held these positions since He w II continue as a dnector both compan has been elected President and Chief Executvo Officer of Holl and Chairman of the Board of Labrador Mr is a senior partner in the firm of Holden Murdoch Finiay and was also previously a Vice President of and Labrador C Bruce Ross has been elected Execulive P dent of and President of Labrador Mr RosswasprevouslyaVice President of both companies and will also continue as General Manager of both compan Halton instills proper sex There are no rid light sex education classes in according to director of education Em Lavender Are we teaching sex education Yes we are in the intermediate and senior divisions der said In on Interview Tuesday No we are not teaching lessons like the one under Investigation in Simcoe County he said Hie pro gram being offered in is by teacher with he ad ind disad of prostitution during Thursday ton Board of Education meeting If such courses is those in County were taught in Lavender told trustees he would check into the matter Warm Cheese our Ssqsfeqo a ex of owcoN iaWa