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The Acton Free Press Wednesday May30 1979 3 Board blesses parenting course flic face of Hal ton parenting course is changed so much its father may have it as his own It dues not come close to the original Georgetown trustee Barry Shepherd ob served before Thursday to four en dorscment vole of a at Burlington Thursday If the man who started the board to wards parenting Georgetown principal Erie recognizes his idea hi must be disappointed said Shepherd lie went along with proposed polity however because it I seem we will get any thing better Program superintendent Robert Dixon was hazy on the specifies but in main the course will encourage respect for human life discipline and self discipline He said hoped it would be congruent with what youre talking about was answering trustee who wondered if the course meant Is it back to doing own Hunt School board staff is starting to fleshout the program under Dixon direction Education director Em Lavender con firmed Shepherd s observation and that of trusties that s parenting program has evolved tor one thing It is no longer called Parenting by the Board of Human Growth and Child Development is parenting because as Dr Dixon said at an earlier the staff discovered younger children arc not interested in being parents Other changes from proposal if six months ago were highlighted by Lavender s program will be vol the ministry will ni make it com as asked the request for a consult ml fell through the board did not up the idea of teaching centres because it thought hat service could be in ways and the day care centres depend on who is paying for them The board does have a policy on day care centres The board supports towns operating such places beside schools or in space in but it is the town which shoulders the cost not the board the parenting topics are already incorporated within courses tver they will be pulled together into a program High schools in the south Pearson Lord Elgin M Robinson and General Wolft are running credit courses in parenting Some of the high school topics are to study the human family and sexuality to appreciate and understand the values of others and to teach students to explain their actions through an understanding of their own values unusual step of having the drafted program return lo the board for exam malion prior to handing it over lo the schools was tried but not taken Such a step according trustee rosier would permit trustees to see what they are getting It a contentious issue Normally a program is written up by a team and set in place Trustee observed that other school boards are opting out of parenting programs I believe it is up to the church and Garry Morton trustee for Burling ton said there are risks in the Human Growth and Child Development program However he went on to say d like us to try and stay with the concept There are risks the alternative is that we arc s Inches proposed a parenting program trustees last October In his nine- page brief balanced the cost of a new program against the cost of ignoring juvenile deliquency battered children and mental health statistics He si there are high costs to having battered children ignoring incidence of and starting disadvantaged at school Thieves torch LCBO vault Halton 78 54 bomb scares three real thing Regional Police responded bomb scare tails in but only three out to be actually ex plosive devices Constable Tom told Hilton Police Commission Thursday when for the first time they met In I niton Hills town offices emphasized each is as real thine and pointed out materials for home m ide bombs are readily He said bomb calls are most frequently hoaxes from disgruntled students strikers or he mentally ill but said possible terrorist or activity be over ruled Nu suspicious pickage should be handled unless by a trained technician warned tht constable He pointed out equipment necessary to handle tx plosive related intidenls emphasized he was not prepared to lake Hit risk f tutting wires and re- tommeuded a disrupter as the most piece of equipment It literally dots what it says it disrupts device so it explode went on to list other equipment necessary for use Willi the disrupter down to a sh and door wedges prop open doors if an explosive has to be I ikon from inside a building He explained large expensive equip ment is nut necessary since if a major developed help would be available from the neighboring forees or the armed services Glenn the police eimmissuin suggested equipment be bought away but Chairman Harry suggested they wilt for a report from the Deputy Chief of Operations Norton heard 11 loud Ju out to ice it was it on the rout of her SI a in ml windstorm Hydro corridor Halton Hills backs off on injunction 3000 in damages from headon crash A head on collision on Church St resulted in a total property damage figure 000 lasl Y evening The westbound auto driven by Bill Victoria St and the castbound vehicle driven by Gerard Rd were involved in the collision Both drivers suffered slight injuries say police Polite estimate St damage on each auto About tw hours earlier a twovehicle collision on Mill at St re sulted in damage Police estimate most of the damage is on the driven by Kiloman Tolh of Guelph balance of the damage figure is on auto driven Walter Hug Church Si Also Friday there was i two vehicle collision on Main St S at Police soy the north bound auto driven by Paul Buzzard Rosemary has about in damage while the southbound was driven by a Moffat area juvenile Damage to the latter auto is about About SI in total property damage re sulted from the collision Saturday on Main St Regional Police estimate damage Ihe auto driven by I Guelph is Damage to the parked station ieon owned by Sarah McGregor Mam St is about according to fleers The town has backed off in injunction proceedings against Ontario In July 1J7B Hills and Interested Citizens Group fightine the building if a power line through started an igamst Onion llvdr i to stop frm kites cutting trees on corridor land which in the Niagara I- mmission planning are Ihe has 10 effect v so town to drop and last Tuesday night council a creed wa prejudiced 1 Jftcr dinner on evening and whin she Ik greeted large Maple that had land me The tree split at the trunk during ridJ s grant Hills has given the Ontario Protective Association a ejnntof The Ontario Protective Association was formed In and financed through munici pal grants collected that year only It offers re wards lo people to give information about live stock thefts Informers must cooperate with pol The organization funds are running out so they are soliciting funds from municipalities Thieves labored with on acetylene torch one night last week cutting through he metal of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario store floor safe They torched through the outer door but failed to penetrate a second door They had to make do with scooping of petty cash according to Regional Police No fingerprints left The safe Is a floor model measuring four reel by two and a half feet The theft sometime Friday night or early Saturday morning The break was discovered at Saturday morning No liquor was stolen Police say thieves got inside he Queen St building by prying open front aluminum doors Just empty tanks for acetylene and oxygen remained Sergeant Keith Robert son said that other than the use of cutting torches there do not seem to be similarities between the LCBO job and the safe cracking of the Georgetown Zellcrs store in iBie April In that cast thieves pounded out a wall separating department store from an abutting hair stylist shop Ballon Region a Police are investigating male hairy Lake named Fairy Lake received its name about years ago according lo Acton Early Days by Mrs Sar ah Augusta Mrs Setord felt The Mill Pond its previous name was too commonplace suspect in connection with the theft of from a man s purst it was lucked in her locker in the janitor s room at High School Twohundred dollars of school windows were smashed by van dais si mttime lasl week end The windows are at School Police have a juvenile age malt under invest gallon after he is to have taken shuts at a spot light at Speyside School One light was smashed by an air gun pellet Police are also check breaking of a window at First Line TV and Sales on Mill SI Y The window measured by six feel One Fergus twofurrow plow valued at 300 was reported stolen from an It 1 residence last week The plow was kepi in a rear shed Close Mill St for celebration Mill St will be closed from Main to Elgin Sts for Back to Acton Days June to Sal at midnight Hills council Tuesday evening en a rec ommendations from town engineer Bt requesting the street closure Because the street wasn used last Canada Day weekend when it was closed from Main to Bower Mr tin cut shorl the same re quest this year received from Paul chairman of retail section of Ihc Chamber of Commerce Residential traffic will be given access lo ihcir property on Mill SI and torists will be allow to travel across Mill on low St Also endorsed by coun some evening was Ihe availability of Pros Park lo the Cham from noon to mid night July 1 to set off fireworks under the guld of firefighters Council also approved beer gardens on June 29 and Junc30 subject to the requirements of the Regional Police Region Health Department and town of Hills fire department The Chamber of Com meree is responsible for any clean up THE ACTON FREE PRESS Authorized Sacond Clan Moil Poitsl Registration ICG east and John Minns of he ICG agreed said council needs ICG input on future action halt the lower lino and invited them to Minns agreed the town move doesn t hurt the ICGs cause He said there are i legal matters of prime to both ICG and council The jurisdiction of the Municipal Board and the lion to divisional court on questions of law continue fi rward to mcctme council and having input in for lawyer s course of action ACTON COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTRE Mill St CIS AVAILABLE Counsel Mi Jg Plus noma on Otic Private and Con I 8533310 NORTH STAR FED 10 Rogula 14 Men Bays Many New Styles of NORTH STARS Have Just Arnvedl Paving work to start today Work is scheduled to commence today Wed nesday on the resur facing of dug up streets in I subdivision 10000 to fight hydro line Continued from page perly he demanded He said the town has spent 000 or m the hydro battle so far Booth predicted this step involving would simply lead to more steps He claimed no one wins in this fight since eventually the consumer pays for all Ihc costs involved We have had our kick at and should no further agreed saying the town was simply spending more and more money wilh in his view no possibility of success Councillor George Maltby disputed statement saying the bungling in hydro had far outstripped the costs of this fight What is price of democracy and fair play ht demanded He claimed the people had been stonewalled by hypocritical bungling then by face- Councillor Ross said he would support the motion if there is a limit to the amount At that point the hnd nut been written into the it Hon Asked by the mayor town solicitor Hay Steele said Ihe chances success in seeking leave to appeal the decision were nut loo but gested the motion lo quash the decision w mid have a better chance Julian Heed said passing of Power Corporation in hanged the status or Hydro to an autonomous crown corporation He Hydro board of directors feel are responsible to the board no public He said it was only lasl year the Ontario government acknowledged the line from Bradley to Milton was not covered in the Solandi study To withdraw from the fight at this time is kind of injustice imposed by this system still say justice demands an independent study Heed said bit of developed when Booth said he like Reed using council to get at Hydro Heed asked if he would prefer he refused to come Reed said he did not think it was out of order to explain the provincial situation Councillor Ed Wood pointed out his is probably Inst funding asked of Hills and said was a minimal amount when spread across whole town John McDonald said he felt some injustice had been done Russ Miller who was absent sent a strongly worded letter to urging support for Ihe farm area in fighting the location of the Hydro corridor Ted deputy engineer for town old the tree Press Gra ham Bros Construction I imited Brampton are to start excavating El from Tidy Ave to I airy Lake Tidy Ave and Elizabeth Drive from Elmore Tidy These streets had storm sewers put in last year and when the work was completed gravel was laid down Depending on a ber of circumstances the of sub division could be done next year according to Mr with resurfacing done the year later Decoration Day set for Sunday Sunday is Decoration Day a time when mem of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 197 and local tend the graves of their late members Relatives also mark day by decorating graves of loved ones In he past parade would march from the cenotaph to Cemetery but lack of pub lie 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