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Holmesway apts in remote fire danger brass by Eric Residents of the senior citizens apart meats are In remote or marginal danger of fire according to Housing Authority officials The danger has existed for months The danger exists because there is no security tenant to keep an eye on building secondary fire alarm system panel The panel is located in the security tenant apartment and there has been no tenant since last Seven of the building 12 apartments ore cupicd The authority hopes to rent the security apart before it has to string a line to the new senior citizens apartments on Elizabeth Drive to HHA member Dolly Moulden Hills lire department recommended ing the fire alarm trouble signal to where it con be supervised The department made the mendalion after a January Inspection according to fire prevention officer Larry Brassard The building has two fire alarm systems The main alarm system is Independent of the secondary one according to senior maintenance super visor Bob Bowes The main system goes off when one of the pull alarms or a heat detector is activated The main stem described as a tapedialer then telephones its toped messages to the fire department Bowes home and the custodian at the Elizabeth Dr sen lore apartments If there was some breakdown in the panel secondary system it could mean a breakdown In the tapedialer Bowes said Monday Bowes described the threat of a fire as remote while HHA housing manager Ann Gabriel used the word marginal Bowes detailed the regular inspections earned out at the Place apartments as follows there is a dally visual inspection by the custodian of tho Elizabeth Drive building each month one of the pull alarms is activated to see if the system checks Each year a contractor inspects the entire system The security tenant s apartment is rent free It and four others have been empty since the opening of the new Elizabeth Drive apartment building All five vacancies are onebedroom apartments with stove fridge equipped kitchen living room according to Mrs Gabriel Heating and are electrical One of the tasks the security tenant would under take in exchange for the rent free apartment is dealing with emergencies such as the fire alarm stem according to Gabriel The security tenant apartment is equipped with the panel which is tied into the fire alarm system If anything happened to the building fire alarm system there was a fire it the system might not work said Gabriel The twostorey apartment building would be safer with a security tenant ind Gabriel Asked If there is a danger to apartment dwellers she said I would certainly feel it marginal It possible there could be a danger Gabriel went on to say The fire department Is concerned about It The housing manager also said that there is a neighbor who locks and unlocks the building Apartments in the building were des cribed by Gabriel as being ideal for someone who likes to go home and shut the door They re Ideal for someone who quiet and independent she said in the Place is subsidized They are based on approximately per cent of the gross Income according to Gahricl Most apartment dwellers pay the maximum Tho least one can pay is she said The building is about years old An Inland Community Newspaper lluudndm ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 18 Six I Kinder This quilt made by Lucille Cookslcy of It Is being Judged his week la the Canada Packers Championship quilt competition at the Agricultural Societies of Ontario convention In Toronto She took top In the competition at he Acton Pall air and then took top honors in the district five competition Her Pattern of Star flower quilt which took her a year to make beat out Si district entries Photo by GORD MURRAY Liberals again pick Reed Julian Reed incumbent Liberal MPP for Burlington was acclaimed the Liberal standard bearer for the March election Saturday night during a nomination meeting which was more like a lovein When riding president Dolly Moulden called for nominations everyone in the hall stood up and in unison shouted Julian Reed as they clapped their hands Visibly moved Reed thanked the Liberal gather lng and said he could do little without their support He emphasized that an MPP to rely on the ad vice and knowledge of the people who put him in Queen Park He warned it was not time to feel comfortable as he predicted a hard campaign against a formidable foe Reed said ho was encouraged about the outlook stating In the 12 days since the election was called Premier Bill Davis has had 12 bad days while Stuart Smith has had 12 good ones He argued people of all political viewpoints were realizing it is time the government in power should be removed and replaced with a fresh sensitive one at Queen s Park The Liberal candidate contended the Liberals had gathered a core of reasonably young keen people who are not content to languish in opposition He maintained any party entrenched for a long time owes loo many and becomes rigid contended the Premier who has made leadership an Issue has presided over the decline of Ontario Reed cited the confrontations in South Cayuga over the landfill site and the anger over the Re mar situation as evidence of dissatisfaction with the Tory government Continued on Page 2 Cutler is NDPs selection Chris Cutler 21 along time resident of the Flam borough Township area was acclaimed Monday to contest the Halton Burlington riding as the New Democratic Party candidate Mr Cutler a circulation manager with a weekly newspaper west of Hamilton opened his campaign in Milton Hall by announcing a threepart NDP plan aimed at easing the property tax burden The New Democrats he said would immediate ly reduce the education tax by per cent and this would be coupled with economic value assess and a normal property development pro gram Mr Cutler said education taxes are based on the property tax and the by reducing that per cent and taking the money from general re venues would cut the taxation bill for the home owner For the person who does not own a home Mr Cutler said the normal property development pro gram would allow anyone renting accommodation to get part of the hidden property tax Iheypayin rent back at the end of the year in the form of a re bate Mr Cutler said a person paying per month could expect back at the end of the year from an provincial government The plan of economic value assessment would pose a property tax on the value of real property so people owning similar homes would pay similar tax Mr Cutler who works for Brabant News is a long time resident of Following his he told how at the age of he would company his father through Hamilton Wcnlworlh putting up signs and handing out pamphlets for NDP candidates He said his father had emigrated from England and he noted his grandfather had also been a This family history of labor politics has involved him in many facets of his party He sits on Continued on Page Kids on hold by Eric Elstone For as many as children the doors to kindergarten will be locked in September Halton Board of Education estimates young will have to wait a year before trying to catch up Those children some of whom are in nursery schools will not be eligible to enter kindergarten in September Some parents are search ng for private schools to educate their children le others in Burlington are seeking to take their ease to Premier William Davis Kindergarten children whose sixth birthdays fall in January or February will proceed to Grade 1 be cause they have already started in the school system according to Director of Education Em Lavender The next kindergarten enrolment will only accept youngsters whose fifth rthdays fall before December That is the rule in the Education Act permitted children into kindergarten In September when their fifth birthday fell as late as the following end of February That 11 yearold policy withdrawn during Thursday board meeting at Burlington Some trustees blamed the ministry for the late change in kindergarten eligibility while others pointed the finger at the board staff I really feel we should have been watching the situation more closely Burlington trustee Cam Jackson said He reminded trustees that a year and two days ago board stuff report stating that the kindergarten matter would be foremost n mind Lavender defended his staff by saying that to re act to all possible issues from the ministry would keep this board in a fairly frequent state of un certainty When the education m nistry a warning about a program run in open defiance of the ministry monitoring of that situation would be easy charged former board chairman Bill Herd There was a suggestion that absorb the cost some of early enrolment Most trustees though argued hat they could then be charged by ratepayers or the ministry with misappropriation of funds In a letter dated February 5 Ontario Minister of Education Belte Stephenson suggested con beginner classes The solution of the minister is really not a tion vicechairman Elaine said It means we do in 13 a years what other boards do in 13 and what other provinces do in 12 Stephenson turned down Halton January ap peal for a year s grace concern ng the age We fully appreciate the viewpoints expressed on behalf of those parents who had anticipated lng their children begin school in September 1981 You understand however that my responsibility is to ensure that the provisions of the legislation arc applied consistently and equitably across the pro vlnce The ministry tried to gauge the degree of differ in provincial boards policies concerning Kindergarten ages John Storey Centra Region Director of said of a May meeting with county directors of education In fairness to the boards Id have to say what we were do ng was trying to determine the degree of the problem In October Storey issued a memo reminding board rectors of the provision of The Education Act s staff alerted trustees of the ministry mnd after the October memo though education director Lavender acknowledges he knew of the May meet He has stressed as has Storey of the ministry that no action was requ red Burlington trustee Jackson charges that most the or 18 school boards which found themselves out of step with he ministry complied before September inside about what the board decision means to some town children on page The dote for Hills Councils debate on Section has been changed See why on page On page read about Lions burning their mortgage Tory ranks breaking up A rift in the ranks of the Halton Burl Pro Conservative Association has taken Its oil and now includes the resignation of its idenl John Bell cm In an Interview with this paper yesterday confirmed he will leave the Association executive Just as soon as the election is over due lo what happened Feb during the PC nomination meeting Along with several other prominent area Tory members have tendered their resign The resignations come in the wake of bitter char ges of unfair voting procedures at the riding convention in Milton 10 dajs ago Georgetown member Fran won hands down over Milton opponent Brian Penman Although strongly urged by many Association members to run as an Independent Brian Penman said Monday he will not seek election Policeman offers vandalism solution What works against vandalism There are two things according to Reg ional Police Deputy Chief Bob Middaugh One is deterrence by police There is however not enough money for lhat That leaves Ihe accountability of the child to the family The fam structure is becoming more sound than in the 70s said Middaugh The deputy chief made his remarks to the Bus Iness Improvement Areas executive Lo it miction Lady luck smiles on locals ten split 100000 in Wintario Just a couple of hours before supposedly unlucky Friday 13 lady luck smiled on Acton as 10 workers shared a Win tario draw prize It Is also widely reported another worker shared a 100 prize with her father The rumored winner wouldn confirm her luck for the Free Press and Ontario Lot Corporation had no record of her win at press time George Hams R Acton Doug Weston 179 Jim McDonald Peel St John 26 Guelph St Dave Stuck ess Park Ave 350OrvlUeRd Dave Morris 24 Ransom St Kevin Perkins KinghamRd David Glenn McDonald and Bruce Saunders Mill St East all work In the chrome department tanning and dying at They shared the prize each receiving They are known as the fat 11 crew happy winner McDonald said knew of their big win Thursday night but still showed up for work Friday After work they went down to the lottery of flees in Toronto to pick up their winnings then went to a restaurant for a celebration Ontario Lottery Coporatlon official Cic cone Interviewed each of the winners about their plans for their winnings Most said they will pay off loans mortgages and bills and bank the balance Glenn told the lottery spokesperson he 11 pay his car loan Stuck ess will bank what ho has left over after paying a loan off Saunders plans to pay some bills and then bank Perkins winnings will go towards bills and his mortgage will pay the balance owing on his home and bank about 5 and Harris will also pay off his car Wagg had indefinite investment plans for his winnings and and Weston decided McDonald will complete tlons of bis collage Harris said while they originally told the lot tery people the ticket was purchased in Guelph they now think they bought It right here in Acton Nine of the en happy workers at Beardmore who shared a sdraw The crew picked up their planning to pay off hills and loans with their winnings Photo by