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Keep ban on Sunday auctions The officers awl all member of the Lome in central Ontario Proudly thawing off the large Array Cadets walking tall and well they are W I Derek Craig They woo the Award for the Grant David Cillls and John lint time The award gives t the lop rite liodsklns Auction sales are still banned on Sundays Hills general committee recommended the bylaw stay as at least for the present A recommendation earlier had suggested out door auction could be held in the same location four Sundays a year but that idea went down to defeat this week after a plea by auctioneer Ward asking Sunday ban be continued Brownridge claimed a petition submitted by another auctioneer signed by people asking Tor Sunday auctions was misleading He said the claim made by Forbes that he could hold Sunday Lions in Milton or Brampton was only partly true and said the Junior Farmers buildings in both towns where most auctions are held did not allow Sunday auctions He contended auctions attract a large number of cars and suggested it was an annoyance to neighbours Sunday when they may peace and quiet Hepredictedproblerasforcouncil contended the signatures on the position were largely from out of town Forbes to explain why the neighbours in tbe Lot Seventh Line area were not asked to sign the petition Mayor Pete said as far as he knew auction sales on Sunday were legal in both and Brampton Forbes said signatures were obtained from the people attending auctions and said some were neighbors He commented parking is just as much of a problem on Saturday as Sundays He he had receded no complaints from his neighbors about any of the five Sunday sales he held this year and pointed out he had half an acre of his own phis the dead end old Highway road available Tor parking I can go to Milton or Brampton and have a sale any Sunday not in the Junior Farmers buildings since that is their rule and respect it He said of knew of no municipality in Ontario that bans Sunday Forbes reminded he pays a fee to the town for an auctioneer s licence and claimed every other auctioneer except agrees with Sunday auctions He said five auctioneers had signed the Hon In reply to a question from the said he had never had complaint about parking and never had a call from the police about mot Councillor Sheldon maintained there was no valid reason to change the bylaw and si id the solicitor s opinion seemed to say auctions can be held anytime the merchandise is all antiques and if noauctlon is on the Saturday He pointed out a number of businesses are open on Sundays in the rural area which may not comply with bylaws Councillor Walter Biehn said the probhlbitian of Sunday auction sates is ridiculous since many other things are open and argued more people can attend auctions on Sundays than any other day Councillor Miller suggested restrictions should apply only in residential areas newsmakers GeorgetownActon Wednesday October 1982 Education Halton Hills loser if proposal approved by Carol Stewart Kirby Halton Hills homeowners will have to pay a larger portion of Haltons education costs if a new provincial proposal to change the funding of education in Ontario is app roved Barbara Moore superintendent of Business Services for the Halton Board of Education told trustees Thursday the aim of the proposal is a more equal distrtbu of education costs amongst owners of residential properties an improved method of using taxes raised through commercial and residential assessment and restrictions on boards which are spending too much money Moore said because Burlington has historically earned the larger portion of educa tion costs in Halton if approved the proposal will achieve a more balanced proportion of education payments in the region Halton Hills in other words will pay more while Burlington will pay less The thrust of this proposal is two pronged First it Is aimed at equallifng the tax burden based solely on the residential factor Second it will assist other boards who are now poorer Moore said But in dollars and cents it Is impossible to tell exactly how Halton will be affected under the proposal Depend ing on the numbers the ministry puts into this proposal residents and children could be af fected The increased tax burden could be placed on residents or the board could decide to cut programs to lower that burden or both could happen Moore explained The proposal suggests the ministry tlon Will establish an equalization factor which w hen blended with the current mill rate factors published by the ministry of revenue will produce a more balanced lion of residential lax assessment across the province Commercial and industrial assessment would be levied directly by the province and taxes would be pooled and redistributed across Ontario by the province according to the proposal Currently commercial and in dustrial taxes are in eluded in school related municipal taxes Under the plan factories and businesses would be exempt from the por of local property Employee assistance considered in Haton Subject to the new incoming council Hal ton Hills employees will have available to them an Employee Assis tance Program This program ac cording to clerk ad ministrator Ken Richardson helps employees to cope with deterioration in work performance canted by mental health and or substance abuse prob lems This is a program which is readily accept able In private industry and has been nixed In other govern mental agencies as a program worthy of consideration by this region In a report to com mlttec last week Richardson revealed it Is a fact that troub led employees use sick benefits more frequently have mo rework place and are involved In more discipline actions and grievances Research has proven that a significant group of employed persons need assistance for a variety of personal difficulties An plo Assistance Program promotes the availability of services provides easily accepl able services prepares supervisors for I if Ing with problems and then deal with the troubled and assists in resolving personal problems more ex Three alternatives were looked into and at a review It was dec ided to utilize the Family Service Bureau which has in Mil ton and Committee passed without comment a recommendation to enter into an arrange ment With Service Bureau to provide a program for all municipal the region the area municipalities the library boards the boards of com miss loners of police and the Region Conservation Authority taxes pertaining to An excerpt from Moore presentation explains the ministry rationale behind this switch The em of a major industry l drawn Just from the municipality in which the business is located The cost of educating those employees or their children t borne just by the school board in that municipality And business and industry derive a significant part of their revenues from people in other municipalities Perhaps then the revenue from that assessment should be pooled in order to limit these spill overs of tax incidence and ben efit and shared by all school boards in proper to the need Finally any board which exceeds the allowable level of expenditure by the ministry of education will have lo finance those costs only by residential taxes The corresponding commercial and in duslnal will be levied but collected by he province to be redistributed to all school boards For instance In Hal ton a SI million excess amount would currently be raised through in residential taxes and in commercial taxes Under the proposal the Si million would be levied directly on home owners and the corresponding in commercial taxes would go to the pro vince Moore said the ministry of education will be requesting Input from school boards on the proposal soon a though it is not legally bound to do as the boards ask Moore said in her opinion the Board of tlon would lose under the new method of raising revenue Burlington trustee Bill said I do not subscribe to this method of funding Maltby says goodbye Laura Treble cuddles one of her shepherd of Qatar A riend son in law works for the sheik dogs which Is destined for the royal family of and recommended her kennels to supply the royal Qatar a small country on the Persian Gulf Laura children with a pet of Tanhardt Kennels Is selling the pup to the Sheik Halton Hills puppy soon to be Qatars royal dog Councillor George Moltby paid tribute to his late colleague Coxe last Tuesday evening during his goodbye speech to Hills Council members Council jubilant as complete OP After almost ten years laboring on an Official Plan Halloa Hills council finally approved the finished product It is not out of the woods yet since provincial approval Is necessary before the plan is imple mented Council was in a jubilant mood at completion of years work and in the last few months meeting after meeting with one lasting from one the afternoon until 1 1 at night Consultants Walker Wright Young Associates congratulated by Mayor Peter and Chairman Hike Armstrong Councillor SheMon too came in for kind from the mayor for the hard work did as head of the task ore on planning the rural areas At the of Town solicitor Fred Kelson a coordinating committee of the director the mayor and planning chairmen and the solicitors and consultant was set up lo deal with the various government agencies and handle any objections There are parts of the Town plan which do not conform to the regional plan so necessitate an amendment to the regional plan The regional plan prohibits all nonfarm rest severances in the rural area while the Town would allow infilling between bouses no more than loo metres apart on the same side of the mad In addition the regional plan will not allow rural estate residential homes next to an urban area to a extension of water and sewer services does not spec ifically allow or prohibit such development but considers each on its merits Applications will be made to the region to amend these two parts at least as far as Kills is concerned Announcing retirement from politics alter 10 years noted how Coxe was his friend and advocate Coxe led him into the political game Sadly the departing councillor said it was the death of Coxe which led Maltby to his present seat on council in Maltby spoke of the disappointments he has endured in the past 10 years such as the Hydro line and the Great Nonlaw the Agricultural Code of Practice He describes this as a piece of leg Continued on Oil by Helen Murray A puppy born in Halton Hills is destined to be the royal dog of Qatar Laura Treble of Tanhardt Kennels on Highway 7 and Trafalgar Road has sold a German Shepherd to the Sheik of Qatar a small country on the Persian Gulf on the east side of Saudi Arabia Laura explains a Nova Scotia friend son in law works for the head of the middlecast country When the son in law made a recent trip home he mentioned how the Sheik wanted a Shepherd for his children Because Laura was the only one she knewwhoraisedlhedogs she called her Since then Laura says there have been num calls to Nova Scotia and Qatar collect of course On one such phone call the operator pointed out the Canadian was calling the royal family and collect at that Laura said she knew very well whom she was calling Because of certain laws the puppy must first be flown to Paris where it will have at least a six hour layover before going on to Qatar Laura is worried about how the young canine will get water and would like someone to meet the dog in Pans Failing that she would like to go as far as Paris with him to make sure ail is well Laura s had the kennels since 19S1 when she and her dogs outgrew a Richmond Hill location Her first litter of shepherds came along in Laura herself has six shepherds and six They arc bred and shown at various shows across the country There is room for about boarders too Cats are only taken if a dog from the same family is also being boarded Dogs from the same family are a bo doubled up in their stalls Laura makes sure the dogs always have foodsll ting out and the runs ore open all day and night so the pets can go for a run whenever they feel like it While some pets are boarded Just for the weekend and some for up to six weeks the average is two weeks Dogs bred by Laura have gone all over Canada In fact she reveals she provided the Ontario Provincial Police their firstever dog She cant remember the exact date buisbethlnksthat was in the early 1970s The police have got a few more animals from her and arc frequently asking her for advice Laura paints out the are only interested in a dog in temperament not aggressive but not shy They will only take male dogs became they are generally taller than the females But she says only female dogs are used us guidedogs for the blind because they ore gentler and more responsible Laura likes to share her knowledge of dogs w till others She teaches dog obedience in in Fergus There arc only six people in a class and the first wee a Is spent without the dogs present The owners arc taught how to keep their dogs at Over the next several weeks the dogs are taught general good manners teaching them not to jump up Owners of purebred dogs art given extra work to ready the animal for dog showsand obedience trials No dog is too old to learn Laura stresses but they must be worked with seven a week And mutts arc just as capable of learning as pure breds Italldcpcndsonlhc trainer Laura prefers dogs at least eight months old When they are too young they have a short at ten tlon span Her classes have every sue of dog from St Bernard to Chihuahua and all get along fine she says Someof waitto greet their new found friends Laura house is filled with ribbons her dogs have won at various events across Canada and the S One show took her to Bermuda She is a life member of the German Shepherd Dog Club of Canada and is vicepresident and sec as well as trophy chairman She has been the president of the Guelph and District Kennel Club Admittedly shepherds are Laura first love However she has grown to love the which in layman terms is more like a big ball of fur than a dog She got into this breed by accident she recalls She wanted another kind of dog in 1968 and a friend suggested the Keeshound She has since found herself breeding several old adage dogs are mans best friend also holds true for Laura Halton 4H show at Erin I Miller A number keen t members look part In he Inter Show at Erin Fall Fair on the Thanksgiving week end In a strong Field Crop Competition David Wilsons hay entry was declared while Keith Middle- brook entry was in the C group John Held grain corn entry was third In the cereal grain classes Nick Tor body entry placed fifth and Bob Wilson mixed grain was placed in the group The Interclub Dairy Show as held on Saturday with six members taking part In the Senior llolstcln calf class results were Dan Amanda Kunica and Charles Bird John placed third in the Intermediate Heifer class Ronald Bird lopped the Junior Heifer class with Frances Chishotm placing third In the group of three heifers from any club group of calves i Dan John McPhail and Amanda Kunica placed third The members placed four in the herdsman competition the Monday with the In the Angus steer class Heather Lasby placed fourth Gerry Clarke Dave and Doug all placed in Ihc group in the crossbred steer class in he Limousin class included Jodie fifth and Lee group David lopped he steer elasi He went i to win the Wellington District Shurlhorn award or Best Short horn calf at In Hit Angus breeding heifer elasi Andrew Marsh placed second The Haiti Beef air Clubs group of three entry seventh The steers were exhibited by Dave Jodie Slut and In Herdsman Competition Acton Calf Club placed third Inside this section plowmen win a plow in match