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North not in police program size and distance reasons For an undetermined length of time Georgetown Acton and Milton axe not going to be Included in a new police program which could signify a dif ferent way of policing In Halton Region The and difficulty is main taining a visible police presence in the three towns are the reason for their exclusion Police Chief James Har ding told the board of commissioners on Thursday afternoon The program emphasizing preventative policing is slated to start on April 1 in and Burlington Commissions voted unanimously In favor of the program New Commissioner Hills Mayor Pete Pomeroy asked the chief when the north could expect the pro gram difficult to create a police presence But we Intend to get it the program to the north as soon as possible The new program will take the force says Harding a giant step forward It is exciting and ad venturous for this force be told the Basically the program a main thrust is to get police officers to get to know the people in the Id this they can try to prevent crimes happening by encouraging people to report suspicious things before the crime happens The efforts are structured for high profile in the community said Staff Inspector John who presented the program to the com We are moving from a reactive role to a proactive one and getting back to the people The officer will rotate in each zone to get to know the community ex plained Inspector Roy Wilkinson adding people will respond more they know their officer During a break in the meeting Mayor commented on the north being excluded Itsalotestler to implement the way it is he said but as long as 1 on this commis sion It will be as soon as possible After the meeting Chief Harding explained why it was to initiate the program in the north The public is going to have to under stand that resources are limited and up there we have to cover about ISO square miles which makes it very difficult to have a visible presence claimed the police chief adding that the size adds to the difficulty in doing preventative programs Georgetown Inspector Matt Mac- pherson said he did not think there was a need at his time in the north for a program being started In Oakville and Burlington They have a densely populated area to work with he explained It will be easier for them because of that But be maintained the police of fleers to the north do proactive policing all the time We won be pushing for It the program because our officers aren t as busy as the ones down there and have the time for proactive policing he said On Friday Metro Toronto Police Chief Jack announced the Toronto force will be doing their own type of preventative policing questioning people walking in the streets to try to get closer to the com m unity He told the Metro Board of Police Commissioners that this will help the police officer stay in tune with the community and help them fight crime GeorgetownActon Wednesday February 2 AELePAGE REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD REALTOR MacNabb sheriff only four months Hall Sheriff Robert Mac Sprout has researched the history of all JO sheriffs since This fourth in she series by Mac Sprawl a major operation in the Hospital Archie lb prom business man of Hon died on Monday afternoon July He is rn on a arm in Mrs MacNabb and the late a pioneer set tier of 11a Hon County tor the last 17 years of his life he was a businessman On July a he assumed the duties of the Clerk County of when he v as suddenly For a number of years he was secretary of the County Agricul tural Society a member of the Milton Bowling Club I OOF and Past Master of St Clair Lodge A and A M a past first and Scribe of St Clair Chapler RAM He was a member of St United Church Milton being tht Board of Sit wards at the time of funeral which was one of the largest seen in Millon was at Evergreen Cemetery Milton Sheriff was buried with Masonic honors After a a public Paul United Church by the Pastor Rev A Ir win Near member of Milton and other Mason Lodges were present at the Mason services at the graveside in Cemetery Archibald Linford was born December 1886 on the Second Line of Township in the County of the elder son of A MacNab The farm had been acquired by a grant from the Crown to his great grandfather 1825 At the age of years Archiehad passed his entrance exams and his father having had an accident Archie look over he work of the farm With the help of his brother Gordon the advice of his mother and father and the easing of his five sisters Archie managed to work the farm In 1917 he married Anna Scott and Ihcy had Idren Ruth Donald and Mary 111 health caused him to sell the farm in iua bought the J B Scott bouse Milton and purchased a shoe store from Eddie Graham on Mam Street While stilt on the farm he had worked with the United Organization and was secretary treasurer of the Agricultural Society for over 20 years In town he was interested In all sports On his Wednesday half day off he would drive Ihe ball team to where they were play He also liked lawn bowling He was a member of the United Church and on the Board In 1923 he Sheriff of Count Sheriff for approximate four last months of IhcDniryGmenWient Members of Library Board for 1983 are from tell Education appointee standing Robert Board of Educa seated Chief Librarian Betsy Cornwell Deborah Scott Board of tlon appointee Irene Wood Separate School Board appointee and Education appointee Chairman Doug Mag wood Town appointee Ken Riley Separate School Board appointee Ian Carter who has Norman Elliott Town appointee Board of just been appointed by the Town is missing from the picture Library Board Oldest Board in Town Frequently when boards commits or spec at nee are mode ihe beg Ihe year residents wander what do do and how do they vcappa nimenis The Independent II run a on boards H Its attempting to expla what they do who the members are how they art nted and what if any i The library board has been in existence longer than any other board in Town but not In Its present form For the first to 90 years Acton and Georgetown Library Boards functioned as completely separate units until regional government was introduced In 1974 Both libraries had their first home In their town halls and started within a few years of each other Georgetown library was found in 1880 and Acton in 1B9B Georgetown library in the beginning was operated as a Merchanics Institute which at that time were all over Ontario The In stitute was aimed at having workers con their education But only members could borrow books The Acton Library however was the off spring of the Public School Board who urn over control of their book collection to the Acton Free Library Board At that time free was a mailer of Importance in attaining books Books were not loaned to anyone under according to the rules While Acton continued to use the town hall until 1334 when the library was moved to the building Georgetown was for tunate to have the former Congregational Church turned over to the own as a free public library in 1913 At that time the amalgamated with their next door neigh in Knox Presbyterian Church Through the years the library board members and library activities have ed but one thing has remained the same The library board is one of the few if not the only board where the members receive no pay at all Unique also is the set up of the board with three members appointed by the Town of Halton Hills three appointed by Halton Board of Education and two by Halton Separate School Board The mayor or his appointee is an ex officio member This complicated membership originated with the Public Libraries Act which was in itiated in large part by Ryerson for whom Polytechnic Institute is named So how are appointments made For Ihe past perhaps ten years vacancies on the board have been advertised in local news papers and anyone who is a resident tax payer and a Canadian citizen can send in an application Council then chooses the new members The terms are from one to three years so a whole board is never up for appointment at the same time This method was Introduced after com plaints only people who were known cil or library board members were being ap pointed Of course when both owns were smaller everyone was known so the pro blem did not rise The function of the board is that of any board of directors of a company They set policy establish the budget and hire the chief librarian The budget is subject to the approval of Halton Hills council who usual send back the first draft Tor revision downwards of course But not all be library board funds come from the Town The Province of Ontario grants per capita based on the shown on the most recent enumeration The difference between this amount and Last year the library board total budget was Acton charming library on the edge of a creek with a rustic bridge approach was completed in 1967 as a Centennial project and Georgetown now part of the Halton Hills Cultural Centre was finally built in 1981 after years of controversy Before and during the building of George town library the board members were caughl up almost entirely in the project but now ha vea chance for long range planning An innovative suggestion may see the libraries slaying open Sunday afternoons board chairman said other libraries which remain open Sundays report it one of their busiest days With the theatre and he gallery the numbers colming into Georgetown library are increasing every day says Magwood Many times there s almost a traffic Jam in the lobby when there some thing In the theatre or gallery am delighted to see the library become such a hub of activity In town It should be emphasized he library board has no responsibility for the Iheatre or the gallery and must rent that space like any other taxpayer when using these areas for library events Between wo libraries the board employs the equivalent of full time staff members with Kathy Lepki he Acton branch manager and Pamela Payne the Georgetown equivalent Joy is the Assistant to the Chief Librarian Betsy Com well From the board s Inception when whisper and one book at a time were the order of the day the libraries are full of activities displays records films reference sections talking books for Ihe blind shut In service and IB course books But all of the changes came about because of boards who through Ihe years were and are willing to make changes to keep pace with the interests of their com muni ly Mutm Recent cutbacks by the provincial govern ment in the support of multicultural ser vices are having adverse effects on libraries in Georgetown and Acton The Halton HiDs Library Board has never authorized the expenditure of book funds to provide materials In languages other than English- Up to now the libraries have relied on the more coat effective method of shared rotating collections of various language books which hare come from the National Library to Ottawa and Hamilton Public library costs of handling these ten m soma purc bare been borne by the South Central Regional Library System which receives its funding directly from the province and newspaper subscriptions to other languages have also been provided on the basis of special provincial grants One recent financial restraint tives has been to dim mate the fundus these services through the regional library systems thus depriving toe smaller centres of a particularly cost effective method of serving their multOiagua users Late in ISO the province an a Resources enrichment fund as part of the program and one of the arena In which these funds may be spent is that of mult lingual materials The managed to qualify for IS under this program on the basis of our purchases of large print and reference materials If the grant is offered again in 183 he libraries will be able to use it to assist In replacing the loss of some of the Regionally funded language services however they are anxious to put the money into those areas of most need It is for this reason the are c the survey All library users who want to read materials In languages other than English are being urged to ID out the survey form available at both libraries Hire officer Region wants to curb fraud A hefty increase In Halton s projected welfare has prompted a request from the social services department to hire an eligibility officer to curb welfare frauds The position would pay itself two times over by detecting welfare fraud in the first stages and identifying cases of over payment social services director Debbie Oakley said Tuesday Her experience at the provincial level has shown returns as high as eight to one she said Region should see a return of about twotoone In the first year said Oakley not If they make an investment of they should get a return In the area of lie The request for the eligibility officer will be presented to regional council as part of the entire social services department bud gel March Welfare cases increased 22 per cent last year and are expected to Increase by on additional per cent before the end of 1983 amounting to an Increase of more than SO per cent In the twoyear period Five cases of welfare fraua were detected In last year out of a caseload of said Oakley admitting there could have been more cases which went detected We don t have the expertise to keep aba on 11 she explained Oakley said experience is an important criteria because the person would be hired on a con Ir actual basis for eight months When you have only eight months it better to hire someone who knows what they are doing to get the maximum returns she said Burlington Mayor Holy Bird suggested hiring a police officer who is close to retire ment rather than taking on another staff member Hills representative Dave Whiting questioned the need for another staff worker We Just hired another staff mem ber last year we Just can t keep hiring them every year Silent protest by teachers on slow talks An estimated 400 elementary teachers crowded into the Board of Education offices in Burlington Thursday night in a silent protest against slow contract ions between the federation ana the trustees The teachers have been working without a contract since September For most of the educators the main bone of contention Is a lowerpupil teacher ratio According to teachers at the board meeting Thursday the high class room sizes are hurting the students who are the main concern The teachers came from all over Halton many riding buses from Acton and Georgetown The teachers sat quietly as resi dent Rod Bird chastised the board for their spending practices in the wake of factory closures and business cutbacks Bird contended that no private business could afford to give their employees the high pay and benefits the teachers in Halton receive for the amount of days they work Bird told the trustees in light of the high unemployment figures they should not be afraid to lose their best teachers to other school boards There are always good workers out of work to hire as replacements He told the trustees with salaries of for and for prin cipals these people need no more to live on They are Just greedy he said Bird said now is tbe time to maintain the