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Hope kept alive for quarry landfill site If not for the perseverance of one council member Hal ton Region might have simply shrugged off he suggestion that ft take a second look at a Burlington quarry as a possible landfill site Kith Milton Councillor Johnson at tending D Day memorial observations in France last week It fell to Oakville Carol Gooding to act on a recent letter to the Region from officials of Nelson Crushed Stone Gooding served notice last Wednesday that she would place a resolution before council to have consultants reexamine the quarry as a potential landfill site Council has already accepted a report from consultants Walker Wright Young Associates Ltd rejecting the quarry as a candidate because of its close proximity to the hamlet of Mount Nemo and In particular the Mount Nemo Lodge Nursing Home Nelson officials complained that the decision is premature and recruited Johnson oh an ally their bid for Johnson pointed out that apart from what he considers the minor problem of the nearby nursing home the quarry seems ideally suited for featuring an extensive range of facilities and eristics thai must otherwise be paid for by the Region at any other site Raising the question at last week s meeting of the planning and public works committee just prior lo the council meeting Gooding was greeted with shrugs and some jeering comments The Nelson quarry has been used as an example from coast to coast of how well rehabilitation can work Burlington Councillor Steve Toth said Surely just because it been taken over by Standard Industries they don wanl to turn it into a garbage dump 1 think l he owners are just fishing around for something but re not going lo catch anything fellow Burlington Councillor Pat McLaughlin Committee chairman Ann Mulvale of appeared similarly anxious to forget Ihe idea or reexamining the site noting that a motion to reconsider council previous action is necessary and com mailing thai thai would be premature Gooding gave her notice of motion at the council meeting thai followed Ittookalllllenllchcrall Ihe fairy princess to get Prince us lav I Kevin on Ihe right track In The Fit chanted Journey presented last Wednesday night students 1 Public School Hitch Matilda and Witch Leslie I His gave the prince some pointers on rescuing his princess from a gianl In the play written Christine While and directed Sue Dews nap R briefs Bills bills bills As the wheels of bureaucracy slowly carry Halt on Region toward a solution to its garbage problem treasurer Joe Rinaldo must search the regional coffers for the financial oil lo keep them rolling Last week he recommended drawing from a half million dollar hear fund previously earmarked to make up the region s share of the bill for Stage 2C of the consultant s ongoing work program A Ministry of Environ grant and capital budget allow take care of the rest Still to come are costs associated with Ihe required Environmental Assessment hearing and the final approval process Going public Regional staff moved rcccntl to rtassure opponents of in north Oakville that consultants lion Is indeed public and or scrutiny Concerned Citizen Over ICROW chairman Blair Taylor run plained that information prepared for the sites was denied him at a public meeting May 14 The consultants it was ill a misunderstanding newsmakers Georgetown Wednesday June 191 Georgetown Mourrtafcivfew Rd N GEORGETOWN Toronto Una 6776802 Majors Buss Miller and Cord Krnnti or Hills and Milton respectively received camp budge the annual North I In lion lamp last weekend Crawford and made Scouts jnd dirt at the annual Camp try to push a giant eight Toot earth ball aline Annual Scogui camp a howling success by Leo North District held heir annual Scogui camp this weekend at Woodland Trails Scout Camp and it turned out to be a howling success 150 Scouts Guides Pathfinders Ven and Rovers from Georgetown and Milton took pari In weekend where emphasis was on the future with such events set up by the Ravers included a rocket repair nuclear waste removal and a crater rescue The future also took part in Ihe naming our two camp chiefs Ihis year who were Microchip Gary Elliot and Diane Crawford and whose helpers were Brian Stewart Camp Marshall Esther Shay iScoguis Own Rick and Mark chiefs made the camp a success Friday night started wilh a big welcome for our special guests Mayor Russ Miller of Halton Hills and Mayor Gordon Kranlz of Milton Also attending on Saturday were Sandy Booth District Scout Commissioner and Hilary Speed Guide Area Camp Co The winning team for Ihe weekend was group of Georgetown and 1st Li me ho use scouts Georgetown East Guides and Georgetown east Path finders who won the Scogui camp plaque and Ihe new camp chiefs award A camp craft session was set up on Saturday by helpers Undo and Peter Roe and Linda which featured lock creatures and wooden animals and a log design com pet i Winners were Jason Lockhart and Marny Bossinctt proving Scouts and Guides can work together The biggest hit of all was Ihe giant earth balloon supplied by the Rovers which had all groups participating Including leaders at one time Local schools have vacancies There Is room for 1 more students the elementary schools in Georgetown and Acton Gibbons School Georgetown tops the list with space foraspupOs foUowedby George Kennedy with spaces HZ Dennett Acton tee and with 140 Harrison school Georgetown has 129 empty spots MacKenxieSmith Acton Park Georgetown US Robert little Acton 16 Glen Williams 102 Limcbousett 73 and Centennial In the whole of Halton there are spaces available for CBS pupils Board of Ed Endorse early retirement reject another counsellor by Ale The Hilton Board of Education after substantial debate Thursday rejected one employee related benefit while passing another both by one vote There will be no further increase in the employee assistance program which seeks to help people with and emotional problems A motion to expand it lost by a vole However the board did vote to adopt an early retirement Incentive plan for teachers This won by an vole The board hopes that this retirement plan will encourage some of the older teachers to call it qui Is earlier making room for new young teachers Rejuvenating the leacher force with young people was the motivating factor from the board of view Trustee Pat said that the board will save money through hiring a teacher at a lower salary but the idea is to have new blood coming in We have lo find ways to have positions for younger teachers and revitalize our staff It is a win win silua tion Problem solving for the board is one bene fit trustee Cam Jackson alluded to He said that although the overwhelming majority of Halton principals and vice principals are excellent Ihere are a few for whom retire ment come soon enough Superintendent of employee services Roe Stoness outlined the potential savings The average elementary school teacher on retiring has a salary of while retiring secondary teacher is earning New teachers coming into the board generally get Resentful of some of the implications of policy trustee Bullock said it goes against Ihe grain to pay Ihem to retire early but I will be supporting 11 It is being tried for three years lo see how many take advantage of it and if the right people do To encourage teachers to tike advantage of It the board is offering lump sum pay ments of an increasing amount depending on how much before retirement a teacher is willing lo leave The maximum is This inducement is necessary because early entails a reduced pension for the Trustee Jim Clelland saw primarily fur aggrandizement for the teachers I see very little benefit except lo the employee ami hey arc already being enriched Robert Filrmn outgoing president of the Teachers Association said lhat be will be recommending to all members that they consult the association before opting for the plan There are serious pension implications lhat an employee should be aware of in making such a choice The obvious loss is two per cent per year off the per cent pension available after years of service with the board he said However the most serious loss will be to wilh less than a component add lion of age and teaching experience The loss in pension in this case will be five per cent for each point less than So for a teacher with a cumulative score of 82 the pension loss would be at least per cent said all else being equal the plan would likely favor older teachers near the retirement limit The number of people eligible for the program Is limited by Ihe board lo two per of staff per year Hydro establishes purchase policy Hilton Hills Hydro Commission has decided it will invite bids and call public tenders anytime a purchase is over 2 The first ever purchasing policy was by commissioners Friday Because i a full time purchasing department manager Jerry Trudell the limit be before tenders are called However this was opposed by Chair man Allison and Commissioner For amounls under three quotes will be obtained whenever possible These quotes will be reviewed by Last minute purchases which can go to tender w also be brought to the attention of thecomissloners by before they arc made Fnginecrlng and in Ihe future the pur chasing staff will be responsible for calling tenders Tennant observed staff time would be saved if tenders I called except for purchases or more but he jus go along with such a high minimum tender mark On the issue of he night what employees failed to get was an increase in employee assistance facilitators from one half time person to a hall facih talors These people would help make staff aware of mental and emotional problems give some counselling and direct people other support services Stoness laid the board that it is in he fore front of providing this kind of service in the public but is only meeting Ihe needs of three per eent of employees where five six per cent arc estimated to need Ihe help It can be a saving to the board If an employee can bo helped It will reduce absenteeism and he attendant need for sup ply teaching he said However the torn line is thai by improving the mental health of the teacher you ore improving the classroom atmosphere for the students He told the board that the expansion of pro gram is important lo employee services Trustee Ivan Armstrong feared the uncontrolled growth of the service I see it growing by half a person per year plus secretaries It will get worse and worse His better to knock it off now while we can The implication on the budget process was also noted Bill Priest ner said in budgeting a few monlhs ago this Hem I prioritized Either was not on he list or It was too low I don sec how we can support it Although giving reluctant support for Ihe service trustee Jackson resented the Idea that a person would be hired when the board has for a staffing freeze He asked if the position could not be filled from the current staff complement He was con that the service is extended to the family of as w ell In supporting the motion trustee Hillhouse said that if the board have sufficient people to recognize and deal with the problems the board will effectively lie ignoring them We have lo make our staff aware of the signs of someone undergoing stress Superintendent of instruction George Heaver in reply to a query trustee Noel Cooper said there were no redundant social workers to be torn to the facilitator role and in any evenl the board social workers arc geared odeallng with students and not adults Stoness told the board that the hiring of the facilitator would require no money beyond this year budget would sent a re allocating of Retiring teacher was farm boy Ralph McKeown who left the family farm near 35 years ago to help in the class room will be retiring as a Grade six teacher at Howard Public School at he end of ihis school year There seemed to be a great need for leachers at time says of his move into the teaching field Thai need plus McKeown own love of children took him to a rural house In Erin SS no 8 After three years there teaching grades one lo eight he put years in at Public School now Robert Little Public School teaching grades four to Glen Williams Public School had him as their principal for 13 years He moved to Public School as principal and stayed there for four years until 1962 when he moved back where the is the classroom at His time at was spent working with the school operettas and leaching music in addition to his regular classes My great pleasure Is music he says The biggest change he has seen in his profession came with introduction of television into the average home in the late 19501 Kids became oriented to visual type or learning Instead of the vocal type recalls He had to change his style of teaching to continue reaching children I have to be more dramatic he says Il lakes ingenuity lo think of things lhat will hold their interest He remembers one time in one of Ihe smaller rural schools the children gave him a taste of the kind of drama they can come up with After recess one of his grade seven students returned class a little late carrying a gun The little boy was threatening lo shoot one of his female class males probably a reaction to an incident which occurred during recess says the teacher didnt panic he simply took Ihe loaded gun away from the boy After such McKeown and his wife who will be retiring as a teacher at EC School for the Deaf at the end of thlsschoolyear will spend their first year of retirement trying to get used to being retired he says After that they intend to do some travel