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Georgetown candidates ready for race By TAYLOR Herald IT writer While political hopefuls from all three major political parties have been expect Ing an election Coll any time In the past year when the call finally came it was a to the candidates in the newly created riding of Brampton Georgetown For candidate David Moulton it meant the cancellation of a tenday vacation in Vancouver which was to begin today he will be staying in he riding for the remainder of his vacation and will be taking a leave of absence when his vacation end Conservative candidate John McDer mid will also be taking a leave of absence from his job at Ontario Place for the duration of campaign Mil LIGHTED Liberal candidate Ross Milne who Is the incumbent MP in the former riding of Peel Slmcoc said he is delight with the decision to call the election It not easy to wait a year he said Mr Milne was in House for the announcement of the dissolution of men and was to fly back to Brampton Inst night to launch his campaign today Mr Milne said he was prepared for one of two possibilities in the final decision lo the call the election he thought ihc prime minister might call the election over the weekend or Monday when work had been completed on the govern emergency energy allocation bill Election 79 which did receive royal assent yesterday or that the coll might come later when a Ih bill which was to have begun this week was completed The lalleropiion would have meant an election some time in mid June Mr said he was peronally somewhat surprised by the announce but he is glad the election will finally get off the starting block The election was inevitable and now It down the nitty gritty Mr said thni while he t expecting the announcement for mother two team Is ready to go All three candidates will have cam headquarters both In Brampton and Georgetown but none have set up their jet The campaigning at the federal level will be primarily concerned with the personality and leadership of three party lenders Mr Milne said and he believes thai with Prime Minister Tmdcau the Liberals have an edge over the Conservatives with Joe Clark or the with their leader Ed Prime Minister Trudeaus five high priority issues Tor the election will also be a key factor Mr Milne said Mr has identified the issues as national tin ly new economic policies as guaranteed employment and ty new social policies to Improve the quality of life control of Inflation through restraining government spending a the guarantee of an adequate supply of Mr Milne said that these issues will the local level along with gun control and expansion of Toronto International Airport Mr McDcrmld agrees that party leadership and leaders personalities will be an important part of national campaign but on the local level he sees the race being more issuconcmed The national issues iiie Mr McDcrmld said The eon is far and away as I knock on doors he major concern of the people Mr said he personally agrees with the NDP perception of the Issues with the primary concern being the economy Everyone has concerns about rising prices unemployment the fading dollar he said of the proposals he will be about during the campaign is the formation of a Fair Prices Commls proposed by leader Ed Broad bent a few weeks ago Continued on Page two YOUR MORNING SMILE save face to keep the r half the HERALD Home Newspaper of Hills MRCIII8 The big paper with the J big circulation read first by everyone I Reaching more than J homes Halton Hills Committee seeks bigger better location School vetoed as arts centre site Tickets for kids Regional Police are now issuing tickets to children under ihe age is for traffic and safety violations on foot or On bicycles Safely Officer Raj Swaminalhin how the system and what happens your child gets a ticket Page IS Travellers life Georgetown travel agent John Barber is not ready to retire Already In his seventies Mr Barb er Is still going strong This week he recounts some of the more experiences in his career of being a paid traveller Page is Raftis attacked regional chair man Jack Raft is came under attack last week from an council lor who look issue with predictions and promises made by the chairman in a public speech concern ing issues and pro grammes have yci to be considered by regional council Page to Cancer month April Is Cancer month and volunteers will be launching a canvass for funds shortly lo support the many Ices the society provides The Herald talked to members of the cancer society in Hills about many facets of the society and its work Pages Grants blasted Several outside cultural organizations Including the Hamilton mod Orchestra ran into opposition Inst week when regional council was asked to approve their 1979 grant requests Fiscal was cited as the big factor in the objections expressed by come council members Page J Continuing its search for a multi purpose cultural centre site in Hills the town general committee has reject Howard yet unspecified site for a centre that could cost a half million dollars Officials of Consult BACK TO THE BOOKS Jnson llreen a grade four student at Joseph Gibbons Public School may be concentrating on his school or he coincided wilh what Is ma be thinking of his spring holiday and wishing It had lasted Rasp winter longer Students returned school on Monday after a week of Herald photo District health council unveils plans for major needs study The District Health Council has unveiled plans for a health needs study will evaluate the region a available health care services and facilities and identify a rcos where public health needs are not being met Announced by Health Coun cil officials at an press conference Friday the 15month study will sec health care professionals a cross region interviewed with regard to the nature and extent of tht they provide as well as families whose opinions of existing vices and future needs will be tabulated Health council chairman Barnes of Georgetown explained the study will be the investigation launch by Ihe council lhat will cover all of rather than just specific sections It is aimed he said at widening and providing specific guidelines for planning until 1986 and more general guidelines for planning until 1991 SMALL TEAM Financed entirely by provincial ministry of health the study is to be ad ministered by a or who will be hired by II council along with a sm ill In order to make rccom mcndations to the province concerning future health care needs Mr said the council is socking a statistically accurate break down of available and needed services In each area of Hal ion Members of families in each of four area municipalities will be visited In their homes by survey per sonnel and asked to complete a questionnaire concerning the kind of health care they are now receiving and possible improvements they would like to sec The surveyors visits arc expected to last an hour or Physicians dentists nurses hospital staff and admin Is Ira tors and psychiatric workers will be among the 50 profes interviewed as pari of the survey aimed at evaluating the nature and ex tent of available health re sources in the region Members of the health ell steering committee will begin formulating questions for the survey in mid May 110 NEW JOBS FOR LOCAL FIRM changes at Smith and Stone Georgetown plant will add 110 new jobs company local employment rolls The expansion was announced at a press conference held day at the North Golf and Country Club The official statement said a portion of ihe wiring devices op eration of Canadian General Electric will be merged with Smith and Slone effective March The expanded operation will con linuc manufacture and sell under the name of Smith and Stone Canada Limited will retain controlling interest In Smith and Stone but CGE will receive a interest Day today operations will be conducted by Smllhand Stone Additional details or the changes will be carried In next week edition of The Herald Associates Ltd the firm conducting a feasibility study on the proposed development of a multi use cultural centre outlined three options for the committee Monday night Two of the options related to continued use of Wriggles worth school on Street where Ihi Georgetown Little Theatre has staged its plays for years and ranged in Old town hall razing priced await response Having estimated the total cost of demolishing Acton old town hall as well as related work on the sites at appro xi he owns gen era Is awaiting a final recommendation from the citizens restoration com as to the buildings future Representatives of the Save the Town Hall Committee which has so far solicited mart than 111 in support pledges from Acton residents arc ex to present their final report on a feasibility study to the general committee or council laic next month examined live means of financing the proposed restoration of the historic town hall on Willow Street along lis various future community uses Once a Symbol of Actons community spirit and a place Tor all manner of social and civic events Ihe old town hall now nearly a old was closed last year when defects were identified as a hazard lo public At the request of Ed Wood the towns ng a gem Hugh Patterson asses the costs which Hills would incur if building were be demolished as originally phnned Among the general areas to be examined are local mortality morbidity rates and Iheir relation to current and future populations specific gaps in localized services such as the public or community health agencies health pro motion including the prcven lion of diseases the current and future status of Hallon s nursing homes halfway houses and social service a NURSING HOMES The shortage of nursing home beds in north will be among the problems mined thai relate specific areas Another concern men turned by Mr Is the availability of mental health services in Hills where that kind of need has only recently begun receiving at lenlion Haiti residents have access to only one speech therapist he added and the study should determine whe ther demand is outstripping supply According to Mr Baines north Hallon residents and particularly the elderly have expressed additional concern over the unavailability of gen health Information Health Council officials he said will be meeting Hills civic leaders within the next two months Mr Patterson the actual cost of demolishing the twostorey structure without the abutting fire hall at a price which includes the cost of removing debris and levelling the site Added to thai amount was the 000 cost of constructing and strengthening a new brick wall for the fireball and the So cost of grading gravel ling and paving ihe site for use as a parking lot Mr Patterson presented two for the final related expenditure involving the re location of the community fire siren now housed in the old town hall He recommended the lion of a 60foot steel pole with a platform at the lop on which the siren could be mounted ical hookup would be compared with cost of a wooden support pole would have to be strapped lo the building The purchasing agent also recommended Ihc hiring of Allan as project con In the event that approves the demolition of building Mr fee would be 13 bringing the total cost of the demolition project as recommended by Mr Patter son up to capital cost from to Both options were rejected by committee however when consultant Bob said that the town would be investing a Hal amount of money Into a facility limited in size and potential and owned outright by Board of Ed ABANDON PROPOSAL The committee recommend to council the school board be notified the town decision to abandon proposal that would have seen the and other groups taking ad vantage of the board s plans lo expand the school this year Mr Bailey convinced the committee to the town money for a third option which he committee members will meet the space requirements and design spec of most of the town s arts and crafts oriented groups at a site which the town could acquire or Acknowledging that his firm is of being able lo make a final lions as to the most suitable site Mr Bailey promised to rCjturn to the committee within the month with a conclusive report While that site has yet to be chosen from among more than a dozen locations being can across town the con sultant estimated total cosl of the proposed centre con at The cost of acquiring the site if it is already townowned would be added WFtKS Five weeks of interviews with members the GLT Hills Arts Council Georgetown Choral Society Hills Library Board University Women Club Acton Citizens Band and many other groups led the consultants to conclude that a multicultural centre built locally would be filled nearcapacity 50 to nights a year for major events Mr Bailey added that the of a new arts facility would stimulate new uses as evidenced by the ever increasing popularity of centre FUNDRAISING STARTS Hills Cancer Society fundralslng chairman Smith pint mayor Pete one of the or the current campaign The campaign gets into Sunday and will ran throughout April The society will b holding a special Egg day Sunday the Georgetown McDonald restaurant McDonald will donate all money for Egg McMtttfln on Sunday to the society Milton Tom Sargent donating the egg For complete look at the page nine Herald photo by Michael