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Coming of spring marked by Jaycees Crazy Boat Race sign of spring symbolized By CHRIS Herald SUlf Writer It a back and it a absurd as evert Georgetowns have unveiled plans for this years Boat Race a kind of poor man a regatta down the frigid spring waters of the Credit River April has been set as race date and it already promises to attract the unique bunch of sailors whose skills in nautical architecture come up with a genuinely bizarre collection of craft There are those who prefer to really slum it and travel the route in canoes Once again the Jay have enshrined the Muscular Sclerosis iety of Canada as the charity which will benefit from race proceeds and pledges Participants in last years event raised for MS research There were of them plying the Credits chop in subzero weather and in craft which formed one of the oddest flotillas the race has seen in its history SPONSORS Participants are en couraged to gather rots and if they collect more than In pledges the entry fee will be waived There have been some slight changes to the race this year changes which will be imperceptible to all but the most senior veterans The community service club craft and the commercial entries are no longer listed as separ ate classes and will com Jointly Meanwhile the ioiuil race dance has moved from Acton Legion Hall to the Holy Cross auditorium In Georgetown The dance begins at 30pm follow the afternoon race Canoes which will form Class A start from a point along the river above near Cheltenham Class la the comic category open for homemade rafts barrel boats bath tubs and other oddities Prizes In this class will be awarded to the first place finisher and to the best presented craft ALL TYPES Boats of all types in eluding rubber craft fall under the Class C Awards in this class will also be presented to the first place finisher and the best presented boat Crazy boats will launch from the Tenth Line bridge near Glen Williams and finish at the Glen Main Street bridge Winners will be award at the victory dance and presentations are ex to begin at 10 p Criterion Carpels a Georgetown firm is add ing its sponsorship to the race along with Breweries Crazv boat race city chairman Sob Suili van told The Herald that race officials hope to draw as many as craft this year Theres a chance Premier Bill will open the race along with Hills mayor PLEDGES Gathering pledges for the MS fund raising efforts is not a pre requisite for entering the race but there are a number of rules to keep in mind before the race gets underway at is for crazy boa Is and 30 for canoes Among them all craft must be istered at the launch sites starting at 11a a deposit must be paid on the racing bib all boats must be manually powered no motors registrants must sign a waiver releasing the club from responsibility in the event of injury or even death registrants must be 18 years old or have a waiv signed by their parents life Jackets must be worn and helmets and wet suits are RECOMMEN DED NO ROUGHNESS deliberate rough ing and dunking will cause officials to lfyparUcipants Throughout the race a shore safety patrol will be on duty but competitors Continued an page -877-5213- Inc Ontario EXCELLENCE AWARD IN CUSTOMER RELATIONS- the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 1983 Rural residents organize Citizen s promise rough roads ahead By CHRIS Herald Staff Writer A newlyformed group has promised rough roads ahead for town council unless some thing is done about the state of disrepair on Ninth and Tenth Lines and Lynn Aiken a Ninth Line resident presented council Monday night with a name petition calling for extensive road works in the northeastern corner of the town She said she was speaking on behalf of the Rural Road Improvement Commit tee While she was told that there are plana In the town capital works budget to gravel large stretches of the Eighth Ninth and Tenth Lines as well as Ms Aiken said that her committee Is appalled taken so long to come point The gravelling proposal for which the town expects to pay about to blanket stretches of tbe roads has not been approved by town council But the roads Issue Ms Aiken said so serious the to look at a widerange t alternatives to bring about a satisfactory solu tion DECLINED She later declined to elaborate on what the committee would do if Ihe gravelling proposal is during council a deliberation next month Mayor Pete who was presented with a bagof sand and mud from one Tenth Line resident to underline the state his road Is In said the gravel ling would be part of a long term program to upgrade rural roads In the area Although the town wants to resurface the roads with asphalt it may take as long as ten years for this to happen Mayor said Under the Economic woes increase caseload for Family Services Herald Staff Writer Unemployment puts a lot of stress on families and brings out problems that might otherwise have lain dormant for a number of years says a soda worker Halton Family vices asistant ex director Jack JACK KNIGHT Knight said the number of cases being handled by has nearly doubled in one year In January 1963 the counselling service was handling cases This past January new cases were opened The problems people are coming with are facetted he said People usually come saying there a some other stress at the moment but end up relating It to unemployment The service sees people for Individual marriage family and group coun selling With a staff of seven three full time and four part time social workers the- regional service also offers a full time credit counsellor Its been much worse Weve seen a definite Increase In the number of people coming to us who are unemployed Mr Knight Its not only the Stelco laboring people but a lot of people In management and middle management positions who are unemployed Prom January to Dec ember HFS was running a waiting list from to 39 cases Mr Knight said It peaked in the fall at about 30 cases so that we hired two part time staff this Jan uary The waiting list Is now down to ten We thought we could cope with the waiting list for moat of the year but by fall we thought My God we cant go on like this he said HFS hand led cases In 1063 INCREASED COSTS With Increased costs many families depend on the two incomes so that If one spouse becomes un employed It means a sub stantial cut in earnings The financial stress on families has meant an Increase In requests for credit counselling Mr Knight said The financial Implies t tons of a lost Job are many ranging from stress to losing a home having not enough money for food and accepting a new cut back lifestyle Some families cope with It okay others need help he said Its a really ripe situ ation for people to feel of Implications on marr loge and what people want for their family Mr Knight said He said people enter relationships with certain expectations and goals that theyll be able to have a family they feel its a right to own a home they expect to have some freedom with their money to enjoy life Continued on page A towns rural roads improvement program which began about five years ago the town has tried to build ditches and hard surface at least one stretch of rural road each year he added Ms Aiken expressing doubt that the town has alloted enough funds for the gravelling proposal described the a drop in your pothole She also charged that the townB public works department is sanding icy roads too late in the day when conditions are bad The department should follow an especially thorough sanding policy along routes well travel ed by school buses she maintained RENAME ROADS Ma Aiken dryly suggested that committee members are ready to rename the Ninth and Tenth Lines and Slderoad Miller Mud Hun Ruts by and Pot holes respectively in honor councillors Tom Hill and Miller Coun Sheld on who has pressed for a more aggressive rural road maintenance by town and the region appealed to urban coun cillars to support the gravjlllng project For rural residents she said road repairs provide the only visible gauge by which they can see how their tax money Is spent awfully glad to see these people here tonight Coun Hill commented It explains to you how bad the roads really are He asked town staff to prepare a report on how much money the town has spent on rural roods in the lost ten years Scout Law 11 of Main Street hes the one whos armed scouting groups and guide companies turned out tor the carnival In and 12 yearold Chris Indulged In games of a tort at the at he anniversary of scouting In Canada See page 10 Scout A Kama on the weekend si Park More than Its for more pictures Council wilt form task force on a position Mayor is cautiously optimistic Mayor Pete is cautiously optimistic that future aggregate policies from the province won undermine local official plans and will consider the rights of property owners Members of regional Mdton and Hills councils as well as staff met Feb with officials from the provinces natural resources MNR and housing and munici pal affairs ministries The session was sought by regional council late lost year when it balked at approving an amend to the Halton off ctal plan which would have protected about 14 acres of land for possible aggregate extraction in the future ANNOUNCEMENT Among the assurances the province gave the municipalities delegatl on announcement is expected shortly about a new mineral aggregate mm MAYOR PETE POMEROY policy to replace tbe controversial Ten Point Mineral Aggregate Policy for OfnclaTPIans Although full details about he new document were not given to the delegation he was assur ed that the onus will now Parks brochure ready On Wednesday March the recreational and parks department will be Issuing tbe spring and summer community recreation brochure Program for the spring and summer YOURS this issue The department Is also offering a new registratlonsystemforyourcoflvenience Mail in registration forma can be found inside this brochure Stuffing Valentines Day wishes Into an already crammed box was no easy feat for left to right Daniel Young Chris Coleman and Lesley Watson The threeyear olds are students In the HUls Nursery School their playmates they enjoyed a pink Iced heart shaped cake and other tresis Feb II photo be on aggregate produc ers to prove aggregate resources Me beneath private- property Proper owners will not be obliged to prove that the resource exist the mineral resource protection maps will not be added as a schedule to the regions official plan except for areas already licensed for aggregate operations Aggregate areas will have to be Identified by geological designations show mineral protection areas will be supported by tbe ministry of housing and municipal affairs provincial officials maintain that it was never their Intention to put aggregate interests ahead of agricultural ones New policies may more closely recognize Provincial Foodland Guidelines high priority aggregate areas can only be added by amendment to the local official plan answers to the tlon would be- confirmed In writing Meanwhile Hills council has agreed to form a special task force to review town and region official plan posi tions In light of the new Information received from the province It will also respond to the hear ing officers report on the Niagara Escarpment pro posed official plan OFFICERS REPORT Because the officers report supports the con cept of protecting areas of land for mineral resourc es limiting the kind of interim development which can take place It Is already obsolete Coun Sheldon said noting ihe province a shift away from protective designa tions on aggregaterich property Mayor Pomeroy commented that It doubtful the province will establish aggregate poli cies for local municipal plans and different less restrictive policies for the escarpment planning area itself The apparent softening of the provinces mineral resource gate stance Mayor protection area maps Pomeroy said is probab- Maybe they are due to last year to listen Mayor reaction In to commented ABOUT THE HILLS Red Cross campaign OnMondayFeb there will be a March Campaign for Funds kickoff night In St George s Anglican Church Hall Excellent entertainment by Julian Reed Haze Gorin Chris Gorfn Christine Gorin Joanne Tucker Alan Gotlib Ken Gorin Al Jolson Pat Friend piano and Ralph Interested persons welcome Coffee and cookies served Door prizes Toy lending Plan to attend an Open House for the North Toy Lending Library on Thursday March p m The Toy Library which is located at George Kennedy Public School on Weber Georgetown Is a project of the North Association for the Mentally Retarded and Is funded by Wlntario and various community organizations Books needed Want to clear those shelves The Georgetown University Womens Club la ready to help you If you call or or theyll come and pick up the books you no longer want The women are looking for soft or hard cover books for thftir annual book sate coming up in April Airedale theft An Airedale Court home in Georgetown was broken Into sometime between Wednesday and Friday by Ihleves who broke a basement window to get in Stereo equipment and a home computer system were stolen Total value of the robbery was damage to the window was WHATS INSIDE Community A number of residents voiced their concerns to Ward councillors at a recent dropIn meeting Page Al Entertainment Sports Our annual bantam working hard to accommodate hockey teams In March Page B2