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I J J I1 I H I to engineer Joe Clarks attack JOHN By CHRIS AAGAARD Herald writer At least In the Joe Clark camp workers at the Progressive party leadership convention In June will be concentrating on the candidate rather harping on the negative ones of his opponents John told The Herald Monday The BramptonGeorgetown MP will be organising and supervising the Clark campaign once It reaches the convention floor in Ottawa The campaign is not nearly as fractious as the media likes to make it Mr said The odd lime there is some worker who lakes It upon himself to do something which be done Mr Clark has made it very clear that he come down hard on anyone if lhats the ease cautioned his workers to play it very cool Mr McDermid t expect this leadership convention to be drama tic- ally different than previous ones TARGET But unlike the race In which Mr Clark assumed the Tory leader ship from a then recently retired Robert Stanfleld candidates have an incumbent as someone to blame for past failures of the party I hope the convention t get into a contest Mr McDermid said That doesn do anyone an good I hope that all the candidates stick to the issues and that i what 1 11 encourage Mr Clark to do All candidates are Shooting at Clark thcyfliurehQBlhemantobeat And In that context Its a different convention than in While Mr Clark is his pick to win Ida tea are doing a good Job of securing support at least for the moment from delegates Mr Clark is a superbly man ho said And he doing very well at selling memberships and getting support Mr is doing well in Quebec and other candidates arc doing well to a lesser extent That the way the system works but it mean those delegates can I would hope that most of tho delegates going to tho convention go with on open mind and choose the best person for the Job SUPPORT I m supporting Mr Clark Ho s got he ability to handle not only tho party but the country and I feel very very strongly that he the Ideal candidate Mr McDermid added that he would not want the party lead by somebody who has not held a seat in the House of Commons We have those candidates who have been elected to Parliament those who have tried to be elected and t that arc running and there are those who have never run for elected office in their lives who think that all they have to do is win the leadership convention to be Prime Minister Mr commented It a just not that easy Mr Clarke he said has conquer ed the language problem to become bilingual and brought the party from a low In the polls of nine per cent to per cent In Quebec That a Just done by hard work and showing a genuine interest in that province Mr McDermid said In the BramptonGeorgetown rid ing the majority of phone calls and letters he has received are In support or Mr Clark Mr McDermid added Meanwhile the Clark Camp will run what Mr described as a frugal campaign on the convention floor 877 5213- I I EXCELLENCE AWARD CUSTOMER RELATIONS FOBERT Real Estate the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 WEDNESDAY MARCH FORD SALES LTD 8776928 Highway Gaorgatown BEST DEAL is A CAPITAL Pared until it hurts Town taxes rise an average 65 DIMPLES AND DONUTS 5 front and David eye the counter with see how don are made Thanks owners Jim and Ftye Walker the hungry glances at Tun last Thursday evening The boys were also treated to some free imp It Georgetown A Colony Beavers from Si Andrews were on a Held trip to Herald photo Councillors agree to review policy Parents challenge health clinics By CHRIS AAGAARD Herald Is undermining the teaching role of parents and endangering society by making available contraceptives to teenagers under the age of regional were told last week For about two hours four people who had ask ed to speak directly to council expressed con cent about the regions eight year old policy of providing sex counselling and even contraceptives under certain conditions to minors Councillors agreed to review the policy in depth when the health and social services committee surveys all of Its policies later in the year One couple Burling tons Don and Shirley were specially Concerned that birth control pills were being distr the region family planning clinics In OakvlUe and Burlington The pill puts teenagers morally and physically at rsk Mrs Pennell said by drawing them into a permissive lifestyle which could some day deny them a baby If the pill Is found to harm the teen Mrs suggested the region could find Itself liable for damages ALLEGATIONS She also said as did a letter from a Burlington resident addressed to council that birth control pills were being dlstri by public health nurses without a physl clan endorsement medical of health Dr Peter Cole later denied the charge Birth control lis he explained are given on prescription from a physician and the pill Is only one form of contraception discussed at the clinics when people come in for counselling Dr Cote stressed that counsellors encourage teens to talk about their parents But when a teen even one who is under IS Is already ally active unwilling to talk about sex with his or her parents and wanting some form of contracep tion then help is given without parental consent he added sexual activity with their This Is a provincial policy which has endorsed councillors pointed out to the dele gations MORALITIES But having readily available contraceptives to young people suggests that sex is and foremost for recreational Continued on Page All Escapes armed man WHATS INSIDE Entertainment Opi An Acton woman anu her 10year old son were forced into a vehicle Saturday while In Garden Hill Ontario near Port Hope and she was order to drive to Acton by a man possessing a 38 calibre revolver A year old Garden II resident was charged with unlawful confine ment possession of a weapon dangerous to the public peace use of a an Indictable offence and possession of a weapon in a place other than per mltted The 39year old woman and her son were In Garden Hill to collect personal property from her former common law husband A dispute over other personal property being stored in Acton ensued and the husband forced them into a car and ordered her to drive to Acton to retrieve the property Slopped for gas on Acton Mill Street East the woman and her son took the opportunity to escape She went to the gas station attendant and police were called The man was remanded in custody to await a ball hearing In Milton provincial court Monday Having pared until It hurts and then pared town counc il Monday night passed a budget which will raise the Ha I tot Hills portion of the average tax bill by about per cent It will work with an operating budget or this year about or hi more than it had last year Including drawn from the operating budget this year capital budget totals With the town divided into four assessment are as Esqueslng Acton Georgetown and part of the former town of Oak vltlcthe effect of this years budget on real dents varies Residents In the Acton and Georgetown urban areas will face slightly higher tax increases because of urban service area charges for such things as reel Igh ting crossing guards and garbage collection URBAN INCREASES For an average Acton home assessed at taxes would rise from in 1982 a 7 per cent increase There a similar increase for the average Georgetown home assess ed at 15 617 Taxes would rise from last year to Without the urban vice area charges the average Esqueslng home assessed at would rise from 26 to or about S per cent An average home assessed at in the former town of strip of land between Avenue and High way taxes will rise about 12 or from to Urban service area charges make up the largest increase in the operating budget Large ly because of the of a garbage transfer station In Georgetown costs have risen per cent from to The town added about for the Arm strong Avenue station where Hills gar bage collectors have been taking waste since the landfill site was closed In December Gar Is specially ted and trucked by a private firm to the region remaining is scrutinized by a numb er or agencies The largest budget increase aside from the urban services charges More budget news Page All garbage dump in Burling Ion Town treasurer Ray King noted that while the town is paying for the transfer station there are cost savings In gas and truck maintenance because the shorter distances travelled by town garbage collectors who used to make the trip to BUDGET CUTS Under the town gene ral government account EOT was trimmed from lastyear budget or a per cent decrease About It per cent was also dropped from the planning and development account While the planning budget was to have been 243 down from counc il later Monday night agreed to add to pay for consultants fees as the town official plan covers social and family services including grants to senior citizens groups and the opera I on of the ActiVan transit system for physically capped residents About will be spent In ham lets Norval Stewart town Glen Williams and for street lighting improvements A FUNDS While the Acton and Georgetown Business Im provement Areas BIAs will continue to levy a special fund raising tax on their members the town has chipped in 55 for various improvement projects Budget committee chief Ross praised staff for keeping depart ment budget expectations low when the review and cutting process began several months ago His predecessor Coun Harry Levy commenting earlier on a request from the library board for more funds said that the committee pared until It hurts and then pared again Coun Knechtel paid special tribute to the volunteer fire depart ment without which he said the town would face a substantially larger tax increase CHANGE ATTITUDE Working lo bring this year s budget down was extremely difficult Mayor Pete said adding that he expects the process to worsen next year The towns cash flow has slowed to a trickle because there has been virtually no assessment growth since 1974 he said Mayor advis ed councillors to age new growth and shelve attitudes that development is bad He warned against viewing development proposals parochially The issue is bigger than a few biased Inter ests he said We need help not hindrances Acton breakin Family Two homes on Acton Norman Avenue were broken into March both after a basement window was broken regional police said one home was broken into between 1 and p m and the second between and 10 45 p A foreign coin collection and cash totalling was taken from one home and an unknown quantity of Jewellery from the other Police are investigating the thefts The Girls Plpehand received a grant town council Progressive Conscrva live meet April Tannery fire Sports The Derby power their way to a four game sweep over the Junior Georgetown minis page III Features Farmers in have found it easier than In other area to weather the current recession Page AS A fire al Heller Tannery in Acton caused 2 damage to the building structure of the leather manufacturing company March The fire department reported the fire was caused by an overhead healer unit In the processing area of the 125 McDonald industrial plant Nobody was injured The ire was detected by employees arriving for work at 20 a m Erin man injured An Erin man was taken to Georgetown Memorial Hospital by ambulance Sunday following an accident in which he suffered minor injuries John Gresel was driving north on Trafalgar Road when his car left the roadway and struck a mailbox on the east side Out of control tho driver hit the ditch and rolled over to land on the roof There was damage to the car The driver was charged with careless driving School taxes increase School taxes will Increase an estimated on the average residence assessed at the board of education treasurer announced Monday night Stressing the board docsn set mill rates and it municipalities alone which set them Ron Warren said average estimated mill rate for 1983 Is Last year average mill rate was 31 Ho told members of the boards finance committee that increase is mills over 1983 which works out to a seven per cent Increase In mill rate for 1983 for Hills PALMS READY Getting ready for Palm Sunday meant a lot of weaving work for Albans Anglican Church members Saturday The Glen Williams parish priest Rev Graham Bland worked alongside VI Haloes and Hancock T to fashion crosses from fresh swatches of palm leaves Herald photo by AnJPcderianl