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Page SECTION A HERALD Wednesday January ltM Pomeroy defends Great car debate appears settled Regional chairman Peter can drive what he likes Halton council last week decided it had had enough of an debate which began last month about how Mr should get around on regional business Twoweeksago Ballon administration and finance committee recommended that the region lease a Ford LTD for the chairman But on Halton Hills Coun Mike Armstrongs suggestion last week councillors decided to pay the chairman a vehicle allowance to cover the cost of gas Insurance and vehicle upkeep Mr will provide his own car Protect your children When it s raining out children you bundle your childr- Maureen of en up in waterproof Outreach will be In and boots Georgetown s George But what do you do to Kennedy Public School prevent your children Thursday tomorrow from being sexually at 30 to talk assaulted about how you can A women action your group from en called Outreach has put All are welcome to out a book Kicking up a the presentation fuss The book deals which includes CTVs with the problems of film documentary sexual assault and Children Take Care theft A stock Inventory at the Terra Cotta Conservation Area snowed up a theft of in chain saws portable radios battery chargers and various hand tools The theft took place between September and January Investigating Problems on the street Learn bow to help your children cope problems on the street and deal with potential assault at an Informative meeting under the direction of the women group Outreach a program endorsed by Michelle Cdn Living Sept S3 The meeting Includes film slides followed by question and answer period Sponsored by George Kennedy Public School Thursday Jan at Everyone Is welcome Midwifery discussion Midwifery will be the topic of discussion at the next meeting of the Brampton Birth Allemat Coalition Everyone is welcome The meeting wilt be held Monday Feb at Terry hill Square For Info call or B73147B Police cars get stripes There is a new look for Halton Regional Police cruisers in The changes Include a reflective blue stripe down both sides of the car reflective lettering on the rear and a new design police crest on the doors The new markings are designed to Increase the visibility of the cruisers thereby reducing accidents according to a study by the International Association of Chiefs of PottcC Other benefits to be expected an ft greater effect speed control highway safety and Crime Stevens deal By CHRIS Herald Staff Writer It an extremely difficult issue a no win situation for the coun cillora Regional chairman Peter reilera ted his support for the Stevens property chase Monday night and with those words described the criticism which has ensued since the 30acre property was acquired last fail Speaking before town council the former mayor of Hills principal engineer in the process leading to the purchase offered no new reasons why the deal Is good one for Hills residents He underlined ones he has stated before that development of the Ste vens land would greatly assist nearby George town and District Memorial Hospital which badly needs an alternative entrance preferably from Maple Avenue NO BORROWING And by using funds built up by lot levy contributions the town la making a purchase without issuing deben tures a form of borrow money Mr was responding to questions raised two weeks ago In a citizens group report on the Stevens land purchase When the reserve fund was established from lot levy contributions in there was no public opposition he said adding that there been when the plan has been reviewed with each new council term Reserve fund means you don t have to borrow money to pay for capital pro jects Mr said It makes more sense to borrow from than to borrow at high Interest rates He maintained that the Stevens property was chosen by council as the most favorable location for a municipal complex after the properly was appraised by three firms OTHER BITES Another site at the western end of George town would have been difficult to service Mr said A local on In downtown Antidrug abuse town raises questions he added about bow quickly land for a major complex could be accumulated and at what costs Mr Pomeroy also defended the price the town agreed to pay for the property saying that the favored appraisal which consid ers the optimum devel of the land makes the most sense It la not the largest transaction the town has made or will make he said The own a official plan which provides planning guidelines for the next years will have a financial Import once at least one hundred times greater than the Stevens land buy Mr argued About eight acres of land would be needed for a municipal centre if one Is ever built on the property The remaining property Mr Pomeroy said would be sold for residential develop ment the highest moat profitable use in the best interests of the community Film crews might come to Georgetown Georgetown name Is spreading as Hollywood north Friday the town visited by a film pro ducer who Is Interested in using Georgetown as the Bite for a hockey movie based on a yearold girl If shooting Bites here are acceptable to Martin Paul Product film crews could rumble Into town as early as March The story Is about a girl hockey player who plays goal for a boys team The plot explores her love of the game and her desire to succeed mixed with the off Ice Terns placed on her use she is a girl The film is inspired by a girl In a northern community who seven years ago went to the Human Rights slon and eventually to the Supreme Court of Canada so that she would be allowed to play on a boys hockey team The script was developed in lion with the CBC chll b television but the film Is being inde pendently produced NEED EXTRAS Martin Harbury the producer and Louise Clark the production manager said would be looking for lots of extras to cheer on hockey players for three staged If shooting starts In March he film could be shown on television as early the fall Mr told The Herald that inquiries in Toronto led to the sugge stion that he try George town as a possible film Bite because of the Ideal setting and good co operation shown by the people in town The producer was pleased to hear from townspeople on his arrival Friday that Georgetown was such a hockey hotbed in its own right Possible scenes for shooting would be down town Main St a public school outdoor hockey rink shop and a house exterior The writer and dlrec tor for the film Is Paul Shapiro Principals add input to program Herald SUff Writer Few parents know much about drug abuse among children and teenagers That what George town resident Ray Mar tin has found A member of the Optimist service club Mr Martin has researched the effect of drugs and drug abuse He stalked about the problem among young people to area teachers principals students and parents Jan 17 he was talking about It again Together with other volunteers in the drug abuse committee Mr Martin was discussing how to better promote the Chicken Club an antidrug abuse club for students with Georgetown principals AH but two George town schools the Roman Catholic St Francis of Asa is and Holy Cross have a Chicken Club The Chicken Club educates children about the effect of drugs and makes it okay for them to be a chicken and not try drugs It gives them peer support Kith drug awareness week around the corner Jan 29 to Feb there were a lot of Ideas around by the group of school leaders as to how to make the Club stronger with the students TERRIFIC Rick Lorito of Holy Cross thought it was a Cold spell costing us Its enough to make you turn to firewood and oil lamps That numbing cold- spell during the Christ season not only nipped more than a few noses took Its toll on pocket books as the demand for home beat soared A press release from Union Gas says that the cold weather combined with high winds which added a chill factor helped put gas bills up a whopping 54 per cent over the same time last year not counting the utility sown six per cent Increase approved by the federal government The average Union Gu bill for a residen tial customer was for cubic meters of gas In December Last year the average bill was around Meanwhile the cold weather also meant soaring demands for hydro power Ontario Hymo reports in a recent press release RECORDS SET In fact electricity consumption set records On Dec IB B million kilowatts of Power lowing In provincial homes A previous record was set in January 1963 B kilowatts Ontario Hydro also exported about per cent more power to the V while North Ameri was locked fa an ley Arctic grip In Ontario consump- increased by per cent to about 101 billion kilowatt in December compared to the billion kilowatt hours consumed the same month in Ontario Hydros king furnace has become real celebrity The two commercials were selected for awards at the Film and Television Festival in December in New were trim around the world Winter Stock teller Cage Ths Fashion Place In Downlown Geoigetown Main Street South 8770822 terrific I den to have high profile cal and North A personalities aying I dont do drugs on a video film about drug abuse Mr Martin said slides showing a healthy brain a brain damaged by drug abuse have proven effective Seeing It on Ihe screen seems to register with the dents A suggestion was made to have a Name the Chicken contest when it was realized that Club mascot was a noname bird touch with the Call BIT lilt North Distress Centre LeatherLook Spring Handbags lealhor pretenders soft polyurelhano Super fashion styling in bright and pastel spring colours You Could Win 100 Pairs Of Panty Hoael and Whisper oiler you a chance to win too pairs the Whisper hoss of your hoi col One winner per store bo selected See data Ha at your nearest COUNTY FAIR GEORGETOWN MARKET PLACE 7 -H0UH5- MOHDAV TO FnOAT a M M OOP