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Page SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday October ItSs Bikes stolen Two bicycles were stolen from schools last week A bicycle was taken from the side of Centennial Public School Thursday The front of Georgetown District High School was the scene of the theft of a 230 bike which was locked Parking collision The parking lot at 23S Guelph Street was the scene of an accident Friday at 9 pm causing damage A man from Guelph driving a 1977 Volkawagon entered the perking lot from Gordon Arena and bit a Georgetown mans IMS Ford which was crossing the entrance to the lot Police estimate damage was done to the Volkswagen and damage was done to the Ford Impaired drivers A Nova Scolia man was stopped In a routine check Saturday at am at Guelph Street and Armstrong Avenue and was charged with impair ed driving A 34yearold Acton man was found to be impaired after being stopped for a traffic violation on Mill Street in Acton at am Saturday A 20yearold Georgetown man was found impaired In his car in the west ditch of Trafalgar Road Saturday at Rear ended Leslie of Park Avenue in Georgetown received minor injuries after an accident on Confederation Street Sunday at 1255 pm A George town man driving a 1978 Mazda was rear ended by a 1971 Plymouth The Mazda received damage to the bumper totalling The Plymouth received damage and the driver was injured police said Damages lawn A car was seen leaving Irwin Crescent last Saturday at 3 after a maple tree and lawn had been dam aged by a car which failed to remain Fail to remain A driver failed to remain after rear ending a Georgetown womans vehicle Sept 23 at am The accident happened on College Street in George town and caused an estimated damage to one car and to the other police said Skids to sign An lBy earold Glen Williams man turned his head to look at metres of his own fresh tire skids and hit the speed sign in front of him Sept 27 at 220 a The sign on the Eighth Line and 22 received damage and the mans car received damage police said The skid marks were caused by fast acceleration lost in taxes Union leader is proud of strike record By Staff Theres never been a strike at Standard Products Canada Ltd and Gerry is proud of that record Mr lsa charter member and president of the 25yearold Local of the International Union United Automobile Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America Local mis a member the United Auto Workers Elected first president of the union in Mr Klatt has been in office ever since A lot of people dont realize the struggle we went through the 55yearold Boulevard resident said As a worker In the earlier days you were sometimes asked to work around the clock If you said no your job might not be there in the morning he said Young people dont realize that he said When Mr started working at the Georgetown plant when it commenced operations in there were only employees and the work was seasonal From late October to late April Ihere was hard work After that most of the staff was laid off Today the company has 150 employees making weather stripping and body cushions year round for car industry giants like Ford Motor Company Ltd and General Motors Business is good although perhaps not as good as in 1973 when staff peaked at 225 Back in 1960 wages were an hour Today theyre at least an hour the union president said We hardly any vacation or benefits Now we have dental drug eye care and pension plans Mr Klatt said proudly Hes pleased with the vacation with pay plan the company now has and the cost of living allowance COLA clause which Mr Klatt calls one of the best things that happened to us Sick benefits is one area that can be improved for workers Mr said They take effect from the third sick day for weeks unless theres hospitalization or an accident Sick benefits mean pay a week which can make things hard when youre used to bringing home over 400 Mr Klatt said Many local unions have won twothirds of regular wages as sick pay for their members he said If an employee goes into hospital because of an accident at work Workmens CompewaUponayj about free Mr Klaltsajd About per cent employees at Standard Products are women Women they work much harder than the men Mr Klatt said Weve done a survey over the past years with the work force Men arent very often sick and neither are the women He defends the women employees saying they work very hard to help support their families With the companys incentive plan which pays according to output most of the women earn annually Mr Klatt said In our plant they women do the same work and get the same money the union president said It was under pressure of a strike that Mr Klatt was recently able to negotiate the weekly sick pay for employees Although the union wanted weekly It settled on J 170 a boost from what the company was previously paying Mr enjoys his union work and his job as quality control inspector and although on many occasions hes been asked to be a company supervisor hes refused Im kind of oldfashioned I couldnt be today the head of the union and tomorrow go to the other side he said I take pride In helping people and I think Ive received a lot of respect and am well liked at the company The town the region and the school board arc giving upon in taxes for 1985 That sum Is the estimated amount for cancelled or reduced taxes based on town treasurer Ray Kings calcula tions and supported by the Peel assessment department The towns portion of that amount is Monday night town council struck off the sum total owing from its books The breakdown or why the town wasnt able to collect on some tax money is interesting to note Fire did away with in taxes the town was expecting to collect Where businesses changed hands or ceased to operate the town lost out on TotaJ writeoffs In terms of collection amounted to The town is responsible for collect ing taxes for the region of Halton and the boards of education Santa coming The cool breezes of recent days have been whispering the good news all good children like to hear Santa Claus hasnt forgotten Hal ton Hills In fact if the town fathers and mothers agree hell be passing through Georgetown Nov 16 with the help of the Georgetown Lions Club Santa estimates his time of arrival to be 130 pm at the Georgetown Market Place and ending downtown Plans for Poppy Week Nov I to 11 are to be Poppy Week in Halton Hills Wreaths will be placed and a parade is In the planning with members of the Acton and Georgetown Royal Canadian Legion branches The Acton parade is scheduled for am Nov 10 Popples will be available in the stores and banks during the campaign with a door-to- door canvass planned for Nov I User pay water isnt helping No question about Its a good buy What else could you buy cents for imperial gallons but water region Is charging you exactly what it costs to supply this most useful and necessary resource Since 1980 the userpay scheme has been in effect in Halton region with the same rates charged in Burlington per cubic meter of water as In Acton A recent federal water inquiry recommended Canadian homeowners and Industries pay the full costs of the water they use as a way of discourag ing waste This regional philosophy of making homeowners and Industries pay for what they use initially helped conserve a precious resource financial analyst Michael said He said the region noticed a significant drop in water use with the change in 1980 Since then however water use Is back up with 37 million cubic metres billed for regionally In 1984 When we first changed to user- pay people were very conscious of conserving but water use has sub sequently gone up Mr said Weve noticed that after a time there seems to be less resistance to the rates and less conservation Impact He said the Inducement to con serve water has worn with resi dents who overreacted to the change to user pay returning to their previous water use habits However Mr noted many local industries have staff to monitor expenses Just as many households have a member holding the reigns on the budget These individuals help keep water use and their expenses down There are over connections to the Halton water system and the rates charged are Intended to bring In revenues to cover Ha lions expendi tures in this area There are no subsidies for users Next year water rates are expect ed to Increase by 33 per cent The Increase is slight compared to the Increase of 130 per cent for water users Last years increase over rates was per cent Mr Skora explains the drop to less Inflation which affects operating costs of salaries and supplies As well the system has less capital expenses now However capital expenses will be a major concern in the next decade or two as Halton replaces rusty mains and aging systems in the older parts of Georgetown Acton Burling ton and Milton Other regional municipalities have user pay but theres still a lot of places where its not the cose Mr Skora said in Toronto and Hamilton where people pay a flat rate Instead regardless of how much water theyve used Depending on the household somewhere between to cubic metres of water are used annually Industrial use of water can range upwards from 100 cubic metres to millions Asked if he thought people take water for granted in their everyday lire Mr said yes In other parts of the world Its not a resource whereas here It is noted pointing out residents have excellent quality abundant supply and reasonable rates UAWs Bob White Continued from Page He said people who work In the factories earn every cent they make It still is damn hard work add we have to moke sure we get paid well and keep hard at it Mr White said Mr White acknowledged the commitment of Local B70 president Gerry Klatt over the past 29 yean by presenting him with a plaque Unions cant work without leadership in the plants and its a pretty thankless task Mr White sold Mr is a charter member of Local and be is the Locals first and only president There are collective agree- ments In Canada and a number of them like Local have never had a strike Although the years have not been without their and downs weve enjoyed a strikefree relation ship Standard Products plant man ager Udo said on behalf of the company GEORGETOWN LIONS ANNUAL SANTA CLAUS PARADE SAT NOV 1635 PARADE THEME CHRISTMAS MORNING MAGIC ENTRY FORM COKTACTHMOM fume ma mot EZB0AL rati BARRY DTIMLECK Chartered Accountant CARRETAL BUILDING SUITE S GEORGETOWN The Bennett Health Care Centre offering FINE RETIREMENT LIVING Choice of Private or SemlPrlvate Accommodation in an attractive comfortable and secure environ ment specifically designed for your needs Service dining room service nursing assistance maid and laundry service a variety ot planned activities use of all amenities including pool beauty shop gift shop bar service The Bennett Health Care Centre A nonprofit foundation the District Memorial Hospital 1 Drive Georgetown Ontario L7Q 2B8 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INVITES YOU TO THE ANNUAL FALL DINNER WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 3085 COCKTAILS PM NORTH GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB SUPPER 730 PM GUEST SPEAKER DR JOSEPH CONNELL Topic Coping With Stress At Work At Home And At Play Dr Connell serves as a consultant to industry and other groups lectures at various Universities and has spoken In over 26 countries He Is Past President ot the Ontario Teachers Federation Past International President of International Mens Club recipient of the Canada Medal for service to youth and Canada and the Canadian Silver Jubilee Medal to name a tew of hisaccompllshmenta Come out and hear this dynamic experienced speaker Tickets are per person Or ders may be placed by phoning the Chamber office at 6777119 THESE SPRY youthfullooking gentlemen are actually both In their nineties Hale left and Gilbert Ingllsb are both Hills residents who were tingled out by the Royal Canadian Legion 120 at the John Elliot Theatre Saturday two gentlemen both fought In the World War and they were or the Legion Branch 110 pretested the musical Well Meet Again In of their Diamond Jubilee Herald photo Says former minister Not easy changing giving up levers It not easy to give up the levers of government a former provincial minister said Thursday night Philip Andrew minister of health agriculture and energy In former Premier Frank Millers cabinet said Its taken himself and other Progressive Conservatives tiled from power in May time to settle Into their new roles Were making the transition to reacting reacting to someone else pulling those levers Its not easy to move from being theactlvator to being the reactors Mr Andrcwes now opposition energy critic said The BeamsvUle native was addressing Burlington Progressive Conservative Associat ion members at their annual meeting He and his fellow members of parliament have adjusted to being critics now and are taking the Initiative In their roles be sahL We sUII do that with a lot of regret and with some remorse but we know were better than he other guys and we have the competence In our ranks to do the Job thats of us Mr Andrcwes said Although the public may be praising Liberal Premier David Peterson now the Progressive Conservative said the crucial Issues of budget and fiscal responsibility havent been faced yet 81 months from now lets see whether Peterson Is still looking good Mr Andrewes Said Hustling for dollars Problems with a treasurer in the past year meant problems in auditing the books for the Burlington Progressive Conservative Association Thursday night retiring president Ken McDonald said treasurer Norm Mcln- had resigned on short notice because of work pressures We dont seem to have much luck with treasurers Mr McDonald said No bookkeeping has been done for the entire year He said receipts were incomplete for the past year and pointed out a donation during the leadership conven tion that wasnt accounted for well there were difficulties In recovering the Associations financial records from Mr Mclntyre the retiring presi dent said In summary the books were not satisfactory and efforts must be main talned to keep reports in 198S a letter from Georgetown accountant Graham Goebelle stated The Association Is going into a second leadership convention next month with less than to its name In the kitty Its bad news but theres hope I think Mr McDonald said As or this afternoon were rich by WOO Were going to have to really hustle to dollars R0CKW00D HEIGHTS RETIREMENT HOME PRIVATE SEMI PRIVATE ROOMS Rates on request HEALTH CARE STAFF HRS LAUNDRY SERVICE HOUSEKEEPING TV LOUNGE GAMES ROOM NUTRITIONAL MEALS Place Oil LEARN TO DRIVE THIS FALL DISCOUNTS ROAD TEST LESSONS 8770751 16 MOUNT AIN VIEW RDS GEORGETOWN OVER 160000 GRADUATES RECOMMEND Young Drivers of Canada