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Sports Community Sweet Tribe taste searches of skating m success I food Seepage Nt See Page Comet tale in Acton 1 See Page Bl BARRAGERS CLEANERS AND LAUNDROMAT 8772279 the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 11 1985 BRAKES ALIGNMENT TIRES 87316056 Spot checks in full swing The Christinas season la a time of family reunions and giving but It is also a time when police enforce Impaired driving laws most stringent Those laws are tougher than ever this year and the police are hoping they won have to arrest as many drunk drivers We would rather not charge anyone but we know darn well we will have to said Constable Bigrigg of tbe Regional Police The key word Is hope he added Both the P P and the Halton Regional Police consider chocking for drunk drivers a year round Job but there will be more checking now that the Christmas parties nave begun The P J sets op spot checks every week as part of their drinking and driving program That enforcement will be as alcohol consumption increases Cor poral Martin of the Milton J said How much it Is depends on what the schedule allows and trends of drunk driven he said The more drunk drivers discover on the roads the more police sent out patrols to catch them he explain ed Chances are if you haven t seen seen those run by the Regional Police Every night of the week there Is at least one spot check to During the holiday season then will be as many as five or six in the region said Constable of the Regional Traffic Bureau Those checks begin in the early evening and go until past Even If you are not an Impaired driver you might still end up being charged after being stopped In two spot checks last Thursday inOakvilltandBurUngtoo drivers were stopped No one was arretted two people were given alert tests and 15 people were given traffic tickets mostly for not wearing teat belts OUTS III a simple case of their eyes Saturday they brought home a whopp- bean lifting They were at the being bigger than their biceps When luckily they brought along Gram Kirn him tree lot on and Amy left and pB Powell and their mother Streets Herald photo by I went shopping for a Christmas l help with the Reach deep this to fill empty baskets 1 Train hits car McEacbarn it of wood la In stable condition after Us ear ma by a VIA train and exploded Sunday at it Was going TO Crewtons Corners at boundary polk said ft railway was on boundary the im Bute on the Mr thrown Has car which U It exploded after flra official saw put out tn fire prtteefflwear Mr was taken to the Gutipn Heap where he was listed In New Years party Die Mayor a New Years Day Levee la taking place In the Halton Library and Cultural Centre gallery from to pm and everyone tjhQto is now stable No charges were laid Monday night Mayor Run Miller of the council meeting Councillors approved from the public reutions account to cover tbe party John McDonald reminded bis fellow councillors that once again there be New Years Eve tlone in both downtown Acton and Georgetown and all are welcome Further details will be forthcoming Tbe Herald Gift of life Come one and all and gift of life Come to the Acton Red Mood donor clinic Dec at the Legion Hall between pin 8 pm your to have their j taken with Santa For more iforfnatfoneall By SAND CAMPBELL Herald Staff Check your pockets and see If there is anything left for three organizations who wont everyone to have a good Christmas The Salvation Army The Good Neighbor Service and the Klnettes are preparing food toy and dollar drives for the poor The Good Neighbor Service Is working with the Kinetics who collect toys Last year they delivered food and toys to between BO and as families and expect the same this year said Siena Van Chairman or Good Neighbor Service The Salvation Army expect to deliver food to over families this year They are working with the 1 E the Acton Rotary Club and the St Vincent Paul Society Because or the number of needy in Hilts the Salvation Army and Ihe Good Neighbor Service must check each other s lists to make certain they don t deliver to the same home said Wilson of the Salvation Army Money deposited in the Salvation Army Christmas choir kettles is spent totally on food They buy about ISO in Bruce beats board vet for chairman Hills has done it again The new chairman and vicechair man of the Board of on ore from Halton Hills Acton Bruce won the chairman seat while fellow trustee Dick of Georgetown won the vicechairmanship Thursday night Mrs Bruce takes over from farmer chairman Betty Fisher a Georgetown resident She was vice- chairman previously It quite something when your cohorts have the confidence in you to put you into the chairman s scat a thrilled Mrs Bruce said I really most happy In fact I delighted Mrs Bruce won the seat over opponent Bill of on a separate school representative on board She a former teacher who was first elected to the board five years ago She was acclaimed to her seat In the Nov 12 municipal Trustee was alio teat second term In November Thursday night he had no competition for the vice cha rmanship and was acclaim the leadership position on the board I think I could get used to these acclamations Mr said with a smile after Mrs Bruce ran over and gave him a congratulations hug and kiss Mr Is a lawyer with a d6wntown Georgetown practice He has served as a local and regional councillor for the town I think the board has been blessed with fine leadership during the three year term I ve been here with Len Auger Betty Fisher and Bruce Trustee said He noted there has been a good relationship between the board and the administration and said he hopes to contribute to It and make for an equally smooth term of office for fellow trustees Both positions are for a one year term expiring next December The gavel sits in new bands for the next montfai residents Brace and Dick wen tbe lop two board seals Thursday night at he inaugural meeting of the Halton education Mrs Bruce woe the chairmanship while Mr was acclaimed to the vicechairmanship Herald photo food to each home depending on the size of the family to Turkey or a chicken anything to make a Christmas meal is bought said Capt Anyone needing food for Christmas can apply at the Salvation Army thrift stores in Georgetown and Acton The Acton and Georgetown stores will be working together All donations should be sent to Salvation Army Box Acton Ontario 2M4 The Good Neighbor Service unlike the Salvation Army will accept donations of food and not Just money and the collect toys for them They put together packages worth an average of per family depending on the size of the family Tinned food can be at the Miracle Food Mart on Street or at the homes of Porter at 37 Mclntyre Cr and Siena Van at Cleaveholm Drive Phone Mrs Van at and Mr Porter at before dropping off parcels to make sure they are in You can also send tinned food to school with your children until Dec IS when police pick It up All donations of money Is used to buy turkey potatoes and anything special they can afford Mrs Van Continued on Page A3 Trustee critical of board policy Some thoughtprovoking criticism was levelled at the Board of Education Thursday nigh l by a longtime trustee of the board In his campaign speech for board chairman Burlington separate school representative Bill Prlestner said the board has a tendency to deal with Issues In committee of the whole rather than air them Lo the public forum of the bimonthly board meetings Witness the longer committee of the whole meetings and snorter board meetings which result In many unanimous votes on obviously controversial Issues Mr said He been a trustee with the board Tor 21 years He said be wasnt pleased at how board handles some of He lengthy and substantial reports offering them up for questions of at one meeting then dealing with It at the nest meeting with no time for receoiMeratkw by staff Mr saU be wants to allow trustees the opportunity to refer such reports back to the for further work Selling off school new when hey re not In demand by board may turn out to be a bad future said the former finance committee chairman We need a long range plan for accommodation I feel today we re selling off school buildings we sorely need yean down the road Really we need to think that over before going dawn that path Mr said By 1990 Toronto calls might not be long distance Herald Staff Imagine being able to phone Aunt Bertha in Toronto and talking for hours without father complaining about hie long distance bills That type of scenario might be a possibility for Georgetown residents by the year Bell Canada has applied to the Canadian Radiotelevision and Tele communication Commission CRTC to relax their criteria for long distance charges The Is expected to make their decision by February which would affect 150 communities in in Quebec Called Extended Area Service Ma Bell would add more lines enabling communities to long distance calls to certain areas radius Under the old criteria to benefit US rate communities geographically with one another That why Georgetown isn charged for calls to or Brampton our borders are sldebysiae Because Bell Canada has been receiving pressure from customers to extend their service they ve applied to the to relax their guidelines said Defuse Gray a section manager for Bell With the new criteria Georgetown meets all the requirements The town has to be within 30 miles of the exchange they are calling and more than SO per cent of the people must call the exchange at least once per month Communities no longer have to be located next to the phone exchange they want extended service for Studies have shown that per cent of Georgetown residents phone a number at least once per month The application would not effect Acton said Mrs Gray because It Is not within the 30 mile radius to Toronto Extended Area Service will not be cheap for customers Residents now pay an average per month for long distance phone calls With a regular phone bill of could jump to She said the company Is working preliminary estimates and costs cant be accurately totalled To Implement in the 190 communities that fit the new criteria could cost million she said We don anticipate losing money on It said Mrs Gray adding that the costs will be paid by people who elect to have their phone exchanges adapted to t on Page A3 This chart Indicates the coat of living In a community without a direct Toronto Georgetown resident pay for the use of their phone pins hagdistance charges If extended area calling was added we wouM be able to call Toronto for a set tee each month of about TjawelServke afaig Regular per month l per month Foreign a Brampton WW Art dywerfaiJta til month per month If over boors per additional hour over per additional boor over hrs