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SPORTAl Lifetime Service Guarantee OPEN WEEK Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 WEDNESDAY MARCH 18 the Dm Acton Town trims 1 million from budget Hi imi Herald Starr Nearly million was trimmed the town budget Friday us councillors slogged away until That means Ihe town budget is now ii a per cent more than I ist years budget The work if the budget committee t over as members have voted lo bring in a budget that s a per cent over lost Manlyn wanted councillors to aim for a per cent increase but councillors said that was unrealistic Norman Elliott said 1 is the year of record expenses fur the town with i per cent of the budget increase to be taken up debenture payments on the new million municipal complex A per cent increase is not reasonable it allows us an overall i per cent would hamstring Hills terribly the councillor said Johnston said an per cent increase would be more reasonable Instant Georgetown resident Taylor of Stevens Crescent has won in the Ontario Lottery Corporation instant game Match 3 Sweeps Match 3 Sweeps players win if they scratch their ticket and find the same prize amount three times Instant prizes are 10 or and and free ticket Players who find word Sweeps three times in the play area of their ticket become finalists In the sweepstakes show which features the Million op Other prizes of and will be awarded with every finalist guaranteed Spills response There were spills of substances In Region over the last six months or last year ind only one was in Ha on Hills Acton A report to the Region list week showed there was a spill of gallons of oil in airy Lake July The Region tmertincy spill response team cleaned it up like the other spills in total cost of nearly This year emergency res fund for spills is being tripled to with the money coming from each of Region municipalities How much each will pay is to be on the basis of assessment Public Works Director Bob Moore says Phone helpers The North Distress Ccn could use more helpers to answer the telephone May is the date of a new spring training session for volunteers who man the phones for four hours per week Helpers befriend all age groups ana assist in Information inquiries and crisis intervention you can help call for an application and more Women abused Abuse of Women is the theme of the annual general meeting of Services The meeting will be March a at the Oakville Public Library on Navy Street The film Loved Honored and Bruised will be shown after which a panel discussion will take place The panel guests arc Police Chief James Harding Women Place publicity coordinal or Evelyn and Mens Group Family Program therapist Plant The public is Invited to attend and ask questions of the panel Acton pool closed The Acton indoor pool will be closed immediately until further notice For health reasons major repairs are required The recrea tloti and porks department was ad vised by the Halton Board of Education Tuesday you require further information on the repairs call the Board at The spring session of lessons and programs are cancelled Acton residents are encouraged to register at the Georgetown indoor pool as additional classes will be scheduled For more information on aquatic programs call he Acton Indoor pool during office hours Registrations for all other Hon and parks department pro grams will still take place at the Acton Indoor pool I don t personally see any around that if we re to curry on with this and keep service she said Town Treasurer liny King pointed out a one per cent increase works out to Just under dollars for lite average ratepayer and raises SSI Only Kick llounette sup ported be per cent mi ruse nested by He said there arc a lot of new homeowners who ore having a lime with the eurrcnt house prices in the roil estate in irkct their haven I increased it the same per cent rate house prices hue said Highlights from their hour budget committee meeting included of flu stall post lions from tht slate of requested by department heads Cut were one hill secretary for the administrators lerk s depart men one construction inspector one full time secretary for the fire department one fin prevention of fleer andonednJtsman The for the Hills Library Board to invest in new books and sun it id another budget meeting A reserve fund of two to help Ihe Georgetown Chamber of with tourism promotion wis cut completely The Chamber never made a formal request for but councillors were anticipating j request for funds The ambulance building was left with to make repairs to its parking lot from an original sum of There II be in the budget the committee detidcd the Mayor the office furniture he been using on loan II covers the cost of an office chair desk and two three pieces of intends to lake him into the new municipal building Money lo replace a crosswalk Actons Malh Street lefi in two worth Agricultural reps retiring Several longtime members of Agncultur Advisory Committee are retiring year and rcicivcd ilnlton thanks last week Norm chairman for the past few years Peter Branch and Bruce Wood are recognized for Ihcir long service The 19S7 members will be frank Anthony of Tom roster of of Milton David Taylor of Georgetown Peter Walker of Jim Held of Georgetown John Glasgow of Harry Brawler of Nerval L of Phyllis MiMaster of Milton and hi la of Hornby Squire simulated dimmer which turned out 12 Is helped down the hallway by be a helped worker citizen with food and during exercise for Operation medical aid at the snowman Thursday District lllkli School tor more personnel were tented on our I- until it Snowman volunteers aid striken victims Bed bugs were discovered in the blankets during Operation Snowman That was just one of the many pro blems real or fictional that the emergency evacuation centre I ad to face at the Georgetown District High School Operation Snowman was a prac lice run for local volunteer groups to test their abilities in a pretend emergency Taking part were members of the Georgetown Red Cross ihc SI John Ambulance Service a public health inspector a public nurse Amateur Radio firefighters and Hilton Regional Police It went quite well II was a good learning experience for everybody Emergency Service Co Maureen Griffiths said She he one who set up Operation Snowman with four municipalities that night It was the first pretend emergency for many of the volunteers and Regional Const Griffiths said April she will be holding a debrief on the exercise at which lime recommendations for provemenls will lw made by those who observed the exercise What went wrong in the exercise for one thing Const Griffiths would like lo see more signs signs Identi tying the high school as on lion centre for and signs insidi 1 It- rule ir anas like r eating in The key people Mi old have been wearing it ic design a ling them as being in charge The eon stable said labels were needed lo distinguish one volunteer from another The volunteer staff the lion centre were prepared to register feed and for the he needs of who came through a having been on roads They had to f itt problems like si with frostbite someone with a heart problem a lost child a power failure a shortage of cols or coffee a person medicati n a baby requiring special food enough victims it the exercise the public were asked volunteer Const Griffiths plans to write a report to Regional council on the event and said it should be done at least every years if not annual She noted those Involved in Opera Snowman found I hem selves working together belter the nlghl wore on and some said they would have been prepared should an emergency really have happened hen night Brampton landfill site not on towns doorstep Herald Special Brampton pollutions predict fierce opposition to a site in north cast Brampton recommended by Peel Region staff as the location of he Region s next garbage dump At Thursday Regional meeting chief of Itiek ha id the site known as Area VI Is staff preference of three northern sites under detailed study suite May No decision will be made on the Ion until council debates Mr Frost reports April after hear citizens delegations April Members of the Area 1 Brampton Concerned Citizens and Area Alloa Ratepayers Association said they felt relieved after the an but added the end of heir worries is still a long way off Area under study since late 1884 Is bordered by track Heritage Road 15 and Misslssuugn Road Area II studied since mid 1985 Is bordered by Road 15 Se cond Line West and a gas line But Brampton Coun Peter Robertson said council can expect opposition from developers and residents living near the si I And Coun Robertson the for rural Brampton said ell must reconsider a site called Site I scrapped in May if It expects to win its case before the On tflrio Environmental Board which reviews and approves applications for municipal garbage dumps I don t favor Area VI unless It s compared to Site Robert son said If Site is tested and compared to Area VI and Area VI comes out then could sup port It Although Mr Frost said is a better site than two northwest sitis known as Arias I and residents living near all three sites said they re not quite convinced Regional council can make a dcil In time to open a Brampton dump by 1991 Area VI lies east of Torbram Road Its northern boundaries are 17 Road and tie Creek he border then runs along Airport Road west along Gore Creek north lo 15 Drive and Mr frost said the decision easy because the lands of Area VI Water forum Town council Is inviting planner public works director and treasurer come to Hills and talk about how Regional government provides water services Waler services is a responsibility and Pam Sheldon felt the Regions rationale In extending service needed to be aired to lie public The three department heads will also be asked to explain Ihc and Implementation of Regional policies regarding the ex tension water services us either a local improvement as a developer cost or as a Regional works program will tost mure lo buy than in north since Ihc northcast are shied for residenliil development by the Ron Development Corp Bui VI his deep soil from 14 to 5 metres above bedrock If Region had picked Areas I or 11 would have spent millions in stalling a liner prevent seepigc of from the shallower soil Mr Frost said the moil port ant factor Area VI Is the preferred site Mr frost The soils ore better here than on the west side And Robertson noted ii Areas 1 and would preserve the agricultural community of Brampton Bui Mr frost noted one obvious drawback of Area it on or near lands slated for residential develop ment The development was appro by he Ontario cabinet Inst year after a lengthy hearing before the Ontario Municipal Hoard and an ap peal by a citizens group We suggest that the landfill site be developed from the south going north Mr Frost said That way it will move away from the Hal development Mr said Peel will spend bet ween 5 million and 3 million developing Ihc dump expected to open in 199a and coinciding with he scheduled shutdown of Mlssissauga Britannia Road dump The costs include million for engineering and ap provals million for land mill on for com pensatlon lo landowners million for building the site million for road reconstruction Courtesy Brampton Company turns the table on employees llySWHYC Illraid Staff An Acton firm lost most of Its work force because of a letter slip ped under the door In management Twelve employees threatened walk off the job of ECr- Metal Lid if the pay period was not changed from every two weeks once every week The letter signed by the 12 employees slated they would have to enforce a walkout until future negotiations take place The firm let their employees leave and began lo hire new staff Management would have dealt with request if the employees had not threatened lo walk out said Irene Sanders vicepresident of the company If we knuckled under to lhat kind of request ihe employees would be running the business she said The employees letter received morning was answered with one from management 1 in Company president Egon I liter informed all employees of the company decision it a special meeting Questions from surprised were answered then They were told It all in the letter from maiiogement said Wesley vicepresident of the com Since Friday three of the 12 employees who walked off Ihe job hive asked for their jobs back The three were token back but on after out in They hod to compete for their jobs and lost their seniority Mrs Sanders said retcivint letter from Ihe al I- CI- il 1ilricators ltd sought legal and contacted the Labor The company was advised to the employees leave Mrs Sanders said ECF has no union To change the pay period to once a week would have created problems for the small company Mrs Sanders said A change would have created more paper work Interrupted the cash flow and upset schedules But the main reason management did not bend in favor of the request was because they were threatened Mrs Sanders said After making that clear to employees Friday hired a security guard and guard dog The company has also been getting regular surveillance by the Halton Regional Police Mrs Sanders said There has been no trouble By this Friday former employees will be able to pick up their severance pay cheques The employees were trained on the job Most of them Joined the com when moved to Acton from six months ago Two employees who wolked out Friday were from and had been with the company for two years By today Wednesday ex peels to be full with 12 new employees The loss of the 12 won l be a great setback but they will hae to train all new employees again Mrs Sanders said Most of the employees were trained when the company moved to Acton manufactures insulation panels for construction makes custom window screens and custom paints anything The Incident was the first time there has been a labor problem at EC I- Mrs Sanders said The walkout occurred just after Ihe com put together a benefit package including bonuses and a den talplon Crazy Boat racers wash ashore April 11 Every year fragments of the list boat washes is nor finish line with the last round of applause you may wonder why dldn enter the Boat Race Make l9frjourcruzcarl The rjee down the Credit River is money raised will go to he Hills Chapter of Multiple Society of Canada Instead of tht Georgetown however it will be the Georgetown Lions Club at the helm The wont be changing race and will be running it with the of members of the defuncl Club said Bob Sullivan chairman he race and a former Jnycee The Lions hope raise 10000 through the race and expect about 100 crazy boats and canoes The canoe race begins at Cheltenham and ends at the Glen Williams bridge by the ball diamond Crazy boats start at Ihe Line bridge and end at the diamond The entry fee is per boat That fee Is waived if members of the craft raise in sponsors Entry forms for race arc available at Cn tenon Carpets North Halton Sports and Georgetown Optical Awards will be given for the best homemade boat best crazy boat with a purchased body and the best community service club or commercial boat Those who finish first in each of these categories and ihe canoe which finishes first will also receive awards Roads shapeup Although has been rated us having the worst roads in On it cannot be said that lis roads arc the ugliest to drive along Aesthetics are important and plans to spend 31 or tree planting alongside Burlington Milton and Hilts roads Prehistoric artists an and well and presentation adorning be or Park Public student learned was a highlight School Kindergarten In- Been here are front raw left to their parents to school Friday tight Christopher Day Chris to view their museum Wright back row Jessica Reddltt c ted by the A wdtl VUckoa Herald