Page 2 THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday February Lions Pride Past Presidents the Georgetown Lions gathered at a recent meeting in help celebrate the anniversary of the forming Of the Chapter On hand for the occasion were front row from left Dan Boyle Vic Bristow Watt Martin Ernie Sykes Terry Peer and Don Gosling Rack row Ken Burgoyne Jim Jones Mart Allison Carl Hansen Howard Murphy Fred BUI Mason Ken Neely Ron Johnson and Ed Absent was Dick Grant requests up by Almost 50 organizations In have asked for more than in grants from Halton Region in 1969 That marks a 29 per cent in crease over the 558000 in grants approved for the organizations last year The grants wont be approved by Regional council until early March but those organizations which received a grant last year and are requesting an increase of less than per cent in 1989 will be given priority under the social ser vice grants system Last year organizations around the Region asked for 34percent in crease in funds but Halton only handed out 13 per cent more The Canadian Hearing Society the Burlington Bereavement Resource Council and Amity Good will are applying for grants for the first time in and several groups are applying for hefty in Of the three new groups applying for grants only the Canadian Hearing Society services clients in North Halton The society is asking for from Region this year The Physically Handicapped Citizens Affiliation is asking for 13 this year That represents an increase of per cent the largest increase request of all the groups The affiliation provides information and referral services as well as counselling companion ship and research for people throughout the Region including many in Halton Hills The affilia tion says it needs the money to cover operating expenses North Halton Big Sisters is ask tag for a increase from 1000 to 3000 to help hire a second caseworker Big SIbVt has matched pairs and six people in the matching process The Halton Victorian Order of Nurses is looking for a increase to in 1989 The VON whose employees make some 78000 visits to patients In Halton each year says it needs the extra money to cover an expected increase in operating costs over a threeyear period en ding in The North Halton Association for the Handicapped is asking for an increase of almost per cent to just over in The association pro vides vocational and residential services as well as preschoo a toy library and a Saturday centre for thousands of developmentally handicapped people across North Halton The association says it needs the money to promote a positive image of the association in the community and to educate the community about mental retardation The extra money would also be put towards tag and training volunteers and organizing fundraising projects The biggest benefactors of Haltons social service grants last year were the Halton Social Plann ing Council Trafalgar Senior Homes 53 and Helping Hands COME ON DOWN TO MILTON TO OUR BARGAIN CENTRE Say HELLO to a GOODBUY NO CHARGE 0n any 1989 King Cab Pickup purchased before Feb 2889 Value JUMP SEAT POWER STEERING AMFM CASSETTE FLOOR CARPET WHEEL TRIM RING on our 1989 KING CAB PICKUP DLX WERE JUST SOUTH OF ONHWY NORTH END NISSAN NISSAN 610 MARTIN ST MILTON 8784137 Olde Hide House assists in drive for tourism trade Tourism is a growing industry in Halton and the Olde Hide House in Acton wants to help Region grab its share of the tourism dollars Steve Dawkins president of the Olde Hide House said last week that his company is donating to Haltons Tourism Ad visory Committee to help promote the Region The donation will almost double the budget the Region has to spend on tourism said Mr Private business in Halton need to get more involved in protnoting the Regions tourist attractions he said Billed as biggest tourism attraction the Olde Hide House draws more than people to Acton every year Eighty five per cent the leather stores revenues come from out side of Halton Region and per cent of the revenues comes from outside of Acton said Mr But Oakville businesses say tourism promotion is responsibility not that of private businesses said Coua Kevin Tourism promotion must be a shared responsibility between government and those businesses who will benefit from more people visiting the Region replied Mr The private sector has to be prepared to look at this as an investment He wants other businesses to capitalize on Actons Leather town nickname Mr said he couldnt understand why it took more than eight years after the Hide House opened for another leather store to open up in Acton The Hide House is opening up a second store later this year entitled Flight Line which will sell aviation leathers on Mill Street in Acton Also in the works is a Leather town Museum which the Olde Hide House hopes to open within the next months said Mr He urged Halton to take ad vantage of two other potential tourist attractions in the Region A British firm called Leisure World is considering opening up a British heritage park built around the Charles Dickens theme somewhere in Canada he said Mr said he would meet with Leisure World representatives soon to discuss potential sites in Halton Region He also proposed help resident Frank Grant display Ins collection of military paraphernalia Mr Grants collec tion probably the best in Canada outside war memorial in Ottawa is staying largely in obscurity because there is no place to put much of it on public display said Mr Mr Grant is about to get an offer from Vancouver British Columbia to relocate his collection there he said will have to move fast if it wants to keep the collection in the Region said Mr Regional Chairman Pete Pomeroy said would in vestigate the possibility of setting up a military museum using the collection Mr Grant has cumulated Learn to Drive and Survive THE PRIVATE SCHOOL Young Drivers of Canada rung centres coast to coast Income tax deductible Free pick up heme lot Uveal The pogrimnn not through my local high seta D4iafv you 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