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Page 10 THE HERALD Wednesday April 1D90 Gas prices on the rise Town slashes budget low prices may have been the cause of a large increase in the price of gasoline over the weekend said a local gas station manager Lower competition prices can get to such a level that one of the head offices of a major chain tells its people to raise the prices to cover costs Grant Baker of Silver Creek Service Centre at Trafalgar Road and Highway said Once somebody puts up the price everybody follows he said After a while the individual competition starts up and the prices drop Mr Baker said They will come down but theyll go right back up again he said He noted that during this part of the cycle Halton Hills was the last to change prices Guelph was first followed by Toronto and Mississauga he Bald Gasoline prices bounced over the 50 of last weekend At Gas Bar on on Friday and went up to 553 during manager said the increase was due to major chains UWC holds book sale The Georgetown University Womens Club is once again look ing for used book donations for the Annual Book Sale to be held on April 1990 at Knox Presbyterian Church Books and records no tex tbooks or magazines please can be dropped off at three locations Georgetown Library Acton Library and McDonalds Restaurant Books can be picked up by club members by calling or 8778027 Proceeds from the book sale go towards scholarships for Halton Hills students and to a number of local community charities in cluding Halton Womens Place cent per litre mark at the start Guelph Street the price was the weekend A local gas station a price correction by one of the Vince manager of the Penny Gas Bar in Georgetown said once the price goes up its hard to comedown Mr predicted a one- cent drop in gas prices within the next two to three weeks Blake manager of Blake and Son on Guelph Street in Georgetown was a bit more op timistic Probably a week from now theyll gas prices be down again tie said He said the price increases and decreases seem to work their way outwards from Toronto Darren of Petroleum in Acton said gas prices go up and they seem to work their way back down again He said the price is put up when head office tells the station to put the prices up Mr Baker said the and downs of gasoline prices can be either good or bad for his business He noted when gas prices increase he already has cheaper gas that he is selling at a high price It also works in the op posite direction he said When prices drop he has more expen sive gas that he is selling at a low price Its a balancing act for us he said He added at times with me its a killer for the business Mr Padsiar said the prices in Brampton and Mississauga went up on Wednesday PetroCanada and in Halton Hills put their prices up on Thursday and the in dependent stations followed on Friday THINKING of a HOLIDAY Robins Nest Presents A DAY With Pauline Diamond From Travels to help make your Travel Plans Easy Sat April 7th 1040 pm SEE YOU AT SHOP ACTON GLT benefit performance The Georgetown Little Theatre is holding a benefit performance of Here Lies Jeremy Troy April at 8 pm at the John Elliott Theatre in Georgetown Tickets are each and pro ceeds will go to the building fund for the Georgetown District Seniors Association For more information call THE CORPORATION OF THE Town of Hills Holton Hills Drive PO Box HALTON HILLS Georgetown Ontorio L7G 5G2 8732600 NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING WARD 1MILL STREETPARK AVENUE Council for the Town of Halton Hills will conduct a Public Meeting to examine and discuss a proposed amendment to ZoningBylaw 1358 to permit an existing apartment building containing our 4 apartment units The subject property is located on Lot 98 RP east of the intersec tion of Mill Street West and Park Avenue in Acton Further information is available in the Planning Department ALL INTERESTED CITIZENS ARE WELCOME pm Monday April 30 1990 Council Chambers Halton Hills Civic Centre Halton Hills Drive Georgetown H8946 Time Date Location File No to per cent Contd from Page I budget still has to get town council approval next week before its of ficially accepted Mayor Miller said in an in terview Tuesday morning he was pleased with the budget given the downloading passing down of provincial responsibilities to the municipalities These include a pay equity program and health in surance premiums It would have been unrealistic and detrimental to town services to have made more cuts than we did said the mayor He acknowledged a budget that calls for less than a per cent in crease is still high for people who are receiving pay increases of four an five per cent Major cuts to the operating budget Bonnette said in clude the elimination of from a total of in salaries for three new firefighters the elimination a new parks technician the elimination of a new heating inspector a reduction of from in surance costs a reduction of to the salary of a new personnel officer reduction of in town staff salaries departing personnel who wont be replaced The provincial government has provided the town with two major grants this year in the form of an unconditional grant and an Ontario Ministry of Transportation grant The unconditional grant totals just over million while the MTO grant for road repairs is about 13 million The unconditional grant is exact ly the same as last years grant said Mr King And the freeze in unconditional grants means each year the town will be required to raise more dollars to offset the relative decreases in provincial funding OFFICE MAGIC Guelph Si Georgetown Cancer can be beaten Please give generously FOR AIR CONDITIONER PERFORMANCE If your central air can t keep its cool when summer heats up call your Rheem dealer He has a complete line of energy- efficient Rheem air conditioners to choose from For air conditioning performance summer after summer the one to call is TIVE AIR SYSTEMS Heating and Air Conditioning 8400916 SERVING GEORGETOWN BRAMPTON BRAMPTON MASTED HEATING CONTRACTOR NO 15 HALTON HILLS MASTER HEATING CONTRACTOR NO flCCXUNT TRANSFERS When you have us transfer entile savings or chequing account from another financial institution to a Municipal 1st Rate Account well pay you up to bonus cash Phone today for details Transferring to The easy arid well do all the work Just bring us or bank statement and well make your move to The Municipal as comfortable as possible the municipal savings loan corporation GEORGETOWN Main SI South at Friday branch Ontario nonet mosSlis