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Court date set for driver in traffic death A yearold Georgetown man will stand trial for unpaired operation of a vehicle causing death and impaired driving April Ronald Joseph heard his trial date at Milton court hearing held Monday April 2 Regional Police ed Mr Hachey following an inci dent in which a former Georgetown District High School student was killed Gary Russell McDonald 19 died after being struck by a Mercury travelling west on Guelph Street east of Sinclair Avenue police say He was taken to Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead The accident occurred at 35 am March Herald announces new publisher The appointment of Bob Malcolmson as publisher and general manager of the Halton Hills Herald was announced today He succeeds David Beattie who has left the com pany Mr Malcolmson brings considerable experience to his new posting He began his newspaper career in Midland in 1973 and he has held various administrative positions within Thomson Newspapers Since 1978 Mr has been an executive consul tant of Thomson Newspapers in Toronto The appointment is effective immediately Mr Malcolmson his wife Marny and their three daughters are long time residents of Hills Mr Malcolmson is looking forward to serving the town in his new position Bob In Business For Business GSS OFFICE SUPPLIES Georgetown Secretarial Services St Georgetown 8771 Fendley Florists return EASTER IS APRIL TODAY 211QuelphSt Georgetown 077fiQA4 CENTRE I FREE DISTRIBUTION SATURDAY APRIL 1990 28 PAGES Students may write fewer tests Day of the daffodils IF you re and about in a lion Hills today see sights like his all over town The Cancer is selling daffodils on streetcorners and plazas all over town The cancer kicked off its April campaign Wednesday with a ist the Hilton Golf and Country Club Here Fielding centre an assistant with patient services holds dandy bouquet while left the transportation volunteer right of pain services takelnthe iromj Herald Brian Halton students may face fewer written regional tests if the Halton Board of Education decides to new guidelines to a 14- yearold policy Superintendent of instructional services Dean Fink said the guidelines could mean less written tests for students while the board looks at alternative testing methods but does not mean an end to written regional tests Mr Fink said the new guidelines would create a sample of regional assessment While the results of the tests will be valid on a regional level Mr Fink said the individual results of schools and classes should not be compared To judge a whole class on two or three students would be malpractice Mr Fink said The tests must also be relevant to the students curriculum he said If the test are not relevant the students may not take them seriously Fink said I can remember hauling students into a hot cafeteria to write tests that had nothing to do with what was being taught he said At the March board meeting Bob Williams the director of education said the existing policy allows us do anything in the way of regional testing The existing policy states This board is in favor of standardized uniform tests for all schools in the Region of Halton It was initially implemented in 1976 In the short term the new guidelines will mean the 800 that the board spends on regional testing will decrease In the long run this base minimum set aside for the testing will increase Mr Fink said Ozzie Caldarelll principal of Ac ton High School believes the tests can be effective if they are proper He noted that comparisons bet ween schools could be dangerous Continued on Page E CORNER OF ST HWY MOUNTAINVIEW S GEORGETOWN The DJ Sounds of the Every Sat Town may try to stop land stripping How to get your luggage back Young captures gold 18 Realty Distinction Realtor MEMBERSROKEH 112 Main St S Georgetown Comer Church Main 873