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Knechlefs For Meat That Does More Than Compete SEE OUR AD OH PAGE LIGHTING Hwy Georgetown 9 Midget hockey action Halton Midget goalie Ryan Peddle tries to un tangle himself from a player as Sean looks on and Piazza moves up on the play Both teams were playing In the Georgetown Midget tournament on the weekend at Arena For more information turn to page 21 Herald photo User fee controversy Ice groups get reprieve ByBENDUMMETT The Herald Proposed changes to the Town user fees charged to Hills ice groups for use of arenas this year represent nothing more than a band aid solution said Hal Pells President of the Georgetown Minor Hockey Association following Mondays General Committee meeting General Committee recom mended Monday the Georgetown and Acton Minor Hockey tions and Figure Skating Clubs will only have to pay per cent more per hour to use the com munitys arenas instead of the originally proposed 14 per cent increase until July Starting in July however the groups will be required to pay the full 14 17 per cent increase through the end of The committees recommenda tion will go before council this Monday for final approval Com membership is comprised police stand alone By LISA The Herald A new privacy and information act has divorced Regional Police from all other municipal forces as they are tlie only region police force still divulging names and addresses of crime victims Everybody has clammed up said Halton media relations of ficer Sergeant Carey Smith But its business as usual in Halton The Municpal Freedom of In formation and Protection of In dividual Privacy Act became law Jan and its objective was to make municipal government more open and therefore more accountable to the people of On while at the same time pro tecting individual privacy as stated in an information booklet on the act But municipal police forces arent interpreting the act the same way and this Is causing con fusion for the media the public and police Chief James Harding of Halton Regional Police reads the law as giving a significant degree of discretion to the police Halton has always had a good relationship with the media and if names were withheld before we hed no problems from the media and dont expect any in the future he said The Halton community responds to the need to help and serve each other and the police Withholding would be detrimental to their safety and ability to be ty participants Apparently he is the only Chief to think this way and interpret the legislation as such Metro York Peel and regional police forces among others have stopped releasing names ad Continued on Page 3 of the Town councillors Calling the committees deci sion a band aid solution Mr Pells said it at least gives the association time to budget for the full increase He predicted though the association may be forced to cut programs for the season In order to cover the July increase We may have to cut back on development programs power skating and aimed at youngsters said Mr He also suggested the association may have to reexamine the tour it sponsors Mr Pells told councillors dur a presentation the tions just completed annual midget tournament lost approx imately The association isnt looking to make a profit said Mr Pells but the needs to cover its costs The possibility of that happen will be that more difficult with the increase committee is proposing he added From Jan 1 to July 1 the hockey association and figure skating clubs will pay just over Continued on Page An Inside Look newt 14 Community Fonim 15 Council 3 Poetical 19 a BookRevKwi Peoples 810 Sport 9 Bbttu 25 Community SonriM Delta 25 27 Money 13 Duignan claims Liberal Party playing games ByBENDUMMETT The Herald The Ontario Liberal Party is playing games in Its criticism of the New Democrat govern performance to date says North Halton MPP Noel Duignan A press release issued by in terim Liberal Party leader Robert Nixon says the has contributed to public cynicism towards government by breaking a wide range of commitments and reversing several longtime policies Some of the broken com mitments according to Mr Nbton include inaction to protect laid off workers who have lost wages or severance pay as well as in the area of increasing the number of subsidized child care Mr Nbton is playing games replied Mr when tioned Friday about claims made by the interim Liberal leader The has established a wage protection fund to protect laid off workers said Mr Duignan Before the fund becomes operable he explained legislation must be enacted which should happen sometime this spring In the area of child care Mr said the NDP plans to develop and implement a com prehensive day care policy in stead of the mish mash ap proach taken by the previous government Mr ex plained the term mash to mean various disconnected pro grams The NDPs program said the MPP will mean universal day care That means no one will be denied day care services regardless of income he explain ed Parents income will deter mine if they receive a day care subsidy said Mr He also went on to say the number of day care spaces will be spread fairly across the pro vince instead of concentrated In large urban areas such as Toron to Hamilton and Windsor Again this program wont take effect until at least the spring when the necessary legislation is introduced said Mr Duignan Noel A whole slew of legislation from car insurance to day care will be introduced during the spr sitting added Mr Duignan People should bear in mind when they hear the Liberals criticize the government weve only been power for three mon ths said Mr Duignan The Liberals were in power for five years and they had the ty to do what were doing but they didnt A missed opportunity for example pointed out tbe MPP was not implementing all of the recommendations that came out of the Stark report on welfare reform On the issue of garbage Mr said Mr Nixon is play with words when he says On tarios Environment Minister Ruth Grier has backtracked on an initial promise that existing garbage dumps wont be used without first undergoing a full Environmental Assessment According to Mr Nixon Ms Grier is now saying she will ex pand existing garbage dumps without a full Enrivonmental Assessment Mr Duignan however said that will only hap pen in case of emergencies He doubts an emergency situa tion will arise because of the governments recently passed mandatory recycling and packaging reduction legislation Lock it or lose it If you have a habit of leaving your car unlocked with the keys inside youre running the risk of either getting your car stolen or being issued a 53 fine Regional Police initiated a new crime prevention program this week called Lock it or Lose it giving officers the authority under a Halton by law to issue fines to unlocked vehicles with keys in side even if theyre parked in your The program was established to prevent car theft said Hills crime prevention officer Laurel She reports that out of vehicles stolen last year 20 vehicles had keys in them The theft of a vehicle results in unfortunate repercussions she said Once the vehicle is stolen you lose everything in and nowadays people have more valuables in their cars or trucks such as car phones and compact disc players Then once thieves have the car they may commit crimes like a break and enter that couldnt have been done without transportation As well the potential for tragedy as the result of a car chase in creases said Const All of this is so unavoidable if people would lock their vehicles she noted Along with the fine special cards bearing the Lock it or Lose it logo will be placed in each vehicle They will also be put in unlocked vehicles where the keys arent present though these vehicles owners wont be fined The program officially started Monday Oakville and Milton have a similar by law