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final approval from the ont ario municipal board is the only hurdle to be cleared be fore construction starts on the jongawaited centennial school addition an addition four times larger than the school twenty- enrol in nursing class twentyone students enrolled in the red cross home nursing coarse which started this month in st johns unjted church hall six wouldbe enrollera had to be turned away for lack iof space the course is again known as home nursing not careiin thhome as it has been for the past couple of years the red cross felt they should revert to the old familiar name known a all mr th de education and the halton cuntyboard of-ed- v instructoi mrs elaine- sales7 jucauorttiave gftesrtbetr o9uv bjn will have a helper this year mrs g phillips rn will assist in teaching the techniques of home nursing such as making a bed with the patient in it tak ing a temperature knowing bow to watch for symptons and tell them to the doctor avoiding bed sores in the chronically ill and learning the dangers of overdoses of drugs first aid including resuscitation is also part of the course the white smocks and veils worn in the past during gradu ation ceremonies will now dis appear from the scene as part of an economy measure institu ted by the red cross the course is held wednes day nights industrial arts and home econ omics will be taught in an elem entary school in addition tp the industrial arts and omies rooms these win be science room art zoom gymna- existing torium library guidance room health room prinopats oftee staff room and eight classrooms mcnady construction has been awarded the contract which for the first time a i ial blessing to the three quarter se for a forty week eonstruc- of a million dollar project tion time it is hoped to have use of part of the hnimmg by in town the fall term bridge bypass traffic lights need correction judge john ord walked out of a halton county board of education meeting in milton thursday after announcing his resignation in protest over the 4000 salary hike given the new top administrators the judge a member of the georgetown district high school board recently appointed a continuing committee by the halton board told the herald he would make his res ignation official at georgetown council meeting this coming 200 mqrchtna mothers to tmestoruis hive befen working on corres pondence jpubucity posters and making sure the public are aw- aire of the aims of the rehabilit ation foundation for the dis abled motherf cjutvasshie flurgeorge- jtown- for- the march- of dunes monday are hoping to find streets aglow with inviting porch lights when they start their blitz chairman mrs mary cooper and vice chairman mrs donna bobbins- have divided the town into 25 areas the responsibilities of area captains marlene har- ley sylvia oprica joan aggiss- heather hunter marg willough- bypat bell mae sacco vivian martina nancy ellis jeanfne ellis sonja bell tib runham betty mackenzie jan laforet milree armstrong phyllis ste vens cathy hunt7leanofdon aldson pat mundy joan thorns ann tninjan bev mccauley sylvia bearsley vera sheppard and mary barnes behind the scenes shirley somervule marg higgins dor- cen brant and eva middleton anyone knowing of someone qualifying for help from the foundation should write 12 overlea blvd toronto 17 to have a rehabilitation worker look into the case social personal mr milton mccann a resident of halton qjanor had the mis- firtuneto fall and break his hip he is ritf if joseph brant hospital burlington mr mccann is a brother of mrs lily rivervlew cres mr and mrs william chapj man and mr and mrs bob mc- menemy of shelley street trav elled to troy ny for the week end to see the renssolalrpoly- skjo0dkentue wafer proieet georgetowns new water com mission is already at work and on monday asked council to seek ontario municipal board approval for a 250000 deben ture issue for capital works planned this year the debenture would include 95000 for exploration and work on no 4 water well 55- 000 for a planned no 5 well 20000 for relocating waterr lines in the main st bridge re- construtttonr 350oea for re construction on maple ave and 30000 for watcrlines on mountalnvlew rd s queried about the expendi tures by cr ern hyde reeve technical institute hockey teams play and visit with mr and mrs mcmenemys son david who is a student there and a member of the rpi freshman team wm f hunter said that the no 4 well money has already been spent the project was so necessary he said that the town could not wait for approv al and used current funds to cover the cost and now wants to recover this from a- debent ure issue when cr donna denison asked why the omb had refus ed to approve it mayor em- merson explained that the town had submitted a capital works budget of three million dollars and had been asked to recon sider in an economy move by the municipal board the no 4 well had then been dropped when 400000 was lopped from the forecast council decided to have a de benture bylaw prepared for the 230000 with further debate allowed when it comes to council vote y v itw v if m qmlraciablcu this could be a classroom scene frdrrv good old emraceoble u bumfs not its good old george- ipwn dtofrct high school where the wrestling team is propping for eallntarjo matches in north bay in march here kifthsteam watch coach joe ingarozza demonstrate a hold xnar bllsborrow inauguration of oneway traf fic over the main street north bailey bridge which will be used during reconstruction of the overhead highway bridge is causing some problems cr ern hyde told council on mon day the traffic light control is not adjusted properly he said andacar cag enter the oneway area on a green light without sufficient time to be out of the oneway zone before oncoming traffic starts he suggested the engineering office should study this end synchronize lights to avoid such traffic problems he also pointed out that snow fence used on the bridge is not strong ennngh and just that day a gaping hole had been discovered where a child could slip through onto the railway tracks below deputy beevc sp said he had al been alerted to tin danger by a whose child plwwy iypiii tlttuugli the hole mr speight immediately tacted the engineering office and was told it would be cor rected right away ignore fencing regulations safety body censures contractors worb dpt at the first meeting of the municipal safety committee this year chairman colin blight charged regulations gov erning the fencing of open i covations were being flagrant ly ignored by building contrac tors and town works department alike he stated it was the duty of the committee to take necessary action to ensure that existing regulations are obeyed by con stantly harassing tmv town buil ding inspector safety officer and newlyelected town council he criticized the building in spection department claiming it was ineffectual inefficient and understaffed thus allow ing local contractors to ignore the bylaws admitting the building insp ection department is overwork ed and understaffed the safety committee agreed to approach council to see if conditions panel discussion for learning disabilities tho georgetown branch of the ontario association for chil dren with learning disabilities expects to have a large audience lh george kennedy public school wednesday january 29 where a five member panel will discuss the problems of children eligible- for the associations as- sistancc silting on the panel will be 06 mcdowell the elementary school inspector for this area who will speak on special edu cation dr c a thompson of the georgetown medical assoc- iaton whose topic will be pos sible causes of learning disabil ities mrs m bilsborrow of the georgetown high school staff whose topic will be the girls occupations course and j todd of the high schoolstaff to talk on the boys occupations course a question and answer period will follow the talks and dis cussion could be improved council will also be urged to hasten the in stallation of traffic lights at guelph and moontainview rd gnelph and mpi and guelph and delrex the committee decided to ask bell telephone about the feasibility of establishing a sin gle e phone number with only three digits among the many other safety hazards divtumd were the high snow piles on the sides of the roads obstructing vision rot ting elm trees lack of side walks dangerous roadside dit ches and melhoih of instruct ing children on bicycle safety kris ting firearm regulations will also he reviewed with the aim of hghtftiing restrictions if deemed necessary ann street woman spots mystny bird the unidentified large bird which georgetown distrct farm er ed osborne blames for the loss of sooesjnal pets from his farm has been sighted on the towns northern limits ac cording to an ann street resi dent mrs- setfried told the herald she sighted a bird in a neigh bourhood tree last wednesday which fitted the- description tve never eew a bird so big she said at first i thought it was an owl bat it was too big its head was the size of a small dogs mrs seifried said while she watched the bird it moved from ope tree to other and she brought her cat into the house she mr de- said the nexxday she noticed the etery osbornet experieno tided this aanxt have been the same bird wench had been giv- juighisa monday judge ord is a council ap pointee to the high school board the halton board announced last week that the salaries for the countys top education of ficials would be 31500 for administrator j w singleton 29000 for assistant director douglas lawless and 25500 for each of the three academic superintendents the salaries were approved by a 108 vote in a committee- ofthewhole session ords announcement came after james w singleton out lined the terms of reference for six proposed continuing committees of the new board i cannot serve a board whose first act at a 45 minute meet ing was to raise the salaries of the director of education and assistant director by 4000 each judge ord said teach ers all over this county are go ing to want to relate to the same salary scale he said the pay increases will add to inflation in the county singleton said after the meet ing that judge ord is fully en titled to his point of view and emphasized that the meeting only an invitation to the former boards to continue oper ations the judge didnt really re sign as he was never under any obligation to serve he tried to make it a dramatic affair in public the chairman of the new county board of education fred armitage admitted the salar ies may be a bit out of line but added these are the peop le who are going to get the county moving along at the pace needed for equality of ed ucation opportunity in halton aftermhanking the chairman for his remarks judge ord held to his word and strode from the meeting in the county ad ministration building the georgetown continuing committee member has since received support in his protest judge john orb walks out from a member of the county board richard goodin of oak- ville said this week it will cost millions of dollars to put to gether the administrative mach ine planned for operating the county school system tin absolutely shocked at the money were spending on salaries for members of the ad ministration sfsid goodin who topped the potts in the decern- ber 2 election of trustees goodin says be joins with john ord in- protesting the high salary schedules being set- in a statement this week goodin said that his objection involves the full range of sal aries and position a he noted that adnilnistratioit also includes four- superintend ents 13 assistant superintend ents six coordinators six as sistant coordinators 29 consul tants and 20 on the administra tive staff the salaries are so high that some of those receiving them are embarassed said goodin georgetowns representative oti the county board ernest bodnar was one of the 10 who voted in the- salary setup he defended it in a conversation with the herald saying these salaries are paid in accordance with what you should expect to pay for these klnd of posi tions they are in line with sal aries paid in systems of equiv- alent size and it has to be re membered that this man sing leton is considered to be one of the best in the province he was well paid in bis former job with the burlington board and in assuming more duties and responsibility warrants a con- siderablo increase bodnar said that at five per cent of budget the cost of public school administration in tho county is still in line with any system in ontario jw sinouprrpm education a dminltrretor