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The budget committee will have to decide whether to approve the request for 21 new fireâ€" fighters â€" at a cost of $487,300 in 1993 â€" as "It‘s prudent to say that we‘re going forâ€" ward with the recommendation that (No. 6 staâ€" tion) be staffed as proposed," Gould said. Council has already approved construction of the $730,000 fire station, currently under construction on Postmaster Drive in Glen Abbey. The station is scheduled to open July 1st. When Oakville Fire Chief Wayne Gould appears before the town‘s budget committee Monday (Jan. 25th) night, he‘ll be making an impassioned plea for 21 new firefighters to staff Fire Station No. 6. By SAL BOMMARITO Oakville Beaver Staff New fire hall may have no firefighters A Metroland Community Newspaper Vol. 31 No. 10 oly Family Catholic elementary school students will spend the secâ€" ond week of February "unplugâ€" ging the drug" by saying No to TV and Yes to reading. They‘ll sign their name to a school banâ€" ner as a testament to their efforts during the seven day period. The last time Grade 2 teacher Mario Mule‘s class participated in the scenario, they got the whole JK to Grade 8 school involved and saw 400 signatures on their banner. That was when Holy Family school had 850 students however. Now that half the population has relocated to the newly "Canada‘s Best Community Newspaper" CCNA Better Newspapers Competition 1991 p L i AY, JANUARY 24, 1993 24 Pages 75 Cents (GST included) During the preliminary budget overview, town manager Harry Henderson recommended that the budget committee consider approving the funds needed to staff the new station. At the same time, Henderson recommended the committee also include $450,000 for road resurfacing in this year‘s operating budget. If the committee follows those recommenâ€" dations, it would result in a 1993 millâ€"rate increase of between 1.8% and 3.9%. part of the fire department‘s $11â€"million budâ€" get request. If approved, the item would have an impact of 1.1% on the 1993 mill rate increase. Starting with a fresh banner, Mule is hopeful to see similar response in the proâ€" gram he personally undertook to begin in his Grosvenor Street school. Mule explained students are allowed to watch only two hours of television during the week, so they. make their choices selecâ€" tively, discriminating between good televiâ€" sion viewing and passive viewing. With the extra time that they find on their hands during the week, they‘re encourâ€" aged to read or do familyâ€"orientated things. opened St. Marguerite d‘ Youville school, Mule said he hopes for 100% participation and has a 90% participation goal. A checklist is used to allow the children Our Best! Allâ€"weather rubber car mat traps dirt and debris. Blue, Grey, Black, Tan or Burgundy. 31â€"2062X Reg. $13.99 The effort is reinforced through an "Unplug the Drug" poster, and slogans like "Say NO to TV, and Turn off the tube and turn on the mind. ‘"We want to promote reading throughout the whole school," said Mule. to do selfâ€"monitoring and they‘re trusted to their own honesty, the teacher explained. The teacher recommends a book by author Jim Trelese entitled, "The New Read Aloud Book for Children", a book geared towards parents, teachers and other educaâ€" tors about literacy that suggests ways to facilitate reading at home, the value of readâ€" ing and over 500 suggested reading materiâ€" als. "Those cost alternatives could include the temporary placement of one of our vehicles at that station, staffing the station through increased overtime costs or providing daytime staffing only (at Station No. 6)," he said. Gould said that he‘s also willing to look at some "cost alternatives" in the event that the committee does not approve the staffing request. At the same time, the item has been identified in the fire department‘s budget request as a "C" category reduction item, which means that the committee could choose to have the item eliminated from the fire department‘s budget request. "(Approval of the reduction) is certainly not something I‘m going to support," said Gould. The approval of 21 new firefighters would (See ‘Station‘ page 2) Each week we‘ll be expanding our network of services you can access by your telephone. Check out page 12 in today‘s paper for these added services and an explaâ€" nation of the system itself. In the first 48 hours of operaâ€" tion, 1,124 calls had been logged on the system....and there‘s more to come. The response to the Oakville Beaver‘s new Phone Alone Info Source feature has been overâ€" whelming. CALL845â€"5585 New phone system is proving popular Today‘s Paper Meet the Mayor SHOPPING PLAZA 550 Kerr Street 132 _ UPPER OAKV!LLE SHOPPING CENTRE Upper Middle at 8th Line _ 849â€"TIRE Mark W. Slipp (416) 365â€"4633 Page 3 ....17â€"19 Seminars available umitEp . throughout February Ann Mulvale has simple formula for success