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NO DOWN PAYMENTS, NO INTEREST NO PAYMENTS ‘TIL 1995"* Store Hours: Monday to Friday 9 am to 9 pm; Saturday 9 am to 6 pm; Sunday Noon to 5 pm Phone: 560â€"3303 / 643â€"4121;â€"Out of town call 1â€"800â€"263â€"8575 Lewis Rd. and the QEW, S. Service Rd., Stoney Creek, Ontario (between the Fruitland and Fifty Rd. exits off the QEW) *0.A.C. Payment due January 2nd, 1995. No delivery charges, no administration fees. Full details in store. All taxes payable at time of purchase. 25% deposit required on custom orders. A world away from the everyday stmpy {for aasg _ S Geck. Santa told us it was better to give than to receive. So in the spint of goodwill to all, Stoney Creek Furniture continues the tradition of No Payments for a whole year. One more reason to celebrate this season. Merry Christmas to all and to ail a free year. Hurry! Santa says there‘s no time like the present. By BRAD REAUME Special to the Beaver he Halton regional budget E dance is done, even though the music is still playing. Adjustments to the original budget proposal have lowered property tax and user fee impacts to the average Halton household from an increase of $9.70 to $6.69. Region cuts budget by $9.4â€"M but ratepayers still face slight increase Total regional expenditures have decreased $9.4â€"million from the 1993 level of just more than $200â€"million, to approximately $191â€"million. The overall increase is just under 1%, with a decrease in property taxes of 0.4% and an increase in water and wastewater charges. The police budget was also approved by regional council Wednesday, but due to a probable Christmas, March Break and Summer Camps plus birthday parties available. All staff fully certified N.CCP. , WINTER SESSION _ .. _ 5 5 PE | REGISTRATION F OR E- MEMBERS --*: â€"FALL SESSION CATECORIES ANTOINETTES _ «=Â¥â€" crmnasnc cus review by a provincial board, police services may be increased, skewing the figures. The only major change was a decrease in the proposed water charges. While they‘re still increasing 1.6% over 1993, it had been proposed to hike the charges 2.7% for 1994. The extra money would have been spent on mainâ€" taining the current network. Regional council has approved a police budget of $38,234,000, some $300,000 less than the 1993 budget of $38,546,000. On Wednesday, regional police board chair, Barry Quinn, unsucâ€" cessfully lobbied to â€"have $295,000 put back in the police budget Wednesday. Upon failing, he warned regional council he intends to appeal the police budget to a provincial board which adjudiâ€" cates such matters. SEEGIA_LTY € NDERCY PROGCRAMS ADVANCE KINDERCYI\ :{min. 4 y TOINETTES T;