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In recent years, determining a mill rate everyone can live with has been an arduous task at best. The chairman of the 1994 Budget Committee, however, predicts the latest will be the touchest of the current term of Council. By HOWARD MOZEL Oakville Beaver Staff "It is a very serious budget," said Ward 2 councillor Kathy Graham. "The frills are long gone and now we‘re into actual service cuts. We‘ll have to deal with the long range effects of what these will be on the town. The budget is a real beaut." On Jan. 8th the Committee will begin deliberations on the Preliminary Budget which, according to Town Director of Finance Town budget likely to include service cuts A Metroland Community Newspaper Vol. 31 No. 150 Call (905) §27â€"6911 between 8:30 am. and 4:.40 p.m. for information. â€" ‘Christmas Past‘ at Bronte Creek Provincial Park‘s Spruce Lane Farm ronte Creek Provincial Park is celebrating the magical season of "Christmas Past" at Spruce The farm homestead will be decoâ€" rated in Victorian finery and bustling with Christmas activities. Toys of yesteryears will be displayed around the Christmas tree for all to enjoy. _4 of "Christmas Past" at Spruce Lane Farmhouse. Visitors can travel back in time each weekend of to Jan. 2nd from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Closed Dec. 25th and 26th.) Christmas carolling to the sounds of the pump organ and horse drawn wagon rides will carry you back in time to the festivities of yesteryear on Sun., Dec. 19th from 1 â€" 3 p.m. All are welcome. Enjoy the sounds of the Playford Players in the Keroseneâ€"lit parlor Wed., Dec. 22nd, from 7 â€" 9 p.m. Phillip Corke and Roland Packer will delight you with their unique blend of hammered dulcimer and guitar music. Mulled cider and Christmas treats will be served. Spruce Lane Farmhouse is located in Bronte Creek Provincial Park. Take the Queen Elizabeth Way to exit #109 north onto Burloak Drive. Admission to the park is $6.00 per vehicle or $3.00 per vehicle for seniors and the disabled. Sweet treats for the New Year! Children are encouraged to take part in our oldâ€"fashioned taffy pull on New Year‘s day from 1 :00 p.m. â€" 3:00 p.m. PUT SANTA ON YOUR LIST Beginning December 12th, Tim Hortons, in parmershiwith the Oakville Beaver and the Salvation Army encourage you to participate in their fourth annual Christmas food drive and toerive. Drop off non perishable food and new toys at your local Tim Hortons or the Oakville Beaver office. What better way to celebrate the holiday than with a freshly baked Santa cake from your neighbourhood Tim Hortons. and Treasurer Michelle Seguin, represents a 1.6% mill rate increase. To reach that goal the Committee â€" and Town Council which has the final say â€" will be considering measures which will either "significantly reduce or posâ€" sibly eliminate certain Town services," said Secuin. Included in what Graham calls a "whole book of cuts" are several key services which Fewer people collecting UI benefits The number of people claiming regular Unemployment Insurance benefits in the Oakville/Milton area as of Dec. 3rd, declined over the same period one year ago. The Oakville Canadian Employment Centre office filled 141 jobs last month and is curâ€" rently sponsoring 601 people in upgrading and retraining courses. Currently 6,266 people are on the UI rolls compared to 6,587 to the end of November in 1992 and 6,253 for the samg period in 1991. Bronte Creek Provincial Park staffer Marilyn Radford makes adjustment to Christmas decoration at Spruce Lane farmhouse at the park. The facility is decorated for the holiâ€" day season in all its Victorian finery. (Photo by Riziero Vertolli) Help to make this a Happy Holiday Season for everyone! CHRISTMAS FOOD AND TOY DRIVE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1993 28 Pages will undoubtedly create sparks during the monthâ€"lone budeet talks: â€" Delay the hiring of eight additional fireâ€" fighters for Glen Abbey‘s Fire Station 6 until 1995. â€" Eliminate Sunday transit service and reduce offâ€"peak service to every hour for most bus routes. â€" Reduce the hot mix paving program from $650,000 (1993) to $250,000. (Seguin explained the "acceptable" annual level is $900,000.) Recent budget processes have been marked by increased public pressure on the Town to keep taxes to a minimum. Graham is again calling for the public‘s input but she makes it clear residents must be realistic about the lower service which may be necesâ€" sary to achieve further reductions. "We will be very aggressive to find every cut we can find," said Graham. "People have to tell us what they‘re prepared to give up and what they‘re not, how deep they want us to cut." For the 1993 Budget, Council passed a Today‘s FRIDAY 10 CHURCH DIRECTORY.....20â€"21 Paper A Special Home March of Dimes $8â€"million residence built for disabled Canadian Publications Mail Product Agreement #435â€"201 (See ‘Budget‘ page 2) SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS The Bay, Kmart 75 Cents (GST included) Page 21 Page 7 25â€".27