ESCORT ESCORT LX 4 DOOR (Continued from page 1) officials since it is they who determine the level of service in their communiâ€" ties. Lee does not necessarily advocate tax increases, but states unequivocally that emergency services must be given priority at budget time. "Fire fighters are often the first at the scene of an accident of health emergency," said Lee. "As other emergency service are cut back, the pressure on fire departments increasâ€" es. At the same time, fire fighting serâ€" Firefighter blames Social Contract for woes 110 Fine Stores and Services Just North of the Q.E.W. and Trafalgar Road. 842â€"2140 Diaper Derby! "Toilet Trainin, book by # Participation Certificate _ THE OAKVILLE BEAVER If given the choice, he believes taxâ€" payers would choose fire protection over flower beds, for example. (In North York, fire fighters were laid off while more than $800,000 was spent beautifying Yonge Street.) vices in many municipalities are being reduced." In Oakville, Council voted last year to staff the new Glen Abbey Fire Station with only 13 fire fighters â€" not the 21 originally recommended in the 1993 Budget. A firm determination to 2ND PRIZE â€" Trophy During last year‘s controversial decisionâ€"making process, Oakville Fire Chief Wayne Gould said the 13 fire fighters would increase the level of fire protection but cautioned Council about the realities â€" and danâ€" gers â€" of using the resulting threeâ€"man crews. The Ontario Fire Marshal recomâ€" mends no less than 10 fire fighters and two vehicles at the scene of a typical house fire. Gould told Council that threeâ€"man crew will be limited to actâ€" ing as an emergency medical team, initiating a rescue or beginning preâ€" liminary fire fighting operations. Regulations prohibit so few men from entering a burning building. augment staffing by eight more fire fighters by July 1 of this year was scuttled, however, as Council passed that decision on to the 1994 Budget Committee. The Committee, in turn, decided to delay implementation of the remainâ€" ing eight fire fighters from July 1 to Nov. 1. At the time, Oakville Professional Firefighters Association president Ken Janisse appealed to Council to vote for the full 21. Anything less and the safeâ€" (Continued from page 1) | facilities and community support services, said the report. "Halton has a ratio of 88.5 longâ€"term care beds per 1,000 population over ag 75. The provincial average is 149.8 beds," the report stated. A discrepancy between demand for, and supply of, assisted housing is ar issue and will be a larger one, said Burke. Although Burlington councilor Ralph Scholtens called for the region t divorce itself from the nonâ€"profit housing business, Burke said. Halton alread has its own nonâ€"profit housing corporation and the "divorce" would require council decision. * Despite Halton‘s affluence, the report stated more than 2,500 childre received monthly assistance from food banks in 1993, and almost 30,000 peop were living below the poverty line in 1991. * By 2000, 11,100 additional Halton children will need childcare, yet curre subsidized spaces meet less than half the need. * Community health may be affected by growthâ€"related environmental pres sures and the health care system will be strained by the increasing seniors‘ popu lation. U s e t t At the time, Oakville Professional "Our position is simple â€" whe Firefighters Association president Ken _ funds are tight, essential emergenc Janisse appealed to Council to vote for _ services should be the last to be cut,‘ the full 21. Anything less and the safeâ€" _ said Lee. Report finds children use food banks Wednesday August 3: Planning and Development/Council for the Town of Oakville meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber of the Municipal Building, 1225 Trafalgar Rd. Thursday August 4: The Crime Prevention Committee of the Town of Oakville meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Trafalgar Room of the Municipal Building, 1225 Trafalgar Rd. _ Monday August 8: Town Council meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber of the Municipal Building, 1225 Trafalgar Rd. Tuesday August 9: The Health and Social Services Committee for Halton Region meets at 1 p.m. at Regional Headquarters. Top two (2) Finalists from each race receive: _ â€" Diaper Bag ty of his men would be compromised he said. The blame, says Lee, can an should not be focused entirely on las year‘s Social Contract. As part of their campaign th OPFFA has created a special vide which each of its 54 locals will sho‘ to politicians, ratepayers groups an service clubs. After all, says Lee unless they need a fire fighter mos people don‘t realize the decline in th level of service. "The level of service was unac ceptable prior to the Social Contract,‘ he explained. "Now it‘s intolerable." â€" Lee would also like to see the cre ation of a "longâ€"overdue" independen commission of inquiry to assess level of service in the province] Among other things, this would allo fire fighters to speak freely about th many concerns they have about safe (Lee explained the majority of collec tive agreements contain gag order which prevent the rank and file fro speaking to the press.) Open Mon.â€"Fri. 9:30 am Saturdays 9:30 am Sundays 12 noon August 3, 1994 9 pm 6 pm 5 pm