Facing the board in the future are issues related to social contract, salary negotiations and the Royal Commission on Learning, all of which will involve close association with administration. "And it‘s important to have someone working closely with senior management," said Whiting. "I believe I‘ve shown I have the ability to do this." Allan George Nauss, 35, of Fourth Line has been charged with possession over $1,000 and theft over $1,000. He will appear in court Dec. 20. An Oakville man has been charged in connection with the recent theft of a cow. According to Halton Regional Police, the bovine had been penned up on a Burnhamthorpe Road property but was discovered missing on Nov. 16th. The fence had been cut. $ Local trustee seeking viceâ€"chairman‘s job at Board Maintaining continuity from the previous board to the incoming board is aamajor factor in Halton Hills trustee Dave Whiting‘s deciâ€" sion to seek reâ€"election as Board Chair. Later, the accused was seen with several other unknown parties in his own barn cutting up the cow and was subsequently arrested on Nov. 24th. Man charged over theft and butchering of cow By KATHY YANCHUS Oakville Beaver Staff â€"crors: w . 184 Lakeshore Rd. E., Oakville » 845â€"5582 389 Pearl St., Bur]mgton e 639-13 A Metroland Community Newspaper Siebert, who has been viceâ€"chairman and chairman of the board‘s finance committee, feels the role of viceâ€"chairman is the next logâ€" Opposing Whiting for the position of Chair is Burlington trustee Diane Leblovic who said "out of courtesy for her fellow trustees and respect for the process" she would not divulge her "very positive reaâ€" sons" for running before the forum tomorâ€" row night. Seeking the position of Board viceâ€"chairâ€" man are Burlington trustee Linda Schreiber and Oakville‘s Ward 4 trustee Penny Siebert. "I think I have the respect of the teaching staff and of senior management," said Whiting. "Canada‘s Best Community Newspaper" CCNA Better Newspapers Competition 1993 "I have found that over the years many of the difficulties I have encountered at the board table are related to process," explained Schreiber. Schreiber, who is entering her second term as a trustee, feels the time is right for her both professionally and personally having chaired many committees both on a professional and volunteer basis. Siebert said the board has been moving towards a process more open to the public ""and I‘d like to continue in that direction." "I‘m one of those people who is interested in collaboration, as opposed to confrontation and I‘d like to see that kind of tone at the board," said Siebert in citing another reason for her decision to run. "I feel like I‘ve been through the preparaâ€" tion process," said Siebert. "As chairman of the finance committee, I found I really enjoyed the issue of process, making sure the meeting is run fairly for all trustees and ensurâ€" ing the work gets through; protecting the integrity of what we‘re doing as a process." ical step. Being viceâ€"chairman would automatically WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1994 Free Consultation Petirement Planning . "I think we‘ve got to keep opening up the board in every way we can," she said, adding that she would also like to have a say in what goes inâ€"camera at committeeâ€"ofâ€"theâ€"whole meetings and what goes public. Part of the role of viceâ€"chairman is to chair the committeeâ€"ofâ€"theâ€"whole meetings and Schreiber believes the role of this ensemble is changing and becoming more public. entitle her to executive committee memberâ€" ship and "being viceâ€"chairman would give me more of a say in advance (of what goes on the agenda)" and perhaps "reduce" some of those difficulties. ETIREMENT PLANNING n â€" RRSP‘S , INVESTMENT PLANNING _ PETERC. WATSON MBA, CPP RFP PEIER WATSON INYVESTMENITS LIMITED | Channelization f area creeks ausing erosion | say residents To volunteer to help with the Food Drive, call 827â€"6523. In addition to its Food Drive, the Salvation Army is also holdâ€" ing its annual Toy Drive. New, unwrapped toys can be dropped off or put with the plastic food bag for distribution to needy Oakville families this Christmas. The Toy Shop will be located at the mall on Fourthe Line (at Speers Road) this year. The Salvation Army is also looking for volunteers to sort the food beginning next week. Items suggested include cans (soup, beans, juice etc.) pasta and cereals. Plastic bags will be distributed this Friday in copies of the Oakville Beaver Newspaper and residents will be asked to fill the bags with nonâ€"perishable items. Bags can then be left on the doorstep for pickâ€"up or ‘runners‘ will knock on the door. Bags can also be dropped off at the Salvation Army Citadel on Rebecca Street. The Salvation Army is holding a major Food Drive Sat. Dec. 3rd in the areas of Fourth Line to Bronte Road, south of the QEW; Glen Abbey and River Oaks to Ninth Line. Salvation Army in food drive Saturday CPOC, a coalition of residents from the Wedgewood and Morrisor Creek areas, was organized last June in response to the release of thi Town‘s Flood, Erosion and Master Drainage Plan Study. The last com prehensive study of flood control in the Town was completed in 1964. years where Wedgewood Creek flows through the middle his backyard. To shore up his property and stop furthe crosion, it could cost him $30,000. "The problem started when Cornwall Road was put in," said Moye "and the marsh was cleared." q cott Moyes has lost four feet of his property in the past tw "It‘s just getting worse and worse," said Moyes, who joined 165 res idents, politicians, and officials from the Town of Oakville, the Halto Region Conservation Authority, and the province â€" at a meeting spon sored by the Coalition to Protect Oakville Creeks (CPOC), on las| week at Oakvilleâ€"Trafalgar High School. Channelization of parts of the creek has led to more volume an more velocity of water rushing through the creek, he added, an because of unrestricted developments, "There is not enough earth any more to absorb all of the rainfall." 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