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Oio hirling could belieae As with msny aspects of lite in Hatton. încreaslng pop- ulation is hsvîng an impact on important services we May sometnnes take for granted. Paramedics are anc ofthne vital services that can liter- sily mean the difference between lite andf desta whtn there's a medical cmergency. Despite the tact that Hatton paramcdics continue ta experience delsys offiosding patients at haspeslis b*- cause af bed shortages. more ernergency catis wcre answei'ed andf more patients transported last year than the yesr before. According ta a paramedic response report recently presented ta Haltan regional council's htalth sncf 50- dat services cammottet, paramedici responded ta 36,000 calis sndf transported 24,000 patients ta ares hospitals in 2012 - Incresses af seven per cent andf five per cent respectlvely Even wfith the Increase in catis ami patient-ioad, para- mbdlc response Urnes in Haiton remain within an ac- ceptable range under the Ambulance Act accarctlng to de report To help, ensure pmramedic respanse às keeping pace wftli the reglonis growing demanci, a new station in test MIRon i expected to open wlthl tw ta the years andf an Oa&vihle station is now underwsy. Also reveated st the heWalt nd socia services commit- tee meeting wes that a so-caited 50/50 shared fund- êng model between the Province and Region for pars- medk services Is sctuaNly closes ta 44/56, winh Halton footing the large( portIoni o! the buti We support the Regions refusai to shorthang& Hal- ton residents where vital emergcncy medicai services arc concerncd. HlrIng new psrsmedics ta staff twa new ambulances 12 hauts a day, seven days a week wiII maintaîn pars- medlc response time standardfs in Mamaon snd wilt iîkely Icad ta more lines being saved. ifertage lvi atters [hsrnus anâd Isabel1 Aikens hilt tis classic ueo(rgan-sî>t'i larmhoiuse ai 8310 Fourîh Urne in 1850, and it was their home tintai ii was purchabsed b> the -Snu-w lamily in 1918. Jameb Snow was bom in the bouse lIn 1938 tec (-npps- farndy hougkt the farmstead Srnce then thNe propenty has chanted hands severai urnes and r, curTenrhy owneTd by de"elopers - Svbmn.ud fi Hensagr Milton and Milton Hisawiceli Soc any Lors aeo b> o u U55 htasuWO4 Sut GMM t. LWN SI, or~ m &M 0W oohOw'M tmytihSr'hm9a 4m Acieàmments of studens teachers, staff oelebraed To oiton District School Board staff, trustees ami parents: Another ichool year has drawn ta a close andf ncarly 60,000 students have teft aur buildings wtth addêtionul sicilîs ancd knowledige they didn't have juit 10 mronthi carl et. Students progressed tram recognizinq words - ta reading books, tram calculatlng ares ta un- cierstandlng volume. (rom playlng their fric notes ta, a solo performance, ami tram not knowîng what they want ta do ta adaptingoa career pathway. Ail Halton District School Board staff can truly celebrate the acNievemrents of oui students andf the raie they have played in the pracess. We scknowledge, credit is due ta owr teach- ers who work dkrectty wêth our students, andf the support staff who provide the operatsonal structures for our classrooms. The senior adf- rrnistratîve team andf trustees should asoa be prouci of the learwng cnvironiment that was supparted by our decmonms sndf actions On behaif a! the senior adm4n, team, I would lite ta thant the Board o! Trustees tor theïr cal- lective support andf for their focus on student achieement snc fwlness. Wc tack forward ta a reittul ss.wmer break in prepaation for ye anottSr productive yenr in 2013-14. 1»eLtor o(Euiucotkm DavId huait Naffion Dnnktl SeMi Board' »(aftn -. NP 555 Indnst"h Dm. ifl ton. Ont. L9T SEl s4crenu Fax 90"-76-2364 OassMOed: 90"875-3300 CrcuWiOn: 905e8-5947 Vie Gmup Pub#sber Regowia GntSW -km 0" Hwy Prectorr Aaewsw KMy '1Wý EaW4w dt IKduhOf Mener MrouaS NtcbÀm sW* P- On LMi Sasl Auaer TMe Cma0 a chAma muSse ewy 1 uS bnfl kmm aà à of MatchS MaS au Lui AUffle4 f a aml- oni Mue coett vatr M OW ete ooeie a~ a. e M~ tet ipe a&i sa. Mame fl m n e pt ro . or me s flan»rmè- cfflf 0* aGt.uW u t o coed e nnsWplaff o. puletetnfe et ecmlw STU wan CUAum bb- -bàb àa %KI -