NEWS One big happy family See Page A3 tiki Principal seeks community input Sec Page Bl H umber scores hockey victory See Page TOE ARTS Here and Now winners SeePageA7 the HERALD Home Newspaper of Hills Established 1866 WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1985 Halton RC delegation Student chaplain at Queens Park APPLE MAAM Is mid out anil Saturday veiling the part of their annual Apple Day drive Herald photo by Dan Ralph Armstrong wants spills exemption In wanting to be exempt from the Environmental Protection Act the region is just covering its Canny according to a Hilts councillor Coun Mike Armstrong and regio nal chairman Peter want the province to give region an exemption from the new Act as it applies to municipal works Municipal works Is defined as all essential services provided by the region by regional solicitor Mark That means sanitary sewers water mains water purification plants sewage treatment plants land fills and the new centralized sludge facility To become law Nov 29 the Environmental Protection Act puts the responsibility for clean up of spills on the person in control of the lied material and its owner Owners and handlers have to pay for damages regardless of how careful hey were with no limit to liability Insurance companies arc cxprcs concerns and we may not be able to get environmental impairment insurance in the future regional treasurer Jot warned at last weeks administration and finance committee meeting The region and its four municipalities arc currently covered Most if not all insurance com pan have Indicated that without knowing the risk or the amount they 11 have to pay for cleanups they will be refusing policies to companies whose businesses face environmental exposure The Insurance Bureau of Canada lias repeatedly slated that environ mental impairment insurance won t be available in the province when there is no limit on potential liability which is the case with new Act now With no promise that any companies will give them cover spill polluting he POMLROY environment Armstrong and Chairman Pomeroy were concerned the financial repercussions of the and wanted an out for the region You re playing with fire and a lot of responsibility 1 don want placed on the region Armstrong said I want to cover my fanny it as simple as that The regional chairman called the ramifications of liability under the Protection Act tic especially as the region would have to insure itself in the end I don think we should send the message out that it okay if you re tough on the publ sector who may pollute the environment but not so for Mil municipalities DECKED OUT Vanessa Hutchinson of George town Is modeling a wedding gown from The Clark and Bridal Suite at a show held for the Hills Christian Women Sept You cant hide nun Keith said he found it difficult as a politician o say concerned about the environment hen to hide behind an exemption lean I support Do us I say and not ai I do Bird said I want to pluy by same as the rest or hr region chairman Peter noted the primary causes for pollution or spills by the region are under Mil of the control already They l the rules we abide by their rules he said Indicating the water sewer and garbage responsibilities of the region frankly municipalities works that they have are none tome of the greatest polluters said Rather than learning to adjust to Act you re saying that floe for everybody else but not with Burlington Joan Little said she that In Biking for an exemption from the Act the region was rrllnuulitiing iu responsibility for safely thing that really bothering me we want other people to protect our residents but not us Utile said You have to say yes I believe Me re responsible for our own safety By Space permitting nonCatholic students should be allowed lo attend Catholic secondary schools and have the option to take religious studies a presentation by the Roman Catholic Separate School Board stated Monday night at Queen Park It went terrific The chairman of the committee expressed It was a different brief and the committee seemed impressed with it local trustee Irene McCauley said The presentation was being made to the standing Committee on Social Development on the provincial Bill 30 which amends the Education Act The school board brief also recommends that no teacher or employee Catholic or nonCatholic should lose his her position as a result of the amendments proposed to the Act during the specified 10 years of implementation parent Donald Scnrenk said he prefers volunteers from the public board be taken rather than have surplus teachers be transferred through administrative procedures He noted last years volunteer approach to teacher transfers negotla ted with he Halton board of education was preeminently successful The four member group which includediihlghschoolitudent another parent and a secondary school chapla in recommended that transferred employees enjoy all rights benefits ana privileges Catholic employees do for as long as they remain with the Separate board Mother of five Carol Price said the adoption of Bill is the redress of a long standing injustice giving equal opportunity to Catholic students As a parent 1 do not see any difficulty in accepting nonCatholic students in our system 1 would expect that any person who voluntarily sends a child to our system understands the basic philosophy of that school Mrs Price said We do not wish to indoctrinate any nonCatholic students nor do we see any reason to exempt them from religious studies Grade 13 student Donna said her nonCatholic colleagues nave never been singled out and that student activities are open to all students without distinction Miss students council president at Saint Ignatius of Loyola Secondary School In She said that the task of the council Is to develop enthusiasm and united student morale This task would be quit difficult 2 women die in crash Two Georgetown women are dead after a car accident Tuesday on Highway and 15 Margaret of King Street and Mildred McDonald of Orchard Boulevard arrived at Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital after the m accident They died that evening The women were westbound on in their 19M Mercury and stopped at Highway James Wilson of Road In Acton was driving northbound on Highway at BO kilometers per hour He saw the women a car but did not expect It to pull In front of him Mr Wilson 1979 Dodge hit the Mercury on the left side He suffered minor injuries The women lied of chest injuries police said Damage to the Mercury was estimated at and damage to Mr Wilson Dodge was set at if we had a dual In school community orientation that result II all Catholic students were exempt from religion class Miss said While I recognize that there may I think thai is reasonable to expect of the of Ontario that the goals and On declining enrolment Consolidation group studies data By SANDY CAMPBELL The Hills Consolidation Committee Is ready to study the data it has collected since January and is on schedule to make recommendations to he Board of Education A report will be made in January or February of 1986 said Ron Chapman chairman of the committee The committee Is addressing problems created by declining enroll menta and will make on how the boards resources should be reorganized in the most Kavanagh the committee assistant chairman Three subcommittees were organized study the problems at difftrcnt schools There are 16 schools in 11 lis plus Pine view being considered The biggest problem is local satisfaction Everyone has a vested interest In a local school Mr Chapman said This fall there will be information meetings for the public he added subcommittee deals with a cross section of schools which include rural town middle junior senior And school Is represented on the consolidation committee by a parent and a teacher who have voting power Principals of the schools act as advisors to the committee and cannot on com mil tee issues A variety of occupations ore represented on the committee Includ teachers businessmen civil servants and housewives All are try Interested Mr Chapman said The consolidation committee has been meeting once a week since January It the largest on study ever attempted In Mr Chapman said Seven years ago enrollment at Halton schools started to decline Since that time there have been four studies In Halton The Board of Education like every board In Ontario has a consolidation policy as part of their mandate The policy kicks in when enrollments decline and the schools become loo big for the student Some schools have to be closed which is a decision requiring much study our school and those to which parents and students subscribe be facilitated Hopefully the Standing Commit lee on Social Development will have a recommendation in January when the funding Issue has a third reading in the Legislature trustee McCauley said Herald changes format Don bother cleaning your reading glasses The Herald has changed its format Starting today The Herald will be joining hundreds of other Canadian newspaper f lo j column news and advertising format Newspapers in the United States converted in 1931 Previously our paper ran nine columns over the length of a page We made this move for two reasons First we think this presents a more attractive easier to read editor product Second the six column format puts us ip line with other newspapers across North America Advertisers find it helpful designing ds or with a standardized format The Canadian Daily Newspaper Publisher Association recommended the switch after years of extensive research We hope you like the changes it part of our overall effort lo provide you with the best newspaper possible OFF THE HOOK Milton not top site for toxic waste By I Herald Matt Milton s off the hook The Ontario Waste Management Corporation announced Thursday its preferred site for a l realm en I and disposal facility for Industrial waste was in West Lincoln Township instead region residents had been concerned the Corporation would be selecting Millon Britannia Road area for burying toxic waste Corporation spokesman Michael Scott told The Herald the OWMC will be doing no further testing on the M Hon site It will now be testing the West Lincoln site south of Vineland on Sen ram Hood near Highway instead If this site were to fail then we would be reviewing the entire site selection process Mr Scott said He Indicated it would mean from scratch with the original ISO potential sites in the province If the Corporations tests at its preferred site work out all right the will hen be presenting Its proposals for public hearings on the Environmental Assessment Act IN THE HILLS Still on oil Despite the federal government urgings to change to gas the town still uses about G9 liters of heating oil annually which cost about last Monday night councillors accept a lender from Gulf Canada Ltd for cents per liter off the posted wagon price for the heating season Tax man gracious Seniors arc going to continue to get break from the lax man Monday night the town deputy treasurer confirmed seniors will be given a few days grace to pay their municipal taxes In recognition or late pension cheques and trouble getting transportation to the town office reunion ATKINSON Bill Smith was made an honorary along with Mayor Miller Paul Atkinson a Jaycee senator presented one of the awards to Mr Miller Doug Pen rice is the presl dent of he club You can call at it you are interested In becoming involved with the Jaycecs Fashion colors A fashion show entitled The Colors of Fashion will be held Oct at the John Elliott Theatre at 8 Participating in the show will be Christiana North Sportswear and the Rotary Anns Tickets are and are available at both stores listed above call 8776761 Sing along tonight The Credit Valley Sweet Adelines invite you to a Oct 2 at the Centennial Recreation Centre in Brampton The celebration on Mary Street starts at 8 and refresh will be served Singing police Singing is not part of a police man a Job description but at least of the Regional Police force staff arc members of the Regional Police Force Chorus Perhaps you saw them at Georgetown Pioneer Days Saturday the chorus sang in the Ottawa Police at the Civic Centre All proceeds went to Sick Children Hospital for Eastern Ontario in Ottawa The Regional Police Chorus is a volunteer charitable group started a year ago who particularly enjoy singing to senior citizens said Richard Kivell chorus president We want to spread good will to the citizens of he added Disarmament month October is UN Disarmament Month All are welcome to the October meeting of Hills Action for Nuclear Disarmament group at 30 Trinity United Church Acton Special service You ore welcome to attend the Credit Valley Conservation Authority a Annual Thanksgiving Service on Sun day Oct 13 at the Melville Church In Tim year Rev Nancy Knox of Mono Mills United Church will conduct the service The Peel Retired Teachers Choir and the Brampton Senior Citizens Choir are returning to fill the Little White Church with their wonderful songs After the service hot mulled cider and old fashioned cookies will be served The Melville Church built In is located on MIsslssauga Road North south of the village of Bel fountain Parade Sunday The Lome Scots Peel and Regiment will bo holding a Church Parade at St Church In at 2pm Sunday In accordance with tradition church parades afford an opportunity to indicate to the troops the values and traditions associated with loyalty to the Regiment and the Regiment if Williams and all membera of the public are Invited to attend the service