Check out our Am LBrtmeServtea Guarantee the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 HILLS ONTARIO WEDNESDAY FREE DISTRIBUTION Canada the OWN Hide House Worth The Drive To Acton HALTON HILLS NEEDS Affordable homes for households The newly created Halton Non profit Housing CorporaUon Is going to take aim at low vacancy rate throughout including the cent vacancy rate in per HUla Quoting from the Canadian Mor tgage and Housing Corporations yeariy statistics Halton Nonprofit Housing Corppratlon President Walter claimed the vacancy rate in is similar to the trend throughout the the demand for houses said Mr people with different financial Mulkewleh Of that total between ISO and units will nave to be built The search for affordable housing on a rent geareduincome basis he different routes In- added converting an old school The new corporation which con lists of nine regional councillors Burlington attempted to use a eluding Pun Sheldon as the lone closeddown school for townhouses representative from Halton Hills In- but a policy of selling Region The Corporation was formed In November as a separate entity from the Region to help establish af fordable in Georgetown and Acton together have si households waiting for Mr Mulkewleh who Is also a Burlington councillor will have to produce bet ween and bousing units a year until 1B91 just to keep up with Senior awards As part Citizens Month celebrations Ontario will be awar ding a number of achievement awards to seniors In June who have made contributions to their com munities and to the quality of life In Ontario Walt Elliot MPP for North is inviting Interested citizens to provide him with names of In dividual In the area who could be considered as possible recipients of the award Nominations should be forwarded to Judith Walker at before April 15 A selection committee will review all the nominations and select the award winners Out of Africa whats it like for A nurse in Africa You can find out March is when the Newcomers Club of Georgetown host Anne Slpell J The meeting Is held at tainvlew Road South at St An drew United Church beginning at M Sippell spent In Africa and will share her ex- with members and guests For more Information fall Pat at hits jackpot The Acton has Just been awarded a grant for North MPP Walt Elliot announced recently on behalf of the Hon Hugh ONeil Minister of Tourism and Recreation The money was provided through the Wlntarlo Development Program and is designed to help the fulfill its goal of tag participation and programs Tin money In a Joint venture project between the Acton and the Hills Recreation and Parks Department Highland ball The Georgetown Highland Garnet wilt present its annual spr ing ball March from pm 1 a in at the Cross Church Han In Georgetown The featured band Is Brown and the cost per person Is A buffet win be served For more information call or Gift of life Give the gift of life and support the Acton Red Cross blood donor clinic March The blood clinic is sponsored by the Acton 1GA and will be held at the Acton Royal Canadian Legion from a 30 March into spring March Into spring with a fashion bow Camerons Fashion it presen ting her spring fashions March 29 at the Knox Presbyterian Church In Georgetown beginning at p Dessert and coffee begin the pro gram with the show tie pm Ad mission Is IS Up Up and Away Balloons will be giving a demonstration Tickets are available by calling Optimist trip A Georgetown resident won the consolation prize of In the Op timist Club Trip of the Month raf Allan Walker picked up the prize after ticket number was drawn March The first prize winner was Carol Brown of Dundalk Ontario She D to choose trip worth TWO Travel In Georgetown Tickets an on sale now for the next series of draws on April 12 Call Alan Farmer for tends to tackle the subsidized bous ing market at the political level for the first time In Coordinator Staa said the province which allocates the nonprofit hous ing units can only allocate Just oyer a year so Halton will have to fight tomtits share He figures Halton Hills needs about ten per cent of the subsidized housing units In Regional Planner Rash Mohamm- Sheldon said the town urged the town to look for places has to start planning ahead When places which would suite low cost housing Georgetown West is one area under development which could be suitable tor affordable homes be said He warned councillors that getting Into the subsidized housing market is going to be an extremely hard and difficult road The Corporation wants to mix the housing units with subsidized hous ing and regular rental units The Idea Is to create a cross section of educational institutions to other educational bodies meant Sheridan College got the school said Mr Mulkewicn Coun Al Cook said Speyslde school which is currently borne to Bishop Reding High School might make a good site If the local council liked the Idea school properties may be a start in the subsidized housing market said Coun Cook Coun Sheldon said the town new lands become available council should cast eye towards a possi ble location for subsidized housing she said Regions four municipalities this year for In Georgetown the Corporation is hoping to get financial assistance to build the cooperative on Camithers Road said Mulkewich Arts Alive serves up entertainment all week long ByDAVEROWNEY Herald Staff The arts mora than Just alive and kicking In Hilts kicking Lois Fraser Another Idea that has teen suggested is to purchase a wheelchair for cultural centre The cdihmittee looking for input acting in ruiion hub irs tacking The committee Is looking for input up a storm of entertainment during from cultural groups about how they the Arts Alive festival May would like to see the 1988 Seven days of theatre music art spent a seniors tea and a children show The format has expanded and fill out a well rounded roster of changed from the Festival Five events sure to please a variety of Celebration Arts Alive will have two tastes full nights of youth entertainment Arts Alive Is continuation of the organized by Paul Brlsley of Centen- Five held last fall to Public School Five schools are celebrate five years of entertain confirmed but many more are plan- at the cultural centre ning to put their drama dance It was decided to change the fall choral and Instrumental per format to spring to allow the theatre romance skills to work May and music groups more time to prepare for the show The name Arts Alive was chosen through a contest A week long festival each year under the same name is the goal of a committee established for this years program We want more community In volvement said Arts Alive chair man Hank There are 14 members on the committee In cluding two from the Halton Hills Libraries and two from the recrea tion department Currently there are members from the community representing The Georgetown Little Theatre Georgetown Globe Produc tions Credit Valley Artisans and the Board of Hon are also represented on the com mittee Hopefully next year there wUl be even greater community Involve ment and an expanded program said Mr Huhtanen Lost year Festival Five raised from ticket sales and the money was put to use in purchasing fi ve I terns added gallery lights lights for existing display case stage managers desk three new display cases coming events sign The scope of the week long ex has been broadened by inviting two residence to represent the graphic arts Lyn BarrettCowan and Gerard Brender a will be at the cultural cen tre gallery May 7 from 10 a 3 m The artist and book papermaker will be on hand to discuss their work and offer demonstrations A dinner has been added to the Jazz night May for the grand finale The major event missing from Festival Five Is the local talent night which win be left for the an nual cultural anniversary week In the fall One of the projects which could be by this years Arts Alive festival Includes removing the fibre glass on the outside of the cultural centres stain glass windows Whatever we do we 11 do It In this building said committee member spectators or performers The Arts Alive committee Is an In dependent arts group with involve ment from Town of Halton Hills staff For a story on the coming events at Art Alive see this week a Enter tainment Page In Section B Standard on Garten Street became the se- The lit workers at Standard Products are major firm la Georgetown to be hit by a CAW strike better sick sod accident pay long term disability la a week when they walked off the job Sunday Smith benefits and better pension Workers on the picket and Stones workers went on strike a week earlier seemed Jovial on the first day of the strike Monday Standard Products on strike pensions sick leave issues By BRIAN MacLEOD Currently a worker collecting Currently the company pays a Herald Staff sick or accident pay can apply for an month times years of service for For the second time In a week the unemployment Insurance subsidy pensioners be said The union wants Canadian Auto Workers union has but that only runs for is weeks to a fl month for each year of service set up picket lines at a major maximum of a week be said by the end of the three year contract And that decreases a workers About 150 worker at Standard unemployment benefits should they The firm has agreed to the no on Street are guar be lal5offlnthefuturebe said figure but only on of dtegtheenarafortheflrittlmein Long term pay at Stan- service The the 28 year history of Local Is also a new issue past and current service Included Went there isnt any said Mr But the companys be walked off Job at Smith and Klatt withdrawn as I said Mr Stone demanding better pensions The company has offered a 8250 a Klatt wages and benefits month long term disability payment He believes Standard Products SJSLA built up an inventory cawStecf Issues at Standard Products as well the first year a for the But workers are alio looking for Kcond year and for the third Management staff are attempting In sick and I accident year of LTD said Mr to plant running T on the sick Klatt v benefits said CAW chfef negotiator issue Is a also In the face said comment on the state of the thats not us Mr Klatt tlons to he said Pensions the third major Issue The two sides are not talking now must also Increase before the union and then is do plans to get back to settles said Mr the bargaining table said Mr The workers walked out at mid night Sunday after talks bad broken of week before he said A strike vote March 11 gave the union a per cent mandate In favor a strike said Mr He called the companys last offer an Insult Wages are also an issue in the strike The average worker at Stan dard Products mates Just under an hour Workers at Standard Products have become Increasingly unhappy with the pensions and sick pay term sickness cases at the firm Local President Gerry In the past three years one employee suffered a heart attack one suffered a nervous breakdown and another employee bad cancer The cases have accentuated Stan dard low sick pay and long term disability LTD payments said Mr Workers now receive a week for weeks on sick and accident By The union wants to Increase it to the maximum subsidy under the unemployment Insurance benefits to a week said Mr Klatt Smith and Stone pickets still manning their posts There is still no end In sight to the strike by employees of Smith and Stone In Georgetown Local 1121 walked off the Job March after negotiations had broken off three days earlier Workers had given their bargaining committee a 90 per cent vote In favor of a strike The key Issues at Smllh and Stone are pensions cost of living allowance and wages Both sides agreed that pensions are the biggest issue In the negotiations but there Is plans to resume Union negotiators said last week that resolving the pension Issue could lead to a settlement Local 1421 chief negotiator Bruce Davidson said even appointing a mediator wouldn be of any help at this stage They met once with a media tor before talks were called oft We dont have anything to talk about be said Smith and Stone President Stan Tooke agreed that no talks have been scheduled Dr Tooke said he doesnt know If the strike likely to go on for a long tune The walkout marked the first time in lfl years the workers at Smith and Stone have gone on strike Tooke The union Is still waiting for an offer from the company said Mr Davidson There not a whole lot we can do but sit and wait Goodbyes to postmistress residents want their postal service to stay the same In their tiny community A meeting March outlined bow Canada Post Corporation wants to make changes now that postmistress Shirley Is retiring The future Is still up in the air on the fate of the Llmehouse postal DRG Stationery considers move to a smaller facility Rumors that Stationery Is closing Its doors for good are un founded but the firm is scaling Its operation and considering mov ing si Reading from a letter written by DRG President John Stanford March Corporate Controller Ivan Hooker said Monday that DRG will be making critical changes to its Georgetown operation by dropping a number of product lines mainly associated seasonal production Binder refills and stitched books are among the product lines being dropped and the machinery which produces them will be sold off Mr Stanford said In the letter keep employees informed Hooker He referred to an inaccurate report In the Jan Georgetown In dependent which r had been sold to a But the company will definitely operate In a nearby community if ft does decide to move to a smaller building said Mr Hooker Georgetown Acton Jnumu mm Brampton are all possible areas to Employees who thought theyd been kept In the dark were anxious about their future be said But the negotiations fell through and the deal was called off about three weeks ago said Mr Hooker He wants to avoid a repetition of the Incident which created a lot of red faces The paper jumped the gun misreading an announcement given Hooker There have been no final decisions on the future of DRG in Georgetown other than the discontinued product lines be said Even relocation is one of the various alternatives now being look Mr Hooker The firm has not yet decided what to do with employees who run the machines to be sold off said Mr Hooker is a very seasonal business which employs between 80 and 120 workers he said Its not unusual to have small layoffs during the off season for sta tlonerybe said The company will attempt to keep as many employees as possible he said The firm has not yet decided on Its new marketing policy since the negotuJoos with the New York firm fell through he said The plant on Todd Road has a large warehouse and a decrease in production may reduce the need for pie of who sell wood stoves Is about the only other retail business In that could take the mall he said Sanford remembers when the mall used to be picked up in LimebouM off the train The has lived In Limebouse all his life he said The meeting showed that this is an emotional issue and despite 30 starting time which was difficult for farmers there was a good turnout he said The postal issue tends to unite the community the way a quarry dump proposal near has united people be said A plan for communi ty members to build their own postal building Is only a last resort idea but community spirit he said I think Its obvious everyone Crlchton of Limebouse born in the village years ago She feels If people are getting the same service the new postal operator should get the same money Under the new Canada Poet agreement a contract would be given to a person on a commission basis They re Canada Post not really taking anything away from us its the money she said I think its a cheap shot by the government Yvonne Cunningham lives on a rural route so her service should not be affected However she says If she Is forced to drive Into Acton for postal services shed be mad Ms Cunningham works in OakvlIIe and lives on the Fifth Joe Duggan took over as the postmaster of the general store In 1907 and has recently moved back to Limebouse He said the new owner will be caught between the devil and the deep sea In trying to reach an agreement with Canada Post Mr said a contract operator couldnt make a profit and Isnt a growth area where more residents would be mov into the area in great numbers you have to go that way con tracts and commissions you might as well go to a courier service Its a about the community The considerable amount of work and seemed to Indicate people wouta more than you realize be said prefer the new owners of the store to You cant expect people to work be the contract operators she said for nothing he added The contract guarantees a Inglls has lived In the minimum amount but the service Hills area for years He believes will still be based on a commission there are few options left for the system said Ms Read Id hate to see the person who takes over lose finandaUy These people wont tell us so we dont Jessie Glynn said It was a good idea to bring the people together to show need to support the new postmaster and postmistress She said she was surprised at the turnout of residents For Canada Posts part communi ty relations manager Connie Read said she now has a better feeling