Page THE HERALB WobeWb WO Community Highland Games losing publics support The Georgetown Highland- Games Association considered the possibility of holding next years games later in the sum mer in on attempt to improve over this years attendance figures at a meeting Thursday The idea of holding the games on the July 1st weekend instead of in early June as has been the tradition said Association presi- dent Marty Hughes is something being discussed but it will be some time before a final decision is made That would only happen if the fairgrounds were available and the association wasnt infr inging on any events put on by other groups he said Having the games later in the summer may attract more peo ple because this is the time when the eight or nine other highland games in Ontario happen said Mr Hughes He suggested the Georgetown games would benefit from spill over advertising connected with the other games if the date was changed The various other games are each separated by a week so each benefits from each others advertising campaign explained Mr Hughes The Georgetown games however are a month earlier so it misses out on some of that publicity he said Mr Hughes explained the association is having to consider new ways of marketing the games because attendance figures have just not been enough Approximately 2500 people attended the Scottish festival this summer in Georgetown resulting in a loss of 3000 said associa tion treasurer Colin Munro The 1990 attendance figures are down almost from the associations peak of 8000 seven or eight years ago he said Police Task Force planned Children and violence Continued from Page 1 treatment care for children ex plained Ms People at the focus group com plained most of the mental ser vices are based in the south part of she said At the same time explained Ms this makes sense because the popula tion is larger in that area The commissioner commented a lot of points raised about Georgetown were similar to those suggested at the Acton focus group People attending that meeting also said more children seem to be violent today They attributed the increase in violence to poverty broken homes or violence in the home Contributing to these causes said Ms is Actons isolation from the rest People at the focus group said parents sense of isolation due to the lack of available transportation means when they cant solve a problem and they think they have no place to turn said Ms As for possible solutions for both Georgetown and Acton Ms Ewart thought CSCAG would con sider such ideas as establishing a program which would enhance parenting skills These could in clude prenatal classes single mother programs and parent net works Parent networks would allow parents to call other parents for support when needed TANNING TONING Facials MakeUp Back Treatment Earnartiat Passive Exercise DENTURES FULL DENTURE SERVICES DIRECTLY TO THE PUBLIC He Dentures Repairs CleanJng Dental Insurance accepted Wheelchair Accessibility TRENTON Denture Therapy Clinic Church SL Georgetown Ontario 8772359 said Ms Discussion Tuesday also cen tred on teaching school children about life skills to deal with a ex ample said Ms Ewart public awareness about the problems facing children also must be im proved added Ms At the government level new partnerships may have to be formed between different provin cial ministries Presently a grey area of responsibility exists bet ween the provinces Ministry of Community and Social Services and the Ministry of Health she said That means important services are falling through the cracks said Ms Ewart Specific solutions for Acton discussed Tuesday said Ms include a onestop centre where people can go and find out about the available agencies said Ms As well another option con sidered was a wellpublicized telephone line for parents and children who need help said Ms Once the results of the Tuesday meeting have been tabulated said Ms will ap proach the various agencies deal ing with parents and children to determine if they would support and help implement the final plan of action This wont happen until at least next year she said After almost three months in the planning stage Division Regional Police will be sending a proactive task force into the community starting Jan 1 said Staff Inspector Richard Four officers will be on the task force one from every platoon Kiveli explained and each month a new officer will come on taking the place of one task force member They will work on whatever we determine is a problem area he said adding that the officers will be seen by members of the community for example parking their cruisers and walking around neighbourhoods- They may even stop in for a cup of tea he added Although Insp Kiveli and In spector Algar have met with several members of the com munity in recent months regar ding vandalism in the area they say that this task force was thought of long before any of the meetings with residents and councillors took place We like to think in the future said Kiveli to provide the best level of service in the com Regarding vandalism on public property Tom Shepard Director of Parks and Recreation for Hills said that more com munity involvement is needed to combat the problem About the police role he said I think theyre doing as much as they can In fairness I think they havea priority system He made references to nuisances like picnic tables being thrown in a lake I dont think three cruisers should be on the scene We as people ignore what we see and leave it for someone else to clean up or repair he said Incidents like the picnic tables mentioned above cost taxpayers money by disrupting normal maintenance schedules of city Mr Shepard explained We used to drop everything to go and fix light fixtures that had been vandalized at the ball park he said and the people at a game that night would never know that anything had happened It would put us over budget he said He suggested the answer would be to save money by doing repairs town could af ford the time which would disrupt residents but might make them more aware of vandalism in the area Mr Shepard would like to see more help from the community and service groups he said SHOP LOCALLY WIN LUCKY LICENCE NUMBER HERES HOW TO WIN Each week The Herald will select a licence number from the parking lot of a different Hills retailer and publish that num ber in this feature the owner of that vehicle then has seven 7 days to claim his her prize of a FREE Lube Lube Oil and Filter PLAY THE GAME WIN A LUBE OIL FILTER FROM IF THIS IS YOUR NUMBER HEAD STRAIGHT TO SUPER LUBE THIS WEEKS NUMBER Includes- the HERALD Hill UP TO LITRES OF10W30OIL OIL FILTER LUBElfReqd THE CORPORATION OF THE Town of Hills l Holion milt Drive O Bon HAUON HILLS Georgetown 17G NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING WARD STREETDURHAM STREET General Committee for the Town of Hills will conduct a Public Meeting to and discuss a proposed amendment to the Hills Official Plan and Georgetown Zoning Bylaw to permit a chiropractic clinic with commercialoffice uses The property is located on Guelph Street Durham Street in Georgetown The property has a municipal address of Street Town Hills Georgetown further information is available in the Planning Department ALL INTERESTED CITIZENS ARE WELCOME Time Dote Monday January Location Council Chamber Halton Hills Civic Centre Hallon Hills Drive Halton Hills Georgetown File No Formerly DH01090 THE CORPORATION OF THE Town of Hills Hills Drive PO Box 128 HILLS Georgelown Ontario COURTESY NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING GuelphMcFariane Streets Council for the Town of Hint will conduct 9 Public Meeting to examine and discuss a modification of the land use designation in the Halton Kills Official Plan The proposed modification involves lands described In Part Lots 14 and 15 Concession Town Kills commonly referred to as the Upper Canada College lands The purpose of the modification to repscmd to a deferral try Upper Canada CoOege of certain policies in the Halton Official Plan The deferral deals with the land use and environment of the HiOs Official Plan Further information Is available in the Planning Department ALL INTERESTED CITIZENS ARE WELCOME Time pm Date Mfttfay 10 1990 LncattM Cwoctl Clumber 1Hjm Mb Drift