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Municipal complex dead maybe The controversial muni complex was dealt its final death blow Monday night at Hills council but the possibility of being raised from the dead in another form emerged On a recorded vote Coun Duby and Mike Armstrong and Mayor Tom Hill opposed he rescinding of the bylaw build the com pi ex Immediately after the vote to rescind the bylaw council voted to have department heads submit a report on their present and future accommodation needs The mayor said a report from department heads should be received before the bylaw was rescinded We should know just what our requirements are The surer tells me he has to have more space in the Main Street office Councillor Roy Booth stated he would be happy to have such a study but this bylaw to build the com was rescinded once and for all He said a complete study on costs of operation should be done Councillor Mike Arm strong who had a similar motion tabled two weeks ago so newer members could acquaint themselves with the bylaw said new members still know all the de tails Councillors made fickle prom their electorate and now want to look big in their eyes he commented Councillor Peter Marks said he had gone to the clerk administrator s of fice and looked over all the docu ments I think we should Inl a complete cost and needs study so some arc not in the position of trying to justify a project We should rescind this bylaw and start all over Councillor Armstrong s remarks ire out of order stated Booth He t name any names if the shoe fits wear it retorted the mayor He pointed out the bylaw must be rescinded or sent on to the Armstrong claimed a lot of work had been done by last year He said he could see no sense in doing away with the bylaw to build the complex when after reports from department heads council could decide it was needed One Hundred and Sei ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JANUARY Twenty Pages Fifteen Cents LESLIE MATHESON a grade two student at Robert Little examines the hot dog she purchased as part of Hot Dog Day The days are being run by grade eight students to finance all Ihe grades the scnoo By 1981 Actons population could reach 8600 Hydro hearings again Actons population could reach GOO a more realistic is according to the population forecast for the five year capital budget In Georgetown the high figure is 79a and the figure is 2d The June I976 census figure showed 18 in the bound of Georgetown and in Acton The township with a papula of roughly was not Included in the figures since there arc no services there and the capital budget covers services Using September ites Georgetown 1977 is forecast it ijilf in in SMS in 19B0 and in IJHI In east i higher figure is projected mathemalicillj but the lower figure is exist census populalim the number of units projected lo built inrl occupied and the rate of natural increase decreases Acton population is of June census figures is listed at by September it is forecast at in 143 inl97971J8 in 1J80 and in The projections assume is lo GO per cent of under Ontario Hydro attempts reopen expropriation hearings before a divisional court could decide on the of evidence regarding alternative routes was turned down by Officer Donald in Acton legion hall Hydro Marshall tried to reopen the hearings by asserting counsel for local land owners were dragging their feet in going before the Divisional Court assertion which angered Ixon Dick along the corridor said it the latest and Paroian after Ihe hearing il first decided to again mined to go the until the divisional court ruling was made Hydros games said Interested Citizens spokesman John Schneider of It Acton They accuse us of dragging our feet while the Minister of Energy Dennis Timbrel tikes over three months to wswer a letter The was first id However after hearing evidence from Mr Mr Ms Tanner and John Schneider that con with Mr M allegations of foot drag ging the hearing officer again adjourned the hear speedy efforts to bring the matter before the divisional court disappointed to the report be- How ill and Susan Tanner IGoo rod dwelling represent landowners units will be in from Point near Milton town between 1J7G ind miles up the corridor lo i iddmc ind point above Highway 7 people The report little growth is expected in Acton with onlv people expected to be added to The reports also between JO and no units are expected to come on the market in Aeton At Hilton Hills 1 laiimng Hoard where the report was leased Councillor Pete November when haven proceeded further so lawyers for WL could get on with the hear lenged Mr Mcvrick ruling ln Mr said Ik thit they could not introduce Isosnd he was evidence in the hearings hit counsel hid not ex regirding routes pcdiled the matter faster He for the corridor or cross rioted he id done his part by mine Hydro on the subject issuing a report four days adjourned the hear the first ad ings rcluctanllv until April Seven lots for Acton Blvd- Mill St Blood clinic need urgent Parkland at the inter section of Acton Boulevard Lll id Mill Street Acton will be irks said he had serious designated residential and seven lots each with CO foot frontigc will be Discussion on the land never actually used for park purposes is been held at Hills council for the isl two vears Councillor ex journed The officer said he isconcerned the civil rights of the land owners involved would be short circuited if he went on without the rulinc from the divisional court Mr also said the between Hydro be used Shall his j serious blood shortage in Ontario has mode part icipation in Acton upcoming blood clinic more important than ever The clinic is being held at The clinic is looking for all types of blood but Mr Kroes says that A and types ire re illy rare Acton all time Lord the Legion Hall on Wright pints of blood don ited it a Street on Monday January hopes beat this record this time but he says that blood don aliens arc down all over Babysitting trans Donation lo from the Legion arc available free of 31 Henry Kroes coordinator of the clinic says Acton blood is within a two hour radius of Toronto which makes It more valuable One pint can be used by as many rcsivcntons the port and asked why should not be included the popul ilmn forecast He he could live wn the projected but felt the increase was lo the town to impact He social and he levels ire tixcd now He el the Cross minor sports guides scouts ind family selling not meeting the present demands el we re trying to bring in more people in a flooded labor I worked on five yeir forecasts and the first it looks pretty stupid commented Councillor Pat P itlerson huh for P lhD leated the former town of was never really as parkland He said the land has been passed and forth and Acton had high tension lines removed so it could be residential He said the is lurneddownby but the town was encouraged to reipply since land was not considered suitable for parkland lie said the existing services on Ihe street should be used Councillor at asked If monev from the saleof Ihelondhadli for park purposes Manner trio Vcndilti Tinner said not necessarily over which group wis respon Councillor Peter Marks for lot suggested Hoard of He advised the need the land attended for soccer or fields nothing Ins been decided in Assist int Planner Hon l properties and Burnett said the recreation of the corridor if director fell it was not big llt couldnt understand the enough since He J out the Hilton Hoard m disposed to con of due hid further adjournments past April Mr slated No one s would be served by tint An attempt by to stop landowners from object specific n l0 Hydros plans it the jt there uluri hearings in April was ke own hy the hearing smtc the official officer who it would be could tike hi approach this stage icrcs for new high school so would have enough recrc i ficililus The said the money from the sale of the land could be earmarked for purpose was lots of time to it phn ii up to I HELEN VAN SICKLEH retiring president of the Murray Memorial Acton talks with Rogers who is the of National Council of after the Murray annual meeting Rogers holds the copy of Sketches which he was presented with at the meeting Acton wants new fire hall hilt to Marshall Continued lo Mine as four people A pint of charge for those who need blood from outside this radius Remember when you give is worth considerably less be don take cause it can only be used for within hours Mr Kroes one person J in industrial park Toronto Wood Treating Actons newest industry firelighters would like heller purlers for the fire similar lo Ihe new tore town fire hill Pit put forw i motion st In view of the unproved provided Georgetown I ire Depart mint seeing simil need m it resolved tint them vice of mince meet with the fire chief ind the executive to determine their needs McKenK sud Phil McCristall of the Acton depirtmenl expressed their needs it the and fin committee ru for il truck lias ml their there no pin It sud he posed Ihe dr is opposed to the forming of mother id hoi committee Without in id hoc com the Georgetown fire men w hive their new the ambulance service i be gelling new retorted Someone to re into the it the high school ind police were in esli nine iuesdiy Winter parking headache Winter parking problems were brought to Hills council attention Monday night by Councillor Pat He said a bylaw prohibiting between 12 midnight and was introduced to help but claimed it was being enforced days a year In Kinuham Hill we said no parking on one side and now on the other there no parking between 12 and a Where are people to He asked if there is invlhmg council can do to help the people Councillor Mike Armstrong said similar problems are being faced in all residential areas Some families with urown up sons and daughters hive Iheir own cars con t park in the driveway He suggested works committee discuss it further said it looks like Us a money maker He cars are being towed away when there snow ploughing to be done Councillor Peter Marks suggested certain roads be designated emergency snow routes If there no safety problem and no snow removal we have to restrict parking Councillor Hoy Booth said through the summer a call to the police is sufficient if are slaying overnight and have no place to park He said he was told this by Superintendent Floyd Sch Armstrong said the other side of the question should be looked at He reminded council the works force were out lo hours straight through lo remove snow wants their street cleared and it can I be done if cars are parked along it He claimed police don tow cars away in summer He pointed out the police are doing a service to the town and the works department claimed people in Acton last week had their parents visiting Ihem and in he morning they found the ear lowed away The matter was referred to works committee A new industry whose service could prove especially useful to in the arei is moved into Acton Toronto Wood which has liken over the site of in the park just norlh of Ihe tracks specializes in a wood preserving process David Ptnpps manager of Ihe plant With this i fence will last from to five times longer than an untreated fence This chemical originally known as can also be used in barns or wooden Itisnon toxic to anything bugs and There hove been cases where cattle have eaten wood with it with no damnginc effects says Mr Process differs This process is different from many wood treating processes because the preservative is forced the wood by a powerful vacuum rather lhan simply being put on the surface This is one reason for the chemical effectiveness The other reason is the chemical itself or at least what it does in the wood After the original chemical is forced into the piece be treated it undergoes a chemical change rendering wood poisonous bugs lermllcs marine borers and fungi Its effectiveness is proven recent and pro vincial code changes making it ipprovcd treat mcnl for wooden foundations in houses More in I houses in Calgary are using wood foundations treated with According to David Phipps the ad vantages arc that 11 is much quicker to do it can be done in all weather conditions il is warmer and it is drier than cement foundations the wall would be plywood with treated studs it would be much easier insulate and finish Ltolidcn KJ1 has existed in Canada since 1963 It first appeared in western Canada and has begun to grow The phnl opening here is the Toronto plant There are now about plants using this process icross Canada each one independently owned Plants employ very few people on a regular basis there ire only three or four at the Acton plant but Mr says there will Ik a fair bit of casual labour in the The plant itself well treat about lo million board feet per year cording to Mr The underground lank which stores Ihe preservative has a capacity of 10 gallons The plant customers will include two provincial minis tries Transport and Natural Resources Councillors meet with Action ites HONORED BY the St John Ambulance brigade in Milton Mane and George Hargrave hold their certificates citing the successful passing of their 20th Standard First Aid examinations The exams must be passed at least every three years They re long time Brigade volunteers Actons three rcpresenta lives on Hills council Pat Peter Marks attended the Sunday meeting of Ihe Aclonlans for Action com discussing concerns and answering questions was a good meeting we got some answers reports chairman He arrived late just nicely back from Chairing the meeting was vice chairman Norman He explained thai although subcommittee reportB were on the agenda none of them were ready yet He said the members of the subcommittees arc finding assembling information more timeconsuming and difficult than Ihey expected Councillor McKemie told the meeting that a committee set up on the regional level to review the syslcm has been revived Mr Elliott explains the committee does not want lo throw a wrench into the organization of Hills bul unfortunately some people have received thai We arc not trying lo undermine authority he says Some have suggested leav Hills or Some people think we might be better off with Wellington So we to ask questions of the councillors he said We don know if this is feasible or just pipe The men and women on the committee talked Informally for iwo and half hours with the councillors FLUID LEVEL in a tank is cheeked by Phil Wedge one employee of the newly opened Toronto Wood Treating Plant in the in park north of the tracks