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The Board of M inacment the refurbishing of downtown Acton wants interlocking sidewalk stones installed on Mill from Main Strut to the iv tracks Henry told Hilton Hills Works Committee Monday Swttman vice chair man of the body overseeing the Improvement Seek paving stones from Main to tracks Area program was also in illindanct Mr told ihc com merchants ippeared Before council lust fall iboul having interlocking installed the new w ilk was only going to go as fir as John Street but since reconstruction of Mill Street new ilk ean be put in all Hie up to Wilbur Street He said no one expects there will be work on Mill Street again for another years so suggested this was Ihc time to put in the decora tivt sidewalk He said the cents a square fool difference in cost between concrete sidewalk and interlocking stones would be paid for by Board of Management Engineer Austin said if Hit interlocking stones art to go in now is certainly time but noted sintt Hit spteial ilk would go ill way to the tracks might eosl more th in jusi tin exlni m cents i square fool it would become able Hem the eonlritl ind so could go up quite bit if Hie entire ilk is inttrloek int paving stones Mr Austin warned He said he think it would Oil liusmessmtn more lhan more to have the ilk the tntiri of downtown Mr said iht It I would hive to know how muth extra would tost bunt Hi said he 1 go beyond the cents without trig back with the merchants Mr Austin said he thought he git a figure from the by Iht end of the Week Iht hitch was based on the fact of two blocks of the spetial side walk was now look me il six blocks 1 on Hit is in eomplete agreement the decorative sidewalk should in and was decided Mr Austin should gel the information regarding cost and report back lo com nutlet and the I A Us lub said he ap preciates what the I A is trying to do but noted there ire some homes in ire i and wondered how residents would feel about sidewalks He asked if it is harder lo keep clear of snow for example Mr Stachyra said the I I A had heard no com plaints from residents and noted ihc special sidewalk would look better and also raise property values Councillor Pal said some merchants have questions about the rccon such as if Ihey will have a step in front of Ihelr store after the work is com pic led Mr Austin said Ihc consul had been around to every merchant before the work started explaining exactly what they would have after work is completed bul added answers can be given by his department One Hu and Second Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MARCH 1977 Thuty Pages Fifteen Cents Drainage slows new homework Jb prop d r of mis sub w Mum lulh i on tin 1 John Itriden DM Con mis luld Hills works night the I in question is wist suit South Mill Slrtel ind is ill lesion Hid e r I mil but l hi l Hi noli I drift pi in if subdivision Ins bit filed mi Hk rtadu In raisin it s Kit problem ils He in tin and unless nil mi work on the I is dim will hive a lot of w wi know wie in I go ihiad Hi said i mil expensive will Ik needed to i of iiinoff Hi told In would it lulp if w in Hu ire wmi id I Hubert Mil purl would it Hi mtcluie I sud it problem iryine j I pipe through wo hills tht illor McKenzie reeunstruetiou of i ji hinges on Queens I irk coming up with the funds He said Ihe hi see if the problem is lo be corrected propirlv was rtconslruetion if the road has been no indieaiion from the pro vuni mnniv will avail ihli however Ihtre is money in i hi for urine work if the town ihu doni of rie nstruttion enhanced Hi Main of ihrti puns of in MEET ME at the Casbah darling Acton is going middle eastern See inside for story and more pictures Urge seniors fill in forms SPOKESMAN Kathy Sanford and members of the Acton delegation which appeared at Halton Board of Education last Thursday evening dis cuss the crest they also showed to the board Left to right Mrs Sanford Rene Watson Bill Sanford with the crest Gai McHugh and Gibson were five of the 12 person delegation The board Answer this week will decide on a name for the new Acton middle school next week The Acton delegation presented a petition of names asking the name be Smith Middle School in honor of two Acton principals with a combined total of over years in Acton schools Expropriation hearings make citizens unhappy ixproprt Hi in In ii in in Iwlros idhv power torridnr r IILlll sides lo ik but whin Want Acton middle school named lit Ik irnif I I rid win f it 1 minus s this ixpnud l he nut iru mud I in Is tin il fu I I if pK Caddie joyride ink ilton I tins tint tin choice of imt for Hit Middle school ikkfciliun from Hit Hoard last ivcnine i AW mine be Smith Middle Hit iwi who spent f ye of tot of prmtipils in in te ithei is spokistinn for the dekgition Slit ex pi lined for ho inl in 1JJ hewn grille nine sludtnt is origin ilh dt signed for the parl of the two pnneipils Mrs Sinford said the ikkealion intention was lo the people whom would wish to model them She out Mr Smith lived to i njo his retirement only four Mr is still itlivi in municip politics is rigionil for Ward lint While both Mr ind Mr Smith were i iled le letters principals Kiev were in addition did it teachers who gave of their mil talents in lo the tommumiy she said In the of the rennrkobk of service of Mr and Mr Smith and in tradition of schools ifttr former kaders wc request Board of name new Middle School Hit McKmfie Smith Middle School she Il is first middle sehool and made possible the of i new high school old high sehool is to be turned into middle under Principal Gary iwkms in September of this year Director of Lavender said Hilton has one of a school named a person still living and it was board policy to name schools those who have idea contribution to lion Heft Hint i lie rccuvid i kltir fr Hit Ink siipidirtine He ftll in si tin ikkgiitiin In tin jur Hn in Hit vent want to mike in nihil such is inithir ml It if Director of m hi thin wen nine pomls on trie in t if Hi Hi in the intirtstsof nilionil l ilk from in point might addid Mori nit ins she worked ilosely with Mr Smith Mr ind Ii see ruik hid ill 1 l idil I lint of ill 1 off in working shift rp jus 1 saw ir il out irnid it w is si ill ISl llnj sioppidtln imikcisi i whin Hn from Toronto point llns in mi in rs dins in in ilber inipurv rtpori us lies irt to be into mindi i n In riiiL officer Dm ill Iht tint di Moudi ind residents will hi Hit Inn mar lulf number rtprisinltd when In si Ihi number w end The Of did nit request llu if the from lin in on Like Huron lo Milton St is split into thru fir ixpropna Hon icliparlis i in Hit ixpropn I hi south from I Milton is vet lo reteive find word Opponents of ex proprulion ire planning lo H i recent divisional iiiiirl ruling Hut blocks wide discussion on routes from that host the provincial mi irio Ministr of nerg Finns list dij ikudid lo give a green lo expropriation for the Continued on page two would like to urge senior citizens interested in accommodation in the new to fill oul report forms lillini out the form docs not ere tie a binding commit councillor Pal MiKen rtmmds the district s II just an inlirtsl lie suggested that wilh questions the building could tall one of the eouncillors himself I or I tier Marks mi who wishes help in filling Hu form gel in with in the Hit forms available in Seniors applying Sinte ihe meeting in Acton lasl week concerning senior citizen housing quite a number of peopk have picked up applications in the town office according lo lorna Clark Several of these people are getting assistance from the Ser vices lirry id appears in this weeks I- rec Press con the subsidized ac lommodutions The opart menis will be located oft Or Bad weather good council before results in a better of elected officials was Hie Ihcorj voiced by Marks Hills finjnte idministralion committee Monday night The remirk was undo dunnj brief discussion of moving municipal elections i time when Ihe weather is lo Marks il ikes more internal fortitude to knock on doors in bad wnther than in sunny warm After his theorizing a voice Can anyone rem ember what the weather was like last years lions Extension lenders for the con struclion of the pollution control plant extension for were opened on the due date Tuesday bids wen received ranging from low of two to a high of 1JOOoo Condominium flooding woes may be due to construction THE REV V J Morgan died in Guelph General Hospital on Thursday He was priest in Acton for over years For story see llesidints of the Kingham Hill states properly known is Condominium Corporation No are claiming thai the flooding of homes this winttr is dui the construction of new semi detached umls directly behind incm They point lo crevasses carved by the water as flows down the hill towards their houses as evidence of claims as well as the construction debris littering their yards It a debatable point sud All Berry secretory of Construction He ad milled some of it could be ours I lo go over it Allco is doing some of the work on the semis Hooding has occurred oil over town Ibis winter homes unaffected by the tonslruclion Mrs Hurry who lives in a similar building across the parking lot and away from the new buildings said her basement started lo leak March 10 She spent day shovelling snow out of the yard lo Iry to slop the flood The company dug a ditch lo direct the runoff from the silt towards Ihe swamp which lies just south of the buildings As the ground dries out this ditch becomes more apparent because the water collects there construction superintendent of the new semis said Ice may have formed over the ditch and allowed water run past it into Ihe yards Mud from this runoff extends no more than Tour feet into yards at lis greatest reach and according to Mr Ford this hit waler frm site never re lehed Hie iminiums He puts the Hu snow drifts which over four feet high next to iht ht snow is right up against lln In uses and whin melts where it In Mr ind Mr both blamed Hit poor of Ihe for much of the trouble Hit first condominium iteorrting to Mr Iterry land is about an mill ind a half the window Mr says Ihis is by pre ious owners raising level of ihi ground with or trying lo bring property up level with patios The grade has to go aw from Ihe window said Mr Landscape inspectors had to approve Iht site before building and uridine is criterion for Din owner has in extra complaint I luyd Shtppard feels llnl crack which in his cellar was hi ivy equipment it instruction site Mr rd saying Hut Iht is caused by settling of dwelling Hi out Ihil many rheNose- worthys icriiss the street have track in their base is well vtn though feel responsible for Iht crack lo Mr for public relations purposes they plan lo rtpair it when Ihe fr some WATER FLOWS DOWN THROUGH the fissure LLOYD SHEPPARD THINKS that this crack in of the residents claims was yards behind the Kingham his cellar wall was caused by the activities of the shown lo tree Press The Hill Estates according to Condominium heavy equipment in the construction site behind Continued on page Corporation president G Coniehsse