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MATTHEW ROBERTSON and Stephanie Hess model charming outfits from Toddlers to Teens at the spring fashion show Monday evening held at Z Bennett school Over attended More pictures and story inside today paper Tannery union quiet before Thurs meeting Both sides ncjolntions between Be more to ind the union had say heading ml this nutting it ire still carrying on and reasonable progress Is being made John Orel company chief chemist said Monday is il a si still according lo union Hill I hut m s s meeting hi I lie onion is a member of Ontario of dim Food The approximately union 5 in nor of stnkt action mediums h been held with It Stevens f for onto ran I he l Disston union wait for conciliation office 1 and union negotiators art the appointment of lion before they Ret do to I Dietrich works said day We re just waiting for the ippoinlmenl ill s that there been no meeting within Hit list weeks with the union employs about TO people I he United Workers isked for of fictr lhe old februirv 1 and the unproved Itrni bonuses plus inti for shoes and new st boh pension plan improve mcnls and changes in the rdint if job postings Item el Inlern itional Brotherhood of Saw Workers represented lhe workers until January F tost of living i under discus Region tax increases from 12 to 27 If Region budget was to be passed withoul any culs the increases in Ha I on Hills would range from a low of 12 In Georgetown to a high of 27 in former Calculated on an average assessment of 5 in Acton the levy for regional services would Increase from 133 lo an increase of In Georgetown on an aver age assessment of 500 lhe increase would be 34 moving the taxes for regional purposes up from 33 to On a house with an average assessment of 170 In for mer Esquesing the increase would be jumping from 34 lo 17 In the part of Hills that was formerly pari of an average house assessed at would carry with it regional taxes of up from or an In crease of Hills Treasurer Ray King said the Increase in Georgetown isn I as great as the rural areas because lhe urban levy for sewers is down from last year Acton s increase is cur tailed because of a surplus that area had in its sewer budget In the urban section of Burlington a house assessed at would carry with it taxes for regional purposes of up by 18 over last years taxes of 83 Taxes for regional services in urban Milton would go up by on a house with an average assessment of according to Milton Treasurer Don In lhal part of Milton lhat was formerly Burlington a house wiih an average assessment would go up in fomcr and in former residents would be hardest hit because there has been no growth In assessment in that part of the lown he pointed out Those are the prospects as the budget stands now bul both Regional Chairman Morrow and Milton Mayor Don Gordon are confident that substantial tuts can be made in the budget The first draft of Regions operating budget is up on average per cent The proposed budget being recommended by staff lo committee and council calls for in expenditure of up from an actual expenditure of Oil in According to figures made available to reporters Monday afternoon lhe of Burlington will shoulder the largest increase Burlington faces a 4 per cent increase while the In crease is 8 per cent in Hills per cent in Milton and 26 6 per cent in The increases in Burlington are due in part to an under levy In and heavy ex for the work on the Burlington Pollution Control Plant Assuming the budget was approved in the amount or lhe region would have to levy 824 from the municipalities as lhe region share or the budget Hilts would have to pay Milton 120 Burlington 651260 and s share would be 5 The budget reflects the region trend towards a pay is you go plan and a move away from the dependence on debentures as a means of financing the region Regional treasurer Don f said Monday thai lhe shift sway from debentures would put lhe stress on the current Taxpayers will feel the pinch sooner but according to Farmer lhe move represents a tre mendous saving in interest charges It controls the debt level from getting too high and prevents us from choking ourselves in debt charges Mr farmer said Both Regional Chairman Morrow and Mr Farmer pointed out a large portion of the per increase was in new programs which are subject to cuts trial council is almost certain to make Mr Morrow suggested Continued on Page 3 One Hundred and Second Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MARCH 1977 forty Two Pages Fifteen Cents Water rates up 60 blame faults in system Regional Treasurer Don is increases of per tent in the water rates for people in the Acton urban area But even those Increases won be enough to all of the work that is being done and needs to be done on the Acton water system Mr farmer told press conference Monday afternoon The wilcr rates have not been increased since 1964 period of 13 years Most municipalities have in rates every two or three years noted lhat water rales would in creased by per cent in percent in Burlington While actual rates weren i readily available Mr did say lhal even though Ins been years since the Acton rates were revised ihey arc currently slightly higher than Burlington rales The forecasting increases for Milton or this year but indicated Milton rates mav be increased next year None of the rates have been idjusied rtgionol government took over in 1971 In 1975 regional staff recommended uniform wittr rotes across region The rtcommendalion was rejected by regional council because council fell it wanted each area lo pay for Us own water and sewer Regional Ric Morrow said lhe for such increases might be grounds In reconsider council earlier decision have each irea for its own services He said ihcrc arc some idianlagts lhe equalized riles lhat would out humps that anyone would ex lhe Acton system has a lot of f requires a lot of maintenance There ire repairs we I even know if lhe GO per in crease in l bad enough Mr said increase in will he required avoid continuing deficit said Ihere was 00 worth of work cither in progress or to be Vandalism rampant at Acton indoor pool This report is a disgrace Councillor Pit when a long lisl of it Acton indoor pool wis included in he minutes of the Acton Pool Ad Committee Recreation Co said kids are pouring water into the hair dryers Reading the list Chairman Miller commented ll makes you wonder If it s worthwhile I close it relorltd I Councillor Peter Marks commented is not lily while Georgetown either He pointed out the ceiling problem had been rectified water had been taken out of sauna so it now is a dry unit and an at has been hired to cut down the ibsm In addi lion type of hur dryer lhal is locked in place is being investigated said Miller said he wasnt just picking on Acton pool he said ihere was vindalism at all the lown facilities and it sickens me Marks contended it is us lhe sime few every where who damage property and everyone should not lie with the same brush Hit list from September until lhe end of february included damage to ceiling lilts shower heads sauna regulator valves on the shower ceiling bars lorn down chunks cut out of water hose toilet paper dispensers life pole broken drinking fountain handle off pieces of plastic and wood in pool outside lights stolen door closers vandihzcd razy Glue used on locks of classrooms Hems had been igain done on system Those debentures will come on stream next year or the year armor said Acton situation is drastic one basic is built on the cheap and parts of need repl icement The soil eon dilions in Acton ire difficult work with uu have a number of strikes you if you are in and only limited reserves to draw from As lone is each area pays its own way one of the of government spreading the cost I exist Mr farmer said Mr Morrow said lhe only in slore for Acton would lie equalized water rates He lhat there would be no assistance for the problem unless did go lhe uniform water rites mikes the iter rales situation even worse is the fact that 1976 w is a wet summer and decreased revenues the rcejon would receive and Conlinued on Page 2 Skatm isnt my bag HI I NOT QUITE ready for the skates yet but I can hardly wait Julie Robinson has just turned one year old and was in the audience at the Parent and Tot skating on Thursday MZ students tops Applications come rolling in CONSTABLE VINCE Burnett was honored as Policeman of the Month Tuesday at Oakville Honor police Housing Authority has received over dozen for senior citizen housing in the past couple of weeks wiih more coming regularly Home visits will begin next week Another of con people will be held in a weeks to make sure progress is being made and recommendation followed The application for will lie made soon A group of concerned people met a couple of weeks ago with housing officials to protest the filling of senior citizen units in Georgetown before considering the building of Acton units More applicants would have to be sought lo again prove the need officials said This is presently being done forms are available from Clark in the town of lice Constable Vinee who is stationed here was honored by s warns Club as Policeman of lhe Month Tuesday The officer Burnett received i citation from lhe club plus comments from Superintendent loyd in in after dinner ceremony honor is for Officer llurnetl who his an honors bachelor of science degree joined Regional Police in May of list year Two I Bennett pupils swept lop honors in the sixth public speaking contest Georgetown last night Rodriguez and Sle phenSixon both 12 years old their way ahead of four other contestants The p who art neighbors on Road South will re- prtseni lhe Club in zone finals next week Milton Among the qualities the panel of Ihret judges Julian Mike furlong and Gro ham for were lhe use of language and on how the lived About people listened lo the speeches in the school library Speech subjects Subjects in the speeches ranged from How to Keep Together Miss Rod riguez choice How to Beat Pollution to How lo Slop Stephen Saxon selection Miss Rodriguez learned just ly morning that she wis in lhe so she had choice write lhe subject ind rehearse in iboul i iv She is unable start work on the topic until Monday nighl She rehearsed once before making her main dclivcrv Her speech is firm and packed with finelv restrained Stephen Sixon on the other bind that be hid ibout a week to prepare His speech v Inch iv chuckles from lhe audience was smoothly delivered lib obvious polish tutu r speakers I ist ve ir Stephen went all llu w Optimist finals All were for heir efforts and given certificates of in lam other speakers were who tends Robert I title Monica who goes to I Siparate School JoAnne 12 of Holy Cross and of St I Successful contestants may go all the way to the May finals at Toronto where a scholarship is at stake iwccn steps are lhe Milton speeches April 7 and lhe Irict semi finals at Kitchener April In her speech on How lo Keep Together Miss Rodriguez encouraged child ren to give their views on topic to parents and to shame other adults who fail to vote Politics can get boring or but if we look Kit its interesting she told listeners It d be plain self to break up lhe country she said On his subject How lo Stop Racism Stephen attacked ice jokes as being symptom alie of a society Gradually each new culture blended in he said and stressed the slowness of the process Vicious jokes and violent attacks wont help New Canadians blend in he Sewage plant tenders 167543 over budget TWO NOVICES RECEIVE trophies in Saturday house league Champions Day Steve Toyota was the most improved novice receiving the Alex Jackson Trophy from Norm Troy Nolan was presented with the post Memorial Trophy by Mrs Gary Post for his performance 7 tax hike goal for town A tax lump of no more than recom seven per cent In the George mcndalion that the seven per town and Acton areas for Increase be guideline lown purposes is the aim of n ihe final budget lhe finance administration n committee This figure covers only Monday night after a purposes and docs not closed door session dis include lhe school board or cussing the budget the com regional budgets low lender for the extension of the Acton lion Control plant is over estimate according to a report going before Regional Works Cam today The low tender was sub milted by Con at Includ an allowance of for engineering and con tingenclcs the work will cost SI 1G7 The project had been mated to cost Of lhal Ministry of the Environ and financing cover 369 and would be of the lenders com in higher than anticipated lhe amount to be debentured will be higher In a report going to lhe Public Works Committee Director of Public Works Bob Moore explained lhe position and lhe impact on Aelon The debt charges required to repay lhe cost of this construction will represent a very increase to lhe ratepayers In Aelon We have other expensive projects inthesamesewerarea report will be prepared In lhe future setting out the impact of ihls and other costs within this sewer area Higher costs are also facing us in the Acton area and these will be noted In our review of the five year lal Budget and the Operating for the year 1977 II appears to me that we may be compelled to recom mend financing arrangements lo cover a portion of the increase in the sewer and cost In lhe Acton Urban Area