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The Acton Free Press Wednesday March30 1977 Review committee sees More power at region Marijuana charge laid An old man was police of cigarettes his arrested and charged In con possession which are with the discovery by peeled of being marijuana There a a lot to be said about having a weekly chance to express your opinions as In this column This week I m on my soap box My father used to call it Quality of Workmanship Now at I beginning to see a lot of wisdom in the paternal words r used roll my eyes about Either I getting older very rapidly or they just don t make things like they used to I m referring to the multitude of gadgets and appliances one needs to run an average household We never been terribly gadget conscious correction I never been so but Mack loves anything that goes requires its buttons pushing However we do own things like fridges stoves sewing machines and vacuum cleaners These things eventually break down permanently and require replacement especially after 14 years of marriage 1 thinking of doing that myself I rarely mind living with a vacuum held together by electrical tape running on one wheel and puffing as much as It sucks Or a stove cooking on two burners Or a fridge that opens with a screwdriver Or a sewing machine that gets stuck in high gear racing up seams and fingers at miles an hour Once in a while Mack surprises me with a new appliance always an expensive new tangled job with its full quota of things that go ping Like my father he says it never pays to buycheapyougetwhatyoupayfor Sure Once upon a time that saying was so right but it t no more The old appliances we got when first married some of which were ten years older than the marriage seem much stronger and belter made than the items casting four six or eight times as much today They may not have had all the wonderful addons but kept running even when sick My ancient Inglis washer purchased for washed two or three loads a day for five years including horse blankets rugs farm coats and stuffed toys The fancy later model replacing the still running Inglis diedaftermany Illnesses In two years Most of the recent model machines are totally plastic and brittle plastic at that Have you seen a newer fridge with all its drawers and shelves In one piece lately No they split and break in no time My old fridge may not have had a handle but at twenty some years of age it had most of its heavy shelves intact and all of its drawers And It had never stopped running I Have you looked closely at an electric mixer these days It toss its beaters across the room if you give It a stiff egg to whip My mom had an ancient Sunbeam you could crunch boner with It ate its share of metal spatulas none of these weakkneed plastic stir sticks chewed up many a wooden spoon and never faltered Come to think of It I still have it What do we do about built in obsolescence How do you cope with the multitude of items lasting a mere fourteen hours after the guarantee expires and then requiring six weeks labour a leg to put in running order If you ever find out please let me know In the meantime 1 11 keep making do and looking for those good old wooden steel and solid metal items mother used to have Itcgional Council should have more control over autonomous and semi- autonomous boards and com missions In the region cording lo members of the council Dill 151 Review Committee Chairman Hie Morrow told the com mi I tee at a meeting lhal he wanted the committee to investigate the prospect of making the Children Aid Society a Department of the Region Regional Council and the autonomous Children Aid Hoard of Directors seem lo be headed for a confrontation over the proposed CAS bud gel The budget calls for a per cent increase Mr Morrow said he was disturbed to learn that the CAS wanted to hire lb own accountant He fell there was duplication being created that be necessary If the CAS was considered department of the region instead of an independent body Mr Morrow angered LAS directors and numbers when he used the CAS annual meeting as a forum lo scold Ihc Society for ili proposed GO per cent budget increase That appear to be the first in a series of confrontations the Region and Ihe CAS will The Region Community St rvice Committee has said it will hold a special In camera meeting to deal with person problems at the CAS and ihe proposed budget the CAS is the organ most often in the headlines these days Ihe committee reviewing Bill limit Its plans for greater control lo body The committee agreed that should changed to strip the Board of Health of its autonomy As it stands there are two provincial appointees several regional councillors on Hoard of Health While Ihe problem has never pre sented itself it Is possible Ihil he Board of Health could push program without the majority support of the eil While the board member ship is weighted heavily in favor of the council it does represent a minority Unlike Ihc planning pubhe works or administration eom mil tees it docs not have to report lo council ll does so now is a But legally the council could not overrule a decision of the health board Mr Morrow said legislation should be tightened up to give council more control over the Board of Health Councillor Jim Watson echoed Morrow sentiment concerning the possibility of the regions expanding role He favored the proposal thai would make Ihe Board of Health responsible to Ihe Council and went even fur than lhal He suggested the CAS Police Department and Con Authority should all be under Ihe direct control of region I can see where one is taken in and the other Is he said Chairman Morrow said Ihe province would eventually turn over its responsibility for planning control to the region He slid he looked forward to the day when Ihere would be no interference on plonn mailers from the province Local control is what want and local eonlrol is what we ore get lint hi said While ihe prospect of more power in planning at the region level obviously pleased Mr Morrow some of Review Committee members Industrial commercial plumbing fees soar Councillor Marilyn Ser jcantson thinks increase plumbing and drainage license fees certainly wont town attract more in dustry Monday Hills works committee new fees and changes to a law which will see in in fees for industrial rcial developments slight mere lor resident eon Councillor Mike described the mere as It uslin said tin increisi for in dustry ind commercial ind modest increase for lial brings ill Hills in ithi with ulher surrounding such is and He riles are far below Hilton and Peel muni II Keep it simple OMB severance According to Regional Chairman Morrow Hal ton Regional Planning Department has been warned lhal planning reports must be submitted in plain language During a meeting of the Bill 151 Review Committee day Morrow assured the committee he had spoken Planning Director Ed Cum ming The Ontario Municipal Board has approved an ap plication for 1 severance for Norman and Ruth brought up the matter when north of Speyside he complained about the The severance application pages and pages of data pro- duced concerning the aims are re illy trying lo itinct industry we should leave induslry fee in and losing I money said noted the fees Invent been since certainly hasn iht the town circumstances of hnl brought in Board I and Division nd objectives of the planning but opposed by Regional department Planning reports loaded with jargon difficult for to understand and most impossible for a layman to wade through have been lhL nolul the subject of criticism in Ihe lhe lh Phnning In a report to the regional Planning Committee Planner Brian The retort 1 ion Hie dismissed the i upheld the decision of Ihi Land Division mil illowcd the severance a plumber cheque pay the lets and v is made out for and he only had to i lillli lornni ttee rejected mis concerns and lhe new plumbing ft is concern Oakville Councillor Laurie Mannell wondered whether or planning should be lhe area municipality level as apposed lo the region He wanted to lake the res ponsibility ode closer to the people than the province is suggesting Councillor Watson said he was upset because the planners al the region had only one line of comment con a fi50home sub division in that council did not want but when It came lo a land severance away up In God s country Ihey wrote something equivalent to the New men t Don Gordon Chairman of the Review Committee said he was annoyed from lime to lime by the Piann Department What right do Lhey have lo dictate Chief Administrative Officer Ernie defended the planners They are not dictating They are pro fessionals and are stating pnfessional opinions but the opinions etched in stone he sail Assessment court sits Bert is no a- presid spring sittings of the review court of Ontario His appointment requires him lo hold courts in Burlington Brad ford Tottenham Victoria Harbor and Cold water within the next few months These are lhe first courts of appeal for assessment Mr would never be asked to sit in his own area Usually he as chairman is the only person to hear the ease Judgement Is usually made the same day Some times the cases proceed to higher courts and from there lo the Ontario Municipal Board Mr has held the posl since 1969 Thai is lhe nice thing about il we run the region lhey don I Mr Morrow said referring lo the staff Oakville Administrator Ken said the muni have been to those sorts of comments and changes but until now lhey have come from lhe province where local govcrnmenl has no control He suggested that with the power at the region there is at least lhe opportunity for more local control and knowledge of what is being done The region yet taken over the extra planning powers from lhe province and doesn I wanl lo until the plan is finished Regional Planning Cumming has said that he intends to shift his staff that are currently working on plan preparation to handle the new responsibilities once lhe plan is completed and the new res are taken over The Bill 151 Review Com mittec is examining Bill the Bill implementing regional council m and is expected to report back lo council Ihis summer Missed Your Free Press Please Let Us Know Our carriers do their best to give fast courteous service but mistakes do happen so If you do not receive your paper or have any complaints regarding delivery please call our office 8532010 DO IT YOURSELF GARAGES HALUDAY HOMES Burlington Gary A Larsen DPM FOOT SPECIALIST wishes to announce the opening of his office for the practice of Podiatry In the CARRETAL BUILDING Rd South Suits GEORGETOWN Telephone 8775888 8775992 HALM PRODUCE I told him that if we get any more reports with the kind of verbiage we ve had in the past he can expect lo have council jump on him with both feel Councillor Jim Watson had necessary past Mr Morrow told the com millec Waterloo official plan has a short summary of the plan objectives in the front of the report He thai is all that is OPP ask for help Milton are asking for public assistance to help them identify the driver of the car which hit Bashi Ahmed a security guard al Frankel Steel while he was walking to work just before midnight The 21 year old Mr Ahmed of 144 Wilson Dr is currently in the Milton District Hospital in satisfactory condition after suffering a broken leg and Mr Ahmed car while he the Highway bndge over Highway Police suspect the car either continued north to Acton or took the west bound ramp lo London Police are still vesligaling but are asking anyone who witnessed lhe accident or has any pertinent information to contact them at rly discourage scattered isolated develop ment However the subject lands were unsuitable for agriculture and while some consents criteria were con Iravened several other criteria were not He noled that the Board was not quite satisfied that the intent The Planning Act would be observed in the the hit and severance Mr staled hat the Board struck by a he walking on who1 Ind family which has farmed lands for TUES WED 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