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16 The Acton Free Press Wednesday Nov 30 1977 No stars spurs six guns Sheriffs job hard work Social Services by Jennifer Bon- Robert Mnclsaac Sprowl is very serious about his job as Sheriff of Halton Counly No guns spurs or silver for him Instead a grey suit on establishment office and shelves full of law books signify the office of County Sheriff for Mac Sprowl Handling all the court documents for the Municipal Court In Mlllon means volumes of work for the sheriff and his staff of people including Deputy Sheriff Steamer Emmerson Both are residents of Halton Hills Business in the sheriff office Is up percent during as opposed to the usual increase of around per cent Mac at tributes this to the economic depression a rise in debt problems and resulting court actions The office postage bill from January 1977 to August of the same year was a stag Some of the court documents going through Macs hands Include all county and supreme court actions involving debt writs of summonses statements of claims notices of motion notices of trial examination of judgments against deb tors examinations of discovery sub poenas notice of petition for divorce all warrants of writs of fieri facias and at tachments thereof Sounds terribly boring but Mac says not at all I ve been assaulted serving a sum mans I had three threats against my life Its not in the least boring Sheriff How did a quiet spoken Acton farmer from one of the areas leading families come to sit behind the sheriff desk Mac has lead a fascinating career from agricultural student to author to political candidate As winner in of the Lord Nuffield scholarship for agriculture Mac spent his post secondary education in England studying farming methods there He also studied agriculture in this country and was Involved in his family large well drilling company for many years His activities with the Junior Farmers included presidency presidency of the Fall Fair presidency of the Federation of Agriculture and a member ship in the Board of Governors of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture He was the publishing editor of a book Leaves of Silver a historical account of the first years of the Junior Farmers Association Later after an unsuccessful attempt to gain the Progressive Conservative seat In he was the job as Deputy fahenrf Good heavens no was his reaction but he later applied and won the position when the former deputy retired That was 14 years ago during which Mac spent seven years Deputy under Andy Frank and seven as Sheriff There are no specific qualifications required for sheriff but according to Mac You can t be a dumb bunny you ve got to be good Steamer current deputy is well known as Georgetown most papular master of ceremonies at any community event He also happens to be an ex mayor of Georgetown With business up so much Mac finds his office pressures greatly increased Two years agoa larger office was built for staff but the Sheriff doesn feel his staff will increase in number just increase He says his six clerk stenographers work harder than those in the private sector The office serves seven courts running out of the same building and has live judgments filed in the vault The Dead noncurrent files are kept in the archives This year alone the office will process documents writs of fieri facias names will be searched for real estate and jurors will be served There more to It than it looks comments Sheriff Sprowl There a tremendous amount of volume I worked harder at this than I did at far ming Some of the things he t like about his job are evictions and seizing and selling I try to work with debtors and solve problems before I go to that length sheriff has to be even handed and not destroy he The difficulty is in trjing In collect large amounts of money from a writ without destroying the debtor in a writ has a period of SHERIFFS DON T HAVE GUNS these days They have books hundreds of them Halton County Sheriff Mac Sprowl and Deputy Sheriff Steamer examine some of the provincial Acts the Sheriff office deals with Business of prosecuting debtors is up this year due to the economic recession according to the Sheriff grace to pay debts or dispute it says the sheriff be seized to debts It takes yeir after the writ ire pro pert he seized and sold There tremendous f pressure from both Sprowl ruefully Hut Mae is till and his shoulders ire Hi looks as if he can take the sheriff is to Halton roads busy now but it could get worse he season of Advent last Sunday Drivers highways traversing Halton already busy but it going to get A recently completed regional transportation study concludes that although the automobile would remain as the dominant mode of travel in the region people may have to put up with more congestion and lower speeds during peak hours and possibly even a more sus tained peak period The transportation stud a 95page document was discussed at the regional planning committee meeting last week Titled Transpor lation in Options for 2001 it suggests some road and additions but states The continuous pro vision of highway capacities to meet further vehicular demands does not appear to be a desirable solution because of financial physical social and environ mental constraints It calls on the region to promote the use of public transportation and considers alternative means of con trolling transportation Call for ed A program of compulsory physical education has been called for In Wellington County schools Such a program is under way at Torrance public school In Erin and expansion of the program came from physical education consultant Michael Hogg He wants daily quality physical tlon from kindergarten to grade 12 in the county In county public schools each student gets an hour physical education time a week he said In the high schools the training ranges from none to six hours voluntary Hogg linked high health care costs to a lack of physical fitness Collect High school Outers glass collection this Saturday for example the shortened work week major theme is that the various components of the transportation system and the various modes of travel be coordinated The study focuses on major transportation facilities or policies that have region wide impacts It is based on pre dictions of population and employment growth in Halton to the year Although the amount of traffic in the region is expected to increase by j0 to per cent future travel patterns are expected to remain the same That is there would still be a large number of trips to Hamilton and Toronto and an in creased number of trips to Peel Region where employ opportunities are to increase by per Road recommendations in elude the options of widening andtheQEW extending north easterly from the and widening the north south arterial roads of Line a and Trafalgar Specifically with respect to the northern areas of the region the study recom mends provision of a six lane 401 between and a four lane 7 bet ween and the region eastern dary a four lane Dorval Drive from to Steeles Ave with an interchange at and thence two- lane northwesterly to Milton Mayor Don Gordon told the committee Ontario Transportation Minister James Snow has agreed to pay for the construction of the Ave portion of Dr in eluding the Interchange Concerning public transit in the northern areas of the region the study recom mends supporting the provision of commuter rait services to Milton improving inter regional transit service between Milton and improving interregional transit service between Hills and Brampton providing inter urban bus services within the region between Milton and George town providing bus services between Georgetown and Acton providing bus services between Milton and the major transit corridor Speers arterial route Cyclists and the capped also come in for mention The region is recommended to undertake study of the transport needs of the infirm and the physically to coordinate travel facilities for this sector of the public Concerning cyclists the report calls for the region to development fa bicycle pith system that would serve a transportation function Policies contained in the study will be included in the draft regional plan The planning committee con eluded discussion of the draft plan It next goes to he mum and the public for consultation Planning a wedding reception anniversary party afternoon meeting Bookings are now being accepted for the rental of the ROCKMOSA COMMUNITY CENTRE in Rockwood Call 8569000 To a booking glenlea drug mart Queen Street East Actor Store Hours TUES THURS am to FRIDAY and SATURDAY am to pm HOSED SUNDAY White Oaks Shopping Centre PRIME LOCATION CORNER OF BRONTE AND ANNE BLVD MILTON ULTRA MODERN AIR CONDITIONED STORES 1500 FT PARKING FOR CARS have been rented I FOOD STORE RESTAURANT PHARMACY MILK STORE DRY CLEANERS BANK pvt atmfhtt taut filtiut aUl Budget exceeds guide The proposed 1978 operating budget for regional community and social ser vices represents an increase in the region expenses of a per cent over last year Regional Council in Septem opted to hold the line at per cent The budget package recommended by the com munlty and social services committee for submission to regional council for its ap proval includes provision for the Regional Health Unit the Social and Family Services Department Halton Manor the Children Aid Society agency grants and hospital debt charges These add up to in costs to the region The proposed budget was divided Into provincial and regional expenses Adding which are by the province brings he total budget to almost 3 million The provincial portion of the budget comes to an increase of per cent over last year The total community and social services budget in 1977 was just over million Estimates for the regional Gas leak in hospital Staff and patients from the OakvilleTrafalgar Memorial Hospital were evacuated because of a gas line leak last week i re fighters were called to the scene on Allan Street and the evacuation ordered at 15 last Tuesday Nov The evacuation was or dered because of the danger of an explosion of the gas A spokesman for fire fighters said the line break was repaired in about two hours The evacuation was from the Helen wing of the Hospital Some patients were admitted temporarily into the main building while others were granted temper leaves of absence until the building was ready to be rt occupied portion of the proposed budget break down as follows Regional Health Unit cent over last year Social and Family Services Depart an increase of per cent nial Manor an increase of 7 per cent hospital grants and debt charges an increase of per cent Children s Aid Society 800 an in crease of seven per cent agency grants an Increase of 13 per cent Burlington councillor and committee chairman Walter argued that the Board of Health budget and the Children Aid Society budget were separate units and hat hospital debt charges were beyond the control of the committee Separating all or some of these items out of the budget would show a smaller per 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