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The Acton Free Press Wednesday Dec SANTA AND RUDOLPH are not breaking into this home as it appears in the picture The Vickery family of Division St decided to make their own outdoor Christmas decorations this year and designed and made the above pair At night neighbors and get the treat of watching the large decorations actually move Appointments Halton Hills council made appointments to various boards and commissions Tuesday night of Adjustment Mrs Glenna Douglas and Wilfrid Leslie were re appointed to the Committee of Adjustment Also on the committee are J B Lindsay Denny Charles Vic Brlstow E Hill and Smith Parking roily Paul Nielsen was re appointed to Hits Parking Authority The two other members whose terms have not expired are Henry and Sandy Mackenzie Library Board Douglas Magwood was appointed to Hills Library Board Other town appointed members to the board are Norm Elliott Walter and Ruth Wilson Library boards have members appointed by the Board of Education and the Separate School Board Dick George Lee and Joan Lister are Board of tion appointees Mrs Lister term the end of this year and she has made it known she did not wish to be reappointed This seat is vacant until the Board of Education makes the ap pointment Separate School Board appointees art Cathy and Ben Mr Boyle term expires at he end of the year No appoint has been made by the Separate School Board at the time writing Cemetery planting to be pilot project The town is going to advantage of free consul tat I ve service from the Royal Botanical Gardens to see what kind of planting can be done In a swampy area of Fairview Cemetery Monday Dr Les Director of the ex plained the outreach program by the Ministry of Culture and Recreation to Hills works commit tee He said he was sure after seeing the cemetery with Bert there were things which could be done but he wanted to have expert staff study the and come up with rccom He said the experts could also advise the town on the cost of plantings and the cost of on going maintenance Several councillors sug gested the outreach pro gram services could be used for planning plantings in parks and other public areas in the town The cemetery study will be viewed as a pilot project with SANTAS HELPER Susan Thibodeau brings littleSherry Patenaude up to the throne further studies to be con sidered in he future Councillor Pat said a filled in pond or swale across from the cemetery wetlands which is ready for planting might also be examined told the committee staff has been dumping illegal fill and old tarmac from the tennis courts in the and this is contrary to a motion passed by old Acton council dumping in the swamp He said the old motion should cither be rescinded or else enforced suggested this could also he looked into Later More pictures from the Christmas party next week Damage cars on Mill st Regional Police estimate 150 in damage to a car driven by Kekic 14 Norman Ave and in damages to a car owned by Andrews of Camp- after a car accident on Mill St December 10 Acton Business Centre DECEMBER 1977 TUES WED THURS FRI SAT CLOSED 96 96 3T 99 96 99 99 99 99 95 23 95 JANUARY CLOSED 96 96 99 99 96 Ride the Free Christmas Bu Another winter blast leaves drifts Area residents had no sooner shovelled out their driveways from lost Mon day storm when old man winter decided to give another dose of his medicine Hills works superin tendent Frank Morette says drifts across roads up to five feet high Friday hampered snow removal operations He estimates another eight in of snow fell Friday morning and during the day adding to the eight inches from the storm earlier In the week Poor visibility also slowed down plowing Most rural roads were closed by early afternoon The same men who worked around the clock Monday night and Tuesday wore called into work at m day morning and worked until 10 m that night Mr said he had no complaints of cars blocking roads He was particularly pleased earlier in the week with the fact that drivers exercised more caution when driving Get out of bus business Hinton tells Board Halton Board of Education should get out of the bus busi according to Acton Esquesing Trustee Bert Hln ton Currently the public school system runs its own fleet of buses in while con tracting busing in Halton Hills Milton and Burlington Hinton says the board be operating two types of transportation and all busing should be contracted The board has received a number of recommendations from a special committee set up last spring which studied busing after a number of problems were reported by parents during blizzards last winter rejects the sugges tion the board hire a tran officer claiming this is administration empire Recreation Advisory Com Appointed to the Recreation Advisory Board are John Day Barry Gambles Clare J C Wilde and Smith Hospital Board Councillors Roy Booth and Marilyn were appointed to Georgetown Hospital Board as town representatives and Mayor Tom Hill was recommended as the region s represent ative Recommended as regional representatives to the Halton Region Conservation are Councillors Russell Miller and Pat McKenzie and to the Credit Valley Conservation Mayor Hill and Councillor KEEPING WELL back from the ticklish beard Michael Brooks gets his message across at Beardmore s No problem drainage pro blem in an alley between tht Bank of Montreal and Swct man Shoes so Hills works committee decided Monday not to comply with a request from Bert that the drain be reopened It was covered over when new sidewalks were installed Both committee chairman M Armstrong and en Robert Austin in the area after recent snowfalls and found there was no problem Austin said he foresee there being any pro blem but he will keep an eye on it this winter and report back in the spring building and the board would receive this service If con tracting was done in all areas of the region spends 1 a million a year on busing The study committee has urged all buses be equipped with two radios by next September The committee also sug no children be allowed to stand on school buses and t have to be on a bus earlier than a m or later Safety inspections of buses should be Intensified first aid courses for drivers and study of special features such as padding doorways and backs of seats have been recommended by the commit tee headed by Burlington Trustee Cam Jackson Transportation should be provided for kindergarten and grade one pupils living more than a mile from school and for students in grades two three four five six seven and eight who live more than two miles from school the committee report states Bus for high school students living more than three miles from school has also been sug Reduce speed The speed limit is going to be reduced at the in Corners from km to Monday Hills works passed a recommendation from deputy engineer Ted that the speed be reduced Since Township main the road they will be informed of the speed change and will put up three of the four new speed signs Fraud Regional Police arc investigating three reports of sufficient fund cheques in town last week and when they got home they stayed put This eliminated What cars had stop ped on the road the continued had man aged to pull over to the side before completely sloping thus enabling the snow plows logo around them With this week freezing rain crew have been out sanding Mr ex plained they did not plow the road Monday anticipating the freezing rain He claimed that the snow on the road once frozen turned into a bet ter driving base than freezing rain on bare pavement He explained there is nothing for the car tires to get any tract ion on when bare School buses did not make it Into town Friday and once again rural students were given the day off Outoftown teachers left early to avoid being snowbound for the weekend and Georgetown GO train operators forced to spend the night at the motel between Brampton and Georgetown Thursday night Acton letter carriers could not complete their routes 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