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Water problems solved Acton step closer to adding 3000 people Plans to allow Acton grow by more peo ple are back on the rails Alter years of work to straighten out sewage problems which were preventing growth the region and Halloo Hills was shocked recently to discover the province had thrown up some new roadblocks to growth namely supply and water quality conditions which I paled or mentioned to mimic pal officials in the past Monday Acton regional Councillor Dave Whiting and Mayor Peter met region and Town planning and works staff health depart men staff and officials of ihe Ontario Ministry of the Environment and the Credit Valley Conser Authority The result was ttiat the province will allow the Prospect Park water well to be used a primary source of not just as a back up supply as had been suggested by Queen Park explained man interview this week that wells are supplying million gallons a day for people which in the past produced yellow brown water will pro duce one million gallons a day when it is fully operational The Prospect Park well won l be a problem as far as quality is concerned either once a small treatment plant is built on site This treat men plant is expected to cost about Si million and the region last week approved being placed in the budget to pay for phase one of the treatment plant project Pomeroy noted He added completion of this plant in should coin cide with the solving of all barriers to growth here The existing wells do leave Acton a little short of water but only in an extreme emergency Whiting observed If there a major fire at a subs tan I facility in the middle of an exceptionally dry summer ihen Acton would have a problem Whiting said trying cover this scenario is ludicrous While the province would be happy if Acton bad a water supply of three million gallons a day to cover any and every possible eventuality they will be content with a capacity of 17 million gallons a day for 10 people All the wells cur rently in use and the Prospect Park well would hae to break down at the same time for Acton to have a real problem Whiting observed tie noted there had been a breakdown in communication between the municipal staffs and the Ministry of the Environment which resulted in confusion and and led to the most recent roadblocks to growth The province thought there might be plans lo put in another Pro spect Park well which would deplete the aquifer but the Town and Region never have intended to build a second Prospect Park well Whiting said the province Is now satisfied with municipal water supply and water quality plans Pomeroy observed while there is verbal agreement they still be waiting for written ap proval from the province Whiting added the pro vince will want to go over the consultant report on the Prospect Park well The Prospect Park well study has been on for about a year now and should be presented to the region later this month noted Credit VaUey Conservation Authority concerns have also been satisfied Whiting said is concerned about the quality of effluent going into the Black Creek from the sewage plant because of possible damage to the fish population he noted However CVCA has said twice a month testing of the water and averaging of the samples over an entire year will satisfy their worries The politicians and rates have also agreed to put the question of how to handle the planned partially serviced only industrial area for Acton on the back burner until all pro blems surrounding residential growth have been solved VVhttingsaidtheregionhcalthdcpartment will take soil samples at the property on the north west side of town w will be used for industrial development In the future to determine type of septic system will be needed He observed there is no hurry lo provide mon industrial land tor Ac ton since all of Ihe fully serviced industrial land t been sold and developed Two housing projects planned for around Acton High School and the Acton Curling Club have mo light One is completely outside the existing Acton urban the areas of town where development can take place because there is water and sewer vice while the other project is only partially out side the urban boundary When the expanded ur ban boundary is finally approved both projects will be inside the boundary and these develop ments will go ahead before planned rcsidcn development cast of Churchill ltd and on II St West Halton Hills gave draft approval lo these projects a couple of ago regional approval Continued on page A Metroland Community Newspaper One and Year Issue 27 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JANUARY 12 1983 36 Pages Thirty Town may buy Stone School Tht Town is going to look into the costs of buying Stone School is wi as examine possible com uses or ihe old building Monday night Hilts council approved recommendations dialing with the building Hal n of Education declared plus in October of last Staff the be advised of the mun duality interest in the building and re quested not to offer the facility for sdlc by public lender until municipality makes a review of various relative lo the sue will with res ltd groups in the community to discuss the Stone School and will prepare a report on the building including recommendations as lo municipal acquisition including financial and community use Ross Kncchlcl suggested in lion with the review some consideration be mjdi the closeness of we school to Acton 1 ibrary and the possibility It may need to be ex sometime in the future Councillor Marilyn Serjeanlson asked if staff had any idea what price the school board may charge for the building and clerk administrator Ken Richardson said a price had been discussed but negotiations hadnt progressed to Ihe point where he felt it could be revealed In a surprising remark considering his past comments about another old Acton building the town hall Councillor Mike Armstrong said he thinkslheStoneSchoolisan excellent building The staff report noted council received a letter from former Hills Councillor Pat McKcn over a year ago suggesting once SI Joseph School moved to its new building the Town con acquiring the Stone School At that time council passed a resolution direc ting staff lo contact the public school board which was renting the building to the Separate School Board about its plans for the School Richardson and recreation director Tom met with the board Superintendent of Cheryle Greenly is chosen for exchange has waited lour years lb be a Rotary exchange student and last week the Rotary Club made the wait worthwhile was chosen over nine other ants to spend year in a foreign country She will leave sometime next about the same lime two Acton teenagers return from 12 months abroad Minna Bo en and Stephen She is the daughter of Rill Acton ill be a few months before knows where she is going but her first choice is ranee with InK a close second Holland is her third choice By living in a European country Cheryle figures she will have more opportunity to travel and see more countries than if she were staying in an isolated area By the lime she leaves she will have had four years of high school French so if France is her destination she will be able lo communicate a bit right from the start This is a definite advantage over other exchange students The decision to spend a year away from home was not sudden emphasizes While in grade 9 she first heard about the pro gram and has been thinking about all the advantages and disadvantages since then But her desire lo enjoy new experiences learn new cultures and meet new people has overridden anything negative she might have felt Two people have played a major part in her decision to apply Peter Wetklo many a few years ago made her want to go However the minimum age is and she was too young And then Jodie McFarlane from Australia convinced her she just had to be an exchange student Jodie returned home last week after spending a year in Acton and the two became very good friends Jodie told Cheryle worse day was the very first one when she was full of doubts as to whether she was doing the right thing Cheryle says she has had enough time to think about that aspect but as sure as she is that she wants to go she II also know when these doubts crop up that the feelings are perfectly natural When she returns after her year abroad Cheryle plans to obtain her grade 13 and then be a stewardess for a while After thai she Continued on page III Business Barb Moore about the Stone School and reviewed the procedure which the board must follow once the building is declared surplus to their needs The Town recently received a letter from the board noting Ihe Stone School has been declared surplus and Richardson suggested council answer it pointing out Its interest in the building and give Hills time to investigate site in relationship to possible purchase versus needs and for possible community use including main lenance costs Staff have received an expressed interest from one organization Acton Chamber of Commerce who should be approached to have formalized their interests A Idler from the board states if there is no inter est in the property indicated by Halton Hills by March the board will proceed to dispose of it by public tender The size of the site to be sold is to be negotiated and the two storey block and stone building contains 7 square feet There are two classrooms and washrooms upstairs as well as three classrooms washrooms and a small office on the ground floor Halton HUI will study the cost of acquiring the boarded up Stone School Abo possible community uses for the building will be examined The Town has the board education to delay the building Air raid siren was deliberately tripped The air raid siren in Acton was deliberately set off by pranksters on January The siren was set off late on New Year Day and wailed for several hours into Sunday morning Captain Ian Thomson publicaffiarsTorontofor the Department of National Defence revealed Thursday morning an investigation showed the siren was deliberately set off in Acton The siren went off around and sounded steadily until about 1 30 the next morning One or more people climbed up the tower Icadingtotheslren going through a hatch onto the platform around the siren Once on the platform Capt Thomson said they tampered with the control box They removed Tour bolls which hold the plate cover on the control box and then flipped the switch inside from auto matic to manual setting off thesiren That why when Bell Canada the commercial carrier of the signals to the siren flipped its master switch the siren The only way lo lurn the siren off then besides going up and flip ping the switch again was to shut Ihe power off which Hills Hydro did Thomson said the power was restored last Wednesday and Is again active He explained sirens can be turned on manually so that authorized personnel can test them There is a rotation schedule of testing for all sirens The Department of National Defence is looking at ways to chain and lock the hatch cover on the platform so only authorized personnel can get to the switch Capt Thomson noted this is the first time the Acton siren located in the Hide House parking lot has been tampered with and sirens t set off often by pranksters Major Ron Lang of the Provincial Warning Cen for the Regional Emergency Government Headquarters at Base Borden said they feel It lsn likely the person or persons responsible for setting off the sirens knew exactly what they were doing or had special knowledge Likely it was just a prank and it was sheer luck they went up and found a way to turn il on Anyone climbing up to the siren and fooling around with the control box was inviting disaster They were taking a chance because there are high voltages Major Lang Is responsible Tor setting off the over sirens In Ontario in the event of an emergency and noted there were only eight dental siren soundings year Committee investigates United Way A United Way could be established in Hills if a committee recommendation is favorable Monday night at Halton Hills council meeting Mayor Pete said he had been asked by those trying to coordinate a Halton Region United Way if he would support such a move He admitted it was a Job he have time for but thought a committee should be set up to tigate possibility He said he had information and offers of help from Milton which has just set up a United Way Councillor Marilyn asked If the groups in Town had indicated they want a United Way The mayor replied that would be part or the examination of the whole question and existing agencies He pointed out there are United Ways in every municipality in Halton except Hills He stated there are tremendous pressures on the region grant structure to make Ihe agencies more self supporting by becoming members of the Untied Way He predicted Ihere would be opposition slates there is a need There won I be lota I sup port from the community but it deserves to be pursued Victoria Lenizky goes to the top former Miss Acton Fall air making quite a name for herself in the Vancouvei fashion modelling world Victoria Lenizkv who reigned over the fall fair his been featured on the cover and in fashion photo layouts of pro minent western magazines in Ihe past and has tried her hand al ling At vears of age Victoria has modelling assignments in Paris France Milan Italy Toronto Edmonton and Van to lier credit Just months after being crowned Miss Acton whenonly Victoria re ceived a six month modelling contract in Paris Her stay actually lasted eight months with the resident making it just in time to represent Acton at Miss Sweetheart of the Fairs Competition A slow year in the Toronto area followed her return her mother Helen ay but eventually the work started to flow in city newspapers on fashion pages and in advertisement She even appeared man Eaton flyer While tth the Sberrida Personnel Management she worked a few regular models for the large catalogue operations Last November Victoria went to British Columbia to visit with her grandmother Margaret Koleszar and fell in love with Vancouver She gave up her promising career in Toronto and went out west with no agent and no job prospects She signed upwiththeRichardsagency and her tele phone t stopped ringing since Unlike many models the Acton High School graduate t have to door knock The jobs come to her Somewhere along the line Victoria decided Lenitky was too complicated a name for the entertainment world and changed her name to Upland A program on a stage play she starred in has her billed as Victoria Upland She hopes to someday go to the Banff School of Fine Arts to perfect her acting but thai sin the future She too busy working to think too far ahead Mrs recently returned from a three week stay In Vancouver visiting her mother and eldest daughter During one of her conversations with the owner of the modelling agency Mr learned Victoria was considered one of the top models in Vancouver And she must be one of the most popular Failing that the most popular sidekicks Victorias grandmother has found herself at a shoot many limes so often In fact she is referred to by the other models as Granny The 85year old women is even invited to many parties in the fashion world and through her granddaughters career has discovered an entirely new world Mrs Lenizky says she t know where her daughter future lies and she t think Victoria does either Both realize however that if she wants to carry on with her modelling she will eventually have to move on out of Vancouver But whether the move takes her back to France Toronto or New York she Just t know Al 21 years of age her career could be half over her mother points out Models IB year old are brought onto the scene as the upcoming star Its a predominantly young business But Mrs says hopefully while she was visiting Victoria last month her daughter received the bad news that she was not chosen for a Job because she was too young That news is pretty en couraging in the modelling Industry inside There a police along Highway from Seepage Acton Councillor Ross Kncchlcl the Town Tnrntopajc3 The arena handicapped ramp I early last year because the planned location was changed Seepage turn lo page I for letter on Ike subject Five driven were charged In Mills din ing the season spot check More on Terms of reference for the municipal building siady were approved tab week Turn page Bl3 There was a seven car crash Side- read Detail M page Ditches la the Heunes way PI area are tee deep See pel J