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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER IS IMS Home Newspaper of Hills Tighter gun controls cause wolf problems in this area Choduro left and Sharon Tlucko Georgetown models enter beauty pageant Two Georgetown girls Sharon and Bernlce Chodura both enrolled In Sheridan Colleges modelling course were contestants In the Mlsslssauga Beauty Pageant held last week Sharon and competed against 37 other contestants of whom were fellow In the colleges modelling course The pageant consisted of an entire week of questioning answering and of course modelling The finale of the pageant was held Saturday evening from to the wee small hour of 100 am Sunday at the Sheridan Mall In Sharon of old and a graduate of Georgetown District High School Chodura is from Georgetown years old and also a graduate from GDHS For both girls this Is their first year In college and their first fling In a beauty pageant Neither one of the girls placed In the pageant however the experience fun and excitement of the week made up for any disappointment and Sharon also competed last week in the tryouts for the Miss Argonaut Pageant was chosen as one of the finalists The finals of the Miss Pageant will be held this coming Friday Sometime In the future and It may very well be not too far in the near future Georgetown might turn out to be the hometown of two successful winners In ihe beauty world Inside Whats It like to drive a cab In Georgetown See page m Letters See page Tighter gun controls are allowing a resurgence in packs of wolves and wild dogs in north according to a livestock valuator for Halton Hills Clare Wilson After a number of years of at tempting to develop the in dustry in thlB area the loss of sheep to packs of killing marauders is forcing many sheep breeders out of business contends Mr Wilson He terms the problem serious and getting worse all the time If we had the same kind of gun controls as we did four or five years ago the number of wolves would be going down instead of up Mr Wilson recalled one instance in which a farmer whose flocks had been attacked the night before by a pack of wolves saw three wolves returning When he took a shot at them with a shotgun nearby neigh bors reported the incident to police who in turn issued a warning to the farmers against firing the gun He estimates that there could be up to three or four wolf dens In Hllla centred in the Sixth Line area Their attacks have ranged from just south of Norval over to the Southeast of Acton Instances of sheep killed by wolves which Mr Wilson has in vestigated have amounted to well over Mr Wilson is only one of three livestock valuators in the town Killings by wild dogs have ac counted for a number of other losses Mr Wilson told of farmer who recently sold the lap after suffering a within a threeweek span The worst part about it was that he came home one night and found several lambs missing and another three or four shot dead He must have scared off someone who was in the midst of trying to steal the lamb- He explained that the losses are forcing many sheep breeders out of business Just when prices are higher Sheep are getting pretty scarce right now yet lambs are selling for up to apiece pretty good money if anyone wanted to take the risks One operation which boasted over 1500 sheep two years ago has no less than he said Its killing the sheep industry In this area It could be a big industry In this area if they only controlled the dogs and wolves But Im advising men to get rid of sheep because of the problem Collison resigns rec post Doug Collison recreation director for the town of Hills has filed his resignation with town council Mr Collison has accepted an offer from the city of which wilt see him head up the operations of that citys pools arenas and other recreational facilities as co ordinator of physical activities Mr Colllsons is the third resignation by a member of senior town personnel within the past three months Town engineer Peter Morris and treasurer Harry Henderson have resignations Mr Morris has gone Into private business while Mr Henderson has moved to Oakvllle to head up that municipalitys treasury department Theyre there In explaining his decision to move back to Mlsslasaugas recreation department from which he came to the former town of Georgetown Just over five years ago Mr Collison explained that he was going to make use of the added abilities he has gained during his tenure here I feel that have a more refined approach to administration here and cer tainly a great deal more of administrative experience He and his family will continue to live in Georgetown During his five years with first Georgetown and then Hllla the towns recreational facilities and staff have ex panded a great deal for which be has drawn criticism from members of town council for empire building It nevertheless saw a badly needed second arena built Id Georgetown as well as two very popular indoor swimming pools in Acton and Georgetown I certainly wouldnt consider those all my accomplishments A lot of people made those possible he said He praised the input from recreational groups recreational committees and the special building com mittee of council for their work in making the improvement of town facilities possible A for Mr Collison is ex pected to be announced by late this month they fust cant hear you Phone problems plague police At last Thursdays special meeting of the Regional Police Commission held In Acton the current problem in the police telephone system wot discussed by the commission The members of the commission feel that It has been bad maintenance by Bell Canada of the system that connects north with regional headquarters In A mechanical failure causes the central switchboard headquarters in Burlington not to respond to the incoming call The caller however receives a definite ring signal which leads the caller to believe that there is no one at the receiving end The problem is currently under in- vestigaUon by Bell One area under suspicion la the repreater station in Milton explained Police Chief Ken Skcrrett We now have a committee studying the future communication needs of the force It was noted at the meeting that Hamilton had a similar problem but no mention of the cure was revealed To convert to the All emergency number system that would simplify all emergency services in the same manner that Toronto employs would require completely ditferent equipment than that recommended by Bell Bell Canada made the initial recom mendations regarding telephone service equipment for one number area dialing but the commission was disappointed to discover of Bell Canada with regards to maintenance and of the equipment selection to lead to the Implementation of threedigit emergency number The hit and situation has been difficult to track down but the members of the commission will be placing trial telephone calls at random Interval to try and isolate the problem for Bell Canada to make the number 100 percent reliable I feel vindicated As she and Mayor Tom Hill editorialist claimed both on arms with only one minor drew back the covering to this aide of the ocean and on exception that being to the top officially unveil Halton Hills the other would find many of the design coat of arms Dorothy Slone faults In the proposed designs Last weeks unveiling held the Inward of Ifclt at that point tike just provided Miss Stone with a knowing that she had proven giving the whole thing up feeling that I had been many people wrong and her recalled Miss Stone A lot of finally vindicated felt as people agreed with the high then as that editorial had editorial feeling What does put me down low she know shes only an TheHeraldlcexpertwhohad amateur shown her that she was indeed But the more 1 thought on the right track was on hand about it ihe more convinced I for the unveiling of the of became that I couldnt give up that easily She decided hen to put her design to the acid test After discovering that one of Canadas foremost heraldic experts happens to live in It was In May that Miss Stone her ideas for a possible coat of arms for the town Miss Stone originally presented her Ideas for a possible coat of arms for the arms Gordon Esq fellow with the Royal society of Arts the Society of Antiquaries an honorary art consultant for the Heraldry Society of Canada and a herald in the Moat Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem the oldest order of chivalry In the world assisted in the ceremonies held in the council chambers last Monday night This Is a very beautiful colorful and symbolical coat of arms which will stand in tribute to many It shall be a source of pride for all the citizens of this municipality Mr Macpheraon told those present To receive ones own coat of arms is very much In the nature of on honor and since Contd page Councillor Coxe she hod designed the crest based on a great deal of historical and design to him and asked him towns new coat of arms to the Fitting tribute to Coxe Mayor Tom Hill had a dif- she submitted her time dedicating the THE COAT OF for Hills were officially unveiled last week during special council meeting The arms were dedicated in memory of the late Councillor Len Coxe Attending the meeting were from left Janice Johnston daughter of Councillor Coxe Mayor Tom Mrs Coxe Dorothy Slone designer of the coat of arms and Gordon Macpheraon honorary art consultant with the Heraldry Society of Canada heraldic research The design was severely criticized by a number of local citizens including one upset Herald editorialist who predicted then our particular design might not be approved because of its design Heraldic experts the for his truthful opinion late Councillor The long and short of the them oat Instrumental story is that the design that Hills officials In the now hangs on council obtaining of the coat of arms chamber wall covers the side In a voice that frequently of municipal vehicles and will broke because of his emotions eventually be used on all Mayor Hill told the small official town documents Is audience attending the Miss Stones original coat of veiling of the coat of arms in the council chambers last week that he was proud to see the unveiling presented In memory of a dedicated councillor and a very good friend of mine and yours Mrs Coxe and her daughter Janice Johnston were both present for the ceremony A plaque dedicating the coat of arms to the late Councillor Coxe Is located below the drawing of the coat of arms by to present councils credit that the town now had an official crest If we keep on working as well as we have during the pas year and a half things are going to be much better la Hills the next time elections come around Further talks on Norval There will be further negotiations between the town and Board of Education before the Community Association can possibly make use of the acre School site for recreational purposes A tentative lease had been suggested by the board following a meeting last week A figure of per month as rental on the propertywasquotedatthatmeeting A letter received by Mayor Tom Hill outlined the figure and proposals made by the board According to Hugh McFarlane president of too community association the figures provided by the board are based on a per centage the lands value at a commercial valuation The land as it stands now is zoned as in stitutional and would have In be rezoned by the town to bring it up to the classification that would earn the asked for by the board Further meetings will be necessary to establish a more reasonable price for the site said Mr McFarlane Apartment project is still alive Developers of the 10storey McNally Apartment complex have filed with the towns com mil tee of adjustment a number of changes to the original plans for their Silver Creek apartmentcommercial project Listing their changes as design Im provements the developers Silver Park Developments Ltd of have been granted a hearing by the committee of ad justment late this month The hearings renew interest in the large twotower project that has been dormant tor weU over on or The total number of units in the two ten- storey apartment buildings will remain same at but the varieties of the differ In the proposed changes Threebedroom apartments would be cut by 10 to only six while twobedroom units would increase by lo One bedroom apartments would increase slightly to a total of 131 while bachelor apartments would be cut out completely The apartments would be located In twin towers with one designated for adults only They would cover only a small part of the 5 acres involved in the Silver Creek area The tonstorey height is over the towns 85foot building bylaw limit by three feet due to the addition of service equipment on the Underground parking as outlined In the proposed changes handle 180 cars while there will be surface parking spaces The parking area will be lower than Water Street screening the area from street view The major outside change to the project will be in appearance A connecting third building has been taken out of the plans In their submission to the committee of adjustment the developers note In widening the space between thebuildings this opens up vista to permit those approaching the site to see the natural park amenities between and through the lowers With greater setback feet the building orientation is towards the central area of town The ground levels of both apartment towers are earmarked for specific uses The adult buildings ground level would bo used for a maximum of six neighbourhood stores The first floor of the family building would have a recreation complex which would contain an enclosed pool saunas double squash court and and exercise area Entrance to the complex would be from two entrances one to the south of the Water and Mill Streets Intersection and the other adjacent to it The project Is located cash of the Mill and Water Streets Intersection covering acres of the Silver Creek area Construction didnt affect water level drop Your Morning Smile Its a short week I A noticeable drop in the level of water in the pond at Rem- brancc Park plus the small creek thai runs Inlo It is not probably linked with the construction of Marywood subdivision However the lawns engineering arc never theless going to Investigate the drop in the flow to determine if there is any specific reason for it The study was prompted by a comment at last Tuesday nights council meeting by Councillor file Morrow who said many residents of the area have been complaining about the considerable drop in the Cretes flow That pond has been the same level for many years but it has been seriously dropping lately Many feel that there la a strong connection between the drop In the water level and the construction of the subdivision beside the hospital Creeks all over the town arc drying up replied Councillor Joe Hurst The flow of water is Just not there The creek feeding Fairy Lake In Acton is badly down he said and Milton Is also ex periencing a similar drop in the overall water table The work on the Marywood subdivision was not a likely cause for the drop In the Remembrance Pork pond furthered Councillor Em Hyde who explained that the pond actually originates from a spring on the south side of Princess Anne Drive away from the new housing development The town foreman reports that there Is no town work going on In that area to possibly affect the water table said Councillor Hyde Council agreed with a suggestion presented by him that the engineering staff examine the problem in any