E3 ftHl Sim Home Newspaper of Halton Hills 32 Pages Premlei William Davis has questioned the legality of certain points In the Esqueslng Official Plan placing the town rights to control construction of the 500kV Hydro transmission line through Hills very much In doubt See story below Replying in the legislature Monday morning lo a question by Burlington Julian Reed to the legality of s submission to the provincial Cabinet Premier Davis suggested that there might be certain discrepancies In the plan which could allow Hydro an opening to at least mike to the Cabinet According to Reed Premier response was an indication the government Is trying lo cast some doubt on the plan and thus give Hydro some leeway In dealing with the province and the municipality Before he would elaborate further on the Official Plan the Premier turned Reed supplementary question over to the minister of energy Dennis Timbrel Reed questioned if the rights of the citizens of the province being protec ted if Cabinet gives consideration to Hydro submission when already the municipality involved the Ontario Municipal Board objected to granting any special per Hydro asks Cabinet for special permission to build Ontario Hydro has filed a petition with the provincial Cabinet or permission to construct major new facilities in Hills without having to meet the requirements of the Official Plan of the former township of The permission is being sought to speed up construction of the line through Halton Hills but it eould mean that the future Hydro could construct fnulity regardlcssof size or location without having to contend with the Plan When it presented to li Ontario Municipal Board during the boards recent hearings on amendments to the t Official Plan the OMB rejected it Hydro just can be being treated like anyone else commented Councillor Dick at last week sub sidiary planning board meeting I would be very surprised and very disappointed if the Cabinet interfered he resolution from Hills objecting to Hydros request was passed by town council Monday night and will now be for warded to the Cabinet there be a second arena Will there be two ice Georgetown this fair That laidir question on the minds of man these preparations begin in anticipation next years skating activities When the special committee vest gating the restoration of the Memorial Arena was asked that question their reply was At the present time is not definite as to whether or not two ice surfaces will be for this fall they re the ones who know best DIKES BIKES AND MORE BIKES Saturday was the date of the annual Police auction and If you re ever had a desire to buy a bike the police headquarters on Mill Street the place to be Under the auctioneering Jason Field Inset a number of Items collected by the police over the past year were sold to true bargain hunters The pods ranged from to panty mission for development of new properties by the utility corporation replied that the government does have the power to consider Hydro submission Motorcyclist first fatality of the year A Georgetown motorcyclist died as the of a collision on near Windsor Road Friday at p police Charles Bruce Holder of McNobb St was pronounced dead at the scene by Coroner Ivan A Hunter who ordered a post mortem Police say that Holder was speeding went around the earner too wide and struck an oncoming vehicle Police would not reveal the name of the driver of the vehicle Holder struck nor the extent of damage The fatality Is the first of the year In Georgetown Efco talks called off again on again off again negotiations between Economy Forms Corp and Local of United Steel Workers are off again after talks last week failed to bring an end lo the ten week old strike Tom manager of the strikebound plant told the Herald in in in tcrvlew that talks on Monday May 10 went very well but Tuesday meeting was not worth a darn We re still stalemated Mr said Negotiations began last Monday when the up with a few new proposals On Tuesday returned to the bargaining table with counter proposal wns rejieted bj the union who said of their own take it or leave It Mr Both rmde on effort to change their positions Mr said No definite dale is been set for a return lo the bargaining table Although a deling of discouragement the of meeting of minds Mr said he was hopeful future talks will lead to an end lo the strike Reg presldenl of Local said in an interview the union In waiting to hear from the company on its latest proposals Wo don I lo negotiate the papers he added Mr said that sometime this week the p line which has dwindled from 50 men on shifts to on two shifts will be up when a couple of bus loads of lied Steel Workers from arrive to help show strength On the picket line Inst Friday some tempers were short strikers disappointed talks let their anger show In one incident reported to the Herald a picketer w j struck but not knocked down by a tandem true to picket line driver of the truck got out of the truck one attacked me the said After a brief scuffle in which the truck driver was thrown to the ground and a couple of times said the the driver got bock into his truck and drove away withouth entering the plant Town garage costs up by 8000 the addition to the works garage on the Seventh Line continues to grow so also arc the costs Chairman of the committee spearheading the construction of the building Hyde told council Monday night that Ihe cost of the building likely exceed provided by council for the work Councillor Hyde reported that costs of the building could mount lo By four tenders for work on the building council he said had pushed the project towards exceeding the previous limit Supply teachers win fight against pay cut The four tenders were to Atlas Apex Roofing ill or roofing and sheet metal work Contractors for masonry work Holly ElecHc for electrical work and Bill Gar butt I for plumbing heating Another cost related to the renovations to the municipal offices properly on the Seventh Die a out expenditure for moving the hire Hall plus ex for tiling gos tanks Extensive fire damage to electrical company Two fires were fought this week by volunteer firemen in Georgetown this past week fit press time Tuesdoy morning firemen were still at the scene of a fire at 14 Todd Road In Georgetown in area The firemen were routed out of bed at 13 a m to fight the blaze which caused extensive damage at least The cause of the smoke walls it lost its life in the in the building with Jean Furniture Lint were broken smoke had blackened Rome of the outside supply teachers have proven their cose Suggested cuts in their pay rales varying from to SIS per hour passed last month by the Board of Education were by the board at its meeting Thursdiy night A number of supply who live in Georgetown were present to hear board members explain why they had originally the pay cuts but now after setting the boards 1976 budget have decided that their move was a wrong one No other group of this board cm have been asked to take a reduction commented Burlington trustee Frank milage He claimed that because Ihe supply teachers was not strong enough to stand up to the board as other teacher groups do I believe we saw this group to be a soft touch Were being grossly unfair to these people He stated that the supply teachers have a difficult task having to do the Job of Full time teachers with little time lo prepare He noted hat there had been criticism of the present supply teacher system in but added the way to correct any problems was lo improve their supervision aid training not cut their salaries Too many trained seals April budget speech of Ontario Treasurer McKeough was described last week as a great theatrical performance forceably captivating an audience of million people by MPP Julian Reed The price of admission to this years per formance jumped a seat and what a performance the audience received Mr Reed said during debate of the budget in legislature Can you imagine a theatrical setting more appropriate The performance we witnessed as excellent a Job it could be but for lie price or admission The only thing I found regrettable about the whole thing was the cast of as the late George Drew would put it trained seals I found them to be far too numerous and would hope thai after another election heir numbers would be much reduced Mr Reed said Sludge site will be odorless that the is i The The ministry of the environment has acted quickly in closing down the sludge lure land storage site near Hornby operated by Blue Spruce Enterprises In a letter Blue Spruce sent Inst week the ministry told the company operators for ordered the site to be denned up covering the bottom of Hie storage pit with dean fill once sludge is removed That should eliminate all odour I the mlnlstrv Red Fisher bumps Bob Bob popular outdoor writer Tor the Herald unexpectedly found himself la Jam last week at the annual conference of the Outdoor Writers of Canada Bob had agreed to run for a spot the board of dlrectora or be national but when all the votes were counted Bob found himself In a He with Done other than Red he nationally known fisnerman ana hunter whose credlta Include a weekly television aerie Our Bob gracefully Hepped aside to allow Mr Fisher to have the However mat does not affect Bob with he executive of the Outdoor Writer of Ontario Besides hi regular column teen on the page of he Herald Bob alio rcgnlarly contributes article to and Hilling both In Canada and tne Morton of Burlington commented We changed the rules in middle of the by culling the pay schedule in mid term rati at the first of the school year When asked by Ells trustee Ernie where the previously cut from the budget as a result of the pay decreases lo the supply teachers was going to come from replied 1 guess we II just hove in overrun Turn right at Maple Ave Georgetown Regional government or no regional government travellers In Hills arc going to know where they re going I a prolonged debate on whether or not the names of former urban municipalities should stilt be used on the town a dirocllonol signs town council Monday night decided that a compromise would be the best way to handle the Their teat cose so lo speak will be at the intersection of Maple Avenue and the Seventh Line Trafalgar Rood The works committee had recommended that a sign dm ply pointing towards Georgetown and stating Maple Avenue would be adequate directions for anyone travelling north Georgetown clown But their fellow councillors did not agree with the result that Georgetown will be added Countering the works committee a feelings that wc hove in fact become Hilts Councillor Ernie Sykes We re one town but we still have two distinctive separate urban areas and I think should continue to identify them Georgetown or Acton That did not rest well with Councillor Kim Hyde who replied that should be try get to the point where we forget that were separate municipal 111 He added that the emphasis on Halton Hills rather than Acton Georgetown or Esquealng should start fan that town schools We have lo live 11 we have to encourage it and we have to do every thing to make It work