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the HERALD TALKRADIO Paul Home Newspaper of Hills 1876 FUND REACHES Daylong festivities planned for arena reopening A mammoth bingo and a full day dedicitcd Die tiffici opening of Georgetown Mcmonil are among he events being considered is i of two work by committee to raise funds for arena s restontlon At rd pledges do ns from servici clubs ibons Mere mated push total amount collected lo With only lo be inlleci through Ihe public inscription allot ills i J for hi mention to ilu Ihe aren is official reopening Dec The plans subjecltoapprQvilbycouniil till for full day festivities tit Mill strut in nil Ihini the dij it l P will I bum cinies and Minor Hockey turns At f 1 thteorti town Lions Club tikes lo ice lor ill i opponent whose identity is ytl to lie dialled Thi nits mil follow sk iinif demonstr il IS tin Ioiil Mill be in mitih ln rgtloun s Haiders and jun or Hockey lieprcsentjtives of Georgetown Ho an Legion Snowmobile lub Ho tiry Cimdian Hid Cross the Georgetown District Minor Hockey and Association last discussed the feasibility of holding a mammoth bingo lo jddilioml funds was that tin bingo could be simultincousk in community s hills inns a closed iiriuit In m i In studio 1 is hoped proceeds from tin bingo tin d will commit tee r mil only full imount to for grint the louncil wis hive provided through its budget t number Hon I til I it I and donitions rccc veil in dm with lonimiluieiils from to lie ilized i ml few monlhs it 1al misid lilt i on if Mir ind ixcciitivc of Ihi rial Sun died tnlrlbutiin Mot f hi rd Befter dialogue sought for handicapped students uth impbcll pledged from insh mil riminiikr i plcdM lo In lid through Both he minor lis iffihalcd support group will the total imount of their shares from Iht Club txpcclcdlo Thi in in Hid Cross has promised if lis way to more donors to its Die blood clinic The Club his pledged fir every pint of Willi iliiiut COO donors expected Mr in inlrodiimi i in to llit imp by chilli ntii ill low council I i lit inn lo ilih tht hi is on of his In iddilion Hot Club by hi f wnlown Association will i businesses lis profeision lis lor ton ions is lurrently silking support from construed iintrictors irl Ibis mi nth il WOconlnbution llytltI- t Herald writer Hum in Services Council has asked the school board lo work more with it so that on estimated one in four students in who ore handicapped by some form of exceptionality may be helped In a pair of briefs preserved to the board by Dr Tom Mirnotl and municotion and integration the board and council were urged Marriott told members hat leathers need more lining to delect emotional disorders in pupils and need work with i of hcilth professionals As well schools must be viewed not just as places where education occurs but is a support system that can both and prevention a troubled child behaviour he said The figure of 12 in need of special education was derived from provincial guidelines based on a total school population in Ha Hon of Not all these require fully segregated classes Mrs said Their time in education classes Can vary from four to four years she said In reply lo question from rustic Robinson Mrs said that in the 11 to age range per cent of the youngsters show a marked lack of Regional PUC restructure called council idministration committee will examine ask of resrucurmi utility commissions PUD To Ihe is like monkey guird Ilu peanut Carl slid Coun Jiek Itifds said it was up lo requcsl Ihe province for restruc turing lUgional council I in the Mr and Terry both ell hat of public utility would better re done mlerrnlly Thi regit tin tome up with a fjr innre report than Ihe province Major said Coun Mary i said implcmmtalton of res rue urine sue ratepayers Kxj to i two Yearold report of he Hi on winch has investigated PU As will ihcn would a per ecnl in hydro rati FOUND IN SPEED RIVER aid shew si many students schools without trying to ir emotional and problems is not the tnehers or school systems fault that no mechanism for working with this age range she said It would tie an enormous help to ide more structured classes for those problems she said diagnostic learning program should help an example of how health ind education would work together her lef contained a case history of a nine yearold boy oiled Mark who was a real leader of behavior in class and on the playground Mark came from a broken home where father often beat the mother and Mark loo The boy was hospitalized with a serious eye injury he received the hands of his father a beating with the buckle end of a bell for leaving bicycle on Iht driveway and Mark continued to believe himself responsible for his father s behavior Knowing the boys background it is easier why Mark is tense and anxious and why he has trouble relatina easily a male teacher says the brief a teacher in special can give the boy a of academic success and a child care worker can speed up the social learning process Mark is a very much different hoy now Mrs Adsell said After being a edutadon ilnss he is expected leave by he end of he ir to rejoin his peers Mark is ind less impulsive before However should Mark or iny other student in similar difficulties not helped it will cost even more is he becomes an unprepared for a place in society Vit ire looking at the costs of prevention versus detention or preventio virsus or hospitalization Landfill motion overruled week i bid for work on siti I- beyond now molion tailed or work to In until studnsonsids ind I are iseertimid Cabinet supports OMB corridor must be zoned The drill wnk Drilling on sites I and is cost Mi rex found in achate tests continue on Credit Traces of he chemical Mir ex were found in he from a landfill site adjacent to the Speed in the ministry of environment Cambridge district officer Michael Cannct slid of similar testing for in the Georgetown section of the Credit River arc not available although samples from both rivers were taken lOBelher almost a month ago Ministry officials say Inter pre live reports stating si oris of the ana Is is of leach ale sediment walcr and fish from both the Speed and Credit Rivers may be released wiihln a week According to a Cambridge ministry of natural resources fish and wildlife supervisor is chemically the same re placed Mirex in the of plastic pastes at Inmont Georgetown Mi ret and are the same chemicals Ihey just have different names sold Doug Howell adding Mircx Is a trade name for a pesticide and are fire rctardants used Mlrex from 1G63 lo 1968 Ihen subs til uted il now Dcchloranc Plus Head of water minagemcnt for ministry environ mcnl John said I here Is Inadequate Information on to determine whet her it contains a cancer causing agent Mlrei found to be linked with cancer In rats Ministry officials agree de tection methods of In fraction of a part per billion can be traced claims Mr Car and However no one int by the Herald can define the differences between Mircx and one ministry of environment lal admitted It possible both and Mires are be ing delected by Mlrex get ling all the blame He added If experiments to differentiate between the two chemicals are being conducted he Is unaware of them Mr said the purpose of river lests far Mirex is lo protect humans He ex plained the from the land fill site where the dumped may drain the the fish and cause bad long term effects to people who consume the fish At this lime research Is Inadequate warn people a gainst fish from the Credit fapced Rivers he Inmont despite in complete information on pos dangers of Plus are laking precautions engineers hove been to design an improved dusl control tern which hopefully will erase the need for four employees wear masks a company spokesman says When engaged In mixing the powdery chemical Plus workers wcjr masks for The plan s system meets stand but may nol meet future standards Sherman plant manner sild prnwmnl has Or Municipal Hoard rulue tin lie iximpled Inn fo Reed questions use of lawyer liurlir gon Julian Heed was In ruse in Ihe legislature our slatus of an Ontario Hydro lawir involved In the of necessity Mr Heed slid Monday he believes there may be a possible In the employment of Thomas Marshall solicitor for the power utility while on loan from the Attorney office Questions directed at Solicitor General John McHcth will attempt to determine whelhcr Mr Marshall Is still In pay of the department or whether he Is being paid by utility Ontario Hydro is a crown corporation under the terms of the Power Corporation should be considered a third party Mr Heed said Mr Heed questions the use of a govern men lawyer to nil against taxpayers on behalf of a third party Hi will seek Mi assurance the farmers op posing Ontario Hydro planned high voltage corridor will be allowed government counsel on behalf as well Water main approved council gave bird reading to a bill Wednesday authorizing Ihe construction of an eight Inch wittrmnm on the Seventh Line from Maple Avenue to the municipal building cost of the project is which will be financed over IS years by ID mill rate in Hills Mr Mirshall slated at hi hearings of for proposal expropriate land for the lo Milton transmission lint which began Monday in Acton that the nut has idvtscd Hydro to seik a specific zoning from this for the construction of the line The cabinet decision was prompted by in from following town councils refusal to exempt the utility from zoning restrictions which presently would not such construction in Hills Councils stand is the Contending that could have the decision Dick lovil solicitor for landowners affected by corridor charged that the Acton hearings arc as i result unnecessary unless the matter is resolved In Hydros favor Hearing I- deferred makinga ruling on Mr Howl Its assertion as well as a similar argument that the results of hearings of necessity held In Durham three months ago must be made available at scion session Mr Meyrlck said that It might be healthy If his own findings differ from those of Durham hearing officer A Miller when finally presented to Energy Mm Advance polls Advance polls will be open Saturday Nov from am at two locations in Hills for voters who anticipate being from the municipality on election d I oils will be it the municipal building on Ho id at the municipal offices JO Mill Acton Those voting In advance polls must swear an affidavit before the deputy rclur ntag officer hot Ihey will be absent from the municipality on Dec fl Trade Unions based in the are also lo be by ihe committee Committee Chairm Ernie explained that many olhcr clubs and have expressed a desire to help the campaign have apologized for ible to conlnbule due to a of funds The Georgetown Girl Guides Mr promised to in the ongoing clean up operations at arena in lieu of a said thai there has been very little or no support from any Acton groups He further informed the committee that lown treasurer Hay King received official confirm from Tuesday that the has been approved Mr Invited all interested to hilp in the clean up operations by Ian Ward He informed the committee lhat a clean up of hockey lives local residents also met last night in the The will be painling walls and scrubbing floors and equipment beginning Monday he said while working In evening shifts through the week and two four hour shifts on Satur dis Mr Snow suggested that the arena opening ceremonies should feature the unveiling of a plaque In the arena lobby commending service clubs which patfd in the campaign It was decided that admission to the days festivities would take the form of souvenir badges to be purchased at the door for S3 for adults ft SO for students and or children The badges Sykes said can lie bought in bulk for cents each A admission will be charged for the Haiders Gemini game Sales drop 30 due to construction Mirehanls on Acton Mill where for the past six weeks have been driven by all manner of moving roid building machinery hearing the merry jingle of Christmas sales on Iheircosh registers But they are holding on hoping bid wtalher won I delay first coal of asphalt and working harder than ever to keep the customers they have Up and down both sides of ihe street they report sales down to per cent For some of them the Christmas shopping season represents per cent of annual sales and some feel early Christmas shoppers may be lost to Georgetown or Business is not as good as it could be Paul Nielsen told The Herald but It not killing anybody Besides what can you do What the merchants on Mill Streel have done is organize a contest with a J 100 prize for he person who guesses the date and time when the first coat of asphalt goes down In addition there will be the Santa Clans parade Dec II and starling 10 days before Christmas a free bus for shoppers be said The bus will loop Acton on a minute cycle Beginning Monday Dec hours will be extended to m In all the promotion is costing the downtown merchants about he said As additional promotion Mr Nielsen said he would like see bed races on Mill Street after the road gets a surface The final coat of asphalt Is not expected to go down until spring next year Work on is ahead of schedule Mr Nielsen said adding that he bulk of it was in the two blocks of Mill Street east of In places the road was excavated feet ind a was broken but if the weather holds and work crews continue their pace the merchants can mike it Mr Nielsen said Don listen to the doom and gloom guys he said Some arc screaming be re losing the cream host who hivi good relations with their customers irt doing all Our customers arc supporting In s Mcnl Market len estimates business is down per cent But we vc got a he said The only business Is actual town people lown shoppers are staying away you can blame them he said It was similar in when sewers went In on Mill Street Mr said The disruption by reconstruction is just you have to put up with Perhaps one of the hardest hit merchants is Sam owner of the A and Supermarket where sales are down per cent Food won walk five blocks bags of groceries so they Just don come he said Business has not been bad enough that anyone has been laid off but some of the part time help was a bit Mr loch said The reconstruction of Mill Slrcet has the need lo have more parking in the downtown core he said But for the time being there Is nothing more to do to the loss of sales What can you do he asked you hope they II finish it one day The way I figure they should go day and to finish it It been five weeks already Across ihe street at Acton and Cafe business is down by W per cent said who operates the style shop with her husband Ed gar Mrs docsn t blame shoppers tor staying away when the danger of failing off the sidewalk down the roadwoy Is so great I afraid to look when someone docs walk out of the door she said I surprised no one has fallen down Like other merchants Mrs had praise for shoppers who do brave the perils of Mill Street They re taking their lives in their hands she said Any business Is appreciated even with all the dust you keep wiping every five minutes Further up the street at Mosa Pro Bill Morse are as anxious as any merchants to sec the road paved especially as they arc still in first year of operation We had a couple of days when we t bill Mrs Morsesaid When you re in your first year something like this good Mr Morse said There is a back entrance to the store to let customers in steps and railing were built but the Morses sure If they be allowed to keep It once he workmen are Ihrough Another newcomer to the commercial district Is of who necks ago opened The Cupboard Mr sold he still gets shoppers from Georgetown Ac Ion sales per da re dropping down percent Hopefully they won keep on drop ping he said Barber Pete said he is losing the walk in trade who decide to get a haircut when sec no one is waiting but what is imounts is peanuts compared other Il not so bad people are going iround with long hair he said but what else can you do Everybody knew what was going to be done lie felt reconstruction of Mill Street should have started earlier about month earlier so it would be finished now he said Taking entire in a light philosophical view Mr quipped Its a hairy business Sales also have dropped at and Alma shoe store about per cent Mr said They praised the loyalty of customers who still made il downtown although women with baby car and senior citizens ore rare sights on the street these days MP proposes riding name change MP Ross Milne is seeking a change in the name of the proposed redistributed Brampton Hills riding In a private member bill filed Tuesday the number of Parliament calls for the ies final ton to be changed to Brampton Mr Milne in a telephone conversation said II change is proposed lo more correctly reflect the redistribution of ridings in this area The lecloral Boundaries Commission announced the change in June after review of ridings throughout Canada following the 1974 general election There be a possibility that mended changes in the riding distribution may not occur because of legal action taken by some MPs from Northern Ontario Mr Milne said the MPs ore concerned over Ihe reduction to 11 of existing in region Picket pays top dolkr for heifer TOHONTQClaude Picket Georgetown together with a man from Italy spent Nov 17 In purchasing a heifer at this years Agricultural Winter Mr Picket and bought Oak Itldgcs Hoc and Barb a January 1975 heifer at the Itoyal Canadian Sale which topped all auctions for registered purebred livestock Twenty five head were sold at the auction for for an average of The purchased heifer was bred Boss Citation It and consigned by A Ladina and Sons of Cremona Itlay Barb a dam recently sold public auction for world record price of