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jj Larry WEDNESDAY JULY 1977 Home Newspaper of Hills IN REPAIRS HOME UNCOMPLETED The paper reaching more homes In Bylaw infractions under investigation Hilda Barrack and her Third Line neighbor Archie Brown renewed efforts Monday to have council resolve a three- year old battle over bylaw contraventions that have loft Barrack home badly in need of repair Though somewhat reluctant at first since the dispute had been tossed out of the bers several times already council agreed to have the town solicitor investigate In an emotional appeal during which he pointed out Mrs Barrack s falling health directly linked to stress Mr Brown told council the homeowner has suffered enough and demanded mediate action Citing ten separate con of the town building bylaw and six reported fire hazards and affirming council legal obligation to rectify the problem he claimed that routine and special inspections by town officials of the Milton home have left no one satisfied contrary to council Glen residents protest dry silty water wells Lack or water in wells on Karen Drive in Glen Williams prompted council Monday to suggest closing down a Mountclalr Development construction site until the water problem is solved Tuesday morning however when The Herold visited the site work on digging a sewer trench was still proccding and the reporter was told that it had been decided to let the work be finished and see what arrangements could be made to provide water for the of fee led Karen Drive residents The work is scheduled for completion by Friday Word Coun Miller said that a water line was being run from a hydrant to the two houses where the wells had dried up Since the damage is already done Mr Miller felt it was best to get the trench finished and see what measure were needed then to correct the- situation A was to be on the site yesterday to in vestige measures to repair the damage The hook up municipal water is only temporary Mr Miller says A partner in Mountclair Developments George Gray says that he has been providing the affected residents with potable water since their wells dried up last Thursday He feels that the wells will return to their normal once the trenching is complete and the pumps needed to dry up the trench ore shut off He says that the wells recovered about five inches of water over the weekend since the site closed down Thursday afternoon and is confident that the normal foot and a half of water will return when the construction is finished If this docs not happen he would then consider deepening dry He points out that it is well that has gone totally dry as the Doe 1 1 well did last week Reject funds embargo on library spending Council voted Monday against a resolution that would have stopped the library board from spending any more money or making any plans until the Ontario Municipal Hoard rules on the town choice of a new library site in Cedarvate Ward Roy Booth who proposed the recom men dot ion said that in his opinion it is unwise to go on spending money on the project until the has reached a decision Booth feels that Ihe will probably call a public hearing on the matter within a month time Ruby attended the council meeting on Monday to put the Karen Drive resident concerns before the group She said that these same residents had come to council when Develop ments purchased the properly in 1975 and asked if the new homes would affect cither their water supply or their septic tanks At thai time both council and various engineers had assured hem that it would not Yet three days the sewer trenching began on June their water supply began to Some wells on Karen Drive went down as much as two feet she said Others dropped less The well went completely dry last Wed ncsday Mr Gray had water brought lo their well Mrs said but it seeped away again At present they have a small amount of water in their well Ward Peter suggested that in addition to bringing in water the residents needed rccep- since their wells t holding it He also reminded council that unless they got legal advice they might be Involved in a cross liability suit for shutting down the project as they proposed A further council meeting was scheduled for last night hear the hydrologist report and discuss with region representatives who is responsible for supplying water to the Karen Drive residents Mr charged Council has con latently refused to answer a constituent communications Council has through its building department broken the Municipal Act and the Hills building bylaw Urging council lo ait now and avoid future legal ex Mr meeting between the town and Mrs Barrack solicitors so that a settlement can be reached While he did not specify a financial rclm for the house unfinished slate Mr Brown indicated such a settlement could mean the recovery of the estimated In repair Mr Brown three year history of the dispute noting that Mrs Barrack ran into a similar problem with some Mississauga properly but quickly found solution with the help of the builder in In Hills however he said builder who signed an agreement with Mrs Barrack has failed to meet any of her specifications lor the house instead erecting an entirely different house than had been contracted The new house was to have been completed in and Mrs Barrack s home was sold soon after The new house was not finished on time however so the builder suggested she live In a hotel at his expense The hotel bill was not paid and Mrs Barrack found herself homeless until the builder invited her to move into the unfinished house contrary lo his agreement with the town The house was never finished Subsequent court action the builder still left Mrs Barrack some short of the amount needed to complete the job In Sep tember she made her first lo the town Council claimed that fire and building inspections had proven satisfactory and denied her any assistance This project should have been stopped until the building inspector was in possession of proper drawings that corresponded the building under construction Mr Brown said falling this the whole poject should have been stopped on or before the day Mrs Barrack moved In until the building bylaw in fractions and the Ire hazards had been corrected Mrs Barrack latest appeal comes 13 months otter she invited all own councillors to visit the house an invitation which none accepted A CANADA BIRTHDAY BABY ivid Robert Harold Leslie was born on pounds six ounces and both mother and son birthday July I lo the proud expect to return home Wednesday parents and Gary Leslie IB Victoria from Georgetown and District Memorial street Georgetown seven Hospital Hydro hearings resume ICG challenges officer hive months they recessed so that matters of evidence could be resolved by the eourls expropriation hearings or the southernmost section of the Bradley to Georgetown corridor resumed Monday Robbery attempt Two males currying known objects and wearing nylon stockings over their heads approached an attend ant at the Canadian Tire Gas Bar on Street early Thursday The frightened attendant screamed striking one of the males on the face with a mop then ran to Mountninview where he phoned police ine maics in a silver ruck with black stripes which police later located The attendant described one mate to officers as being five foot six with black hair wear blue jeans hard block shoes blue denim vest and blue checked shirt The six hour session began it hid ended Jin with Art a planning con lor Ontario Hydro continuing his on the utility intentions in its lection of particular line and Solicitors for Hilton Hills landownirs the corridor proposal wasted little time challenging hearing Donald Meyrick s right to chair the proceedings They their objections on the premise that Mr reiwr on the central section the corridor route released last neck might prejudice his views on the current hearings Mr reported lo Minister James that had established the necessity for the kllovolt and its placement through bast Luther and Gnratraxa Townships during lie hearings held in March Construction of the northern third of the corridor was approved by Mr Taylor fallowing reieasi March of a similar report on another public hearing held in Durham John who ing the anil corridor Interested Group it the charged it is lontinuinf challenges which Hydro el Wishes the need for Bradley to Georgetown route The citizens has independent studj of alternate routes for the pist four Mr w is to question solicitor Thomas itshall of oncemlnf the various routes considered as w ell is Mr Marshall s plans for its in The ehairmin questions ire expected to be answered Tuesdiy The Introduction of evidence pertaining lo ilitrnite routes ordered in May by the Court of will the current hearings from two preceding sessions and could help sway the hearing officer final judgement SPECIAL STUDENT SEMINAR Educational trend to individual learning YESI THE GLEN PUTS ON A GOOD SHOW This sadeyed Basset Hound was one of I people turned up to lake part In the all the many pet entered in contests Friday in day events and fun For more pictures Glen Williams marking Canada Day and the page Queen Silver Jubilee More than Herald The trend of educating child in Is away from the assembly line approach to wards stressing children as individuals this movement has meant that the board of education has lo include In regular classes children who previously were segregated and designated special dents A special education student is one who for one reason or another says teacher Bob Crawford t fit into what seen as being normal behavior Crawford was one of three special education teachers leading a day long workshop last Wednesday at Centennial public school to about 150 elementary teachers with how they could identify and help special educallon stu dents In their classes The others during the Professional Development day were David Wright and Char ma Be- longer Crawford specialty is be havior and with an assistant child care worker he has a class Ml George Kennedy pub lie school of eight students drawn from Acton Milton and Georgetown His Is the only behavior class in north A special education child In behavior has more extremes of behavior ranging from withdrawn lo hyperactive he Included are the train able mentally retarded the slow learner or general learn disability and the SLD or specific learning disability which covers vision hearing or Impaired speech problems The workshop was mostly elementary teachers because they can Identify the needy student sooner he said The child hearing or can see the blackboard or is having I rouble assimilating what the leather teaches doesn know he perceiving things the wrong way This service helps the teacher pick up and program for them In the case of a child with a behavior problem assessed and diagnosed on an individual basis Crawford says Information Is from source ally the services of the board the teacher and child meet and after a short period or getting to know each a treatment pro gram is worked out by the principal Ihe vice principal the teacher and the assistant and a member of the board department The idea in a general be havior class is lo eliminate the behavior he says llmatciy to modify it enough so the student cm reenter the regular stream There arc four special cation clnsscs in behavior in Ha lion with two more sche duled for September Does this mean there ore more behavior problems In class room The answer to that question is like the to the question of whim came first chicken or the egg Craw ford confesses However teachers are now more aware of the problem and the seeing Ihe need has established programs for the children he says When a child comes into a special education class the idea at the back of mind is that they will go back to the regular situation he says Special education classes arc a transitional period never on end in themselves Crawford ruled ihe day long workshops as a pretty good day f was pleased by Ihe fact that teachers had such positive attitude They knew it wus not going to be easy he said but they arc going a head to work It out Following presentations by the three special education teachers or facilitator as they were called tho with their principals broke up into small groups to discuss the problems in Ihclr own schools You sec a problem or a need Crawford says you meet it That why the child is there that why you are The hope is that you meet it enough so he llhc special student can move back the regular classroom Picked Up In Passing Coordlnafor named Mrs fcvelyn Heap has been mined for the adult i in Hills Council returned all gunrd to their same posts for the 1977 78 school year Acton study called Council pi resolution Monday asking the Region to do on wiys of expanding the water pollution control int in If this study Is not done council it will tin Inaction as evidence that the region doesn want row in a similar manner to the rest of Hilton Two escape injury Two Acton redden escaped injury in an accident on Highway west of Road Milton Ontario Provincial I report identified the drivers of two thicks is I in IS jby and Jano i n the two v hides totaled Project dates announced Hilton Authority has innounced that an unit senior citizen ipirlmcnt building should be completed by fair- spring in Georgetown senior citizen 1 1 ilding in Acton for late fall 1978 Under the senior housing program tenants live in self i ip and pay rent geared to income leqnreu are that a person has reached their frith 1 rtl 1 mi me ye ir residency in the municipality r inform Housing Authority 1 Colonel inchief named ftietluki Kent been mined Colonel inChief of the Lome The announcement was made in the ilh rs J released as part of anmicr irvtthurl ns for Queen Elizabeth notifie the regiment was made during the Color ceremony held at the units reunion in r in A move up for Reed MPP m lit el up in Ihe the wi rid it irk Heed who successfully heldthelliltMi June provincial on is mcicd up to a front row seat nearest the of the hirst elected in Mr Heed is the 1 ert critic off opposition and previously it in row Wlntario grant f I Kilo the Hi mi ted grants for groups I In release this week iiion funding body reports in Hills recreation department us equipment to the i of sound SI l jo to tint Georgetown Stouts for to I hi ird Island Georgetown lb ill leiin also received to the Opponents name lawyer i us who list week filed icipil seeking a do hi rary project on petition all other that Georgetown i it the interests of the Bike road race Caledon and liltinln Club villi host the 1977 1 it Championships this School at the the Terra Col la Road on ir lap course i finish the school shine Hole in one scored Hi it lifttiu i Hull for i hole in one e inn I J Hi mil 1 me house June 29 is of fmrsnine at Acton Meadows Mr Hamilton sink m no with i driver on the par four tW ninth Ink the ether golfer were Ron Cash lknr Hum Curt Roberts Nurses graduate course ib ls J registered nurses irl ijfromDr John Bell last mil District Memorial Hospital course is offered us an option for nurecs to further their education