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YOUR MORNING SMILE The most popular record the juke box taoas ter and frill la regular bom to lata at office WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 1917 Home Newspaper of Halton Hills THIRTY TWO PAGES The reaching than Focal seeks citizen support fairness for proposal A developer seeking to build 1 housing units south of Georgetown Silver Creek has called on Hills citizens to demonstrate basic fair and support for the central issue between Hills and Focal Proper ties Ltd which seeks deve lop acres of land on cast and west sides of Mountain view south is can one contracting party an a receive his benefits under a contract and then deny Ihe other side his S B Mc Laugh In says In an open letter published In The Herald today The proposal has been pine before the Ontario Municl pal Board OMB for al and the developer has filed suit in the Ontario Supreme Court for past agreements to be honored Focal Properties which acq Dclrex Developments in argues that an agreement between and the for town of Georgetown gives it right to develop lands in the Silver Creek area ahead of developments proposed for other areas of Georgetown The agreement which Mr McLaughlin quotes in part in his letter calls for he says approval of the Focal plan because conditions set down farlhedeveloporweremel He says Georgetown council ap proved transfer of the agree in 1965 protecting his company rights The major benefit to the municipality was the op Li on to acquire acres of viced industrial lands at an acre being only a fraction of their cost let alone their worth he says Only 135 acres were taken by Georgetown under the agree ment with the remainder being quit claimed by the town fol lowing the sale or industrial lands for General Fireproof and Economy Forms The lown had bargained for and received an outstanding opportunity to build George industrial assessment base wlih its benefit to residential taxpayers He says lhal since George town annexed the Cleave Hep burn and Wright farms chang the official plan design a lion to residential from culture the town has consist refused to complete its balance of its obligations by refusing to amend the official plan reionc properly or into an engineering a Without coming any con elusions on municipal morality or good faith it must be apparent lo the reader that this groS3 injustice can no longer be tolerated by the company Mr Mclaughlin During the period that Focal Properties stood waiting cm ply handed council per milled approval of other dev plans within George town The children who were enrolled in Grade 1 in January will be entering next year and still He calls the only alternative lo development by his firm as high density Infilling within the already built up area and thai the ramifications of such policy ore not under stood by the majority of ciliz An official of the firm said earlier last week in a telephone interview that high density infilling is a major point not being recognized by many Hal ion Hills citizens He said this type of development would increase raffle in the core and that by the lime approval were made there would be little choice left for residents living near these developments Mr McLaughlin says his company has no Intention of building a high densitv but we do Intend to add much to the quality of life in Hills If the socalled concept of population pollution had been enforced In 19C0 over onehalf of the population of the town would not bo living in and enjoying the amenities or Georgetown today he says A large issue arising from the dispute between Focat Pro perties and Hills Is the right of all citizens to afford able accommodation and rights of Ihelr children lo live in a neighbourhood of NO DECISION ON HERITAGE GRANT Acton hall project needs town funds The fate of the old Acton town halt has been thrown back into the hands of HIUs council it was learned on Monday The Ontario Heritage dation announced will make no decision on grants for the preservation of the building before council commits funds to the project Doug a member of the Save The Town Hall Com mil lee said the Ontario Iter la Foundation has deferred the decision on its grant for the Aclon hail until such time as the municipal council de Urates Its willingness to make a much more reasonable financial contribution to the implementation of this project and to its subsequent manage merit The announcement has caught the Save the Town Hall Committee unprepared ac cording to Yvonne Two or three of us in the group were pessimistic enough that we t make plans on what to do next Wc probably won tmcet a letter from the foundation giving us more specific details of what they want from us Mrs Hose nqu 1st said the committee would be looking other things for an indication of how long a defer ment on Its decision the dation is offering The Toronto mail is blamed for hold up written notification of the decision and it mav also hold up the committees meeting until after Christmas she says Since the foundation expects council to become involved in the project she feels that it is probable that the committee will be approaching council in Wlnlano grant it was learned although the members have discussed go door todoor seeking pled from residents after Christmas II was also learned that in its brief to foundation the committee said Hills council might possibly to the project Mrs said thai Pat nek Cole prepared the bulk of GDHS STUDENTS FOR PRIVACY Studu i oft and district high school are circulating pent in school that they expect lo present to Mike Furlong by Friday The the principal for assistance for those students who live more than two miles from the school and must therefore pay about year for bus transportation addition the petition asks lhal the school cafeteria be off limits for the principal and the teachers We consider this an invasion of privacy says the copy obtained by The Herald You wouldn like us in yours As well the petition points out that teachers are permitted smoke in the school and requests the same right for students If you would prefer not to have an indoor smoking area for the students then allowing teachers to smoke in school should be banned Teachers can start fires just as easily as students The petition calls upon the principal to have an assembly to tell the students what decision the lion has decided upon Principal Mike Furlong told The Herald In a telephone interview that he has no comment on the petition until he sees and has a chance to talk with students RBG town study Acton wetlands Works committee has re commended that council in struct the town engineer to work with of the Royal Botanical Gardens study wetlands in Acton a view to planting and maintain ing the area as a beauty spot informed com members Monday that the Outreach program run by the Royal Botanical Gardens with provincial funding is a Tree service aimed at mainl and upgrading natural sites as well as beautifying public property Gardens employees will ad vise governing bodies the brief with a few minor revisions from committee members Word 1 feels he wants to hear reaction from residents and other councillors before he offers any comment on lions decision or the ity of council supporting the project financially Although Ward 1 Coun G Pat wants to hear discussion among councillors and reaction from residents before he offers any opinion on council possible action he said his own opinion of project has not changed since it was discussed earlier this year There has been nothing concrete presented to him to change his opinion Their next step pro bably be to come before ell and put In a formal request for help he said I think I know how council fell this summer and if they were sincere in their opinion then I know their reaction now Mayor Tom Hill feels he can not make any comment until he has heard from the commit tee or the foundation but he reminded The Herald that he voted against the third reading of the by la designating hall as a historic site Ward C Patterson said The Acton group have until the end or December come up with the money As I recall when I hey came before council they said they would fund with grants from Win and the Ontario Heritage Foundation and private pied ges As far as I personally concerned Hills has no money to spend in that dlrec Hon Taxes arc already far too high in my opinion Commitlee chairman George Elliott said members arc awaiting the arrival of a letter from the foundation be cause they expect It contain grant money towards the cost of the feasibility study which the committee id prepared earlier this fall Even with grant the committee is behind from WOO to on Ihe study Sales of a print of the old town hall drawn by Daniel Warren are being sold by a telephone campaign In order to make up the deficit and some Acton merchants have offered to sell prlnls withuul ir fort to raise the money pay off the committees debts sort of planting would be best nquisl says in a particular and Committee numbers re will assist in mapping out a sponsible for maintaining a dialogue with council ore which can be followed to pro- George Elliott Doug a specific effect The Yvonne Bert Day program is restricted public Fred Allen and Louis lands only he said Although some committee Ward Coun Rush Miller members were Interested in who has been a strong improving various sites of the restoration project throughout Hills the since lis inception lasl spring committee decided ays lhal he would never sup- pond area in cemetery port of tax dollars as a sort of pilot project to the project learn how the program works Aleegnn originally told us and lis costs Its is that it would cost about WW with the result lo tear down the lownhall he areas may then be considered soys and there has been a a later time suggestion that money we would have used for demolition to the committee to help in preserving instead Bui what out of With ihe municipal complex needing money and all the other projects have we have to figure out our priorities They d need a good solid argument o make me even go along with the 10 contribution Maybe It too bad we l back off on building the fireball addition until the dec the i hall made he adds If It come down now II have to spend several thousand dollars on fixing up the front of It on Willow street Tearing down the hall would save us money in the end because 1 sure It would give the firemen the parking space they need and it would save us having to buy other lands to make their parking lot Defining town job role Mayor Tom Hill has ted four councillors two job descriptions for the position vacated by clerk Ad mlnlstrator Doug Pritchard The councillors are Mike Armstrong Les C F Pat Patterson and Walter The positions arc for a clerk administrator which is Mr title and a management The job descriptions are due from the committee by the end of December It is not the Intention however Mayor Hill told the Herald hat two per sons be hired replace Mr who is going to a position InPentlcton 1 yearold pedestrian injured An II yearold boy received only minor Injuries after being struck by a car on Dec Ronald Green of Georgetown was walking backwards along the side of Sideroad going with he flow of the traffic when tie was struck by a car driven by Kenneth of Toronto Police sold the car driven by Mr had been on near the 10th line trying to climb up a hill Because of the poor road Itlons resulting from the first major storm of the winter the circoutdn I make it up hill The car reversed down the hill backing line Ihe driver Intending to return in the direction from which he RELAXATION Attendance was down for the United Senior Citizens first time A folk group from Holy Cross Church provided Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic on Monday Only entertainment for donors during the evening and are seen turned up this lime whereas there were over the last hero as Red Cross employees packed units of blood for clinic Flu and colds caused most of the 20 rejections The shipment clinic attracted new donors 13 of those for their very Policeman appeals demotion Jason Field who wo convicted Friday of using ex force will appeal the verdict to the police Commission its Dec meeting Field pleaded no to a charge of using excessive force which stemmed from an in May In which Gary Sparling of Acton alleged Ihut Meld struck him In the after a high speed car chase The charge laid under ihe Police Act was originally as reduced police chief KcnSker rctl heard the evidence In the first public hearing under the Teacher talks stalled Contract talks Ion school board and Us ichors arc The talks were after a brief meeting Wedncs day and no date has been set forllieirrcsumption Sherk the Georgetown reluming along trustee who heads the salary the collision look place negotiating committee Police Act in years As a result of the conviction Field will be from In first class at a loss in pay of St However lie motion will not ike until any appeals filed by Field or hi lawyer have been concluded At the time of the Incident I was supervising a toon of men Sparling and a companion were apprehended by Gordon Turner after high speed car subsequent foot chase The two were relumed in Turner cruiser Sparling testified that Field ordered him out of the car and opened door Once he was Sparling Held struck him across Ihe side of the heid Reulens president of Police Association sild stands behind and will to support him Both Held and were in favor of ing lh hearing opened In he public which Is permissible under the Police IF accused agrees Held is an IB year police veteran with previous on forces in Campbell ford and He joined Georgetown Police Force in 1966 and became a member of Regional Force with its inception in 1974 He has been a Georgetown res Id for some year DALE CARNEGIE COURSE ALMOST FILLED publisher of Mills Herald is pleased to announce that the world famous Dale Carnegie lOurHt by The Herald will soon be tilled dam will early In the laid dm This I third in nation Hills and the response Mr t has been higher than Thr to lovered the Dale Car course Completion of thr course should make one lo meet the challenge of The course Is presented by rone and Associates under the direction or Teresa Holland district supervisor She and her stair are cod dueling meetings for local companies and clubs Date Carnegie will be holding a breakfast and lunch at the Golf ant Country Club free to area businessmen The lunch will be held It noon Dec and the break fast at 45 a Dec I ii limited and reservations can be made by calling The Herald at 01 or the golf club at 877 choosing at prices not Increased by artificial of housing forced on the citizenry by the political We pride ourselves on Ihe quality of development we have brought to this area Mr McLaughlin says Since Develop mcnls in I960 he says a substantial number of homes In Georgetown have been built by his company Industrial development encouraged and Georgetown Market com plex expanded We donated your water lower site and made church and school lands available be low our costs Approve move to expand offices The special building com of Hills council which Includes all the mem ben of that council passed a recommendation last week endorsing the plans for ex pansionof municipal offices on Trafalgar Road which got lost in the shuffle during the last election A second recommendation colling for Hills engineer Bob Austin and chairman Pete to negotiate with Ihe architect who designed the plans for the expanded facility and on price for redesigning them so thai the project can be split Into a number of phases was also passed but with a slimmer margin The suggestion that another architect might redesign Don Hallfords plans at a better price was squashed by cam from Pat McKenile to the effect that professional ethics might prevent other architects from touching Mr s plans Mike Armstrong feel Ihe is not grabbing bull by the horns when they talked about setting off the addition to the present facilities by a number of years while council set aside funds for building Let s not be Mickey Mouse about it he If were satisfied that there is a need for Ihis lets do it now leave it as a decision for some future council should be done by next March Coun Roy Booth agreed that a decision should be reached soon Do want to provide them with space or do we want to sit on it till the next council comes in he asked If the project goes ahead Coun Booth feels that lot levies should be used to help pay for the complex When the committee the cost of the project town treasurer Ray King said that a i debenture at io per cent or 15 years would cool the average homeowner per Town planner Mario Vendlttl told committee that Mr plan was designed to accommodate all various departments including ex peeled expansion in each Tor next years He said that although the building was functionally designed It was a fairly good quality structure and not something residents would be ashamed of Commitlee members agreed thai the planning department Is the most severely crowded section of the town staff and thus should be included in the first phase of the addition when it is started Councillors C Patterson and Marilyn Serjeantson were absent from the meeting and Mayor Hill and Coun Peter Marks left before the second recommendation was voted 1 on Halton board of education has selected Belly Fisher of Georgetown lis on the Hallon Hills Library Board Following her appointment Thursday Mrs Fisher told The Herald she would be work for Improvements In the building Ihe library contents Betty Fisher appointed to library board and in programs offered She said she would like to sec a service for infirm and belter between the II brary and the hospital In addition she wants there lo be belter between the schools and the library on the lending and access of resource material for She feels the should get inlo programs for dally boys with learning dls abilities and provide better material for bright children Earlier this year Mrs Fish and John I- crgusi filed an objection wlih the Ontario Mu nlclpal Board over I lie funding of a new library building In expand library but costs need be kcpl in mind Her personal point of view Is that IF the existing site can be renovnkd and added onto at reasonable cost It is the best op Ion falling a renovation and it would be better to find site Cedar Ccdarvale Park The objection was hied on the grounds hat a debenture to renovate present library could not be transferred to build a new library on site Mrs Fisher Is also member of a group opposed having the library pnrkhnd She said there Is a need to vale is Inddenutc she said The library board it owns the present site Anallcmatlve she added Is to lake Ihe debenture and build another library where the community wants It but keep the price down Wo can spend a million dollars on a After learning last week that lis chairman is resigning the Hllli library board is faced wlih lost of another long time member this week as separate school board appointee William A the new Georgetown library also intends to retire During the seven years be Mr Boyle feels that it la time has sat on the board Mr Boyle for a change of faces on 1ft was Georgetowns board and he has decided representative to the South against seeking re- Central Regional Library appointment for another tw Board for three years tod year term He Is also diup- chairman of the Halloa Hills pointed the postponement of board from to 197 Mail to the North Pole takes time so letters to Santa arriving by Friday will be published next week