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Traffic blocked for three blocks Traffic was re routedaround a threeblock section of Act Main Wed evening as volunteer firefighters tackled a smalt but apparently damaging fire that has forced the closure of the Shoe Store Deputy Fire Chief Bob Hyde declined to give any details about the cause of the fire or the extent of damage saying only that the matter is under investigation A Iteg Police Constable was stationed outside the Mill Street shop to guard against unofficial entry of the pre mis Another fire department of ficial said the Ontario Fire Marshal Office is the blaze By slanders watching the blaze said the who lived in the apartmenl above were not home when the fire started The coll to the Acton flrchall was made by the owners upon their rclum after from a neigh boring residence There were no injuries reported Police promptly blocked off traffic access along Mill Slreet between Willow and Frederic Streets while volunteer f ignore brought the blaze control Smoke billowed out througha hole in the roof at the side of he building above a private doorway for more nan two hours This morning the shop win blacked by smoke revea led nothing of the of damage inside Ironically the store is located next door to the municipal office buildings where Fire Chief Mick Holmes currently on vacation con ducts much of his business CVCA seeks okay for flood repairs me staff of the Credit Valley Conservation Authority has re commended that the authority and Hal Ion Regional chairman Morrow be authorized to take whatever action they deem necessary to help ate the problem of flooding in Glen Williams The staff has been monitor lng the ice conditions in he Credit River in Glen Williams and In light of the high risk of Ice Jams which may result in flooding depending on the weather conditions they have recommended that Mr Mor row and the authority be to do anything sary including blasting to help alleviate the problem The water management ad vlsory board has Included in the budget to cover any work necessary to ease the problem The board also received a report on the paper mill dam which said that removing the dam would reduce but not eliminate the problem of ice- jamming The report also said that removal of the dam would aggravate the problem further down stream Critical meeting Tonight meeting between the Hal ton separate school board and its teachers may prove to be a key meeting says the chairman of the board negotiating com Hartley says some progress was made at a 10- hour negotiating session lust Saturday This was mostly In the area of operating clauses he says Neither side has changed its position about money matters Bob Boyle chief negotiator for the teachers said last week that he would consider calling a strike vote if Saturday meeting produced no progress The teachers have been without a contract since September Prayer Day March 3 Community Spin l in Mod Living will be the of this year World Day of Pray service to be held on Friday March 3rd 1978 at at St John United Church Georgetown OBITUARY James Fred Edwards James Frederick Fred Ed wards Perth for years died Feb In Toronto Western Hospital after a thy illness Mr Edwards was a Georgetown resident in his youth Mr Edwards a graduate of the University of Toronto was first elected to the provincial legislature as the Progressive Conservative member for Per Eh in IMS and represented the riding until his defeat In 1H7 He retired as a 1st in four years ago He was a shrine and a member of the Masonic Lodge Mr Edwards is survived by his wife the former McCartney and a daughter of Toronto Funeral services were held Monday at United Church l97Bs service of worship and reflection marks sixtieth 160th such annual observance In Canada as part of a Day of Prayer around the world more than com in Canada alone arc expected to observe this year Day of Prayer This years program Is unique in that it has been prepared by Canadian women for the first time since 1932 and because the service has been In French as well Our life in Canada Is ming a fuller and richer one as people of many cultures many races many creeds and many tongues have come to make their home here As Canadians we call our brothers and around the world to share their lives with us and with one another so that all of humanity may grow Into unity and wholeness through fellow ship with one another nous a un mondc une commu our amour el la Representatives from the Christian Reformed Holy Cross Knox Presbyterian Mountalnview Baptist St An drews United St Georges Anglican and St Johns United Churches will be participating In ihe service of worship Everyone cordially invited to share in this ecumenical service a 4 fiWr- A LIFE SAVED Photo By Taylor A chain of human volunteers hauled diver Dave Berry from the icy waters of I- airy Lake In Acton during a demonstration of the methods for getting out of hot water after tailing through thin ice Tin demonstration was organized by the Hills Recreation Department using information provided by the Canadian Red Cross Dive Berry Dale trunks and Walter Nobel of the Scuba Trik wire the divers who allowed themselves to be rismed from the ley water Mr Berry estimated that the water t permit the dlvirs to remain in longer than 1j minutes wearing wet suits and rubber hand and feet covering NEC chairman explains plan CHAIRMAN Niagara Escarpment Com This Is an overview of the Niagara Escarpment Com Proposals for a Niagara Escarpment Master Plan These proposals have been prepared to provide for the maintenance of the Niagara Escarpment and land in its vicinity substantially as a continuous natural en and to ensure only ouch development occurs as is compatible with that natural These are proposals only and will be the subject of discussion with municipal councils advisory com mil tecs provincial ministries and the public before a proposed Plan Is drafted for formal hearings It will come as no surprise to note that the Commission is proposing a continuous scare designation stretching from Falls to Tobermory at the tip of the Bruce Peninsula as a basic land use designation This identifies prominent surface slopes and burled portions the geological escarpment The policies propose Its preser vation as a continuous natural environment Overlying this and ex tending about metres on either side there is a scarp designation This Is provide a protective buffer on cither side of the and development In this area will have to be carried out with a careful consideration of Its effects on the scarp environ menl As over per cent of the Planning Area is of a rural character the Commission task Involves principally rural as opposed to urban planning It Is fair to say mat until recently most planning In Ontario has been con on the urban areas Thus there remains much new ground to be broken There are four dominant designations that make up the bulk of the rural area In the Commission s Proposals These arc Special and Mixed Agriculture General Rural and Forest The Special and Mixed Agricultural areas combined make up per cent of the total area The Special Agricultural areas Identify land with a high capacity for special crops such as the tender fruits and apples The Mixed Agricultural areas identify good quality Class 1 or or equivalent lands that arc not Special Agricultural areas The policies in these Proposals are directed to preserving these lands for agricultural use The forest areas make up per cent of the total area These lands are now forested or ore reverting to forest and have been assessed as having a capability for timber production The policies In the Proposals aim to preserve the tree cover not only for the future commercial value also for the great environmental and scenic benefits of forested areas 23 per cent of the Planning Area has been designated as General Rural These lands are the lower quality agricultural lands Classes to The policy Proposals are to permit a limited scale of rural development Including rural residential at the discretion of The commission has been charged with designating areas for mineral extraction and has done so The Com mission has proposed that the existing licensed areas largely the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Wednesday February I Baetz agrees to study area hydro corridor Energy minister Reuben agreed to study the Bruce Milton 50oKv hydro corridor after a meeting yesterday with members of the Interested Citizen Group I ICG Mr has stated that it is his desire to Improve communications between Ontario Hydro the ministry of energy and the people John Minns an ICG spokesman said Mr has previously stated that if a hydro lino is to be built In someone back yard he has to be told why The meeting with the ICG lasted approximately 3 hours and covered a number of the concerns expressed by opponents of the corridor The primary question asked of Mr was why the people hove been denied on independent study As an answer in part the minister replied We can turn clock back all way but vc wlllexamincwhat alternatives The alternatives includt a discussion of the technical economic and political options that may remain available In the technical field the with any additional In formation that systems planners from Ontario Hydro might offer The ICG moy be invited to take an active part in this study The Slater Report contended that serious deficiencies exist in the presently proposed Bruce to Milton corridor system and lhat better options are available Arthur Hill of Ontario Hydro disagrees saying that Slater did not consider all the facts One of ihe purposes of this forum would be to examine all available information and consider pertinent facts of the Bruce line The has also of to receive a list of the specific areas of concern of a number of the citizen land owners and the questions that have remained unanswered over the past five years These include hydro property acquisition practises and field conduct the possible hazards and safety aspects of the line the environmental and social impact and the effect on agriculture Mr Minns said Mr Baetz has indicated a willingness to Investigate credible alter natives which the ICG finds encouraging The minister has undertaken to reply to ICG cochairman John Schneider within hours as to the procedure the forum might take Ister will the of setting up examination forum to com pare the Independent con report submitted by Slater Energy Consultants Lions aid tourney Georgetown Lions have taken on the part of the sponsorship for the International Bantam Hockey Tour to be held during the school break in March Chairman Harry Levy will be assisted by Lions Club Secretary Jack Usher and five other committee members The I ions will canvass the com for ads in the souvenir programs which besides the gate receipts is the mam source of Income In the cost and prizes for the tournament winners Fares increase GO Transit will raise its fares as of April The Toronto Area Transit Operating Authority says the in crease is necessary because fare revenue has not kept pace with escalating costs even though patronage has grown In covering be continued with the ex that the distance from the scarp for which extraction Is now prohibited will be In creased by applying the Scarp Protection policy New areas have been designated for future mineral extraction but these have been selected so as not to use forested lands good agricultural lands or to disrupt important environmental or cultural areas scenic areas and areas proposed for public acquisition Strong controls arc proposed as part of the licensing procedures Some acres 12 acres of It already licensed have been proposed for designation The focal point for new mineral extraction areas yet to be opened up is shifted northward from Its present position towards the northern portion of the Planning Area The Commission has carried out extensive studies to determine an optimum route for tho Bruce Trail and this route appears as a basic designation In the Preliminary Proposals It has a length of miles per cent of which Is on lands now public No agreement has been reached with landowners for a large Continued on Page GETTING IT READY Rick Van Fleet and Paul are two of built by students of Acton high school In the the volunteers working to get The Mug ready basement of the Murray Memorial for opening night The Mug Is the name which building In Acton The students hope to have has been chosen for the coffeehouse being thecofeehouscopcnforbusineasonMarch4 buy OKd The advisory board of the Credit Valley Conservation Authority has recommended the authority accept the offer of SB McLaughlin Ltd to purchase land lying between the Credit River and Arm strong Avenue Georgetown The board recommended the authority spend for appraisal of the land a proper survey of the property and the legal fees involved In the transaction Basil Noels told the board that massive erosion is causing unnecessary problems to the river and is presenting a hazard to the street He sold the storm sewers at the top of the bank arc adding to the problem The board has also recommended that a preliminary engineering project to study the problem of erosion along the river bank be undertaken and that the cost should not exceed S McLaughlin is the owner of Focal Properties Ltd New art form discovered by high school students Mark sod Scott photograph the different effects produced by the video monitor since It Is virtually Impossible to duplicate pattern They would like to hook up a color television monitor eventually But that In the distant attire Mark said Electronic Rembrandts By I TAYI OH Herald staff writer Mark Robinson and Scott Morrison have discovered a new art form which they call Electronic Rembrandt The discovery was purely occidental Mark Scott are electronics hobbyists and planning to enter the Hamilton and District Science Fair They plan to build a microcomputer and one of the required parts Is a video monitor On a trip to Buffalo Mark acquired a video monitor which had been in use as screen for a tennis game While Scott were trying to hook up monitor they discovered that they could create visual patterns on screen by changing the hook ups of the different wires Since patterns arc virtually impossible to duplicate Mark has been photographing the Images displayed on the screen Images are strongly reminiscent of what was known in the late 1900 as Op Art with highcontrast lines and squorcs Mark said he hopes eventually to be able to hook up a color television monitor photograph color Images The monitor will be disconnected in the near fuluro when the boys build the microcomputer plan to enter in the science fair hope to have the computer plot course velocity and rate of of a ball dropped from a specified height and a teletype printout which will graph all the information shown on the screen The science fair will bo held In April In Hamilton Mark Rob bison left opart design created by modifying the slgnalonthevldeoscreen The monitor was originally a tennis game which Mark bought from The artistic aipectaoltbemacldne were discovered accidentally