The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

YOUR MORNING SMILE What An In vent meat Its really too bod a person WEDNESDAY DECEMBER Home Newspaper of Hills twenty eight pages The big paper with the I big circulation read I tint by everyone Reaching more than J homes in J Halton Hilb J says no to hydro hearing adjournment Herald special TORONTO The Onlario Municipal Board has denied a request from Town of Hills to adjourn hear- ings nil I lie proposed Milton hydro transmission hearing on whether lo allow Ontario Hydro to build the power line sou lb of Orange vile to Milton will proceed Jan2 as planned hearing chairman William ruled Thursday morn ing The Town of Kills asked for an adjournment on grounds the had no jurisdiction over Onlario Hyd ro and because it has request- ruling from divisional malic will take one day white the OMB hearings will take two weeks Johan McMillan couns el for Hills told Oyer The hearing will be more costly and timeconsuming she said and perhaps If the court rules in Hills favor You cannot adjourn on the grounds the divisional court will rule in favor of the appell ant Dyer told representat ives from Ontario Hydro Hal- Ion Hills and Interested Citizens Group date has not been net for the divisional court hearing issue is not expec ted come before the court before March Dyer said to wall until after March or OMB hearings which were planned allow II sides to present heir views TENTATIVE AGREEMENT IN TEACHERS DISPUTE Negotiator for Ihe board of cation and Its elementary leach em have reached a tentative agreement In their jenrtong contract dispute The agreement was reached after a marathon bargaining ten ion In Toronto This Is the first time trustees and leacheri talked since negotiations broke oft three weeks ago Toronto economics professor Graeme McKechole was brought In at a mediator at the request the teachers after the release of a report early In December The agreement must be ratified by the board on January the teachers general membership The teachers wont be holding a vote until after Christmas would cause more hardships on the parties Involved In his presentation to the John Parkinson counsel for Ontario Hydro accused the Town of Hills of delaying tactics and said have been sitting on their hands since the heat ings adjourned In July boards direction He said they could have had the matter before the court earlier if Ihey were not delay ing As well he said Hills and he crested Citiz ens Group really believed the had no Jurisdiction over Hydro they would not have attended previous hearings on the matter Pal nek counsel for Interested Citizens Group who supported Hills request read a statement from the mandate say ing it had no jurisdiction over Ontario Hydro matters He called It a fundamental jurisdictional defect and said in effect Ontario Hydro had authority to build lines where ver it wanted regardless of a municipalitys official plans To this Parkinson countered falion Hills was in a dilem- they win the motion Ihc case he said The Town of Hills wants an environmental study done on the effects the propos ed corridor would have on area along the lines II also wants Onlario Hydro to prove the need for corridor CHRISTMAS IS A YEARS SUPPLY OF NEW TOYS dig Into their Christmas Photo by Tony I This Week Surviving the winter Winter is here and with the memory the kind of snowstorm which hit January last year people are I starting lo think about how they con prepare or possibility of getting stranded in a blizzard Geo gel own resident BUI Garrard has been involved In survival techniques for almost years and he shares some lips on how to keep warm dry and fed when storm Page nine Insurance pays the bills Insurance Is becoming more than a way of paying funeral expenses nowadays More and more people are using insurance to provide a retirement income insurance agent Peter La ugh ton told members of Parents Without Partners last week Page Taxi controversy Georgetowns Glen company management and arc currently embroiled in a unionizing dispute that could effect the entire Canadian taxi Industry This week The Herald spoke ihe two principals in the dispute to get inside story Herald editor Michael Ho licit spoke with union president Jock McDowell while staff writer Maggie Hannah spoke with com pany owner Denis Page three driver convicted fined after Acton fatality- Final approval near for McNally apartments A man charged wnh careless in Sepi traffic accident which killed Mosun of Acton was found guilty and fined Thursday in Milton provincial court Hermans Brampton was charged careless driving after his car struck and killed Ms Sept while she was riding The accident seven tenth of a KM cast of Corners west of Acton on Highway 15 am Mr Hermans pleaded not guilty to the charge of careless driving The judge for the trial was Judge John Robinson In reaching a guilty verdict Judge Robinson said he was salislfed on the basis of evid ence Mr Hermans was not driving with due care and attention and with due regards other people on high way DEFENCE K Harris defense counsel for Mr Hermans argued a and blinding sun which Mr Hermans faced dri ving combined with new ly laid darkcolored asphalt which Increased glare from the sun lack of any line markings on the newly const ructed road a row of onco ming Irnftic and a crest in Ihc road prevented Mr Hermans from seeing the until Ihc exact time when his car struck Ms Moskun Mr Harris also said Ms Moskun was directly in Mr Hermans line sight wllh sun which made il difficult for Mr Hermans see Ms Mosk- Judgc in announc ing verdict said testimony Constable Jules of Ihe established the accident scene was visible to an cast bound driver facing the sun From approximately footed Thats the approximate length of two football fields aid Judge Judge said eviden ce showed Mr Hermans was overattentive to oncoming traffic and inattentive the right hand side or shoulder of Moskun was riding I never thought of anything else on road besides the oncoming cars said Mr Hermans TESTIMONY Judge Robinson said testi mony by Mr stated he was driving faster the maximum km per hour But it was excessive said Judge And Mr Her mans admitted doing nothing in the way of braking or slowing down before the acci dent said Judge He in witness box he should have started to brake said Judge Robin- Mr Hermans said I look my foot off gas at Ihe top of the just before ihe accident scene I didnt I saw cars coming said Mr Hermans Because of cart and the bright sunlight 1 paid extra attention to cars and kepi as far to the right as t could he said It never entered my mind lhat bicycle could be there said Mr Hermans Hill one of three for the Crown describ ed the accident Mr Hill said he was travelling westbound In his pickup truck and was fac ing away from the sun and approaching the Cor Mayor and members own council have been pulling out all ihc steps in an effort to win a series of eleventh hour approvals Tor the construction of the long de- la apartment complex in Georgetown which will open some rental units to a community badly lacking in rental accommodations regional councillors were suddenly confronted last Tuesday and Wednesday wii a of reports and back ground information about the proposal by Wil liam McNally Construction Ltd to build a massive apart ment complex on Park Avenue near Mill Street where a site formerly occupied by Beaver Lumber has been for residential use Ihe eloper himself was parties blamed for delays in the project in a report prepared for regional council by solicitor Dennis It was Mr McNaltys failure lo revive the project regional level during Ihe past year Mr stated has now given its approval an air of urgency since it was revealed a building permit must be granted for the apart ments prior Dec 31 if Ihc project is to quality for a municipal Incentive grant from the gov ernment MINIMUM DEBATE In addition regional coun cils granting approval to a servicing agreement for the complex as was done Wednesday with a minimum of debate final approvals must be granted by the Ontario Municipal Board and the Credit Valley Conservation jack Mcdowell KB Harris defense counsel said Judge brake Hamlets may be signed but Region wont pay regions public works ttob Moore Dalians director dually losing Ihelr unique Past and future For a look back at the world as it was in and some speculation as to how it might be In and on Into the 1960s see Viewpoint by Herald columnist Gerry I Raiders top Thorold The Georgetown Raiders defeated the Thorold Athletics in Intermediate A action here Friday Page Dal ton regions public works commit has rejected a sug gestion by Hills coun cil lhat hamlets throughout Hie region should be identified by name on roadside signs hut permission may be granted for areu municipalities reel signs at their own ex pense The committee last Wednes day recommended to regional council thai the area munici palities should be allowed to erect signs along regionally- controlled roads Identifying the hum lets within re spective boundaries Committee members balked the suggestion by Hills council that the region should pay for the signs after Hob Moore Dalians director of public works reported that the regions 11 designated hamlets would require signs at cost of from to The committee decided that regional works crews could creel signs upon request from the area munici palities but the areas would have to cover the Mil JEK EXPLAINED Hills Coun Miller explained thai the towns was promp ted by requests from several villagers in the municipality who pointed out hamlets such at Stcwarltown and Glen Williams are gra dually losing ihelr unique Iden tities Committee chairman Ron of expressed hope lhat whatever hamlet signs are erected will be In appearance throughout the region Mr Moore though thai the have no legal as Councillors Miller and Mike Hills will take advantage of the regions stance It approved by council Coun Miller suggested lhat Limehousc and other area villages that are not designat ed hamlets should also be identified on signs GEE SANTA Jny Lawrence had to think about II when Santa asked him what hed done to help his parents during the past year Santa talked to Jay when he visited Ihe kindergarten class at public school Thursday morning Photo by Maggie Hannah Authority The sudden need for approv al of a servicing agreement was brought to the attention of the regional planning and ad ministration committees last week by Mayor who SPECIAL MEETING Page two explained how a battle over tlte allocation of treatment capaci ty at Georgetowns sewage plant during the past few years has stalled a number of major projects In Hills Noting that a number of downtown Georgetown merc hants are hoping the McNally apartments IF approved will breathe new life into the down town business core Mayor Pomcroy told his colleagues on regional council lhal what started out as a million project in now become a project Although Mr McNally In response to a blunt question From regional chairman Jack told planning com mittee Tuesday that he has every of proceeding with the project Mayor a d 1 1 ted the ne council meeuhglhat the town is still not sure whether or Dot approval will be granted bec ause of financial reasons In his report Mr explained that objections from neighboring landowners on Park Avenue failed to stop the OMB from approving Hills zoning bylaw amend ments for the project in Nov ember The approval was made conditional however upon the installation of a ten- inch watermain along Park Avenue A further delay was then instigated by Focal Properties Ltd Ihe development that is still seeking permit ion to build some homes on Georgetowns eastern bord er The OMBs refusal to rec onsider its decision at Focal s request prompted Ihe comp any appeal that decision to the Divisional Court in late 1977 The appeal was dismiss ed The region meanwhile pro ceeded to hire a contractor who would install along Park Avenue and Mill Street for the project at the shared expense of McNally Construction Ltd and reg ion Continued on Page two