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DON OHEAR1N Hospital controversy continues to rage imu lit HIT unit nil is a the sick and ailing In hi gull in nhildir r There bid a plan for lrnof had parts uuld alto have been iuruic irN I he wh should be in nursing I hi probably opposition and ih press is livings 1o be but linn that hospital lxd It in fail sir if win or now this mess is an old old md is i scene which Leslie Frost from his would without much t Hit root of the trouble of todiv tmi back lot Iheliabit government resihi but illy odd man ah who is it and tries to it Phillips who was miniMtr in Hit late of Phillips was bit of wiuld haw nursing home units Ml three would have it ii had healing a plants perhaps kitchens and would been as mi ptralu is then ituld In plan land still fi r i plan would had in it and rxrh hialih tare first started and unorder form of us there should be in through the pro ii had i and Ik could set a crisis coming in hospital teds Hut even more hi was alert In the need for facilities for urn vales cent chronic care of whom hen even more than 1 Ho ii r al boards ihr in i her I principal political tools Till- Wednesday Mja Pager Economic study to detail region s plans POLICE WEEK Constable Don gave Michael Simpson a little boost while Michael was fingerprinted at Holy Cross School lost week Constable public schools In the area last neck as part Week and talked to students safety and operation or the police force Herald photo Town council okays commercial building Plans for a foot commercial building on High way just west of Acton have been approved by town Council last night Tuesday accepted a planning board recommendation to amend the zoning bylaw so that Clvlero can use the twoacre rural property on the south side of the highway for a commercial venture According to town planning director Mario Vendlttf the site is currently occupied by a large which houses a discount merchandise and bargain store Mr vlero s original application in the construction of a foot commercial building but ran aground briefly when municipal discovered that an error had been made in the zoning bylaw used for purposes the town learn the site remains zoned for rural use only with the com mcrcial designation applicable to an adjacent property The town agreed to switch the two designations and Mr to with his proposal to municipal Concerns over the scale of his proposal Mr Civiero revised plan so that the existing building will simply be expanded to feet A commercial lion for the site would allow him to build a square fool structure Mr staging study which will determine the methods by which Halton region should develop and industrially Is among the ongoing projects reviewed last week by regional council In the first of a series of quarterly reports the region chief administrative officer Ernie Held brought council up to date on the status of seven separate objectives defined for Hal ton in February According to the objectives regional council is to im plement Halton first official plan plan Halton economic development provide engineering services involving sewers roads and solid waste management formulate a long term capital budget establish and implemenl a sewer surcharge policy meet the social and health care needs of all residents develop staff potential and efficiency and complete work on the new regional headquarters EMPLOYEE TRANSFER Transfer of an employee to department of business development during March made it possible to initiate the Economic Staging Study Mr reported Business development of ficer Marshall has arranged for a private con suiting firm to undertake the REACHING FOR THE TOP enjoyed In recent weeks The Herald photographer them reaching for the top of this eld tree In Glen Williams study Mr Held explained which will take inventory of local factor prepare an Industrial analysis of resources and ultimately formulate a plan of action The results of the study will assist council in planning future economic growth Mr field also informed council that staff has all policies set out in official plan assigned them to eight departments determined departmenal priorities and drawn preliminary con elusions as to their cost and manpower Implications OFFICIAL PLAN The official plan remains in the hands of the provincial government awaiting final approval by the ministry of housing With regard to the region sewerage servicing com mltments Mr noted that solicitor and public works director are reviewing current subdivision proposals to make sure they are con with long range vicing goals Terms of reference have been established for council s new solid waste management committee which has thus far held three meetings Mr Held said The committee Is studying reports on site selections for a proposed resource recovery facility waste quantities and characteristics and markets for recovered waste In addition the regional solicitor Is preparing terms of reference for obtaining proposals from the private sector on establishment of a waste management program including a facility he said The region a road reclassification study appears likely to be tabled until the provincial ministry of and com munlcations has completed a subsidy reevaluaHon study Mr Held said Since the ministry expects to complete lis study by the fall he added regional officials are hopeful that road can be presented for councils con Bldcration by the year a end GUIDELINE APPROACH The guideline approach used with the operating budget this year has been extended to the capital budget process he noted Some delay may occur in information required from the study on capital con tributlons which la required to complete projection Also further delay Is anticipated because of pending legislation on capital con We may have to proceed with estimated figures instead of the details the consultants report will provide Mr Held reported that the region treasurer will be meeting with officials of the area municipalities before preparing his report on the new sewer surcharge proposed by council or implementation next January The surcharge policy if approved by council will see all four areas paying equal amounts for work done on sewer systems Mr Held also commented on recent meetings between regional staff members and officials of Halton a children a service and senior servicing organisations Recent decisions by council be noted have seen extensive Im provcmenls to health care services and senior citizens facilities slated for the near FLYING HIGH Heather Clark placed third in two events at the Peel last week Here she files through the air in long jump and she was alio third In the 100metres hurdles for senior girls Herald photo GEORGETOWN CINEMAS IUS SPECIAL LIMITED ENGAGEMENT OF FUNNIEST MOVIE EVER MADE HELD OVER I OLIVIA AND THE WIIKDAYI AT is the word