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the PER ALP Home N of Helton Hills November 1B79 A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited lot Main St South Georgetown I JO j Ontario Publisher Second Mall Number aiil Surrender to Hydro needs re- It is with mixed feelings we redd of town council readiness to pull out of the hydro battle and to let the crown corporation build its towers on Hills farmland Depending on the outcome of a solicitors report requested last ween by Mayor Pete bylaws could soon come before council that would alter existing land use regulations so that the volt transmission line can bisect the town Concession On one hand surrender on the town part and the general declaration of peace would accompany the signing of treaties with Hydro appears to be the only option remaining Legislative bodies far greater in jurisdiction and power any municipal council have decided that the corridor must go through Tens of thousands of dollars of taxpayers money have been spent shoring up the town front lines in the four long series of battles and skirmishes thai have produced no victories for Hills either moral or legal The best laid plans of the town Halton region and the Interested Citizens Group ICG have failed to draw any widespread attention to the many inequities of Ontario Hydro planning procedures construction program and ex schemes Yet on the other hand our gut level response to Hydro s abusive and personalizing has not changed one iota since the day the Herald first began covering those small community hall meetings of confused worried and angry farmers and other landowners who had just heard of Hydro high voltage plans for their homes and properties The Herald has gone on record several times supporting the cause of the ICG and the many landowners it represents between here and Bruce County We have echoed its contention that Ian downers along the corridor 10r path were cheated by big government deal makers and we Rave defended its efforts as being more than just a small scale at tempt to have the line built on someone else farm We will continue to do so but to what end Hie other night ifltr hearing of the towns to concede defeat to Hydro one ICC member pointed out that having filled to meet all other objectives the citizens The People no less hive managed at le to underline certain glaring faults in planning process While it is perhaps felt only by Hydro itself and certain officials at Queen s Park pressure Ins been exerted during six long costly should prevent the utility from ever trying to railroad a transmission corridor thrugh any part of Ontario again Hydro fried it here and ran into so much strenuous opposition From sophisticated leual experts and uneducated farmers alike that it has taken half a decade to win some initial cooperation from the town involved Indeed by the time the Ontario Municipal Hoard backed the corridor proposal this year s building program nuclear safety commitments and plans to export power to the S were under attack on a host of other fronts outside Hills Whether the ICC continuing opposition to the corridor will produce more appreciable results in the future is a matter that must be clouded with doubt even in the minds of the groups most determined le iders should not hick down regardless of town council decision Popular support among Hills urbin residents would do much for the ICG cause but few from Acton and Georgetown seem to recognize the scale of the and the implications of the corridor completion U ultimately the corridor would affect us all There ire some major differences between this volt megacorndor and those smaller scale hydro lines we see every day crossing the country And unfortunately there is much potential for harm both to physical health and economic livelihood while the spirit of some of our rural neighbors appears to hive already been injured If tlie corridor is completed and if even the most modest of the ICG dire warnings are proven accurate we fear there may be Personal tragedies which lhc ferald must report reluctantly regrettably and knowingly out tar I A our v if Population boom changing character of rural areas Lest we forget Clarks unity overstatement impressed some along with prayed and died In New editor appointed Herald publisher Will mm is pleased to an ounce the appointment of Paul a life long Georgetown resident and se nior report for the Herald for the past months as Editor this newspaper Prior to signing on with The Herald In July 197a Mr Mas a reporter tor the Daily Mercury or three years Mr replaces depart IngeduorMichoclHollelt who recently accepted a com muni cations position with thc Wore man a Compensation Board in Toronto ANNOUNCEMENT PAl I is tut tried 1 pi is ine ft rnttioinl unity argument wis lint CI irks obvious indelibility in denying Quebec s right hi self would be for the nation It would ljbcnl Leader Pierre ircwiJ merely strengthen resolve Quebeccrs loosen their tics with ibcnst or Canada So tar at it not working that Clark m ly lime overstated bit when lie credit for breathing new lift but he clearly impressed Quebec editorial writers with his unexpected flexibility toward the provinces There been a decent Quebec since the youthful prime minister assumed office NO I AM- ARE And with surprisingly little fanfare in Quebec government which received from tin people would lo wilh a provincnl The prime who needs ill he iket lulp hi tan get in Quebec is win some new friend there for reasons one or which wis the use of French in ur traffic control Tin federal governments decision tn provinces control over offshore miner rights along with the election pledge to turn Canada over to the provinces w is jo welcomed History I files Sim I Hit lit led ill net n Si wis the r He Moth of Hie ri I wn t 1 1 Sun Mi tubers f I in f I 1 rial will a il 11 Sunday whin lie pi ikcr will be Rev li Self f T rinlc brother of Ihe Sell ll will be Mr Sells Mo- 1 11 in idi freighter lis is Id 1 in the central mission field hi is Misted fur seven cars OF I Its TWFNTV ppt s lb 1 for I 111 I ill 111 I Sunday rvin Mid he would fields where tit with the 1 si rales Ihe dissoKi i I isl with 1 idults ml juveniles in Mr is County lor in Salter his been jiancj left by Ihe Herb mi hi wl en lln lo School I i protect two wiiif il Ultimo from freezing over lol ignited insnl The tripped of piper and felt ppir- vilhm few All i 1 pounii ill 11 red in A dump fire m mi of lhi fin men miss service it the pb Tin fire which 1 been smouldering on tin Building Product- Ml by he lh hen dam I hi fire lilt sufficiency relurned lo station TtH end strict il niched milt sti 1 rid ly morning when iheir in record The In il opened in June lt house on pertv Slew burned to ll gr during lin of Saturday nine their em iht The bouse bet 11 for ye irs id mt run 1 irefighter hid 1 printing in irbv fire origin w is fiund or the house by lii thief The mini nit ilibirite for fear A SO per cent m seluxil rim per ye lo SI the of a mile I Ihi firsl en dor by squesmi council Mr Them iusc for a if tent in the salines of nil of Ihe It illon School ioirdre per r Ihoe iving 111 of Mrs I meat is a musical play with famous sen en aid st stir Dorothy tumour He is tie the 1st members of Dolly the musical being prodmid links in of Hollywood is plume the but all other ire Hicks students switch in loe ilc Mill set tittle s first Ihoeison at jlesworlhaudilor urn November Hid Tin Simple Man ill be to Wn School due to tin ren ilions it lit gll School iKioi in Mm Region eouncil inn initial to a hill III it mo lid sec S3 spent in tslillislimv building for est it ifiin landfill site 1 strong in Milton town council and rem Group whin litem before Ho ird region il council a recommendation by Mb solicitor Dennis have further comprehensive sludies of the site i mid ic Thi 1 county judge from 1 for unspecified term appoint mi of 1 Joseph to is spokesman for Ihe General office said Town council Mondty night ed municipal staff to proceed with the g of contract for demolition of rval Public School The only Itwn will be for lhc eleaning up of lhc tile which is not ixceed A j3 home subdivision proposed for call of Acton at the former site of the International Dragway x in trouble tea a result of lown councils refusal Monday to grant developer a special concession in its agreement