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Home Newspaper of Hills Page Tilt ill- It All 1980 A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited I Main South I 11- Ontario Advertising Manager Gravel battle the year ends In dismay It s a sad reflection on our local elected representatives when the first year of their term comes to a close with the news that a group of residents whose problems they have been struggling all to resolve are now considering legal action to settle the matter them selves After visiting the town council chamber several times during and sharing conversation and correspondence with both municipal and provincial authorities residents of the Sixth Line near still have plenty of for anger over the abuse of their neighborhood by corporate and public interests With the town allegedly stymied by the legislative muscle of Jim Snow s ministry of tran sportation and communications and Jim ministry of natural resources these unfortunate property owners have found themselves helplessly caught between the shifting forces of government The problem at hand of is the controversial Sixth Line wayside gravel pit operation which continues tg generate noise dust and horrendous inconvenience and poses safety hazards to pedestrians who must dodge the occasional speeding gravel truck Confrontations at several town council and planning board meetings during 1970 resulted in shared frustration among cillors and residents alike words were expressed threats were made but in the end result council members appeared to be more satisfied than the beleaguered ratepayers Vows of support by council as a whole and earnest attempts by Mayor Pete and other member to challenge the two ministries involved appear to have produced no viable results although in most if not all cases hours of operation have been curtailed Whether the town can go further in its attempts to make the provincial government respect the rights of private citizens is precisely the question which Sixth Line homeowners may try to an in court It would be unfair to speculate on the possible outcome of that matter here However we fully clarification of municipal provincial relations to emerge as the bottom line of my legal wrangles which arise out of this dammble abuse of the homeowner basic right to pence and privacy Unable to obtain any definite estimate on the amount of aggregate left in the offending quarries the residents point out the close proximity of the pits to a relativelj large cluster of homes contrary to common ministry practice They also fear a depletion of an ever present danger wherever mining operations take place and one which Halton Hills has experienced the Glen area To again challenge the mysteriously suspicious workings of the Davis government would be redundant the problem at hand formulates its own questions in the minds of any observant reader We wish the Sixth Line residents much luck in finding the answers and ultimately finding a lasting solution to a problem created well after most of them moved to the tranquil and generally scenic area Hills rural countryside Goodbye to the Seventies The curtain closes on a year and a decade amid the usual rave review from those In the front rows and savage critiques from the mezzanine give or take a few exceptions who ended up in the wrong seats With Hills a microcosm m the global macrocosm the mood of our times is reflected throughout the yearend summaries and year ahead forecasts from local spokespersons featured in this weeks Herald While more critics are panning the 70s as a decade than those writing the raves much was ac the years following the chaotic 60s The past decade ends we feel on a note of in creased humanity among the people of the world a greater sense of the earth as a true global community and finally a greater understanding of ourselves Souring the music of the spheres to wax poetic is the horror of potential calamity in the mid East and the frightening unassuredness of the immediate past and the immediate future Whatever the future holds the 80s may well settle the score so to speak on a number of social and political issues of interest to every man woman and child We look forward to the good time an ticipatcthebad and we strive each day to make this world a better place to be Heres to the future a new year a new decade Tips for the Clark campaign tours Joe stays home Ottawa Report By Stewart MacLeod of I In llrnld lilt itut parly 1 is never Milium fur my but if it would suggest a impi gn 111 Mould kcip Pi Minister Jut lark l to wink in inn Minster I ri the in Hit vt old fin init the must weapon in tin lorv Ik is hi id shiukkrs ibovc lot I irk whin nits camp run lining to Oil I with frt qui lit appearances he i nun sler could convey the imprts sin is light rip on wink Ins ministers i lot lit ivcn knows could use some fun in in id in t campaign 11 ITU UN Hi let it there mirth in itthiiit rri IYudc slump Iv nil of a re let or Jot Clark Irvins to Ins finders into vuiorv sign or having iniilliii in Hit itlory Bui rtgardlissofwhat you mifhl think of h s part or his there is i grnt fun In John ro hie Ins opposition Jell the economy in slmublts reputation in stumbles lot stile of country in There sit just a hunch of shimblcrs the lilting Newfoundland trtd s ill til for prominent performer would Minister Don l lit to retire i polities If the solid iwski could be persuaded to truss lilt West while John ilies in eastern affairs then Joe ktould iffordlobe sort of chairman i ho inipiiLD would not only be more unused but he il a loss for words His budget prist lion which lit billed off opposition irbs a goalie warming for inn w is a classic performance He smiph And his surniindiiii the speech would hive rtdueed lesser to babbling lit was on early mornit j i is on on breakfast radio interviews at mill news noon gs panel discussions Mini meetings is with down irtb nd it end of he still Ins in bis cheek md take mother tratk it Hit They been silling there now for six months to seeing s nit else in power and they ve now m lipped their lids re rudderless re Itadtrltss and Ihty re Mr on this ind he I beat iround the bush pohtit short ightcdness lilt r in ibihtv In see longer term future or mill fir desire to be in power their power mungtry tints r unpaid an among tht is us out Tints belter 111 lot the 1 ilicr lis I ick i sense of responsibility sir snd Mr when he decided to in a bucket hi was not hue r i mishm of Mil and Social redit Li bents policies Ik was not just attempting indwmge into power ind stay there it in cost wt rt not to bulldoze thLm mil bullyrag them whilt the prime minister sells the budget as i but its to ite proposition Mr tan make it sound a ifl I haven anything to hurt consumer 1 am help the consumer in lime who if wt don act now lie tut off from oil freeze in the dirk or lose job or hive in rite of i tent tv the time In it 1 that If per ii ist mtxc tax would he privilege p Mr is not only an deb iter he his a wlnle of tune in Hit process And I suspect thai will a rare commodity in the current winch without some new voices the appearances of sudden de period to end test it last Queens Park nut it is per use tit lhfently 111 in them the way 111 is He thtn ho it Is that Ontario is sank to loth among the In lr i growth in manufacturing Ihis replied this i I tin siv at in terms of jobs trtittd Hurt is not mother ill lit wind lip dn if lifiislilivt found Irtmitr Willi mi is Opposition 1 idi r Is ilxul ions its as illustrated by tin of manufacturing products w import compared to what we In we are paying for our imports with the raw and semi processed materials export this is the holiday time so why be wins the round because thin probiblj is no more favored place our ill in he Ontario he has led or Hit past decade if Hut oitt having i slurs it is possible to to isits Smith off tint bit lust WW more ef tint irio 111 ill iiini ihis vt ir mt own ind litre sinific unit rid that there his lntni In of west so it dinsii I boll him Then he to the crunch Hit dins indicilc tltLni of and pessimism on Smith pirl I this province rcprtepts in its economy and nilprognms which he doesn t third are hot the best to do business to to be involved in the process SMITH Smith responded The question has nothing lo do with the real potential of province but ralhcr sad waste of this potential because of poor leadership will only enjoy a great future ixpresscd what lies il Iht rest of iret mt with Smilh I would sa to the Opposition ltltitr lint be or i lliicsi ism litilt I to lie bad a on Out in glorious future under continued Smith sees I iv is is dangerously vtr his in structural in til ttonomj tint must lie litkkd in new wtjs IIOTIIHWS Tin i growth in for example compared to as Smith charged has t well in providing jobs through most of an economically turbulent decade as Dans Smith to worry so much bout inch plant economy Che HERALD WILLIAM General Manager Managing Editor Phone s History From our files Showdown in the Legislature Davis Smith face off on future John his home on Queen Street of Mr had been at work as lhai mi it lieing his custom to spend at his goods store hi on Main Street for tin inn lis of madian merchandising in it is doubtful if man his equalled lis participating in fi r such long period or it such in nil meed it of wis certainly si it hied in however wt will a look it it sotn Hit month of December was maximum In ik ret s of ik trees ind the minimum six rees The r for tin wis three times the n il 1 1 ind the snow wis just Ink hi runl of inches Georgetown put lit will to wait until lit school is by the Imirdfi tor lefore they can in iisvur whither or not he iti us will be iv I rental In IV first if Hit School In in district since the ssolulion of the re rib illon m December Hit Ml nil ij nit hi again used tin I mi itttpled ixcusc as a crutch I subject into other pit m the district with telephone service fir tin follow it the recent ice storm but is gradually getting it Kit mini md in the m i irmwl nil is hitting tin district it tut tin i One of the g is pumps it lliufks strviee vtas also vtr is i motorist pulled in slid up it in si il Tins the pump to iltli rt It mil i been more stru us i been full of gas limit ml Mrs foster and Miss ItunslHti in list borne in in early fin timber on tint hut still of to iei sli rm neighbor drove 1 in i lo summon the Acton firemen who did i Job eonsidcring tin tune Hit bid been low nts still receiving publicity m exhibit sponsored last fill Hie of Commerce and istri ommissmn An ess contest m which prizes wire awarded by wns pirlituhrly nolc- of exhibit winner irlm of Williams has Ire one television on II million station Last Wednesday lit whs igdin on TV this lime i the channel along with Sam of the board and liura v1 tssiy was judged second in competition Avian Aircraft muled on Avenue is in a slate suspended animation The company has hut not folded and will stay that until sufficient funds ore accumulated start production Avian r lit Ins been developing a gyroplane the r pas ten years and while interest has been shown by industry Iht public and the military the predicted Inthl future for machine Ins jet to matt millet Avian s employees win reduced from 10 to in a layoff which followed iht long awaited over a vear ago s police department will have us nn unit In a a month Chief Constable Ifarley told he Herald this week Chief Lowe expects the department will be equipped lo make breath checks for alcihil after February sLcoiid as fire chief was J Cunningham Sunday when members the viilunlecr ire department held their annual meetui at the fire station Erwln was rcturneil as deputy chief A letttrfrom ilton notifying until that the bid over family counselling and debt com si Ihnc me a shocked reaction from council who claimed h id received no word of and had even themselves The letter shied present staff would be used Tit KAILS Three locomotives were derail in Georgetown yard early New ear Day No one was hurt and damage was minimal No official explanation or derailment was from hut it is he Ihrec engines In too much weight on i section of the tntk and ihe rail lipped over on lis side Traffic was held up for about four hours while a work crane lifted locomotives on to tricks The sight ine it work took local oldtimera back a fin years when Georgetown was known as Calamity Junction because of frequent derailments and train VI Georgetown Mcfihbon Hotel changed hands again last wttk NitkMarkouclosed Friday to purchase the from Hotels limited for an undisclosed amount The hotel has been in operation for more than Members of regional council wen red week over a bill to be picked up by the taxpayers for food and v consumed at a farewell for outgoing councillors Former chairman Morrow played host to 20 of members of 1977 regional council November IS the House of Palermo south of Milton where to surprise each guest ran up a dinner lab thai averaged a head Denny Andrews of Acton will receive the Star of Courage Canada second highest award for bravery fur civilians for his efforts to haul Roland and Lome from the freezing waters of Notre Dame Bay in Newfoundland December