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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), July 28, 1982, p. 1

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Acton centres heads tired of bein pushed around by town Yugoslav noise issue may go before OHRC Canadian Yugoslavian Cultural Association dent Nick says his group is tired of being pushed around by Hilts council and II some agreement isnt reached over noise levels at the Association recreation centre south of Acton the issue may be brought be fore the Ontario Human Rights Commission Monday night council determined that liquor lie requested by the association lor Aug 15 and would be endorsed only with promises that no public address systems will boused Mr told reporters later that the town restrictions at the centre may cost the Assoc lotion In lost rev HAD SYSTt Some members of his group he said want lo sue the town to get the money back It not proper to be pushed so far he said expressing concern that the relationship between the Association and the town may be seriously compromised by council public address stipulation on the liquor licence cation Members of the committee operating Ihe centre have suggested pre senting their case to he human rights board Unless the town receives a letter signed by Mr Cajic assuring that the entertainment later this month won be amplified it will refuse to send council s endorsement of tliL liquor licence to the province Miller want council lo reject the application entirely not that organizers of an other celebration at the centre July IB used public address systems even though they were asked not to under a previous agreement with the town this I led o miles south of Acton on Highway it Is near a number of rural homes the residents of which have complained noise levels at centre during various eel Charges laid against Mr fellow lion member last year under the town noise bylaw failed to stand up In court earlier this year A Judge determined that without guidelines It is difficult to assess what Is a legally improper noise Councillors refused to grant a blanket endorse meat of numerous liquor licences this summer and has been dealing with the or in small groups MIGHT Jerry who lives mar the centre re minded councillors that the neighbors have a right to quiet on weekends though they might be will to put up with the occasional celebration at the centre a public address During the July he was approached by organizer Mike Vuclnlc and asked whether or not the noise level was loud into 1 feel 1 m being backed Mr Brock Isby said forced Into accepting certain level He claimed that the question of whether or not In ere would be noise al the centre from one Sunday to another carries a certain amount of anxiety for residents It difficult do any thing on Sundays without knowing If there going lo be loud noise that voting Mr said Mr explained that his Association Is an uin re a body for several smaller groups some of which use the centre free others paying a fee Although responsible for the festivities July IB along with Mr Vucinlc he agreed with Dave Whiting that there was a breakdown In com muni cations Interpreting council no public add ress system condition Meanwhile he said eon problems the Ass is having in council s endorsement of liquor licences tins his faith people have in the cultural centre or Some have stopped contributing to It he noted and they are Increasingly unhappy that they can nave use of the centre Mr pleaded council to give him more time to work out the problems the use of the public address system and said he is gradually getting more control over celebrants who are tampering with the system controls 877-5213- FOBERT Real Eatata Ltd W y mm Home Newspaper of Halton Hills WEDNESDAY JULY Established 1866 muffler king 3 Mountain view Rd At Speedy You re a Somebody COUNCIL NOTES New parking idea rejected A new parking bylaw proposed by Acton Coun Dave Whiting failed to get much support from fellow councillors Monday night Coun Whiting suggested that new regulations should restrict overnight Darkles on side streets In town only during the winter Currently cars may park along the roadside for threehour periods at night during the summer However councillors instructed town engineer Bob Austin to look at Implementing varying roadside parking rules according to neighborhoods Site specific parking regulations may be preferable to a general parking bylaw councillors argued The Last Coat Driving to work along Guelph Street may get a little smoother Town engineer Bob Austin told councillors Monday night that Mar Paving Ltd of Mississauga was expected Tuesday morning to start laying the last coat of asphalt In the recently reconstructed stretch of Street between Mountninview Road and Sinclair Avenue No date has been set for the company to begin the last asphalt Job on Drive which was reconstructed last year Works on the way will be moving into a couple of Georgetown and Acton neighborhoods shortly as the reglanreplaceaaglngwatermainslnlhearejis New mains will be installed on and Market Streets in an line stretching from Main Street to Church Street In Acton 170 metres of new 150millimeter diameter watcrmaln will be laid along Mill Street from Road Additional piping will be constructed below Willow Street between Mill and Church Streets Work is to begin Monday and is scheduled to end Sept Su criticized over drownin Town sticks up for its Acton lifeguards ROLL EM camera action Georgetown Is In the throes of again Tor second film being shot In hit hometown Wednesday night he wm on Reld Court shooting some outdoor with Super camera A photographic arts student in Mule in Toronto Ityear old David calling fill second attempt it filming An Image Too Many II feature local talents Herald by Trim floodplain to Glen residents urge council Convinced there are still a few hitches in the Credit Valley Conservation s new mapping Georgetown veloper Al prompt town council Monday night to call for a public meeting at which the Authority could explain its updated regulations In addition the Author will be asked to review Its cut and fill lines proposed for the banks of the Credit and the ravines of its numerous tributaries cutting through George town and Esquesing Armed with signatures of about SO Glen Williams homeowners whose pro perties he said are ad verse affected by re drawn lines Mr argued that the lines arc already too ex tensive and should be While rivers rarely trimmed to the banks of overflow their banks the river the full extent of the Choose work sharing Two Georgetown firms have signed work sharing agreements with the federal government this month In order lo avoid temporary layoffs Ltd or Georgetown s Armstrong Avenue has signed an agreement involving employees to avoid ten temporary layoffs A second agreement involves employees of the Prank Heller and Company operations in Georgetown and Acton tn avoid layoffs Under the employees agree to work one to three fewer davs a week to prevent temporary layoffs They receive unemployment insurance benefits for the days not worked For moat workers the combination of wages and benefits to 90 per cent of their regular weekly salaries even during severe rainstorms or spring thaws Authority guidelines restrict nearby development to cut down on the potential for proper damage and loss of life The Authority carried out its last mapping of the Credit River watershed 15 years ago The latest effort which began about five years ago and was recently completed used vastly improved tech nlqucs to determine flood plains along the river and its tributaries shrinking the In same areas and enlarging it in Mr Illultl also suggest that the Authority find out how much It would cost to thoroughly rechannel the Credit River through FUTURE CHANNEL SWIMMER Possibly considering a swim acres the channel alongside Cindy Nicholas or Toronto who II make her attempt this summer young lyke from Hills enjoying a cool dip In a local pool The expression on his face suggest he not a water wise a Cindy but the unidentified youngster was obviously having a good lime As The Herald went to yesterday the area mid July hot spell yielded to a deluge of rain Herald photos Glen Williams to ensure that homes won be flood again Extensive channelization work has already been In the area to reduce flooding ha related to the annual spring thaw Mayor Pete concurred that there were some problems in the town official plan about open space areas In Esqueslng because of the CVCA new mopping and cut and fill lines The cut and fill line refers to an Imaginary boundary separating a private property from the river or a tributary Con corned about the eroding effects on waterways the Authority tightly controls development along this boundary About W per cent of the Georgetown homes built adjacent to ravines are affected by the new cut and fill rules Mr said All least a fair hearing he said to find out the Impact of the new cut and flit Ions and Credit River I concerned loo about erosion But my actions In town have never caused an erosion problem In Ihe Credit Mr maintained that the Authority should have the rights of spelled out In black and white regarding dc vclopmenl on the flood plain and near cut and fill lines Personal appeals to Authority staff for changes In the maps he claimed have been Ignor Herald Matt Writer I find it a bit unfair automatically tin assumption Is that it my staff s fault Ion department head Tom sup Mold Hie Herald responding to and innuend parts of Toronto lifeguards on duty when luu drowned in hairy Lake last Monday afternoon The bodies of Brent and Nick both seven discove red about feet from the buoyed swimming area I would hope as much coverage Is given when the facts in as is being given now to unbacked comments ho Mr events leading up to the drowning would ill inquest a date for which has not been announced by lr AE Macintosh It very very frustrnl having to work at Fairy because you have no control over who comes or god or who uses it as a vice leaving their kids there Mr said If people were honest with themselves they would agree that children art left at Prospect Park without parental si on he added You question Where are the parents Who is loikmgoltcr these kids Mr said People just their kids because it a mull I purpose play ground I question lion mm parents know whit their children are in down there urn it park than supervised and people arc outside the supervised area Some people go out side the supervised area lo get Ihe ire of the he said re that one of the major complaints life guards bring to stiff meetings is the taunting of the lifeguards Lifeguards have no to throw such people out of the park or water he said Acknowledging some like to deep dive and swim in waters deeper thin the three feel maximum depth of the supervised buoyed area Mr said he ap preciated the fact thai swimmers wont lo swim beyond the facts cor tamed hen lion is still of Ihe connected wilh the drownings No hive been released is to how the drowned f r I rocedures v i for deep v a circles ire certainly in line jnc proper Mr said I can nit stress I believe the ittcd the r job hi Statement issued by mayor page A3 But 1 don have control out there he I feel quite confident in the we and the fuels that arc being gathered Mr Shepard said Our staff will be vindicated when alt the BIG BOOST During a recent motorcycle to raise money in the fight against Betty right and her huiband Peter not shown managed to raise Tor branch of the Cancer Society The Hols participated in a 300mile Irek through Canada and the V on their bike and during the event Mrs won lop for being the who collected the largeitnumberof sponsors Mrs shown with cancer campaign reps Steamer and Julie White are members of the Retreads motorcycle group Herald photo Rest home inquiry is requested SUCCESS STORY Ah how sweet It While Roy looks on proudly Rosa Bradley of Durham Street samplei commemorative cake prepared week for the couple it wedding anniversary The lifelong George town reildrnts had family and frlcndi over Sunday for a party and old The Herald that In SO years together they ve had their and down but the has been sound and good A tint big to Its arc the couple s four children Joan nutter or Ih Janice Dixon Lynn Oakley and John Bradley plus eleven grandchildren and live great grandchildren A big congratulations to Roy and Rosa Herald photo by Brant By CHRIS AAOAARl Herald Staff Writer Claiming that the demo cratic process being subverted by fellow regio nal councillors and staff members Milton Coun Bill Johnson has called Tor a Judicial inquiry Into the recently tempestuous between Hal Ions health department and Cher Rest Home in Acton Wednesday Johnson stormed out of a regional council meeting after councillors rejected his Idea for a committee to look Into allegations that health department staff have been harassing Cher administrators Council agreed with chief administrative officer Dennis Perl In that to con duct its own investigation at the moment might with a planned coron Inquest into the recent death of a former Cher a resident A few days after he was admitted to Guelph Gene ral Hospital from Cher to treat sores the resident died Mr Perl In said In a report lo council last week He said that a subcommittee in ligation t beg in until decks arc cleared concerning the circumstances of the But Johnson maintains that Mr Perl in report Is only clouding the harassment Issue and furthering a whispering campaign which Is end Continued on page

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