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Page SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday March IMS IN YOUR OPINION Question Is spring Miller to call a a good time for provincial elec Premier Frank FRANK MCKIE of Georgetown said yes Before Ihe kids get out of school for sure late May or middle of June He said the publics mind Is free then They haven gone on holidays and they re close to home then KEVIN Georgetown said spring was the best time Best for him anyway he a still got people interest in said He also noted there better weather In the spring Mr said he thought Mr Miller would score better then than In the fail CHRISTINE CLIFTON said she thought Mr Miller could call an elec tion for any lime Spring a a nice political lime because every body full of hope for the future The fall not a good time because then you re thinking about winter It a down time she said I would imagine that probably spring or early summer would be a good time JOHN CARTER of Georgetown said Because frankly I think the federal govern ment a going to come In with a budget and it could bo a reasonably restrictive budget TOM ROBINSON of Georgetown said the dm Irig dldn t matter They have to do it The timing of the elect on promises Is more important he sold m hoping they re go ing to smile on small business again Nails that shimmer Would you like lo know the secret to keeping your fingernails looking beautiful April 3 from Georgetown resident Doris Zlllo will be at the brary give oneonone demonstrations of the techniques of manicuring Phone he Georgetown Library at to appointment Take advantage of this free program but hurry and phone The number of appointments we can make Is limited Gifted students talk There will be an information meeting to explain identification procedures and placement alternatives for gifted students The meeting will be held April 1 at John Tuck Public School in Burlington Guest speaker Roger Walt Is being hosted by the Association for Bright Children For more Information call Narcotic charge A routine check of a vehicle by Haltqn regio nal pol turned up a small amount of ted marijuana on Main Street In Friday An Acton resident has been charged with possession of a narco- Erosion problems Embankment threatens Irwin homes Herald The backyards of IS homes on Georgetown Irwin Crescent are slow sinking down Into the Silvercreek valley Although several of the homeowners have con Crete or log retaining walls at the ridge of their backyard they haven served their purpose Credit Valley Conser vation Authority water resources manager Don Tefft said shear crocks were noted in the bock yards In the late part of February and early March Since that lime the problem has increased and a serious embank ment fa lure Is apparent behind of the homes It been getting worse every day When we first went out it was five homes then nine then 15 and there may be 17 homes now Mr said He said the drop Is from three to 15 meters deep behind the homes Damage has been sustained to swimming pools patios stone ter races landscaping steps grass and trees Mr Tefft said The embankment is slipping and It getting to be an emergency situation for some homes very close to the edge When you gel wilhin three meters which some of them are its rather dicey There are he said Mr Tefft said the Authority had received a letter signed by concern residents lost week He said the Authority was recommending an investigation be under taken by MacCall urn into what has caused sliding determine the soil and what alter natives are possible to rectify the problem Such a study would cost and with a per cent contingency budget would cone to lie Although the 1985 spec levy require from town have already been sent to Hills for Autho rity projects In the community Mr Tefft received additional town support Monday night from councillors Councillors voted in favor of contributing or per cent of Die total budget towards the project Town engineer Bob Austin said the money will come from a surplus in the 1981 regional levy for conservation projects The remaining 55 per cent Is expected come from the province We suspect that when the original subdivision was built they took excavated material from the basements and threw it in Ihe bank Mr said There been signs of bank instability In the past This winler frost went into the ground natural ed the soil making the bank even more unstable It just got too heavy for the lop layers of earth and they just went Mr explai ned The homes were built by George Wimpey Canada Limited back in I970ai 71 That happen today because we have regulations wo didn We ask for a stepback far greater than the one there he said As well dumping isn permitted Conjecturing one solu tion to the problem Mr said the backyards could be excavated to take the load of unstable At the movies DANNEY RUSSELL The sure thing comes only once but the right thing is forever Hie Sure Thing Is a movie that tries to teach love and morals but It Is disguised as a comedy Its about a guy John who hitchhikes from New Jersey to California to see a girl who his friend promises Is a sure thing There ore no worries about strings attached no guilt Involved and no questions asked It s a bil hard to believe that a guy would go across the country in search of his dream girl But don t be fooled the bikinidad girl sun bathing on Ihe beach In California Is only seen for about ten minutes In the movie In the end John conscience gets the better of him and he eventually finds the right girl Incidentally the right girl Is the one he travels California with ground that twisted the Snow family pool on Irwin Crescent The Credit Valley Conservation Authority suspects the shifting backyards may be doe to the dumping of fill there over 15 year ago when area was being developed Nature played a nasty trick on several homeowners on In Id Crescent About of them had part of their backyards down Into the Silvercreek Valley over the past month Including Swimming on an angle Herald Staff A swim in the backyard pool is going to be impossible for Georgetown resident Mark Snow 19 this summer The Irwin Crescent resident has watched the earth sink from under the above ground pool In his backyard over the past few weeks Right now the pool looks a twisted mess and Mark says the family intends to sell ii We can use It as It Is he said It all bent out of shape Plans to build a deck over the sloping land hat extends Into Silvercreek valley have been put on hold perhaps forever Marks dad wanted to build the deck since steep grade at half the backyard mode It He built a retaining wall last summer of fat logs to gain the family more of a backyard The Snow family moved to Irwin from Prince Charles Drive two years ago Two houses down at Irwin Crescent Kerry Collins hasn t experienced the three foot earth slides of his neighbor Mr Collins said his brother is on engineer and had advised him to put a retaining wall of guard rails to hold the back of his property secure from earth slides Although the posts of the split cedar fence separating the Collins property from the neigh bars have moved Iheguardrallshaveslayedput This house also I close to edge There more level and flat land before the slope he said However part of he Collins backyardistoo steep for human use and provides a dangerous challenge when It comes time to cut the grass down there If you kept goats would be useful Mr Collins remarked It t the backyard that sold Mr Collins his home back in 1971 It was the view I mean how many people have that for a backyard he said sweeping his arm to demonstrate showing no signs of habitation for two barns There a farm over there and It about it It so quiet and peaceful back here BRIAN G00PLET Mutual Life of Canada lOMountalnvlewRd S Bus 451 Has The Bennett Healthcare Centre Offering FINE RETIREMENT LIVING Choose Private or SemlPrlvate ac commodation in an attractive com fortable and secure environment specifically designed for your needs Services include lull dining room nursing room laundry a vsrleiy of planned us of all 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