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Steeplechase not on track for 87 fund a steeplechase at the Georgetown District High School Friday Afternoon councillors turned down the request for funding the addition to the new out door track request came from GOlfS principal Barb Singleton in a letter to the towns Recreation Director Torn Shepard said no definitely not when were still looking or a place for the Credit Valley Artisans Mr said track is being built would cost less meat and now for a steeplechase than adding It later It allow the I get Increasingly upset We ore town to Regional Ontario saying no because Us not our federation of Secondary Schools responsibility Its the Board for funds If the Board wants us to help fund it the request has to come from the Board There has to be a events budget she said I don t like that nave no right to make a request to in it hi a pressure Increasingly com- council she said and atari have made am Can Marilyn 55 to and had money be W J hove been In the lop tor a S S3 at the provincial level In the pit She the would bring S MraSlngletcnv pie Hula The request caused strong Coun Sheldon doesnt leave playgrounds or herbal Is among members of the town much to be said Coun Rick Bon What I dont want Is negative Although the Board has budget committee Friday afternoon said Weve got a principal feelings towards Barb Singleton the proved the installation of a new out so angry I shaking obviously barking up the wrong tree principal Mr Shepard stressed door track for the high school this Sheldon said In he last to get money Sheldon said he hoped the i f Betty Fisher said she spoke community at large would help to the Board Chairman and was told Mrs singletons request and year they have turned down the couple of months wove had the request fur a steeplechase Board refuse to lake responsibility Mrs Singleton says having a for a bridge at Actons Robert little Bruce had no knowledge steeplechase put In now while the Public School a pool agree- town had also received toe request Noise enforcement study prepared on Croatian site with the solicitor of the Croatian Cultural Centre and the town are still going on to cento up with a way of controlling noise and activities on the Fifth Line and Winston Churchill Boulevard pro perty Monday night the town Deputy Planning Director Bruce MacLean said a draft agreement has been prepared However the Centres solicitor wants more discussion on It before Its brought to town ctllora Joe Hewitt and Mayor Run Miller said the residents near the Centre have been Ignored In this pro cess They were reminded council Instructed the planning department to try and resolve the problems this way Planning Director Ian Keith said he anticipates bringing council a report on the agreement within a couple of weeks The discussions originated after council put off the Centres rezoning application pending solutions to noise and enforcement problems on the property Coun Betty Fisher said it would be the courteous thing to do to let the residents near the Centre see the planning department report on the Friday when councillors will be receiving it Instead of on Monday afternoon when it is traditionally available to the press and public Town Engineer Bob Austin said the policy of releasing town reports and the Monday night meeting agen da on Monday afternoons was to Continued on page AS SPORTAl Lifetime Service Guarantee Magna man comes The Town of will be hasting a business luncheon on March at the Hall on Hills Cultural Centre through the Towns Business Advisory Com mittee Frank Stotutch at Magna Inter national will be speaking at the luDcheon and the Town will release Its municipal brochure and In formation on its business develop ment policy All members of the business community wishing to attend should contact the Clerks depart of the Town of Holt on Hills Tickets are and space Is limited Hold out your arm and give the Red Cross Is hosting a blood donor clinic March at the Acton Royal Canadian Legion The Acton is sponsoring this clinic which begins at 30 and ends at p Spring fashions Catch the latest designs in swim suits and summer wear when the Georgetown Hospital Auxiliary its its spring fashion show presents March X Elizabeths and Camerons Fashions are the two downtown Georgetown retailers who will be ldlng the models and clothing the show at Holy Cross Auditorium Dessert and coffee will be served at but the show Itself begins at 8 Admission is For more information and tickets cult or Stops nixed Boulevard in Acton councillors decided Monday night However they asked the town engineer to look at problems in the area like speeding and a reslden- blocks visibility Town Engineer Bub Austin said new radar counts will be taken in the spring of that area Councillors have received a petition asking for a three way stop at the intersection Water testing Youll soon see drilling rigs around as the Regions groundwater supply Study gets underway The Region Is starting a well testdrilling program to find water and has asked the town for permis sion to Install four observation wells within the Tenth and Eighth Line road allowances The additional wells are needed to allow Georgetown to grow to Stormwaterplan The Georgetown West Master Drainage Plan Study is ready and will be presented at a public formation centre shortly Prepared by Phillips Planning and Engineering limited the Plan looks at management in Georgetown West After receiv ing public Input the town will br ing the document to council for adoption The document Is to act as a guide tor development in Georgetown West Plans not ditched Town councillors approved a dit ching program for 1967 subject to approval Monday night program will dean up tbe Commerce Court industrial area outfall which wasnt done last year and undertake other ditching programs deferred in 1B86 Ditching prevents further damage to the roadway or private Spring fitness The Acton is meeting your fitness needs by offering mor and a new evening fitness doss this Spring Morning classes art twice per week from am with weekly weigh for those trying to shed those extra pounds Evening fitness classes begin the week of March 30 every Tuesday and Thursday from a ON Dont delay Join the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 1866 WEDNESDAY MARCH 11 1987 OPEN 1M07DAYS A WEEK Its the to Acton Town needs 12 more staff council told Herald Staff Hiring new permanent staff will for ihe On any other early day ia March these young men might be seen a trying to qualify for a Polar Bear Club net last weekend here enjoying best and are from left Dave Tim ami were Keen on tap of the on Street in Georgetown budget Town Treasurer Ray King warned Friday morning at the towns budget committee meeting Moreover the new staff will turn into budget expenses carried in the years to come Administratorclerk Joe Simon wonts another full time secretary Ian to help out his department and the Kettb bylaw enforcement officer There a part time secretary now The town treasurer wants a com puter programmer who has been on contract the last two years made permanent The fire department wants a full time secretary instead of a week secretary and a fin prevention officer In Engineering Department person in Mr Department heads told its time to cut their budgets e We that are Engineer Bob Austin wants finding the per cent of previous years We vo seen the symptoms of the eroding on Ihe bases It been com log for years Town Treasurer Ray King sold he was caught by surprise when the capital and expenditure requests By Herald Stan A mornings worth of budget was thrown out the window day as town councillors voted to heir earlier decisions and give tbe lob back to the capiat tods department deportments came The budget although cut by was still up a per cent from lost year To sit down and go through this line by line would take a year to do Pam Johnston said We cant do that look how much got done this morning Approximately was g in hours I feel it would be much better if Before the motion rescinding the Friday morning cuts was made councillors had pared for refurbishing a 1975 pumper in Ac ton fire station I from he Antl Drinking and Driving Commit lee from the In grants and In councillors mileage and meals three new staff an engineering technologist a construction inspec tor and a works employee He also wonts four months overlap time in which to train a new chief building Inspector Current inspector Doug Sargent re tiro In February Town Planner Ian Keith wants one draftsman and a senior planner And finally In the Recreation and Parks Department Director Tom wants two parks employees Total impact on the 1967 budget development goes it would pear we 11 need a construction in to look that project you know the planning department has a long list of reports on their plate complete Mr Simon said These two people are an attempt to get them on their way Town Planner Ian Keith said the senior planner would concentrate on business development and do rial reports The draftsman will v the planning technician to move into a support role for develop ment applications he sold Its a catch up game Mr Keith said The Region generates volumes of reports He said being close to Metropolitan Toronto and being Dart Continued on page AS MX VSSttK MWKttSaSB Searching for a better apple adjourned far the day and asked department heads to come back with more cuts Mayor Buss Miller suggested In the past this system of budgeting has worked very well but this year a per g cent increase Is unrealistic S Coun John McDonald said he was hoping Fridays budget meeting Is would have been the last round in terms of staff making reductions Coun Betty Fisher said shed like to see staff bring forward lists of what 10 and 20 per cent Increases In the budget will buy She said there may be budget Items feels should be included whereas staff ft may drop them Putting items in priority in the budget and making the cuts are a council responsibility Coun Sheldon said You may end up rubber stamp ing a budget instead of doing It yourself she warned I don t think we be able to get it down to Church members join peace team Rev Walter Ridley welcomed Janet Duval and Art members of the Presbytery Peace Team at the United Church at the Sun day morning service Both gave in spiring messages Dorothy McLean read a copy of a letter to Prime Minister Brian diplomatic both leaders of the Soviet Union and the United States to sign the In termediate range missile agree ment They also urged them to press forward to reduce further arms reductions Members of toe church signed the petition at tbe close of the ser vice The senior class of the Sun day put on a skit The Good Samaritan celebrating the Lenten season Others taking port were Sharon Deanna Cleave Fred Paul Leslie Thompson A sandwich lunch followed the ser vice a film was shown Be Not Afraid About two dozen research tills professors and an entourage of over orchard owners were at the Aldo and Sons Orchard on Heritage Road to study pruning Not pruning for beauty sake but pruning for the sake of abetter fruit yield The orchard growers and lists were mainly from North America They were attending an annual fourday convention where the latest pruning techniques were Having the specialists to the or i chard was quite honor said Ray Ray and his brothers Bob and i Jim work the orchard with their n i father Aldo They arc not strangers root systems other methods of stunting There ore many who study fruit tree pruning in the world and many do not agree on how it should be done Some experiments do prove to work better than others Ray said But as yet there is no definite answer or best method While at the orchard rescar ex pen men led on about one dozen frees The success of those methods wont be known until well into the apple growing season Pruning at the roots Is one method primers arc working with By pushing a blade into the ground the roots arc cut Nobody knows when is the best time to cut roots or how much root to cut before the tree Is killed Ray said Also different kinds of trees have different at the University of and at universities in the United States I The orchard was picked for pruning demonstration because it is near Toronto where the conference is based and because of the types and quality of trees on the or chard Ray Ferri said Pruning trees Is very important Proper pruning can reduce the amount of time formers spend In Iheir orchards and that means I lower apple prices for everyone Ray said If a tree Is pruned correctly it wilt produce less wood and more fruit Less wood means less lime pruning The Ferri apple orchard Is acres The s will spend to months sunlight Roy sold The sun rises in pruning trees That pruning thccastandsctsinthewcst could be cut to one month Ray said Experiments on apple trees arc What orchard owners are seeking also being tried on fruit trees is a method which will stunt tree The goals are the same but the growth but not take away from the methods may differ Ray said In the fruit yield end the consumer will benefit he So far nobody knows of a metho said some handson pruning The en tourage of three busloads toured the farm on the Fifth Heritage Road near a a daytons field rip to wit mm Hut on It owlh involve chemicals or growth Hormones Soil and tissue analysis may also hold he much sought alter secret Less pruning and larger and shaped fruit are the Researchers will go to great to achieve those goals even If It means making an apple tree not look like an apple tree One of the pruning experiments at tempted at the orchard will make the trees look quite strange said Ray The trees will be cut so they look like a large coin about a foot wide sitting on a bowl By cut ting all the top east and west bran ches off the tree will receive more