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Pool issue options considered If the Halton Board of Education decides to close down all pools located in schools the town of Halton Hills would have the option of suing the board to keep the pools in Halton Hills open Mayor Buss Miller says I would do everything in my power to ensure that the pools were kept open Mayor Miller said I would think that suing the board would probably be an op tion The town of Halton Hills paid to build the pool at Georgetown District High School in That money is being paid over a 20year period ending in The town paid almost of the total it cost to build the Acton pool in the early 1970s said Mayor Miller The Acton Club paid the former township of Es- paid and the former town of Acton paid The agreement with the board signed to cover the projected life of the pools about 20 years was that the board would not have to pay for installation of the pools but that it would pay for maintenance for the life of the pools The Board of Education is now involved in a legal dispute with the town over the pool closing issue The board is looking for a cost sharing agreement with area OPEN 10 10 DAILY rtlhrr Its Worth the Drive to Acton Florists REDECORATING Well design that perfect arrangement to accent your NEW LOOK NORTHVIEW CENTRE 211 Guelph St Georgetown 8776901 In the hills A i Flags missing Five flags including a gift flag from North York Mayor Mel were removed from Acton IGA sometime at the end of December say police The flags valued at also included two flags of Ontario and two flags Police say the incident was reported Jan 19 Road store The womans wallet containing a VISA card cheques a drivers licence and business cards was missing cash Parents meet The Bishop Reding Parents Association will meet Monday Feb at 7 m in the school resource centre Joan Callan will be guest speaker for the evening and will discuss teenage suicide preven Wallet recovered Equipment missing A Georgetown woman who reported the theft of her wallet Jan 17 recovered the wallet Jan with the credit cards intact but with the cash gone Police say the wallet taken from a table in the womans office was found the next day near a Mountainview Police say worth of ski equipment was taken from a Young Street Acton garage Jan II Missing are skis poles boots gloves goggles a sports bag and sometouques Police are investigating the theft Icy conditions cause major power blackout A faulty hydro tower at Guelph Street near Road left part of the town in darkness as hydro officials worked on repairs for nearly five hours early Thurs day morning A wooden hydro pole burst into flames with the icy conditions said Halton Hills Hydro Operations Manager Kurt Because of the high voltage water conducted and the current tracked across the insulators he said The tower which feeds of power into the plaza on Guelph Street forced hydro of ficiak to close off power to an area east of Mountainview Road Crews worked on the hydro pole from a when the problem was first discovered until 8 45 am when power was restored Power is shut off when there is an electrical pro blem said Mr Durski Reports Thursday morning said the intersection at Street and Mountainview Road were left darkness much of the morning The Halton Hills Fire Depart ment received a call at a m but were not required to help put out the hydro pole blaze This is Halton Hills second power outage in the last two mon A fallen hydro tower in Mississauga Dec cau a blackout in Brampton Georgetown parts of rural Hills and Mississauga That blackout lasted nearly eight hours as officials rerouted hydroelectric power Businesses were forced to close and schools closed at least half a day municipalities to help offset what it says is a 1 million a year cost for maintaining the pools As far as Im concerned we have a binding agreement between the board and the town for 20 years Mayor Miller said They got the pools for no cost to them at all You cant just walk away from it The board also approached the town about a possible cost sharing agreement several years agosaid the Mayor Were still paying debentures on the Georgetown pool They knew there was a cost associated with it when they signed the agree ment he said New trail proposed A multi Regional effort is under- Coin Joe Hewitt way to establish a trail along the valley lands of the Credit River The town of Halton Hills jumped into the proposal Monday when councillors endorsed the idea of a trail and agreed to join a commit tee comprised of representatives from municipalities through which the Credit River passes The Credit Valley Conservation Authority will chair the commit tee said Halton Hills parks superintendent Bryan Shynal I think this is probably the most exciting thing thats ever happen ed to the whole watershed said The idea of creating a Credit Vallay trail was proposed by Peel Region last May Hills has acquired several valley properties with op tions to lease and purchase others for public recreational uses said Mr Shynal The valley lands of the Credit River and Its tributaries such as Silver Creek are significant geographic features within the municipality and offer a very im portant resource of recreational opportunities to its residents he said FREE DISTRIBUTION SATURDAY JANUARY 28 24 PAGES Long touts new process By BRIAN MacLEOD Herald Staff If the Progressive Conservative party adopts a new leadership voting process allowing all members to vote for their leader all the other political parties will soon have to follow suit PC party president Tom Long says If we move to this system it is going to force the hand of a lot of political parties to move to a similar process Mr Long told a handful of North PC riding association members at the Acton Legion Wednesday Mr Long who admits hes likely to run for the leadership of the par ty is canvassing the province in an attempt to convince local riding associations to support the new leadership process Under the new process Mr Long explained all party members would get a chance to vote for their leader Each of the provinces 130 ridings would be given 100 dec toral votes In each riding the total number of votes for a candidate would be calculated as a percen of 100 The winner would be the candidate who garners 50 per cent plus one of the electoral votes Currently each associa tion elects 10 delegates who then vote for a party leader at a conven tion The concept of even representa tion from each riding is being maintained so that ridings from the north wont feel that their votes will be overwhelmed by the more populated southern tidings said Mr Long The PCs need the new leadership process to increase interest in the third place party he said If there was ever a party that is in a posi tion to take some youre looking at it The new system is not perfect but I think that it is a lot closer to what we need than what we have he added The proposed new system was Progressive Conservative party president Tom Long left and his wife Gwen were In Acton last Wednesday to preach the virtues of a proposed one member one devised after months of input from members who were unhappy with the current process said Mr Long Delegates will gather in Toronto Feb to vote on the proposed amendments The Tory party needs the support of per cent of its membership to change the con and adopt the new leader ship voting process I dont know that 66 per cent of the people in this party have ever agreed on the time of day The new process may require two or three ballots in one day or holding a runoff election a week later said Mr Long But the nuts and bolts of the proposal have yet to be worked out The new leadership voting pro cess would open the party up to thousands of people across the pro vince remove the lingering im age of and it will pro- vote system of electing a new leader He is Joined here by PC North Halton riding association president Tom Kilmer Herald photo vide a bridge back to Tones in ex ile those who for years sup ported the party but have dropped out of the political scene because of disenchantment he said The process would likely take five months to complete We will eliminate the feelings of exclusion and bitterness created with the animosity of a leadership convention said Mr Long And the Tories will set themselves up for a victory over Premier David Petersons Liberal party in the next provincial elec tion he said Feb 11 is the last op portunity we have to convince the people that weve made a new beginning This party is in the fortunate position of knowing that we can win in I know that in my CORNER OF ST MOUNTAINVIEW RD GEORGETOWN 8772418 BANQUET HALL AVAILABLE OWNER EVERVFRL1SAT PRIME RIB IMS Sated Br RESERVE FOR GREEK NIGHT Sat Feb QOOO TIMES 2FOR1 DINNER SPECIAL THIS WEEK NEW YORK STEAK Salad Bar