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T11E HERALD Wednesday March Page Girls thinking baseball now Ballinafad news By BETTY SO JKA Ballinafad Correspondent The Ladies met on Feb to discuss the upcoming baseball seasons strategies Elaine Bowman represented the team at a recent league meeting She will be updating the team on any changes Other items on the agenda will be to discuss the suc cess of the St Valentines Dance as well as to set plans for the April 8 FiftiesSixties Dance to be held at the community centre Mark Thursday March 16 on the calendar as this is the date for the Womens Institutes annual Euchre Night The Euchre is to be held at the community centre and begins at 8 pm Mrs Helga Schwartz recently at tended a seminar in Newmarket on Motivation This seminar will enable the Womens Institute to try different methods on how to get community involvement especial ly from young people as well as tips on fundraising Many of the local community groups are fin ding it a challenge to interest young people with their worthwhile projects The Womens Institute will next meet on Wednesday March 1 Happy is the news In the village to have longtime resident Archie released from Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital after having heart problems Renovations are going well at the United Church with the near completion of the choir loft area Some more kind souls are needed to lay the carpeting In this area Much of the work has been strictly volunteer There is a petition being cir culated for concern of the future use of Scotsdale farm Recent local news items have highlighted how the Ontario government is con sidering giving use of the land to the School Board The concern is that local residents will not be allowed free use of the land to walk cross country ski bird watch etc This concern becomes very real with the number of subdivisions planned and currently being built in the area Parkland becomes a haven Also there is the concern that the land will not have free use by On tario residents as was meant by Mr and Mrs Bennett who be queathed the land to the Ontario Heritage Foundation Two farms that were part of the Bennett holdings have already been sold Resolution gets approval I am happy to report that on Feb the Ontario Legislature unanimously passed my resolution promoting environmentally- sustainable development along the Niagara Escarpment The motion stated in part the Ministry of Municipal Affairs should be directed to ensure that any development or use of Niagara Escarpment lands be environmen tally sustainable development and that the Ministry of Municipal Affairs be further directed to maintain heritage and en vironmental concerns as priority concerns when considering land use planning within the Niagara Escarpment boundaries Environmentally sustainable development does not mean as some might hope no development at all What it does mean is that we must examine the consequences of our present growth and ensure that present development does not damage our future The Niagara Escarpment is a significant feature of Ontarios natural heritage Within the boun daries of the Escarpment area we find land uses that include farm ing tourism housing and ag gregate extraction all of which have a significant impact on the land All these uses are controlled by Provincial legislation and plans The principle act governing the Escarpment is the Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Act as amended In This Act was- first passed in 1973 Regulation defining the Niagara Escarpment Planning Area evolved into the Niagara Escarpment Plan which was adopted by Cabinet on June 1985 Since that time three significant initiatives have been established in an attempt to promote the goals of the Plan The Province has em barked on a program of land ac quisition and stewardship which will bring significant portions of the Escarpment under public ownership The rules for aggregate extraction have been more clearly defined and the rules for the loca tion of wayside pits for local pro jects have been changed to protect the Escarpment Natural and Pro tected areas Most recently a pro gram has been announced to pro vide tax rebates for the preserva tion of significant wetland areas The Plan contains a provision for PHOTO SPECIAL We RENT VIDEO CAMERAS Walt Elliot Haltan North a review after five years of opera tion and that time is fast ap proaching What that review must address is the compatibility of many of the presently accepted uses of Escarpment land in my opinion that review must place the preservation of the Niagara Escarpment natural and protected areas as a top priority in all land use plans in Ontario Sustainable development within the Escarpment boundaries does not require us to leave the area ex actly as it is now The area has con siderable potential for tourism and an increase in the number of trails and interpretation sites would pro vide educational as well as economic benefits for the surroun ding towns The rural designation area should be examined with a view to using some of the poor quality lands for now density hous ing and thus taking pressure off the class one and two farm land which is presently in danger from the in creased needs of the housing market The review must examine the various uses the different types of land could be put to with regards to the potential long range benefits to future generations I felt it was particularly significant that my motion was passed unanimously during Ontarios Heritage Week celebrations While we celebrate what we have been given by past generations we also commit ourselves to the idea of sustainable development so that we can preserve the Niagara Escarpment for future generations YMS COMPUTERS No Business is too small to computerize Call now for a personal analysis of your business needs Cellular Phones 9 8534534 Fax Machines 21 Mill St West Tanr ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Georgetown Water Storage Facility PUBLICXOMMENT NOW BEING ACCEPTED MARCH 2 1989 As a requirement under Ontarios Environmental Assessment Act the Regional Municipality of Helton herby notifies all interested individuals and parties that Region is planning to expand he Georgetown Water Storage FaclHlfes The purpose o the expansion of the Georgetown Water Storage Facilities Is to Increase the availability of the water storage to accom modate the additional growth proposed within the Town of Halton hills Georgetown In accordance with the requirements the Class Environmental Assessment for Municipal Water and Sewage Projects a public infor mation forum will be held from 3 p m to on Thursday Mar ch 2nd 1989 in the Committee Room at the Town of Hills Ad ministration Office on Trafalgar Road For further Information contact the following- For the Region of Mr G WoodbumPEng Director of Engineering Services Regional Municipality of Hallon Department of Public Works 3216 South Service Road O Box Ontario L6J6E1 Tel No For the Consultant Mr R L Smith Thorburn Penny Limited 400 Main Street East Milton Ontario Tel No Regional Clerk Regional Municipality Theft case Halton police investigators in the Burlington area are sear ching for those responsible for a breakandenter which resulted in a large theft of material from the Canadian General Electric plant located on Walkers Line Burlington Between the hours of pm Saturday Jan 23 and li am Sunday Jan 24 of 1988 the plant entered by forcing a door at the rear of the building This factory is located in an in dustrial area on the west side of Walkers Line situated between Mainway Drive and the Queen Elizabeth Highway Once inside this plant the suspects loaded two company pickup trucks with stolen proper ty using a forklift truck and drove off Both vehicles were later recovered in Toronto Taken in the theft were 5000 lbs of Babbit lead ingots 8-inx2- spools of rectarigular copper wire and spools of round copper wire weighing a total of 2400 lbs 1 roll of aluminum sheet weighing 500 lbs micrometers ranging in size from 1in to 2 sets of radius gages and depth micrometer Total value of the property is CRIME STOPPERS HALTON Crime Stoppers will pay up to for Information that leads to an arrest In this case or any other case Callers are not re quired to reveal their Identities or restlfy in court The Crime Stop pers toll free number Is 18006685151 SAME DAY TAX RETURNS 101 St Georgetown 8772217 WEVE MOVED DALY McGregor INSURANCE LTD OUR NEW LOCATION IS 13 WILLOW ST SOUTH Opposite Municipal Parking Lot ACTON to better serve your Insurance Needs 8531121 Stan Hardman CAIB Ann Thorpe BROKERS Office Hours Fri 5 p m Thurs 9a 8 TOWN OF HAL TON HILLS X MAIN ST SOUTH HALTON HILLS 8775185 In the mailer of the Heritage Act Chapter 337 in matter the lands and at the following location in Town Hills in the Regional Municipality Hallon NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF A BYLAW TAKE NOTICE the Council the Corporation the Town Halton Hills has enacted By law No 12 lo designate the Acton Town Hall at Willow Street Acton on property described as Part Lot 37 Block 3 Registered Plan 31 formerly Town Acton more described as Pari Plan as being architectural and historical interest under Part IV the Ontario Hern to Act REASONS FOR DESIGNATION The hall was completed in 883 and is a good example the monumental style of the late 1 9th century architecture The architectural significant features of the building include its monumental and symmetrical massing along the front and side elevations its arched win openings highlighted by decorative key end stones and moulded brick sides designed to resemble pilasters its ilalianale roof trim featuring wide eaves with heavy shaped wooden brackets the arched and buck pilaster trimmed front doorway and its wooden detailed belfry lower HISTORICAL REASONS FOR DESIGNATION The historical interest of the property lies in the lact thai it was the focal centre the Town Aclon until Regional Government as acted as the community centre for vir all Town of Acton related unctions and services Hills this 1 day of February Daniel Costa Administrator Clerk Town of Hallon Hills 0 Box 128 ALTON HILLS Georgetown 7G