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parks board critical of dredging operations acton board of parks management has criticized the handling of fairy lake dredging operation in letters ent this week to acton council and the credit valley conservation authority parks board passed a resolution endorsing the opinions expressed in i litter to council expressing disappointment with the conservation authority and council over the failure to reclaim the proposed parkland located north and east of the arena a agreed to prior to the start of dredging operations in fairy lake included in both letters were augeetilons and observations of the parks board including the opinion that all private land which was to have been reclaimed by dumping of tilt should haw been purchased by the conservation authority prior o start of dredging and held as public conservation parkland this the board avert would have avoided the possibility of improving private land at public expense and eliminated the possibility of land speculation the board also thought all silt not used for the reclaiming of public land should have been told or banked and later told with the proceeds returned to the public purse to defray cost of the project finally the board deplored the apparent tack of communication between the conservation authority and acton council and what they called the neglect of acton council to include parks ijoird in any council meetings with the authority prior to and during dredging operations recommendatiom to the credit valley conservation authority for the future success of similar projects were 1 all private lands which are to be reclaimed should be purchased if possible by the conservation authority prior to the commencement of dredging and held as public conservation parkland or told after reclaiming this money and revenue received from the telling of land and excess tilt could be used to defray the cost of the dredging operation 2 all publicly owned lands should be given firtt priority when areas of reclaiming are being designated 3 local parks boards as weluii town councils should be consulted to assist in planning thapropoved dredging operations 4 agreement in writing should be signed between conservation authority and contractor as to the dumping location of dredged sill the board acknowledged their appreciation to the conservation authority for selecting fairy lake as the location for the pilot project dredging operation observing it would help the acton recreation program however llie letter tuggetted future projects would tliow a greater return for the tax dollars and develop more park and conservation areas if llveu recommendations were given venous consideration copies of the letter to live authority were tent to live hon george kerr minuter of bnergy and resources all municipal councils in the credit valley area ontario liberal chief robert nixon ontario ndp leader d mcdonald and tlie press prevent at live tpecial riveting which oaued the resolutions were chairman brendan aherne w duval jr ii dodds r laughlen and p mccristall nlnryrhh year no ii acton ontahio wednesday septembw 10 196 fithttrrt rvfe flftttwl gthh rev stanley gammon accepts thombury call rev stanley gammon pastor at acton baptist church for live last teven yean announced this week he would be leaving acton to accept a call lo thombury mr gammons announcement nude after the sunday morning service was a surprise to the acton congregation he will leave acton at the end of september and take over the ministry of firtt baptist church thombury sunday october s the thombury charge it about the same tin at the acton congregation mr gammon preached there at the request of church officials to help out during the summer vacation then the thombury church extended a call o the popular acton minuter which was accepted mr gammon taid he has ttjoyed his stay in acton especially the association and fellowship with the other ministers in town both he and mri gammon have nude many friends dunng their stay in acton both in their own congregation and among people of other persuasioni well nuts them but felt ihe lime had come lo nuke a change live quiet tpoken minuter told ihe free press thit it mr gammons second charge unce he was ordained in iq60 hit firtt pastorate was at two rural churches in norfolk county which he alto served when lie wat studying for the ministry at mcmasler university mr gammons decision to enter the ministry was nude after 10 yean in industry he went back to school in l5h lo heed ihe call graduating in i960 he feels the 10 years service in industry was valuable experience and gave him an insight into peoples problems which he might never have got otherwise dunng his stay in aclon mr gammon was secretarytreasurer decks nearly cleared for ohc housing the long delayed senior citizen and gejrcdtoincome housing projects in acton may be started ijtc this tall if there are no more obstacles encountered by contractors for the 24 units headway corporation limited of toronto final title to the property on cobble hill was acquired from mrs jane brown by headway corporation this week and company representatives are anxious to get going on the project the property must still be rezoned from r2 lo rm to pennit terminate the sate of land of ihe aclon minittertal association for three years is a put president of the baptist minittertal of guelph association and in 1968 was moderator of the guelph association he has been a director of camp llermosa corp and is still a director of ihe baptist ministers of ontario credit union in addition lo his regular pastoral duties mr gammon also was visiting chaplain for the baptist convention of ihe guelph association al the ontario reformatory guelph although there wont be any comparable dunes in thombury he looks on ihe years at the reformatory as additional aid to hitmimttry in conjunction with ihe chaplaincy mr gammon took a course in pastoral psychology at the ontario training school in brampton along with other ministers and priests tlie gammons will be leaving aclon al ihe end of september with ihe best wishes of their congregation and many acton and district fnends who wish them well in their new surroundings construction however federal approval of n ii a loans lo ontario housing corporation for construction of the two acton housing projects was received on monday august 2s but the final deal to between headway and mrs brown was not signed until last week construction of the 1 2 unit semidetached family housing as well as the 12unit senior cituen accommodation will cost a total of s325 0k6 and share a common site noith of cobbtehill road in ihe southwest section of acton the family housing will consist of four twobedroom six threebedroom and two fourbedroom dwellings accommodation for senior cilizent will conmst of a two storey apartment building containing 12 one bedroom apartment units the onurio housing corporation is responsible for construction and administration of the projects which is financed largely through federal loans which look after oo per cent of delegation asks about ohc housing mayor wont answer letters to editor mayor lei duby informed council he had no intention of answering letters to the editor in ihe press ill antwer telephone conversations when anyone hat a froblem and try lo be polite but doni antwer letters to ihe editor he declared at tuesdays council meeting he told council lo beware of the unphcationt of one recent letter which would try lo nop trains whistling cuing the case of richmond hill where ratepayers had tried to do the tame thing the nuyor u hit renuikt alto twocar ocritimt of 4fm ftmv fo two cars were involved in an accident last thursday at the comer of acton blvd and peel st a car driven oy alfredo lucarelli peel st was westbound on peel and received si so damages police estimate the other car was driven by allan grant macdonald blvd and damage was estimated at 300 he was proceeding south on aclon blvd laid he was disturbed to hnd the new crosswalk signs deliberately mutilated and tell u was a poor reflection on the town when cast iron pipe had to he used to reinstall signs so it wouldnt happen again a concerned delegation fiom ihe golden age club was assured thai council would do everything in its power to hurry along ihe proposed senior citizens houung mrs g fryer mrs j creasey mrs c winn and robert wame appeared before council tuesday lo ask what wat holding ihe project up they were told the story up lo date but council could not answer how long it would he before ihe project is started whats holding il up asked mrs fryer ii was supposed lo go through three years ago mavor les duby agreed thai s whats so frustrating about councils work wed like lo resurlace lakeview streets tlie contractor is ready to go bul we must go through the proper procedures and were at ihe mercy of ihe provincial departments wed like lo have given a bulletin each week on the project but theres a hangup on everything we do from the provincial government clerk joe hurst told the delegation that headway construction had consummated purchase ol the land on cobble hill but since the zoning hylaw is suspended the town must await approval ol amendments this depends on the ofticial plan being updated as soon as this is received an application must be made lo tlie ontario municipal board lo rezone ihe properly from r3 lo rm and there may be an omb hearing the clerk said wc arc very conscious of the delay the mayor assured the delegation thats the story of our life were at the mercy of ihe provincial government asked by mrs winn if any thought had been given to getting mail and the transportation fiom cobble hill the mayor replied that the experience of other municipalities showed there was no problem occupants ot senior citizen housing shared the duties of getting mail and grocenes in other pbecs and this created no burden council told the delegation the choice of a site liad been a difficult task and oik representatives had lo lei developers find one when they failed council also look steps to use other townowned lands further distant in the event the first deal fell through we ii move ahead as quickly as possible and if there are further requirements we have room set aside now ihe mayor said we thought wed belter ask mrs fryer concluded so many people kept coming and asking when it was going to start live cost tlie province of ontaiio through the o ii c will provide the remaining 10 percent operating losses if any will be half borne by ihe federal government and the ohc will bear 4 2m per cent the municipality will bear the remaining ivi per cent of losses o ii c family and senior citizen housing is leaved on a rent geared toincome bjsis the tenant s monthly income not the size of the dwelling determines the amount of rent paid renls may be as low as s32 a month for persons whose incomes are up to sl2 per month if income exceeds sscvo monthly the icnl is a straight 10 per cent of mcrimc federal loans were also approved for projects in arthur i ergus stratford sutton and woodstock mr boyd of headway construction told the free press that tht company hones lo get going on the acton projects late this fall depending on the weather municipal officials here fear thai rezoning the land for he projects may take a long time if delays on other projects contemplated are any yardstick to measure the speed of government departments an amendment to the zoning by law must go before the ontario municipal doaid for approval befiue construction can start vandals bend signs town officials and many citizens were upset when the newly intiallod crosswalk lions on the mill willow si corners were bent and attompts made lo crumple thorn police said this latest outbreak of vandalism occurred after a disturbance along the business section of town mayor lot duby was particularly incensed at the irresponsible acts and advocated stronger police protection to curb vandalism following a similar suggestion by councillor marks at tuesdays council mooting the mayor said the police are doing a good ob but need more help if they ore to patrol ef actively town workmen reinstalled the signs in cast iron pipe tuesday to ensure there would bo no repeal performance stall pholot police avert burglary by prompt action two men acting suspiciously were promptly reported to acton police last wednesday afternoon and as a result one was charticd on three counts and council f astfn by parks board letter despite the contention of councillor peter marks that they were taking the wrong impression irom a letter addressed to them from the board of parks management council look a dim view of suggestions in the letter concerning dredging on fairy lake parks board said llicy were disappointed thai council and live credit valley conservation authority failed lo reclaim the proposed parkland north and cast ol the arena as agreed to prior to start of dredging operations the board also deplored the lack ol communication between council c v c a and themselves i m soiry the chairman ol the board taw fit to press the issues on this the mayor said they are illinformed on this council levelling and grading the area alongside elizabeth drive it going on dally under the sponsorship of acton lions club and directed by parks board several construction companies have donated two days labor end machinery to the lions to improve the area around fairy lake a road is being built to cross the former swamp and the school creek lows into the lake through a cufvertistaff photo of he day was well informed on what was happening so was parks board injected the deputyreeve we understood completely that the only way we could qujlilv for the project was under the water storage program no recreation was to enter the picture at all although we knew we would benefit hy it the mayor recalled 1 suggested the people who voted lor this letter were misinformed said mr tyler how could they deplore the communication between the c v c a and council did they have access to our tile asked councillor mckeruie the mayor answered that tlie town office was available for people who wanted to look for intormation deputyreeve tyler recalling when the dredging project was firtt initiated said actont representative on ihe authority r r parker went over plant in great detail with himself and ihe new parks chairman brendan aherne why doet the man speak thit way if he hasnt got anything to go on asked councillor greer overlook the undiplomatic presentation pleaded councillor marks one of two council members on parks board the board has a point lo make and we should consider he main objective the one area behind the arena iv not done ihe other suggestions are ctinvtructive and designed to improve future dredging operations the board is aware ol ihe water reservoir program they are just asking why publiclyowned land couldnt have benefitted from ihe fill mr marks went on to say thai he went through ihe correspondence on the matter and never saw wliere council was invited lo particular meetings although he realized a lot of unofficial talk took place on the telephone he said lie did not support the charge of lack of communication the deputy reeve the letter doesnt read that way it condemns us and everyone connected with the dredging the project was to prolonged it did teem tlvere wat a lack of communication councillor matalet observed maybe we shouldnt have been consulted councillor mckenzie said its a private lake and lie agreement was with the conservation aulhonty they didnt really negotiate with the municipality and council al no lime was in a position to negotiate with parks board the mayor asserted the contractor made concessions lo us which werent continued oh page j a burglary wat likely averted when bert ihnton and clerkt became suspicious of a man who had been moiling all over ihe stoic and tried a lock on a door ohce were informed com ruce macarthur and com roy wood wenl over and saw tlie two men trying doort al the hack of the store and ihe neighboring house in their car parked illegally on mill st they found what they assumed to be stolen goods a dozen pairs uf ladies panties however the goodi didn i come from hintont apparently nothing wat stolen there tlie men were both from hamilton one of them hat been charged with possession of stolen goods possession of burglars tools and petty trespass hamilton police were unable to determine who rightly owns the underwear which ihe acton police have in custody we urge the public again to tell ut about anything suspicious police officers said this week fall fair daze coming several acton merchants will be celebrating acton fall fair weekend sent 1m8- with this years them b fall mr date and next weeks acton free pre will be carrying advertisements irom participating merchants outlining their bargains thar will be no tpecial draws or gimmicks juat genuine bargains for fair doers to remember acton by