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Esquesing balks at amending holding bylaw for Hydro Ontario Hydro wants to build two distributing stations In but the township council is reluctant to change the agricultural holding bylaw so Hydro can go ahead Fred EUlfl of Ontario Hydro property division appeared before council Monday outlining Sam for the distribution stations the Ballinafad and Ash grove areas He said Hydro engineers were concerned that if the Ashgrove station was not built this Fall residents of the area could suffer power troubles Under the existing by law there Is no allowance made for distributing stations so THIS asked council to consider amending the holding law Inserting an exemption clause for Ontario Hydro Very few townships do not have the exemption clause in their by laws he llic ex is tint station at Is overloaded he explained and Hydro wants to keep up voltage In area He said if was fuvorablc to Inserting the clause in l law Hydro would still rami to council for further approvals Skeptical of need Councillors were generally skeptical of the need Councillor Dick suggested Hydro should expand the present station at rather than expanding intoAshgrove which could hardly be on expanding area We have never amended the holding by law and we try to treat everyone the same he told Ellis ehancc land use while Councillor Coxc also balked at amending the three yearold law which expires this September Clerk French pointed out the matter had come before Oil township planning board who He said the planners had left an exemption clause nut of the by law for several reasons but recommended It be included In the new by law long Waft Mr Fills said Hydro engineers were anxious to get going on the project and if they had to wait for the Official I Ian and zoning law approval the wait could be indc terminable Hut Councillor said amendment to the Idinc by law could bo considering the speed of the Ontario Municipal Board Councillor Wilfrid favored giving Hydro the amendment In the by law Hydro Is an Important commodity tor everybody ho and they should have special consideration Their engineers know what Is needed Council decided they would discuss It further before committing themselves to action re m NinetySeventh Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MAY Th riy Pages F floer Conls Budget discussion kept alive by vote Makeup of Acton council budget committee could be changed in the future as a result of a lengthy discussion at last week regular meeting In it narrow vote council decided to hove the budget committee question referred back to both committees for further discussion even though administration committee had brought forward what they considered to be an adequate recommendation Under the present system the mayor appoints budget committee members It is made up of five of the nine council members council meets the press Is usually present It have to be Murks interjected The Municipal Act says you in hive a caucus meeting anytime you want Coats said he would oppose a full meeting of council With the pre is barred He went on to that committees tend to become unwieldy Mayor I as said he is no reservations at all about keeping the budget committee system the way it is He admitted it may be a HOCKEY In the summer time What more Association Stanley a threetime NHL all could a young lad ask for Lucky winner of a stir selected Todd name in a lucky draw at tree week at Allan Stanley s Beehive Hockey Saturday night For story and more Camp was Todd Mclntyre youngest player in picture sec the Free Press sports pages the Acton Minor Hockey Photo by D Gibbons fires 3304 damage in Acton during The annual report of the Fire Marshal shows that Acton had fires in with damage amounting to considerably below the five year average of from 13 fires in the period from 1967 to township had a fire loss of from eight fires in 1971 while Erin Township had a loss of from fires in the same period The village of Erin had nine fires with total damages Georgetown had fires for a total loss of above the five year average of fires with losses of while Milton reported CM in losses from fires The report lists the total loss from fires in the province at 036 in 1971 amounting to per capita up from the 89 recorded in The number of deaths from fire in was with the heaviest toll occurring in December and January when heating units are most active The two most hazardous times occurred between one and two in the morning that first hour or two after people go to sleep and hum in seven ani eight in morning when kitchen activities low Weve got more nurses public health nurses have been hired by the County Health Unit and will assume duty soon Both nurses will work in North Halton where a shortage A third nurse off on a leave of absence returns to the Georgetown office in the near future The three additional nurses bring the staff on hand from four to seven The shortage has been the subject controversy in months County councillors from North have protested the lack of staff at meetings of the Community Services Committee and at County meetings Deputy Reeve Pat and Reeve Tom Hill ted a campaign at the county council level to have better health services in the northern part of the county flic campaign began after an article published both in The Free Press and The Canadian Champion criticizing the inadequate health services In North the announcement of additional help McKenzie indicated he felt a more satis factory job would be done and he felt seven nurses were sufficient to serve the current population in North Halton Recommend continue Reeve Frank announced the committee s rccoin that the present budget committee system be continued but that all members of council be invited to attend the final budget meeting He said all councillors would have copies of the proposed budget in their hands before the meeting The mill rate would be struck at a full council meeting the evening after the final meeting Deputy reeve Pat and Councillor Peter Marks voted against this year budget McKenne claimed he could not vote Intelligently on it because he did not receive copies of pro posals he was promised before the final meeting Marks called it a maintenance budget and charged the town fathers were turning their backs on things which are needed He called fora total investigation of budget committee procedure After listening to the reeves announcement last week said having copies of the budget in the hands of all councillors beforehand would be unprovement but reminded colic in and Milton the entire council serves on budget committee Only guideline Clerkadministrator Joe Hurst administration committee recommendation whs set up only as a guideline for the 1J7J budget committee Councillor Jack Greer said the I council could change the system early in the year if they wished Councillor Marks charged it is very poor procedure to leave the question in the hands of a new council It took me two years to understand how the budget was beitu handled It not fair to new members of council he said Marks suggested the people who have experienced the problem should set a policy and that it should be carried on next What would be the dis advantages of having everyone on the budget committee then Deputy reeve asked and Milton think it a idea Press present Councillor BUI Coots reminded McKenzie that when the entire Investigate An impaired driver liquor seizure drunk In a public plate and assault were among investigated by Acton police during the past week little to new members of council to feel slightly uninformed But it not a common situation for rookies to become notorious councillors within three months he suggested mayor backed Councillor Co its stnnd on the Inclusion of the press Anytime council meets toother the public bus ness and the press should 1 1 here he commented Murks with Coals that a nine man committee may be unwiel ly but said he sec the recommend did to amend set opinion Not so Reeve said It Is not necessarily fair to say the budget is all cut and dried because the Is made up of a of council Marks reed The sdldurity of that eommlttic when they present a budget Is something 1 never seen In a union he replied Deputy reeve McKenzie and Councillors Marks and Chapman supported motion to have the question level Miyor CIHLDRFN of St Joseph Church received their first Holy and Communion Sunday from pastor Father J J Altar boy Coils and Greer opposed it is George Regional government announcement expected An announcement concerning regional government is expected to be made today by Warden James Swanborough it the monthly meeting of Halton County Council An emergency meeting of the Technical Coordinating Committee ha been called for I p File developments follow a meeting between county officials and government representatives in Toronto on Details of the discussions were not available at press time but it is known the subject regional government Rush interim report It is understood TECO representatives will be urged to rush an interim report on their findings after indepth studies on the application of regional government in The County has maintained support for a only region including Burlington and the committee has been studying the implications Speculation rampant earlier this year suggested regional government might be introduced in Halton this year with elections scheduled for October when the first regional council would be elected Elections are already required in each municipality Halton this year in line with the two year terms which expire Dec 31 in festival at An unusually large audience enjoyed the Music Festival competitions at the M Z Bennett school Acton Wednesday of last week School principal Elmer Smith was delighted with the interest shown by parents and friends this year About children parti from the Z Bennett school Acton Martin St W I Dick and J M schools In Milton Percy Merry Pineview Speyside Glen Williams and school entered for the first time Ad judicator was Roy of Mississauga son of an here several years ago He said all the choirs were of high calibre Susan Bruce of the M Z Bennett school introduced the adjudicator Trophies were presented to the top three entries in each of It classes Big winners Martin St School Milton had seven entries and took six trophies four firsts and two seconds for the outstanding record of the day Festival chairman was Ralph principal of school This year festival was considered very successful by the committee in charge Results are Triple duet grades and enrolment and over Murtin St A J M Pinevlew Nine entries Primary choir grades and enrolment and over Brook Four entries Intermediate choir grades and enrolment and over Martin St Percy Merry Five entries Junior choir grades and enrolment and over Pineview J M Five entries Boys choir unchanged voices M Z Bennett Five entries Triple duet grades and 0 enrolment and over Speyside Glen Williams our entries Primary choir grades 3 enrolment and over Limehouse I Die Glen Williams Four entries Junior choir grades enrolment and over Glen Williams Five entries Senior choir grades enrolment 250 and over Stewart town Martin St M Bennett Three entries Senior choirs grades 7 and a enrolment and over Martin St Fairview Five entries Triple trio grades enrolment 250 and over Martin St A Martin St WE WON This message comes across bright and clear from Patricia and Carol Schatti of Public School as did the singing from the choirs which participated in the North Halton Music Festival held at the M Bennett Public School last Wednesday For more pictures of winners and competitors see page won