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If the citizens Acton were asked vote today on whether they wanted regional or not regional would probably be voted out West MPP George Kerr admitted to a crowd of in Acton Tuesday night But give the system five years and most of the people will be in favor he told a special meeting of Acton Rotary Club held to discuss the question does a smaller community really benefit from regional government I say without hesitation that future generations will thank us for having the courage to deal with needs on overall basis Mr Kerr said I know there are still problems and dif Terences but I proud of what has been achieved here In a little over a year I think you will all bo proud of the region too guests The Regional and Hilts councillors formed a panel to answer questions from 100 and Invited guests following a beef dinner at the legion Hall There were plenty of questions three hours of them following brief their roles in the rcgloml Tuesday panel included Regional Allan Regional committee chairmen Coons of administration and flmncc Ruflls of works and Mary of planning Hills Tom Hill acton representative on Hills Council les and regional treasurer Don Parmer Only s treasurer escaped the of questions From the audience flints Tor the most part the politicians defended the regional system find stressed it wis necessary to replace the century old county council system with a more modern all encompassing of government The audience however demon much less enthusiasm and used the forum to voice a long list of complaints and reflect the growing reeling that Alton In portfeuhr is losing more than It is gaining from the system Dissatisfaction When the meeting ended Rotary trod Mown up if nothing else we have sub stantiated there is wide spread dissatisfaction over regional government But regional chairman Allan who said he enjoyed the free exchange of Ideas slid be still feels there Is a great deal misinformation apparent Mr said regional means a transfer of power from the local level and many people resent this loss Hut Councillor said It appeared a lot of the concern voiced at the meeting in local problems not regional difficulties He suggested the Hills Council should meet In Acton frequently perhaps once every two months to give Acton residents a belter chance for input Vic formerly a member of the local planning committee wanted lo know why it was disban The people on the committee were experienced and were just Stirling to get into planning when it wis dissolved Regional planning chairman Miry Ono Hundredth Year No 16 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MARCH Twenty Eight Pnoos Cents Munro she wasn I aware Hills had such a committee but noted all local pluming boards were dissolved by Bill 1 1 the bill Implementing Region That was provincial decision not II ilton she said three members arc from ami don t to care about problems merchant Paul Nielsen charged Mr Kerr thought it would he too much to have one authority in municipality but urged the Acton people convince mi they need some attention Mrs Jackie Here Is a lot of buck passing over lot it problems anil cited problem over i minor variance at the it tic of adjustment level What ire the to a hlghu level of govern ment she wondered problems an mine replied councillor Majorette contest this Saturday Georgetown Majorette Corps is holding Its first National Baton Twirling Association Majorette contest on Saturday March at Acton High School Majorettes from all over Ontario will participate in the competition with judges in such classes as modelling strutting twirl and championship Mrs Bonnie who instructs the Georgetown Majorettes will run the contest with the help of parents and the Georgetown Optimist Club The contest will start at 8 am and run to late afternoon Spectators arc welcome Organizers point out it Is an all Hills event since the Georgetown Majorettes have members from Georgetown Acton and wards 68300 to fix Acton arena roof The lowest bid for renovations to Acton arena roof came in at and was submitted by Ltd of Hills council Id on the recom mendatlon of the recreation director the town engineer and consulting engineers The town upped the per formance bona from per cent to per cent and will pay the difference In bond charges them solves The consulting engineers will be asked to give a price to supervise the renovations I RED DAWKINS introduced panel and fielded questions at the Rotary club meeting Tuesday arranged to bring together the people and the politicians Left to right Mayor Tom Hill Dave Coons regional councillor Burlington MPP George Kerr Mary regional councillor Burlington chairman Fred region chairman Allan Don Farmer regional treasurer councillor Duby Not shown Jack regional councillor Burlington Brodigan plans 31 estate homes An estate type development of homes on acres land on Lot Con A was proposed to Hills planning Hoard Mike of Windland Associates Tucsdiy night each and 4 would be left is open space Re described the land is half bush half at present The planning said it would be considered hen the guidelines for estate developments wire established First meeting of committee Since the beginning of December the number of Hills residents out of work has doubled According to Jim Pappas counsellor for Georgetown and Acton Manpower there are now close to 1 people in Hills looking for work When I came to this office in December I had one file covering both men and women in town who were without work Now I have two full file cabinets explained The recreation advisory committee held their first meeting of the on Thursday with two new people there John Ross Cooper the new recreation and Sheldon a newly ap pointed member were present along with Brendan Aherne Pete Pupillon Gil Malcolm Wood Barn and Diane last members A recommendation was made Mr to Doug to request to Hills council to pur chase certain pieces of land in town as soon as they come up for sale for park Mr Malcolm was to the people on Churchill lid regarding an tee rink The Charlie Thompson memorial award for the most athletic person of the was it so discussed It is hoped the award can he- revived in the town Mr Cooper a newcomer in the town was in agreement with Mr concerning a sign an Main St pointing to the arena first time in I droe right past street several times before found it Mr Cooper said Not only are there more people out of work but there nnny jobs open for Right now we have about io jobs open in town Pappus He pointed out t of fore in He said his office noticed big increase of unemployed people December and Jaiuiry but have noticed a slight in the number in February forms which are sent to the Manpower office in their community These ore mailed to us so the decrease might be due to the mail strike If they are held up in the mail then this a real He 1 not Residents who for Incmploymcnt Insurance fill out Minpowcr rogislntion for skilled decrease because these people are still out of work even though we haven got their forms yet Pappas i plained He is also worried about the drastic decrease in the amount of vacancies reported tousb employers idded this decrease became very marked in ebruary I hope things improve ind we can get more of these people to w He joked that things better not get any worse because he is running out of file space for peoples registration forms He said he predict when things will improve or if will improve We will have to wait and see what happens in the auto industry and other industries 1 can ell one thing if things don get better then students coming onto the market in the spring wilt be really hard hit said He said he had no information right now the job market will improve admitted tradition things improve Budget delay if the Members of Hills finance committee are working the 1975 Hills budget but they ire delated by the same obstacles as last year the Region and the of Councillor I of the finance committee said the town will hive to lit until Bo set their budgets before they cm come up with the Hills budget In the lommittee set in target for the town budget but it wis the end of Juh before it wis Mike Kind Ice rates are forcing I Ighcr registration fees and ittendance Is declining of this be said How do we build the of tomorrow on a per child grant tiring your problems to at grant and you will be the same consideration you would receive from Acton council red Mayor I squcsinj arc s collector Don Mclntyrc said Ins rural customers him ST per month hut in my h thi feeling thev arc for this service through their in nine 1 1 Tin mayor they lying twice but hoped tint in the the iildleumtniling lie irli pickups i 1 the three local operators Tin tluir taxes pickup Why no vote Taylor wanted Mr Kerr to say why the provincial government a vote of the people before it decided to ram regional government down our throats The said he answer was simple There wouldn be any regional government In a more serious vein Mr Kerr said a vote was con but legislators were worried hat valid arguments for reglonallzation would hive been overshadowed by an emotional region campaign Most people re illy don like to hi reminded her If the voters rejected a region it might postpone some necessary municipal reforms he added You will to trust us She then prodded Mayor Hill to list he advantages of regional government for Ac here she reminded him hnd been cut from twice a week to once Continued on page Quotable quotes A tew tpiot quotes from irticiil irs in last night s special Acton lull meeting on regional government It was a shotgun wedding Acton s sere to his unholy mir Taylor describing thi merger of Acton I and George own to form Hills here is widespread diss iclion here iiitownabnut regional government meeting iirm in red I know you miss the town ill being on Main Si and don like having to go Georgetown to do with civil servants p ly jour taxes iker Region is here hive It ind there is no point in complaining my longer region louncillor Miry It Is in time Hills councillor You to convince mi government is i good thing Vie former member of Acton s If it docs have to region govern ment let s make it one tier Mrs Kelly complaining from he audience about a committee if adjustment problem You re paying too much garbage Don to ffalton Hills Hill who said his private pickup service cost him jfl County isked the government ft r re It s on the record it misled on us We told Queen Pirkwh it regional chairman All re suffering merchant Wayne Moss describing the culbick in works vices ppirent to businessmen since the In traduction of the region People ire calling me to complain poor from region and it s not even my fault Hills works depirtincnt dcspiUlur Ron Is it my wonder people up here ire frustrated former Acton works Alt describing esc dating sewer and service charges since these services became a regional responsibility look for work only 10 jobs open in the spring especially in the construction industry construction work should show some kind of an increase this sprint However there is a possibility it won lie as increase as it is other years If nobody has money to invest in road work or the housing industry then there may be only a slight increase in the number of jobs cautioned He idded there are a number of people in Hills who have laid Manpower they are willing lo do ork mil many of them are GEORGE KERR debates a point with Bill Denny and Charles at the Legion hall Tuesday He defended regional govern to a group of 100 George grins through quips George Ker resign ilion from the is Solicitor General following of impropriety mentioned it last night s Club dinner inn region govern men discussion thirewerci couple fjokes subject Hie Hilton Wist took his stride is a m itter ot Met one of them is his joke on himself in of the discussion pi nod red said the menu origin illy for the evening w is a seafood dinner hut on 1J he received i letter Mr is recently developed in of with w iter ludicnce roirtil with laughter but Mr Kerr just beamed his usual big wide When he rose to speak and offer a defense of regional government the MPP said I being the defendant these days I very pleased to hear there are no plans to fill in I ike New constitution approved for Y NEW CONSTITUTION engages the interest of the new board of directors of Acton Murray Memorial M C A at their annual meeting Seated centre is president Helen Van Sickler with her are first vicepresident the Rev second vicepresident Hilary James At the back are treasurer Dave Hunter past president Ross Ribey and secretary Bonnie A new constitution and new Murray Memorial M were unanimously ipproved and passed at meeting of the last at tended the dinner meeting in St parish hall The short business meeting in eluded reports and election of officers is well Helen Van Sickler was elected new chairman of the hoard and she had headed the committee which presented the new con stitutton She explained the committee had looked over constitutions of other and sample from headquarters as well as the one existing copy Acton The constitutions and bj laws had not been changed since 1935 The documents had already been approved by the board of directors The by laws call for people on the board and this number is still short three men Previous figure 15 Other were made bring the rules uptodate lection Fwmg was elected vicepresident Hilary James second vice- president and David Hunter treasurer Other board members ire past president Ross Ribey Gail Marg Sally This makes six men nine women the urn is nine of each Ownership A meeting is scheduled for March to in office to discuss the board position regarding the owner ship of the building before meeting Is held with Hilton Hills solicitor Mrs Van admitted a problem was anticipated The matter of ownership had been certain for years Committee chairmen will have people on their com who are not board members Sue is in charge of pnbltcitv and public relations Gail in of finance There is no program chairman as yet Reports were given by last chairman of com mittce He ports Jimcs program convener said the vear had been successful There is no need swimming pronms in town this veir since new pool is open The program wis limited due to the poor facilities but she mentioned the Tike a Break gymnastics mil lifting She ended mentioning the need for v rs Mrs is running the da programs almost single Town hires boss of Scarborough has been hired as Facility Superintendent for the town of Hills at salary of Mr will be over all superintendent of the He has worked for the borough of Scarborough for the past years and was in charge of all recreational facilities including pools arenas rinks community centre and tennis courts and was responsible for a staff of employees Mr is married and has a family of five grownup children He and his wife hope to move to town as soon as possible hi nded and Handy is running evening groups is of his recreition course l reported for the building committee The meeting room is com redecorated ind i lot work his been done on the washrooms There have been Emblems with heal and roken windows The report wis Dive Hunter Ilinlget The prehminarv budget for 1975 showed income from Hills Walker ipartment Conservatory of Music and office rentals membership fees donations I xpcndilurcs proposed include repairs pavments on bmk loan for two nonexistent persons a janitor program Total estimated income was and total mited expenditures 9 195 I year financial statement showed a loss of over the year Changes The change in the tion opens the to a broader membership The previous rults had officially required mem to belong to a Christian church Member ship is now open to anyone The new purpose reads The is a world wide fellowship dedicated to the growth of persons In spirit mind and body and a sense of responsibility to each other ana the hum in community The program devotes itself to the physical social in and spiritual development of Individuals committed to the Christian w iy of life and the res possibility of good citizen ship This involves a of recreation and personal services Membership fees are Tamil junior student and adult