Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), March 12, 1975, p. 2

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The Acton Free Press Wed March Communication is key Dr Philbrooks visit Communication is one of the areas Dr Frank would like to Improve in as for We would like to improve the quantity and quality of communication with people in Ihts particularly the media the member of parliament told this paper during an informal interview Monday One of the ways plans to improve this is with a column in riding newspapers The editors may ellhcr publish the columns as they come in or lake the topics and expand on them in any form they wish Hi emphasized however this column would not be regular does not think the public is aware of his jobs andwhathe can do for them The ma Iter of personal appearances is an important one in the doctor s mind So few know they cm arrange for him to be guest speaker thai he is rarely asked He has only declined a speaking engagement twice when the event clashed with something previously booked on his schedule hi nee his election into of flee he has only formally vailed Acton on three these being the ml reduction of idler carrier service to and the opening ceremonies of the new legion and the sw pool Up until now the mator form of liaison with and parliaminl has been through the mnjor newspapers lie feck however that Ihc rcidership is in weekly papers and he is seeking wav of becoming more oriented in Ihts area lie also has a mailinit list and plans to send a with a This will cover the people who do not read any paper We have work to do here in terms of activity question thai staled Ik ilso like the ixibliLioknowthi little in if anse If needs a up l isidualilv it home in or in his fm should my ins complaints or si ins He wants Li In opinions on We w mid like more Input this In Ihc wny of Hung I Inllnook told ill lihli 1 Haton Hills considering maintenance management Before the town decides to hire consultants up a maintenance system Hills committee is going to at least two to it Four representatives of the Mimstrv of Transportation and Communications pea red at s works committee meeting to and sell the town on maintenance management The go with a firm sale but ith a promise the town will think about their idea I am all for maintenance management have shown us it works and I think it will help us However I like the idea of hiring consultants There arc a lot of people who are dead set against consultants and 1 am one of them Councillor Em Hyde worried Mike Cook Ministry of Transportation and Com muni cations told the com helps municipalities plan organize direct and control all their works projects He pointed out since thing is broken down into rejects and materials when cuts become agree said Councillor Mike Armstrong least with this if we make cuts we know what we are cutting Our way we ire cutting moncj and not works projects Cook pointed out since maintenance management tarted in the province has about GO municipalities on the system Over towns With this system have tried the system but Know how much work is some have found they cant to be done and if it is less than shake off their old ways and he year before then you can adjust to modern Dick instead of adding systems Cook automatically Hamilton hnvc started to implement the system I Morris said no likes the idea of maintenance management because then we cm tear J the budget We don hive to will until the end of to sec what we hive done thing is broken down and we whit we have cut Cook pointed out many councils jus tike whitcvcr they spent the year before on program add i costs hiv Meeting called to freezing of rural discuss land Chairman Jim will call a meeting of the South and Owners Association and other In and land owners to discuss proposals to freeze rural lands for permanent agriculture uses in the Town of Hills Mr Held a dairy farmer on the Concession of Hills said We ore concerned by the much publicized pro posal to freeze all land into agricultural use We do not this protects farm land or the farmer The Associations meeting for its members and other farmers and land owners In Hills will be on Thurs day March at Community Hall For further Information call Jim field 8429 Narcotics charges laid On Thursday at 1 p possession of narcotics Hell two youths were checked by appear in court June IB Acton on Mill St Asa there was one liquor result one Acton youth was during the week charged with possession of persons charged with being nartolics and will appear in drunk in a public place court June Other charges are pending against him and another local youth accord ing to police On Sunday at 1 as a result of checking a vehicle on Queen St Aclon police charged an Acton man with THE ACTON FREE PRESS as Second Postal Registration Number to it sine explained He suggested It could cost as much as lo get con sultants into Hills to set up a maintenance management system Ministry officials told councillors that Brampton region and Burlington all use the system and and No change Members of Ihi Hills flnmee arc not in favor recommending i luuiLes in municipal election the if A from to the fiscal December 31 ind hold municipal elections the first week in October w is discussed In committee members chairmin Horn lew and vice Miller thought the proposals would lie loo disruptive especially where it concerned the fiscal At present the Province ends the ffcil M irch and elections arc held the first Monday in December the Province sets its itcs after December and there was no they would change it now although he felt it could ideal if the fiscal vc r with the end f the rtculir vear Councillor Miller had similar views He felt the municipalities could do little until the province decided lo make a Would people come out in larger numbers for municipal elections if were held in October instead of Decern Members mulled it over with might be December hat there could be rain and mils in October keep the people al home I remirked every one v as Jumping on the regarding i lections in spite of what happened in Windsor on December Blanketed by i 14 inch snowfall there helps and phnn he explained Hyde suggested the s employees could go to other municipalities and sec how things arc done study the then set it up themselves without usinc consultants He was told by the Ministry officials towns have setting up their own system but hove always ended up using consultants Hills works super I rink told the councillor he is in fivor of mainten ince management 11 is logical and lie only orderly to schedule work he stated Deputy engineer Bob Austin thought the system wis beneficial The committee decided to look over Ministry litcnture on mull the phn over for two weeks and discuss at their next meeting PHILBROOK member of parliament for wants to more from people of Acton and district He came to Acton Monday with local Liberal supporter Virginia Kennedy of Erin township He talked communications with the Free Press news staff Twentysix pass course si lire I passed standard St John I Ambulance lira aid course Norman SET the instructor as demonstrator and Donald Miller the Examiner Names are Herbert Duby John Dunn Wilfred Duval Larry Albert Fowler Kenneth Hodgson Wayne John Douglas Mason David William 1 Synnott Harold Alfred Donald Von Fleet and Humes Van Future first aid courses will The first Is scheduled for March On April 1 another course will begin it the Itcbcrt little school is expected that will illcnd 87832T2 8783208 mil The J Showtime Thun SUNDAY ADMISSION Adults 2 25 Students Children 100 Saturday Those During Younq Men Mar 15 in their Jaunty Jalopies Children 75c Student St M to 20 frl 21 22 mi 22 itershecl is how if fee Is those who live there will be of the Credit HARROWHOUSE splay at Square at I roducls from to inada Ltd with ipprox FOB A BRAND NEW VW BANK RATE NO MONIY DOWN IF Many Al Used Can To Choot From GREATLY REDUCED VW Station Wagon All fully Lie 1972 Toyota This super ear Is like new Lie FCV574 1966 Volkswagen Toyota Corolla Beetle new cor warranty Lie 1974 Audi Fox Demonstrator Demonstrator 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