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Ten lots for parkland agreeable with CVCA Even without present funds Credit Vat ley Conservation Authority is enthusiastic about acquiring ten lots east of I- airy for park purposes The Town of Hnllon Hills has asked the C A to as slst in purchasing the land from Rugby Construction Ltd who wish to erect semi detached homes on Ihe prop erty Situated south of the beth Drive entrance to Lake- view subdivision and north end of the northern bow of Fairy Lake the properly would provide a valuable ad to the parklands C C A chairman Grant CI ark son commented It a fantastic idea I be glad to move it applaud ed Authority member Hazel The ten lots have a market value of each cording to appraisals So we re looking at a total of queried Clark son Where are we going to get the money from ihU year budget Let get cracking with It anyway quipped Mrs Me By the time the wheels of politics Get through the red tape we be Into next years budget anyway It approved by the Ministry of Nau al resources the pro vince will pay percent of the total appraised price the Conservation Authority pays per cent of the balance and ills as benefiting municipality picks up the tab for the remainder At last Thursday meeting the Authority moved to pro ceed with seeking appraisals of the land In question One Hundredth Year No 38 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MARCH 19 1975 Thirty Pages Fifteen Cents Recommend Beardmoreuse sewage plant JIM SAXON AND Debbie were top winners in the Optimists public speaking contest at Georgetown Debbie placed second m the girls classes and Jim first for boys Both are Robert Little students One of the judges was their former vice principal Barbara now Kilbride Survey to see goals life style Right from the you should preserve your own Mills planner Mario VindiUi told the recreation advisory committee Thursday And his office plans to help Actonitns what their is and wants to This summer two planning students will conduct a door to door survey Alton asking a series of prepared question Answers will give piitun of what Acton people want and of how they want their com to Ik They will be asked If want tin town to grow how for ins t nee Different There- will Ik a slmihr survej in Georgetown but Mr thinks the picture that results will be com different in the two towns Ve identify goals m in this room considered he predicted These years of government will be the most difficult and frustrating he told the committee members present Spiclvogel Brendan Ahernc Gil Mai and However Hills Is a fact Tin quest in will ask opinions on growth Iran snortation sewer and water capacity recreation facilities A consensus of life suit will result instance there in easily be more facilities IP people are willing to for them through higher tuxes Mr VetidilU observed that if the stays the size it will stagnate I In hive in growth from slow to moderate and if it well planned all will benefit he isserted The survey will be well advertised in the press before it begins so people will be aware of its purpose when the caller arrives Although the feelings of the people are being sought Mr Council Tuesday rccom mended to llallon region that gallons a day of effluent be copied when the extension to the Acton water pollution control plant is built The Ministry of the will be requested to carry out tests on the effluent before arrangements could bo made to accept 100 gallons a day on completion of the addition Polutech Corporation would be the sit uation at When the waste water treatment plant was built at the company also hoped for relief through the town system Only a small amount of domestic sewage now goes from into the town system All other plants in town are con to the town system rested The pre treated effluent from the tannery will hope fully be acceptable in he newlyextended system The 100 only part the effluent produced daily in the tanning system would prefer to dispose of all waste soon ratner than hold It in beds officials have felt the effluent would not be In Acton and employs already had talks with region accepted people officials and had hopes the Hills council passed Councillors do not expect effluent would be accepted the recommendation that the the addition of when the new plant was built effluent be accepted Monday However when regional on motion of councillor Joe councillor Jack spoke Hurst on the subject at the Rotary Beardmore provides per meeting two weeks ago he cent of the industrial assess effluent would much alter the population limits set on the extended plant Present is 10 people after new addition Plant step further rked philosophically that then will always be people of vision who must look ahead Planning must be done locally Mr stressed Region planning department with its larger staff does not know the needs of Acton There will be a north south struggle We must fight for our policies he stressed Grateful Committee members were very grateful for Mr Von coming and explaining various things Your department have achieved a wonderful thing Mr Aherne thought and Mr said ft s been an education to us all Added Mrs So much in the past 14 months had been after the fact This has got to be a step In the right direction We want to stay port of this community A recommendation urging Maximum allowed It V Anderson and Acting Regional Works Associates be engaged for the Director Jock Corbelt in design of the Acton pollution dicated the 000 gallons control plant will go before per day was the rcgioml council today the ministry The Public Works com Environment would permit has recommended Water resource data design work for an expansion collected to date would in that would sec the plant dicate that although there is handle 1 gallons per minimal flow in Black Creek day rather than the he Acton sewage remains gallons per day That ex excellent pansion will accommodate a A caution is provided population of 10 about chlorine toxicity in Committee members ex Black Creek The field of pressed some concern with chlorine toxicity as well as advancing on what is con lne Held of sldercd a minor expansion relationships is largely Oakville Councillor Bill unknown It is hoped that Mason wondered If it these chlorine questions will woutdn t be more economical be clarified in the next year to build a larger expansion two possible that skating oof Hope for more public skat be summer hockey school and the Ing once the new roof is on power skating classes there jed were expressed at this summer Mr Cooper also M the recreation advisory com said a Legion hockey grant shrub mittee mec Thursday has been recommended by line behind be The new roof will be extend Hills administrat ing the ice season committee Recreation An umpires clinic will be John Cooper observed lack of held at hall Sun public skating time is a com day April 13 Coaches complaint everywhere executive members and any Lotsofkidswouldiustllke one with minor to skate observed Peter Softball is eligible to attend There no cost Mr Cooper The competition of hockey explained worries me added Brendan Moms and Tots skating and power skating are offered at Mr Cooper mentioned pub- Georgetown arena and Mr He skating is one main reason Cooper asked the commit for outdoor rinks tee opinion on having them Classes clinic here in the fall He will con The new arena in George tact the figure skating club town in at during 1975 will define biological problems relating to effluent In the mean the time stuff should ensure that the Acton plunt is not over the effluent spokesman said classes should be cut down Trial put off Rosea nne Brown charged with murder has had trial postponed until the fall sitting of the Supreme Court of Ontario The counsel for Brown Is out of the country and unable to attend proceedings which were to coming along well and other groups for their nave started Monday No walkway for Ransom St Mr Cooper said There will opinions too Members felt Skatathon Mrs Brown was charged following the shooting death of her husband last November He was a five year veteran of the force Single accident There was only one car collision In town the past week A parked car owned by I and I Ford parked on Mill wis struck by an unknown vehicle About damige resulted The accident happened Tuesday of Inst week Chopper drops in The crew of one of the helicopters dropped in on the r colleagues in the Ac ton detachment Monday Corp Bob and Cons Bruce Arthur went up to see the town from aloft and inspect nil the equipment available to the local force The OPP helicopters go to detichments wherever they re required One of the choppers had visited here be fore They have been in use in disaster rescue work particularly in north Ontario The helicopter crew on their last visit hid mapped out the best landing places and Monday chose the Legion parking lot Although the park is a suitable sire and well located Ihey were con the presence of children during a landing there Springing for Spring I ROBINSON of Churchill Road was jumping for joy in the warm spring like weather on the weekend Turn down subdivisions Hie huge proposed subdivisions which would have doubled the sue of Acton will undoubtedly be turned down planner Mario Vendittl told the recreation advisory committee Thursday The fact that the proposed new ad dition to the pollution control plant limits the towns to to prevents this giant development pollution control plant addition even if speedily could take a couple of years to be built However he felt that new technology could be developed which could change things the future Developments might permit extended use of the Creek or new methods of sewage dispail might be discovered he of the Black reek has been a big constraint on growth here I here tan be about l more people before the addition I more after Sr Citizens on Elizabeth ition north of t and west of Main St In been approved it Hilts council as a site for senior hous On Lino Housing Corporation has the location ifler looking at various sites in town for purchase arc underway If thi land sxilh of Elizabeth is acquired from developers for parkland the new senior citizens units will k park are and the lake rum lot a lion SHANE Mitchell practises to be a scuba diver at Beavers For more pictures see the Youth page Alton will not have the walkway problems that have plagued for vcars if town engineer Peter Morris has his way engineer recommend in a single home subdiv ision on Ransom Street planned by be deleted He said they were difficult to maintain and sometimes created problems Wall of As told Hills Planning Board he was ling to delete the walkway and raise the width of the road allowance from the on feet to feet as recommended by the Open Councillor Joe Hurst stated Council had ruled Ransom Street be left open rejecting indlands request to have it closed Me said It may needed In the future for another access to cemetery Councillor Lea Duby claim the road was town pro perty That piece was never Included in the sale of the town owned land to my knowledge stated Councillor Mr Wall said his company was now investigating the re location of services now run across lot Councillor said he was pleased with entran on the revised plan but claimed the question of lot 17 should be resolved arte time Councillor Morrow de manded to know whj Wind land Associates were bring their plan in piecemeal fashion why don you bring it all at once when it s com pleted instead of wasting everyone time any long Morrow stormed There could be or GOO young people circling the arena ice Sunday April when the Rotary club sponsors its first skatathon Pupils from M I Bennett Robert limchousc school and the high school will all be skating laps to raise money from pledges school may also be participating The profits will be split half to ihe sponsors far their community service projects and half to schools It is expected the schools will be using the extra cash for field trips The event is planned for the Last day of ice in the arena the day after the figure skating carnival Celebrities Sports celebrities are being contacted to take part and the also expect some councillors and other interested adults Bill former Argo is one of the sports stars expected to be here on blades roups of to will skate together with two pacers A skater can drop out any time hen one group has done laps another pack takes Chairman Ernie Sykes painted out the planning board can make no decision until there is a full report In eluding the salving of he Mr- vices running across lot Rate increases are proposed The Acton Hydro Com treasurer Audrey mission is going broke and Rate Increases have been rate increases seem to be Ihe looked into and If approved only way in which to rescue It by Ontario dro would not from its plight In the past two months the commission has lost with no end in sight ac cording to secretary THIS B C CABLE truck was parked on the south side of Highway 25 near 22 Sideroad just outside of Acton last Wednesday March when it rolled over with its bucket extended The ac cident occurred just before noon Damage estimated at 000 to the crane section of truck according to Milton OPP They further report that nobody was hurt