Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), May 7, 1975, p. 1

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Create HaltonBurlington riding Jim Snow will run in Oakville WELLINGTON COUNTY North Halton residents will be looking for a new voice at Queens Park once the next provincial election is called After serving East for eight years MPP Jim Snow his been forced to run In either Oakville or the newly created riding of Halton- Burlington Snow announced his decision to run in Hundredth Year No meeting of party workers and later to the news media He termed It the most difficult decision of his political career Due to redistribution the Region of Halton now has three scats instead of two ling Ipal second is formed in the southern portion of Burlington and a third takes in the rest of Burlington and all or north The Halton Burlington riding runs north of the at the border west to the Line north to upper Middle Rd west to Brant St south to High way west to Kearns and north west to the border Burlington includes people in In Milton and 15000 In Burlington Redistribution leaves Burlington will ale and with a each In announcing his the MPP Indicated Hint his decision run in Inilcad of Burlington riding in which ho lives allowed him to continue to represent per cent or the people trow represents He pointed outrunning In Burling would mean taking on new territory that he hud not represented in the pott The entire new riding in within the current East riding Mr Snow explained there were a lumber of projects in the south which he wanted to sec to a conclusion Its with a great many regrets that I have to make this decision to leave people in the north who have worked with me over the last two elections but I m sure you have a number of good Cont on Page 2 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MAY 1075 Forty F CoMs i I TV Mr and Mrs Harvey Kirk wood Acton want to give each of their five children a one acre lot off their farm on the Third Line but have been told they can The Land Division Com mlttee turned them down so they came to Halton Hills Planning Board Tuesday night Planning board did the same although with some reluctance The have now launched an appeal to the On Municipal Board In an 23 per cent attempt to win the land separations Mrs Kirkwood told plan ning board they own nine acres on one side of the road where the five lots are located and acres on the other s de which they farm She said one lot adjacent to the five in question has already been separated and one of her family lives there She said the others would like to live In the country as they Were all brought up there Assistant town planner Ron Burnett said the Lands vision Committee refused be cause five lots would be a subdivision and would con travene the Official Plan Councillor Roy Booth said he admired the Kirkwoods motives but asked if there would be any assurance the family would not resell the land Mrs said the daughter who now lives there signed an agreement she sell for at least seven years and claimed the others were to he same for any number of years She stressed there was no money Involved but woi Id be a gift to her children Councillor Morrow pointed out council or plan ning board had no jurisdiction in the matter and could not overrule the Lund Division Committee He said in the past council has launched an appeal where the planner and council do not agree with a decision sometimes winning and sometimes losing Planner Mario VLndlttl said If his Is everybody can build on one acre lots without a plan of subdivision Councillor Hyde snld Ihi fact It Is a family arrangement cannot he con This is out of our ball park Councillor Joe Hurst said council cannot support the Kirkwoods doing so would contravene the vn own bylaws Councillor Ernie chairman of the planning board advised the to apply for a separation one at time He admitted it would take some years but said It was the only way he could see of having the land separated Mr Kirkwood commented later The price of a lot today around makes It almost impossible for young people to build a home and they are being forced Into town houses or apartments whether they like it or not Disston union settle At moating in way for eight or nine weeks the Legion hall Monday night Over two the Increase members of the United Saw amounts to about per cent workers local voted with a new cost of living ad lo to accept the con juslment clause a slight in tract offered by Disston crease In vacation bonuses Canada Limited and upgrading In dental plan Discussion has been under The union was represented by Ed Wright and Ralph the by Tom Shields and Walter Die trich Union officials were satis with the settlement said spokesmen on behalf of the union members Parking limited to 3 hours Residents and visitors alike won be able to park on Halton Hills streets for more than three hours it was decided at Monday council meeting In a close vote council reversed Its decision of just two weeks ago The works committee had included the three hour parking limit in their parking by law but council scrapped the idea Council was con resident guests at parties The committee came bock again this week requesting the limit be put back into the new parking regulations and this time it got through council Councillor Joe Hurst said the three hour limit had lo be in the by law to facilitate snow removal He explained if the regulation wasn in the by la every street would have to have sign prohibiting overnight parking during the winter Bulletin Tuesday night council reversed the previous night decision and threw out parking liw which included the three hour parking limit on any town street Two member of the works committee who brought the bylaw to council Councillors Mike A mi iron and Era Hyde were absent from the night meeting The bylaw was voted down by a one vote margin of five to four Councillor Ernie Sykes suggested the town could simply advertise the fact there was no overnight parking allowed on the streets during the winter Councillor Hyde noted the regional police said they t enforce the over night parking regulations as per cent increase Halton Hills staff Hills council last night voted for a 10 per cent salary increase across the board for all town staff members on salary except those in the Canadian Union of Public Employees The increase is retroactive to January 1975 An amendment was defeated which would have increased salaries by 5 per cent The increase is intended to keep up with the rising cost of living they existed In the old Georgetown by law Hyde noted the old Georgetown by law was the parking regulations In effect last winter Councillor Horry Levy suggested the town doesnt enact by laws the police want to enforce but by laws they think the town needs Councillor Coxe stated it wasn t much use having a by law the police t think they could legally enforce He said the police wanted to do overnight parking en and had asked the town to come up with something they could use Coxc suggested all the town had to do was put up signs at the edges of Halton Hills informing everyone there was a three hour parking limit in affect Councillor Roy Booth stated everyone on council was talking about something they knew nothing about and It would be a goodidea if they got a legal opinion on the question from the solicitor Councillor Mike Armstrong noted It would be very ex pensive for signs to be put on every street In Hills prohibiting overnight parking during the winter months He said cost could be greatly on 18 Festival The North music festival is underway all day today Wednesday at the M Bennett school Results and photographs in next week paper Be a sport gam a few pounds GIRL GUIDES were out Saturday in full force peddling cookies Mane Louise and Patricia Henry both yearolds present their appealing sales pitch By noon they had sold boxes of the traditional cookies Gray first Tory- after north seat The first hat has been tossed in the ring for the Pro gressive Conservative nomi nation in the new riding of Burlington which takes In all this area George Gray Edith St Georgetown announced he would try for the Tory nation Monday only two days the Hon Jim Snow said he would run in the new sou them riding Mr Gray is well known in Burlington where he attended high school and in Georgetown where he is partner with Fred Zorge in Construction Company and several associated com Fianles in the general Ing and home building fields He attended elementary school in Peterborough and secondary school In ton Ont While attending high school In Burlington Mr Gray laved football and basket all for the school At the same time he a member of the Burlington Lake Continued on 2 Recreation looking up for Speyside people Almost SO people of all ages showed up at he Speyside school Monday evening for a special recreation meeting called by Pam Sheldon Mrs Sheldon Is on the Ac ton Recreation Advisory Committee representing Speyside and she felt the people of were not receiving the activities they were to John Cooper Acton and Es recreation tor was also present at the meeting and discussed the possibilities of future clubs sports and groups In the area Offer suggestions Mr Cooper also gave the teenagers fn the group the op portunity to speak their minds and offer suggestions as lo what could be available Mixed sports and archery for Ihe teenagers were the only suggestions mode by these people One man volun leered his services to instruct an archery club It was made perfectly clear that the school would be open for all sports if required Some of the parents present at the meeting would like to see such things as rug hook ma era me pottery and flower arranging offered In the school for after hour act vitles The men agreed that at the present time they were not too interested in programs of for them as they were Circus of Values The first of four special merchants promotions begins this week with the advertising flyer In ay Free Press The town retailers Georgetown Independent today The ads will appear In a total of 13 papers In these two centres and the surrounding district The promotion is called publicizing Acton shopping Circus Values and lasts for facilities by including the Its theme is tied flyers in all copies of the the Chamber of Commerce- Acton Free Press and The sponsored circus D cards for seniors The town of HiUs may Issue senior dozens I D cards Mayor Tom Hill said he had received some calls asking If there was any way senior could be issued cards which would allow them lower admittance prices to many activities and public transportation The mayor said he had found out Milton issued these cards signed by he mayor with the town corporate seal on them busy working at home Tin Idea of or cross country skiing for the winter months The possibility of Cubs and Brownies was also with offers being made to head groups The people were asked attend the cycle club meet ing to held in Acton in near future find out the possibilities of forming the own club or amalgamating with the Acton club Enthusiasm was high as the meeting went on with mort and more suggestions John Cooper Is looking Into some of the suggestions made while others such as organized sports be done on by the Inter people themselves Leaders chosen Playground leaders for tht and sum mer playgrounds have been selected and will commence work on July The leaders all girls arc Duval Jill Col My nut Snow Jinet Green on Jennifer Howe and Susan Rick has been hired as the for and and is at pre sent interviewing people Tor the leader in train Job openings Drag way this year estate homes next It looks like cars will race downthedragstripat Toronto International Dragway for the last time this season and be replaced by estate homes next year The Dragway that lammed Esqueslng council with protesters when it began in 1970 will run this summer from May until November and then be torn up for the large homes if no further obstacles stall the project Tuesday night Hills Planning Board recom mended approval of the draft plan of subdivision for the acre parcel of land from the Fifth to Sixth Lines north of Highway The amendment to the Official Plan and Zoning bylaw will be processed and the solicitor authorized to draw up a subdivision agreement Walter Sopinka solicitor for Medallion Aire Estates said a system of looped roads with part of the existing dragway area used for tennis courts and the control tower for use as change rooms are planned A park area and sports field Is shown in the of a recreational area Councillor Ern Hyde asked If one central water supply would not be better than individual wells Mr Sopinka said the Region would not approve of a central communal water system He said the hydrology report stated there was more than enough water for homes while only are proposed here Councillor Fat said the Region would not have anything to do with a communal water system because they feel if It ever ran dry they would be forced to pipe water from the nearest urban area at tremendous cost Councillor Coxe agreed saying There no way the Region will go for a com said the Region hod recom mended separate wells and septic tanks He said the existing cistern in the bottom of the control tower could be pressurized and used for fire protection Coxe asked if the area would be kept clear so fire trucks could get in to the cistern in winter then suggested a hydrant be run out to road Councillor Morrow said a trip to the area has him since there were any trees and the landscape architect a plans showed trees everywhere Well It may not be Sherwood Forest quipped of Caledon Estates Mr Sopinka but there are development McLaughlin Co trees around the perimeter had put such conditions In the and two wooded bush areas sales agreements with the houses all facing toward the bush and trees Morrow asked if there were any conditions regarding the building on the lots within a certain time to avoid them being held for speculation He claimed In the second phase said he felt ihe Speculation Land Tax would take care of that Sm plan Pig

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