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Sabre Figure Skating Club ice rates reduced Ice rental rates paid by Acton Sabres and Acton figure Skating Club were reduced Monday by Hills and at the same meeting council decided to launch an investigation Into financial problems plaguing Sabres Georgetown Geminls and Georgetown Raiders The rate for the junior B hockey teams has now been reduced to an hour and the Figure Skaters rate has dropped from an hour to Norm Elliott speaking on behalf of six groups who use the Acton arena told council that the people disagree with recreation director Glen Gray who says people who use facilities like arenas should pay for it noting that libraries and schools used by everyone but every taxpayer helps the burden He suggested it should be the same for the rink Not free ride He said the groups asking for a free ride or unreal is cat low rates but they do need some financial considerations Mr Elliott said administration committee accept the groups proposals but he hoped council would Mr Elliott blamed regional government for the lack of direct dialogue between groups using the arena and other town facihles and elected officials and added the groups really haven t been able to give the town much input He said Acton Sabres be blamed for the lack of revenue the town received last year from their games since they were offered the option of a gate split or ice rental rales by the municipality report He said the Sabres agree fully to the ice rental rate of set out In a report adopted by the town in 1974 calling for gradually increasing ice rental rates over 1975 and 1976 said the hockey team quibble ith an hour but docs with an hour which was sprung on them just a few days before the season opened He said the shift tor the figure skaters from 7 hours last year of prime time and hours of prime time to one hour non prime and 13 hour prime time this year was placing a tremendous financial burden on the group He noted the group has faced two rate increases to Its parent bodies and has had to raise its own fees twice Increase Figure skating officials Carol Campbell and Laurie Cook noted after council reduced the rales since their prime lime hours weren cut back the group still faces a cost increase over last year of nearly Mr Elliott suggested Increases should be geared to of living increases the same as other government bodies calculate financial increases He called for all groups in Halton Hills using arena facilities to sit down with council and recreation department officials to work out future rate increases each year early in the spring so everyone knows where Ihey stand before budgets are set for the following year and not Just before the season starts thought discussions reaching mutually agreeable positions would be much better and would eliminate the at mosphere of antagonism now effecting discussions when they lake place Lost Swords In answer to a question from Councillor Miller Mr Elliott said Ihe high ice rales were a big factor in the death of the Acton Swords He told council thai many groups had had input into the 1974 report and also while there haven I been formal talks between Acton and Georgetown ice groups they have discussed their mutual problems Councillor Pat McKenzie wondered what the town will do if in trying to make the rinks pay their own way it forces teams like the Sabres to fold and leaves the empty He said that if the philosophy that groups using facilities must pay the freight is adopted for the rinks then it should cost SI to lake a book out of Ihe library and soccer teams should pay a fee each time they use the fields Councillor Les Duby said the folding of one hockey learn already a matter of great concern and that while the region Ottawa and Queen s Park very flex iblc he certainly hoped Hills council which is close to the grass roots could be Councillor Joe Hurst said all the blame Continued on page 3 One Hundred and Second YearNo ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 1976 Thirty Pages Fiftee 34 people plunge it Dec 6 election stakes Thirty four candidates are vying for 17 elected offices up for grabs the December municipal election With days left before residents go to the polls only two people have already been elected by acclamation Councillor Ric Morrow is assured of a seat on Halton Regional Council and Halton Hills council since he was unopposed for the Ward Four Georgetown seat Incumbent mayor Tom Hill will square off against veteran councillor and presently Ward Four area councillor Harry Levy for the mayors job All voters in Halton Hills can vote for mayor and the successful candidate will not only be the top politician in the town but also gets a seat on regional council Ward One Acton real estate agent Gordon Dawe will try to seat incumbent regional councillor and retired school principal Pat for Ward One regional scot Former Acton mayor and incumbent area councillor former councillor Peter Marks and Acton businessman Ed Wood will battle it out for ward ones two area council seats Ac on other area councillor Joe Hurst running Ward Two Bill Hunter and former Warden of Halton County 13 years experience in municipal politics is re entering the political arena against Miller who also sat on the old county council and is a Ward Two area councillor now The pair are facing off for the one seat at regional council for old Es qucsmg Township sitting regional councillor Dick has decided to retire from cil Four men will battle it out for the two Ward Two seats on area council Newcomer Nick Continued on page 2 December 11 Santa parade on new paving may not get red carpet in Acton but he II settle for a spread of good black pavement Mill St reconstruction is proceeding right on schedule or even bit ahead of schedule and King Construe workmen expect to be done by their deadline on December 10 Only problem might be serious snow storm which could delay work considerably Paving could begin next week on the first three blocks extending east from the Mill Main corner Even if the next three blocks were held up and not paved they would be backfilled and completely passable by that date The Santa Claus parade is due alone Ihe street on Satur day December Water repairs will be made this Sunday and there is notice in the paper informing residents water will be shut off for several hours There was another water break yesterday Tuesday business for a short while week water break was more serious Mill will get one full this fall and a second layer in the spring King Construction has the contract 750 damages to two cars Regional Police estimate total damages amounting to after an incident involving two cars on lid November at driven by Raymond Rosemary collided with a parked car owned by Sergio Vasquez 16 November 9 car accident Complaints of pain were expressed by Kelly 138 Church St after ve hicle she was driving was in an accident on Young SI on November 9 at p m Hal Ion Regional Police say An est united in damages was sustained by the cor police report Parked car is damaged Beckers Plaza was the scene of an accident between a driven by Woodward and a parked car owned by I Georgetown Police report The incident occured on November 11 at pro Police say there was an mated dimage of to the Savoie vehicle and no damage to the Woodward vehicle FORD TRUCK driven by George Simpson Guelph was crumpled by CNR engine Friday afternoon at the Mill crossing The driver who explained his vehicle stalled on the tracks was uninjured Train spins truck driver escapes man narrowly escaped injury when a freight Inin taught the front his truck and spun it on the Mill Street CNR crossing George Simpson of Avenue said while the Regional Police invesli gated the accident I feel little sitk al my The i occurred Mr Simpson was on his pick up a parcel from He works parttime as i truck driver for J ng of Police estimate the damage lo the truck at 1 The front end is squashed runt of the impact escaped damage police said The engine was pulling cars tarrying cattle Junes Strafford was engineer of the train whiehhit Nooneon the train was hurt The which took the lOSt Resdents meet RICHARD STACHYRA Seek truck restriction Local man gets on Wallace Churchill top college marks An Acton it ho graduate has achieved top honors at the George Drown College in Richard son of Mr Mrs Henry finished the school portion of his Radio and Television Technology course with eight A out of eight subjects He was the top student in his school year for his efforts was awarded a plaque which goes lo the student with the highest marks each ye and i He is now at his father s store hirst line TV The youth ilso had hiJitst marks in his first ycir of his course Before he can wholly complete his course Richard must logged 7 hours of classroom and apprentice ship time He says he has three months of practical work work to jo until he can take his Canada wide test his proposal to restrict St and Churchill truck traffic to local deliveries only was thrown at Councillor Les last night Tuesday as about loo people the fire halt opposing the heavy truck traffic in the subdivi The meeting was chaired by Mike leary who stated that the residents are ton and opposed to lace St becoming a major truck route diversion Hills Deputy Planner Ron Burnett told the group there had been no formal attempt by his department to define a truck route Engineer Bob Austin said there had been no contact with the provincial govern but said there were a number of reasons for open ing up Wallace St where it was recently gravelled Wallace now exits on Main in the industrial park He stated lhal the major concern of his was the fact that there were only two alternatives to gel across the railroad tracks He said that if there is an accident on the Mill St crossing traffic is tied up there leaving only Eastern Ave which is by law a one way street He said if this route were also to be blocked off due an accident there would be no ly for a fire truck or police to into the eastern area of town As far is he was Mr said his department was just looking for another route in town not a iruck route supposition it Ihe meet it the press had prematurely and mat labelled Wall tec St as a truck route was belied P it He told the the ma Continued on pigt found again Two bikes were stolen and on the same by detachment of the regional police The bikes were taken from Park Ave lonefield and found in the school Glen lei park hike was taken the past week from the M Ben School In parade Band will be taking part in the Santa Claus pande in Milton this Middle school separate entity Hoard of decided lust Wednesday nighi to make the new middle school for ende six seven and eight pupils a separate entity North are i superintendent Don Genllem in presented report to the board outlining three possible alternatives for management of the new school which will be located in the high school One of the proposals called for the new middle school to be twinned with Ihe new high school administratively with one principal over the two and a vice principal it both but this was rejected by a committee of North educators looking at the ilion because of the mile the two schools factor wis lint one person would bo responsible for over 1 100 students who weren in the same building Gentleman it wis felt the high school needs full time principal would seen Dennett and tht new twinned it w is fell this work well with one principal running the two and a vice principal both However il was thought the onlj wiy this would work was if the two buildings were sitallv attached and becouse of financial restr lints the added wasn worth it committee decided Two dead following early morning crash A young Rock wood area man and Tils passenger are dead following a twocar crash early Saturday ning on Highway Just south of Henry 23 ft his passenger Herman Vandermeulen 17 of were killed in at 10 a Ontario Provincial Police report one car was north bound and one southbound when one vehicle skidded hitting the other sideways Police say both cars were completely destroyed and estimated damage to be SO Driver of the other car Lome Wurmington 17 of Orion was treated for minor injuries at Guelph General Hospital where he was kepi for observation Funeral Monday Mr was Ihe son of Henry John and Sandra Jansen and Is a truck driver for Tyler Transport In Acton He attended and Christian school in Georgetown and was member of the Christian Reformed Church Mr Jansen is survived by Ins parents brother Dirk of Albert of Orange ville Murray of and Jim of and a sister Hilda Kit Acton funeral service wis held Monday the Christian Reformed Church with the J officiating Interment was at Cemetery Pallbearers were ciders of the church Vandcrlaan Vos J Proper J Krul Splinter and J high would have been 1 problem since there would be over pupils at the two schools Hit mended a separate entity with its own administration for he middle school which will hove on enrolment if over students Problems Gentlemen said there are complex problems to he faced in equipping both the new school and middle school and so to help things go more smoothly the principal of the new school should be ap pointed soon The board approved a recommendation calling for the principal of the new middle school to be appointed February 1 next year noted there is a misconception that the new school is the new school but really the middle school is the new one and the high school is simply a new ity Wt need to have middlt school principal and high school principal working together on the equipping problems he declared Gentleman said some equipment will be moved to the new high school some will be left behind some will become surplus and go to other schools and some new equipment will be needed for the middle school He added some equipment will be moved to the middle school from M Bennett and Robert 1 Idle It would be much easier to Continued on page 3