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The Acton Oct 18 Do you want fluoride do you want a vote So Acton people may express an opinion of fluoridation of the own water supply a ballot appears in today s paper These may be signed and brought or mailed if possible to the Free Press office on Willow St The ballot bears the same wording as that which elicited GOO replies after It appeared in the Milton newspaper the Canadian Champion Although there has been little public re action in Acton through comments to councillors or Letters to the Editor the Free Press was urged by a couple of people to publish the ballot anyway One woman who Is opposed to fluoride had considered canvassing her neighbors but is now depending on the ballot instead She feels people are becoming more and more Interested In natural foods and avoiding the addition of chemicals In actual fact Clarke at the town office has heard many complaints about the iron in the water rather than about the addition of fluoride The region proposes to add sodium silicate to the town water to suppress the iron Halton Regional Council has passed a by law which will mean the addition of fluoride to Actons water supply The Free Press in readers to express their opinions Please mail or deliver this form to reach The Free Press Box Acton before next Tuesday October 24 Are you favour of a fluoridated water supply for Acton Yes No n Are you in favour of a plebiscite Acton to decide on the fluoridation of the towns water supply Yes No Remarks if any Signatured Withdraw objections require storm sewers Slorm sewers will be required and houses will be allowed adjacent to Beard more and Co At an Ontario Municipal Board hearing Wednesday morning an agreement was worked out between Hills and Manor Estates The Ontario Board hearing had been en ltd since objected to the restricted area bylaw which would permit the single family housing development planned for Main St S The bylaw was passed by council last Dl comber was only to the bylaw The Ministry of Housing will be asked to require a storm sewer system to handle the surface runoff of the development to include is single family houses representatives had felt that inadequate drainage could result in Welfare expenditure rises dramatically In the first three months of this year the number of welfare general assistance beneficiaries rose by per cent in But lures rose by per cent General welfare assistance Is short term aid by the region although the program Is funded 100 per cent by province An average of 1 people received general welfare assistance during January February and March 7 more than received aid during Hie same period lust year of 155 was paid out thlf year to thai date on increase of over 1177 most polities with populations in excess of experienced an increase in welfare caseload The hlghist rates of increase were among em with single females showing a 38 4 per tent rise and single males per cent The most noticeable in creases were in Kirkland Lake Cornwall and Sudbury the largest rates of decline in Thunder Hay and Keewatm Of assessed population in Ontario general assistance beneficiaries made up an average 1 per cent This ranged from a high of per cent to a low of per cent Hamilton administrative district of which is a part reported per cent of the population in receipt of general assistance for the period surveyed The figure for Ha In alone is not given In the units considered more than million was paid out in general assistance for the year ending March 1978 an Increase of 14 per cent over the previous months information is provided in the Quarterly Statistical Bulletin issued by the Ministry of Community and Social Services The report was given to the Regional Health and Social Services Committee water runoff problems The agreement made the planned Wednesday morning hearing no longer necessary After the proceedings began Steele Hills solicitor asked for a dis cussion with lives of the developers and the company with drew Iheir objection to the restricted area bylaw at this point hearing chair man Lancaster ex plained the decision will be based solely on the with drawal of objections by not on the merits of evidence since none was heard so the company would lose any further legal right to oppose the develop ment if the storm sewer condition is not met The hearing was adjourned and a decision on approval of the bylaw will not be given for a least JO days Grays tone Manor Estates will now apply to the Ministry of Housing with its new draft conditions and the matter will likely come back to council for approval THE ACTON FREE PRESS Second Clan Mali Postal Number OS Elmore Dr Acton YOUNG ROSS PEARSON stems quite j with the bargain he got at the Mt A s Skate Exchange pleased Ski and Cab fares hiked in Halton Hills Close road allowance despite Riders Assoc plea Closing the road allow on Elizabeth Drive leading to the sand dunes stop kids riding mini bikes on the road would be exactly ihe same as closing the arenas to stop kids playing road hockey con tended Armstrong president of the Off Road Riders Association at administration committee this week He claimed Ihe youngsters would ride on the rood more and in the park if the access to the private land behind the road allowance is fenced Despite the plea the com stuck to its decision to fence the accesses and have a gate at the park Armstrong said he was told a Halton Hills councillor was seen driving his child s down the street without a helmet Laughter greeted this comment He said the club is trying lo come up with a solution in Georgetown He said they have some land pointed out in This piece of land is being used and the landowner docs not object With the best of intentions council is closing it off Armstrong said they are prepared to talk to the people m he area whose chil dren own bikes and are willing to post signs at tht club s expense He suggested the youngsters could be asked to push their bikes into the private property and told tht police can confiscate their bikes for riding on the road Councillor Roy Booth pointed out the primary concern of council was the use of the road allowance causing a nuisance to neigh He said after hearing both George Van Eyken and Peter Pa pill on the committee decided to close both accesses and put a gate at the park access Councillor Peter Marks said there had been no com plaint about the use of the land out back but Simply about the use of the road allowance He pointed out there is a sand dune which is used for a jump on the road allowance by the mini bikers He said the town should be concerned about kids riding on the roads Armstrong sympathized wilh the home owner beside the road allowance I can well understand his problem if kids are roaring up and down by his house lit suggested a gate allowing hikers and cross country skiers but barring could be discriminatory Ronald a rtsi dent of the area said noise is the real problem for the people but added are also worried about young children riding without licences in I Mid 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