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The Acton Press Wednesday Doc 9 Thief in training school A Acton youth charged in con with 28 break ins and two attempts at Acton and Georgetown homes during November has been sent to a training school after ap pearing in juvenile court December From the 14 entries in Acton and the 12 in Georgetown the youth stole cash and Jewellery estimated at Church canopy approved Knox Presbyterian Church has received ap proval from Halton Hills Committee of Ad for a canopy and entrance steps at the church Knox Presbyterian needed a minor variance for the canopy and steps Relief was needed from municipal setback regulations Dryer fire There was about damage in on electrical clolhea dryer fire Saturday afternoon at 122 Kinghom Rd The blaze occurred at p m Acton Firefighters responded to he call Rescue passengers Acton Firefighters were called two vehicle accident Sunday afternoon at at Crewsons Corners to rescue trapped passengers from a Antiques burn Most of the antique furniture stored in a garage at the home of Mel Smith Fourth Line of south of Sidcroad was destroyed in a fire Friday afternoon Just after 1 Both Acton and firefighters responded to the call Bennett speaker Ontario Minister of Housing Claud Bennett will be the guest speaker at the Acton Chamber of Commerce annual meeting No firm date has been set as yet for the annual meeting A wants board members Acton Business Improvement Area is looking for members for the board of management There la no limit on the number of people who can sit on the board and the BIA hopes to bring new blood onto the board The annual BIA meeting will beheld in February BIA backs bylaw Acton Business Improvement Area board of management has reviewed the second draft of Hills proposed minimum maintenance and occupancy by law and informed town staff it is satisfactory The town needs a minimum maintenance and occupancy by law before the province will grant funds for downtown studies or refurbishing Nonsmoking week The week of January to was proclaimed National NonSmoking Week In Town by Mayor Pete Monday night The request for the proclamation came from the council of Smoking and Health who according to town policy will pay for the pub lishing of the proclamation if they wish it advert Taxi drivers licence Monday Hills council authorized the issuance of a temporary taxi drivers licence for Larry Crescent St Acton Fourth Line residents fear pit encroachment Noise of blasting increased truck traffic and the possible ex tension of pits into good agricultural land were some of the fears expressed by Fourth Line residents about the extension of the J Duff gravel pit at a public meeting Tuesday night The acre leased site bounded by the existing Duff pit the Fifth Line and the Fourth Line has been worked under a wayside pit permit but must now be rezoned to warrant a regular commer cial licence go if an application Armstrong replied he for a licensed pit is sub- knew of no proposal on mltted there would have the farm to be a full public Town Engineer Bob meeting and reports Austin explained the circulated to all agencies Ministry of Tran He said that If the Worried about Nolle Malcolm a Fourth Line resident said he was worried about the high noise level from the existing quarry on the Fourth Line which he claimed reaches decibels when blasting is underway He urged Ministry of Environment controls In addition predicted in creased truck traffic on the Fourth Line Assistant Planner Bruce McLean explained there would be no access on the Fourth Line at all He said only the Fifth Line would be used The existing entrance to the Duff pit would be the primary entrance but if another entrance is used on the Fifth Line to the Brooks section of the land J Duff would have to reconstruct that part of the road Chairman Mike Arm strong said the blasting referred to would bo at the Indusmln Quarry JC Mac Duff ex plained his is a gravel operation which has not used dynamite in the ten years he has operated He said atone quarries use dynamite Duff extended invitations to any residents to come and sec the operation McFce another Fourth Line resident asked if this operation Is on the same site as the present pit Duff stated the land lies behind the present pit and pointed out only acres of the acres would be used for gravel with the rest left as it is He said the closest the operation would come to the Fourth Line would be feet He ex plained part of the acres has been mined previously as a wayside pit McFee said the pit seemed to be galloping right ahead and com mented One more hurdle and it II be in my backyard He said he heard the farm just along from him had been trying to develop been mentioned as a this property for seven grave I source years and only now had Duff said his policy had the goahead to try for a been to limit sales to the licence local area which keeps McFee said he costs down He em iated Duffs statement aggregate Is an and realized the gravel is important nsset to the necessary for roads and community construction but said his It may be a liability to main concern Is for the same people but It an preservation of farm asset to most people in land He said in this the region We should be property he realized looking gravel there was little farm He stressed all the land but warned the gravel in this area is in property is a pro- Niagara Escarpment ductive farm I and pointed out he had worried how far it will and Communi cation had approached Duenk for the right to test for gravel for a wayside pit not a licenced com mere in I operation Planner Mario Vendlltl said both the Niagara Escarpment Commission and the Ministry of Natural Resources denied the application contended a construction company was on the Duenk farm a week ago sampling gravel They told cation is for a wayside pit then it comes through council concluded Tonight are dis cussing unproductive land but in a few months we could be discussing a productive farm and a good bush The chairman ex plained all pits have to be rehabilitated and told the audience anyone could submit objections before December He cm phaslzcd no decision tbey d be taking gravel would be made that night out of there next sum following the meeting mer Duff conferred with the The engineer said no residents and explained application has been on a map exactly what is made and reminded planned Santa visits with Robbie Sarah Shaffer and Tanya Timbers at the Acton Optimist children Christmas party Sunday afternoon at he Scout Hall Antiabortion group says notorious Halton a group opposed to abor tions told Regional Council It is also opposed to hiring Peter Cole as its long sought Medical Officer of Health on the grounds he is a notorious abortion law lobbyist Cole 35 a siclan with City of Torontos Family Ser vices was selected by Halton Regional Council last Thursday but only after the Prolife mem were allowed to state their case against the hiring Mrs Ham on speaking on behalf of ProLife said the ap pointment of Cole would be unacceptable to our membership at large throughout Hal ton She said the member ship is Calling Cole a notorious member of the Doctors for the Repeal of the Abortion Law Mrs Hamon de scribed the doctor who had imposed abortion and birth control clinics on students in the Toronto school system Wherever Cole goes bo goes con troversy she said The group received permission to circulate to members of Halton Regional Council the dos sier they had prepared which they said backed up ProLifes charges that with his appoint Dr Cole would try to bring expanded birth control information and more abortions to Region Councillors had some discussion on whether or not to allow the debate about Dr Cole to be dis cussed In open session as the appointment was considered a matter In the end it was de cided to let Mrs Ham or have her say but to hold the councillors discus ions In private However the vote was taken on Cole with out even bothering to go into closed session and that vote was motive has been look for a new most one year Adsett new Warden Bill Reeve of Eramosa Township is new Warden for Wellington County Contesting the seat were pub lisher of the Wellington Advertiser and the Community News Dray ton and Matthew Selfried farmer and reeve of Mlnto Township will succeed Archie MacRobbie reeve of Township He has been reeve for six years serving on council for seven years say the new warden should encourage council to become more involved In policy plan ning for all county areas of water management transportation and In growth He also stated local zoning by laws and plan should be the con cerns of municipalities with the county helping to coordinate policy mak The last time a reeve of Eramosa was County Warden was in Le Ladies Auxiliar Zone Commander visits by Phyllis Acton Legion Ladles Auxiliary held their regular general meeting Dec with Comrade President Jean Earle in the chair Comrade Zone Commander Rose Green gave us the honor of attending the meeting Two new members 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