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No Sprackman plaza hearing until late spring Halton Hills and Shopping Centres won battle it out before the Ontario Municipal Board about to build a plaza on the cast of Acton until at least late Mayor June After council rejected application for a zoning and official plan amendment for a large plaza to be built on land at the corner of Churchill South and Highway 7 In developer Jerry Sprackman president of Shopping Centres asked Queen Park to send the case to the OMB Hills planning board chairman Mike Arm strong said in an interview this week he has been talking to Sprackman and the developer has de cided to ask the lo defer the hearing until at least the spring Hills earlier attempted to have the pro vince rule there shouldn t bo a hearing but lost that bid to clear up the matter The minister of housing decided there should be a the The has yet a hearing date In previous conversations with Armstrong in the past couple of months hinted he withdraw his case entirely the said and the developer also wrote and asked if It would be of any for htm to appear before council to discuss the matter Council declined to invite Sprackman for another discussion of the issue has objected to some rezoning tho town has approved since turning him down In eluding rezoning of a parcel of land on Acton north west fringe for Industrial development Armstrong said he talked Sprackman into asking the for a deferral I late May or June In the event the hearing called for this winter because the town Is in the process of conducting an urban boundary and plann study for the Acton area through a consulting firm Planning board noted unless there are changes made by Queen Park with regard to Acton a treatment plant I mils then existing Continued on The Bums Supper the second annual celebration In Acton after an ab sence of many yean will take place this Saturday night at Knox Presbyterian Church In this photo from lait years Bums Supper John Watson and bring in the honored haggis with help from piper Linda Pilgrim Police open house set for February 6 Halton Regional Police will hold their big open house to neel Acton and hear the community s opinions and concerns about police service on Friday February The open house will be held at the Acton Legion from am tonoonnnd 7 to Chief James Harding deputy chief Bob Mlddaugh Inspector John Bar ratt District Commander Duncan Mcpherson crime prevention of safety offers and other high ranking officers as well as members of the Halton Police Commission arc expected to be on hand for the open house In addition the police officers as signed to cover Acton in 1081 will at tend the open house The police also plan to have a num of displays and slide presentations explaining crime force operations Police arc hoping for a large atten dance at the open house Harding says Ihe force needs to hear from theresld en Is of Aclon so the police service can be tailored to the community needs The open house is the result of com plaints about police service in recent months particularly concerns voiced by local businessmen and a sort of ty spokesman on the issue Dobcrthien Local politicians also want to hear from the community about policing and hope to move the Ward Two Coun dropin to the Legion from the Community Services Centre for Feb ruary The dropin runs from 1 to 3 An Inland Community Newspaper On II J a J I Year No ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JANUARY 14 toy New larger IGA New plaza downtown Doug unveiled plans this week for a two phase major commercial development which will includt a substantially larger new supermarket to be built on the site of the Dominion Hotel and adjacent property who owns Construction and his partner m the project Toronto architect Roman Kassian hope to get started with construction of phase one by this May FreedKcssian Investments have preached Halton regarding rezoning to commercial part of the package of properties they have put together The anchor of the development which would inside Another Halton Hills asparagus fanner has been court Details on page Is setting up a task force to work out the official plan More on page Julian Reed has challenged cabinet minister Jim Snow on bis recent hydro corridor statements Turn to page region Is taking Harry Norton to the pro vincial cabinet See story on page An Australian exchange teacher living in the area Denis Scalkn hopes to appeal his fraud convict- ion to the Supreme Court More on page OPP murder trial begins The Ontario Supreme Court trial of Robert Mit chell 33 Acton and Milton OPP detachments began as scheduled In Newmarket Monday Mitchell is on trial for the first degree murder of Constable Duncan McAleese last January outside a sandwich shop In Delhi The Jury of six men and women began hearing testimony in the trial expected to last two weeks on Monday The officer who was a member of the OPP detachment in Acton when it closed down in the fall of 1975 was shot numerous times and his fallen body was then dragged under the truck his assailant fled the scene In commercial built to two phases is a brand new supermarket which would be three four times larger than the existing store This new IGA would be built on the site of the Dominion Hotel which burned down in August of and acquired last October at a public auction The first phase would also involve several retail stores Phase two which would bo built the hotel site now used by the for a parking lot would be a strip plaza of stares estimated there would be 10 to square feet of stores for rent when both sections of this development are completed Drawings have been done and some square for the IGA and stores established but not nailed down because the configuration of tho development could be changed still during discussions the municipality regarding rezoning and site development There would be parking for cars when the entire development Is completed It a whole new start towards rejuvenation of downtown Acton said agreeing the project is a very major commercial development for the town While It will be something of a strip plaza noted the arch will reflect an older style its character will t well with downtown and It won be a cheap looking strip plaza He very much wants the development to be a quality project Through Real Estate negotiations have begun w three prospective tenants for the stores including a trust company Fread said the size and numbe of stores la flexible based on how large tenants want their stores to be but expects there will be about eight outlet in addition to the IGA said they are looking for quality businesses for the plaza and the f rms they are talking to are well known names Besides the Dominion Hotel site Kassian have acquired property from adjacent landowner Dave Lindsay as well as the old boarded up home to the north They have made arrangements to pur another piece of property to the north of the hotel site where lawyers offices are now located two of the project won t proceed until the first is finished and completely leased said he hopes Halton Hills council will expedite the rezoning so work can begin In the spring Joan Todd of Todd Associate a new member of he Acton Chamber of Commerce In fact she was the first new member signed up in this year Chamber membership drive Mrs Todd 141 Acton runs a bookkeeping service Here Chamber official John All mob presents her with membership and Janet Fleming gave her a copy of he Chamber 1980 directory by CORD MURRAY Board postpones decision on firing of convicted teacher Keith Black future as a teacher la In the hands of the Board of Education trustees Trustees will decide next Wednesday January whether Black who was convicted of theft case which has nothing to do with his school work will continue to hold a job with the board The Black matter is the first major test of the new Board of Education since the fall election Trustees postponed a dec sion Black Job at Acton High School Thursday However they listened behind closed doors to arguments from three representatives of or so Acton and residents who drove lo the Burlington meeting Crowd members quietly standing elbow to elbow in foyer of the boards central ad on office for about an hour before the board inv ted ministers Charles Beaton John Robertson and Black lawyer David Smith into the meeting All or the board hour long private meeting was lo the Black case The board listened to the advice of its lawyer during the meeting At least one trustee had a copy of the court transcript dealing with Black s sen tence Three days before Christmas Black was given a suspended sentence and placed on three years probation by Wellington County Court Judge J D Sutherlandforatechnlcaltleftofcatlle Black who ran a feeder lot farm In Townsh sold about of cattle to another man Black who is head of he soc a en depart at Acton H School learned by rcg letter on December that Ihe boards staff recommending the board fire and also that he lose his leather Halton Superintendent of Instruct an Ray over whose s gnature tho reconi mendations were said Thursday dec on was based on a legal on of the Educat on Act Moreover he told reporters dec was supported by members of the board ve d page 12 pack of crime prevention Rodney Beaumont William Cunningham Keith Woodttra Halton Regional Police have assigned off cers to handle policing here in 1981 and most of the faces won t be all that new to residents All of the dozen officers have worked in the Acton area atone time or another and have lived In Hills Last month in a move lo stabilize the force a in Acton Chief James Harding announced 12 men would be posted to work here for the entire year He cautioned that on occasion because of days off court appearances training sessions and sick days an of not normally assigned here may have to work in one of Acton and area two policing zones for a shift However Harding promised gen residents will see the same 12 officers all year Police are hoping residents will get to know these dozen men and ihe officers will get to know Act Following is a brief bit of information about each First Class Constable RODNEY BEAUMONT is and four years police experience A resident of Hills most of his life he now lives In Hills burgh Second Class Constable DONALD COUSENS is and has years police He lives in Georgetown First Class Constable WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM is 33 and has policeman for years He lives in Georgetown First Class Constable ALEX FISHBE1N is 29 and has a decade of pol experience He has lived In Georgetown for four years First Class Constable GARRY GEORGE Is and has years of police experience A res dent of Halton Hills most of his life he recently moved to Hlllsburgh First Class Constable ARTHUR and has 5H years police experience He has lived In Georgetown the past two years First Class Constable NICHOLAS LEON 33 and has six years police experience He has I In Georgelownslx years First Class Constable WILLIAM PARRY Is and has 23 years experience as a policeman He has lived In Hills for years First Class Constable JACK is 37 and has been a policeman for 13 years A Halton Hills res Id Co on pate