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Peace Camp charged for new road without permit International Peace Camp I PC preparing a new down sited plan for of the old Twin Lakes property Just south of Speyside but the ethnic cultural organization is still being taken to court by the Niagara Escarpment Commis on NEC for building anew road without a development permit Thursday the NEC also learned Milton which has jurisdiction over the part of the Town Line where the IPC is located has never received an application or issued a road access permit for the new road In a letter indicated unless the JEC gave IPC a development permit on Thursday for the new road then on August 10 the new entrancecut onto the town line would be Removed NEC staff urged legal action be taken against IPC The road building was reported by neighbors on July and staff went out and inspected the new road on July The new road is just north of the main entrance em l to Ihe property St Helenas and runs parallel to the old road into the property for about feet The new road which is about 10 feet wide had been ex and backfilled with crushed lime Staff advised a representative of the Peace who was present on the property that the driveway new road was illegal He responded that been directed to the existing roadways only but that a machine operator had constructed the new roadway of his own accord a staff report staled Stair is particularl concerned in this instance because the application far the proposed recreational development includes various roadway plans such as this second access none of which should be developed until and unless the overall plan is ap proved The development should not take place in a piecemeal fashion without provincial and municipal ap The NEC also received a letter Thursday from Hal on Hills urging punitive action be taken against IPC NEC member Raymond Lowes questioned why the whole IPC application been dealt with and was informed Hills and the Ministry of Environ havent commented yet Staff noted this application will take lime to process since IPC is such a big complicated project s NEC representative Dave Whiting said Halton Hills has concerns and conditions for dealing with this development and staff is trying obtain a considerable amount of further information about the plans Unfortunately he said IPC officials haven t been too cooperative yet in the need additional information Lowes charged that the NEC was engaged in a form of harassment that If IPC was being proposed somewhere else on the Escarpment and by different people it would be dealt with more quickly Willing said he objected to Lowes in sinuation that there was prejudice and harassment taking place Heurgedthe NEC look carefully at the IPCs proposal warning Hills has had a lot of problems with cultural recreation centres He said the NEC could find itself with same kind problems Hills already has if it approves the IPC development too quickly Lowes suggested the IPC application could be stalled forever it that what the municipality and staff had in mind Chairman Ivor Mc Mill in said he too has asked about the delay in processing the whole IPC application but agreed with Whiting that there were many features of the plan which must be examined closely He noted Father Alberto had phoned and apologized for the building of the second road He added he feel IPC should be charged revealed IPC is revising its original plan greatly the sue is being downgraded NEC member Anne recalled IPC was already a recreation centre many years ago Twin Lakes and would have been allowed under old township Boning She urged charges not be laid noting charges laid in all cases of work being done on land in the NEC area without a development permit A person would have to be a complete idiot to accept he IPC explanation that a worker just went ahead and built a new road exactly where they wanted one without being asked to The re trying to pull the wool over our eyes McMullin noted the IPC application has been pending a long time and possibly the NEC should tell Hills theyve waited long enough and would like to settle the issue It was suggested that instead of pressing charges IPC should simply be told that the NEC didnt condone their illegal action NEC regulations had to be backed up with some teeth Whiting declared He noted this was the second time something had been done on the property without a development permit A trailer had been placed on lhe property without a permit and only the threat of legal action resulted in it being finally removed The IPC was flaunting the system and would keep doing again and again and again Lowes countered the NEC was flaunting the system by taking so long o process the application If the NEC acted loo hastily it would wind up in the same position as Hills in six months and the only way out of the mesa then is costly legal action Whiting claimed Under Hills toning the IPC develops wouldnt be allowed Town toning was changed because of the problems Halton Hills has had with operations else where In the rural area The only reason the IPC plan against Town zoning was because NEC controls take Hills isnl only municipality involved in the fight either Milton has already gone on record as objecting the plan He added the property former use for recreation didnt mean it was an existing use now The municipalities might have a different fight but the only NEC concern should be was that work had been done without a permit one member observed Planner Pat Boeckner snid after the NEC passed the motion to lake legal action against IPC that upon conviction the Judge determines the penalty but legislation provides for a fine of up to or restoration of the property its former state or both newsmakers GeorgetownActon Wednesday August 10 REAL ESTATE SERVICES LTD REALTOR sa Pilots of the Great War Flying Museum Brampton practising for mi lion flying over the city in full slie replica Triplane and Fighter Plane fn preparation for their August N83 Antique FlyIn Brampton Airport Area teen off to Equador Karolinc of is going to use her upcoming three months in to help her decide her future The 19 yearold Acton High School graduate leaves in a few weeks for the fist leg a six month exchange program with Canada World Youth Her first posting will be three months somewhere in Ontario probably Pans or St Thomas The program involves Canadians 17 to from various socialeconomic backgrounds Mho represent the country fairly In the meantime youths Tram all over world have also applied for the program In case she will have an Equadonan counterpart who will be in Canada with her for the first three months There are about 100 Ontario students taking part in years program The intents will be working in the communities In which they are assigned As vet Karolmc does not know what type of work she will be doing but she suspects It may involve teaching or building roads Participants were given a choice of heading out lo Latin America India or Africa Caroline first choice was Latin America Any countries with any political upheaval arc not included in the program she noted Students must contribute or more to the program which goes into a common pot From there the money is divided among all Ihe members the group in which she is a member Karollne admits service clubs are encouraged to contribute lo this or more and would appreciate any donations she can get A Ontario Scholar attended the University of Toronto studying French German English and Zoology and Psychology This summer she took a Spanish course a language she will be perfecting in Right now Karollne says her goals arc undecided She is majoring in languages with hopes of being a tour guide in Toronto and while she has a summer job doing just that she eventually hopes to get on weekend trips and maybe longer bus trips But her future is vague and she hopes her six month experience will help her decide just as has helped many others Travelling is not new to The daughter of Hurst and 1 use to Canada from Retraining allowance lower than welfare Unemployed people receiving training allowances from the federal government are being paid less than they would receive on welfare and that is wrong regional councillors Members look that stand last week in sup porting a resolution from the City of Wind sor calling for a change in current laws Under the current system municipal wel fare pays a man with dependents a If the line were on a retraining program he receive an al lowance of only a month Under the current the provide any support for people reiving such allowances noted social scr ees director Debbie in a report The Windsor resolution would change the system to allow those in retraining pro grams to receive the full welfare rate with a minimal cost to the municipality Despite the support being expressed for the idea however the provincial and fed governments which fund education welfare and the retaining programs have exp little Interest In changing the oils child will spend three months In South America In 1975 She has travelled throughout Europe Karolinc heard of the program through a friend who went Indonesia last year and she became interested She approached Acton High School counsellor Marg Tarn and discussed the program before making her decision Since then she hasnt looked back Canada World Youth has been sending students throughout world for the past 12 years Karolines glad she is one of the thousands doesnt expect lo be back home until the end of the program in March Even though she wont be that far from home for the first three months she doesnt think It would be fair to the Ecuadorians for her to pop home when they cannot She hopes to meet her family at the airport before she heads south to drop off her winter clothing something she is very pleased she wont be needing This weekend will be at a peer orientation Toronto at which time she will be giving a community profile of the area On September fl she heads out confident in knowing shell learn a lot and have a great time Suspicions unfounded A proposal to change the way Halton nan dies land severances doesnt deserve the suspicion with which northern communities regard it according to Jack Mr made that comment after reg ion at council gave its approval to a recom stalling the proposed change for two months while an effort is made to sell it to local councillors I know the northern communities are a little suspicious of this but If per cent of the applications can be approved without going on the agenda of one of these meetings then well be more efficient for everyone he said Under thenew system director of planning will be able to approve meet all the requirements of regions official plan and other laws Only those applications which conflict with the plans v ill have to go through the hearing process a change which is expected reduce the number of hearings by up to per cent Councillors also approved a change lo the proposal requiring ail owners and residents within l25mttresofn proposed change lobe Informed of the plan and given a chance to express their views This is one area where e should specify exactly what our policy is going to be said Councillor Joan Little who put the amend ment No provincial funds for Reg Gov review of regional government I think its here to stay but there are always ways to improve however argued if there are changes to be made to the structure of reg lonal government review can be done here without assistance from the province Any streamlining con best be done here because we know the configuration of the area municipalities he said We can do a lot right here without having to wait for Claude Bennett I think were big enough to do il here by ourselves he added We should go for it and examine all our services to see If they have improved or not A review councillors agreed would show up the positive accomplishments of regional government and the problems It has faced There probably have been some significant positive steps said Councillor Joan Little Burlington We should show people where the region has been successful and show that it isnt the jolly green giant everyone thought it would be by Sieve Arnold At the end of its first decade Region should be capable of assuring its ser vices are up to par without a helping hand from the provincial government Thats the stand regional chairman Jack took last week as councillors debated the refusal of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing to finance a review of regional governments in the province Haltons council had requested that review but members admitted last week they were not surprised by the refusal to fin it Burlington Mayor Bird who first proposed the plan said there has been a drastic shift in recent years of costs to the local level of government from the province and a detailed review of the operations of the region would show how severe that has been In his own area he noted studies have shown support from the province has fallen by per cent in recent years I dont think Claude Bennett the mln has heard the last of calls for a review White pine is named Ontarios tree Natural Resources Minister Alan Pope said recently that he intends to Introduce legislation naming the white pine the pro vince s official tree starting in White pine which grows naturally the most populated areas of Ontario has a special historical significance British Royal Navy made ship masts from it and the export of while pine timber from Ontario was a major source of income during the provinces first SO years Early settlers used white pine extensively for shelter furniture tools and even toys Since then it has continued to be used as a preferred forest product and Is as a distinctive part of the Ontario landscape Mr Pope said Ontario will be the first pro vince to have an official tree The initial move to find one began in 1980 with a proposal by the late James to the Ontario Forestry Association when Mr wax Natural Resources Minister A tree council established for that pur pose considered 30 different species before choosing the white pine as the most suitable Of course this will not supplant the import ance of the official Dower Mr Pope said He said that he believed a significant cottage Industry producing carvings and mementoes could be developed from this tree of outstanding and characteristic stately white pine has been beauty