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Georgetown Acton Wednesday Jan 25 1984 3 Fate of moto cross track in hands of justice of peace Gerald Iooyrnga digs into Hit pancakes while Waller cooked an the Cadet Saturday morning Peace Camp drops appeal International Peace Camp UPC with drew its appeal of he Niagara Escarpment Commission rejection of their proposal to develop the old Twin Lakes property south of into a major multlethnlc cultural recreation centre No cheers for Zhao Tie national media made a much bigger deal out of Ha Hon MP Otto not rising to applaud the remarks of Chinese Premier Zhao In Parliament recently than the event warranted the main character in the drama says Jcllnek said in a free democratic society like Canada anyone Including Zhao has the right to speak and be heard But when MPs and Senators rose to give Zhao a standing ovation said he could join in He said it would be hypocritical for him a person who fled his homeland to escape one form of communism 0 applaud the com ments of the leader of another communist stale He added It would be wrong to have cheered the leader of a nation which has no regard for any human rights Man hit by truck A K yearold Acton man has betn with failing lo yield the right of way after a pedestrian was hit by pick up truck at the corner of Main and Mill Streets Thursday According to Regional Police James Gordon of Agnes St suffered minor injuries when he was struck as he was crossing Main St with the green light The truck was travelling at about 10 km an hour and v as turning south on Main from Mill St Police say the driver looked for traffic but failed to seethe pedestrian Highlit Specialtting in CHINESE CUISINE Mandarin Cantonese Style CANADIAN FOOD Fish Chips a Specialty CATERING TO BANQUETS Er PARTIES DAILY LUNCHEON SPECIALS NEW HOURS Monday Thuridiy 10 to Friday Saturday f Sunday Holday IZlotO 338 St Acton NEW at TIDY CAR OIL RUST PROTECTION Good for cars and the budget minded car owner Many services CAU 8774138 A letter from IPC was read at the outset of the appeal hearing last Wednesday at the Milton town hall at which it was revealed the organization was withdrawing its appeal Hearing officer J W is going to recommend to Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Claude Bennett that the NEC be instructed not to issue a permit to IPC in light of their withdrawal of the peal The letter from IPC lawyers withdrawing the appeal arrived just the day before the scheduled hearing Now that they ve withdrawn the appeal IPC is planning to have the studies done which the NEC has required and possibly resubmit an application for development In the future NECplanner Keith Anderson said the IPC withdrew its application without prejudice meaning it will be re applying and will do the studies IPC is back to square one it must go through the whole development application process again Their old application is a dead issue now Anderson said he would be seeking legal advice as to what should be done now with a restoration order approved last year by the after considerable development took place on the IPC property without a development permit The restoration order was put on hold pending final disposition of the IPC Anderson noted while it per cent certain now Bennett will reject tion there s still a chance It could in theory be approved Among the studies various government agencies told NEC they wanted done were a traffic impact study study and environmental impact study Hills Milton Region Ministry of Natural Resources and Halton Region Conservation Authority all ex pressed various concerns about the IPC development It will be another two weeks before will find out or not the cross track on his Sixth Line property can continue and Lome Doberthlen of leatherlownCcle built the track last sum on which owns llouetcr complaints from neighbors noise a public meeting in the fall with the Town of Milton saying the track in contravention of their zoning bylaw contended il Monday His Worship H Allen Justice of the Pcare heard lawyers for both sides argue the phrasing of a bylaw which lea the conclusion open to interpretation The land is zoned Rural the lawjers lawyer Fred Ihe track falls under the open air use of the permitted use section Ihe Town bylaw A section states race tracks an permitted but Jonathan of Gardner and Roberts solicitor for the Town argued lhat is specifically for Raceway if just Mohawk was intended it mould say that but said if all race irjcks were permitted use there would be Victims taken to nearest hospital The hospital a victim is taken to is decided by the driver or dispatcher according to a Georgetown Ambulance driver The driver informed this newspaper that the Ontario Ambulance Act states lhat Ihe ambulance goes to the closest hospital in an emergency The question of service was raised earlier this month when the matter was brought up at a council dropin Kerwm McPhail said Acton should have its own service and not have to rely on or Georgetown cars He also pointed out that although many Ac ton people want to go to Guelph hospital they are taken to Georgetown instead no need to mention at all The Official Plan for Milton specifies Mow hawk I lei son still contended if the Town did not want a motorccle race track there should have said so in the lit insisted track falls under the open use To establish just what goes on at the track called to the stand who explained Ihi uses testified hire wert about four races lost at the site to which admission There were referees spectators flag men food Also called to the stand was Rob Milton planner who explained a trap shooting club nearby began before the In low as drawn up and thus is a permitted use pointed out proper falls within the permitted land use as an open air recreation use but fell the rest of the section dcihnmnh race tracks was beint ignored He does not fee fall under the permitted also noted when ire drawn up cannot mention single possible use for Ihe land an example he said in 196 councillors would Inic id no lhoi4ht to s video parlors reserved until Acton ambulance issue to deputy minister Ebenezer by Mrs McLean Rev John of Harcourl Church in look the service Marion Diamond is a patient in St Joseph Hospital Her many friends wish hero speedy recovery Congratulations to Henny and David Ward on the birth of Christine Frances a sister for Laurie Karen and Brian Also we send congratulations to Bonnie and Brian Small on birth of James Douglas a brother and Vicki The church annual meeting will be held next Sunday Lunch will be served after service followed by the business The Ministry of Health has been contacted regarding providing an am for Acton recently attended council drop in to urge local councillors appeal to Queen Park so have am The councillors decided regional re preventative Dave would initiate action on this issue and in an Interview this week he he has tolled the Deputy Minister of Health Bob Mitchell as well as written him a letter alter Georgetown belter Whiting observed he has received just one call regarding this issue since a story was published in the paper and thai one Acton look exception lo some of Ihe comments at drop in Whiting ex plained the woman who refused to identiny herself said Georgetown hospital is better than facilities not the other way is councillors had observed The caller also claimed lhal if a case Is serious the person is sent from Georgetown to Toronto Brampton Whiting says he knows of eases of Acton people taken lo Georgetown Hospital and then transferred to Brampton ind that people arc taken to whichever hospital ask be taken to Whiting indicated he appreciate hearing more comments from regarding ibsue of an here and where people are taken it will him in pur suing mutter doctors He he talked with a couple of Acton physicians about the situation and then took it up with regional staff He found while the region has in ambulance advisory committee chaired by Councillor Fred Oliver of It simply advises province Nothing the committee is binding on the province Whiting said he then decided to take the with the province who is number two lo the minister Keilh Norton Mitchell hearing about dilemmas he has per sonallv been in similar situation lit continued that this type of problem should lie when there ire paramedics manning ambulances In Ontario But Whiting said Mitchell ton ceded there won be paramedics on am from Georgetown for many years When an II the situation and decide to which hospital a person goes to Whiting said Mitchell told him in a serious case would chose Gut not Georgt town hospital la cases of extremely strlous would probably ihe ictim lo Georgetown Hospital to thi heliport for transfer to a Toronto hospital In meintimt M requested that Atlan be put in for warded lo him so he cm ex mum this com niumty needs I province Whiting said letter has been written and sent In it noted here is concern in and area about the lack of an once here and that when doctors on Ihe scene said victim should go to still been liken Georgetown in the letter lhat local use hospitals as do per ecnt of the residents He senl topics of Ihe lelli r to ill ward one ind Hills Mayor Miller and regional I not degrading Georgetown I is bigger and his ler facilities the ministry acknowledged that in serious cases where from here should be- taken jjcconcfiided BRAND NAME This Weeks Paint Special SALE PRICE 4LTR CASH CARRY for any wall or woodwork scrubbabtelo lustre finish easy water clean up SPRED PAINT SPECIAL DAYS ONLY till Sat Jan 2884 I AND MANY MORE SPECIALS THROUGHOUT THE STORE The January Wallpaper Paint The once a year sale with big savings for you is now in full swing at the Georgetown Market Place YES NOW YOU CAN ORDER YOUR FAVORITE WALLPAPER FROM ANY OF OUR 300 WALLPAPER SAMPLE BOOKS AND YOU SAVE to OR Choose from a Large Selection of InStock Wallpaper and Save OR MORE OFF GEORGETOWN DECORATING CENTRE Georgetown Market Place GEORGETOWNS BIGGEST INDEPENDENT PAINT WALLPAPER OUTLET WHOLESALE 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