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Library Plans Stalled Again Booth is Sore The Home Newspaper of Hills Council In Hills has refused to proceed on faith by authorizing an addition to the Georgetown library that was approved In principle last year by the Georgetown Council Instead It will meet with Toronto architect Paul Martel in a special council session made In spite of an outburst from Coun Roy Booth asking for fast action on the Issue I so fed up with having this thing delayed stalled ana put off everyone Is in favor of the addition everyone wants to have it done but it never gets going he said Mr Booth told council that the issue came frequently before the Georgetown Council The subject just about makes me ill he said We sat there since March with this man He s been back and forth back forth Mr Booth asked the council to give third reading to bylaw a bylaw to authorize an agreement with the architect for the library alterations and addition The request was turned dawn but it prompted an outburst from Mayor Tom Hill I pretty disturbed when I see this project left until 1974 he said noting that con struct on of a new theatre arena complex in Georgetown was as well among the unfinished business of the Georgetown council It was all left until 1074 when Roy had all this before you in 1973 he said Later Mr Booth said This could have been going to tender now We could be taking ad vantage of winter works grants from the government to cut the costs NEW BUILDING The proposed addition will cost an estimated It will contain square feet in ita three floors of space There will be a lower middle and upper floors explained Paul the architect We are trying to retain as much of the old building as possible including the stain glass windows The library functions will be divided into both parts of the building In the basement of the new addition a children library will be housed The main floor will be a room while the upper oor will contain rare books and a reference department The multl purpose room will be constructed so it can operate after the library is closed This is to allow community use or the room explained Mr Martel In the basement of the old library there will be book storage The main floor will contain circulation and a reading room for adults A book lift will connect the two parts added Mr Martel In the present library we ore going to take down the false ceiling and allow the original arches of the to show A ramp from the outside will lead to the main floor or the addition This Is to allow easy access for anyone using a wheelchair The addition will have fire proof construction while the old building will have a few additions for better fire protection We II be doing some land scaping also There will be a walkway from the children s library on the south side to a terraced part of the grounds The addition will have pre cast concrete as an outer material to accent the present building Inside the finish will be plaster with carpeting throughout the building Rabies Confirmed On Norval Farm have been confirmed in a sheep owned by Frank and Chester said a spokesman for the Department of Animals in Brampton The report was sent to Brampton from Hull the Animal Diseases Research institute The Early brothers found the sheep last week frothing it the mouth She go for you like a mad bull We thought wt shoot her but the doc said no so we penned her up til she A from the Department of Animals to the farm and removed the sheep brain for testing Class Mall Registered Number THFHJRLD FEBRUARY 13 1974 Return Postage Guaranteed IT per year Single Copy Price Fifteen CenU Halton Okays New Offer To Dump County Building stand Halton councillor Ernie Svkes that the A lastditch stand by Halton councillor Ernie Sykes that the Hills regional representatives committee was attempting to railroad through the Issue the former county ad today ministration building was Its not fair to have that overcome Wednesday charge levelled at us she Regional council approved replied acceptance of a new provincial She acknowledged her offer of Si for the three concern that the regional ad storey building The price is an centre would be increase over the original bid of moved south but said the issue Sid but less than the should be settled one way or the iskmg price agreed upon by other regional council in December Wevebeendcalingwlththls The new was problem since last October hammered out last week in a ve between of lnis rehashed this and talked about since administration committee MPP James Kerr and Provincial Minister of Public Services James Snow The deal was approved by eouncil Wednesday despite an appeal from Hot ton Hills touncil asking for a post I until the council eould with Mr know ind noted were going to do a job here wed better make some decisions haven t made any decisions to speak of since we started here In an introduction to the motion for a Councillor This building is DISNEY ON ICE ideally for the purpose or which it was intended llMi Our concern is that the Only seven of the lb regionil people of Hills are not representatives voted In favor being considered he said of Hit postponement all of The development of regional them from Milton or government is for the benefit of Hills Only Milton Mayor Anne ill the people of former county Development is coming north w broke rinks with the This is becoming more and northern councils more of a central location Her vote against the delaying Wire not just dealing with a departure from proper building but the past whenever with the lifestvlc of all the fate of the administration people has in question The Hills motion for a At meetings of the council elect postponement to allow time for in she joined the common municipal delegation to meet front of norther politicians who with provincial representatives fear that the sale of thebuilding time under fire for the is the first step in a move by that and Burlington councillor Terry Mannell said representatives to move the could bring this government regional headquarters Into the to its knees papulous southern portion of The right to deal with the the region on regional Mrs MacArthur a member matters should remain ex of the administration com the privilege of the mittee which worked out the regional council rather than of new price responded to the individual municipalities by Illtls he Gold Council Will Move Out But Where Will It Go The regional council has final to move out of the instead the council has sfw Burlington property and Mother Son Get Treatment For Cat Bites A Campbellvllle mother and her nine year old son arc receiving needles to counteract bites from their rabid pet cat Snoopy the cat had returned to the house January after being out during the weekend He is a tomcat and had a habit of going out for long periods of time explained Mrs LAST VALENTINES FROM CHAPEL STREET SCHOOL building but it still does not know where it pi ins to go a meeting in J inuarj all but agreed to lease a property in Burlington as temporary headquarters but even that arrangement no Union Gas Strike Georgetown has not been hit very hard by the Union Gas strike There not much doing here explained Jerry Goodwin a supervisory staff member from Hamilton working in Georgetown during the strike We about four supervisory staff working in the area but we haven t had any major problems Other areas Union Gas services have not been lucks In Essex County for three buildings all located i Oakville Draft leases are to be submitted to the administration and finance committee by Feb to reviewed at a meeting of the committee Feb Council agreed last month to seek a temporary location for the regional to the council scheme i lease will be taken For the past students have been bringing home valentines to parents and lovfcd ones from Chapel Street School in Georgetown This is the last year for valentines for Chapel Street students as the school is slated to close at the end of this school How many that a youngster has toted home A gift of pure In love And there has been no slacking this year in the Valentine department Above Pat Hatcher Pan and Tina display their valentines They are students in the grades three and Tour class of Mrs I at Chapel Street noticed anything unusual about him until Tuesday night she added His back legs seemed to be paralyzed while checking I must have touched a certain spot and he bit me On Monday January Snoopy had bit Rick Since Snoopy dn t walk properly we called the vet Mrs Bay ton said Clifford Young of Campbellvllle saw the cat Wednesday Snoopy was still walking but its back legs were almost completely paralyzed Young told me to go to a doctor because my hand had swollen He picked up Snoopy to examine him and the cat never made any attempt to bite him Mrs noted Snoopy had not eaten since coming on and its back legs were completely paralyzed He crawled around the basement dragging his back legs Rabies were only suspected Young t sure because of Snoopy s behaviour so he Animals aynton iok at Snoopy but the cat died on Fridav Dr Snoopy brain and sent it to Hull to the Animal Diseases Research Institute to test for rabies On Tuesday February wc received a phone call from Brampton that the tests were positive and we had better start getting Mrs explained Mrs and Rick will be receiving needles until February 19 Three Die In Trailer Three men found dead early last Wednesdav in i traitor at a died of asphyxiation provincial ud yeirs during which time a site The quarry is operated by is to he selected and con Indnsmin and located completed on a new few miles south of is expected to administration building owned dead position third fire chief the region Todd 10 Henry of chiefs The former ad ind Cecil Brown 58 all Cltrk administrator G ministration building is to be Burks Falls Onl Intthard sold to the province for Hi photographer wis resolution calling for ad 728050 and will be turned burred from the when to proceed to fill the over to the Mmistrv of Justice photograph the position Early in January bo per cent of the exterior of the trailer A authorized such Region and Area Given Deadline For Sanitary Landfill CleanUp directed from a IN A SALUTE to Walt Disney Georgetown Figure Skating Club used Disney characters from cartoons and comics to highlight its 19lh annual skating carnival Above Goofy and Clara be lie say Hello Goofy is Sandra and Clara belle is Heather Moores Below are Mickey Mouse and Minnie skated by Karen Ha user and Diane Charettc rcspec lively Story and photos on front page of second section Herald Photos two three and our Mr Holmes of area two of ward one and he has responsibility for some areas outside the ward Both men belong to the Hills Fire Department but arc ehief two separate people were cut off their gas space in the building is spokesman for it created die branches The branches consist when vandals shut i regulator courts and legal the photographer no one was positions of district fire chiefs volunteer firefighters valve offices allowed to see the trailer Hut then council dropped the hen reached its without of word district from the new original decision to advertise Ltd owners of and the original for an overall chief it set a trailer intent clouded Mr deadline of March If council till Construction I is seeking should decide not to hire i third ltd a Weston firm rev led chief responsibility mainly that the was owned The two positions of fire administrative would fall on one of the mm an area basis are the shoulders of the two Simon manager filled In Mick Holmes of Acton serving media present The media had been told the meeting was with no members of the Regional Government Is Blamed for Delay NEWS IN BRIEF A it Allison Georgetown i snowmobile and caused damage to other contents and the building There is no estimate of the cost The fire department had no other calls during the week TWO have been charged with assaulting a polite The offence occurred when their vehicle was stopped for speeding on west of Acton Corporal Robert of the Acton detachment did not the of l Feb Charges werelaidjgamst Malcolm of the driver of the vehicle and against Michael Blake 2 Rock wood a passenger The two men wire held overnight in the Milton Jul and will the provincial court on ttednesdav Ml Ms will shown and refreshments served at the open forum evening Feb to at Church Acton inter church committee representirg several Acton churches plan the evening to learn about ind discuss third v devclopmtnt problems and flea operations for Dime said We don own the trailer it belongs to i the deceased The OfP stated that until time us the person ire removed from the ruler hi locked up Mr Mm noted that Construction had a it for stripping the the three victims fin of his v Asked if there wtuld In inquest Mr Sim replied It ill in hinds the coroner lit ihn in in kth Buikcm Police Report ii r lire week Tom Hill ritual of The Heralds Guide to the New Hills Government its irealmcnt of the homes position of over all fire in John here was also a mix up Situ hose of is done houses ouiillnrs Iubv and the and the interior during an in of council an I Ik eh people in i- nude to deal with rktuwi this wick villi qutstnr a fire thief pa red driving The first eussi was some iui Stmt until The council side in w is tailed ostensibly street with an addition to the t put lit library and objections w raised when council Regional government has been blamed for the delay In selling a date for an inquest into the of a two and half year old Georgetown baby thing in ihc region has changed and It takes more time explained J Inglis coroner in Brampton We still don t have an exact lime but we re looking towards ihc end of March The baby Robin Lee died en route to Sick Children Hospital in Toronto in November A Macln The family Is anxious and I can well understand this said But briefs have to be prepared to help clarify the circumstances There is a responsibility to the family so we only have to do this once properly Inglis noted that a definite date would be set when everyone is available We have to arrange court room space have the Crown Attorney id dint tosh of Georgetown was asked present and have to preside over the inquest but medical witnesses to help declined because he felt he was advise the jury The jury will be too clone to the situation The called when the date is set Clarification Expected About Third Fire Chief region and Hills have been given a deadline to clean up a 15 acre waste disposal site located near Georgetown According to Paul Isles an engineer with the the environment regional and municipal representatives were en a list of i items that must be attended to at the dump within the each item with its own final date for reconciliation Included in list said were a monitoring check ground water runott ground swJes to the runoff and a collector system direct ground water As he said a larger bulldozer than he now being used must he acquired in control drop at the meeting was attended rns Hills engineer J Corbett Hilton regional engineer and Frank Hover engineer Consultants ltd It was agreed at the meeting Mr Isles said that Mr Rover would spend it least one hour supervising operations it the sites Earlier this week the site was est r bed as being a dump Sheila Watson a project planner with We for witer I t ill W I Ml rtu heightened I location site is txclusivclv v A operated Hills on a I lo ihe region he ex plait He tided hit Derations illicit be exploded so that the site could a larger irei It is I hat it might iHCimi regional site he Mid That been vet draft of a minagemcnt study for the region among other that the region lie two landfill silts one I in Oakville or Burlington the other in Hills Mr explained that Ihesitehasacapacih absorb tons of garbage It is being filled at the rale of tons per week giving Ihe an 11 vear potential Mr said site did not have the area Well its all part of Variety Night held last week at Georgetown DUtrict High School For more pictures see page Section A A Acton news Sports 3 A Photos SFCTION Figure Skating 1 ITION THIS Herald also Includes a special tabloid supplement on the upcoming Legion Provincial Curling to be held this weekend at the North Halton and Club