Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), July 27, 1977, p. 1

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Larry the WEDNESDAY JULY 1ST Home Newspaper of Halton Hills TV STY MX PAGES The fullsize paper reaching more ihan homes In Hills NEC reviews Limehouse nursing home plan By MAGGIF HANNAH Herald The first step in preparation for building 160bcd nursing home near was taken about two weeks ago when Development and Construction Corporation submitted plans to the Niagara Escarpment Commission NEC or approval The plans are for a three- storey building with bedrooms hidden away In the centre of the 30 acre property owned by company president Jack Cutler a mile north of Limehouse on the Fifth Line Mr Culler says that he not believe that the neighbors will object to the proposed home because it will not be visible from the road Since the property is completely wooded and full of rocks and pools It Is of no agricultural value he says Although the nursing home would not be open to the chronically ill or the senile he feels that there is still a need or care of this sort In the area that patients will be drawn from north but would not deny the possibility of serving other Mr Cutler says that he understands the NFC usually answers applications In three or four weeks Unless the commission sees merit in the scheme there is no point in pursuing it he and thus they have applied to thai body first If they are agreeable then the company will approach the board of health and planning board supposing that everything proceeds smoothly it will be hi bummer of 19TB or ihc spring of 1979 before could begin he Mr has in the Canadian construction in since 1947 and is on the National Research Council and on both on Ontario Building Code He currently lives on the properly Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital Morns says that he has heard of no change in the provincial ministry of health on the building of extended facilities which imposed In Georgetown hospital has been discusting the building of a 100 bed extended care facility since but although the need for such a facility has demon so far nothing has ben done about lie indicated hat the free it applied only to of out wondered if the facility would do that not the ministry of health nol apply Hoard of health chairman George ray says the ministry promised him a reviiw or lln nursing home situation In May would mod approval department of health a licence he says and no new licences have issued since the into trait in October Hi that If or fend no nursing core in would not be Heeled the build if hey con get a per AFFIDAVIT STATES FIGHTING MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY These boys mixed business with pleasure during he and charging or driving the gocar The group muscular dystrophy carnival they held on Saturday Tom received prizes for gomes from McDonald Restaurant on Brown started he gocart up for driver Dave Marcll while Street Other neighborhood children involved were carnival chairman Phil Rose watched as Dave save Jason Bew and Jackie Hose The group The group raised for the support of held a carnival last year after watching Jerry Lewis muscular dystrophy by selling hot dogs bobbing for apples selling cookies cupcakes comic books Return services committee says Coun Laurie Manncll wants out of regional government so much he convinced the Bill 151 review committee to make some pointed recommendations Bill committee meeting Friday agreed to recommend the return of sewers and garbage collect ion to local Jurisdiction Suggestions made by Oak vlllo councillor for return of regional roads and the abolition of regional planning department were tabled pending further reports I am greatly concerned with the lock of ate of our com mittec Mancll said In a covering letter He the committee last meeting proved nothing more than an exercise In seeking more reports and little action As our terms of reference was to bring in some positive recommendations to council be the end of August we Just SCOTT PAPER PROPOSAL Plant bid stalled Hills proposal to en ticeScott Paper Ltd the vacant Domtar plant In Georgetown which was sup posed to be today day has been delayed until about the middle of August In an interview Tuesday with The Herald Peter Pomcroy said the delay came about as a number of the persons involved in putting proposal together were on vacation He said that William Mar shall the regions Industrial development officer would be meeting today with some of the parlies to set the meeting dale The major problem facing the town Is the supplying of water to and the accepting of effluent from Scott Paper Ltd s potential operation Coun He said meetings have been held among representatives of Procter and consult Ing engineers who ore famili with water In Georgetown Region which has mate control of the Credit River which could possibly be a source and discharge route for the paper mill Coun Pomcroy said a pack age of all the facts relating to indusllal development in Hal ton Hills will be assembled and presented to council before the formal proposal to Scott Paper Ltd The key factor as far as industrial development in the town is the work of the region Industrial development ccr William Marshall Pomeroy slated Mr Mar shall a expertise can lead the right type of industry us he said Coun added that Ihe removal of deadline for he option to purchase and changing It on openended option has been tar Whatever the outcome of the proposal to Scott Paper Ltd Coun said It has resulted In more knowledge or the town ability lo attract Industry o the area Library inadequate for needs Hi Us librarian Betsy says the existing Georgetown library is inade quate to serve the needs of the area population and hat Say renpvatlon of the existing building won bring servile up o an acceptable standard In an affidavit filed with the Ontario Municipal Board last week Mrs Corn well says the collection of books and the building itself are about one the size needed service hi populadon of the former town of Georgetown and surround Ing area Her comments were made In response to a petition before for a review of a MOO debenture approval for of a new lib rary at Ccdarvule Park Mrs Cornwcll says the library standard or vice about hrec volumes per person served by he facility That means she says that volumes should be avail able in Georgetown he present facility permits us to hove only volumes She adds in order to provide level of service 1G00O square feet of space would be required Max space available through renovation of the present lib rary Is square feet she A proposal he former Georgetown library board to renovate and provide an Hon to hi Church Street ily in 1974 showed pro jeclions based solely on the then population of Georgetown Which was 15 people and did not consider he for further facilities for future population Any renovation the pn sent library would be fir below the capacity needed to just serve the 000 presently serviced by he lib Mrs also question that cost eslimaleorlgin illy proposed by the former board saying that the of disrepair of the present lib rorv mav involve substantial renovation to Interior and perstruclun raising It Is mv information a fair approximation of the total would be 706 After regional government was created in in 1974 the Hills council and library board reached a con elusion on the basis of ceo no mic consideration set out and the library would have be substantially I thin could 1m on the old lands land hat he public would be best served by providing a otully centrally loc ited lit rary full In her proposed is geographically centre f tin old town of Gcorgituwn the will provide If ire kit of spue willi for additional storage space cost of per squ in foot decision to Ihi library site on I in hill at lie Hilton Hills decided hi u of he slop is i was l fur people to be sliding down a lull and crossing in cess ro id used by vehicles bottom that he existing Church bind library lontravened the Building Code riyila or fire s ifel in 15 areas and supports lur comment will litter from former Area Km dated It Town Robert tin In second of four iffida filed with tin states lint Main Street south in he of the proposed library is in the 197B works for Improie to the roadway He also the traffic at tin location random and linn will not be any vehicular movimcnt problem at the inter section of Main Street and iple I veil if he const rue ion of Main Street south is not car hi nils Iheixisllng roidwivs to will be Inn itc lo service tin traffic it will he minted own pi inner Maria Vondilti sliies it the use of he ill for a library is ilsi of the land Hi ad led the proposed use of tin lind conforms Ihe final plan and nun and would in no w the existing surrounding institutional re and open space Hay King filed the fourth detailing the nn in which funding v debenture sales He In trued principal ind interest is iv or project OMB calls hearing on library funding have o do something Instead of dealing with reports on items that we have little or no control over I wish bring thing to a he He said the rccom mendattons arc all political decisions that must he made by politicians and urged the committee to moke Its decision pro or con and seek debate and ratlficalion by regional council I don want any stall reports cost or be told the province won let us or anything lhat might cloud the Issue he said The report on the regional plannlpg department abolition was deferred pending a report on recommendations con lamed In the recently released Roberta report on Metropolitan Toronto The A decision on regional roads is deferred because a regional study on the subject Is under suggested that the return of on regional roads be carried out without added taxation or cost lo the municipalities of Milton and Hills which contain the majority roods under the former county roads system Herald Toronto 11 urea u Ontario Municipal Board lOMBl ruled last Wednesday thai a hearing must be held into the proposed new Hills library building at Cedarvale Park The twomember board of chairmen ShubondDW Colbournehcardargumentfor more than two hours before retiring and delivering o verbal decision They were hearing a motion lo review a debenture capital expenditure for library authorized April 13 alter being from an approval for ihc expansion of existing Church Street Georgetown library originally approved in 1974 The motion was brought by Betty Fisher and John Ferguson two taxpayers representing all ratepayers in the municipality Bert Arnold a Georgetown lawyer represented the pair and a group of signatories on a petition opposing library at he hearing Kay Steele solicitor for Hills represented the municipality and library board The board hearing or which a date has yet lo be set will examine the spending of which MOO Is to be debentured for the new library The meeting will be advertised In his decision said the concern of the regardless of he merits he case or or library whether public rceeivcs a sufficient hearing when it as approved In ordering hearing said the public appeared not to have The board saw Ihc sequence of events the library this way a debenture of later revised Picked Up In Passing Youth in critical condition Robert Anderson 13 Weber Georgetown was Struck by a vehicle on Duncan last Wednesday while helping his brother Chuck deliver The Robert remains in care in critical condition at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto a spokesman said Monday The boy suffered head injuries and has a broken leg Police arc investigating Attends Chapter Day Bob James chairmanelect of District Chapter of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers recently attended a Chapter Day Conference at World Headquarters in Dearborn Michigan Mr James a salesman for Atlas Alloys of Rio Ltd of i his wile Hilary and their three children live in Acton Mr James right was welcomed to the conference by SMt vice president Rob MillUer Chiidrens hunt All boys and girls ages five to 12 are eligible to lake part in a summer nature hunt and a list of the items have to be found arc available from McDonald Restaurants The items have to be submitted before Aug and winners will be eligible for a draw on a Ronald McDonald s watch and a free sundae Musical concerts set Hills Arts Council is bringing the famous I innovative group to Holy Cross Church on Friday Oct Jan and March Three Camerala programs are modelled concerts Ihe Show eloquence of a AID kits avaiiable McDonald Restaurant is sponsoring a full fledged campaign to raise funds in support of the fight against museular dystrophy and will back Hills children with neighborhood carnivals against dystrophy Jo Lister store activities representative of he Guclph McDonald Restaurant said request forms for the kits are available at he restaurant and added McDonald will supply priles for he and supply a free meal for the it WOO was approved by the for the purpose of renoviling ihe Church facility on April 13 the approved an application changing the use of money from renovation to new construction on a different no public hearing was held then said the board concern Is lhat the public was given sufficient hearing on a matter thai was not Just a transfer of funds already approved but concerned a new location wilh possible local affects He noted also lhat serious allegations about the public input Into the approval at the local level as defined In an affidavit filed with Ihc OMB by Mr Arnold pointed that board operates under provincial directive ad expenditure restraints in general and very careful In particular lo frill projects The library might be a frill or a necessity depending on ihe circumstance he said but the evidence should be produced at full hearing Belly one the petitioners who objected the for proposed new library says that the group Is pleased with the decision last week It v is the only sensible decision it this linn wen unhappy with hi joiiil on site she Mrs I- isher says thai the next stop In rests with the town and hopes thai won l wall another year or two I they find mother suitable site so the building of the library can proceed Music results Music pupils of Flora of Georgetown were successful in theory examinations of the Royal Conservatory Music University of Toronto written in May 1377 The results were as follows Miss Christina of Nerval Grade I Rudiments per cent Barbara of Grade II Rudiments per cent Quarry wins award Quarry in Milton won a highly honored from National Crushed Stone Association of or exceptional achievement in quarry cation The original acre Is changed into a green park like selling blending wilh natural contours of he Niagara location north of Highway 401 The association has only awarded seven similar awards In history Large size quilt Michelle Morse of the Gift Ark in Georgetown above has received mixed reaction from customers at the pricetag on the homemade quill she displays Senior Miss Morse sold appreciate the amount of work involved in Ihc quilt which has 33 lo be higher Birdwatchers have closely the birds and have discovered no flaws In the art work oeoooexDocxwecoeKwocxMo

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