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YOUR MORNING SMILE Jack was unusually late getting home Ms wife sent toe following telegram to five of his closest friends Jack not home WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER Home Newspaper of Hills The fulia nadang Hum homos Ms REPORT CRITICAL OF OPPOSITION Expropriation approval for hydro corridor TORONTO Expropriations will take place along the Hills Concession for the Bradley hydro line In a decision approved Nov 18 but not released until Thursday Ontario Energy Minister James Taylor found that an order in council setting as a crossing for connection of a hydro corridor from the Bruce genera t station to the coke-to- Pickering corridor Is binding on Ontario Hydro and determines the scope of its objective in the expropriation pro- Hearings under the Expropriations Act were held in Acton between No ember 1976 and Aug IS 1977 Several delays were called to allow opponents of the corridor to take a case to the a Supreme Court Mr Taylor said In his decision that because of the order announced by then energy min Darcy McKcough in 1974 the objective of Ontario Hydro could not be called into question by the inquiry I am satisfied that It the Milton objective was based on careful system plann analysis and subjected to full public scrutiny through hearings and tlons of the Solandt commission as accepted by the Lieutenant Governor in Counc 1 Mr Taylor says He said the remenls under the Expropriations Act that the object ve reflect adequate plann the concerns of the affected landowners be stud and we and that On Hydro provide a reasonably defens position have all been carried out But he added The approach to the hearing employed by some affected landown crs prevented the inquiry officer Donald Meynck from making recommendations to alleviate their concerns Mr Meyrick in his report del to the minister in September noted that most owners dence to the detailed line location and possibility of local mod tlons as too t me consuming and of no useful purpose since modif cations and Its in a narrow range were not their concern He also noted Of the several remark able events to occur In this Inquiry none arouses more cur and concern than the elect on of the Interested alliens Group ICG not to present evidence Having fought so long and hard for the right to do so to now deny themselves that right borders on the unbelievable nee Ontario Hydro must provide a reasonably defensible position Mr Mey rick said for those owners requesting the inquiry to remain silent and not move evidence In a counter position begs the question as to why they requested the Inquiry in the first place He said that the Hydro charged that delay Is a tool of the ICG Must now b seriously considered Energy Minister James Taylor rejected however some requests from landowners along the affected route A proposal by d Moffat to place the underground for 1 miles north of the Mil on transformer station c would not be leas blc nor that the odd tional expend lure of m I Hon can be Just If Two requests for movement of the line back to the half lot I ne where crosses the N agora Escarpment would not be desirable It would re the destruction of at least three houses an the south dc of II 7 and would come close to a house on the south de of the road between Lots and It would be substantially closer to buildings on the Denny Anthony and proper the Clubhouse of the Georgetown Revolver Club and cross active grovel pit machinery the minister says A second request for the movement of the line from a notch in the escarpment is less preferable then the proposed location Both the officer and the Niagara Escarp ment Commission opposed the move Use of the existing notch will permit tower elevation to be reduced by SO feet and tree cutting reduced to a minimum DAVIS ICG POW WOW Interested Cltiicns Group ICO which has been righting Ontario Hydro expropriation of land In Halloa tor a Iran mission rridc Is tempting to arrange a meeting with Premier William Davis and Minister James Taj lor John Minns ICG spokesman of the group want to present drill plan which could shorten the lime reded to resolve the in or of he corridor Otherwise Mr Minns says It be two more yean of court battle Mr Minns hopes thai what probably result It a Judical review but If necessary they are prepared to take their struggle the Supreme Court of Canada week energy minister James Taylor give Ontario Hydro the right to begin expropriating land Hilts the final link between Bruce Generating Station and the switching station In Milton PUBLIC INPUT A SHAM Reed attacks order says weve been had A decision by Ontario Energy Minister James Taylor to let Ontario Hydro ex propria le land In Hills for a high voltage pow corridor ndlcatcs hat public participate and independent input is a total Hilton Burlington MPP Julian Reed Ix evident that the whole i f pubic pirtlcipatlon and hearings are just a of wasted money time and effort Mr told The Herald nan Interview We ve been had Mr Reed said the public are like mushrooms in he eyes of he government They keep us nthedark and cover us with He attacked the ministers statement that the sequence of events leading up to the expropriation was subjected to full public scrutiny through the hearings and the recommendations of the Com mission He said that in the hearings and even the ministry Itself has admitted that Solandt had not studied the Bradley to Georgetown corridor The ministry Is grasping for Ontari Hydro wants a strip of land about feet wide through Hallon Hills to carry power from Bruce nuclear generating station from Bruce The strip will have three towers and MPP JULIAN REED two towers Mr Reed also criticized the ministers statement as ludicrous that the Interested Cltiicns Group ICG put forward little evidence about alternate routes The ICG real lied that the only accurate evidence could come from Ontario Hydro which refused even after a court ruling in favor of the ICG present such evidence Mr Reed said The minister included in his statement those of hearing officer Donald Meyrick a Toronto laywer who noted In his report Of the several remarkable events to occur In this inquiry none arouses more curiosity and concern than the astonishing election of the Interested Citizens Group not to present evidence Having fought so long and hard for the right to do so to now deny themselves that right borders on the un believable Hydro has consistently refused to acknowledge the Bruce proposal to be relevant The ICG felt the power could have been carried on this route and thence to Toronto rather than Bradley toGeorgctown The objectors equally consistently took the opposite position at the inquiry the Divisional Court and the Court of Appeal and repeatedly claimed prejudice through the denial of an opportunity to present evidence on the topic ol the alternative route ihat opportunity was said to be vital to their case Vital it would appear only before the Court of Appeal Decision Mr Meyrick says It is well known that Hydro must advance evidence to support a reasonably defensible position For those owners requesting he inquiry to remain silent and not move evidence in a counter position begs the question as to why they requested the inquiry in the first place therefore Mr continues oft repeated claim by counsel for the Hydro that delay was a tool of the Interested Citizens Group must now be seriously considered In any event the foregoing appears to have diverted the at ten Hon of most owners from expressing here their concerns for the location of the line and towers at the locale Mr Reed said he was questioning he minister in the House He said when he asked the minister the impact of fiv towers In the strip three and a pair of the minister indicated he did not know how many towers were planned Mr Reed said he alio waiting reply on how it is justified sending the power from Bruce to Metro fringe and back to northern Ontario The main flow of power in Ontario In the last four months been from south to north he said about 1 n rgawatta onethird of the production of Bruce at full power Pritchard resigns heads for BC Hills hoi lost its clerk administrator to the warmer weather and drier climate of the Vallev Doug has resigned effective Dec and will assume his duties as city of British Columbia on Jan 1978 The new job will see Mr Pr tchard heading a staff of for city of approximately 30 residents In addition to such departments as works finance and recreation with which he has had to deal In Hills he says he will be expected lo handle the hydro department and also deal with police accommodations Electricity is Just another municipal service in British Columbia he says and not a provincial matter as ii Is in Ontario British Columbia police service also different since only very largo centres such as Vancouver have their own departments is manned by the Royal Caned Ian Mounted Police but the city provides equipment and commodatlons for the force and thus the city admins lor will have police needs to keep track of along with other departments Mr brought his family to town after he became its first nistrator In October 1971 Prior to that he spent five years as for Niagara on the- Lake 11 years with the Township and a year with Metro Toronto planning board Since the till have a daughter attending Georgetowntown high school son at Centennial middle school Donna will not be following her husband to until the school year ends A second daughter will THE FROG THAT BECAME A PRINCE ALMOST This ceramic frog didn turn Into a handsome tori kissed the frag at Glen Williams town hall Saturday prince when IDyearold Fowler gave It a kiss at the morning when the Peace Rose chapter of the Eastern Star urging of Ihe Herald photographer And as for kissing a held a bazaar real frog Lord said Icouldn real frog Capacity for 16000 engineer The third witness for the development firm of Properties Ltd verified earlier testimony before the Ontario Municipal Board OMB Monday that Georgetown sewage treat plant con Increase Its capacity through engineering modifications and then went on to estimate that more than IS new residents could be accommodated when the plant opens in January Consulting engineer Don Barker was Introduced at the beginning of Monday a session as the hearing entered its third week In the town council chambers The board is considering the town objections to Focal Properties proposal to build homes in an agricultural area south of Georgetown Board chairman J plained at the end of the day that tne solicitors Involved were not accommodating the board earlier request that Ihe hearing be expedited in order to cover all evidence within the allotted our to five weeks This Is taking much longer than I had anticipated he said I don I think we get to the evidence pertaining to the Pour Seasons Realty Group this week The board accepted town solicitor John Belleghem offer to cut short his remaining cross examination of Mr Barker and to yield his time brier interrogations by regional solicitor Richard bio and Harry lawyer for Gainsborough Farm Holdings Ltd Mr Whelcr reminded Mr Bejleghem bat much of the Information be wishes to before the board could be derived from the town own witnesses Robert lawyer for Focal Properties reported he will call one more witness for his client Much or Mr Barker s testimony Monday involved elaborate calculations for current and future sewage t reduction of evidence con treatment capacity in the the comparative Georgetown area amount of biological loading Following Mr in capacity and hydraulic BULLETIN The Ontario Municipal Board hearing into Focal Properties proposed 1 SCO- unit subdivision will not hear evidence from the Town of and re gion for another three or four months Robert lawyer for Focal Properties his presentation on behalf of his client yesterday morning The board ruled that the rest of the bearing would be spent hearing evidence relating to the Four Seasons Realty Group s application At the end of this week the board will adjourn without having heard any evidence from the town or the region A date was set yesterday afternoon for reconvening the bearing to hear evidence from the town and region bat the date was not avail able at press time Chairman J A anticipated however that It would be three months at least before the board reconvened Six councillors absent for first building meet Anattempltoholdo committee meeting lest week to look at the question of space requirements for Hills staff fell through because council members neglected to show up Committee chairman Pete cancelled the meet when only six councillors showed up to hear what part heads had to say about the space hey require to adequately accommodate their staff The meeting was to have been the first In a series to look into the question of whether Hills needs a new mu building Mr soys Wo Intended to start fresh and Ignore all the material from previous committee he says The first meeting would have explored what space each department needs but unless council is convinced of the need for it no new building will be started Mr says a need Is definitely blished a second meeting will explore ways of financing con strut I ion All the members of council have been put on the com so that when menda lions are made to court everyone will be aware of tho background on them and they stand a reasonable chance of being passed Mr says Mr had envisaged half a down meetings being enough to get matter of a new building settled At the end of that time all the recom lions would have been brought to council together and members would have a chance to approve or disapprove them A public meeting would be held same night ho says so that ratepayers would also get a chance to question be Joining her father in a month or two The eldest dau ghter will stay in Georgetown after she marries In mid Dec ember Professional advancement had something to do with his decision to leave Hills Mr admits but the biggest factor was the climate and the weather INSPECTION PANEL FINDS Need does exist for extended care Extended care facilities Id are not suitably located to serve the majority of the people In region a public institutions Inspection panel found The panel recently Inspected a number of publicly funded Institutions In including Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital In a report to Judge Alan panel said there are no extended care facilities the Georgetown area to increase use of space In the present hospital for active treatment beds The report also stated that the panel ell that some of the services were suitably sited to serve he majority of Ihe people in the County The Herald has teamed that this was In reference to extended care facilities report found no other shortcomings at the hospital The public Institutions inspection panel is a succes sor to the grand Jury system which was abolished two years ago The panel whose members are chosen as In Jury selection Is responsible for all publicly funded institutions within Its Jurisdiction Hospital Fred Morris was away on holidays and unavailable for comment on the report Terry chairman of the District Health Council had failed to return several phone calls at press lime Brutality charges hearsay police commission states police commissioners reiterated its support for members of the Halton Regional Police Force Thursday after receiving a list of the allegations of police brutality laid against some members of the force A lot of the charges were based on hearsay evidence with no opportunity for the force to defend itself Judge William said I think It unfortunate that the whole force should be smeared for the allegations which concern only fe members At the request of the Ontario Police Commission a list of loading capacity which combine to make up the plants total capacity Mr Be questioned Mr Barker in detail as to the source and reliability of his statistics and estimates and bis methods for calculations Mr Barker a specialist in sanitary engineering presented the report he prepared for Focal Properties which noted lhat the treatment plant could reduce the biological oxidation demand BOO of the community dally effluent output 100 pounds as It enters the plant to 300 pounds as it la channelled into Sliver Creek The engineer subtracted the pound capacity which the ministry of environment has on Page cil action Why half Ihe councillors chose not to attend his meeting was not something Mr Pom Toy would comment an though he felt that if they wanted another lime or a date they could have taken the trouble to let him Boy struck by bottle An yearold boy received bruises to his right leg during an altercation in the parking lot outside the Alcott arena Friday evening after a hockey game Police say the victim was struck in the leg by a whiskey bottle during the scuffle bet ween Georgetown and fans No charges were laid but the Regional police are looking Into Ihe incident the allegations of police brutality laid against mem or the force has been compiled A number of the incidents are under investigation and In some cases investigation has been completed The only charge laid was against St Jason Fields whoso trial to appear before Chief Ken Skerrctl is scheduled Dec I think I speak or all members of the board in relation to the regional police when I say we have confidence in the force Chairman William said Picked Up In Passing Christmas swag workshop A Christmas swag workshop is being conducted by the Hills libraries at the Acton Branch Dec The progrom free of charge but a package of wire will be available ford 50 Anyone interested bring a large green plastic bag full of evergreens Prercgls lion is required NOP executive Halton Burlington New Democratic Party members elected Robert Deleeuw president at the associations annual meeting held Wednesday In Milton Vicepresident Is Dolling secretary Harold Robertson treasurer Jean membership chairman Sheila Area vicepresidents are Ron Lewis Burlington Marg Milton and Buzz Hargrove Georgetown Mr Hargrove Is also provincial council delegate Disaster fund The Canadian Red Cross Society in Georgetown is asking for donations to assist the victims of the cyclone in India where thousands of lives of have been lost and many villages washed away In a tidal wave Donations can be made at local banks Agreement reached Halton Hills financeadministration committee has approved a draft agreement between Beardmore and Co Ltd and the town whereby land reclaimed by the dredging of Fairy Lake be leased to the Acton board of parks management for per year Fireworks display A request by the Optimist Club of Georgetown to hold their annual May at the Georgetown Fairgrounds has received the of financeadministration committee The rain date is May Monday Bantam tourney grant Hills financeadministration committee has recommended that the Georgetown International Bantam Hockey Tournament sponsored by the Kinsmen Club of Georgetown receive a grant not to exceed MM for sup plying crests to the anticipated participants The request still needs the approval of council Interest accumulates Works committee recommended that interest from the War Memorial Fund established in 1922 by of Acton be allowed to against a time when major repairs on the memorial may be necessary The recommendation was made as a result of a letter from the Acton Legion explaining that it is presently maintaining the memorial and expects to go on doing so even though the Income interest from the fund ceased going to the Legion in