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aMWHMMMMBMHHMMM OSff SUB I the HERALD llcd J Home Newspaper of Hills Wednesday Milton secession proceedin New grant eliminates mill rate hike Photo by Jeff THE CHARM OF DICKENS ENGLAND Student at George Kennedy Public School presented he musical Oliver Wednesday and Thursday to delighted audiences School awl parents an Is ted he students In presenting a polished version of the well known Dickens story of he orphaned Oliver Twist The starring roles were filled by different students each night Story Inside GEORGETOWN WOMAN CHARGED AFTER DISAPPEARS A Georgetown woman faces criminal charges Involving the theft and misappropriation of more than ft belonging the Georgetown Figure Skating Club and Finishing Systems Ltd Petrel a 19year old mother three was charged April IS by regional police with two counts of theft over and two counts of fraud Currently free on ball Mrs is due to appear Milton provincial court May 1Z for the setting of a trial dale The charges stem from an eightmonth long Investigation at Prole s Georgetown plant between March and November during which time Mrs was employed as the company treasurer She was Initially arrested February An additional arrest came earlier his month following five weeks further investigation by police Mrs served as club treasurer over the past two years Club president Carol Lamb declined o comment on the Corridor battle ends NEB rejects ICG plea The Bruce power line being built by Ontario Hydro is not an international tho Notional Energy Board has ruled The board was asked Dec to stop construction of the KV being built by between the Bruce nuclear generating station and the Milton transformer station The request was mode by Gardhousc and Waller Scott on behalf of the Interest Citizens Group Corridor Commit lee Energy Probe and the Ontario of Agriculture supported the request The applicants contended that the Hydro is an international powerline under the definition given by the National Energy Board Act They also alleged that Ontario Hydro was In violation of the terms and conditions of Its licence lo export electrical energy They maintained the violation was that Ontario Hydro is charging inadequate ICG terms decision just semantics Finally confronted by an apparent end to thtlr seven year battle against the Bruce transmission corridor members of ihe Interested Citizens Group ICO have termed last week National Energy Board decision against them bureaucratic semantics Acton area resident John Schneider an ICG director admitted last week that NEB decision comes as no surprise to the group but added that there may still be other avenues of opposition Mr Schneider comments were supported by fellow director Walter Scott one of the landowners whose property is directly affected by the corridor Any further action against the line by the ICG he said will be largely a matter of available funds The ICG has spent a great deal of money on the prolonged fight to get justification for the line already and Mr Scott questions the value of spend more tic was reluctant to disclose alternative strategy which the ICG may be contemplating Exporting power to the United States only increases Ontario b role drawers of water and hewers of wood for our neighbors he said and this Is a role should rightfully be filling in the eyes of these neighbours apparently If Ontario Hydro really wanted the best deal it could gel for power supplies to its customers It would be buying power from Quebec or Manitoba where power prices are lower rather than selling it to the to recoup expenses he said Mr Scott said he feels an cast weal power grid should be built from province province to help tie the country as rail way once did Instead of letting each province build lines south to export surplus power to the Mr Schneider sold that people don feel the question of the government right lo Impose things like power corridors on the people has been addressed nor that justice has been done It should be interesting to sec what will happen when the second line Is brought out ICG and the group east of Toronto done our best fighting for fair practices and the group around knows it and knows what the result has been It should be a very interesting experience tor Hydro when they try to get thai second line out there prices for exported energy and exporting firm power as opposed to energy as authorized by the licence VIOI LICENCE The board ruled in a decision released last Wednesday that on international powerline Is facilities constructed or operated for the purpose of power from or to a place in Canada to or from a place outside Canada The board concluded that the evidence and arguments do not show that the Bruce to- Mil ton line falls within that definition NO JURISDICTION It therefore follows said the board decision that the National Energy Board does not possess any jurisdiction In respect to this The board also ruled lhat there was no evidence or arguments to suggest that any term or condition of Hydros licence has not been complied with or has been violated The Interested Citizens Group had also asked for a public hearing to determine whether the powerline is required by present and future public convenience and necessity and to assess the environmental impact of the That request was also denied by the board on the grounds it has no jurisdiction over the line An National Energy Board spokesman said Wednesday that the decision can be appealed lo the federal court of Canada The National Energy Board says appeals against NEB decisions can be based on two areas jurisdiction or errors in By STEPHEN FROST Herald Staff Writer A notice of motion will be presented to Milton town council May asking Burlington MPP Julian Reed to introduce a private member s bill in the provincial legislature allowing Milton to secede from Halton region Even with additional provincial subsidies of 133 applied to Milton regional mill rate there will be an increase of per cent over last year s rate Hills treasurer Ray King said he expects this municipality regional taxes to remain at the same level as last year because of a 1 450 grant also supplied by province and announced this week Lost year regional mill rate was 12 per cent Our regional mill rate Is up from in 1979 to In 1980 Milton director of finance Don told The Herald That s an Intolerable increase for one year Despite additional pro vine ial subsidies from the province of easing the region education bill of 9 million Milton taxpayers will suffer the most compared to other municipalities Milton tax bill will rise this year on an average assess ment of for an increase of per cent over last year By contrast Georgetown a residential tax increase for education will be per cent while Oakville and Burling ton will be and three per cent respectively Milton Coun Bill Johnson said he feels that the town of Milton could operate quite efficiently on Its own We gone through all the figures and we feel that Milton has a broad enough tax base that we could go it alone Mr Johnson told The Herald Besides we got the race track Mohawk and that generates a lot of revenue Vacationing regional chair man Jack Raft is told the Toronto Star lost week regional government gets emotional and strikes at heart of local municipalities Mr said ho feels that all areas in the region have better policing and better records under regional government Areas paid for by regional taxes Include health and social services major works projects and the upkeep of regional roads Mr wondered how Milton Is going to duplicate those services if it opts out of the region Mr told The Herald that representatives from Milton will be meeting Tom Wells minister of inter governmental affairs this week to discuss matters to tax increases and what Miltonians feel ore Inequitable grants from the province HWP MOMS DAY Michelle and Jan member of the Hills chapter of Women a Place committee show samples of the carnations which will be available In tbe area on May and 10 for Mother Day The carnations will be sold by volunteers In banks plazas and other prominent locations to ralHC money for the operating costs of the hostel for abused Chapel St school proposal includes four housing lots The latest revision to plans for reviving the old Chapel Street school building in Georgetown would see the his landmark renovated to accommodate onebedroom apartments and the surround ing land developed for four singlefamily homes A pubic meeting of the town planning board will be to obtain public opinion regarding Chateau De velopments Ltd Planning Mario VenditU told the board Monday night that proposal orienting the single- family lots toward Chapel and Day foot Drive has merit The proposal will preserve the former building and pro vides rental accommodation which the area needs Mr Vcndltti said It would also provide four single family lots and a half acre park for the area s residents The land dedication for park purposes is in excess of the Inside TRAIL BIKE CLAMPDOWN PAGES WOMEN NOW AWARE PAGE 11 PIIONEA THON PAGE LOCAL MEN TO BE HONORED PAGE a required live per cent but It was noted that the area set aside for the park has sanitary sewer and water pipes running under it and would be of little use for housing Town engineer Bob Austin recommended a major en trance to the development off Chapel Street and a ratio of 1 parking spaces per unit for a total of Mayor Pete said Hint the eloper t know just how many units the bu would contain I don think they can put units In there Mayor Pome roy said What they want is some idea of whether council wants to proceed with the development before spending money on site plans Mr Vendltti was asked when a public meeting couid be arranged so that area res I dents can present their views Generally like to give public two week notice Mr Vend said If can put it in his week paper today then we could have a public meeting at the next planning board meeting May 13 If wc have missed the advertisement deadline then we have to wait for another two weeks til May DEATH PENALTY HAS 99 SUPPORT core studies recommended Town council will seek provincial government fund Ing to launch separate studies of the downtown cores In Acton In Georgetown thus putting Its house in order in an tic i pat ion of Queen Park amend that would qualify Hills for downtown rcvi la ligation grants Under present Ontario legislation the town general committee was reminded Monday night neither central business core is eligible for Ihe grants because the municipal of Hills as a whole has a population in excess of beyond ministry of housing guidelines for the grants Clerk administrator Ken Richardson acknowledged that the province also offers financial assistance to municipalities with lions of 60 or less but guidelines again fall short of matching Hills population creating a funding gap between tbe two grant programs At Mr Richardson suggestion the committee recommended to council that official plans of ail areas invoked including that of region should be reviewed using a community study grant available from the ministry committee s advice town planning director Mario will discuss the scheme with representatives of the Acton and Georgetown Business Improvement Area boards of management If we have a core study done for the I wo business areas we II be ready to lake advantage of ministry loans if population figure is amended in the future Mr Richardson said The core studies arc financed by grants from Ihe province so they don cost us anything Residents of Brampton riding who responded to a questionnaire on capital punishment circulated by MP John McDcrmid have almost unanimously endorsed some form of capital punishment Mr announced this week lhat per cent of those who returned his questionnaire forms support the reinstatement of the death penally far some While only one per cent of the unspecified number of respondents opposed capital punishment the MP report per cent fmor the return of death penalty for all forms of pre murder Another per cent believe hanging should be used again only for those convicted of specific crimes like highjacking treason terrorism kidnapp ing Involving murder and the murder of policemen and prison guard Mr McDerinld plans to outline his aurvey reiulti for House of Commons when the of capital punish mrnt again arises PICKET LINE CONFRONTATION DRAWS POLICE TO SPEYSIDE See page