Home Newspaper of Halton Hills IliKfl THE- A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited Street I tfi Ontario lilt HAM Publisher DAVID Mortising Region travesties one after other- sewer rates next Imagine the discouragement the sense of defeat and loss that might permeate municipal government in if the region most brilliantly shining example of collective and cooperative effort is suddenly trashed less than a year after its implementation We fail to see how any Oakville or Burlington regional councillor could derive satisfaction from against Halton equalized sewer rate system by which all four area municipalities in the region share roughly equal portions of the cost of sanitary sewer improvements in any given area Surely their latest attempt to have Halton switch back to its old system of letting each town collect its own revenues and pay its own way without help from neighbors is merely an election eve ploy designed to convince gullible voters that the people they elected last time around are still struggling on their behalf And to be sure it would be a relatively easy decision for any Burlington and Oak viUe voter to again back these councillors in the interest of saving a few dollars on next years sewer bills Most could probably care less about the region mandate The regions mandate as Mayor Pete warned colleagues at regional headquarters last week includes the directive from Ontario to share costs equally regional government was set up here largely so that the richer industrial south could share its wealth with the economically less fortunate north but councillors from the south still aren too region minded even six years after the regions creation Mayor citing of Bill the provincial legislation that formed region was a cool strong and apparently effective device to force south councillors to think twice about their ambition even though the final vote on a motion of deferral showed a scant one vote margin Ihe possibilities of a huge legal battle perhaps a prelude to some sort of contact civil war between the north and the south arc not that remote Hills appears to be on solid ground to challenge the region should council vote to revert back to its old sewer surcharge system Our appreciation goes to former rLgionai Morrow for again coming forward with strong reminders for the region advising it of its mandate as a regional council But imagine the discouragement should this prime example of regional solidarity collapse the official plan remains a source of some contention even after getting provincial approval the region treasury is in an uproar over the stunning deficit that nobody an garbage collection bins at north Haftons only remaining dump are a topic of debate while giant legal wrangles hold up first regional landfill site resource recovery Is nowhere in sight council still has not appointed a Medical Officer of Health to replace Joe Chamberlain who retired in spring anew business development director is needed following Bill Marshall s departure this month And on it goes one travesty of bureaucratic bungling after another We can fault Hills incumbents Mike Armstrong Ward or Roy Booth Ward for any specific shortcomings during the past term quite the contrary in several instances but we re alarmed that voters in those wards are so satisfied perhaps that theyll allow in the midst of furious con At least in Wards 1 and challengers will give incumbents Ed Wood and Miller a test and ratepayers will be polled for a vote of confidence or a vote of confidence as the names Whiting Branch and appear on the ballots Letter from the Editor Paul Dorsey Top marks for GDHS w is i hit of a it fnr mi Gei rgc tow school ikcpirt in the This lime is presenting an awird on The s behalf the It I I attended commencement wis as i student Th years pi fur tin ml and other the h j lined little I What Iras In Inn substantially is thi students Hit along I m nnl every student has lose rsnml friend of very icher such in ii to prions siw hut on the whole s wirmlh and goodwill faculty is whole to iiing And I imildn htlp hut he convinced testimony if spcikcrs thai has m it strides dec inward re iching one if the lip few spots on list of trios best Inc schools Whit fiw there are be common all schools to degrees but as principal Mike Furlong correctly they barely consideration light of positive achievements of students I siy trite frankly lha in my five years I held respect for Mr attitudes on roup discipline and strict rente lo ihe rules of day While I m no longer to comment on those altitudes with iny first hind authority I was indeed impressed by his remarks Saturday Doth his humorous repartees with graduates and his much more serious challenge any and all detractors vial Ihe school and witness Its good works carried a deal of truth and sincerity highlighted as Ihcy of of Mr ind his si iff my iiwlhtr impressive iplili with llu lip Till I h ike iw mi ilium losiyhdloln rs iiu I mi of thru II i tin mil eollii I Hit mo mid a hilf Tin lid with KM Doth worlds by simple hues ind Willis MEET THE CANDIDATES Oct Glen town hall Oct Nov 5 Centennial Mi hi mlrodutifi mi to mmy I of r in Ins ind ri ilissi li I sldl opus of I somi linn s 1 In is mil doubt is I drip well from which inv inter slid sludint lould dnw ill tin insight ind inspir iti in he to lomprihind I I o i t Ilimpsi of BUI in me support when I had anticipated none and thai helped build the commence in me lo let my tome and perform Unfortunately I t get Ho thirdly but I hi reads his and gels the this column turns into my own overly valedictory address I close with a simple word of both to he current for allowing me a chance visit and those former teachers Just so they know they re no forf once university profs starl lecturing Rene acquires taste for power as Quebec ignores talks Council the parly Nat resoundingly rejected by Quebec people Mav it is obvious the now is bracing list If for mother pioumn election hid dilute In of lis to iihnlenie just it In tin hick burner lalk of things Hut never to mi Ihnt i referendum tclinljy iHCome one of planks In lJ7f II the i inn lopowiruitjiiebee i sacred lint would hold referend mi so the euild decide on institution il future of llu provinec Jim the Ins decided to seek re Itxti in with a promise that if r tumid In it will not hold n bit Mil used for a resolution which said Ihcpartyiscomnnltedtonothavinga ferendum on luring second mandate of government And nothing be clearer tnn thai Premier was preparing himself for some criticism as he i nit from the meeting Some of who have i for may say that we have i taste for power instead of a taste for Quebec he went on to point out m a democracy you have hive a lisle for you are Just jour lime And right now the premier is convinced that the only way his Quebccols can be returned to power is by promising not the people another province is from of mtcrovernminlal affairs ihi mm who orchestrated virtually hading May ri ftrinduni lias clearly indicated hat r constitutional discussions won wish In the province Polls show hat people want be left done slid the pipe puffing Mono People hive had enough of Hi wauls to postpone a provincial tectum spring so he won I to discuss current institution debiti now going on In This fall if there is an i turn le tvs we be forced to isn easy to contemplate a Claude who lo talk thine Not so long he seemed interested in little else Hut listening to Quebec s proline id piliticians and talking with ihitprovinci sfederal MPs Iv lhal the tide of nationalism which sucpt the territory and which with thai May wave now has ebbed Not even controversial is causing a serious ripple ilthough it might be somewhat for Quebec Liberal leader Ryan And Premier who talks of Trudeau s pack ige being insulting and threatening has shown liltle initial inclination louse it as on election Issue Although Heaven knows he needs some kind of issue I would have thought lhat the Council would have given Ihe premier and his cabinet a rein regirding a future urn not advocating it but ensuring that the option was stilt there if the mood of the people changed The fact delegates came from all over the province and decided overwhelm inglv thai the party best political would be served by promising to hold a referendum clearly says siimelhlng about Ihe current mood of the province At the moment It would appear a Quebec simply has nowhere find a home The acid rain tragedy will new study meet hopes Queens Park Most the s endangered are in the Shield where many Ink llu buffering agents thai illow other likes like Superior or handle mildly acid run is opposition minds mil Pi I is up Ik taker i iti on dity in Hit sdiind and sign new I- Ministry orders lb it will bring company omissions down mar where Ihey In truth should Tin Inc news in Ihe irovinenl is during the long shutdown Into due tin in I He 1979 fell utl In other words wind patterns IK suili locos per cent of continental sulphur dioxide pollution single source is so dispersed Ih il it falls PAIIflDTTtONHIlMH confirms repeiled tint acid rain pollution is an international problem thai must be dealt with in Ibosc terms Perhaps per cent of rain slowly killing several thousand Ontario likes comes from United States and another 10 per cent from southern Ontario sources And tint illy ionics down symbolic pollnlers lik nut Hydro will Us ail find gem rating plants 111 li tist Into is first Hit bad permission pump inns into the eury dij even though it w is not economically isihle In to I 00 tons Hie conditions h is i been avenging tons mil tin iiiw i order makes thai developed musl also be installed to bruit mission levels down In 1 tons of lW2 KM Hut mm important Is lhal a new long program for discharges must developed by end of aimed reducing pollution in the lowest possible level Done properly lhal will whether opposition goals of Inns Ions are legitimate And whether for example to new furnaces In Sudbury would be a worthwhile investment In any case there is finally a of movement as if all the in the add rain tragedy from to the Environment Ministry to other governments and even the arc all ploying complementary roles somewhil different emphases all ministry deadlines on emissions arc reasonable lime enough for but In terms actually quite short What has be witched closely however is final product lives up lolls idvance billing f ffiiHERSOH s History From our files Willi a number of nig for four sep irate should fa off wilh in this big evening of fun and will under with a parade led by thi I Scots Hind which will form up the Presbylernn Church I- Allowing this the children will up different groups and will be Georgetown Council met in special session on for tin of amending the clecllon two week- between nomination ind time his been reduced Id i single week Council fell the twoweek system tried nut the past few years took mtirest of in election campaign and that Ihe ileelurs wire tired of calling or so ling a period Tdev beer iced them the homes of Jim Jack Armstrong E ind Bowers is well as Jim i in the Glen TWINTV VfAHS water works for Glen Williams was forecast at Council meeting on pht The recommendation made in a letter from Ontario Water who expressed the Ihej felt many lots could not both tile beds and a well An heavy a district caused inxiousmomens for householders in lown district Monday The blast which occurred shook houses over a wide area and il police were flooded with phone whit happened first snow lo town and in morning there is brisk little storm inrnjed the vhilc coating disappeared in the sun sr is was a brief reminder th it time is getting on and it the lovely hi weilher this district has is in Hilton pr look per cent Jump lasl year to a new record hiph of 111 assessor Ford this week Burling Ion with a BOO inireic ind Trifilpar which added 100 its rolls made up the est of Town solicitor George advised council that he can sec no legil barrier to Club chirking idnnssion for i Sunday charily show providing it wcr held between p in Iast week a club of fit ill council for a ruling and Mr wis instructed lo study the I Alliance Hilton Count police hive been instructed by Altnrney Peter to crackdown on ind religious groups offering lottery prues more thin Some prizes offered by county hive been worth up to Mr slid He asked the chiefs to warn offending groups before cracking TI Fsquesinp Township plans to up their own firedep build their own fire hall wis night at council rh s fire hall will serve only the now covered by fire department known as Ard No I There will be no vote in Georgetown on on liquor lounges A planned plebescile lias been when council found tint a special volert list is necessan which differs from the election list The question of adding fluoride to walir supply will still be asked thai day when voters choose their councillors hydro water and school trustees Mary Rhodes Marriott of Georgetown I know for certain whal she and her sister were watching in the ski over that part of Township Saturday night They were en route to Mrs Rhodes home along the when spotted the white between the Fifth and Sixth Lines about 10 The object seemed approach Iwo or three hundred of car and then kept pace with it for a dlstincc The object had a bright single light on top ind a larger while light on the They lost sight of it when it accelerated and Milton Brick have offered an old pit on Ibcir property isigarbagedumptoserveEsquesingond NassagawLyi A letter came from the company to council Monday night making the suggestion The land is on I Concession 1 and according to Reeve has lots of ipace for a bigger gar Inge dump The pavilion Hornby Community Park will be known as the King Pavilion in honor of the family who settled the in 1830 Samuel ind Jane King At Sundays official opening the small hand of old Jamie King the fifth generation King Held by his father Leslie King unveiled plaque naming the new after Ins family one time owned all the land between the Sixth and Seventh Line on the base line Transport minister Don told the Commons that detailed studies hive been completed on a sue for a new Toronto Airport Jamicson said that four possible sites are under consideration He declined to reveal the location in order In avoid land speculation but he did say all four sites are between Toronto and Lake This would seem rule out speculation thai northern County was being considered ONE AGO Despite strong opposition from some members the town has moved closer toward approving the two residential subdivisions proposed for end as pari of thi moderate growth predicted for the community in the coming decade Negotiations continue between town staff and Investments Ltd which hopes build semidetached homes off Churchill Road North and Cedar Road Developments Ltd which has proposed single family homes or the opposite side of the road Town council has voted lo allow area hunters trap animals Hills despite Hoy Booth concern over the possibility that hunters may be using traps which he called one of the crudest traps I think we ever devised I artist Dorothy Stone has been awarded an honorary fellowship by the Heraldry Society of C Miss Stone Lieutenant Governor Pauline McGibbon were the first women to be awarded honorary fellowship The town hall restoration committee decided Monday night to make the attempt to raise to restore ihe old building on the corner of Willow and Dower Streets The money represents the share of needed to complete the work A five per cent ceiling on increases created by ihe upcoming equalization of regional taxation factors has trimmed on anticipated cost to Hills by nearly two- thirds saving the overage taxpayers here about in I960 Equalization factors being Introduced next by the provincial government had llireotcned to boost the towns regional tax burden by nearly in 1000 according to town treasurer Ray King but a recent announcement from Queen a Pork should prove lo be the taxpayers saving grace at least temporarily