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5213 III FOBERT I I EXCELLENCE AWARD IN CUSTOMER RELATIONS the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halters Hills Since BRIAN GOODLET Agent Mutual Life of Canada or NOVEMBER Prospect Park well poses problems can claim for water damages By HANNAH Herald Special Regional public works staff goofed in the handling water from well at Prospect Park and as a result residents with stained clothing or dead pels may submit claims for damages Regional councillor Dave in told a group of residents at the council drop- in last Friday to discuss the water problem that claims for damages resulting from 10 days of bad witcr in town submit their claims in writing to the region and should expect some response within 10 days Claims should be addressed to Don at regional headquarters and may be sent directly to the region or left at the Acton municipal office to be forwarded to the region The Prospect Park well the last one arranged by the Acton council prior to the formation of regional government came in or 1973 and has never been used much because of its high iron content residents were told how iver the water is acceptable for human consumption Itershcl of Anderson Associates Ltd a consulting used by region on water matters sold the well was last tried two or three years ago and was taken out of service fairly quickly at that time because of the taste and smell of the water Since then dialogue with the mini of the environment has ongoing in search of a solution to the problem With MOE blessings a new chemical treatment was worked out which everyone expected would control the high iron content and make the well serviceable COMMUNICATIONS The well was made opera tional Oct and within two days complaints began pour in No one expected the Continued on page Acton murder suspect starts psychiatric tests in Penetang EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE CARL AND SVEN AND THE BOYS Him crews and Belgian horses moved onto Bennetts Scolsdale Him crews from Farms In Hal Una tad last week to prod ice a commercial or beer fight Belgians The famous tar liber wagon by televlfion and a crowd at the I- all fair was once again the focus of the beer company latest short promotion scheduled to air as early the Grey Cup football game Productions In Toronto Joined the Curliberg team I a li of fellows who lake care of them Thursday and the production Derek In an Herald photo by Chris man charged with first degree murder In connection with the stabbing death of an Acton woman Is to undergo psychiatric observation at the Psychiatric Facility Eric Howard Keller appeared in Milton provincial court Monday morning and sent for psychiatric testing not to exceed a period of GO days was arrested Oct without Incident at a warehouse where he once worked in the Pickering area and was returned to region Colleen Dates a housewife and mother of two young children was found stabbed to death early Oct Following the discovery of the woman body by her husband Kevin Halton police began an intensive search of the Acton area then Joined forces with Durham police to scour the Whitby area where the murder suspect was from originally Teams of detectives traced the suspect from Acton to the Fifth Wheel there to a Durham region hotel until his arrest In Pickering Halton Hills voters can only lose if Burlington swings rep by pop vote Herald Staff Writer Representation by popula lion one of the catch phrases of the American revolution is now being uttered around Hal ton regional council cham bcrs at least by some Burling ton members Recalling an earlier attempt by his city council to have the region study whether Burling ton Inns arc adequately repre sented according to the city s population Mayor Holy Bird described rep by pop as a basic principal of democracy However his alternative prop osals to bring representation by population into the region electoral process narrowly failed to win enough support at last week administration and finance committee meeting Most of the alternatives which Mayor Bird presented would see Hills and Milton lose councillors Mayor Pete however per council to receive and file the rep by pop motion effectively squashing it at the committee leve In the first two proposals Burlington representation would not increase but council total number of rep resentatives would shrink from including mayors and chairman Jack to by lopping off two members each from Hilts and away from Milton and two Milton second proposal again makes no changes to Burling ton current representation but adds one more councillor to Oakville s fuc takes one from Hills Other alternatives would use Hills one rep per people as a base figure throughout the region The on page Neighbors raise so far Friends of the Wayne and Lynda Ruse started the drive last week by opening an account In Mr name at the Bonk of Nova ScoiJs on Mill Street East said Mrs Ruse A bookkeeper at the Acton Medical Group she tali anonymous donors had placed dollars In the account a of p m Monday Mrs said she and her husband had met the through the bowling league tie league has collected their own for the bereaved family Another fund raiser is close friend of Mr Peter Buna who has collected nearly by going to local The community drive is appreciated by Mr The funds will help him with medical expenses for his 15month old son who has spinal meningitis End chronic asthma requiring constant attention He also has a threeyear old daughter Together with his children Mr Is temporarily living with his parents in Erin A About the Hills Peaceful Halloween en weekend was surprisingly quiet this year regional police we corn tit I tic lack of vandalism and violence which has characterized previous Oct 3Ii Spot checks begin A four man police patrol carrying out spot checks throughout the region on the use of excessive speed and drinking drivers began this week at about the same time as merchants began their Christmas pitch The more rigid is hoped to improve safety on local highways There were nine fatalities In car crashes this year in HUB and Milton Back from Europe Marilyn Mitton of Georgetown will recount her experiences as part of a Canadian delegation just returned from a foreign policy fact finding mission to Europe at a special meeting tonight Wednesday In St Johns United Church The church sponsored meeting lakes place at 7 In the Allen Room Ms Mitton recently spent ten days as pari of a 12 member delegation sent to Europe by Canada s external affairs ministry to study Canadian relations with other countries Her talk ton I will focus on such issues as peace disarmament energy and the environment Town hall is topic While the fateof the aging Acton lown hall is at least a month away from being decided consultants studying the building to determine whether it can be economically restored will reveal their first findings at a special open meeting at the Acton High School tonight Wednesday at The study which may help the town get funding to restore the building is being conducted by Consultants of Brampton who hope to be finished by the end of the month The next public meeting is for Nov at the high school A report on the Is scheduled to go before lown council Dec Police assaulted A charge of assaulting police with Intent to resist attest was laid against Steven Oct 2s at nit A uniformed police officer investigating a disturbance in a Georgetown nightclub questioned a man who hod been drinking An abusive conversation developed Into a physical altercation the scene and at the police station where the man assaulted two officers One officer received cuts to his right check and another had his glasses broken Stores close town writes off Hills has written off about in reduced or unrecoverable taxes about a third of this falling back directly on the lown treasury wh lelhebalanceofthc tax hill loss is shared between the and the board of education However revenue from businesses recovers a large part of the town loss accord to a treasury department report presented to council Monday night which the town has to write off about per cent stems from businesses which have changed hands or folded Completely ires properties becoming exempt from taxation errors and even bankruptcies account For the remaining amount excluding SCO worth of lost assess merit the town Iwo business Improvement areas have incurred members pay a rale tax on top or their regular assessment in downtown cores ihe money from which Is used for improvements New assessment Is expected to recover almost hair of the lost Sadly applications for can celling reducing or refunding taxes according lo the pro vince Municipal Act Include the names of several short lived and Georgetown businesses which were once established in the downtown cores Although records indicate that new tenants have located where these shops were a number of stores are still vacant leaving gaps In the amount of assessment the town and the can count Delegation opposed to cemetery bid HALLOWEEN HUINKS Globe Productions historic local theatrical company revived list spring raised some money for this February presentational by decorating tome friendly faces for Halloween Saturday tali Elliott above who made up Hatcher sod Edna Ferguson below teen making up Sandy also to were Joined by Globe members Allison and Cheryl Brought on Saturday at the Georgetown Market Centre Youngster and other pan era by had an opportunity to have a near makeup Job ready for the evening treating Herald photos by Dave Itowney OH WELL front stairs to the new I Centre got a blasting Friday from the con it ruction company that originally In lied them Elliot I Theatre manager Hank told The Herald Ihe stairs were in correctly Installed to thai rainwater Is retained Instead running off He said they should have been bull so they till downward Banding them down help bo the only solution wss repour Mr said the work going lo coil a cent It being done at the contractor expense The contractors are working correct other deficiencies which project manager recently listed for them Mr said he all the correction work to be finished by nest week Herald photo By CHRIS Herald Writer A en person delegation has presented additional me nLs against a proposed cemetery at the Croatian Cult uralccnlre at Winston Church 111 Boulevard and Five Nerval Praise I by Mayor Pete as being wellorgan lied and Informative rest dents neighboring Ihe Croatian centre expressed concerns Monday night that the would cause traffic prob lems and devalue surrounding property They also suggested that nearby farm operations could affect as well as be affected by the- proposed ground The fear that Ihe Croatian Centre has created Winston Churchill resident said Is getting out of control Why some of my neighbors and councillors sup port the proposal is beyond my reasoning in he two years council has been hearing arguments or and Croatian centre Mr Rue ben said he has pai I in lefil fees and lo time battling issue Other residents echoed fnw rations about noise levels at centre riling in particular an early summer evening this year which was rocked by an at yet explosion apparently at Ihe Croatian Centre Harry a beef and hog farmer who lives next to Continued on page A3