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it or driving or walkl ji wrt that closed inwn road and flooded playing Held The backyard Inn or a Crescent family rendered unusable by II photo The floodgates open When Ihi rain started last nobody ex pet ted it would turn inlo Hoods in ports of town by Thursday Roads were washed out around town and Ccdarvale Park looked more like a lake than a river with playing field next to According to of the North Golf and Country Club rainfall Wednesday and Thursday was inches which is an unusual ly high amount Town Engineer Bob Austin said the ground was saturated and was just no place for idditional water to go Coop Cohen said he was if raid the waler would undermine the vertical tanks on the tow site St It was four feet deep up to the hydro metre There was no real problem per so he said adding there would have been if the additional two in predicted for Thursday night had come down With a loader and back hoc the Coop did some sandbagging and got some aggregate from the to protett their tanks Its never happened Mr Cohen said Even the spring runoff tome up that high It seems to me the Ministry who looks after water levels should have been a little more ware of the water Hon Fortunately the motors on the tank pumps dried out in work he said noting they re worth over op I ve had people soy to me thai In jO they haven vein is much as there wis Thursday Mr Austin said Severil rouls were made passable bemuse of the flooding Sir Austin said motorists hid to find routes to Glen Road Fifth L Highway and Side road Sixth Line south of Highway Line between 1 me In The Acton Public Library bridge was closed due to high water It sure wasn a on day night Mr chuckled Georgetown Coop Ihe dike around its petroleum products tanks behind II Hills Herald building washed out high water levels of the adjacent Creek think it won spring with all Ihe up hern these nail few Water levels rose again with three Inches of rain coming down over two The sign said II well it r bridge Winston hurthill Herald Valley lands protected Monday night Hills council passed three bylaws amending zoning on the lands south of Hungry Hollow In n In response to considerable public concern about he future use of the valley lands council has negotiated with the developer and come up with a conservation special lone which prohibits buildings or structures or parking areas on the valley lands Only those buildings or structures necessary for flood or erosion con purposes and a fence will henceforth be allowed on those Under the previous zone this was not the case Councillors lightened up perm tied uses of these environmentally son lands Court Li ins Bowman wanted to know when the public will be told what the town and developer have in mind for the valley land Town solicitor Roger will be reporting to council when he has completed negotiations with town Director Ian Kethsaid don know what the outcome of it is I m sure it will very soon the next week or two us to whit is in mini for the valley lands he so Care funding The of Hull will pro vide funding of plus a capital grant of J for a place ment coordination service for peo ple needing long term cure in Region I laccment coordination ensure that residents ore referred to the health care facility or program which best serves their individual needs Council wants meeting experts Town councillors want the con who prepared the brief on the proposed municipal complex the forthcom ing public meeting to the Stevens estate lands Town Planning Director Inn Keith estimated it would cost town about to have architect Roland Jonkcrs of Associutcs Ltd at the public meeting which is tcnlatively set for Oct Mr is to prepare for the meeting and do a presentation to members of the publit who turn up it the council chambers Mr Keilh said the firm standard per diem rate is hour which is half the role charged by the Regional landfill consultant Peter Walker of Walker Wright Young Consultants There are funds thin the plann department budget for consul services he said Coun Bitty Fisher wanted lo know why the firm his to do he presentation on rezomng lion for council Usually s done by the town s plunn ng department stiff Because he town staff the object of cation but jrc a participant In it Mr Keith said It would be inappropriate 1 think for to be ng that presen Withholding loan back taxes owed by the Village Manor Rest Home in have been paid then the town will be willing loan out the provincial monies for the upgrod ng of the boarding home town treasurer Ray King said Monday night Ministry of Health has made available 450 the town to loan out the Village Manor Rest for of the Mom Street Inspections the town building anil fire departments will be made and until they been satisfied by the repair work will the Minor receive the funds We will then pay the Mr Gas tank saves money The regional chairman is expected to sign an agreement with the federal government for prove merits the Georgetown Water Pollution Control Plant The Department or Energy Mines and Resources Canada has agreed to fund worth or the construe Hon cost of a gas holding lank and provide another for monitor the success of the energy saving equipment The gas holding tank is to store Ihe gas that the sludge digester generates so that the gas can be us ed for heating the boiler In turn gives the federal government a exclusive royalty free licence to the process or technology conceived or developed for Georgetown Enjoy people NOrth Volunteer Bureau a prognm of thi Planning Council Is seeking someone who would be interested in potential vol and referring them on to possible in thi community To earn more about tins or other volunteer opportunities ACTION A Till- lit RAID Wednesday fieplembern IMS Group claims 98 per cent dislike Sunday openings A post card survey shows per cent of communities within appro 10 mtles of Acton are to additional stores being open on Sunday claims the executive lor of The People for Sunday Association of Canada In a submission to Region Kingdon says post cords were distributed through retail stores Association membership churches chain and department stores and unions The post cards asked If the individual was In favor or opposed to Sunday shopping Mr Kingdon says Acton Belfoun lain Campbcllville Cheltenham Eden Mills Erin Georgetown Glen Williams Guelph Hornby Inglewood M Moffat Morriston and all voted cent against additional stores open Sunday However Mr Kingdon t provide the with the number of post cards distributed and the number received from each com muni I Rural residents bringing garbage in themselves HOSPITAL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED QUI Shop Baby Photos Assistants Physiotherapy Telephoning Working Crocheting 8773742 TRUCKLOAD More and more rural residents arc bringing their garbage directly to the Halton Hills transfer station on Armstrong Avenue In Georgetown We project that by year end ihe number of vehicles using this station will be up per cent over public works director Bob Moore says in a report to councillors Residents con drop off up to ISO pounds of household wastes tree there Disposals Ltd operates the transfer station for the town col lee ting the garbage compacting it and trucking It across the border for incineration by Occidental Chemical Corporation of Niagara rails New York Mr Moore report shows more rural residents art cancelling their garbage pick up by private tors and are coming to the contimer station instead Between January and June last year there were 10 vehicles us lug the station During the same fivemonth period thee were 16 GOG cars anticipated however there were actually 305 vehicles dropp- ingoff garbage there During the rest of the year to December end the public works report shows 100 vehicles are on ticipated to turn up the transfer station with garbage As is paid by the number of vehicles using the station it s go ing to mean spending beyond ihe Regional budget lo cover these extra drop of fs In Milton is by the number of full containers tipped by the site operator They also gone over The method ol charging Hills and Milton is different because m Milton the site is completely own by In Georgetown ihe Armstrong Avenue property is leas ed Waste disposal manager John McKay says It been the arrange ment to pay per vehicle historically That may be changed next year he added His submission follows on the heels of an application by the Old Hide House in Aclon for a further twoyear tourist exemption under the Retail Business Holidays Act It was In i960 that the Hide House first got tourist exemption to open on Sundays Their current exemption expires Friday Regional council It ex peeled to grant another twoyear ex tension of the tourist exemption to day Wednesday The Hide House is on Eastern Avenue In a historic building of the turn of the century Employing up to people at peak times and ting over people annually to buy leather goods the Hide House draws a large number of tourists to Acton A survey by the owners show over per cent of 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