SECTION A October It IMS Page Giving to give hope On behalf of The Arthritis Society those afflicted by the more than different forms of arthritis please accept our appreciation for your support with the Thank you worked the needed funds and to those who generously supported our cause A special thanks to the Knights of Columbus Rotary Clubs and other lervlce clubs for their involvement with the campaign Ninety cents of every dollar raised Is used lo support patient care medical education and arthritis research If your or business was canvassed and you would like to sup port this worthwhile cause please your contribution to The Ar Ihntis Society Region Office Dundai St Mlssissauga Ontario telephone A tax receipt will be to and the local branch in your community will receive for your support you have arthritis and need help ould like to volunteer pleas call The Arthritis Society at In closing for helping the very needed awareness and for those who give Sincerely Area Seniors update EDITOR NOTE The following open letter to I Herald for publication Friends The afternoon of Oct a meeting as held at my home to explore creation of a strong support group the jurat for n older adults attendance were individi who are members of several local groups and a number of others with keen personal interest and they ire addressed by a representative of the United Senior Citizens of On Mr Jack A lively discussion followed next meeting is scheduled or Oct at at SI Andrew United Church Mountoinview Road South Georgetown A founding member of the newly opened centre in Orangeville to speak If you are an interested adult would enjoy having you join us hopefully we shall have Hon from additional croups outlying areas Of Hal ton Hills Annual receip could total million Region considers imposing lot levies Ha Ron Is considering posing commercial and Industrial lot levies which could bring In another million a year for lis A report conducted for Watson and Associates Ltd recommends a charge per acre or new commercial and in developments The report recommends thai all Industrial land in Region be subject to the lot charge Currently Region does have a lot levy policy in place for residential development but no such charge esists for commercial or In dustrlal development Residential developers must pay a surcharge of about to Halton Region and a similar charge to town of Hills said Mayor Russ Miller The com cove issue of lot levies for commercial and industrial developments has been discussed for years but never fully im piemen ted flirted with commercial and industrial lot levies when It adopted a charge of acre In 1383 hut pressure from developers forced the Region to abandon The lot levies would pay for capital costs of Regional services such as water and sewer or Installo Hon has almost acres of Industrial land laying dormant Tht report says that land is being Quintet to perform for Acton concert The Wind Quintet will holding a benefit performance at Acton High School on Saturday Oct p m to the in raising funds for scholarship The players lull David Sale oboe Mark lutien i bassoon and Judith Douglas horn have performed for many yeirs in area art we respected or their anil exacting per Their program will in elude pieces rem the Baroque 1 the modem periods classical and popular They will be joined in the per formanci by tin pianist for the ordon Jacob Sex lit Ml lias won throughot fin The Andreas Thlcl Music Scholarship was established at the High School in 1JB7 to graduating who were continuing their musical studies The opining concert of the series by in was a mutual triumph Proceeds from this con establish the It is hoped that this years will raise the remaning funds ceded to sustain I to order tickets or to scholarship fund may cull High School Tickets may also purchased at the door Residents make request for Jr Kindergarten or Kindergarten program in Hills Rod Taylor will run against trustee Diek How ill for 1 in the Nov municipil in sent letter to the Board of i lion week in support of letters written by two Georgetown parent requesting Junior Kindergarten in Georgetown n Dick liowilt the Board to consider Junior Kindergarten George Kennedy School parent Sin addressed a letter to Board Director Bob Williams saying It fair that Georgetown lacks a pre school program Parents are asking how soon we get our kids into tht system said Mr T Then are families in the George Kennedy urea with pre school children the north have a problem ind would In a place to implement Junior trustee Dick program would have to in detail before it comes lief rt It in the form of two module concerns art where an we going to put the children land where do we gel tht teachers He added tin l have to he a Junior Kindt rgurt en program could be Rut Junior Kindergarten is also an issue for Hie school board in The Roman Catholic Separate School Board Irene said the public nor the separate beards Junior Kindergarten She said that Catholic School Board hopes to implement a pro gram by September Meeting for gifted children in Burlington October 26th The Association for Bright Children will sponsor a public meeting on Wednesday Oct Later B Pearson High School 1433 Headon Burlington at Speaker Susan Bourne a teacher of gifted children with the Board of Education will address be topic Gifted Hours A Day a primer for parents Parenting bright and gifted children presents a special ind Ms Bourne will to meet that challenge toffee and questions will follow educators and the Interested public are invited to attend I- or further information call Burl or Georgetown WIN THIS FRAMED PRINT ROBERT BATEMAN IS YEARS YOUNG AND WE WANT TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION TO YOU OUR CUSTOMERS DURING OUR ANNIVERSARY SALE OCT BY GIVING YOU A CHANCE TO WIN 3 FABULOUS PRIZES WITH A PURCHASE OF OR MORE FIRST PRIZE CARDINAL WILD APPLES Pramod by ROBERT BATEMAN SECOND PRIZE A FRAMED POSTER by TRISHA ROMANCE Main St S GEORGETOWN Many other have adopted commercial and industrial lot levies Including the of which has the highest lot levy rale In Ontario more than per acre the report says Over past six years S3 per cent of the development in was commercial and Industrial the report About per eent of development was residential and six per was the Industrial growth ting lor per cent of growth Milton was neat per cent followed by at per The Haiti Hills year only growth In the past ending in the report soys Itie report notes that is to grow by between IX ind people in the next years In time between 19 and more jobs will be created Other municipalities with such lot levy charges say it has not impeded development but enacting the charge has usually been met with some degree of resistance from Iho development industry the report Industrial land prices in are comparable to prices in Durham ttegion but lower than Peel and South York the report soys Developers in say the lack of lot levies has acted as incentive for firms to develop in in stead of Peel the report says Developers want different rates charged for different areas of the Region a phasing in of any such charge and they say higher density development Is better able to afford higher charges the report says Although developers recognize can afford to pay for sive services by Itself developers convinced of the need for the lot levy the report says Hills Mayor Miller who sits on Administration and Committee where the report was Introduced Oct 12 said the time may have come for the charges In the recession effectively prevented the lot levy charge because desperately wanted more industrial development said Mayor Miller Today we must look at It in a ferent view We re getting to be very area to be In he said We re the Region to come to because we have available land he said While no decision will be made on lot levies In 1968 Mayor Miller said his initial reaction to the report Is favorable On the surface 1 m leaning toward the fact thai the taxpayer are getting stressed to the very end he said It may be time for commercial and industrial developers to ease the burden of growth In that area he said The import and Its recommenela will be circulated to area municipalities for public Garbage shipping costs skyrocket The price pays to send Its municipal waste to energy from plant in New York has gone up by jlmost per cent Region will pay Occidental Corporation Jill million the next a half years a minimum of tonnes f That works out to about a tonne the time of the agreement Under the existing agreement which expired Aug paid the Niagara Falls energy from waste plant just tonne to bum Its On top of that may have to pay an environmental eharge revenue surcharge lo cover improvements to the plant lo accommodate expected changes in New York State law Hal It a sellers market in wasle disposal We wcren In a bargaining position he said They pretty well dictated the terms An unhappy Burlington Councillor Joan Little protested about the skyrocketing price of the settlement It Isn t every 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