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fl the acton free press wednesday december 11 1 968 regional government proposal expected within few months 4 h banquet awards night for eramosa junior farmers specific proposals on regional government for the halton area are expected within the next few months according to a statement in the provincial legislature last week by municipal affairs minister w dircy mckeough the minister pointed out he had held preliminary discussion with peel county on their proposals for regional governments and i intend to have similar discussions shortly with halton county he suggested at this stage it was not clear whether there would be one or two regional governments in the haltonpeel area although ii believe that in the long run one region will prove to be a better solution specific proposals would not be presented until the completion of the hamiltonwentworth local government review which includes the town of burlington on the hamiltonwentworth study it was pointed out the commissioners expect to hold public hearings early in the new year and report within six to eight months one of the first decisions which must be made is whether burlington should be part of a peelhalton region or part of the hamiltonwentworth region the minister emphasized the government of ontario has accepted the objective of regionaliution of municipal government in ontario and will move toward the implementation as quickly as possible criteria accepted for the establishment of a region will be a region should exhibit a sense of community identity based on sociological characteristics economics geography and history a region should have a balance of interests so that no one group or interest can completely dominate the region there must be a financial base adequate to carry out regional programs at i satisfactory level the region should be large enough so that local responsibilities can be performed efficiently by taking advantage of economies of sale regional boundaries should facilitiate maximum interregional cooperation summarizing the major elements the government hopes to see in the regional government system the minister said he would be working toward units that would embody a regional size which balances accessibility and the efficient provision of senices a minimum regional population of from 150000 to 200000 and if two tier a minimum local population of from hoilo to 10000 the region will cover both the urban community and the rural hinterland with which it share economic social and physical services regions may bo one ir two tiered depending on local circumstances if twotiered the regional level will have sitinilicarit responsibilities including assessment planning arterial roads health and weltarc municipal councils will lie strengthened by removing the powers from many specialpurpose bodies and turning these powers over to regional or local municipal councils regional government representation will lie based on population in the twotier regions regional council representatives may he directly or indirectly elected the minister rejected suggestions in the select committee on the smith report setting out a deadline for the introduction of regional government we do not propose to tie ourselves down to a fixed target date he said citing three reasons all areas of ontario are not in eual need there is iml sufficient trained personnel to cover all of ontario aid the government wants to insure local participation which might ik hampered by an inflexible target date the procedure proposed for the implementation of regional government will include discussion and consultation between the province and the municipalities in a tcgion through joint studies or meetings this would he followed by a specific proposal hy the province which would be presented to the municipalities in the region the development of a final proposal and draft legislation based on reactions to the provincial proposals would follow the final step would be the presentation of legislation and its adoption megiuual government will probably involve many departures from the existing set of county boundaries in some instances the existing county boundaries may represent u logical regional unit but this may prove lo he the exception rather than the rule noting that county boundaries have bceii used for the leorgahiatlon of school hoards the minister emphasized that lis now regional governments are formed we will attempt to- design them so that they and the school autlioritics will- he coterminoiis or will have cjmcrniinous outer hmunlarics regional responsibilities foreseen would be health and welfare arterial roads transit police capital borrowing parks and assessment tinder joint regionalmunicipal responsibility will be sewage water supply lire protection planning and lax collection other responsibilities will be local in reviewing the ministers statement halton liusi mi i jim snow noted legislation would appear inuninenl in the current session ten implementation in l7 hut it was likely because of the llamlltouwcnlworth study hie earliest possible implementation of u program in the halton area would be january 1071 maureen and jeffrey salt find santas charms beguiling at the united church wo- mons santa fun fair saturday staff pholo miss alice pllkington enjoyed- a weeks holiday in bermuda mrs lydia everdell returned to halton manor milton on saturday nov 30 after spending eight weeks visiting with her granddaughter mrs jack stewart her husband and family in moncton nb thursday evening mrs c nelles entertained fellowclerks from hintons store at a christmas party they enjoyed a turkey dinner and exchanged gifts miss elva pearen showed interesting slides taken at expo and in the west both the rotary club and the ys mens club held christmas dances in the decorated music centre over the weekend for rotarians the champagne ball on friday found tickets sold out so quickly there wasnt one left for the president a couple of weeks ago apparently he had pull because he got in alright there were 75 couples at the dance and chinese food was served along with the fashionable miniskirts in satins and twinkling brocades were quite a number of floorlength gowns the ys men and their many guests enjoyed a buffet dinner and dancing saturday evening roy rognvaldson has returned home after working since last spring on a ranch at redgrave albert local news items mmwatoqtfi christmas trees are now on tale at the ys mens lot children have opened the hockey season on freshly frozen school creek this week christmas shopping made easyright on our main streets by the merchants extra open hours a couple of youths have been apprehended shoplifting its the wrong way to christmas shop only two minor accidents were reported to the police during safe driving week dredging continues despite the fact the lake is gradually freezing snowmobiles and skidoos are out already although there isnt much snow yet doesnt that big gap between the m z bennett school addition and the high school look i ike a good place for a swimming pool all these weekends are busy ones this saturday there are more plant parties and the ys mens annual bingo and turkey draw commercial fisheries commercial fishermen operate 1600 boats on ontario waters and employ 2s0o men their annual catch is valued at 6000000 that make the meal from lovell bros modern meat market maple ieaf rindless side bacon 79 ib red brand beef tender shoulder roast 69 lb ggff roasts choice boneless prime rib roast 79 ib 99 lb choice wing roast 99 ib lean ground chuck 69 lb lovell brothers meat market 8532240 iiiuinim junior iarmcrs put on tiic annual tl agricultural banquet and awards in riukwood town hall about i 2s persons attended head table occupants were president and chairman bernard schimmel jim brown junior extension director for wellington county reeve and mrs cameron lush mr and mrs george leslie mr andmis earl qsbnme wilhert freeman alex mcnahh and ron storey the royal bank in rockwood donated the following trophies top luniieinaking club member to mary prllchaid i silver tray presented hy mrs w j ward top grain club member to larry mcdimigall lop corn chili member to oavjd gordon a silver rose howl by mr ward top sheep chili member to larry mcdougall a silver pitcher hy mr ward the central ontario cow breeders unit represented by duncan moflal presented desk sets lo earl jackson brian mack kevin lowry ann stewart itiiau stoiey june ihomson carol thomson and allan mclhedran the waterloo cow breeders association award a book titled morrisons heed and feeding went lo jim mcmjilan merit cert if icates for completing six or more projects were piesented by jim brown to neil darby brian mack alex prilchatd chris smith and andrew smith in breed awards first year members showing llolstein calves receiving pens were linda law russell leslie kevin lowry bonny mckersic brian smcllei brian storey fred thring patsy weir and susan weir hereford awards went to peter hindley and larry robinson receiving ontario hereford association crests and to tom landoni brian mack and judy mcdougall receiving pens imprinted ontario hereford association shorthorn awards went to earl jackson jim mcmillan lloyd mcmillan colin mcmillan and larry mcdougall receiving ontario shorthorn association crests jersey awards went to stephen smith a hulter and to chris smith and andrew smith grooming brushes the eramosa junior farmers trophy went to high calf club member june thomson presented by eleanor rowan the george leslie trophy went to high junior calf club member tom landoni the wllbcrt freeman showmanship trophy won at the fergus fall fair was presented to june thomson it is interesting to recall that 47 boys and girls between 12 and 20 completed their calf club projects at vrgils fall fair this year this is hie largest 4ji club in wellington county prize monel lo 51 members who had completed their projects was presented hy ruth freure ireusurer and the winners were congratulated hy 4h leaders june thomson with her calf won the silver dollar competition sponsored by the waterloo cattle breeders association at tceswater fair in late september she received a silver tray with 50silver dollars donated hy the waterloo cattle llreeders association also an electric clock donated by the tceswater branch of the bank of montreal she also won the f w hamilton trophy for the most outstanding 411 member in wellington county showing a llolstein calf ti r i fjl a let b s ri play dge by bill coats v one of the most difficult thing to do u contract bridge is to quit bidding when its obvious there is u misfit between your hand md kit of your partner this mean that you often play in a broken suit or one with little or no support in dummy there is jiuluicli a hand that occurred at llic acton bridge club lust week west dealt wit neither tide vulnerable north so ii loos 4 2 l k 0 h a 2 c itir wrsir kast s- j s os 4 i ii a k j 7 3 it h 6 1 2 d a 10 4 3 15j 2 c oh 7 south s aki0 7 3 ii 0 t j 9 7 ak 5 4 hie hiililinfl west nohtii east patt puss iasv fan 1 nt ia pa north pjw all past 2 1 south 1 s 21 2s pay accounts acton council passed a resolution at the regular meeting tuesday authorizing payment of election expenses dros and poll clerks each received s 18 and si 5 will be paid for each of the polling places reeve bert lllnton endorsing the resolution quipped im not too satisfied with the results these people got but i wont take it out on the hardworking staff mayor l duby recommended that council consider breaking the town up into six wards at the next election to expedite voting deputyreeve elect ted tyler also thought it would be better for the voters if polling stations were located at the same places as those used in federal elections opening lead two of diamonds its most difficult to stop at a diamond contract north is afriad to hid again and south thinks that the majofcrsliit is better this type of hand requires a lot of bidding judgment one pair didnt get past one spade when north kissed another pair couldnt quit till they got to four spades how should declarer proceed after a diamond led from west hast won and returned a heart won by west west led another high heart and declarer ruffed often with a misfit- you have high cards in cvory suit these card should be protected the only way to do this is to draw trump and this should be done immediately if declarer had done this- he might have gotten away with a diamond two hearts andtwo trurlip losers bill our declarer did not do this the idea of ruffing a club came lo declarer so he chased the ace and king arid ruffed a club now he tried toreturnto his hand with a diamond hut west ruffed west ledji club and fast ruffed back came another diamond and west got another ruff west led a heart east discarded and south had lo ruff declarer still had to lose a trump trick to fast often when you end up in a poor trump fit il is advisable lo get what trump you have to work you can take out two of the opponents trumps for every one of yours and thus save your side tricks from ruffs last weeks winners at the aclon bridge club were first bev patlullo and gloria coats second mary manning and kay campbell third cam sinclair and bill wardel fourth sue sullivan and bill coats guaranteed products and service from imperial oil ltd furnace and stove oils greases gasoline diesel fuel motor oils jerry skirrow ultimatic furnaces no down payment 10 years to pay power humidifiers 8532340 tttgi your i guelphs largest department store itttittt as for the one with everything give a walkers gift certificate denominations of 1 or 5 for any amount m fashions for everyone childrens mens ladies dont forget our home furnishings department draperies carpets i open daily till christmas 9 am to 9 pm except saturdays xalkers of guelpti