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fairy tale ends play ground scn3 hckeo m mr and mi playground front tit high playground from tha high school playground ware oanim pa ton and mike dmi they ware aaatad on tha batk of a convertible in tha playground parade staff wtoto no mistaking who tunning this pende acton playground wound up tha meat tuccatsful maori to data with parade and concert at tha high school last wadrvsedey evening hundnda tumd out to art tha imaginative float and fairy tala character follow acton cltlrant band up mill st to tha high school staff photol bhuce meph ail and cindy mcqiikmay mft votad mr and ml playground at tha park ahd anoyad a rida in a convertible in tha place of honor in wadnaviaya playground parada staff photo breakin net thieve 30 bottle of pop ninetyfifth year no 8 acton ontario wednesday august 20 imp hihteth flurrs hlfletn ctnlt minister admit a pair of cygnets young a welcomed tha arrival of tavin pake of wild ducks and a pair el canada geeee to rainbow lake on tha property of beerdmore and co latt week tha laka wee created aa part of tha company 136th anniversary cabbration staff photo developer oiks overhead commission holds out for underground wiring applies brakes regional govt it wai billed as a dialogue on municipal government reform with diicuttions on the new assessment act but the emphasis at last thursdays confrontation between four ontario cabinet ministers and 200 municipal representatives from halton peel wellington and dufferin counties was on regional government proposals most of it was a rehash of previous meetings with tittle new information but it was obvious the deadline for regional government in the peelilalton area was slowed down by events of the post few acton hydra commission stood arm on their demand for underground wiring for new subdivisions despite s plea from the rejsman firm for overhead wiring on the first stage of its 118 house development on the saynuck farm a reisman and his solicitor appealed before the commiition at the regular meeting thursday and nude a pitch for the ovethesd wiring mr reltmsn said it would cut the firms costs and they in turn could pats the saving on to the people who purchased the homes the firm which will operate under the name or red mill estates in acton is anxious to get started on the first phase of the development mr reltmsn maintained the lower prices he charged would attract more buyer and he intended to stay in acton and develop further if the houses sell well mayor let duby pointed out thst the commissions policy was to establish a program thst makes underground wiring mandatory for all future subdivisions to acton vice chairman ted tykr was more blunt he told the delegation thst they were not building homes for acton people and the comnuatlon wasnt particularly interested in new people who just sleep here berides said mr tyler the difference between overhead and underground wiring amounted to very little underground wiring would also add another selling point to the homes mr reltman thought the estimated 200 per house could deter many people from buying but mr tykr maintained the better type of wiring would attract mote than the extra 200 would rum away mayor duby joined the dialogue to remind the bubden that they could not subsidize ubdjvitloru local people feel developers mutt carry themselves he also reminded mr reltman that the town and the commission split the 800 required for each installation whereas the charge in other placet often came in three or four bills amounting to approximately the tame charge or higher yet our fee is for total installation the house is all ready to turn the lights on agreed mr tyler in other municipalities the developer has to take the service in from the property line he told the delegation our figures might look ridiculous but when you figure the entire thing out they an no to much chairman wilt our figures might look ridiculous but when you figure the entire thing out they are not to much chairman wilf well dont wait until 1977 mr reisman urged the commission we want to start moving mayor duby told the two man delegation that the municipality would in no way hold up proceedings mr reisman asked the commiition to keep in mind thst his organization was not a hit and run organization wed uke to stay and develop and develop the mayor uid the town could expand to about 12000 with the new pollution control centre but the town will be faced with many responsibilities youll be proud of the type of development i do mr reisman assured the commission and as a parting shot complimented the town on the speed and efficiency of all departments he had approached since we bought the land here youve moved quicker than any town i ever dealt with chairman wilf mceachem presided for the meeting with commissioners tyler macarthur and drown also present douse fire on thursday acton firefighters were called to the farm of ben tuck r r 1 campbelrville late thursday afternoon to extinguish a fire in a field of stubble mr tuck had been burning the stubble when strong winds suddenly came up and carried the fire out of control the blaze quickly spread throughout the entire field but the acton brigade were able to douse it and prevent it from doing any rurthur damage suspend santence on drug charge a 20 yearold acton youth received a suspended sentence and was placed on one year probation for possession of drugs at a high school dance fat the spring he was charged after police searched his car in the achool parking lot with his aalttance two packages of marijuana were handed over to the officer a defence witness testified that it was common knowledge among those at the dance that the drug was being smoked and told pushed there the youth testified the packages did not belong to him he said he often let other students smoke in hit car because the school prohibited it inside substantially months a warm humid summer afternoon at the riviera club in norvsl was the setting for the meeting which turned into a aeries of individual complaints from several municipalities and very few references to the assessment act several people left before the two hour meeting was at the threequarter mark provincial treasurer charles mcntughton municipal affairs minister darcy mckeough education minister bill davies and new energy and resources minister george kerr represented the cabinet while almost 200 mayors reeves councillors and administrators threw questions which the ministers fielded also present in a supporting role for the government were mps john root jim snow harry worton and rev a w downer questioners were free to pick their own material step to the microphone and aik questions which the different ministers answered in respect to their own depart menu dsrcy mckeough took over st second bate fielding most of the questions he insisted the province wants to shift tome of its decision making powers back into the hands of the municipalities and modernize the municipal structure designed 120 years ago the difference between town and country are only marginal today he claimed we should be strengthening locsl government mr mckeough said and get the decision making out of queens park and back into local hands therefore we need a stronger community we now have too many the minister asserted mr mckeough defended his regional government proposals at being closer to the principles of rep by pop than present division lines he said the municipality which is in the 810000 figure can afford kdfesskmal help and start to come an efficient unit of administration he told mayor brian best of milton that there was no time table for the establishment of regional government in halton and peel the counties want to look further at the relationships between the two they are alto awaiting the results of the steele report which it expected ahead of time table probably in october it will make some important recommendations on the advisability of burlington joining hamiltonwentwortn or staying within the llaltonpeel orbit we havent been pushing because the atmosphere has not been conducive to talking about regional government in the latt two or three months mckeough admitted the milton mayor slio asked energy and resources minister george kerr whep positive action on the niagara escarpment wis going to be taken and what form it would take mr kerr concurred with mr best that the milton area had been hit hard by quarry operations a report has been submitted to the department lie uid and the committee would toon be making recommend ations he thought conservation authorities local municipalities and hit department could cohmid on page 1 four more cases of bresk and entry were reported to the acton detachment of the o p p this week but there wit only one instance where lime wss anything misting thieves broke into the acton dsiry on miln st n on wednesdsy august 1 3 ind took 30 an unlocked chule into hie milk room provided entry the theft wit reported at 6 45 a m llotchens bakery reported another breakin at their premises on willow st silurdiy morning a screen wis removed from a side window to permit entry but nothing was reported stolen the same day hector dawe bl mill st reported hit side door was entered but igain acton mayor let duby wanted to know how many mora assessors tha provincial takeover of assessment waa going to require none was the answer batter use of the personnel already on the job waa promised staff photo nothing was missing pingerpnntt were liken it both pi ices final bresk in wis reported by cirelaker charles lanjtborough at acton baptist church entry was gained through in unlocked the only tiling missing wis live contents of a soft drink bottle which basement window no dtli leads police to believe it might have been children nothing else was touched constables n faiion and b kressler investigated the breakins conslible john hicks of the north hilton detichment is substituting on the acton detachment this week for constable notworthy who is on vacation rain causes five crashes in an eight hour period saturdays storm played havoc on the highways and the milton detachment of the ontario provincial police report a total of eight accidents occurred during a fivehour period in he afternoon charge six offer sunday demonstration acton o pp radioed for help to the milton detachment of the opp early sunday evening when about 20 youths staged a demonstration to allegedly protest the antiloilering bylaw a corporal and four constables in four cruisers assisted acton constable b macarthur six of the demonstrators were charged under the loitering bylaw an acton mother of one of die demonstrators urged them to continue the protest the platoon of youths marched in pairs up mill st police urge people to phone them constable fatten of the acton opp haettlgbtsd a ease el vandalism at the robert little school on august 14 whan a plats abas window bt rear dear was reported the acton d urge people who hear holies in their backvent and aanat intrude to phone them tjuiemy th will be happy to irwe and the sooner tha phone call is just dial 8531260 ii there b no one at tha police office record your massage on the automatic moorder and phomzantth 50000 for the mitten ostakttmmata chief white wolf grimaces in pain as ha is hurled head first into the ring comer by bad guy chris tolas in the main event of thursday nights professional wrestling can at the community centre close to boo fens watched four action packed bouts including a hilarious tussle between two midgets darling dagmar and diamond lll for more picture see sports pages 3 and staff photo the first accident of the afternoon occurred at 2 20 and happened on 401 ent of the oikvllle creek bridge it involved a single car owned by hector genesu of milton and uw a total of 900 damage done to the car the next four mishaps of the afternoon caused a total of 2300 damage although most were fairly minor then at 700 nm on five tlderotd near the first line of etqueslng a car driven by carl eayr rolled and he and hit wife suffered arm and facial lacertatlonl the car received 800 damage two more minor accidents with a total of 325 damage rounded out a hectic day for the investigating officers in other accidents an august 12 mlshsp on hlghwsy 7 west of acton ssw s car driven by clinton taylor of r r i acton collide with a car driven by stephen boys of georgetown total damage wss 650 and s comfcuad oa page 3 2300 damage two accidents two accidents were reported by acton detachment of the o pj this week with a total of 2300 damage to three cart and a hydro pole thomas harris of 64 main st s was in collision with a hydro pole on main st s thursday afternoon about 5 oclock damage to the car was estimated st 1000 while the pole received an estimated 300 damage there were no injuries there were no injuries in the other tmashup which uw vehicles driven by richard jackson 1s5 tyler ave and raymond mcrse 406 maple ave oakvllle collide on main st n on saturday august 16 st damage to the jsckson vehicle wss assessed st 600 while the mcrae car received 400 in damages constable nosworthy investigated both accidents school bus schedules inside school bus achedulae for the halton county board of the free pleat thl weak he scts an dip vwhi wat fufum iobjvuosl