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Number 3 Zoning bylaw changes reviewed ICY GREETING FOR Fowl ice landings delight spectator Someone facetiously labelled it fowl play when wild ducks and geese tried to land on frozen Fairy Lake early Tuesday morning Covered by Its first thin sheet of transparent ice the wild ducks came in expecting to splash Into the water Instead they bounced off the ice and did topsyturvy landings on the Ice surface Attraction drawing the wild fowl were ducks and Canada geese harbored in the lake by the porks board and parks manager Harold Townsley calling them for breakfast You could almost see a look of surprise on their faces when they landed on that ice laughed early morning spectator Jack Carpenter They waddled and tumbled all over the place But the biggest surprise was to the geese who thumped into the ice with all their weight Later that day the parks board fowl goose stepped down the lake ice in a line like a troop of corporals seeking wet spots where ice had melted A large flock of wild ducks came in to Join the Canadas and tame ducks taking refuge at centre ice when spectators approached Most popular watering spots are where the two creeks join the lake behind the park drill shed an open stretch easily discernible from Elizabeth Drive Although planning board expected to discuss annexation at their last meeting a discouraging letter from the Department of Municipal Affairs caused them to change their agenda Instead a lengthy discussion on proposed changes in the towns zoning bylaw evolved Discrepancies and omissions had been detected since the lost full printing of the zoning bylaw Since copies ore now becoming scarce and another printing is due the changes will be made and incorporated That shelves It Planning board secretary Grant Usher read the letter from the Department of Municipal Affairs which squelched the towns hopes for annexation The letter said annexations in Peel and Holton had been discouraged and deferred and there was no reason to think any differently That shelves it said chairman Sid Saitz after that long delay us nothing Bill Coats said council was not content to let the matter drop Planning board had originally initiated inquiry about annexation in July Two hearings Two hearings are set for Nov JO in the town hall as a result of applications Ed Hufnagel applied for a severance he has agreed to sell his landlocked small piece of property to neighbors J Van der Brink and Houston Pearl Lozenby Is applying for a minor variance to build a carport to within four feet of a side yard line the set limit is six Feet Two driveways are involved Start In December Discussion of the zoning bylaw changes were first discussed by planning board last December Items up for decisions range adding one asterisk to the as yet unsolved problem of ownership of the altered shoreline of Fairy Lake Eleven points were discussed and recommendations will be forwarded to council Then bylaws will be passed and an amount Included In the budget for the next printing Planning board and council ere hung up on the matter of the high water mark limiting boundaries on Fairy Lake The planning consultant has expressed his opinion the land should be surveyed but Mayor added surveys differ too Commercial problems At present Commercial Holding make no provision for additions or repairs to the houses in these areas No decision was reached There is also no provision for rebuilding nonconforming houses after loss by fire of buildings In the Commercial To assist owners members to set an per cent loss figure beyond which the owner could not rebuild The boards planning consultant will be asked for clarification of a recreation building and corner lot dimensions Other corrections include adding side yard to front and rear In one section correcting side yard for semi detached or double duplet buildings Present were chairman Sid Sail members Frank Simlonl lou Bill Coats Vic Norm Elliott ls and secretary Grant Usher The meeting was held in the council chamber last Thursday Age club Christmas dinner is slated for next in the lgion H S HOLDEN OPTOMETRIST Cock St But ClIEUTH TA Brownie enrolment for Friday The scout hall was packed Friday evening when Tweenies were enrolled as Brownies by commissioner Mrs Rose Hall There was a good turnout of parents Including the groups Father of the Year Norman whose daughter was being enrolled New Brownies from the Third Acton Pack were Teresa Scott Susan Tongc Colleen Rhonda Parsons Linda Henderson Diane Wilson Mickey Phillips Marty Phillips Lynn Phillips Yvonne Cunning ham Marie LaMarshe One of the girls Ann was absent due to illness From the Second Acton Pack Karen Ann Haskell Lisa Thomas Lynn Kcarlcy Gail Debbie Kitty applies heat for arena heat Parks and recreation member think it about tune we took Barry Inscoe has put the heat on a long objective look at putting his committee to get some heat In heaters in there he told the Acton arena committee members The arena Inscoe made his patch for is 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