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The Acton Free- Press Wednesday April Rubber dam fails floods WINNER OF THE ACTON Curling Clubs thiwday Hospitality was the Taylor rink with curlers from Acton Milton and Brampton on the roster The two Bill Taylorsare in front the Acton one on the left Milton skip on the right Back are lead Carol Walker Brampton bonspiel sponsor Stan of Bowen and Zuccala and Barbara Milton vice skip The spiel was heralded as one of the best ever held in Acton Three day Spiel Taylored Mate firm and mt past saw a three sponsored the spiel Jy rfospitauty Bcnspel being Friday evening and played at Acton Curling Club continued Saturday with two and the enterprise of Stan Sunday with one game a club member the real Saturday evening a supper and MONDAY NIGHT DRAW CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE Acton Curling Club went to Ron Cooksleys rink tor arc Ethel Nicol and Nan Hurst Standing arc skip Ron Cooksley and Bruce McArthur who substituted on the final night for regular rink member Bud Photo by D Gibbons Who won the game party was held in the club house Sunday morning before the curling a champagne breakfast was served As one curler said Oh Boy the cats both Saturday and Sunday Of course that came from one of the younger curlers who does not have a diet problem This spiel was to acquaint outsiders with the facilities that are offered at the Acton club A number of outside curlers took part in the event A couple who came the farthest from Lorraine Que were the guests of the Taylored win Taking the unique trophy and individual trophies were the Taylor team Bill Taylor of Milton skipped the top team in the first draw and won the trophies With him was Barbara Durnham Milton Bill Taylor Acton and Carol Walker Brampton Second top team In the first draw was skipped by Jerry Branigan with the third place team skipped by Ken March ment In the second draw the top team was Jerry Sproat Carol Anne Sproat Jeff and Drink waiter Second place went to the team skipped by Cluadc Cook Third prize was won by Dr Joe and his in laws Need help for girls lacrosse Women are needed to help with the newly formed girls lacrosse league In town At a meeting in the community centre Thursday night Howard and Bob Turkosi of the junior Hams explained the fundamentals of the game to about 12 girls Organizer Jim James says another meeting will be held very soon He hopes to get more help from women interested in serving as coaches managers or trainers A malfunction in the equipment designed to keep the rubber at Scotch Block Dam filled with air la blamed for the flash flood which occurred below the dam In Township early Wednesday morning of last week Monetary damage was minimal because the creek below the dam flows through a large valley but many residents were alarmed when the flood water started creeping toward low lying homes The water overflowed both the Third and Fourth lines of when narrow culverts could not cope with the sudden load Conservation officials estimate they lost over gallons of water In two and a half hours The level of the reservoir behind the dam dropped over three feet Stops quickly blooding began at approximately Sam but by am Authority staff had filled rubber balloon with water and the flooding stopped as quickly as it had started At Its peak the dam was releasing an estimated 13 cubic feet of water per second Problems apparently began around am when the air pressure in the dropped and the pressure of the water In the 130aere lake created a notch in the top of the dam Water pressure opened the notch to a width of feet Conservation Authority technical planner William Warwick said the dam Is inflated with air in the winter months and water in warmer months Engineers haven t been able to figure out why the air pressure dropped that morning Ironically officials were awaiting a new manual from the Los Angeles based company which sold HRCA the which describes how to reset the limits and adjust the of the machinery at the dam Warwick said The manual arrived in Wed s mail Heavy runoff Compounding the problem was an influx of water Into the dam on Tuesday caused by warmer temperatures and spring runoff When the problem was reported HRCA superintendent Y Slim Kangas rushed to the and adjusted the controls to fill the balloon with water It took only a few minutes to get the flow of water stopped Worst flooding occurred at the Third Ijne beside Boston Church where water overflowed the road on both sides of a bridge The Irving and D Miller families were stranded in their homes for a few hours as the end of their lane way was flooded with a foot of water Flood waters also overflowed the but traffic was One farm lone was flooded there as well At the Schreiber home on Five water lapped feet from the west corner of the house At Highway waters lapped at the side of the highway and filled a low field and parking lot at the nearby ChutHelgh Numerics but water was never high enough to meet the road Several small trees and stumps wire uprooted as the water Inundated lands south of the dam Some fences and one footbridge crossing the stream were ripped out has had few complaints of damage however crest of the flood water took all day to reach Lake Ontario and the further downstream it went the slower it went Warwick said The flooding most of the areas to Township within an hour after It started but it took until 2 p to reach in North and It t at Drumquin until Photos helpful are still studying tho mechanism at the dam to sec why the air pressure dropped Photos of the flood taken by represent of this paper arc apparently the only pictures available and they are being studied for clues to the reason for the malfunction and the extent of the flooding Two Milton Champion photographers and one from The Acton Press were at the scene early Wednesday morning and took about pic turcs of the flooding at Its peak The east branch of the Sixteen Mile Creek meanders through and Oakville on Its way to the lake The Scotch Block Dam and Reservoir is a million dollar project opened last September to control stream flows and provide on adequate summer flow Golf courses and market gardeners downstream use water from the creek Located just below the escarpment at the rear of Tangmere Mushroom Co east of Highway and north of 10 Sidcroad the dam creates a long reservoir that stretches east past the Third line Gauge reading A stream gauge on the creek where it crosses Highway between Five and Slderoads indicates the brunt of the flood reached there about 15 or 20 a m Warwick said He estimates it would take 15 or minutes for the water to reach that point from the dam Authority officials said there was little chance of another flood happening while the fabrldam is filled with water Engineers are the controls to make sure no further malfunctions Main flooding occurred in the first few miles downstream By the time it reached Oakville lands the crest had dissipated and flooding was minimal Township roads department superintendent Bud Snow said some repairs were necessary to the Third and Fourth Lines but there was no estimate on how much it would cost to put the roads back In shape GENERAL MEETING of ACTON MINOR BASEBALL Tuesday April 18th at Acton Library 7 pm Everyone Most Welcome Including Interested Ladles Acton A B novices wound up a most successful hockey season by defeating their parents In the annual father and son game Sunday afternoon At least that was trie score according to the novices Astute observers on the parents side thought thej saw on the scoreboard at the end of the game Referees Jean McPhail and could not be reached before press time to hand down a decision on the final score One of the best looking units on the ice for the parents consisted of Donna Malcolm and Vidtery McPhail added a valuable bit of dipsj doodle to the parents lineup and J Mclntyre Don Donkey Van Fleet were towers of strength behind the upline Dave and John Bonnell shared goal tending duties for the parents Electric Trap Shooting Every Sunday m Birds SI Ammo S3 Indooroutdoor rifle shooting r so m Indooroutdoor gun shooting Thursday New members and visitors welcome GUELPH ROD GUN CLUB Mills LEGION HOUSE LEAGUE Hockey Banquet and Trophy Presentation for Atoms Novices and Pee Wees only at the Acton Legion Auditorium Saturday April 15th at PM Bantam and Midget Banquet will be held Legion Monday April ACTON are Improving with Terry Holmes Kevin Payne Back every outing in their exhibition basketball row 1 to arc coach Roy Wood Rick Teammembersarefnmtrowl tor Baginski Guy Payne Steve Beano Barry Payne David Bernie Photo by D Gibbons Taylor Secondrowi lor are Ken Swan Jeff REGISTRATION FOR MINOR BASEBALL AND GIRLS SOFTBALL ACTON COMMUNITY CENTRE SATURDAY APRIL until noon Girls and boys up to included Example Total Cash Selling Price Ford Lie N10044 Less Your Trade In 1604 Net Difference 1395 percent Provincial Sains Tax 69 Licence Total Amount Financed Finance Charges per cent per an Total Balance 36 Monthly Installments 49 See Your Friendly 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