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OMB approves Rock wood sewers- wafer Ninety Seventh Year No 52 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JUNE 21 Pagan fifteen Majority prevails in budget debate 5i THE PRESENCE OF TWO SWANS and several Canada in stayed for a couple of days and then took off for parts Geese on Fairy Lake attracted another flock of about unknown Canados on Fairy Lake last Thursday morning Coles Photo Disston strike ends A day strike by 100 Saw Union coded Monday A majority the members voted to accept a mediator recommendation a three year contract with an eight percent hourly wage larreaie la each of the three yean Union and management latori signed the agreement shortly before noon hoar Monday following a union meeting In the Legion auditorium Local president Reuben Skeete said Hie percentage wage Increases will raise the starting labor rate from to per hour Immediately and eventually to In the third year Company and union employees will begin a cost sharing dental care coverage plan on January Cost living bonus and Increased pension benefits which the union had been seeking were not included In the agreement however Skeete said the company agreed to take another look it pension benefits within the next two years The company originally offered a two year contract with an percent wage Increase the first year and seven percent the second Afternoon shift workers began work pan Monday Check pays off This time Investigating a prowler paid off for Alton police Answering a call that prowlers were seen on St police last night Tuesday subsequently checked a car In a driveway and discovered It had been stolen from Guelph The vehicle was located so speedily the Guelph police had not yet circulated the word it was missing Moat of the police searches for reported prowlers prove fruitless tons Bruce MacArthur is temporarily in charge of the detachment here while the chief Corp Ray Mason Is in hospital In Toronto Reapply for MillMain signs Acton council may reapply to the Department of Trans and Communication to have WA1 and DON T K flashing signs installed for the benefit of pedestrians at the intersection of Mill and Main Streets An application last year was refused Depinyrecvu fat McKcnzie made the suggestion at last week council meeting during a discussion on traffic congestion at the intersection Look elsewhere Mayor suggested council also take a look at what done at similar intersections In other municipalities befor new pavement markings are painted at the corner He said cars approaching from the south on Main St are sometime hung up three or four lights before they re to make a left hand turn onto Mill He absolved the town of any blame for the mass since he said the department Itself laid down regulations for markings Reeve Frank Oakcs complained that cam approaching from the north on Main St are proceeding south In the centre lane even though the lane is reserved for lift hand turns The mayor also suggested lighting capacity In tin town crosswalk areas Is not sufficient maim bin nut comiiilttu of A ion mine 1 1 will to consist of five of Hid nine appointed by the iimyur Crist minibus made sure of last wick combined to a runlutlnn six mured by Councillor Piter Marks unking thai to council procedural by law to allow all members of to on Die committee Mayor tea J rank and Rill Coat drier and twirl opposed riHolutlon Deputy Put and Councillors Peter Marks Chapman and Norm 1 lllott supported ft Marks and McKcnzlo voted against this year but Kit on thi grounds they were not provided with copies of It to ruse prior to tin meeting at which the vote wan takm Not only should we be Informed Mnrkssald lust week I incmbci should be decisions for council to endorse Ho estimated It might take ixlrn hours of work to have all members on the budget committee but expressed the opinion It would be well worth while I sold hi it might speed up tin process to have member Informed Although he warned a new iiHincll eould have different Ideas next year said should be taken to prevent majority of council from being on the budget mult tec Alton Parks and Recreation will meet with representatives of Ontario It creation Assoc uition hen Monday June to discuss thi town recreational needs llulliililr And I nut on both of llu firm lie emphasized said ho bo In favor a of three or four mi inliei s If It was Impossible to ill eounelllors on tin 1 in against thin there list mi elaborating n it I solution marks tin end on the system which in April with a by Marks for a wliolesilc litigation It was followed by an administration cranmllUo rieoimtnndntlon tint makeup or the lonuiilttec bo the mum hut that all of lounill Iks Invited to tin linal bud hi meeting and solution which by a volii to luive the matter refurml back to HUMORS THAT administrator I T Joe Hurst would soon retire confirmed at the lost meeting of Acton council Mr Hurst was instructed to advertise for an assistant ckrk lo be Inintd as J replacement for the deputy clerk La upon his retirement Appointed in September whin the post wis left vacant by the resignation of Jack Mcde Mr Hurst will retire in April 1973 He told the Free Press he found the duties becoming more demanding as time on with law amounts of paper work still inn easing Country Market debut quiet but exciting Actons Country Market a miniature version of the famous Kitchener Farmers Market made a quiet but auspicious debut under sunny skes In Its adopted home on Willow Street south of the busy Mill Willow intersection Saturday morning Dream of nine Acton High School students who obtained a grant under the federal government s Opportunities for Youth program for its operation the country market added a bit of excitement to the downtown area Ten separate stalls leased by area farmers and craftsmen and staffed pretty sales girls of fresh vegetables eggs mushrooms potted plants attractive handicrafts for sale to curious shoppers who paused from their regular Soturday morning routini to stroll up and down the street for a look see Nine students Seven girls Bonnie Br is tow Debbie Sheila Mary Fran Marcoux Darlene Welch Johnston and Karen Pierce and two boys Rob and He in Mouten were up at crack of dawn Saturday to place the stalls they constructed along the west side of the street backing on the Moss Hardware store The market was open for business from 8 until 1 In future closing tune will be 2 Several meetings since April and two weeks of after school sawing hammering and painting while classes were still in session were necessary to meet Saturday morning opening deadline Vendors pay per day month or for the entire summer until closing day September to lease the portable stalls which are stored behind the hardware store throughout the week Although opening day crowds exactly overflow the area response to the market was generally favorable for both vendors and shoppers One couple Steve and Jean Haddon R R 1 Camp bell who sold fresh garden vegetables from their stall Saturday liked the idea so much they plan to return each week Jean Denny who sold hand crafts from her booth passed up opportunity to set up at thi market to be a first timer at the Alton market very little town should have something like this we think It great Idea offered Knthy and Paul two Toronto high school teachers who wire spending the weekend with friends in the area More goodies More goodies for sale and added decorations are expected to attract shoppers this Saturday according to Miss Br is tow We hope to have home made bread fresh strawberries which we II be picking ourselves Friday more vegetables and honey at the market this week she Press It espbtrrics fresh trout and li lister ire possibilities for the month of Hie sprucing up tin aria with a general weed project Monday morning lower planters and brightly red garbage ham Is are lo Installed along with a hULi woolen barn like entrance to strict at the Mill Street corner It is hoped motor vehicle traffic on the street can be curtailed during the hours the market is Arrangements are made to have recorded music played at the site and a painted mural may also be erected The will be attired in white red uniforms ad the mar kit Dpi ration of the market do closing time iviry Saturday youthful operators put In a regular work day itie rest of the week soliciting prospective lissees advertising and planning for possible expansion of thi market at Hie council chambers and hopes to have an office open there from until every day except Sunday Die government grant provides for a salary of per week for eight of the students who art to school next year and per week for one who Is graduating plus for opera tine expenses ACTONS COUNTRY MARKET operated by nine high school on display for sale Home made bread fresh strawberries students under a grant from the Opportunities for Youth hooey and more vegetables are expected to be available this program opened Saturday morning along the west side of Saturday The market will be open every Saturday from Willow Street between Hill and Church Fresh garden until through September vegetables eggs mushrooms potted plants and crafts were Pbotoby Gibbons TORONTO visitors at Saturday mornings Country Market high school teachers Cathy Sharon Barber Kayler and Paul Follett paused to examine Photo by D Gibbons Providing tender prices are not substantially greater than the estimated cost of Rockwood Will get water and sowers In a five decision handed down by E Smith or the Ontario Municipal Board Monday applications for water and sewer projects for the vllluge wore approved by the As the Board has already indicated the cost Is but In view of the seriousness of the problem it is one which Is not unreasonable the Board decision fluid Accordingly ami for the reasons given the application Is unproved Vim decision comes after four Ontario Municipal Board hen rings In the town hull where reams of evidence and testimony was presented by solicitors and witnesses for the police of Rock wood and area Residents Ratepayers Association the township of omasa and the police village of Eden Milts Hit Ratepayers Association Mills trustees opposed the application Ihc Ontario Municipal Hoard pondered and then gave a partial decision In January after the first three days of testimony but asked for further evidence from the Ontario Water Resources Commission which is muking the application on behalf of Township of which in turn is representing the Village Trustees Two more days of hearings followed with the lost on May 18 when the OMB representatives Roberts and Smith took all the evidence with them to ponder further Following is the complete text of their decision Decision of the Board In decision of January 20 this Board continued thi hearing In order to obtain ad Information on the extra lust Involved to discharge the wustL effluent downstream from pond urea of tin Conservation Authority Cork Related to this evidence was also to be given as to the reasons for locating the outfall at location proposed to these directions the hearing continued on May 1 and May IB 1OT2 and on the latter date the Police Village of Mills was represented by counsel lo oppose the approval of the application It was generally that main concern Is over the nutrient enrichment of the Miriam by various elements while not the only tssary Ingredient for aquatic growth is the one which is usually the most practical lo control The Ministry of the 1 through the or Its staff members calculated the minimum dry wuithcr flow in the stream at cubic feet per second based on a 7day flow period The methodology of arriving at the stream flow was criticized since the measuring points were all downstream from the outfall point it was suggested that an period Is more representative of stream characteristics than the 7day period However the Board is satisfied that the final flow figure is appropriate for the purpose intended was used to set a design standard which has certain safeguards Incorporated in the design value and the 7day Row was taken over a 20year penod which is a fairly lengthy time interval From the flow measurements the witness Glen of Water Quality Surveys Branch was able to conclude that the phosphorus levels in the River could be kept within the range of to pom which is below what this witness considers to be the critical level This does not guarantee that algal blooms will never occur for this branch of science cannot be predicted to such a degree of accuracy and neither assurances be given that problems will not develop in the river under existing condiUoni Granted a well constructed and well maintained septic tank system will remove a high quantity of phosphorus by ab sorption or fixation bat how the efficiency of such a system fa affected by time is not known The evidence here clearly indicated that septic tanks are not operating properly and one can only speculate as to the amount of phosphorus that is already leaching through the soil to the river It seems to the Board that a municipal system which Continued on