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The Acton Free Wednesday January unveils four unit Halton from HI la ill ward the first elections tiro called In ot Iwo now off to a Atari tho province proposes to appoint the chairman of ach council Ihli would bo done well ahead of Ami election However a chairman had his or her term the would bo up to iho regional council now I expect many of you are wondering Just what tho functions bo for regional councils on the one hand and their area municipalities on tho other I rom experience with other rcglona and In some cases from simple logic wo can sec how certain responsibilities must rest with the regional government Otherwise there l no point In having a regional government principle applies most emphatically of all to the brood strategic questions that are tho main reasons for forming a regional government In first place Such as a broad planning strategy for the region as reflected In an official plan This Is the key to controlling and guiding industrial development and land use generally rhc area municipalities should meanwhile be making their contributions In such matters by developing an ad ministering their own official plans handling subdivision agreements and settling questions of zoning All these measures would have to be compatible of course with the official plan for the whole region In this ago of mobility regional Jurisdiction makes sense for kinds of roads and from that It follows that the region should also be responsible for traffic control Questions of parking on the other hand are best shared by the two levels since In some cases there arc broad Implications for land use ANTIQUES AND INTERESTING like this pair of enthusiasts from the entire North Halton area were in and and In other cases there are paring were offered to bidders at a special sale of a attendance Alfred SpcnceofGcorgetown was the auctioneer problems that can be settled more readily at the area council Wlson Consignment at the Rockwood International Sales Gibbons level near Georgetown last week Auction sale I am sure I scarcely need to remind you of our governments concern about the broader questions of public transportation Urges farmers tell government how land use should be planned their wishes Branch reviewed a recent land use planning conference held In Toronto and highlights of what Anxious to listen his ministry reported to The speaker said there has delegates There are presently been a fair amount of Input feedback from Halton on concepts expressed in the into areas he said Is TorontoCentred Region Design in the centre of the Central for Development but farmers Ontario Region Design for will have to make frequent Development was part of the representations to the govern ministry proposal for the region ifus If farming is going to continue organizations have to let Queen in the Central Ontario area Park know what they want for the future before it is too late together and tell the provincial government how they feel about land use planning That warning was sounded Wednesday by Peter Branch co ordinator of the regional develop ment branch of the Ministry of Treasury Economic and Inter Governmental Affairs when he spoke to about Halton farmers if they want farming to be confused with regional at the annual meeting of preserved The government Is government and this report Soil and Crop Improvement anxious and willing to listen to divided the Toronto area into Association them he stressed distinct zones some where development will be allowed and Branch owns and operates a We are living with trends some where it will be forbidden farm in Township cast which arc blamed on the govern a large portion Is the of Hornby and is laminar with the but they are often of our One area where problems facing fanners own design because the development encouraged in the field of land use planning government fails to legislate while part is Zone Two where no He said that where agriculture what the people want he said exists in Halton it is reasonably Often the reason is that the prosperous but the farm people did not tell the govern line through North will also affect the future of farming in the county he predicted As questions development be limited and if so does this affect the Hannan warned that this area of Ontario is part of the Grand rrunk Corridor an cast west corridor across central and eastern Canada which contains cent of the country economic regions in the province value the land or the population per cent of Its and these arc being rearranged Industry and- municipalities he asked Should there be compensation for the toss of taxes Are we in fact prepared to pay the costs of economic efficiency What be the role of agriculture in developing regional planning objectives development will be condoned A parkway corridor through south Halton and a hydro transmission come back to Credit The salmon came back I- or IB months they had wandered in Lake Ontario gorging themselves on smelt chub perch and then when some mechanism told urge to spawn They would also die there Those which returned this fall were planted as by the ministry of natural resources in the spring of it would The first adult soon be time they headed back to upruer in early September and the Credit River with an from then until midOctober Sell buffalo to Soo zoo they continued upstream searching for spawning areas On two occasions when heavy rain storms hit the Credit River watershed the salmon con off the mouth moved up the river when high water reached Lake Ontario Weir catch A little over adult were caught at a weir near the mouth of the river This Is a small catch i hut many others entered streams A bull in the buffalo herd owned by Region between Toronto and Kincston Authority will soon be heading for a new home in llfT was Kin Marie members approved the sale of the buffalo at their fl hatchery the nomine lnsUnct of aiming Wednesday two The northern at had two buffalo a male a housed in colons heavy rahT buffalo now HRCA genera manager S Murray Stephen the Authority The herd established with a hill aid four cows about eight ago has grown to animals They two rainbow trout three housed m an enclosure at Rattlesnake Point Park west of and eleven sea lamprey lnn The lamprey were actually taken off salmon caught In the weir salmon averaged about inches in length Trie largest a Chinook measured 33 inches and wughed a little over 13 pounds This was the first fall that ministry fisheries staff caught The largest coho was inches long and weighed S3 pounds When the were planted IB months ago they averaged six inches in length and about one ounce in weight An angler reported catching one this fall weighing more than pounds Two others examined at the weir by the fisheries crew weighed buses had to cancel their and pounds respectively back roads Monday supplies per cent Canada agricultural production too Yet the land is only one per cent of Canada land mass All farming could be pushed out of that corridor he warned Hannan agreed local Input to overnment planning Is We have to organize are some of the questions ourselves find out what king of the planners at Park policies We want and tell Queen would like to have answered by Park he said The key thing is local input Branch said farmers getting involved He noted the Ministry of Agriculture has said there is not am to enough money in the public meeting there is plenty of money treasury to purchase lands which In lho provincial coffers to are zoned or restricted out of compensate formers for land private use zoned into I He statement was challenged conservation authority by the second speaker of the day recently paying 100 an acre for area cash crop fanner parcel that Is mainly Peter Hannan I don t think the swamp and stone as an example government can bring in that 1ood is our main concern in the knd of legislation and not claimed cons der adequate whe the food going to come too he told the audience food toning farm lands for imported as cheaply as It can be development is irreversible produced locally as a means of reducing the congestion and pollution in urban areas throughout the province We would make it possible for regions to assume broad responsibility for public tranail Again the area municipalities should have responsibilities In the matter of land and oral parking as I mentioned a moment ago would responsibility In other areas of concern about land ww municipalities would also handle park and ntwkm Water and sower servlres in their errtlirty art how wo strongly as regional in and In some regions as you may rtww responsibilities ore split tho two in we a unified arrflnfomwflt earn rtglon planning ability and wold trail procedure More particularly If would regions cope more heavy A rathtr sharp controversy In my part of recently dramatized the growing problem of ftinpmM and In Peel and It would In to ask each area municipality hand separately and so disposal go regional responsibilities On other hand fa no rratMn municipalities should not accept for garbage We also suggest to them he supplying through heir hydro subject to any change In provincial that from the recent report from Task Hydro In the realm of public protection measures both working mort and effectively at a regional level while licensing mother form of protection whether we think hat way or not would probably be shared between the levels depending on the nature of the activity being licenser ire protection is a function operate belt at the level although region would he urged to appoint someone to prepare and a plan for all fire departments to follow In the event of an emergency other item here is licensing which would a I mentioned come partly under area Jurisdiction health and welfare following the pattern set in other regions would become regional concerns in and Peel and I am sure no one will quarrel the logic of having the region take over the forests now managed by the counties In the realm of finance I will have more to say in a moment about provincial involvement But In the allotment of responsibilities between regional and area administrations we show tax collection here as an area responsibility reflecting our own ideas of what might work best However a Just about the time you think technical report from our friends in has recommended that tomorrow will never come having the region collect the taxes and so this question like so you suddenly discover that It Is many others we are dealing with here tonight is wide open for already yesterday discussion borrowing For one thing they are almost sure to be able to borrow money more cheaply and if that convincing Some silent people are more enough in itself I could add that borrowing policies are part of Interesting than some loud the broad long range strategy for which any regional talkera government should be designed ion New telephone books are out tills week The directory Is bigger ever 10 pages longer than the last one But Acton Is first he noted Once you cover that land with concrete you can t turn it back into agriculture We to take a serious look at preserving this land I don t give a damn how you plan this if you don have incentives for farmers they clear out added Harold Middle- brook of Milton We stock and sell a full line of MASTER FEEDS FULLY PROVEN AT MASTER FA FEEDS FARM Notes new interest in horses locally By A M Armstrong licencing of riding stables This Is Just how important are hones of particular interest to people County The presently owning riding stables census figures report head and those having horses boarded of horses in the county compared at riding stables to milk cows on June With farms reporting milk Cancel routes retreating to the horse and buggy days No It indicates the tremendous resurgance in the interest of herses for business and recreation Since our horse population has almost doubled in the county whereas our number of milk cows has decreased by head Expert speaks Who owns all of these Mostly they are owned by individuals for use Persons who own these hobby horses may wish to attend a netting on Jan IB at the office In Milton Dick Burgess horse specialist for the Ministry of Agriculture and Food will be on to speak on feeding of the pleasure horse Or Coleman of the Veterinary Services Branch will also be on hand to speak on proposed regarding routes morning because of the ice Rain turned to snow by Tuesday ending the dramatic January thaw that melted the snowbanks and ruined skiing ALWAYS IN GOOD SUPPLY Corn and Scratch Feed Salt of All Kinds Mixed Feeds Bread Pastry Flour 25 and loo lb Bags Acton Flour Mills Wholesale and Retail Mill St W ACTON 833 2850 No matter how hard a fellow he can t harm your charac teronly you can do that The reason some people are lonely when they are successful Is that they sacrifice too many of their friends on their way up I S HOLDBJ St Ext CUELPH TA I Unemployment Insurance Canada Assurance chflmage Canada Applicants for Unemployment Insurance in the Acton and Georgetown areas requiring assistance regarding Unemployment Insurance Benefits should contact the Unemployment Insurance Office at 89 Street North Telephone No or the Georgetown Office which is open on Wednesday only of each week from to400pm located in the Georgetown Recreation Centre Main Street North THIS WEEK AT ILVERS Mmii WuMk BAGGIES 8 MEN NYLON BOMBER JACKETS COMPARE A OF MENS SUITS NOW AT HALFPRICE ORIOINALLY to 00 30 55 MEN HEAVY PILE LINED WINTER WINDBREAKERSl COO COMPARE AT A ORDUP OP MEN i PULLOVERS and CARDIGANS NOW AT HALFPRICE It TO IS BOYS NYLON SKI JACKETS A A OF BOY J CORDUROY SLACKS NOW AT HALFPRICE ORIGINALLY I t TO It NOW TO A A OP BOYS la A OP LADIES WINTER COATS now T 67 A OF LAOIES WINTER DRESSES LADIES SKIRTS NOWGOINOAT 99 A GROUP OP LAOIES PANT TOPS NOW AT A OROUP OP LADIES PLAID BAGGIES 1 I 00 JANUARY SALE OF PIAYTEX BRAS and GIRDLES on hour and rdloi on of brat A MENS WINTER SLACKS NOW AT HALFPRICE CHILDREN NYLON SKIDOO SUITS SUES to SALE 99 NYLON SKI JACKETS SUES J 14 A LARGE SELECTION OP LADIES SHOES NOW AT THAN HALFPRICE ORIGINALLY 111 TO NOW