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ACTON ROTARY CLUB have elected a new executive which treasurer Don McDonald Standing to are secretary Fred will take office at the beginning of the Rotary year July J and directors Jim Elliott Ted Hansen and Grant Seated to r are vicepresident Alan Hall presidentelect Schultz Missing when photo was taken was director Dave Bruce CargUl past president Phil Scotty McCristall Manes Gibbons photo County levy up per cent Morrow wants levy change County Council will face a per cent Increase in the budget if submissions approved by the administration committee receive Council approval next week If the budget Is passed as It now stands the county will have to levy from the municipalities as compared to the levied last year That represents a per cent increase Last year budget represented a 12 per cent Increase over the 1971 estimates According to preliminary calculations Milton will pay or an increase of per cent over last year while Acton will face a six per cent increase for a levy of Georgetown stands to face the greatest percentage increase In levy at the county level this year According to the available figures they will pay for an increase of 13 per cent Big Payers Burlington and Oakville will continue to bear greatest share of the expense with Burlington paying for a per cent increase while ville will contribute an estimated a seven per cent Increase will pay at an Increase of six and a half per cent and will pay 67116 at an increase four and a half per cent Georgetown Reeve Ric Morrow was successful in getting a motion passed by the committee that would change the method of levying against municipalities Under the current system the 19731cvy will be based on the 1971 assessment In past years the assessment figures used have been two years old Under this system the 1973 levy would not reflect any growth during In effect a town that had little growth in but dramatic growth in would pay a relatively small share of the county levy This year Georgetown is slated to pay an increase of 13 3 per cent which reflects dramatic growth In that town during 1971 If Morrow is successful in convincing the province the January assessment should be used this year rather than assessment Georgetowns percentage increase will be 7 rather than 13 3 Local drivers participate in safety awards banquet Drivers from Acton Fergus and as well as Gueiph will be receiving awards at the first safety award banquet for Gueiph and area drivers sponsored by the Transportation Safely Association of Ontario on March About drivers from Acton and district will participate In the evening which will see some recipients receiving com for years of ac cidentfree driving Bill Mac Kinnon of MacKinnon Transport limited will preside at the banquet and the presentation of awards Organized b an executive committee comprised of local transport operators and executives it is anticipated close to 150 drivers and their wives will attend the presentation which will be held at the Italian Canadian Club Ferguson St Minor mishaps An Acton man Dominique Roach suffered cuts and bruises in a minor mishap on Bower St near the CNR tracks shortly after midnight Saturday Roach was a passenger In a car by John George Walker The car struck a snow embank ment Mr Walker was not injured The Walker car received an estimated 100 damage Last Tuesday night Edward John Wood R R 1 Acton reported his car was struck while it was parked on Mill St W Damage to the car was estimated at Police are still investigating the hit and run Break away In previous years the Gueiph area has been part of the Kitchener and district Transport ation Safety Association but the steady growth in the number of recipients and the desire to Involve more companies led the area to break away and form a Gueiph branch Awards chairman Bill Mac Kinnon anticipates the new group wilt expand to twice the present He said the whole transport Industry Is trying to improve its public image and one of the best ways to do this is through highway safety Gey Transport Ridley Cartage and Herb Delivery all of Acton are members of the Gueiph branch Milton would be the obvious loser under the proposal with a percentage Increase jumping from 5 to In dollars that would represent an increase of about 50000 Morrow argued the outdated figures shouldnt be used and that the only fair system is to use the current figures He presented figures for each municipality showing what he claimed was an Injustice and convinced the committee to prepare a by law bringing the change and throw it the laps of the two cabinet ministers in the county We ve proven this is the only fair and equitable method of dealing with the problem he noted Deputy Clerk Treasurer Jim McQueen said the bylaw t hold water because the county had already committed itself to setting levy rates based on assessment figures and the scheme would surely be opposed Challenges Morrow Milton Deputy Reeve Marjory challenged Morrow logic She suggested the system had seemed to serve alright in the past is strange that when Georgetown had dramatic growth there were no objections then wonder why thi3 Injustice Mr Morrow speaks of wasn t obvious at that time Commenting on figures that suggest Milton had a per cent increase in assessment this year the deputy reeve suggested Mil ton must have an elastic A year ago when we talked about regional government other municipalities t recognize Milton as having the assessment It has and now that you re talking about another matter the assessment seems to have mushroomed dramatic ally she charged Committee chairman and Oak ville Reeve Allan Masson suggested the updating would be a good thing but felt Milton would be cheated because they had corned other areas under the same scheme when growth took part the other parts of the county Masson who is an executive member of the Association of Counties and Regions of Ontario said that group was scheduled to meet with the cabinet April 17 and this matter was on the agenda for discussion at that time Insists Fair Way After the meeting Morrow denied any parochialism but insisted he was doing what was best for the county Questioned about the possibility of determining an equalization scheme that would allow the figures to be updated without any area being hurt Morrow said that would be too complicated and someone would have to get hurt along the way if the system was to be Improved He suggested this year alone the new scheme would cost Milton 50 and save Georgetown close to 18 GEORGETOWN Two Georgetown men are cocoaches of the Sllverthorn Collegiate hockey team which Is playing against Moscow and Leningrad high school hockey teams in Russia this week Doug Dunning Marilyn Crescent and Ian Barrett Garnet Drive are heading the 10day trip to Russia The trip Idea started with an offhand remark by one of the high school players during the CanadaRussia series last year suggesting further International relations could be fostered If they could play their Russian peers From that beginning over a year of red tape untangled mostly by Barrett M P Gillespie and Secretary of State Mitchell Sharp resulted In successful negotiations The players raised about for the trip Most are paying their own fares The team has been bolstered by players from other schools MILTON Design work for a new high school In Milton will get underway this year Plans call for the 1200 student school to open In September The Halton County Board of Education approved purchaseof a acre site in for the school in the present town of at the sputheast corner of the Third Line and Main St Milton s growth fa cited as the reason for the project which will house students In a special vocational wing diverting some students from Acton and Esqueslng to facilities there Currently 190 North Halton students travel to Burlington and for special vocational education GEORGETOWN A provincial grant of 8600 has been approved or the Georgetown Conservation Area 23 acres of land on Silver Creek In the town of Georgetown The grant was made to the Credit Valley Conservation Authority which Is proposing to acquire an ad ditional parcel of land bounded on the north by Highway 7 and on the west by Sliver Creek Purpose of the acquisition Is to prevent unwise development of the and to permit use of the valley lands within the municipality for future development as conservation demonstration projects such as bank protection water storage fish habitat Improvement reforestation to protect valley slopes and recreation Georgetown as the major benefitting municipality will pay 95 per cent of the Authoritys share of the cost ERIN The spirit of St Patrick Is cementing international relationships despite some of the adverse publicity it receives In Ulster these days The deputyreeve of Erin Village Larry McKenzie and clerk Bert Smith carried St Patrick Day greetings to Erin Tennessee this week while on vacation Mr McKenzie cemented the bond between the two Erlns while on a holiday trip about four years ago when the southern Erin gave him a key to the city Erin Tennessee Is located about miles west of Nashville It was first settled by Irish railroad workers McKenzie has suggested an interchange of students between the two Erlns to further promote good feelings ERIN Prospects for a start in the Spring or early summer on an addition to the Erin district high school has given the areas board of education trustee Gordon Gregson a shot In the arm The project received unanimous approval from the Wellington County Board of Education last week Prellminaryapprovalhadalready been given by the Department of Education so no further delays are anticipated Education director Alf will meet with the architects to revise plans The Acton Free P Wednesday March Dog poisoner kills two more North Halton dog poisoner Is at work again Friday evening two black Labrador dogs owned by neigh bors on Sixth Line north of Highway 7 died and police believe their deaths were caused by poisoning The dogs belonged to Arthur Hawes and Del Linstead who live across the road from each other on the Sixth Line Both dogs were out early Friday evening and both died of convulsions within a few minutes after returning home around or police said Another Labrador belonging to the Linsteads was one of several dogs killed by the poisoner last winter Investigations at that time turned up packages of poisoned meat scattered along the roadsides In the neigh borhood Undertake study of waste management A solid waste management study has been undertaken by the County of In cooperation with the Wastes Management Branch of the Ontario Ministry of the Environment The area to be covered includes all of the county A technical committee has been established to be responsible to the County Council administration Committee for the study Name committee The committee Includes J County Engineer chairman A Superintendent of Works Town of Acton French Clerk- treasurer Township of G Johnson Central Region Waste Manage ment Branch Ministry of the Environment B McKerr Public Works Superintendent Town of Milton Morrler Maintenance Engineer Town of Burlington Grant McMillan Roads Superintendent Township of Nassagaweya of James Mactaren Limited said that as part of the study his firm will Investigate the potentials of recycling and processing of solid waste and the possible role of these techniques In Haltons future waste disposal program Investigate small thefts A pair thefts are under investigation by Acton OPP following calls from two businessmen Monday Theft of from a dally newspaper box in front of the post office was reported to police at 45am Operators of the Reliable Snack Bar reported a 30 radio missing from the premises at 30 Monday evening FIRST AUTO The first mechanically driven vehicle was built more than years ago by Leonardo da Vinci The Ontario Safety League says It was merely a spring driven cart but It ran under Its own power SUPERMARKET MILL ST ACTON 8530650 ACTON DENTURE CLINIC Member of 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