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Dont let Actons downtown die of C asks The following brief was presented to Acton council Tuesday by the Chamber of Commerce The subcommittee of the Acton Planning Board has undertaken to guide those who will establish an Official Plan for the Acton area To do this they have taken into consideration an additional 000 people that is in reference to sewers water supply etc Socially they touched on education parks and recreation but apparently the overall picture of what kind of a place Acton would be if this guidance was followed has escaped their consideration It is stated that small useless parks should be avoided because they would only serve aesthetic purposes How can things of value be useless Are parks only for baseball or soccer players Can anybody say that a haven for trees grass and wildlife even on a minute scale is useless A large part of a town s life is its commercial life These mendations take into consideration an additional 9 000 people but it prefers a commercial zoning sufficient to serve 16 people The implementation of this kind of plan would kill the central business district where at present proximately 75 businesses are located This in reality should not be permitted to happen for dif reasons some of which shall be mentioned here The type of mentioned is already out of date This is readily ascertained by checking plazas of this size in Hamilton and Burlington The plazas of today are more like Square One 75 acres 175 different stores a million dollar investment serving a whole region The success of a small plaza is in further doubt because of the proximity of larger towns which delegate Acton to hinterland status from which we will never escape because the provincial legislation and the limited flow of the Black Creek waters have put a limit to our size A more detailed explanation and analysis in this regard was put forward in the submission to the Acton Development Corporation on October The effect of such a plaza would likely be an erosion slow but sure of the central business district with boarded up stores and very likely a lot of empty stores in the plaza with little customer appeal and lack of services to the public On the other hand if com development is needed to serve an additional 9 000 people and it was placed in the present central business district along with the existing businesses a great revival of downtown would take place The town of Acton would survive as a town because the marketplace would survive A common place for all to go would exist ana where and newcomers would meet Acton has sufficient com zoned downtown land to make alt of this feasible The problems in regard to traffic and parking given enough thought and capital can be solved and we would have a real viable town instead of a Hulton Hills nothing In conclusion it should be pointed out that a town planning study group from The University of Toronto under Professor did a comprehensive study of Acton and its needs projected to 1980 and its findings are conveyed in a 1 page document available to those seriously interested in the future of Acton If Council should see fit to forward the Planning Boards report the Acton Chamber of Commerce respectfully requests that this brief be attached to the report Edgar Bendicks NINETY NINTH YEAR NO ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 28 1973 Twenty Pages F fteen Cents TURNER AND LAURIE PICKLES 11 yearold students campaign to help bears Two 11 year old Acton students who found federal government policy about Rilling of polar bears dis agreeable did something about It They circulated a petition through the senior grades at the Robert tittle school and collected to help airlift the bears to places in the Northwest Territories where they could do no harm Trie idea for the project started when the class was discussing different The subject of Government philosophy which authorized hilling of polar bears near the port of Churchill Northern Canada came up Churchill is close to the migratory route of the bears who following their instincts wandered near the town to the garbage dump an attraction for the animals Some Churchill residents were attacked by the bears so the Government decided to shoot them instead of air lifting them to other arctic wastes where they could live In the natural environment Alana Turner found this reasoning hard to accept This means that one of nature finest creations will be killed needlessly she told the Free Press Although the cost is high per bear to transport them to the Territories the Government should still be able to do It recruited Laurie Pickles to her crusade and the two decided to send a petition around to the senior students at the school on which they collected 146 names They also collected to help airlift the bears to other places The reason for the petition was also to let the students have a voice In what is going on In Canada and Laurie explained The two girls found strong support for their project Masson says Cook it right move south Regional Chairman Allan Masson feels confident headquarters for the new region can be established in Burlington or During a meeting of the Regional Public Works Committee last week members of that committee agreed not to move the engineering department into the former CAS on Hugh St Milton or the lime being Council bad passed a suggesting the CAS be used as a tem porary said might be difficult to convince all councillor that the headquarters should be In downtown but he felt if a building was allable and could serve the needs for two years it should be investigated When OakvUle Councillor Bill Mason said the per manent site would probably have to be In Milton or near the centre of the county Chairman corrected him No I don think it would have to be up here not if It is cooked properly After making the comment Masson turned to the press table and urged reporters not to quote him- Come on give us a break Don get everyone riled up is the chairman of a committee negotiating the future of the current county headquarters with the province The province is interested in buying the current building used for county administration The province most recent offer would provide for three different plans The first option would see the province buy the land and the building for l million The province second option would see it buy the building and half the land for million and leave enough land for the region to establish new headquarters on the same property The committee agreed to investigate facilities at the building Brown mentioned in Sabres Five collisions past week One phase leap plaza worries alone in first It a been a long time but are finally back in first place all alone Sabres moved a point ahead of Stayner when they dumped Huron In bit night Tues day right on the of their tremendous upset of the defending O A Junior D champion Bradford Vas- In radford Sunday night The time Sabret were In first place by themselves was Sunday November I9T1 the day the Central lea began operation That was si games ago Sabres had fans for their last home game Friday Fergus but that figure expected to more than double for this Friday rematch with Bradford Turkey in trunk Police who stopped a car at 30 a Nov to check It out got a surprise a live turkey in the trunk Charges were laid Broken windows were reported Engineering Friday About 3 30 a Sunday morning the door at was kicked in and a portable TV stolen Malicious damage was reported Monday at the Sheridan college trailer at the Robert Little School Taillights were kicked in Liquor and assault charges were laid during the week by the Acton O P A broken aerial and a lost wallet were recorded Five accidents were In by the In town this week an unusually high number There were no injuries reported First was last Thursday at a m at Queen and Churchill Rd The car driven by Ann Coleman Milton had estimated damage and the car driven by Jorgen Nielsen Acton In he collision Friday at a car driven by frank Agnes St Acton struck a parked car owned by G W McKcniieonMlHSt Damage to the car was set at by police and at to the cor Friday at p m another parked vehicle was struck this one a pickup owned by Construction which had estimated damage Driver Involved was Irene Kingham with damage to her car Saturday at Mill and Willow another collision occurred the drivers Gibbon Main S and Susan not yet complete at press Monday at m at the taxi stand cars by Mary Church St and Ron Bo tell Homes way Place were in collision Damage was to the first and and to the second vehicle The presentation of brief from the Chamber of Com Acton council Tuesday night brought agreement that the town s growth should be slow and tontrolted However no one was sure if or how this could be done The Chamber of Commerce brief shed In Its entirety here objected to proposals made by the planning board for the towns growth These proposals were printed In full In the Free Press last week C of president Edgar Bend read the Tuesday flanked by members Maurice Mr And Mrs Alan Mr and Mrs Henry Wayne Moss Roy Goodwin Brendan Ahoarne and John Rol Oppose plats The Chamber does not oppose the growth of the town Mr assured council The r main objection is to a big new plaza He said plenty of land is available and with some help Con EIGHT HAPPY young ladies flash their stars after they were elevated from tweenies to brownies in the annual Fly Up at the Scout Hall Friday night New brownies 1 to r are Jackie Coltson Lisa Johnstone Cheryle Greenly Pauline James Debbie Payne Charlene Couture Karen Trotter and Tracy Diamond Several parents attended the ceremony Top staff appointed for Hills Eight lop appointments for the new town of lis were recommended by Halton Hilts council last week The appointments must bo ratified by the council after they are of flcially sworn in January 3 The appointment of Georgetown clerk ad Douglas chard as Clerk Administrator of Hills was an last week Mr Pri chord came to Georgetown in October mi from the town of the- Lake a regional unit where he served as Clerk Adm French clerk treasurer of Esqueslng has been Med Deputy Clerk of Hi lb Mr French Joined staff in 1965 as deputyclerk treasurer and assumed the duies of clerk treasurer upon the retirement of C Lindsay Prior to Joining staff Mr French was the Georgetown post office Lloyd Peterson treasurer of Georgetown has been nted Treasurer of Mr Peterson came to Georgetown in Sept ember from the township of Darlington near Oshawa where he also served as treasurer Grant Usher at present Actons clerk administrator has been appointed Deputy Treasurer of Halton Hills Mr Usher come to Acton as deputy Ireasurer in from He was appointed Acton clerk administrator In March 1973 following the retirement of J Hurst Georgetown town engineer and assistant engineer Peter Morris and Ben will serve the same function in Hills Peter Morris will be town engineer and Ben Pi ton I will be deputy town engineer Mr Morris came to Georgetown in August of this year from Dundas Ont where he was town engineer He is a graduate of Univ of Toronto Mr Pitoni came to Georgetown at the same time as Mr Morris Before coming here he was with the department of Etoblcoke for five vears He was educated In Italy but passed the examinations for engineer at of Toronto Douglas Sargent will take over the duties of Chief Building Inspector for Halton Hills He has been Georgetown s building in specter since September 1970 Prior to that he was employed by Smith and Stone Mr Sargent was mayor of Georgetown in 1962 Hugh Patterson Acton deputy clerk treasurer will act as purchasing agent for the new town Mr Patterson was appointed as deputy clerk treasurer of Acton in September 1972 coming into municipal work from in DELMAR FRENCH Clerk BEN DOUGLAS SARGENT HUGH Deputy Engineer chief Bolldlag Inspector Purchasing Ageal