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20 The Acton Free Press Wed March 1976 Region hits stalemate CATHY O S great grandparents came from Ireland and she wearing green today She s six has two sisters Colleen and Chris and her parents are Mr and Mrs Michael 0 Leary Division St The shamrock is on the door of her classroom of the Z Bennett school No meal allowance change Halton Hills employees won get any extra meal money this year Council approved a personnel committee on Mon day calling for the meal allowance to remain at for em who are out of town during lunch or dinner on mum pal business The3 a meal allowance wont apply to conferences con ventions and seminars employees attend After close to an hour of debate Halton Regional Council found itself back at square one In Its effort to choose architects to work on the new regional head quarters building Council rejected a short list containing the names of six architectural recom mended by the staff com studying the matter Some councillors opposed the short list because they felt there t been sufficient research done on thef rms A number of councillors wanted the of Roscoe St and Rankin a Bur firm included on the short list While several Mors alluded a number of concerns about how the process was being handled it appeared obvious that some are still convinced the building should not go ahead building lobby Councillor Carl told council there was a group of building people who were working lo block any progress on the Some councillors opposed engaging an architect at all but favored a turnkey ap proachwhich had earl been ruled out In turn I defeated mot to approve tl I of six another motion lo ap prove the list with the add ton of the Burlington f I mot on to open it up to any 4000 damage A single car ace dent March 11 at caused minor injury to driver William Russell Woods His veh cle swerved out of control into the ditch where I struck hydro pole and rolled over Dan age to the was estimated at pressed interest in the build trig A committee including senior staff the regional chairman and two In dependent architects would have been formed to inter v the lot No direction As it stands the matter is back In the hands of a staff committee but the committee unsure of what direction to take We have to make a on Our lease here is only good for so long We can extend it for six month periods for up to two years of Administrative Off Rcld said The lease at the Harvester Burlington property comes due next month Council after a long dragged out battle approved purchase of 10 acres of land that has been the only positive act on on the matter in two and a half That action was weeks ago ROSEMARIE WAGNER left and Mrs Mary concentrate on making berry knots during a macrame class in an evening course at Acton High School Students in the eight week course learned to work with different fibres and how to make the beads which set off several pieces of macrame The class finished instruction with 15 members police arc in vest the of a tape tamer and tapes from man car parked on the townl south of Police looking A man in his late Is being sought by police in connec tion with the rape In Esquesing Thursday night of an Oak ville woman The woman says she was raped In a car driven by the suspect and has furnished police with the license number The suspect Is thought to be approximately five feet four Inches tall weighs 145 pounds and has a medium build He was wearing navy pants a blue T shirt and platform shoes possibly with wooden soles The woman said he was unshaven and had a distinct for eign accent LADIES TAKE A BREAK COMING TO THE ACTON FOR INFORMATION HAPPINESS I KKSTAUUAINT SPECIAL BUSINESS MENS LUNCHES Chinese Food Combination Price starting at c HOURS Fr Sat a Sunday Noon 8 it Tel 8532060 Grants are confirmed by Welch Confirmation that grants totalling 900 to assist In the Improvement of recrea facilities In Hills has come from Queen Park this week although all the projects have long since been finished and are In use Culture and Recreation Minister Robert Welch issued a press release March announcing approval of the grants which were for the construction of the Gordon Arena the Georgetown and District high school in door pool the Acton Lions In door pool and repairs to the Acton arena roof Provincial assistance for the projects is provided through the Community Centres Act administered by the Arts Division Ministry of Culture and Recreation Halton Hills clerk Doug said it is not un common for projects such as these to wail for final con firmation of grants from Queen Park but could not say how much it cost the town for the long wait Hoax letters are called scurrilous obviously intended to be racist which is victimizing Ontario residents The Hon Bette Stephenson D the Minister responsible for the Ontario Human Rights Commission said hoax letters are being sent on the letterhead of a fictitious Canada Council for Common wealth Relations and of tual government depart and over forged Informing the recipients that 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