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ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1976 Twenty Six PagesFifteen Cents Chamber will seek FALL COLORS cascading leaves children Thanksgiving weather highlighted the enjoying the brilliant sunshine all signs of the transparency the leaves as they dressed the beautiful fall season are reflected in a scene in country side for one of Ontarios most attractive the Robert Little school yard The pre- seasons Photo by Forrester Council rejects delay bid for hike in ice rental rates let will remain at an hour at Acton but groups Ihc rink will gel a chance lo and change council mind about he charges Monda Councillor Duby asked Hills council to hold off implement ing the new ice rales until five groups using the rink have i lo make i presenla lion to council October IS said he had received a letter from an Sabres official stating that since the hockey team had talked lo ldminislrationcom last week they were approached by ill other groups using the said he groups have decided lo make i joinl presentation to council and would have liked lo have been at council Monday hut simply didn have the time to prepare a presentation He said he thought joint presentation idea was good and it would be belter for council lo deal with all the groups one lime rather than deal With ich ately No problem He suggested it would be no problem for council lo put off final decision concerning the Acton ice r for two weeks until council hears the presentation two week delay would give councillors and recreation staff enough time to dig out Tacts and figures to the higher ice rates the lion committee had come up with what the members fell were reasonable ice rates and the groups still satis fled so place for them to go now was council and not back lo committee Councillor tic Morrow said he would be very disap pointed if council didn pro ceed and approve the ad ministration a lee rale recommendation He said Ihe groups could still come and iry and change council mind but reminded everyone the committee decision Just Ihc result of last week meeting Morrow pointed recre ilion staff the com hid been look it ice lies for somt lime mel mun groups before coming to lis decision It came down to in hour difference between their position and ours I is a ye he slated Not lit said everyone bid worked all r on ice rates so a decision I have to be in November when season is on and noted Ihc committee bad looked it ite rites objectively Council should put these rales into effect and then lei them come ind ask for i change Morrow urged with Morrow as did councillor Harry levy who said we have said we want our irenas lo be more self sufficient These new rates hive been to George town so why shouldn apply to too said five groups arc affected by these new rales sug it was simply a lts to die people present ill m iking decision Willi will use if these new rales if it Ic ind In wtmdired Sinn o tore noled for one tin town mi cents one leanm inly ilian hour for ice time ill winter siul be 1 under si ind how town could wild unless the iff works for the ihc hydro 11 would be the iptr lo tlosi than rent il riles we eel below SKI in hour we ire subsidizing hockey ind then other groups like curlers golfers will Have Ihe right lo iskforlhcsimt Hung I don I think is of line sud Councillor rn the town could to is lit the groups and jump eun by makuif i decision which could be deferred two Sin he realized the has lo make Ihe rmks pa llicirown way but one town of 17 people 000 can only draw 151 games win in the rales so high Is the town of expected price of being small Ik because of si then has to be differences he raits ind Hoy Booth slid he is ill in favor of lit irmg the groups but he thought council should go ahead ind make a decision at meet mi He Ihe ire running al a ycir defied and the recre department was instructed come up with rites which would rtduei defied that is what the department did said teams don I want free ride wondered why tost Ins to be Sill Ik suggtsletl Ihtre ire other ureas in which lown could cut corners with out increasing rates so much Ik siid at least one Continued on page five No Day of Protest for Acton workers unions have decided to participate in Ihc Oct 14 Day of Protest The Canadian Con has called for Canada wide in which citizens would protest Prime Pierre Price and Wage Control Program an lasl October 14 Jack Walker president of the Local at said union mem voted on whether or not to protest that day He told the Free Press the majority of the people decided slay the jobs Mr Walker said Ihc workers would observe Ihc day take any action Hector president of of United Rubber Cork 1 inolcum and Plasit Workers of America Building Products of lid said union members discussed it but de cided the proles Mr said id work to do and could nol afford to get behind even by one Hill president of Local of hi Canadian hood and Allied Workers oho said his union members decided to stay on Ihe job after a discus They felt il wouldn I do much good he said In the meantime Milton unions an preparing a car rally to on October 14 There they wilt join from and Burlington Following Ibis they will head down to Member of Or I- rank Phil brook office on ltd has an invilatlon be his office on day lo meet with the union members He lokl this newspaper he would likely be in Ottawa as mtnt will be in session He saidil was a mailer of prior and ho has lo make the decision whether lo be in or at a speaking engagement More loads In Georgetown will be joining Ihe Brampton District Labor Council in Brampton to protesl there downtown a About of t nil ml rnuctl mother slip ml last in their lo hive lhttitht bit it i are design ilt lm District it of mcelint Ibev tlce did with time quests mi that Mill strut mi tin blocks on Hi sal s from Jtowt r mil tin lo Si HID Iht Murium mills to BID set in in In felt too few til lo give sufficient I ipprotim cent of the ere present Mr us ifltr Hit mcctint Sarnia ind in other plates have out or improvement art is Mr Pollock said Slum impriiw Sinks mum improvements often I tin form or lexlurcd siihwilks benches on side ilks bidden parking lots and tree ind flower I irk in lumber sk lint it Mm i I hue losce il Mr lois I isl is the first ihuu for Mr I conn lo Mr lit JO tin i in Hill mcitinc but dumber president sud lull of win ml mi rth nits In liilwttn tin St ichvr shoppers to an area were common advertising for the core members painting of store fronts creation of events and sidewalk sales Mr Pollock suggested lhat while the Chamber waits for council lo approve its request for HID status the core go aheid and set up an official group of steering The steering committee could start form plans for town council from nit lown mmillci for tin t side Mini and nils ilune Mill html r st Hi Hi Iiki litre III m hum I list minus r used m I Dun II downtown I imur mum mils ind moti tin ion is i ij district Hubert 1 1 11 Inim Hit inn i lint tint Mi Si fir I I lima lull Hi it it i introduced tin lit ii I is met linj Hi of Hit mmillii s Hint re anil lint Hit present ihc document to for Mill Reconstruction of Mill Street in Acton will cost Halton Hills council learned Monday night The town awarded the contract which includes complete reconstruction region underground work and installation of inter locking paving stones on the sidewalks to King Paving of Oakville Engineer Robert Austin told council the tenders had come in somewhat over estimates North Halton police get new radar set shu pet pit BID In Hit the I i I w rk tl I ihi In Hit in is I unlit president I s thai Hurt is i i iw In Ilit Ic ilu Mi tllotkshottdllui in rt use m down lown in is to Hit North Hilton speeders belter watch out Regional Police are getting new radar for use in Hills and Millon Ken told Polite Commission the force has three used radir stLs in for one new rid scl which will be used in District One Hi commission permission trade in the old r id stts and explained the estimate repair one of the worn ichines wis while a brand new one costs SI ZOO lit said the oldest unit was years old and the police tould get for on a in The other two arc both five years old and he the department can jct more for I hem when they ire traded in he commission went along with suggestion since il seemed financially let for Mayor A I will be prepared for special council meeting next lucsday designate Acting Mayor Miller as lyor Tom Hill replace mint regional council Sintcthemayorhasbeenin hospital for over a month now away from regional council under Bill 151 he town can name a replace Monday Hills council decided since the town has such a small ber of regional councillors someone should be named replace Hill who is hospital with a foot infection Miller was chosen since he is this month s acting mayor He will be Hill replacement it regional council for the monlh of only and will relinquish job should mayor return to work be fore the end of Oclober Several councillors pre dieted Hill will be out of pital very soon Special meeting An was made by Wood and others to go ahead with Ihe selection last night for the steering com hut Chamber officials said lhal a special meeting for lhat purpose would have to be called unds for the BID board of management come from a Business Improvement Dis Inct Tax which is collected by the lown based on realty lax Mr Pollock said weekly The cost of a BID ran one jewellery store owner in the first BID on Toronto Bloor Street West to per week Mr Pollock said The 80 foot store increased business Mr Pollock said the owner claimed 100 per over six years The Bloor Street West BID has stores with some for development said Ihe ministry official an 1 overspend During the one year life of a board of management Mr Pollock said is nol allowed to over spend its budget In order stop the forma Hon of a BID or to halt one it going one third of the business tax payers within must make lis ob jections known Everyone has 60 days to oppose a proposed BID by law Mr Pollock said People have only lo notify the town clerk lo register their ob jection If the number of ob jections is less than a third then council can go ahead with second and third reading of proposed bylaw People can also object even after the bylaw Is passed said the provincial official They can go lo the Ontario Municipal Board when the bylaw comes up for examination he said Mike Kinal said after see ing the slide presentation thai it hit home I ve personally been in business In five of the areas where shop ping centres have opened and the areas went down he said If we don l do something in Acton some of us will sink Mr said Concern Councillor told Hills council Monday he is concerned about in traffic control for school children crossing Queen Street He said sometimes there arc pupil run safely patrols at the crossing sometimes policemen sometimes adult crossing guards and no one helping children gel across ihe busy Duby was advised by Councillor Mike Armstrong lo check ihe problem with clerk administrator Doug Pnlchard since he hires the crossing guards FIVE YEAR OLD PAUL CAMPBELL gets an advance Lesson on metal work from industrial arts teacher Doug Hines during a meet the teacher night at Robert Little school Monday Mr Hines showed Paul a grade student how to flatten a steel dish in the shop of the Old Stone School Pauls father Brian watches from the back Citizen of Year dinner Friday Honoring Actons librarian of more than years this Friday evening Acton Chamber of Commerce will be holding their annual Citizen of the Year dinner and dance Guest of honor is Mrs Isabel Watson who has been chief librarian for 50 years and worked parttime in the village library even before that She is soon to retire The annual Citizen of the Year event normally held in the spring has been moved to the fall The event is scheduled for Acton Legion Auditorium with dinner at m preceded by a cocktail hour A dance follows at m Tickets for the event are sbll available Chamber officials report The honoring of a citizen each year was initiated by the Chamber of Commerce in 1958 Since that time many who have made a contribution to the community have been honored Last year the local detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police was honored as they terminated their service to the community