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VOLUNTEERS FROM the Halton Radial Railway did some cosmetic restoration to this radial car so it could be used by GO Transit as a historical information display to convey information to the general public about the new GO transit bus service commencing in Richmond Hill November 28 It took four weeks to do the and when it returns to its home November 29 it will be put back in line for normal as funds permit It normally takes years to restore a car by volunteers The car was transported from Guelph Line near Eden Mills to Richmond Hill yesterday Tuesday and had to take the Church St detour once it hit town Ice rates reduced Continued from page 1 for high rotes t be heaped on Gray since he was told council to put the arenas on a more solid manual footing wondered if the town maybe hadn t been lax about rates in the past and was now moving too Instily to remedy the rink deficit The financial difficulty tht hotkey learns are in might not be dm just to high rink rental ratts but also poor attendance Councillor Dick suggested He fans may be rejecting hocke Mr suggested the attendance will steadily grow js the team becomes established in its new league Councillor Harry said my idea there t support for hockey in Hills be further from truth and noted fans will turn out for Bantam Tournament games next year Difficult Mr Levy suggested high prices on all forms of recreation caused pirtly the town has made it too difficult fir families to participate actively or as because the can t afford it He said it is entirely wrong to suggest love of the game in town Ins died and called for a In of the financial woes facing Geminis and and come up with possible was of financial support Levy noted the Swords have folded and other teams could follow so the situation has to be examined by the town also supported McKenzie tall for the ice rates to be cut back Temporary Councillor Hyde said he could sup port reduced ice rates but only on tern basis until the financial situation can be investigated Councillor Roy Booth said n one on administration committee has wanted to see hockey in Hills killed but reminded council the committee had been instructed to come up with ways of making the p their own wiy He said he support Mr Levy suggestion that the teams financial woes be investigated but support cutting rental rates which have already been set for this year He suggested that the rates stand if the bills on t be paid at the end of the year then look it the problem We can allow what ipptned to the Swords to happen again Booth George Maltby suggested if council to subsidize through low icntal rates it should out of general tax funds and not penalize the recreation department s budget Councillor Kic Morrow said any move to ice rates was any future hope of making recreation flnanci illy feasible and reminded everyone the town does hive the grant system to help make sure no more teams die Not again He said administration committee had worked six months on new ice rates for tht town rinks ind warned he wouldn t sit on committee which has to thresh out rates Mr Morrow to stick to the ratts it and then look into the team fmancnl problems Don hide these problems from the lixpayers It to look it this problem right now and hide the truth from the taxpayers Morrow said He noted if ire going to be subsidized by tax dollars it should be done out in the open with grants and not by reduced ice rites Council also threw out recommendations for ice rates in and because the councillors want to bind next council to them Make trip once Ted Tyler has come up with a scheme which he thinks could save the Acton Hydro commission lime and money At the commissions monthly meeting on day Mr Tyler said a friend of his had wondered if would not be more feasible to have the deliver the hydro bills when he reads the meters Mr Tyler pointed out that the bills are being hand delivered now and it could save employees a trip iround town If his friend idea is adopted He explained that the first bill delivered this way would to an aver tost of pist bills with Hit following bills charged is normal We can charge too much or not enough but it up on the next bill he explained referring to tht first bill Hydro superintendent Doug Mason claimed it would lake the meterreader more time to reid the meters if he had to deliver the bills at the time and he would have to carry the load He said already has to tarry the water electric book Mr felt the matter w is worth thinking about Parking- emergency J The Acton Free Press Wed November 1976 3 Middle school The town has declared an emergency situation exists while Mill Street is being re constructed so parking is go ing to be limited to two hours on Mill Street between Park Avenue and Elgin Street and on Church Street from beyond Main Street to Elgin Bill Yundt told Hills council Everyone Is aware that there is a parking problem in the downtown area of Ward I and it has existed for years This pro blem has reached a crisis now with the tearing up of Mill Street Last and all the mer chants have fell the of this construction on their bus mess I am well aware that several bodies have been appointed The Authority and The Chamber of Commerce to look into this problem and are going lo make proposals lo solve tht problem The problem of which I speaking tonight his been precipitated by the construct ion and steps must be taken now to the even on a temporary basis Proceed with investigation Region Public Works Committee will ask Regional Council to enter into a provincial municipal agreement to proceed with the necessary investigations bearings and proce dure required for the development of a resource recovery plant in the region A plant similar to the plant at North York is expected to cost The province will gram per cent of the cost and finance the balance at per cent per year over What would like to request is a by law to place a time limit restriction on the parking in the downtown area until con is completed We have lost parking on the south side of Church Street because of the detour The purchase of land for off street parking has been suggested as a partial lion for parking I am op posed lo this and 1 will always be opposed to this proposal until steps have been taken to police the parking we have both on the street and in privite lots his by law winch I am re questing could and should shov us difference that policing of the p irking would make so in fact the purchase of land for off parking may not nttessary Again I must tmphasize somtthinj must bt done immediately to police what parking we hut in the down town so that we can keep customers now business Ik sud the construction his i situation where there just irtn any to mere downtown and noted many merchants do 70 per cent of their year business during the Christmas season In response to a question from Councillor Dick Howitt Mr said he was in favor or parking meters in the downtown area and warned the construction Is breaking peoples shopping habits and it could take the Acton mer chants a long lime to get their customers back He said he would hate to see the town lose the properly for off street park Inc and noted he is one of several merchants who have indicated they arc willing to put up SI apiece to get the property and then sell it to the town at cost for a municipal parking lot I m mediate problem Mr rejected suggestions that the item be sent lo works committee say mg it is essential something Is done right away about the two hour parking limit in the downtown area Councillor Hyde said the town can declare an emergency can be put up and police can enforce the two hour limit Councillor Pat McKenzie presented a letter from police in Aeton to acting mayor Morrow who said the letter agreed Mr Hyde s contention that if signs are up the police can enforce the two hour limit in an emergency without a by law This opinion was backed up by the region solicitor Morrow noted houses in Esquesing A plan to build houses in the lo bracket on the Seventh Line beside the Georgetown Christian School was unveiled at Hills Planning Board Andy of Gains borough I- arm Holdings Ltd said a group of small in vestors bought the land across from the lown ad mimstrilion back in just before the market went down The acre site is mostly in b Continued from page 1 give both schools new equip ment but very costly too he noted Gentleman told the board 14 teachers now working with grade six seven and eight pupils at Robert Little and M Z Bennett will become plus at those schools when the middle school opens next fall and so will be moved to the new school He added three teachers at the ele mentary schools in Acton may not be needed either since Acton will have its first separate school next year The principal must be appointed early so he can net together the staff he Is getting from the two other schools Gentleman explained Magnitude Trustee Tom Watson said everyone must realize the magnitude of what was going to happen in Acton next fall noting it will disrupt every school in the town He said after things settle down in a couple of years then the possibility of twinning the middle school with the high school or Bennett school could be examined again CARPET CORNER MAIN ST NORTH- ACTON 8533620 Your Headquarters in Halton Hills for CARPETING CUSHION FLOORING DRAPERIES CERAMIC TILES CNR ENGINE hit a truck at the CNR crossing on Mill E Friday after noon but no one was hurt in the crash Traffic swung around the collision scene while police investigated WE CI ACUCI OUR HAVE PRICES for our LISTED BELOW ARE JUST A SAMPLE OF THE BARGAINS Inglis Liberator No 2 i WASHER DRYER 42500 1st BEDROOM SUITES REGULAR PRICES H who Hoadboa Car Small Hutch or SBO CI Set OFF STEREO PACKAGES 00 REDUCED PRICES ON ALL STOCK ITEMS WASHERS DRYERS ETC 2 WEEK SPECIAL I J70 15 KITCHEN SUITES FREE DRAW for 1st Prize 12 ACDC Black White TV 2nd Prize Digital Clock Radio 3rd Prize Coffee Maker LOVE SEATS from PRICES SLASHED ON ALL KITCHEN 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