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The Acton Free Press Wed November 17 OUR READERS WRITE Cooperation on school October 29 1976 Mr Sherk Chairman Roman Catholic Separate School Board Lane Burlington Ontario Dear Mr Sherk At the meeting of October 28 The Board of Education gave unanimous support to the following motion Moved by Mr Watson seconded by Mr THAT the Stone school at Robert Little Public School In Acton be leased to the Roman Catholic Separate School Board for instructional purposes and that students there have the use of specialized facilities in our schools in Acton on a limited basis as available all in accordance with the attached Memorandum of Agree ment Carried is a source of to the members of our Board that cooperative attitudes and planning by both the Board and staff have resulted in this proposal Making the best possible use of the facilities and resources entrusted to us by the public is obviously a high priority with your Board as it is with ours We are confident that this attitude of cooperation will extend to the school level and that alt of the children involved will benefit Yours truly Mrs Judy Alexander Chairman November A Mrs Alexander Board of Education Guelph Line North 0 Box Burlington Ontario Dear Mrs Alexander Thank you for your letter of October 29th note with pleasure the decision of the Halton Board of Education in the matter of the Board s approval to the Acton school motion I too view with pride the manner in which negotiations were conducted and the continuing cooperative attitude that has been a factor in relationships between both school boards The Trustees of the Separate School Board unanimously approved the Memorandum of Agreement at its regular meeting or October 1976 and view the establishment of the first separate school in Acton in a cooperative undertaking with the Board of Education as a significant event I am confident like yourself that this spirit of cooperation will continue in the day to day operation of the two schools to the benefit of the children and parents of both school systems Sincerely Sherk Chairman Mr Timbrell Why ram corridor through Conn Ont Nov 1976 An Open Letter to Hon Dennis Timbrell Ontario Energy Minister Dear Sir It appears the public relations depart of Ontario Hydro which you direct is working overtime in a desperate at tempt to persuade residents along Hydro s proposed high voltage lint between Bruce and Milton that the line won t affect them We are simply trying to inform the people about the possible effect of these huge high voltage lines when they run close to where people work and live We will continue to write letters and do anything else necessary to stop this terrible comer tocorner crossing of our land until questions are answered to our satisfaction Despite the soothing platitudes uttered by yourself and by Hydro s public relations men you appear determined to ram this route through without an in dependent study of alternate routes Why You have made it clear that regardless of the results of the Durham Hearing or Necessity held several months ago this line will proceed Why We have your letter of Oct to us in which you say that our concerns were all answered by Hydro experts at the burgh Environmental Board last summer Mr Timbrell those hearings raised more questions than they answered and provided not a single guarantee More recently we have Hydro letters to newspaper editors complaining about the number of letters we and the other farm families along the route are writing Without an independent stud you can have no assurance tint this route is desirable or necessary If these high lines are as safe as and Hydro the are why do you refuse to give us an unconditional guarantee or a guarantee of an kind that women and children who live and work near them I be injured or killed by the electrical buildup on machinery and buildings near these lines Hydro current and belated attempt to allay our fears by testing 30 Hydro linemen for a short period of time isn t sufficient What about people who must be exposed to this hazard for most of their lives What about women and children Most of these concerns Mr Timbrell would largely disappear if Hydro followed its own manual and ran trans mission lines along back property lines have told us that current pro posed diagonal crossing of our farms was decided five ears by the and that there is no That sir is not good enough What sort or pressures are being on you to stick to this abortive decision We are well aware that Ontario Hydro has the expropriation power to proceed with this line regardless of mate and honest objections This power was never intended to trample on demo cratic rights of citizens as is now being done We will continue to Tight monstrous thing with every means at our disposal letters demonstrations or whatever Yours truly Theresa Manion Patricia Wilson519323 1717 Hard hit by Ont hydro Ontario Hydro in its attempt to discredit anyone who objects to its proposed Bruce to MUton highvoltage transmission line has made me be a fool or a liar I am neither 1 am a beef cattle farmer whose will be hard hit by Hjdros stupid and arrogant plant to push this monstrous volt line corner tocorner across my farm In reply to a recent letter of mine to newspaper editors Hydros Public Relations man Taylor states that I own property NEAR the proposed line The proposed Ifne would cross my farm corner complete with support towers and the acknowledged hazards of working and living under these lines Hydro and the Davis Government s abortive attempts to discredit me and the almost farmers who object to this line must fall Hydros stated policy is to avoid crossings of make an exception in this case and when we ob ject tell us in effect to go to hell They refuse lo grant us an independent study of the entire area surely a demo cratic right and say that because the route was determined by the five years ago there is no looking back Individually and collectively wc have proven to Hydro that there are routes from Bruce to the system that wouldn t destroy farmland They refuse lo even consider these alternatives including the obvious one from Bruce lo near It is obvious to anyone who followed events in recent years that Ontario Hydro has become a monster responsible only to itself Its influence over the Davis Govern ment is apparent by the statements of Dennis Timbrell Davis Energy M nlster that this line will proceed regardless of any objections hearings or whatever Yours truly Harvey Wilson Thawing out method causes basement fire Firefighters and spectators rushed to 21 Mill Street last Wednesday afternoon to a fire at the home of Ted Allen Acton fire chief Mick Holmes said Mr Allen was thawing some pipes in the basement when sparks flew up and set the floor joists on fire The firefighters were then summoned Mr Holmes told the Free Press Mr Allen had recently sold the house to a Milton man There was damage the chief said Blackout concern prompts code use To comply with Ontario pointed out computer in Hydro wishes the Acton would do the Job for Hydro Commission is making plans tocode each industry or The commissioners won HOME OF TED Allen at 21 Mill St was the scene of excitement last Wednesday afternoon when Acton Volunteer Firefighters were called to put out a fire concentrated in the floor joists OPP CB base at Milton to monitor emergencies business so can be deter mined where the most juice is being used In a letter to the local com mission the Ontario Hydro said they arc concerned about blackouts total loss of for periods or time due to overloading and brown outs partial loss of They said they are mainly interested in nesses and industries at this time dered whal would be the best method of doing the work and decided to hold the discussion over to another meeting Choose TILDEH ANDREW MURRAY MOTORS Road GEORGETOWN Office manager Audrey explained each electrical device within the business will be coded and catalogued either manually Milton delachmenl of the would be quite simple to call mending it to police forces take two in on the lis manually and must In about three weeks the eomes across an accident it ible they could be Missed Your Free Press Please Let Us Know Our carriers do their best to give fast courteous service but mistakes do happen so if do not receive your paper or have any complaints regarding delivery please call our office Ontario 1 will be the latest participants in the CB network As part of a pilot project the is planning to monitor the cm bind channel be tween Milton and London Highway installing CB base at London Woodstock Kitchener and Millon Staff Sergeant Alex of the Milton thought the project would be It the police nnrfonc If a person with in on the emergency channel across Canada as a second and advise us where it Is he method for publn accebs aid II might save minutes to the police of reporting time wouldn I save hours because no one Mr said he saw fur has ever waited hours to have possibilities for Ihe pro- Ihe accident reported to include work The estimated cost of in with the police in sialling the four stations is searches for lost according lo Inspector children and escaped prison Raymond Kowall of Toronto who is coordinating the pro- the future Mr thought it might be Ted a Commun possible to supply regular ications Engineer working informilionovcriheCB radio withtheOPP said the project including weather and ill be tested in the next few lions of collisions in order be updated three months Mrs con t to say that if the com the information still has to be collected by a living person before it can be fed into the machine which would do the coding She months and if proves fcas avoid pile on the road Mr said there wtre presently licenced radios Ontario which is almost double the amount on June 1J75 when there were only 43 licenced And remember there are a considerable number or licenced ones too he Staff Sergeant Grainger said Ihe was not con about drivers using CB radios to warn other motor 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auctioneer Tom Hays j at Hays Sales Arena in Oak on Monday Nov 8 The price beat the previous worm record the same I Mr Picket received laat May I when he sold I Reflection Christy at a I L DISCUS PROFESSIONAL DISC JOCKEYS WEDDINGS BANQUETS DANCES PARTIES JIM COLES 8532345 On Monday December 6 REELECT LES DUBY To Area Council for ward I Acton Halton Hills 17 Yeats of Continuous Concern and Service to Acton Electorate Let me continue to for you i will affect all in the future NOT yet finalised that THE NEW OFFICIAL PLAN THE NEW ZONING REGULATIONS THE CONTROLLED GROWTH OF OUR COMMUNITY IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF EVERYONE WHO WILL LIVE IN ACTON NOW AND IN THE FUTURE IMPROVED RELATIONS BETWEEN COUNCIL STAFF AND TAXPAYER TO RETAIN COMMUNITY IDENTITY A PROVEN NEED AND WHICH CAN BE COMPATIBLE WITH A CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION May I respectfully solicit your continued support VOTE