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Stunning upset Ric Morrow new region chairman ikon Regional Council elected a dark horse dull as regional chairman at iht miugural meeting in Burlington Wednesday Morrow a 16 yearold pilot Million Hills and an tight yLar veteran of muni politics won the five- man lection but only after councillors had cast six ballots Mr Morrow was visibly moved by his victory The decision as a complete surprise to him and the councillors who elected him No one was giving Mr Mar row even a slim chance of victory prior lo ihc meeting annul spent Iht first half hour of the meeting debating whether or nol sterol ballots should In cast prior lo the councillors being sworn in II to cast secret ballots prior lo being sworn in as a legally constituted body ballots were tied and voles cast in a tension filled room Tht re sults of the first ballot came in Jim A Hie Morrow Ulan Urn and It Councillor Mac Anderson protested the ballot refused lo vole on first and second ballot name was dropped off Ihc list for the se cond billot Mis three voles went lo and he results of ballot two were Morrow 7 dropped ifltr ihe ballot in the third ballot gained three of Swan TO MORROW A BETTER DAY borough s voles to jump lo tin lead with It voles within jusl four votes of rt laming bis joli Hut tins turn Mr decided to volt and iwowav lie or second pi with Mr Morrow Mr It ach getting stun voles That vole was taken and the counl held the sum the suggestion of lim Post mortem snow removal The engineering depart is going to get right lo work this week after re complaints from Councillors George and Pat about holes in the Mill Street side walk Both said they had received complaints from residents re Ihe holes and while they realized sidewalks and problems were only temporary until oil Mill reconstruction is com plcted something should be done about the holes Robert Austin said he believed one of the holes was for a gas valve and that was being worked on this week He said all pro would be looked by Ihe works right away suggested better snow removal was needed lor the Mill Street sidewalk praised the work of the works staff clearing snow after re cent storms but complained about people receiving tickets and having their cars towed away for parking overnight Other committee members and staff all noted the snow would have been cleared away as well if Ihe three hour parking limit t in feet between midnight and 7 Power off coldest night About homes south of Acton were without power for two and a half to ihree hours Monday night on the coldest night of the year It was the extreme cold that was blamed for the power failure according to the division of Ontario Hydro When the failure was reported iwo crews four men set out to search for the break and found the cold had pulled a splice apart After the break was located the men had lo do switching be fore it could be repaired The night was at coldest during the time they spent outside between and 30 worse Some of the people affected left their homes until power was restored Chimney fire in Lakeview Acton volunteer fire fighters were called to the home of Nelson Johnson Drive Saturday morning to put out a chimney fire chief Mick Holmes says there was no damage in the call No injury image is whui t by Nikola irilyn Hutchison collided in of the Station Hotel on Mill St Nobody is injured in tin Next Hydro hearings ill advised lawyer Ontario Hydro attempt lo resume a hearing of necessity in Acton on January is precipitous and ill advised says Leon lawyer for Georgetown landowner Walter Scott The hearing of necessity called lo consider objections by landowners lo Hydro controversial volt transmission line from Bruce Nuclear Generating Station to Milton is being resumed despite Hydro s agreement Talc In November adjourn the proceedings until April 4 maintains the Interested Citizens Group ICG The three and a half day long November hearings ended after lawyers for both sides agreed lo the nearly five month long adjournment They also agreed that the hearings could be recalled on 15 days notice from any party I heard of their Hydro decision to resume Ihe hear with surprise and dis may said He said Hydro can expect a vigorous battle if it hopes the resumed hearing will continue Made headlines The hardhitting Windsor lawyer made headlines laic in November when he Ihe refusal of Iht hearings chairman Donald Meynck to con alternate roiitts or the corridor In an unprecedented move Meynck adjourned hearing until April to give landowners time to take Ihe whole mailer lo court Several local landowners who may be by the line were represented November by the ICG It is understood ICG main tains Hydro is refusing lo wait until April because Hydro claims landowners delayed their Hit court This is simply not ime said We required certain information from Hydro to make the lion to court and we filed our application as soon as we received the information He said that he expects the cast to come before divisional court early in ruary He indicated that sparks will fly on January if Hydro believes it can use this alleged delay as an excuse to avoid its commit to adjourn the hearings until April advises the land owners to resist their natural inclinations to boy the resumed hearing The hearing is scheduled for the Legion at a The people should be there said They re going to see justice in action One Hundred and Second Yen No 29 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JANUARY Twenty Pages Fifteen Cents 500000 loss No tax reduction for merchants ton downtown merchants who petitioned Hills council to consider some kind of I ix tut or rebate as a result of lost business due to reeon struelion it Christmas time bad news night al the fin met committee committee rttom mended to council there is no they to wishes for i rebate on t ixes or other form of lion they I id no minority do so they did promi to set it merchants would be ton of the job is completed tier irks Hit limine of ritoiislnitlion on Acton sit was disastrous with tin minimum loss of it WOW Mirks ftlt pus could ivt been pi igt mil hoped lliert is no rent it of poor limine ill to w is finished new ire nisi in lilt ton down during and irks md wiiil being finished the town Kir council consult merchants to find a ok for ill ird I our Morris limine construction w is not ill hull of public works the rovintt w s involved Province I ibk Hit With joli si If of Marks replied hat council better make its problems known to Province too so Ihere would be no reptlilion of Iht fin men for ihe merth mis Bui wt no in i position to grant i reduction in Morris said Mem of tht committee agreed It would had pre cedent if I were re treasurer Kay Kinf committee agreed to recommend the second phase of the reconstruction be implemented at a lime suit for merchants and contractors so there would be no repetition of situation which existed prior to Christ mas where Acton main business section was torn up for reconstruction wenty Acton merchants signed the petition received from John Conigho requesting ihe ix or re bate Figure skater lie wins divisional championship irktr of the mill ion Stones reek iling club irwm tin junior nuns sionol tin Division Skitmg ships m Ian In Ins first of junior mm seompUilinn win nine Hit iiutlnn It iroldPirkirtolilktl JJ4 si lis list irs mini Junior Pnestnitr totalled it Jpoinls nine its Paul Mills from lindgi finished third wilh Hi J Pi lis on to Hum Pirkt now moves on lo compete in Hit junior nuns division the in in on to bib In first of toiuptti lion Kevin tied Pricslnit for second m tht figurt 11 points In first place w is m of the II ton Creek Sk with nine ordinals and In ihe compulsory free skating program next day finished on top w ith six ordinals and IB points while Parker is close behind with nine ordinals and SI points Mills finished third with li ordinals and Hi points lot dim six ordinal I irktr Mint ils Mills is mil third r hut irkiriimslitd with In Ilis in him first il fur Ins pro mi him In r intc I his movttl urn in pi tin over ill si to win Uilpionshl Hi Simdiv ill four of the miners tin skating win iroim I Hit No stop signs yet Churchill Cobblehill works tit turned down retail sis for slop signs on Hon South mil ir works commit tie left the decision put stop signs on Ho id Kind to this council slop scns win sug esltd lo council In worried who iren hippy with speeding on slretls Hit slop sign on is lo be put up Hit ro id metis ltd the out on obblthill is go Viclorn from both tht ingmter ind police slop signs going in it dm d I lilt SIJJ1S istid Hit whichsiiiK not lusHdulLnot mi i down Hit roi hour tin hid ridir for stvtn hours on hurt lull d l itch out r lit iddtd lit point ivi on tin I win mil I found my in Mike vvmttr w is nol Hit to study on Im inn will snow slow Hi suggested lln i 1011 be i mimed Hit iit predicted mil lown olfituls would be nun like to people it mi up down Hit OKI Hun up down ill slritts rig stop siftis ind speed liorgt s i id w is forced to agree with Hit rt porl Si KM Ik if South needs speed tliterrmts tin Hit mirth side of Hit roul in ids it more sinei lliert is much more speeding North 1 said Hit looked I found ontmuid on page IT S ON TO the Canadian championships for Kevin Parker AHS student who won the junior men championship at Guelph Sunday The Parker family lives in the Ebenezer district To council next BIA objection deadline past No objections to isl of Improvement Area were received by Hilton Hills clerk Tuesday morning md it appeared likely will be no pediment the implement of the scheme I irk administrator Doug pointed out there w is a remote possibility a letter of objection post marked before midnight could still arrive iy was the deadline for objet lions Mr will report lo council next and submit draft bylaw He expects Ihe matter will then be referred to planning board which will discuss details with the Chamber of Commerce Chamber of Commerce secret says the group expects to the board of manage ment at the annual general meeting slated for Monday at He Lego Hall I he r I 1 ave or more en ber and no more than even it least one must be llor Ihe boar ust then the f n limits be in state Ihe highest mount of mo which could pent any I hi bylaw ihen be approved by Ihe Ontario Municipal Hoard The of improvements in the designated area will be paid for through business assessment in the area On Churchill Rd Parking worse THREE GIRLS from Robert Little Public School are well prepared for the cold weather on Tuesday Temperatures went down to degrees below zero Fahrenheit From left to right the girls are Nada Hrkac Kathy and ROACH of Robert Little Public School peeks out from behind her many layers of clothing to say hi to the photographer on Tuesday Tuesday was the coldest day so far this winter ouncillor George would like sec parking banned on Churchill Heads North and South He asked engineer Robert lo prepare a report dealing with the feasibility of his proposal Hills works committee Monday Maltby said he thought parking should be banned on both sides of the street but especially on the north in the vicinity of ihe old high school and Ihe new high school He said parking Is bad when snorts are on at the high school predicts things will gel worse when the new high school opens next fall