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Delay in takeover could cost 1500000 Regional Council decision to delay any activity on a regional road system In Halton could cost the region approximately in transitional grants Council decided several weeks ago that because of heavy financial pressures in other areas and council s relative satisfaction with the old county road system that plans for a regional system would be deferred Council asked the province to extend the deadline for the grants for another five years but learned recently that the province has rejected that proposition A regional road system would have included taking miles of new roads into the system Most of the roads being considered for inclusion are in Burlington and Oak ville Under the county system a high percentage of the roads are in the north Some south em councillors favored the regional road proposal because they feel their com munitles are being unfairly taxed to support roads in the north Public Works Chairman Jack was a key figure Regional Briefs Among the bills passed and recommendations approved at the Oct 5 meeting of regional council were a request to the Ministry of Health to increase the sub sidy for services from BO per cent to per cent a bill providing for standards of installation and maintenance of regional sewer and water services and establishing the cost of these services the award of tenders for road sand and rental of snow plowing equipment and sanding trucks Acton man is injured A holiday weekend crash has sent old Gary Acton to a Guelph hospital with injuries Mr Talllefer lost control of his car as he was making a turn on l5Sideroad one mile west or the Line The car skidded feet crashed over a rock pile and turned upside down In scuppering the regional road system He has argued that any expansion of the regional road system would work against the region under the grant structure Area rnun receive more gen grants for some road projects than the regions do cites the costs of improving sewage water and landfill facilities In the region as priorities for the region Because of the heavy financial burden caused by these projects claims the region should go easy on expanding roads The issue has been a con troverslal one that has been under discussion since regional government was introduced Some argue that the only equitable thing to do Is to Include roads that qualify from the south The region Bill 151 review committee considered scrap ping the road system and leaving each area municipal Ity to maintain all of the roads In Its own area The fear of some coun is that the region works crew would increase the staff to cover the new responsibility but the area staffs would not be reduced in size The Acton Free Press Wednesday Oct 12 1977 3 FULL HOUSE WATCHED THE ceremonies of middle school last Wednesday Seats were nearly full and balcony was crowded for the evening Speeches were broadcast throughout the school CONSTRUCTION WORKER mixes cement for another section of curb along Highway seven Curbs on Main Street are already in place awaiting the final paving of the roads Unemployment insurance benefits paid in 3 phases Unemployment insurance benefits are based on how difficult it is for people to find and keep work in the region where they live benefits are now paid in A claimant with the required weeks of in earnings could get up to weeks of benefit in any week benefit period Time on benefit varies with changes in regional economic conditions People in higher unemployment regions now have a right to more weeks of benefit Time on benefit is also more closely tied to the weeks of Insured work a person accumulates People are paid benefits in three stages They start with the initial phase graduate to the labour extended phase and end with the regional extended phase In the first phase people can get one week of benefit for each week of work The most one can get at this stage is weeks of benefit In the second phase there 13 one week for every two weeks of work This phase starts when person has at least weeks of work Up to 13 weeks of benefit are available here In the last phase there are two weeks of benefit for each half per cent the regional rate of unemployment is above four per cent Annual drive begins next week by Rotary Rotary Club members and by Mac with Gary other volunteers will soon be Dawkins as his cochairman knocking on doors throughout Acton and area asking for Over letters have donations to the Canadian already been sent to local and Rheumatism industry as part of the in Society duslnol canvass Homes will The annual drive is chaired be visited starting next week LAURA DITTRICH of Acton shows samples of her batik work at Georgetown library She holds a lampshade while in the background a beautiful table cloth is visible Denture Therapy Clinic Gabriel Socs COMPLETE DENTURE SERVICE Street Milton Queen brazier FAMILY NIGHT IS EVERY TUESDAY October doting Our unify plitnd and SOFT DRINK JVC A AT DAIRY Guelph St at Rexway Dr Georgetown 8772588 DO SAVINGS Aylmer 14 Tins PEAS CARROTS 3 Mitchell Tins APPLE JUICE 2RoltPkg PAPER TOWELS Nescafe 10 oz Jar INSTANT COFFEE Pantry Shelf Jar PEANUT BUTTER SPAGHETTI OR READYCUT MACARONI Del Monte 5oz MINI FRUIT CUP Betty Crocker 380 Pkg NEW STIR NFH0ST CAKE MIXES Save I Save 30 Save Save 20 Save 99 89 MEAT SPECIALS Canada No Red Brand Beef TMffi WMG STEAKS BOLOGNA Devon lb SIDE BACON WEEKLY Grade A Medium FARM FRESH EGGS Sealtest 2 MILK 3 Quart Bag or Jug Plus Deposit PRODUCE I specials FRESH PRODUCE ARRIVES DAILY AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES FROZEN FOOD 13oz Container PANCAKE BATTER Prices October 14 15 AB SUPERMARKET Mill St East Acton 8530650 RESERVE TO LIMIT QUANTITIES Speedy developers bid trips committee Two separations bids this summer one too many a developer learned last week Regional Land Division Committee turned thumbs down on a proposal by grove Developments Ltd to get a building lot beside one which they got four months ago The property Is part of the westerly half of Lot 31 on the Eighth Line An unfinished house sits for sale abutting the proposed lot according to committee member Bill Coats Lawyer Terry for Wllgrovc Developments des crlbed the proposed lot as not being Ideal but I m saying it can be cleaned up There Is swamp land in the front of the property which fronts on Road 3 but the proposal envisioned a house set back on a rise like its predecessor Most of the reports from local and regional govern ment agencies and depart Meeting The Acton Business Association Is sponsoring a social evening next Tuesday October so the business community of Acton may get to know one another President Alma Swetman stressed there will be no formal meeting or agenda but businessmen are invited to drop Into the Legion hall between 30 and 11 30 to meet present members The final consultant report on the Business Improvement Area will be on display with the board of management members present to answer any ques tions merits stressed misgivings about the proposals affect on the environment Regional planners cournged severances In the area of the proposal except in the case of retiring far The cations docs not fit that cate gory Sharpest criticism of he proposal came from com member Tom Mar shall who characterized it as purely speculative He moved to deny the application because a new house would Increase urbanization of rural land wanted to slow development and one way to do this Is to discourage developers from coming In and quickly selling Coats said THE ACTON FREE PRESS Authorized a Second CJbm Mail Postal Reg from WASHER DRYER 44900 24900 WASHER DRYER WASHER DRYER washer and dryer everything you expect and then some DRYER WASHER 90900 43900 Stettin DISHWASHER with a lot of great features going for it I ALTON ILLS 35J QUEEN ST NO ACTON