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14 The Acton Free Press Wednesday Jan fight drains ICG purse group may be on the ropes forts by mainly area rural The balance for his work and residents to oppose construe- that of Windsor lawyer Leon Hon of an Ontario Hydro BOO and others amounts transmission line from the to Hewitt said Bruce nuclear generator on Sixty people started out In courts are very loath to Huron to Milton the audience at pro lertere with a political dec- Plans or the line call for it After a brief break nearly two sion told the spent 100000 and to pass through Halton Hills hours later remained The lng five years to learn the courts from north to south nearly meeting ended at m Its virtually impossible parallel to the line bet- llydrowlnner Howitt said about the chance ween Georgetown and Acton Last weeks court decision of success in an appeal No appeal allows Ontario Hydro to take That my opinion in view of Residents in the part lands along the northern all the things hap- of the line from a point north section of the corridor In the south of Highway to Col beck said The ICG sought leave to The cost of Justice is high too high for what one gets some members of the Interested Cltliens Group ICG felt during a long meeting in the Hall Thursday are political ICG executive member John Schneider of 2 Acton said at the end of the 3 tt hour gathering The ICG held the meeting in the wake of a reversal In the expropriations in all three decided not to hire more sections of the nearly 110- lawyers mitelong line Apply for aid ICG public relations officer John Minns of Glen Williams told the group it could apply for legal aid to finance Its efforts against hydro In an appeal to the audience for direction Schneider told them they still had not had their hearing after years Schneider said And all because the govern ment said get Involved he added Schneider told the group It would still have the possi bility of an over its head if it stopped the line passing through Halton Hills at the OMB hearing No date for the hearing has been set according to About two years ago the ICG held a fundraising his The engineers report states In the same hall Howitt He continued toexpananis rated their chances then at courts last week and in the they thought better of going appeal a divisional court view later with My sort chosen omano faceofaaooaoayontario with an appeal of the werevengS a day Municipal Board hearing this spring Members of the ICG executive asked members for direction in the battle against Ontario Hydro and money They got little of either Financial support is pretty well dried up Schneider said at the meet close Just how far we can go I don t know he said Theres a chance for legal aid and if we can find someone with 000 well take them on again he said The ICG spearheaded N Halton Assoc ahead with court decision Right now we think no have a report which Mrs Howard Switzer of 1 recommended expropriation said set aside My reaction would really said he thought the be its a waste of money best course of action would be Van Gils said to concentrate on the OMB I got bills to pay Dave hearing The would be Moffat from the Hills best spend on the OMB he section said Why pay said more if they lost the appeal and The amount of money has he rated chances at less than light explained there is pressure to get started on courts have decided on and spoken And theyre not going lobe by picky point engineering point of view its this the seventh he said attempt to An attempt to rersraz gto legal faction In the square different views con- the ICG structure Into a Ills ton eras the subject of alter- united front was postponed J routes for the corridor after David Coleman head of Erin The came from two the delegation from the PJ prevlou decisions from said Id group SX SH courts on different levels wanted to study the Idea first MR DIBS is all ready to face the cold with what else a face cloth Mr Dibs is part chihuahua part Manchester toy terrier The face cloth was more than enough to cover the energetic three year old S He didnt the KoTeuewasleSedurS cold very long and was soon scratching at the KSrtDaVSSnnS Morette trial Following a preliminary hearing last Wednesday Dale Harold Morette Dale Gate was committed to trial for manslaughter Judge William Sharp handed down the decision to send the case to trial after the hearing in Georgetown Provincial Court No date has been set for the trial but it will likely be referred to the Ontario Supreme Court spring assizes which begins March was charged with manslaughter following a disturbance September in which Lloyd Sedore tiled outside the Hotel For the second time he was released on ball He was in custody in the Jail in Milton from was revoked and he taken back into custody until the preliminary hearing January With most of the audience Estimates of the cost of reached a point where we ten per cent Howitt said he gone a vote was taken as to lawyers in the three sections money to pay should be careful Norman had no doubt the court costs whether nor not to enlist of the doubt the court Bird said would be awarded against the lawyers McCarthy and The Hills wing of the ICG McC hit 000 accord- lawyers to Minns When the time J people spent away from Speed signs on new roads Sharpe ruled no details of Halton Hills works commit It wouldnt cost much if we preliminary hearing The idea of holding a spring tec took a first step In putting did it year by vcar he said many could be published up speed limit signs on all reconstructed roads ICG has paid Georgetown Ontario Minister of Energy the ICGs chances In an chores and the office was and lawyer Dick 6 James Taylor has approved peal In a vote they added in the cost Is well over the Expand ARC workshop when province approves Miller attended gathering The better part of the first two hours saw press officer Minns detailing the conflict between the ICG the Govern and Ontario Hydro The Adult Rehabilitation Centre I ARC Industries Workshop at Hornby will undergo a expansion to the building this year pro vided final government ap proval can be obtained Edith Hilfman of Speyside chairman of the North Halton Association for the Mentally Retarded announced the pro ject is moving along well at the annual meeting last week It has received preliminary ap proval in principle she said The addition to the west side of the former Hornby Public School building on Steeles Ave will be approx imately 72 by feet and it will contain a store area at the front extra work room for the trainees a kiln area or ceramic work and a loading dock Mrs explained there arc currently men tally retarded adults doing various jobs at the Workshop and nine more will be added next fall so more space was required The addition will be built to accommodate a total of 50 trainees We really need more room she said The attractive store front should help ARC retail bus iness and will allow a better display of traineemade articles for sale It will also make it more feasible to remain open on Saturdays and during regular store hours she said Another project which made 1977 an outstanding year said the president was receiving formal government approval to allow four resi dents of Countryside NHAMR group residence at Hornby to go out into the community to live Four women have reached the stage where their super visors feel they can handle themselves with minimal supervision in a community residence A or apartment will be sought where the four can live to gether do their own washing and cooking shop for grocer ies and clothes with only occasional visits from trained counsellors They have been training for the move in a special apart at Countryside for the setting up of their own home and all are eagerly looking forward to the move some time in 1978 The move means there will be four beds open at the group residence and four new resi dents have already been selected from the long waiting list There are cur rently living at Country side Ministry of Consumer and Social Services will cover about B0 per cent of the cost of the auxiliary residence with the local association handling the remaining per cent Mrs ex plained A similar formula Is used at the Countryside resi dence During 1977 the association also managed to pay off the mortgage on Countryside Mrs HUfman reported The cost was spread over two years She said the fundraising campaign last year was again a successful one thanks to the work of the three il lories located in Acton Georgetown and Milton which ran the spring Flowers of Hope cam The also cashed In on the new cash for life lot being run by the provin cial organization and has made close to selling tickets In the local area The draws offer weekly prizes ranging from to and a major draw at the end of January wilt give one lucky winner in cash each month for as long as he or she lives Second prize is 500 a month third prize a month Tickets arc she said and the Association keeps cents for every ticket sold It also wins cash for every local win ticket The North Assoc la Hon is currently second in ticket sales in Ontario she said Another good money making project last year was a fashion show In Georgetown In August which netted over Association members acted as models The annual election was held during Inst weeks meeting and Mrs returned as president Vicepresident is Charlie Cllf ford Georgetown and second vicepresident Keith Couture Acton Mike Evans of Georgetown is treasurer Anne of George town recording secretary and Lucille Virus of corresponding secretary Committee chairmen in eluded Jake Acton education Leo Virus adult services Jenny Kuiken Acton campaign and membership Audrey George town program Leo Virus residential services Lee Vivien Milton develop mental school Barbara Ab- ray Georgetown nursery Weaver Milton recreation and camp Julie Acton bulletin and publicity Karen Pitt Acton historian and research Rachel Clifford Georgetown family services and Jack Van Berg Milton pro perty chairman Balance of the 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