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Third major blaze Fire guts townhouse leaves four homeless A family of four is homeless and two other homes damaged after fire gutted a early Saturday morning Mrs Ena of awoke at ap proximately 45 am smoke She alerted her husband Colin and they escaped through the flames currying their children age six and two Colin received cuts to his hands from breaking windows according to fire prevention officer Larry Brassard Firefighters arrived on the scene within minutes and evacuated residents In the row of The two adjoining units received damage one with exterior fire damage and the other with interior smoke and water damage Mr Brassard credits fire walls between the units as preventing further dnmige A neighbour turned in the alarm after hearing the Braekenrldge shouts The blaze is believed to hove started in the living room the officer says but the cause is not yet determined It is currently under invest gallon he said Damage Is set at bringing total fire damage In two weeks over in three fires Two fires broke out within noun of each in early leaving two families homeless and two people In hospital Smoke detectors were in the but according to Mr Brassard were not Installed Mrs Brjckennde and the children are staying with her sister in Toronto while Mr is living with his brother on Young St in He will return to work today Wednesday in Donations of furniture and places to slay are coming in from friends and strangers says Mrs The Lions club donated She is still shaken up over the loss of her home but is over whelmed by the generosity of everyone she told the rec The funulv expects to in an apartment in Acton while their to is being rebuilt Neighbors rallied swiftly to help provide necessities for the The first donation came at to eight In the morning Saturday Neighbor Jean Martin said donations were arriving all day long She has clothing food drapes and dishes in her home ready for the family to use when they find a place to live Over given Saturday morning by pathizers One person even donated he bags to replace those being used in such quantities Saturday Mr said young Colin who I six was par tic unhappy about losing his bike The neighbors reported Tuesday Colin now has a bike from an anonymous donor He and his young sister two lost all their toys four neighbors are heading the gathering of items Anyone who wishes to help may call Jean Mirtm at or Vol Caissic at ACTON VOLUNTEER Firefighters sprayed gallons and gallons of water into the home of Mr and Mrs Colin Braekenrldge 193 Kingham Sat urday as fire destroyed their The unit to the right of their home received exterior fire damage and the unit to the left received in smoke and water damage John Tyler took the photograph Third donation from Lions Target 400000 chop from budget The merits of a parks and recreation department master plan projeet and other proposals were debated during a special Hills council budget meeting this morning Wednesday Councillors must slice from the towns proposed budget Consideration of the parks project and the operating budget were bumped to this morning session from the regular I no nee ration Committee meeting Monday night The decision to let the special meeting decide the fate of the parks and recre ation project came Mayor Tom Hill fired some flak at recreation director Glen Gray and following Georgetown councillor Roy Booth tried unsuccessfully to have the project shot down Booth cited the financial restraints the own is facing in his move to drop the 000 item from the recreation department budget The master plan Idea before the committee Is the second half of a twoyear project Maps from the first half of the project were tabled before council last week One which received stormy response suggested cemeteries be eventually used for recreation The map work was sup ported an grant from he federal government From talks wilh ihe town planner Mayor said he had been given to understand the entire exercise was not to cost more than the Now It he said That information is totally Incorrect Gray contended Hill said he wanted Gray ind the town planner in his office the next day to sort out the differences 1 gonna find out he whole damned gist of this said Hill Acton councillor Peter Marks suggested the com ask planner Mario for his estimate of he project s cost Some of the features of the second phase of the project would include a bet of plan guidelines an assess ment of current pratiees alternate eonccpts and an inventory of open spate facilities and Taking into consideration he possible grants he town could earn by taking on the project Marks said the plan seems o make The project is not needed according to Booth We got in my opinion all we need for an official phn he said With family left homeless In another fire his past week I ions club mem extended their further Monday A been set up to jid the Van Merkestcm ind families and this had erown third fire wis the home of Mr Mrs C Im and family on Saturday the I ions decided to give another don of them This donation is apart from the original fund Vic Bristow presented cheque Tuesday to aid the family in re establishing themselves The I ions also decided their fund would close out The money in the special was split with given to Ihe Vn and In the more donations will also be split between the two families Mr Van Mcrkcstein is a member his friends got the ball rolling soon after ihe fire Their first purchase was a replacement pair of glasses for Cory so he could read while in the hospital He as released from hospital Tuesday morning and was in the business the Chicken and I Spot right away They ire living with Friends and be looking for new right away The I ions original donatim was augmented by donations from any others who wished o help out I ions Ihrce donations to fire victims comes from money have raised through community projects Push again Cemeteries for recreation bypass not in Halton HiIs council town is to go working on this project with after the province to build a ihe province and suggested truck route around Acton he again Planning board agreed the The long discussed by pass town engineer should make Regardless of what done In Europe and other parts of the world Hills cemeteries will never be used for recreation land Halton Hills planning board told a consultant last Tuesday who has prepared the first phase of the town master recre ation plan Councillors examined maps of Georgetown Acton and Esquesing showing lands currently used for recreation facilities and property owned by he own which has recre ation potential Questioning by Mayor Tom Hill of the consultant Hob revealed cemetery land was included in the potential recreation property Hill said it was lous to include cemeteries in the master plan countered in Europe other countries and even Ontario cemeteries are viewed as valuable recre ation land He said the plan looks to the future adding cemeteries are as valuable for recreation as shopping plazas and other facilities not radiljonally thought of as recreation Planning board chairman Roy Booth said could forget about cemeteries In the master plan because council would never go for that Hill who was visibly an noyed said there was a big difference between cemeteries and plazas since people are walking around In plazas Lockhart said everything that Is done now on recreation affects recreation in Hills for the next years He explained the f I rat phase was a of existing recre ation facilities including the first detailed maps ever for the town and thai was necessary before any plan could be done Inform gathered for the recre ation master plan will have impact on both the own and region official plans Continued on page 2 brought up again by Councillor last Tuesday at Hilton Hills planning board Mr noted Acton is In a with two major lys meeting In a small town Planner Mario Vcnditti agreed a by pass is needed for He noted the engineer has in Ihe past been inside today SUSAN CRAIG enjoys a relaxing moment during the Bennett winter carnival Friday as she helps other students make a huge mural See page 9 for more pictures and story submission to the Ministry of Transportation and Com munieations to have the by pass proposal examined again Mr supported this plan slating he wants to get the by pass off the ground Cancer banner A cancer month banner will go up in April across Mill at John Street Monday Hills works committee approved Ihe banner for the Acton Branch of he Canadian Cancer Society It will be put up by Hydro and will ad vcrtlse fund raising during Cancer Month The Conccr Society will have lo contact Acton Legion for permission to have the cancer flag flown at the cenotaph Good news The Churchill dent Joanne Turner reports groundhogs and erows in her district Ihis week FLAMES LIGHT UP the morning sky Saturday as fire gutted the home of Mr and Mrs Colin Braekenrldge Kingham When firefighters arrived on the scene the house was completely engulfed in flames threatening adjoining units This picture was taken by John Tyler Kingham just as the firefighters arrived License rush over Kentner can relax Bud Kentner has just gone through his first license sticker rush from the gov era ment side of the counter and he Is he is a little glad it is over Mr has taken over the duties or the motor vehicle bureau from Watsons Music Store I dulnt know what to expect he said He was surprised that the office was busier Monday than it was Tuesday the busiest of limes walling time for a sticker was only about five minutes he said I hod a couple of really tood ladies helping me he alio- People were coming to the Lion or lamb March I mother special day for wealherca sting Is March arriving like a lion or a lamb By today end we know how March will depart There t much Canadians can do about the weather except talk about It and March gives another opportunity TodayisalsoSt David a Day office from all over to get stickers Mr Kentner peels some of them were just travelling and stopped In for their stickers hut some told him thev come here every year to avoid the lineups Thev they can come here from get and drive back faster then they can get the sticker Toronto he wis the deadline for putting the new blue on license plates before start handing out fines The sticker must be affixed lo the rear plate of the car lo comply with the law having it in the car but not on will result in penally CAROL BROADHURST of Kortar Kennels gets an affectionate kiss from Champion Siberian Husky Cavalier Mrs Broadhurst has no favontes among her more than 30 dogs and treats each one as a house pet For full story and more pictures see page 11