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Patterson says 2 ice rate hike unfair to kid hockey Donations coming in for March of Dimes JASON FIELD CHECKS the mailbox as construction goes on in the new police offices in the municipal building A partition will separate the police from the town employees The two dollar an hour increase In ice rates for the three arenas in Helton Hills Is not popular with Councillor Pat Patterson The Iwo dollar hike was approved in the budget when cuts were made at he final budget meeting Patterson contended the increase would cost Acton Legion who sponsor minor hockey an extra 700 He said the money should come from some place other than kid hockey Most of these kids only get six minutes Ice time Councillor Roy Booth said he tended to agree with Patterson about kid hockey and pointed out many things are supported over the whole tax base and suggested they should consider subsidizing kid hockey Chairman Miller emphasized everyone is affected not just the minor hockey There are kids in figure skating too he noted Councillor Walter said the mayor had warned against changing their minds after the budget was set and had asked if council would stick to their decision The discussion ended when Recreation Director Glen Gray he was down a report on arena costs within two weeks Rates at arenas The proposed two dollar increase in ice rates at all three arenas in Hills while included in the budget has not yet been officially passed At present all minor sport groups including minor hockey support hockey and figure skating pay an hour a I Georgetown Memorial Arena and Acton arena and at Gordon arena All other local adult groups pay an hour at George town Memorial Arena and Acton Arena and a Gordon Alcolt Arena Results have been very satisfactory in the current March of Dimes campaign by mall in Acton and district It would appear the final total could surpass the final received In last year a mail campaign In esse donors are con cerned over receiving re- recelpts for donations most receipts arc being mailed from Toronto headquarters of the disability fund March of Dimes Receipts for most cash donations have been mailed from Acton and for safety sake funds trans ferred to Toronto by money order Good results were obtained through the coin boxes placed Police Association checking on morale The Acton Free Press Wednesday April 5 1978 3 May license penny arcades Hills finance com mittee will investigate methods of licensing and controlling penny arcades The action came in response to a letter from Regional Police who will work with the committee in discussing penny arcades Police charge local folk Regional Police charged in separate coses two Acton people for liquor offences three for disturbing the peace and two others for obstructing police Considering the fact that this has been a very low key campaign the local chair man Alice is very grateful for the results to this date On behalf of all disabled people who have been assis ted by the March of Dimes including Sunny view Lodge In Toronto mentioned In the Academy Awards latlon a Blncere thank you to all donors Mrs Duby says Regional Police Association is taking an unprecedented step to find the causes of falling morale of officers through out the region An committee will make inquiries as to the causes of low morale on the force association president confirmed Mon day About officers voted unanimously to set up the committee during a regular meeting in Trafalgar Hall last Wednesday March Ruelens said the lion membership discussed the question of morale prior to the meeting but the membership has never gone this far before All three districts in the Halton Regional Police Force were well represented the meeting said he was not surprised at the motion The morale committee composed of and six association directors is to report back to the association by mid April If the report is not ready it will be held over for a meeting Ruelens said THE ACTON FREE PRESS Authorlitd as Second Class Mall Postal Number NOW OPEN Chiropractic Clinic Tom Thompson in the BUILDING Acton 8533460 HOME SWEET HOME Old police offices look rather depleted as Cons Rod Donaldson examines a pile of office equipment during the move out to the municipal building Police approve for one block move Microwave cooking only bourse running All night school courses but one to poor registration says course organizer Boris Mr Shean laid there were TO people registered jr the various courses but unfortunately most to different courses The Microwatt conking course wis tht iss with stiff registration Mr She in pointed out is of rrnni in this is in signed up r mm or The other registered or tin ursts II by students ocr the me gien tin of the w we or their money funded Mr She in said this was the first i hid been offered in the spring it the high Region Police Com mission approved an expense of for shifting its Acton office round the corner from the old town hall on Willow Street Into the Murray Memorial building on Mill Street Gibson Construction of Acton got the contract during the commission meeting at Oakvilie Thursday Gibson will renovate the building with a partition slab door and other items on a bid of Tyler Transport also of Acton will move the police furniture for I don t mean to be facetious but 1 think would buy most of the ture Oakvilie Mayor Harry Barrett told the commission I say bring a shift of officers on early and let them wheel the furniture round the two blocks Police Chief Ken told the commission the applicants wanted two days notice Gibson and Tyler were the lowest bids Highest bid for the renovations was and the highest for moving Most of the furniture In the town hall was Inherited by the regional force when the Ontario Provincial Police detachment moved out in September The Y building offers the police about 164 more square R Tripp hired as server In a related matter the commission filed an offer from Mercury Process Halton Region Police Com mission hired Ralph Tripp of Park Avenue Georgetown for the new Job of summons server in District One Mr Tripp age worked at Fine Papers until the plant closed last year District One Includes George town Acton and Milton About 100 applicants were interviewed for summons server Jobs here and in Burlington Servers of Oakvilie on the Job of summons serving in the region Police Chief Ken said the company s proposal would cost the commission about plus mileage The police run the operation at a cost of a year told the commission that roughly 33 summons ore served per feet square feet than the town hall The police will pay per cent the a month rent in a five year lease the com mission learned Com missioner David Coons of Burlington wanted to know if there was an escape clause In the lease He was told there was not Coons also wanted from Chief Skerrett that the Y building was ade quate Questions of suitability would have come up prior from the chief or deputy chief commission chairman William Hourigan told Coons Commissioner Glenn Mag advised the meeting that if equalized assessment comes about there will be tax on the building He said the town has accepted that and also asked the commission to pay its share Such a tax said would be per cent or about an extra 200 a year ORSON WELLES HAL LINDSEY- HI 2nd Hit CARAVAN TO VACCARES OPENS AT 7 STARTS AT 7 30 MU BARD EN CENTRE LTD SUfi FLORAL DESIGNS FOR ALL OCCASIONS WE CARHV A LARGE SELECTION OF I CEMETERY WREATHS TROPICAL AND FLOWERING PLANTS SPECIALISTS IN ARRANGEMENTS AND DRIED FLOWERS Experienced Detlgnen To Serve You AwOtftwy In Acton Minimum of OUR NEW GIFT SHOP IS NOW OPEN STORE HOURS Mon TbuffcM Bun 104 if 91C50 Solid State Colour Television In I no gun slotted mask black picture tube for sharper and I as is a brighter picture VHFUHF automatic line tuning keyed gain control and noise cancelfat on circuitry Regulated power supply and automatic degauss ng lor- mproved rqcoption YEAR TELEVISION WARRANTY IMOU8 8222361 ALTON ILLS 352 QUEEN ST ACTON I Holiday Fori 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