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OMB hearing Monday ICG will oppose march of towers Ontario Hydro towers still march down from the Bruce nuclear power station but the parade rained on when it reached the borders of Hal ton Hills where zoning by laws prohibit hydro corridors on rural land is stalled Next Monday July the Ontario Municipal Board will start hearings to determine whether Hydro should be allowed to continue across the 12 mile strip or Hills to join up with its east west corridor which extends from to Pickering So for Hills Region and land owners in this area grouped under the Interested Citizens banner have repulsed every move by the provincial utility to move into territory Actually the by law is being The turned Hydro down before and the Cabinet backed the decision when Hydro Although not much has been heard from the Interested Citizens Group since Energy Minister turned their last appeal for an independent hearing on the corridor down they will be out in force for OMB hearings Monday There hive been several new develop ments which they feel rule out the necessity for any corridor through Hills A spokesman for the group notes they have never been able to get a satisfactory answer from Ontario Hydro ibout amount of power it can send out from Bruce Demand for electrical power has reduced drastically in the last two irs and ICG thai the Bruce reactor may ever be needed They the power from Bruce A on be handled adequately by tern new link between Kitchener and ssa which switches into the new corridor at and feel Bruce may never be needed specially in view of evidence in front of the select committee of the Ontario legislature showing more reduclion in demand He feels Hydro may tell the the lowers are all ready from Bruce for power but he says the ICG has examined them from Colbeck down to borders of Hills and none of hem have been strung Three are just lowers from the intersection of the kV corridor he says He submits Ontario Hydro was taking a flyer by going ahead with Ihe line when still had cross Hills Mr Kidd says ICG members still get upset when they heir statements from Hydro officials that Soiandl Bruce to corridor The only made was a crossing at one of three possibilities Kidd says He notes tint one land owner along the route of the proposed corridor has his isscssmen charging his land depreciates when hydro Corridors go through Iff he wins his case there be sharp reduclion in run taxes landowners ilong the roule Intend lo do the thing he said Monday hearing may be another in a Ions series which have still not achieved an independent hearing for people from Bruce lo Milton such as was accorded people from Nanticoke to Pickering but the ICG still feels convinced their stand is right Meanwhile Ontario Hydro announced they have reached an agreement with the last on Ihe middle section of the line near Grand Valley and indications are giant public unlihty will iry every trick in their book to steamroller through Hills Region opposes route proposed by Hydro through Hills the Ontario Hydro study left several questions unanswered The region suggests it an environmental impact study be undertaken a qualified in dependent consultant to review hydro corridor alternatives through Hills he he rings start a lOo clock at the old squesing offices It It 1 Georgetown Thirty Four Pages Fifteen Cents Scallen at convent awaits fraud appeal LOOKING LIKE Paul Doug Robertson of Eden Mills stands resting on his adze atop a pioneer chicken coop he s building at the Ontario Agricultural Museum in Milton See page Find balloons from Michigan A four yearold Acton girl has made a new friend via balloon Tara Holmes of Peter and Sharon Holmes St was at Cemetery Sunday evening with her father when she spotted what she first thought was a colored headstone Further investigation by her father revealed if to be a set of balloons with a message attached to it The note gave a name and phone number in Ann Arbor Michigan Mr Holmes colled the number on and spoke to the pirenls of the young man who let the balloon He apparently them out midnight for something to do Seven balloons lied to gethcr string started the voyage but by time they were found by Tara only remained Each read Ozone House Ann Arbor Michigan which Mr Holmes found on the telephone is a counselling house Pair hurt in collision The driver and passenger from car involved in a collision with a Park Avenue post were Georgetown and District Memorial Hospital Saturday The driver Shawn Lambert Denis Scallen is back running his convent on the Fifth Line just north of Limehousc after serving 10 days of a six month jail term The man known is father Benedict to his- followers is of on bail while awaiting appeal of his fraud conviction Scallen was convicted of defrauding three residcnls and a Branlford couple of while posing is a Roman Catholic prlcsl following a sensational and sometimes bizarre nine day rial last month He was sentenced six months in jail July 10 by County Courl Judge AlonB Spraguc and spent his 10 days in jail the Metro West Detention in It is minium security facility The appeal of his conviction and sentencing will be heard wilhin six months in the Appeal Division of Ontario Supreme Court his lawyer Jack Belieghem said in an inlerview this week has now rclurncd would happen if agree on a verdict and also requested the judge de finition of fraud A over two hours later the jurors re turned slating they reach a verdict ind doubted they could Judge urged be unanimous asking hose who held the minority opinion consider m s views and reasons for Iheir opinion About later jury relumed for the final lime announcing foreman had been changed and they had reached a guilty Belieghem says Judge I have ad vised in the minority to try again to join majonly judge should have said a mistrial when the t ask prospective J reported they doubted jurors if they were Roman hc could reach a verdicl would be The fifth ground for appeal ilfected by testimony of the he judge didn I relate the Most Paul theory of the defence to the llishop of evidence and disassociated Denis Scallen said Diocese for second reason Judge Benedictines of Mary filled point in monastery Ills his to he jury thai flock currently consists of Guclph St and Sister Mary and Brother passenger John of the Joseph but at one time he had same address were taken several teenage nuns and hospital by ambulance as many as people at cordirg lo Regional ending weekly mass Police They were slightly said he has set hurt In the crash out seven grounds of appeal Ihe vehicles hood rad his case to the Ontario Su trill left right front Court fenders were damaged the The first is thai Judge range of SI 000 according to Sprague erred in not allowing police him challenge prospective The pole was nearly sec what heir snapped in half religious background was himself from the theory of the defence s sixth reason for appealing is the crime fraud and what it means in law He says wasn pro perly explained by Judge the jurv He is also appealing the sentence on the grounds if is loo harsh since Scillen has no previous convictions and his offence wasn grave Besides his date in Supreme Court for his fraud appeal Scallen will round of deliberations ran also face trial on one of and one half hours They rape and wo of indecent emu in ind isked what assault this fall of his client charge mean he wis entitled to call himself a Catholic priest The second grounds for appeal both deal with JudecSpngucs actions giving the ease the of six men and six RECREATION STAFF show the proper way to remove a victim from the water at a demonstration last Wednesday Craig Gordon continues artificial respiration to injured Liz Binsfeld while Lynn Fountain brings her to safety More pictures and story in today s Sports and Recreation section Marks Duby wont seek regions seat Haton municipal wells not affected by drought The serious drought of We arc optimistic he past several weeks has not said affected municipal wells in Milton TARA HOLMES four found a set of balloons m Cemetery Sunday evening Attached to the end of the balloons was a message for the finder to contact the sender in Ann Arbor Michigan Georgetown However Acton pumping at capacity until Saturday short rain Don Morrier Region manager of told his newspaper thai a very close eye is being kept on all the wells in He explained Ihnt in workers were concerned about reservoir level However it seems to have firmed up he said noting that Saturday short down pour remedied the situation and Burlington have set records In the pumped North records were not readily available in previous years the manager said there is usually only a two week dry spell Mr did not rule out Ihe possibility there could bo restrictions place on water customers In North Halton However he said there is always that possibility He estimated the wells arc in good enough shape to last through more than two weeks of drought before restrictions could be called breakdowns In he system heavy users bud fires or the droughl continues for a long period of time there could possibly be a shortage and then restrictions Mr Morrier believes it In Ontario ike one inch of eon before ih is Inck entirely to Right now if there is problem it Is due to tiering lawns and irrigation the wells meant icservoirs and towers undLr surveillance by region employees Only if the level in wells gel dow n low would the restrictions be imposed Acton his five wells though not ill in operation and one reservoir George- lawn has six wells and one lower and Millon has Ihrce wells and one reservoir Neither councillor irks nor councillor I intend to run for council in the next election Ihe seat will be vacant with the announced retirement of councillor W Pat Mr Marks says he em not wilt he run And Mr Marks will not even be making firm decision on whether to run for llallon Hills again until Increased rcsponsihnililv work and family responsi I i reconsider his future fully he says Mr Marks is employed by Addiction Research Les lie certainly I be running for the rejioml seat Imn I yel firmlv made up his mind Hilton Hills I m mulling it mj mind he Ins been in Kililtcs his three council soils iw representatives sit on Hilton Hills council and both Hilton Hills and regional council The first forming of regional government here were Pot Les Iiuby and Joe Hurst Mr Hurst retired after his term is completed Police checking no driver mishap Region Police are to continuing to investigate a single en Iriffic on winch none of vehicle s five inls ldmiis lo being the driver I is i ir to Jo Anne of travelled west on Wallace s north into the southern one where car stopped image to under of vehicle is to police There is also about Halton police earn highest men in blue have more bucks in their pockets than mosl policemen in he country since Thursday signing of the uniform eon tract at The police officer is highest paid in Ontario and pretty close the lop in Canada Halton Police Association president Al said after the one- year was inked The highest wage may be in Edmonton he said officers were he highest paid In the province last year s Regional Police Commission the policemen boss and the Ion Regional Police the employee sat around a conference table for Ihe signing which ended seven months of negotiations At the top of the wage scale are the superintendents each will gel 30 Fourth class constables at the other end of the scale get 499 through the contract The new contract which was ratified some lime ago means first class con tables will break the 20 a year barrier each will be gelling year the same ranking officer would earn JIB GO The raises amount lo slightly marc than six per cent according lo Ruelens who went on to the association used part of Its pension The commission offered six per cent hikes in line with the Inflation Board guide The association bargains for uniformed men on the force excluding chief and deputy chiefs One of Ihe issues in this contract talks said Ruelens was the policeman right to look at his personnel file We never had that before said Also new Is Iho provision to have new jobs pasted in every police station with a copy going lo the A practice which have carried on for years- swapping of hours was also formalized in contract said He old reporters after the signing that AIR- issues were kept away from in the talks Officers get holidays plus one unnamed day off The wages earned by other ranks Include staff Inspector 60 Inspector staff sergeant 23G9120 and sergeant 902 Lot Concession worth of torn up grass which belongs to the town I he police report lies the following people were in the luto Wilson and both of Acton Brian Wilson of RR I Wayne i mmcrson of McDonald Wilson of commission chairman William commended the commission bargainers Glenn of George I own and Harry Barrel of plus association for up with a agreement Looking back on talks said the association wis prepared to take decrease In in order to get a heller pension system Bui he said the earn missinners would not go for the deal There are between and 40 association mem Iters approaching pen age Driver misses running deer rural man driving High 7 lust ended up off the road after he tried lo miss i deer According to Reg Police Franco It Acton swerved mold hitting the animal Damage Moro pick up truck amounts to about 1 according to police Three cunrd posts were also dumnged in Ihe mishap