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Tho Acton Free Press Wednesday April 3 Dont throw out your water bills Hills residtnls should nut throw out iheir 1979 water hills says Don treasurer They may be worth some money at income lax lime in 980 tanner said thai in Peel region secured a ruling from Ontario Ministry of lliit those costs related to dtht charges cm i portion of sewer and water schemes would considered the same as taxes for the purpose of Ontario Tax Credit In the amount worked out to about 37 percent of the total water bill including sewer surcharge although what it could be in Hills has no yet been determined farmer said Unlike Feel has no similar provin scheme and for this reason we were not eligible for any properly tax credit on water bills r sewer surcharge in he I have provincial people to review tic matter and am hopeful stwer sur may qualify fir a properly tax credit on the 197U income ax return he said tor thi reason I am recommending it Hilton Hills residents retain their 1979 water bills which sewer surcharge added to Ihem in the hope that some of these amounts in i be eligible for Hit Credit on lax returns which will lie filed early in Hills is the only one of he four municipalities in Ilalton to have sewer sur charge although it is believed that the system will be implemented across the region by Jan 1980 farmer estimated it may several months before the province delivers i ruling because it is a fairly complex issue in policy the entire province Comparison of councillors pay Ever wondered what the mayor councillors are paid and how it pares with other areas Here is the answer Hranlford Remember the mayor and regional councillors receive another for their attendance at regional jCOOO COO S3 rborough 10 council 18 71000 S Dr Frank Oakes dies suddenly Sun A chapter Acton past wis closed Sunday when frank lakes died suddenly in his frey Ave home is i former mayor reeve ind deputy reeve of Acton and was named Citizen of the Year in t77 lit also served on many boards and organizations during his lifetime in Acton The well known veterinarian is born in the Eastern Tow of Quebec in son of J and Ida Louise When he was It he his family moved to township win re he attended f ramosa school Ik con on to ol He was the graduating class of 1934 from the Ontario Vet College The sunt year married Elizabeth moved Mil vert on to set up a pract ice In the couple re turned to the family farm in ramosa where combined farming with his vet practice rem lined there for three when they moved to Iheir Knox Ave Hit next several Oakes made a mine for himself as a dedicated m in No hour was too late and no problem too small or for him to handle More than once a con child would lake a sick duck from Hit park lie kepi up Ins icallon until hi 1977 likes kicked off political career in when lie was elected the Public school board lit re mained on board until when Hie first ad was officially opened Robert Little During the plan and building of this addition sat as chairman for four years In last Oakes was mayor and re presented Acton during the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II In he wis elected to the Acton Public Utilities Com mission where he served for seven ye irs in eluding three as chair He later returned to council and served is councillor deputy reeve and reeve until he hung up Ins political in 1972 In he was elected the Aside and Ins veterinarian car was busy joining service groups in town He was a charter member of the Acton Rotary Club and a sup porter of the Anglican church serving on the advisory board and chairman of the fund raising committee when the Parish Hall was built In 1940 he became an active member the Acton Agricultural Sue icty and was chairman in In his address at Ihe Citizen of the Year bin quel in 1J77 close friend Pat staled Dr can best summed up in the wurds of a successful farmer Ralph Denny frank served farming community well for almost years He was dependable com pelent conscientious ind thorough in his work He wis also very prompt in answering his calls particularly in in rank was a doc in Hie health of alt the animals on the farm he showed con was willing to listen to problems of his customers whether they were agricultural municipal or personal He was a friend moved to lus Ave home in 197b in honorary lifetime member of Hie Ontario Veterinary Association ind re the Queen s Silver Jubilee mcdil lo along with the Queen medal he received in 1953 O ikes is survived by his wife Hetty Carolyn Mrs Gregory Hamilton Peggy Mrs Law son Milwaukee Wis and Frances Mrs Grimsby and one son George He is also survived by sisters Mary Mrs Bruce frcure and Margaret Mrs Gordon SwanstonJ both of and seven grandchildren He was predeceased by one sis Maid service was held chapel al Shoemaker Home With the Rev Lcn Hung officiating Inter mtnl was in Pallbearers were nephews Walter Swan reurc and Dr Jack Shnrpe and grandsons Douglas and Steven By 1984 Report calls for nursing home Kev ill let ami I Hoi Model lialtivav puts i Crews out Atlun I trews were kept busy making minor repairs f during storm says superintendent Doug Mason The superintended lold free Press power was out for almost an in the town cast end due to branches interfering with wires on Churchill ltd repairs were fixed up before men left for Georgetown help thai crew major repairs The loci men worked for several hours repairing downed i anil Keiinv Bowers tnjojtd Hie model show at library put on by tht Model Railroad tub In the back round is out of the club members complete with A to 100 bed nursing home may finally be i rcihty in Hilton Hills but not nursing hinges on he acceptance and ap proval of a report from District Council now in hands of Ministry of Health Georgetown Hoard Ins been pushing for a nursing home ad laccnt to the hospital for past three years The report also calls for a much greater cm on care in the for the chronically ill older citizens parti in Ilalton Hills II urges i discharge planner lie shared be tween Georgetown ind Milton A charge planner plans where patient will go leaving Ihe pital if they need a home a chronic care care or visiting nurses at Ihe report also the expansion of visiting nursing and services and vacation program for the elderly in senior It calls for a foster home plan for where live in home environment ition system to exist iiil senior citizens homes Pan i Mclean coordinal or for the resulting in Hit report interviewed people ill ovtr on ijucstions of term can for in eluding sup port services such as Hilts Senior Cm Club Red Cross tonliel Centre Canter and ill church croups lei the emphasized the working group is in calling f the nursing home and mg all the recommend i lions in the report lit said had reached the point where Ihe report is in Hie hands of the senior official of the Ministry responsible for ihe has indicated approval this is just we have nothing writing He is the first small of hope in this art ones the im ante of the ire program at home which would keep people in their own and claimed had been tried in towns with great mending it comes to Region and parti in Hilton Hills He warned of the whole community is needed to make recommendations in he report work The report was driwn up In a working com mitUe consisting of I red Morns George town Hospital ferry of community vices I ran Public Health supervisor Cathy Cook senior citizens consultant Ministry of Social and immunity Services and Rev Clint planning of Ihe Ministry of Health Dragstrip land Developer to pave parts of 5th6th Taxpayers dig into pockets Despite pie Murray of I Investments 1 Id thai a chip and road surface was more linn adequate for i rural road Hills committee in on a paved road on both the I and Sixth I from Highway to the nor thcrn limit of the proposed estate home subdivision The lots with minimum size of two acres and pro posed ards of 100 will be lied on the former drngstnp land The draft agreement has been ready for some time but contends the paving he agreed becaust rcsidtnls feared dust problems from increased traffic did not mean an asphalt road a hard surface which he claimed would prevent dusl He further asked that the road surfacing extend only to the entrance of vision not the northerly limits He pointed out there are no houses above subdivision on Sixth Line was told cost of a hard surface would be it that time but now discovers the cost of isplulling would be town engineer Hob Austin said the tar and chip road would be quite adequate imi pointed out there are roads in the rural area with that surf ice which been in use for l irs with Councillor Miller was adamant the asphalt roads He claimed the traffic would he doubled He claimed houses at these prices would havt two or three cars We t ask you to buy this land he concluded Councillor George claimed the other road built for the benefit of a land owner had been constructed entirely by owner and cited construction the diverted road on the Third Line Councillor Hoy Booth said a third party liability clause protect any existing land owners in the area from any damage such as lowering of well water should be included In the agreement He cited One who went at River Run after which damage to a neighbor water line was discovered The clerk a dm mist said he would seek legal advice on it Gruson said he was offering to pay for lineal feet of road in eluding the base and was paying cash In lieu of parkland asked that lot levies of 452 remain the same on each tot for the next three years since it would take at least hat long build and sell expensive homes The committee agreed over the opposition of Councillors Waller Miller and I Duby This is ihe bast lot levy rate a certain per is added each to the rise in he Southam Construe lion index asked If the unions won agree to more than a one year contract because of mfla why should we 5 million plant Inland Publishing Co Limiled this newspaper s parent company has announced plans for a million expansion of its main printing plant facilities on Wolfe In Mississauga A square foot plant containing an II unit press will be constructed this year It will be next door to the original Inland plant which opened in 1969with square feet of floor space and two print ing presses The company also owns a printing plant and one six unit press in Acton the facility formerly owned by Dills Printing and Publishing Co Ltd The Milton Acton and Georgetown papers which Inland purchased from the Dills firm in November of 1978 are still printed in the Acton plant while the plant handles the other 11 Inland newspapers and Using flyers Sewage projects and lackofreasscssmentare combining to give Hilton taxpayers the biggest increases in their regional taxes this yeir treasurer Dun 1 told this newspaper Monday the increase for Haiti Hills w ill be an per cent over last Although the overall regional budget Is limited to an overall J per cent increase he said the sew age treatment plants and lilt lack of assessment mean towns ratepayers are going to a significant In Knit tre isurer of Hills said urban ratepayers in Acton ind Georgetown face a municipal increase of J per cent and those in the rural area former f I a per cent increase Coupled to these figures s Board of lew up per I This rk total of ilelv 4 percent for II Us taxpayers Mr farmer said ihe regional levy increase on he is Although is be approved Wed Apr 11 he said the increase wilt probably lie unaltered Acton will be hit the hardest because it has less population to spread he said Ilalton Hills has the most significant in The regional levy on Millim is around per Milton Treasurer Don I ought said the town increase for 1979 will be under 10 per cent Consequently Milton taxpayers could face an increase per This takes the education allevy mlo consideration he municipality increase is 10 per cent ratepayers face a municipal levy in crease of per cent Coupled with a regional levy increase of per cent and education per cent this approximately per cent Because of increased assessment Burlington last year and towns large population the regional levy is less than one per Mr farmer bald Mississauga 000 11000 wire compiled by Arthur A Bishop Director of Personnel for Halton to spend When regional council holds a special meeting today it will be asked tu approve a budget Most of this is slated for ihe regular operating budget to 3G The balance 5 deals with waterworks Regional treasurer Don farmer told this newspaper Monday council may make slight modifications but budget wilt remain essentially the way it is Of the 3G703 a total of will be coming from four municipalities Burlington pays the lion share The region has levied to collect 7 percent from it comes second It will pay 163 or per cent has levied 1 657 or per on Hills son or per tent on Mild Although tht regions overall budget mcrcasi is per cent the mdivi dual municipalities will pay differing amounts the other end of the scale Hills which had sewer projects constructed and Ins i smaller population to fact the cost will lie levied with i 27 per icnl increase Canada Colonial Youth Grouping in Solid Rock Maple Truly a lo last I lei one which I lenity grow your ensemble rock maple features I lough durable In designed take tho wear and abuse of active Idren lor yens Matching chest sir ilresi DRESSER WITH MIRROR 75 Roxton BED a I NIGHT TABLE MIRROR J- l-a- ti- ft gS- J HOSr- DRESSER Our BIG DISCOUNT SALE Continues OPEN WED SAT 106 THURS FRI HALTON HILLS QUEEN STREET EAST HWY ACTON