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Acton Free Press Wednesday Aug 29 Board stiffens suspension for student misconduct Dale Wood of Dawton Crescent could have composed a symphony after he caught pound Chinook fa Lake Ontario on Monday It placed him second In the Toronto Stars salmon derby Dale was by himself when he lured the large specimen of lands whopper piscatorial splendor after angling with other fisher men earlier In the II look him an hour and 15 minutes to land the salmon He used a 12 pound test Regions land plan called into question When It comes to planning common sense is more important than the regions new official plan according to Ha Hon councillor Pat McLaughlin of Burlington Mr McLaughlins statement came during a debate on a request for land severance The land in question is acres of farmland In he Town of Hills Domcnico CQndarcurl a developer has had permission from the town to sever The region has appealed it Leading those who wanted the appeal to continue was Burlington councillor Joan Ailing ham who said the land is in an agricultural area In the official plan She also noted that the Library plans fall program Hills Public Libraries has planned several interesting and educational seminars to be offered at the Acton Public Library over the foil months The first program to begin the fall campaign at the library ill be a set of lectures in Intro ductory Psychology offered through University of Waterloo and will run every Thursday night from to 10 for weeks A set of films will be offered from the library commencing Friday September 14 and run ning for three weeks The topic of the films will be Eleanor and Franklin On Friday October 12 the Library Cinema will preview Nicholas and Alexandra A seminar In Food Behavior will look into practical information for management of allergic deseoses will be offered on Tuesday October Color and Design in Quilting will be the topic of discussion when Guen Powers Is at the Acton Library on Saturday October A pre- registration and a ten dollar fee must be made by October From I to on Friday October the library will turn into a Corn Husk Flower Shop as Connie Pita demon strates A course for he career oriented women will be offered on Tuesday October 30 The course will be run by Cathie and Is title Time Management and Motivation land desired was 12 acres less than the acres set out in the of ficial plan as the minimum to qualify for severance see at least four areas where this docs not conform to our official plan Now cither we arc going to have an official plan or were not she said Hal ton Hills councillor Ilus Miller said Halton Hills is limited in the amount of industry we can attract He ad milted the land in question was an protected area However he said it was no suited for farming When we can put land like this to good use we should lake advantage of it he said Mr Miller said it was for that reason the town gave permission for Mr to proceed Hills mayor said It was his belief that regional staff are being too stringent and should adopt a broad position in interpreting the of flcinl plan said Councillor McLaughlin noted the official plan is to bt tested by the Ontario Municipal Board Sept 14 Mr McLaughlin said the test case involves a service station owner who will lose his gasoline pumps as the official plan states the region controls all the land within feet of a regional road In my opinion any policy that is to the detriment of the people is not good he said Halton Board of Education trustees are lowering the boom on students Involved In ex cases of miscon duct Students face a new suspension rule that could cost them a school year following last Thursdays decision by the board at Burlington to lengthen the maximum suspension to days from ten days Georgetown trustee Barry Shepherd spear headed the bid to triple the suspension I recommend it realizing it means six weeks and al most certainly the loss of a school year Shepherd told trustees In applying the new policy Shepherd called upon principals and area superintendents to use the utmost discre tion Shepherds original motion was streamlined with his approval to give it more legal muscle The motion reads For ex treme cases of mis conduct the principal may suspend a student for up to school days with the approval of the area superintendent The original motion mentioned offences in jurious to the moral tone of school such as drugs or liquor use sex ual acts or threats and attacks on students and staff Special Services Superintendent Ron Chapman said he feared specifying incidents of misconduct because a lawyer could have a hearing dropped on a legal technicality A suspended student may ask for a hearing concerning the sus pension Chapman went on to say that under the Statutory Powers and Procedures Act certain legal deadlines must be met within the days trustee Lcn Crosier wondered why Shepherd introduced the change to standing board policy He pointed out that IS of the suspen sions in June were for moral tone offences Why not was Shep herds reply which he said was not being face tious Other trustees also had doubts ActonEsques representative Betty Fisher who has the board staff preparing a discipline urged trustees to ensure all the legalities or the new sus pension ore investigated trustee Anne Fairfield faded in her bid to have Shepherds motion tabled until it and the new discipline policy can be considered to gether She reminded trustees they still have another punishment ex pulsion to fall back on Board vicechairman Bill of Milton spoke up for taking ac tion The time is tune to deal with this type of action school is not in session if it is theres always the possibility of an act of a student ing the board to do some thing In introducing his 30- day suspension motion Shepherd said school staffs should not be saddled with the burden of a disruptive student Also following a bad influence could be dis astrous for vulnerable students he said Shepherd withdrew a motion identical to original In May because trustee Fisher and Oak v dies Jackie Cutmore were pushing the board for a broader policy on discip line Board staff is prepar ing a discipline policy that is expected to be be fore the trustees for action before years end The board is working on naming a committee to study discipline Oakvilie trustee Elsie urged that some parents be included on the com mlttee The intent of the new discipline policy accord ing to Fisher its mover Is to lay down pro cedures so we can act in a reasonable and fair manner Shepherd told repor ters after the successful passage or his motion It was a commitment for me to get it In before school started Referring to the Fisher Cutmore disci motion Shepherd said he thought it will be a general allencompas sing policy and also that he did not think it will feet the new day maximum suspension Tax cheaters may recant with no penalty Milton should specify industrial limit Cumming The regions planning committee wants council to ask the Ontario Ministry of Housing to overturn an industrial site in the farmer planning area and set it aside as cultural land Although the acres at the intersection of and Number 5 just north of Milton has been ap proved for industry Milton Planning Director Ed said the regional policies for agriculture should take precedence Those policies state recognize encourage and protect farming as the primary longterm feature the rural area and to this end promote as a first priority food farms on prime lural soils Of particular concern in the acre parcel is 4G industrial lots of two acres in size In noting his objection of turning prime farm land into an industrial site Mr said Amendment Seven did in fact have a logical boundary to the limit of the urbanization of the rural area which does not include the development of this site there has not been any justification for more industrial land Town Hall controversy In the Acton rate payers got together to discuss the building of the town hall Most of the citizens who spoke on the subject favored a hall but there was a dif ference opinion Mow such a hall should be comprised Some pro posed a hall while others wanted a hall with stores connected according to Actons Early Days was finally moved by particularly this close to a recently approved largo industrial site he He said the regional concept does em on job balance in he communities of Mil ton Georgetown and Ac ton but on a scale of five Jobs per acre Using that scale Milton already has an excess of 300 Indus trial acres even when built Chnslie and se conded by John Speight that the meeting auth Reeve to secure plans specifications etc for a hall not to cost more than WOOD com plete including site Now 100 years later es timates on the demolition of the site are set at limes the original costs Renovations will cosl Taxpayers who cheat on their income tax cither by neglecting to file a return or by filing false information have the chance to avoid penalties for tax evasion by making a full disclo sure on a voluntary basis To make a voluntary disclosure taxpayers must contact Revenue Canada Taxation before the Department contacts them A disclosure is not considered voluntary if the tax department has begun an investigative action into the taxpayers affairs whether directly or through third parties to verify or audit either tax returns or records When a taxpayer makes a voluntary closure it must contain all relevant facts not only information that the thinks the Department would dis cover or would accept as being complete In fact any attempt to withhold information when making a voluntary dis closure would be con as definite attempt to further de ceive the Department making a voluntary disclosure a taxpayer is liable lor the tax and interest due but avoids penalties which depend ing on the circumstances can amount to SO per cent of the tax evaded in ad to possible prose cution through the courts Taxpayers would however still be liable lor late filing penalties late remittance penalties and interest Tor late pay ments All voluntary dis closures arc subject to If after on investigation the Department finds the disclosure was not com the taxpayer could then become subject to cither penally or prose cution or both When disclosing amounts of undeclared income the taxpayer should contact the District Taxation Office either in person or by mail GRAY TREE FROG This tiny tree frog mea sures approximately one and onehalf inches in len gth A notable feature is their ability to camou flage themselves by changing color from dark gray when among dead leaves and bark to a bril liant green when In a tree on bright green leaves The tree frog is common ly found near water par ticularly In shallows of tree bordered marshes or woodland ponds They lay eggs in clusters usually fastened to surface vege tation in shallow water The eggs hatch in about five days Control offensive odors and break down waste safely with EMVIROanr CANADA LTO GORDON B Junior plowing match draws 15 competitors 25 MILL STREET EAST ACTON ONTARIO 1H1 519 8533790 REAL ESTATE BROKER By Doug Miller The Junior Flowing Match was held Saturday Aug 18 at the farm of Harvey Camp bell Milton with 15 competitions taking part The match began with a morning coaching session by Ed Gray or Toronto with the assist once of Spencer Wilson It R I The competitors were shown how set a plow correct and Instructed In the proper techniques of match plowing Advice was given on competitors specific problems After the coaching ended a competition took place between the 15 competitors Mr Gray acted as the official judge for the event There were two classes two or three furrow and four or more furrow plows Judging was based on the quality of the crown seed bed finish land general ap pearance the land Results in the two- three furrow class were 1st Murray Burlington 2nd John Georgetown 3rd Paul Lesley Paul Wilkinson Georgetown Cecil Patterson Milton Doug McPhail George town Jay Kitching Moffat and Brian Georgetown In the four or 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